On this episode of Pop Tech Jam, El Kaiser shares his love of My Hero Academia and open-backed headphones for audio-mixing. Meanwhile, J.D. goes to a movie theater for the first time since 2019 to observe the fuss over the Barbie movie — a film that seems to be outperforming both Tom Cruise and Harrison Ford this summer. All this and more on PTJ 369!
• My Hero Academia (Viz)
• Barbie’s Box Office In Weekend 2 Is Bigger Than Most 2023 Movies’ Opening Weekends (MovieWeb)
• Twitter Becomes X: The Future Of The ‘Everything App’
(Search Engine Journal)
• Twitter Threatens Legal Action Against Nonprofit That Tracks Hate Speech (The New York Times)
• Letters from the lawyers: Musk threatens CCDH with brazen attempt to silence honest criticism. (Center for Countering Digital Hate)
• Apple says it’s aware of a bug that may affect Screen Time restrictions for kids (Engadget)
• A Tech Checklist for the Dark Side of Summer Weather
(The New York Times)
• Did a Houston Woman Bake Bread in Her Mailbox? (Snopes)
• Grado Labs SR125x
• Austrian Audio Hi-X65 Headphones
• Sennheiser Sennheiser Audiophile Headphones