271: A Normal Week

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271: A Normal Week

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Mar 19, 2020

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This week the gang gets together to discuss Sony's dry but informative PlayStation 5 presentation, PLUS some new gear from Apple! Refreshed iPad Pro, and a fancy new keyboard that, despite what Simone tells you, is not available for pre-order yet. Finally, let's talk about the premiere of Westworld season 3!

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Mar 19, 2020

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Countdown to excitement! Every week Christina Warren, Brianna Wu and Simone de Rochefort have accelerated geek conversation. Tech, comics, movies, games and books, no galaxy is off limits! Hosted by Christina Warren, Simone De Rochefort, and Brianna Wu.

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Rocket 30: A Beautiful Disaster: This week, the Rocket crew talk about Christina's One Direction experience, how Android can move forward from recent security vulnerabilities and ongoing carrier woes, Reddit's banning of a group of offensive subreddits and Time's article about VR. by Rocket
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Rocket 34: Fine Piece of Machinery: This week, Brianna, Christina, and a post-PAX Simone talk about iOS 9's new transit data, Google's new logo, and new reports about the NSA and Apple. by Rocket
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Rocket 36: The Wheel Works Better: This week on the Rocket docket: iOS 9, Simone's ancient iPad, content blockers, Apple News, XOXO and more. by Rocket
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Rocket 15: Have You Not Heard about My Frog Suit?: After a dramatic reading from a very peculiar book, your trio of hosts go on to discuss Google's 'Project Fi' and the value of streaming video services. by Rocket
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