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BurnCast • 29 Apr 2016

Weekly Round Up #60: Facebook Q1 results, Nintendo NX, Movies, MoveThisStuff

By Myolisi Sikupela: Staff Reporter

Read nextThey got these 5 video games to run on the Xbox 360?

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation, and news from the last few days.

This week on BurnCast, Senior Reporter Stuart Thomas talks to Reporters Graham van der Made and Hadlee Simons.

The team discusses Facebook’s impressive Q1 results, Nintendo NX and the company’s other future plans, and a new moving startup called MoveThisStuff.

In ‘Weird News of the week’, the BBC and Netflix are teaming up for a remake of Watership Down.

The team also talks about what they are currently watching, reading, playing and eating.

And the tweet of the week comes the only man who tweets less than your average Twitter influencer but is more influential than they can ever be, Edward Snowden. This time he tweeted about a biopic on him titled ‘Snowden’. The biopic is coming out soon and is directed by Oliver Stone and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the titular character.

Have a listen to the podcast in full below, and be sure to catch the Recommended Reading list at the foot of the article.