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BurnCast • 5 Aug 2016

Weekly Round Up #72: Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Suicide Squad review, Instagram Stories & more

By Staff Reporter

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

This week, Hadlee Simons plays host and talks to Matthew Alexander, Graham van der Made and Andy Walker.

The team discusses the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Note 7 launch, the reviews for Suicide Squad, the latest PlayStation Vita hack and Instagram’s new Stories feature.

What are we watching, reading, playing: Matthew is playing Furi, Graham has trouble remembering what he’s watching, Andy recently picked up (and literally threw) Mirror’s Edge Catalyst once again, and Hadlee has been entertaining himself watching old Formula 1 season reviews.

Tweet of the Week: Inspired by the Local General Elections, this tweet comes from the hashtag #VotingPickUpLines and throws some serious shade at COPE.

Have a listen to the podcast below. Be sure to catch the Recommended Reading list at the foot of this article.