Amazon closed its acquisition of movie studio MGM Thursday. A coalition of the biggest smart home platforms, Google, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, etc. to work toward interoperability was scheduled to launch this summer,but is being rescheduled for autumn. And Snap launched “Custom Landmarkers” Wednesday. It lets the more than 250,000 lens creators tie experiences to physical locations like stores, sculptures, and other landmarks

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

Link to the Show Notes.

Quick Hits:

https://9to5google.com/2022/03/16/google-io-2022-dates/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/17/22978286/samsung-galaxy-a53-5g-price-specs-screen-battery

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsungs-galaxy-a33-budget-phone-gets-an-update/#ftag=CAD590a51e

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/03/16/ukraines-zelensky-signs-virtual-assets-bill-into-law-legalizing-crypto/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/its-official-ryzen-7-5800x3d-is-not-overclockable

https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/web-browsers/microsoft-edge/264405/microsoft-edge-automatic-image-descriptions-screen-readers

Top Stories:

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/amazon-mgm-merger-close-1235207852/

https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/mgm-amazon-ads

https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/amazon-acquires-mgm-ad-business

https://dailytechnewsshow.com/2021/10/07/about-matter-with-special-guest-stacey-higginbotham/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/17/22982166/matter-smart-home-standard-postponed-fall-2022

https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/snap-custom-landmarkers-geospatial-ar

https://twitter.com/lukehurd/status/1483913095185682434?s=21

Discussion Story:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2022.2031240

Kicker:

https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-finally-rolls-out-its-massive-sls-rocket-with-much-at-stake/

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2022/03/17/NASA-SLS-Artemis-moon-rocket-rollout/9681647440757/

Mailbag:

Sean the historian in Toronto sent in his thoughts on renting e-Bikes in Toronto. We'll put the full email in the show notes if you want, but here's the summary.

Sean used Zygg, which is $189 CAD/month on a month-to-month plan or $129/month on a 1-year plan as well as seasonal discounted rates. Last autumn he signed up for two months to try it out.

Sean says, "They delivered the bike directly to my home and all repairs and servicing was included in the price of the subscription. I... My commute is 25km. I tried it on a standard bike a couple of times, but it just wasn’t practical for me (too sweaty!). Switching to a pedal-assisted e-bike was the perfect solution for me. I was able to commute regularly to the office (2-3 days a week), arriving in about an hour and relatively sweat free."

And if you're worried about safety Sean added "these bikes are fast, but they aren’t faster than a standard road bike (many of which blew right by me on the way to work each day)."

Thanks Sean!

https://www.ridezygg.com/bikes

Today’s guest:

Len Peralta

http://patreon.com/len

http://lenperaltastore.com

@LenPeralta

Justin Robert Young

https://worldsgreatestcon.fireside.fm

http://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com

@JustinRYoung

Next guest:

Stephanie Humphrey

http://thetechjawn.com

https://www.tildeathdoyoutweet.com

@TechLifeSteph

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