Geekshow Helpdesk: Keeping up with the Tariffs...

Geekshow Podcast

-Again? Really?...: https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/hegseth-reportedly-shared-yemen-attack-details-on-second-signal-chat-with-his-wife-and-others-123046480.html

-Rockets are dangerous: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/tech/explosion-at-northrop-grumman-rocket-test-site-in-utah-destroys-building#

-Tariff updates: https://www.reuters.com/markets/trump-plans-separate-levy-exempted-electronics-amid-trade-war-lutnick-says-2025-04-13/

-Google is losing

Google loses ad tech monopoly case

-OpenAI wants Chrome

OpenAI Would Buy Google's Chrome, Exec Testifies At Trial

-No, we likely didn’t discover aliens:

Skepticism greets claims of a possible biosignature on a distant world

-More Intel cuts:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/intel-to-announce-plans-this-week-to-cut-more-than-20-of-staff

-It costs nothing to be polite. Or does it?

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/saying-thank-you-to-chatgpt-costs-millions-in-electricity/490341

-Hey this is neat. Recycling HDDs

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/wd-launches-hdd-recycling-process-that-reclaims-rare-earth-elements-cuts-out-china

-And the circle goes on an on.

https://www.neowin.net/news/angry-disappointed-users-react-to-blueskys-upcoming-blue-check-mark-verification-system/

-Who is actually an Astronaut

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/so-is-katy-perry-now-an-astronaut-or-what/