Sony agrees to Disney streaming, gaming news, crypto theft, and space news- TNCS Ep 169

In this episode we recap the nerd news of the week to include the streaming agreement between Disney and Sony, Blizzard changing the name of an Overwatch character, and China’s laws regarding minors and gaming.  In tech news we cover an update to the T-Mobile hack, Coinbase’s security issues, and a 12-year old who made over $400,000 making NFTs.  We also discuss the James Webb telescope and the sex toy modeled after the Blue Origin rocket.

 

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• SONY AND DISNEY CREATE STREAMING PACT FOR SPIDER-MAN TITLES
  • https://nerdist.com/article/sony-disney-plus-spider-man-streaming/?utm_campaign=social%20flow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR3sbCsm32ZittcRDf32bFu9Swdll2x3oIYYR57VHuKRRJbmk5joU6sIAK0 
• The Verge: Blizzard to change name of Overwatch’s McCree following sexual harassment lawsuit.
  • https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22638947/blizzard-overwatch-mccree-name-change-lawsuit
• Kids in China are restricted to 3 hours per week of gaming
  • https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/30/22648107/china-curbs-gaming-addiction-3-hours-each-week-spiritual-opium
• CNBC: This 12-year-old coder is set to earn over $400,000 after about 2 months selling NFTs.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/12-year-old-coder-made-6-figures-selling-weird-whales-nfts.html
• CNBC: Coinbase slammed for what users say is terrible customer service after hackers drain their accounts.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/24/coinbase-slammed-for-terrible-customer-service-after-hackers-drain-user-accounts.html
• Futurism: Alibaba Says Delivery Robots Are Great Because They Don't Smoke on the Job.
  • https://futurism.com/the-byte/alibaba-delivery-robots-smoke-job
• Yahoo News: T-mobile hacker explains how he breached carrier's security: “Their security is awful”.
  • https://news.yahoo.com/t-mobile-hacker-explains-breached-170804270.html
• New York Post : Model of Jeff Bezos' rocket that looks like a sex toy selling for $69.
  • https://nypost.com/2021/08/26/model-of-jeff-bezos-rocket-that-looks-like-a-sex-toy-is-69/
• ExtremeTech: NASA Has Completed Work on the James Webb Space Telescope.
  • https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/326441-nasa-has-completed-work-on-the-james-webb-space-telescope?source=space