Marketplace Tech for Thursday, August 11, 2016
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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."
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.”
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