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Techathlon Decathlon
As always, we start the show with 10 questions to help us recap the week’s biggest tech news. This week, the subjects range from the increasingly confusing 5G landscape to new Android features. The competition is cutthroat, as always.
Mother May I?
Social media may seem like a wacky, lawless land built for debauchery, but there are rules. Some of these rules are obvious, while others only reveal themselves when you get up to no good trying to harass people or spam for followers. See how well you know the limits of the various platforms.
Gimme the Loot (Boxes)
Every year, gamers spend literally billions of dollars buying in-game digital objects to improve their experience or just spruce up the look of their digital avatars. A large chunk of that business comes from loot boxes—virtual crates full of random in-game items—which seems suspiciously like gambling. Now, the FTC is considering regulating this process, but the market for in-game items will likely thrive no matter what happens. In this game, we try to pin down the pricing on some of the most expensive digital items ever sold. Some of the prices are totally absurd. See you next week (after we find out that Tyrion is a ghost!)
