How to lose business and alienate creators - Talking Heads Ep. 225

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On tonight's show...


- Tech News -

Valve stopped accepting crypto, banned NFT, after 50% of transactions were ‘fraudulent’
https://www.pcgamer.com/50-of-transactions-were-fraudulent-when-steam-accepted-bitcoin-for-payments-says-gabe-newell/

Artesian Builds awards streamer a new PC, backs out of it live on stream
https://game-news24.com/2022/03/01/artesian-builds-backs-out-of-giving-a-pc-in-a-prize/
https://twitter.com/kiapiaa_

nVidia Employee Data, Drivers, DLSS Source Code, stolen in massive Cyberattack
https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-confirms-data-stolen-cyberattack-171259243.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/292479/nvidia-dlss-source-code-leaked
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/07/marketingandpr.drink

McDonald’s sued by Ice Cream Machine repair tool creators
https://www.wired.com/story/kytch-ice-cream-machine-hackers-sue-mcdonalds-900-million/

Rivia raises price of PreOrdered trucks… customers displeased
https://www.engadget.com/rivian-hikes-the-price-of-its-quad-motor-pickup-by-12000-065521100.html
https://twitter.com/ZacksJerryRig/status/1498856781967020037?s=20&t=L2hXsoZVhsjLSUFGz_vbiw
https://twitter.com/SnazzyQ/status/1498870720247447560?s=20&t=L2hXsoZVhsjLSUFGz_vbiw


- Beer News -

Coors Light switching to cardboard
https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/03/coors-light-ditches-plastic-rings-becoming-largest-north-american-beer-company-to-move-toward-sustainable-packaging.html

125th anniversary of the Bottled-in-Bond act
https://thewhiskeyjug.com/whiskey/what-is-bottled-in-bond/

Ukrainian brewery stops beer production for something a bit more powerful
https://nypost.com/2022/02/28/ukrainian-brewery-ditches-beer-for-molotov-cocktails-in-war/


- Games/Entertainment -

He’s Back Baby! Futurama is 100% whole again
https://ew.com/tv/bender-voice-actor-john-dimaggio-joins-futurama-revival\

Epic buys Bandcamp
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkpx78/epic-games-just-bought-bandcamp-for-some-reason