Eastern Blocks - Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event

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 This Week in Tech episode 895 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/895 Sponsors: • nureva.com/twit • eightsleep.com/twit • podium.com/twit • policygenius.com/twit 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 Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more.