BattleBots: The Twitter Edition #106

Published: Aug. 14, 2022, 9:52 p.m.

b"This week, Elon Musk wants to have a debate about bots, Amazon buys iRobot for billions, and a mom is suing Facebook.
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\\nAlso, this week, Avram Pilch, co-host of F5 Refreshing Technology, joined us, but due to technical issues, he could not stay on the podcast. We will definitely have him back on a future episode.
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\\nAnd our podcast is a People's Choice Podcast Award nominee in the This Week In Tech Technology category,\\xa0 Kirk and Scott would like to thank all of our listeners and viewers for voting for us!
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\\nAlso huge thank you to Geek News Central and its host Todd Cochrane for allowing us to be a partner show on the homepage of geeknewscentral.com.
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\\nSo please be sure to keep your fingers crossed to find out if we won the award. We won't know who will win till next month, so be sure to keep an eye out on our social media feeds, and we will keep you all posted if we get the win!
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\\nShow Notes:
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\\n \\tElon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a debate
\\n \\tAmazon to acquire iRobot
\\n \\tA mom is suing Facebook
\\n \\tAT&T's $14 million settlement
\\n \\tApple's next iPhone might be expensive\\xa0
\\n \\tThe Right Stuff
\\n \\tWalmart may bundle with a streaming service\\xa0
\\n \\tYou can get paid $1,000 to taste and rate Trader Joe's foods"