TNCS Ep 143- Character Madness Tournament Champions, streaming news, and the Neuralink Twitch Monkey

The Nerd Cantina has defeated all challengers to become the champions of the Take a Knee for Marvel vs DC Character Madness tournament.  In this episode we discuss the latest in streaming and movie news.  In tech news we discuss the #twitchmonkey and Neuralink’s progress.  We also discuss some updates to the Ripple vs SEC lawsuit and some SpaceX news.

 

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• Yahoo News: Netflix scores streaming rights to new top Sony films. 
  • https://www.yahoo.com/news/netflix-scores-streaming-rights-top-181519286.html
• WarnerMedia’s CEO says that in 2022 his movies will debut in theaters before they stream
  • https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/4/8/22372626/warnermedia-ceo-jason-kilar-hbo-max-movies-streaming-interview-peter-kafka?fbclid=IwAR1qQ2Z5Ehog7Oy_1zjEqkZ3Ca48a3yi07T1dsg7z-DKo-mETJpIA8HGyK4
• Paramount Delays Top Gun: Maverick, Mission Impossible 7, and More Film Release Dates
  • https://www.ign.com/articles/paramount-delays-top-gun-maverick-mission-impossible-7-and-more-film-release-dates?fbclid=IwAR0AecE4MBZu1gp0S-DN9-SpD-8j0z6s-aITj_Tw2sNjTWYpg-ca-P7mqoY
• Ubisoft Acquires GameBlocks to Help Spot Cheats in Online Games
  • https://www.pcmag.com/news/ubisoft-acquires-gameblocks-to-help-spot-cheats-in-online-games
• CNET: Elon Musk's Neuralink reveals monkey playing Pong with brain implant.
  • https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musks-neuralink-reveals-monkey-playing-pong-with-brain-implant/
• The Next Web: A wireless brain-computer interface has been successfully tested on humans for the first time.
  • https://thenextweb.com/neural/2021/04/06/wireless-bci-brain-computer-interface-tested-on-humans-first-time-braingate/
• Popular Mechanics: This Is the First Fusion Power Plant to Generate Net Electricity. 
  • https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a35994805/first-fusion-power-plant-to-generate-net-electricity/
• Decrypt: Ripple Wins Ruling to Expose SEC Docs on Bitcoin, Ethereum.
  • https://decrypt.co/?p=64166
• CNBC: Beta hopes its electric vertical aircraft deal with UPS validates this new mode of transport.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/07/beta-hopes-evtol-aircraft-deal-with-ups-validates-new-transport-mode.htm
• Yahoo Entertainment: Elon Musk confirms that SpaceX is done trying to catch its rocket components.
  • https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/elon-musk-confirms-spacex-done-010707404.html