Episode Details

Hot, Hot, Hot; Google fires engineer that claimed AI was sentient; Shkreli, Cracker Barrel enthusiast & ponzi schemer, is back; ghosted politician wants to make ghosting a crime; Senate grills Apple, Google over crypto app scams; Jon & Punch & the CHIPS act; Westworld turns the ship around; John Oliver is back; the Old Man; Spotify gains users, loses money, ditches Car Thing; hiding AirTags on bikes; Instagram's very busy week; Twitter Blue price hike; Snapchat+ inexplicably doing well; Tinder "desk mode"; smart scarves; Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler; Star Trek coffee table book; Happy Birthday Dave!

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