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Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia present Bad Voltage, in which 286s make a comeback, we might be on Spotify, and:

• [00:01:50] The BBC search desperately for a way to describe “anti-racism critics” <a href="https://twitter-com/BBCNews/status/1270345875911573504">while describing tea condemning racists</a>, Burger King start selling the <a href="https://www.brandeating.com/2020/06/burger-king-selling-social-distancing-whopper-in-italy-with-three-times-the-onions.html">Social Distancing Whopper” in Italy which has three times the onions</a>, and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/08/872186575/hidden-million-dollar-treasure-has-been-found-in-rocky-mountains-art-dealer-says">a hidden treasure chest filled with gold and gems was found in the Rocky mountains</a>.
• [00:07:30] In more serious news, IBM <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/09/ibm_quits_facial_recognition_tech/">stop doing facial recognition technology</a>

because it’s used “for mass surveillance, racial profiling, violations 

of basic human rights and freedoms,” saying that tech “must not promote discrimination or racial injustice.” Privacy International call it cynical.

• [00:12:06] <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/A-week-of-controversy-at-Reddit-co-founder-15320099.php">Reddit

co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced his resignation from his role on 

the board of directors and asked to be replaced with a black candidate</a>.

He has also donated one million dollars to Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your
Rights campaign, and said he will funnel all future gains on his Reddit
stock to benefit the black community.

• [00:13:55] <a href="https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/apple-plans-to-announce-move-to-its-own-mac-chips-at-wwdc-1.1447638">Apple seem to be going ARM for laptops</a>
• [00:21:16] Our main topic this week: exclusivity. With console

games constantly being announced as “exclusives” to one platform or another, TV programmes only being available on one streaming service, and Joe Rogen moving exclusively to Spotify for a hundred million dollars, we look more deeply into the idea of exclusivity. What do the creators get out of it? What do the publishers get out of it? And can it

ever be good for the audience?

Colophon / Licensing

Our shows are released under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike</a> license and as are free to listen to and share with others. We use <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/FreeInstrumentalMusic/43270">this music</a> for our theme music. News music: <a href="http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Robbero/59218">Long Live Blind Joe by Robbero</a>, used with attribution.

Thank you to Marius Quabeck and <a href="https://nerdzoom.de/">NerdZoom Media</a> for being our audio producers!