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A huge week in tech which started with the news of one of our favourite tech products being retired: Apple's iPod.  On top, the markets were on a death spiral - as was the world of crypto...particularly $LUNA. We also cover Google's I/O announcements, Twitter updates, and a few other trending news.

WATCH the YouTube video of the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg

As usual, we do a weekly update at the start of the episode but if you want to skip to the individual stories, here are the timestamps:

Episode Timestamps

00:34 Our Week
01:49 What we watched this Week
09:16 Comments of the Week
10:25 iPod is Dead
17:48 Market is Dead
23:02 Crypto is Dead
28:40 EA Sports FIFA is Dead
30:01 Is Google finally ready to take on Apple?
34:01 Meta's Project Cambria
39:50 Spotify Enters the Metaverse with Roblox
43:40 It's Time for Elon's Weekly Update
48:37 Twitter Fires Two Senior Executives
51:44 TikTok 's Toxic Working Environment
55:48 The Great Resignation or The Great Regret?
59:27 Q/A

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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Things are getting bad to worse for Netflix as they are now sued by their OWN shareholders. We cover Cameo's layoff, EU's issue against Apple, latest in Amazon's union situation, Meta's logo, and TikTok adopting a creator payout like YouTube. Also, the latest developments in virtual reality let's you feel spiders crawling in your mouth. Yep.

Watch the video of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThroughTheWebPodcast

As usual, we do a weekly update at the start of the episode but if you want to skip to the individual stories, here are the timestamps:

Episode Timestamps

00:00 - Quick PSA
00:33 - Intro
02:38 - Our week
04:53 - What we watched this week
11:53 Comments of the week
15:16 - Netflix sued by its own shareholders
19:38 - Cameo lays off 87 staff members
28:56 - Apple vs EU
34:05 - Amazon's union update
39:10 - VR tech let's you feel spiders crawling...on your mouth
43:23 - Meta being sued for logo
52:00 - TikTok Pulse
59:58 - A feel good story
1:06:37 - Q/A

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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Welcome back! This week we argue if humans are doomed to argue, Indonesia's suspension of palm oil exports, weekly Elon update, Apple launching Self-Service Repair, Snapchat saying Metaverse is "ambigious", Meta launching a retail store and a little bit of laugh about the TLC.

0:17 - Intro
3:43 - What we watched this week
16:42 - Comment of the week
17:57 - Indonesia suspends palm oil export
22:02 - Tesla stocks nosedive
36:39 - EU vs. Elon Musk
43:45 - Apple Launches Self Service Repair
47:25 - Snapchat vs. the Metaverse
53:31 - Meta Opening physical Store
56:06 - Google lets you limit ads on certain topics

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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Welcome back Web-heads! We are back after a week off with HEAPS of trending tech news: Elon Musk set to buy Twitter, the failure of CNN+ streaming service, Netflix shares tank, and signs of "NFT Bubble Bursting". We also dive deep into a few philosophical angles about AI vs. Art, and if we should recreate dead relatives in the metaverse as a way of grieving. We also touch briefly on Google's concept ambient notifications which are designed to reduce anxiety. 

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jKUaNXSnuW52CxexLcOJg 

Timestamps:

0:00 - Opener
0:17 - Intro
02:03 - What We Watched This Week
05:35 - Comments of the Week 
06:36 - OpenAI DALL-E 2
10:10 - AI vs. Art 
17:35 - The Fall and Fall of CNN+ 
22:35 - Why is Everyone Hating on Netflix? 
31:45 - Elon Musk vs. Netflix 
40:45 - Elon Musk Ready To Buy Twitter 
47:35 - First Tweet NFT Fail 
52:25 - StartUp To Create Avatars for Dead People
58: 00 - Google's Concept Ambient Notifications To Reduce Anxiety 

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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

America has been a significant influence on global culture for as long as we can remember - but it seems like there's finally a shift happening and we might be seeing a new emerging cultural superpower: Korea.

Dagogo and Tawsif discuss on this episode their thoughts on Korea - or potentially a different name - becoming a superpower in the culture and media landscape.

Watch the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5quyGdM0g 

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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/

Parasite, BTS, Squid Game, PSY, America, South Korea, Culture, Media, FRIENDS, Seinfeld

Welcome back Web-heads! This week we pick where we left off : Elon's involvement with Twitter and how he might shape the platform. We also talk about the weirdly named "Zuck Bucks" by Meta, how people are overwhelmed by streaming services, the historic union win against Amazon, Coca-Cola's new "Pixel Drink" and much more!

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Opener
0:17 - Intro
12:23 - Comments of the week
13:31 - Elon Musk, Future of Twitter and the edit button
22:12 - Meta's "Zuck Bucks"
26:11 - Creators in the metaverse
29:32 - Streaming service fatigue
36:50 - Will everything be subscription in the future?
43:11 - Amazon
48:54 - China's Black Mirror Robo-dog
52:12 - Razor headset saves life from a bullet
55:17 - Coca-Cola releasing drink that tastes like "pixels"


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Produced by: Dagogo Altraide, Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey
https://www.braydenlaffreymedia.com/