• Elon Musk is dominating the news space with his acquisition of Twitter last week. Russell Brandom from The Verge joins the show to discuss what Elon has done with the company since then.
• Janko Roettgers from Protocol comes back to the show to talk about Holoride and how it seeks to let you use virtual reality in your car.
• Jason talks about the arrival of PlayStations’ VR2 headset on February 22nd.
• Finally, Mikah talks about the decentralized social network Mastodon and the sudden surge of its userbase since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter.
Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Russell Brandom and Janko Roettgers
Tech News Weekly Episode 259
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