Ep. 434: The Fascinating World of MrBeast! - Plus Tech News, Tips, and Picks!
In the last 7 months, Nate and Isla have watched @MrBeast videos over 1000 times. Who is MrBeast and why is he the biggest YouTuber on the planet? We'll do our best to explain his complicated world and convince you to be a fan! Plus we'll have our usual tech news, picks, and tips to help you tech better!
For full show notes, links, and more, visit: https://www.notnerd.com/episode-434-the-fascinating-world-of-mrbeast/
INTRO (00:00)
April Fools Day - MKBHD, Big Bite® Hot Dog Sparkling Water (01:30)
MrBeast (07:35)
- Who is MrBeast?
- The videos
- Philanthropy
- Feastables
- Biggest game show ever on Amazon Prime
DAVE’S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Apple note link color (41:55)
JUST THE HEADLINES: (46:45)
- SWAT team raids innocent family over stolen AirPods, inaccurate 'FindMy' app tracking
- Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project
- Scientists turn to AI to make beer taste even better
- A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
- Nigerian woman faces jail time for Facebook review of tomato sauce
- The Pirate Bay’s oldest torrent is now 20 years old
- Arizona's Governor Signs Bill Making Pluto the Official State Planet
TAKES:
- Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison for fraud and money laundering at FTX, ordered to pay $11B in forfeiture (50:30)
- Gmail turns 20 (51:30)
- Canva acquires Affinity to fill the Adobe-sized holes in its design suite (52:35)
- Amazon ditches ‘Just Walk Out’ checkouts at its grocery stores (54:40)
- AT&T says personal data from 73 million current and former account holders leaked onto dark web (57:45)
BONUS ODD TAKE: FreeBlockbuster.org (59:55)
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