Big news on the FTC appeal against Microsoft, and what’s next for the merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard. Who could possibly stand in their way!? And will they do a good job trying to stop this merger!? Then, Meta has released LLaMa 2, its large language model, which is not open source but a second, more interesting thing. Then, NBC News journalist Kat Tenbarge joins us to talk about James Charles’ attempts to uncancel himself.
This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:Kat Tenbarge
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard - The Verge FTC appeals its loss to Microsoft in Activision Blizzard case - The Verge Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extend merger agreement to October - The Verge Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama | Meta Meta Unveils a More Powerful A.I. and Isn’t Fretting Over Who Uses It - The New York Times YouTube star James Charles breaks silence on ‘grooming’ allegations as he asks internet to ‘un-cancel’ him | The Independent James Charles and Jeffree Star Are Coming Back — but Their Era Is Over450: Leave Section 230 Alone: Alex Winter and The YouTube Effect
449: Don’t Throw Things At People
448: Hey Barbie
446: Bored Ape Check-in
445: Many People Are Saying This
444: Who are the Mac Pro Pros?
443: The Thrust is Wrong
442: Reddit Black-out
441: How to Spend A Lot Of Money
440: Build-ing a Mystery
439: Human Errors
438: Touching Livestock
437: Puff Peace
436: Bluesky Raya
435: Only Mergers In The Building
434: Enpoopificaton
433: Max, Just Max
432: Rumors and Invention
431: Limited Internet For All
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