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内容总结：

本周《极客连线》播客聚焦多个科技热点：曾估值35亿美元的西雅图社交游戏平台Rec Room宣布关停，Snapchat母公司Snap将接手其部分业务。节目探讨了平台关闭当夜用户焦虑来电的现场情况，并反思虚拟现实产业热潮退去背后的启示，同时提出当前人工智能投资热是否应引以为戒。

此外，美国职业棒球大联盟新启用的自动好球区系统引发争议，该系统在暴露裁判误判的同时，竟催生了新型“炫技”行为——有球员因坚信系统将改判，未等裁定便径直走向一垒。

其他要闻包括：亚马逊与联邦快递办公室合作退货服务的实测体验、OpenAI收购科技脱口秀TBPN令人费解的媒体布局尝试、愚人节恶作剧引发的趣事、华盛顿州立大学对鱼雷蝙蝠的研究，以及关联苹果公司50周年与微软轶闻的每周问答环节。

本期节目音频由科特·米尔顿剪辑制作，听众可通过苹果播客、Spotify等平台订阅收听。

中文翻译：

本期《极客连线》播客聚焦：曾估值35亿美元的西雅图社交游戏平台Rec Room宣告关闭，Snapchat正接手其部分业务。

Todd讲述了公告发布当晚，他如何应对焦虑用户的来电。John则分享了他对这一关闭事件的看法：VR热潮是否已现颓势？投身AI热潮的人们又能否从中汲取教训？

此外，美国职业棒球大联盟新启用的自动好球判定系统正让裁判员无所遁形，并催生了新型的炫技行为——有位球员因坚信机器会否决裁判判决，竟直接潇洒走向一垒。

本期内容还包括：Todd实测亚马逊与联邦快递的新退货合作（友情提示：别索要邮票）；OpenAI收购科技脱口秀TBPN令人费解地进军媒体领域；John被一则愚人节玩笑成功戏弄；华盛顿州立大学研究员着手研究鱼雷蝠；每周问答环节将苹果公司50周年与微软传奇往事巧妙串联。

欢迎通过苹果播客、Spotify等平台订阅《极客连线》。

本期音频剪辑由Curt Milton完成。

英文来源：

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming platform once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down — and Snap is picking up some of the pieces.
Todd talks about what it was like fielding calls from distraught users on the night of the announcement. John offers his thoughts on what the shutdown says about the VR hype cycle, and whether everyone betting on the AI boom should take notes.
Plus: Major League Baseball’s new automated ball-strike system is already exposing umpires and creating a whole new kind of showboating — including one player who was so confident the robot would overrule the ump that he just started walking to first base.
Also on the show: Todd road-tests Amazon’s new FedEx Office returns partnership (pro tip: don’t ask for stamps), OpenAI makes a head-scratching move into media by acquiring tech talk show TBPN, John gets fooled by an April Fools’ prank, WSU researchers take on the torpedo bat, and our weekly trivia question ties Apple’s 50th anniversary to a piece of Microsoft lore.
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Audio editing by Curt Milton.