This Week in Tech 895: Eastern Blocks

Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event Stadia is issuing refunds - How to get yours. Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with nearly 6,000 hours on Stadia begs Rockstar for character transfer. Adobe can't Photoshop out the fact its $20bn Figma deal is a naked land grab. Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe's $20B acquisition move. Is Mark Zuckerberg Fighting at This Weekend's UFC Show? Texts show roll call of tech figures tried to help Elon Musk in Twitter deal. The True Genius of Tech Leaders. "Buying Our Way In" was Palantir's (PLTR stock) Secret Plan to Get into the NHS. Elon Musk unveils Optimus Is general AI right around the corner? Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient. James Bridle's "Ways of Being" In Delaware's Kathaleen McCormick, Elon Musk Finds A Judge Who Means Business. Klobuchar, Cruz strike deal to advance journalism antitrust bill. Inside Podcasters' Explosive Audience Growth. The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed. Amazon hardware event 2022. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Cory Doctorow Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: nureva.com/twit eightsleep.com/twit podium.com/twit policygenius.com/twit