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Aug 11, 2016

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, August 11, 2016

On today’s show, we’ll talk about why the International Olympic Committee is trying to ban gifs from this year’s games; criticism about a Snapchat filter that some users have said reduces them to racist Asian caricatures; and the new sci-fi exploration video game “No Man’s Sky.”

A demonstration of the video game "No Man's Sky" during the Sony E3 press conference at the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena on June 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
A demonstration of the video game "No Man's Sky" during the Sony E3 press conference at the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena on June 15, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
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On today’s show, we’ll talk about why the International Olympic Committee is trying to ban gifs from this year’s games; criticism about a Snapchat filter that some users have said reduces them to racist Asian caricatures; and the new sci-fi exploration video game “No Man’s Sky.”