Comic-Con, Scutoids, and Burnt Out Millennials

Non Breaking Space Show

Simon St. Laurent stops by the show to discuss with Christopher the winners of Comic-Con San Diego, the finding of a new shape, and the bittersweet tanking of social media companies Twitter and Facebook failing to grow revenue off our data.


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Time Jumps

  • 2:05 Story #8 — Ranking San Diego Comic Con 2018 Trailers, From Worst to Best
  • 24:10 Story #7 — Meet the 11% of Americans who don’t use the internet
  • 35:20 Story #6 — Burned-out millennials are quitting lucrative jobs
  • 42:10 Story #5 — Facebook’s forecast for the future looks suddenly bleak
  • 47:15 Story #4 — Twitter shares drop 19 percent after reporting declining monthly active users
  • 50:30 Story #3 — Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots
  • 55:20 Story #2 — Scientists discover a new shape and it’s been hiding inside your skin
  • 59:10 Story #1 — Liquid water ‘lake’ revealed on Mars

Links:

  • Christopher Schmitt
  • Christopher Schmitt on Twitter
  • Simon on Twitter
  • Best San Dieog Comic-Con 2018 Trailers from Worst to Best
  • Meet the 11% of Americans who don’t use the internet
  • Burned-out millennials are quitting lucrative jobs
  • Facebook’s forecast for the future looks suddenly bleak
  • Zuckerberg loses more than $15 billion in record Facebook fall
  • Twitter shares drop 19 percent after reporting declining monthly active users
  • Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots
  • Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugs

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