Episode 246: GameStop Tries to Buy eBay, Steam Controller Chaos Crashes Steam, GTA 6 Snubs PC Players, and Apple Pays for Siri’s AI Delays

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Jay and Karl discuss significant recent events in gaming and technology, including GameStop's bid for eBay and issues with the Steam Controller.

Episode 246: GameStop Tries to Buy eBay, Steam Controller Chaos Crashes Steam, GTA 6 Snubs PC Players, and Apple Pays for Siri’s AI Delays Jay and Karl cover one of the strangest weeks in gaming and tech in quite some time. GameStop launches a staggering $56 billion bid for eBay, the Steam Controller relaunch crashes Steam almost instantly, and Take-Two openly says PC players are not GTA 6’s “core” audience. Apple also agrees to pay $250 million over delayed Siri AI features, while Google buys into the creators of EVE Online to help train its AI models. Full show notes & links: https://techrant.online/weekly-tech-rant-episode-246/ Also available on: Apple Podcasts | YouTube In This Episode News GameStop confirms $56B bid to acquire eBay A wildly ambitious takeover proposal that would reshape both companies overnight. Steam Controller relaunch crashes Steam Valve’s revived controller sold out almost instantly and took chunks of Steam down with it. Take-Two says PC players are not GTA 6’s “core” audience An honest answer that will not make PC players particularly happy. Apple to pay $250M over delayed Siri AI features The fallout from Apple’s AI struggles is now becoming…

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Hosts: Jay, Karl

Topics covered

• GameStop acquisition
• Steam Controller issues
• GTA 6 PC player concerns
• Apple Siri AI delays
• Google AI training

Keywords

• GameStop
• eBay
• Steam Controller
• GTA 6
• Apple Siri
• Google AI
• EVE Online

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Organizations: GameStop, eBay, Steam, Take-Two, Apple, Google, EVE Online

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