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    #347: YAK, BACK, DO IT AGAIN

    August 19th, 2021 · 66 minutes

    WHEELS TURNING ROUND AND ROUND. This week we're talking about YIKYAK, Google not shipping chargers with new phones - dessert this week is an episode from Wall Street Journal on the tech workers who are taking on TWO full-time jobs.

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    Local and anonymous social media app Yik Yak is back
    The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro won't come with wall chargers
    Intel's Arc GPUs are designed to take on Nvidia and AMD for PC gaming
    TWO JOBS
    Kittens Game - a Dark Souls of incremental gaming