520: You Can Be China
Grumpy Old Geeks
The Grand Tour
Startrick lower decks, the purveyor of minor chuckles. "It's another one of ther, you know, trip ones" He says he didn't like the ending at all. But a, for the most partit was fun.
Get your GOG NFTs; Telsa Autopilot crashes...again; the iPhone is a Freshman in high school now; constant cookie warnings ending; Apple "agrees" to legally required App store changes; Instagram wants your birthdate; China slashes gaming time for kids; Clubhouse grasping at straws; The Grand Tour: Lockdown; Absolutely Mental; Icon; police dropping phones; T-Mobile, Microsoft security; Bloomberg cancels Galloway; let's get drunk.
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