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This week\u2019s episode brought to you by Pittsburgh Things, Core Life Eatery, Sprezzatura, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media!

We're winding down to our year-end episode, but before we get to the year in review, Sorg and Chilla are sharing some of the week's tech news, including:

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• Chilla is sharing his pleas for NASA to save Tony Stark as his Awesome Thing of the Week.
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• Sorg's Awesome Thing of the Week is how Doug Engelbart predicted the future - 50 years ago.
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• The Huawei finance chief was arrested in Canada.
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• Our friend Brian likes experimenting with tech in his bathroom, and he found a solution for his Echo Dot.
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• It seems like it's been forever, but Apple Watch has an ECG app for heart rhythm notifications.
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• The recent Giphy update integrates TrueDepth camera and a universal keyboard.
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• There's a live action MarioKart race in Florida?!?!
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• There's a hipster nativity, and Sorg approves.
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• How about a VR experience of Van Gogh's Starry Night?
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• Marvel Alliance has a Nintendo Switch exclusive.
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• Street Fighter will display in-game advertising.
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• Sorg saw some advertising that worked to get his attention for the RETRO Color 8-bit iPhone case.
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• The Fire/Echo device is having a fire sale. *badum tss*
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• John Romero gifts Doom 18 new levels for its 25th birthday.
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After the show remember to:

Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com)

Check out our sponsors as a part of YaJagoff\u2019s HOLLA-day Gift Guide:

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• Pittsburgh Things Pittsburgh themed apparel n\u2019at.
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• Core Life Eatery at the Block at Northway on McKnight Rd
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• Sprezzatura creates and serves heritage-inspired cooking for events and the public.
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