Did Google Predict Venezuela Earthquakes Before it Happened? & GTA VI’s Launch Plan Irks Gaming Purists
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today, how Google may have saved lives in the Venezuela earthquake.
Then Apple is raising prices and it's blaming AI. It's Friday, June 26th. Let's ride.
How did Google potentially save lives during the Venezuela earthquakes?
The U.S. men's national team closed out their group stage campaign with a last-minute loss against Turkey last night. But no matter, after two previous victories, we're on to the round of 32, facing Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday night.
What factors led to Apple raising its product prices?
Pretty unfair. We have to play both of them, if you ask me. But as the other countries wrap up their group play today and tomorrow, I want to draw your attention to a bizarre situation unfolding on Saturday in Kansas City. There, Austria will play Algeria in a game nobody wants to win. Basically, through a quirk in the tournament, the team that wins this game will likely have to play the juggernaut Spain in the next round, while the loser will face a less formidable opponent. So we may be about to watch a World Cup game in which you are disincentivized to score. Could be thrilling television.
The World Cup has run into this problem before. The infamous example came back in 1982 when West Germany and Austria entered their final group match knowing that a one-goal German win would send both teams through. Obviously, Germany scored early, and then both sides literally just casually passed the ball around in front of an increasingly angry crowd. The match became known as the Disgrace of Gijon, which was the Spanish city where it occurred, and FIFA literally changed the rules after this 44 years later, Algeria and Australia, or in Austria, excuse me, find themselves in a very similar situation. And I say Algeria because, ironically, Algeria was the team eliminated because of the disgrace of Gijon in 1982.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it certainly does.
So they can get payback by losing.
Right. So then we might get both teams trying to lose to each other, which would be not a disgrace, actually. All right. Now a word from our sponsor, ServiceNow.
Why are oil prices falling to pre-war levels?
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To put AI to work for people, visit ServiceNow.com. That's ServiceNow.com. Two powerful earthquakes rocked Venezuela Wednesday evening, killing at least 235 people, while many thousands more are feared dead. The twin quakes struck 39 seconds apart. The first, magnitude 7.2 west of the capital of Caracas at 6 p.m. local time. The next, a 7.5 less than a minute later, just three miles away. Rapid back-to-back earthquakes is an unusual phenomenon known as a doublet and is particularly dangerous. The earthquakes were already the strongest state of the country in more than 100 years, and they could end up being the deadliest and costliest in Venezuela's history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. President Trump, who ousted leader Nicolas Maduro at the start of the year, said the U.S.
was, quote, ready, willing, and able to help and had instructed federal agencies to move quickly. We will be there for our new and great friends, he wrote on social media. After years of economic downturn, Venezuela will need all the resources it can get for recovery, and many other countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Qatar, have pledged help. Rescue efforts are ongoing this morning amid the rubble of collapsed buildings focused in the northern coastal state of La Guayra. This region is typically home to a population of 500,000, but was bursting with even more people when the quakes hit because it was a national holiday on Wednesday and everyone was at the beach.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–0:26
2
How did Google potentially save lives during the Venezuela earthquakes?
0:26–0:39
3
What factors led to Apple raising its product prices?
0:39–2:12
4
Why are oil prices falling to pre-war levels?
2:12–9:08
5
What are the details behind GTA VI's digital-only release?
9:08–9:32
6
How does the digital release model impact gamers?
9:32–27:57
Speakers
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