This Week in Tech 858: The Meat CEO

E3 goes virtual, microdosing in the metaverse.

• CES through the years.
• Oversized future USPS delivery truck on display at CES in Las Vegas.
• BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink.
• Massage Robot at CES 2022.
• This super realistic "humanoid robot" stole the show at CES 2022.
• Using Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel at CES 2022: Hardly groundbreaking.
• Elon Musk says Spacex will catch Starship booster with giant "robot chopsticks"
• Halo.car
• @richontech: No joke. This SUV is being driven remotely from this gaming-style rig, complete with a steering wheel, pedals and a giant monitor with live camera feeds from the vehicle.
• E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns.
• Why Apple's iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble.
• After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful.
• The long-awaited January update for Google's Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro is now live.
• @stroughtonsmith: Apple really needs to throw out its crowdsourced machine-learned autocorrect system entirely.
• Second Life Founder Returns to Take On the Metaverse.
• Meta's Oculus was the US's most-downloaded app on Christmas.
• Is microdosing legal?
• Canalys: Worldwide PC shipments soared in 2021 to 341 million units.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Ashley Esqueda, and Rich DeMuro

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