Wakanda Forever, Neuralink monkeys, and Jeff Bezos steps down- TNCS Ep 132

In this week’s show we discuss the latest in entertainment with the Wakanda Forever and a recent MCU voice actor getting fired. In gaming news we discuss a Playstation exclusive becoming available to Xbox for the first time and Google Stadia announcing they will no longer be making their own video games.  In tech news we discuss the ban of Facebook in Burma and Jeff Bezos stepping down as the CEO of Amazon.  SpaceX gets another NASA contract and Neuralink is helping monkeys play video games through their brain interfaces.  

 

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• WandaVision: Disney Replaces Actor Who Spoiled Marvel Surprise
  • https://thedirect.com/article/wandavision-quicksilver-evan-peters-marvel-spoilers-leak?fbclid=IwAR2sX2auPOQwGm56NoSdiOoV0Wg8i3LpNT4hMK4oHwzzYzVZJgvsItLA6nk 
• Wakanda forever: ‘Black Panther’ spinoff series planned at Disney+
  • https://nypost.com/2021/02/01/black-panther-spinoff-series-in-the-works-at-disney/?fbclid=IwAR119LY4PzzGxUNMcenEUCC6uO6XWPh2NXaCtLdcHEvrCLM4wP9WkbsUwAo 
• Falcon and Winter Soldier trailer
• Sony is Bringing One of Its PlayStation Exclusive Games to Xbox
  • https://gamerant.com/mlb-the-show-21-release-date-xbox/?utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=GR-FB-P&utm_campaign=GR-FB-P&fbclid=IwAR0yi-dClIfXbEahfRP9TmzpwoIAOmjebQriSqnISQ9pHFyjU0bTddOChrI 
• Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform
  • https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/01/tech/google-stadia-sge-shutdown/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0RHOOVwPc4uGaQVVcCFyP9HhnW46_EuoblA668-fhMnF32kTgWG2WsfbQ 
• Police seize $60 million of bitcoin! Now, where's the password?
  • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-germany-password/police-seize-60-million-of-bitcoin-now-wheres-the-password-idUSKBN2A511T?fbclid=IwAR1SvHFxHSuTZ49FZB67tWSySFepBO10dC3E2_bMv2_wjFkkOHyvSnJ-32g 
• Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO
  • https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/tech/amazon-earnings-bezos/index.html
• Fox News: Burma blocks Facebook as resistance to coup surges.
  • https://www.foxnews.com/world/burma-blocks-facebook-as-resistance-to-coup-surges?cmpid=prn_newsstand
• Business Insider: Elon Musk: Neuralink enabled monkey to 'play video games using his mind' - Business Insider.
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-monkey-plays-video-games-using-his-mind-2021-2
• CNBC: SpaceX's Starship prototype again explodes on landing attempt after successful launch.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/spacex-starship-sn9-explodes-on-attempted-landing.html
• NASA picks Elon Musk's SpaceX to help with a $99 million mission that will map the creation of the universe
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-spacex-spherex-elon-musk-launch-falcon-9-2021-2?fbclid=IwAR02Q5-zWaMWuv7Rxxpdn-WPslnA0MxPSPu-UPeHs631klzgm1BgJS0ylgo
• CNN: Nuclear-powered rocket could get astronauts to Mars faster. 
  • https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/world/nuclear-powered-rocket-scn-spc-intl/index.html
• ZDNet: Flying cars over Europe by 2022.
  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/flying-cars-over-europe-by-2022/