GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said the company will stop making the Chevy Bolt EVs with Michigan plants that makes them converting to making electric trucks by 2024. AT&T helps complete the first successful test mobile phone call from Texas to Japan, via an AST SpaceMobile BlueWalker 3 satellite. And does Social Media tires you out and makes you more likely to buy unnecessary things?
Your Neighborhood Activity Pub - GDI 4506 starts at 31:26
Sarah and Tom discuss the news that the decentralized Bluesky app has been downloaded by 245,000 iOS users so far and how it compares to Mastodon. They also expand on potential adoption of the Bluesky for people shifting away from Twitter.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Amos
Full episode show notes here.
Quick Hits:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23696722/amd-ryzen-z1-z1-extreme-rog-ally
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/nvidia-releases-a-toolkit-to-make-text-generating-ai-safer/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23696076/dji-mavic-3-pro-cine-launch
Top Stories:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/gm-is-killing-off-the-chevy-bolt-and-bolt-euv/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697406/cruise-robotaxi-gm-daylight-sf-earnings
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697335/gm-hyundai-ev-battery-factory-samsung-sk-on
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Discussion Story:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15252019.2022.2144780?journalCode=ujia20
Kicker:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65389730?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
GDI Content:
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/t2-twitter-alternative-expansion-invites/
Next guest:
Nate Lanxon
https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ASJngRAeTYw/nate-lanxon
@natelanxon
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