Grumpy Old Geeks

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Wednesday

This is Pop: Hail Britpop!

Knives Out

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Memory

The White Lotus

Neal Brennan - Blocks

What The Cameras Don't Show You On Guy's Grocery Games

APPS & DOODADS

Dropbox support for macOS FAQs

20-year-old California student creates viral Spotify festival poster app

OpenAI’s New Chatbot Will Tell You How to Shoplift And Make Explosives

UPDATED: It’s way too easy to trick Lensa AI into making NSFW images

Prisma Labs, maker of Lensa AI, says it is working to prevent accidental generation of nudes

Meet Unstable Diffusion, the group trying to monetize AI porn generators

Unstable Diffusion

Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork

Apple abandons controversial plan to check iOS devices and iCloud photos for child abuse imagery

Apple Music’s Latest Party Trick? Karaoke!

F.T.C. Sues to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision

The Tower - Idle Tower Defense

AT THE LIBRARY

Outland by Dennis E. Taylor

Death Threats From an 8 Year Old - The Story of Jesus Jones by Mike Edwards

The Birth and Impact of Britpop: Mis-Shapes, Scenesters and Insatiable Ones by Paul Laird

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever

‘Goblin mode’ chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022

SECURITY HAH!

The Muppets Christmas Carol Extended Cut Coming to Disney+

Video press kit for Star Tours when it launched, showing that Anthony Daniels is a team player.

Star Wars w/ Dan Zehr | I Don't Know About That with Jim Jefferies #131

RadioShack

Computer Repair Technicians Are Stealing Your Data

Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid

TikTok ‘Invisible Body’ challenge exploited to push malware

LastPass reveals another security breach

GPT-2 Output Detector Demo

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Farewell to Christine McVie, who gave us music for all time

Super Steve’s Holiday

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580: #DystopiYAY! Nov 26, 2022

Claritin to the rescue; Jack wasn't all that great; Trump is back, no he's not; celebrities leaving Twitter, questioning social media; Scrooge McMusk not paying contractors, charities; Sam-Bankman-Fried, FTX lawsuits; New York restricts crypto mining; EU investigating TikTok; Elizabeth Holmes sentences for fraud; Foxconn protests in China; FCC finally cuts off a voice provider for robocalls; A Christmas Story Christmas; Slow Horses; the Peripheral; Andor; Downton Abbey; Love, Actually; Disney Bobiverse; 1899; ScreenFlow Pro; self-driving betas for Christmas; social media alternatives; robots with deadly force; voice assistants are failures, financially; Meta's leaky Pixel; death by selfie.

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I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It.

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk Reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter Account

Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

All the Celebrities Who’ve Quit Twitter Because of Elon Musk

"Enjoy it before it destroys your soul" – why Trent Reznor, Joe Bonamassa and Jack White are withdrawing from social media channels

Twitter is reportedly failing to pay some suppliers amidst cost-cutting measures

Twitter is Going Great!

Sam Bankman-Fried, Elon Musk, and a secret text

From Tom Brady to Shaq, FTX’s Celebrity Promoters May Be On the Hook for Damages

New York's crypto mining restrictions are the first in the nation

EU confirms multiple ongoing investigations into TikTok data practices

Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Fraud

Protests break out at a major iPhone factory in China

Mass resignations of iPhone workers after unrest, with report of 30% production loss

FCC cuts off a voice provider for failing to protect against robocalls

MEDIA CANDY

A Christmas Story Christmas

Slow Horses

Love Actually Cast Reuniting for 20th Anniversary TV Special

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Bob Iger is returning as Disney CEO in a dramatic shakeup

Amazon Plans to Invest $1 Billion a Year in Movies for Theaters

‘Avatar 2’ Is So Expensive It Must Become the ‘Fourth or Fifth Highest-Grossing Film in History’ Just to Break Even

Planet Money - Sam Bankman-Fried and the spectacular fall of his crypto empire, FTX

Something's Burning - 1-Year of Access pass.

APPS & DOODADS

ScreenFlow Pro 10

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Beta is now available to everyone in North America

San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year

SECURITY HAH!

Husband Lured Wife for a Selfie on Cliff Edge Before Killing Her

Researchers say iPhone usage data isn't as anonymous as Apple claims

Tax prep websites have been sending sensitive financial data to Facebook

MetaMask will start collecting user IP addresses

Ethereum: MetaMask Privacy Policy Is Worse Than It Looks At First Glance – Here’s Why

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579: Something Elon This Way Comes Nov 19, 2022

Breaking news on Twitter, Twitter is breaking; it's World Cup time; Black Friday spam; Coachella VIP NFT's go poof; outdated Twitter news - move fast, break things; FTX & celebs being sued; Amazon layoffs; the end of the tech boom; the Mole 2022; the Crown Season 5; Netflix updates; the Peripheral; Andor; Jason's Audible Anniversary & inclusion; the Great Filter theory; Dennis E. Taylor - Roadkill, Outland; White Trash Wins Lotto; musical theater; Thriller in 4k; doom scrolling & ditching social media; Adobe Mic Check and audio utilities; Shasta Cola; an actual security story.

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Rethinking Black Friday

Coachella NFTs Seemingly Unavailable Amid FTX Crypto Collapse

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk says Twitter Blue verification is coming back November 29th

Twitter fired employees who publicly called out Elon Musk

Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to 'hardcore' Twitter or lose their jobs

FTX and Star Backers Including Brady, Curry Sued by Investor

Amazon reportedly plans sweeping layoffs that could affect thousands of employees

The End of Silicon Valley’s 20-Year Boom

MEDIA CANDY

The Mole 2022

The Crown Season 5

Netflix now lets you log out of specific devices remotely

AT THE LIBRARY

NASA Scientists Suggest the Reason We Haven't Found Aliens Is They All Killed Themselves

Roadkill by Dennis E. Taylor - Narrated by Ray Porter

Outland by Dennis E. Taylor

SECURITY HAH!

White Trash Wins Lotto

Thriller is on Archive.org in 4K

Enhance Speech

Mic Check

Europe’s Spyware Scandal Is a Global Wakeup Call

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Rob Sheridan’s Glitch Goods Store

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578: The Psychosis of Billionaires Nov 14, 2022

Moving to Mastodon; doom scrolling & would you really miss social media; Boot Up shanghai'd; lingering COVID societal effects; Twitter's insane week continues - a masterclass is what not to do; Tesla's recalls; collapse through small cascading failures; META layoffs; Wings delivery via Wing; Welcome to Wrexham; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Disney+ catches up to Netflix; AMC attempts another pivot; Brave cookie blocking not working; Spotify Apple Watch update; still no iPad Instagram app; Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky; Magic Journeys, more Captain EO, Michael Jackson, Disney & Star Wars memories.

Show notes at https://gog.show/578/

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Come Join Me On Mastodon, Folks

IN THE NEWS

‘It’s Difficult to Resist’: Surviving Twitter Employees Weigh a Flood of Offers From Rivals

Twitter offering some laid-off staff only half what they’re owed, lawsuit says

Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back

Twitter starts rolling out its 'official' checkmarks to celebrities and publishers (updated)

Musk ‘killed’ Twitter’s official checkmarks after only a few hours

Twitter’s Free Speech Problem Is Tesla’s, Too

Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $3.95 bln days after Twitter deal

Tesla recalls over 40,000 cars to address power steering flaw

Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks

Stephen Fry Joins Celebrity Twitter Exodus, Says “Goodbye” With Scrabble Message

Facebook Parent Meta Plans Large Layoffs This Week – Report

Meta Lays Off More Than 11,000 Employees

Alphabet’s Wing drones will soon be delivering DoorDash orders in Australia

MEDIA CANDY

Welcome to Wrexham

Disney now matches Netflix's subscriber numbers across its combined services

AMC Entertainment To Open “Zoom Room” Auditoriums At Theaters In 17 Markets

APPS & DOODADS

Blocking annoying and privacy-harming cookie consent banners

Spotify’s redesigned Apple Watch app feels less like an afterthought

Instagram on the web has been redesigned for large screens

AT THE LIBRARY

Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture Book 2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

SECURITY HAH!

Magic Journeys - Full Film - August 1991

THE MAKING OF CAPTAIN EO

Disney's Captain EO Grand Opening

Captain EO - Rare Dance Rehearsals & More

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Dashaun

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577: Self Driving Twitter Nov 05, 2022

A two-factor pain; Jason hops on Brian's soapbox; the self-driving Twitter crash; Meta ditches human-curated newsfeed; verification has always been a joke, but this is really hilarious; Amazon pauses corporate hiring; Google buys an AI startup to compete with... TikTok?; Adobe's Pantone, Figma issues; the Peripheral; the Witcher renewed, recast; the Machine; drone swarms for Candy Crush; Playstation VR2; Instagram plans NFT minting; Captain EO, amusement parks and mixed media theater; sharing iPads.

Show notes at https://gog.show/577/

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Fact Check-CNN did not report Trump died on Nov. 1, 2022

IN THE NEWS

Twitter has removed 1,500 accounts following coordinated trolling campaign

Meta to ditch human-curated Facebook News stories globally

Elon Musk’s First Grand Plan for Twitter? Charging $8 Per Month for a Blue Checkmark

Elon Musk wants to make Twitter's edit button free for everyone, report says

Elon Musk reportedly wants Twitter to bring back Vine

Amazon Pauses Corporate Hiring on Economic Uncertainty

Google buys an AI avatar startup to take on TikTok

DOJ takes aim at Adobe's $20 billion deal

MEDIA CANDY

Netflix renews 'The Witcher,' recasts Liam Hemsworth as Geralt of Rivia

The Machine Teaser Trailer

APPS & DOODADS

A swarm of 500 drones will plague New York City with advertising tomorrow

$550 PlayStation VR2 launches on Feb. 22, 2023

Meta’s Instagram Plans NFT Minting, Trading Tools

SECURITY HAH!

National Theater Live

The Met: Live in HD

White Snake Projects

Optimizing Apps for Shared iPad

Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips

Holy Chicken Ship! The full-length "Captain EO" is more brilliant than you can possibly remember

Star Tours

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Boot Up with Jason

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576: It’s a Meat Problem Oct 29, 2022

Elon is in the Birdhouse; is social media on the way out; we were right about Kanye & self-driving cars; smiles are the new eggs; Ford pivots to data mining; Shutterstock embraces AI-generated art; Apple begrudgingly embraces USB-C; Spotify doesn't follow Apple rules, gets mad; Internet "Radio"; Brian Eno; Andy Prieboy; the Perephrial; big-ass TVs; Doctor Who comes to Disney+; Netflix massive servers; Spark Mail; Bumble AI cyberflashing; stuff of nightmares audio from magnetic field; smart-locks, Level Lock+; Apple OS updates; Andor & Tales of the Jedi; smart Samsung privacy feature; cord-cutting through anger; live theater & the death of public norms; RIP Cracker, Hagrid.

Show notes at https://gog.show/576

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It’s time to admit self-driving cars aren’t going to happen

Pogues’ hard-living former frontman finds success as an artist

Does Faking a Smile Make You Happier? The Latest Findings Are In

IN THE NEWS

Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives

Ford CEO Farley explains the business factors behind Argo AI's shuttering

SpaceX's costlier Starlink internet service for RVs works on moving vehicles

Shutterstock and OpenAI will team up to sell AI-generated stock images

iPhones will get USB-C charging to comply with EU law, Apple SVP confirms

Spotify accuses Apple of impeding its fledgling audiobook business

MEDIA CANDY

Internet Radio

Brian Eno discusses his latest album, art as simulation, and the dangers of "premature sheen"

Andy Prieboy - ONE and ONE MAKE THREE - FORGOTTEN, ABANDONED, UNFINISHED SONGS 1979 - 2021

Amazon Fire TV 75" Omni Series 4K UHD smart TV with Dolby Vision, hands-free with Alexa

Future ‘Doctor Who’ seasons will air on Disney+

APPS & DOODADS

GOG Discord

Redditor acquires decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage

An AI Created 100,000 Full-Body Photos of People Who Don’t Exist

Bumble open sourced its AI that detects unsolicited nudes

This audio recording of Earth's magnetic field is the "stuff of nightmares"

European Space Agency · The scary sound of Earth's magnetic field

Level’s new Level Lock+ with Apple Home Key is smart lock perfection

Apple releases macOS Ventura, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16

SECURITY HAH!

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

Samsung's Maintenance Mode protects your personal data while your phone is out for repair

DEF CON 30 - Andrew Logan - Tracking Military Ghost Helicopters over Washington DC

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Robbie Coltrane Cause Of Death Revealed A Week After The Loss Of ‘Harry Potter’ Star

Cracker

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575: Regretted Attrition Oct 22, 2022

Automated-tech vehicle deaths; Twitter tumbles as Musk deals reviewed; Amazon's bad news week - unions, attrition costs & lawsuits; Bird migrating out of markets; in Uber ads are coming; Microsoft layoffs; Reddit NFTs booming; Kanye & Parler; Metaverse attrition; Meta has to sell Giphy; Unstoppable Domains stopped; Keanu returning to franchises; She-Hulk gets too meta; Nope is a yep; WB launches LOTR NFTs; Netflix "extra user" fees; Directed by David Lynch; TikTok adult-only livestreams; DuckDuck No Thank You; Discmaster; Apple & Adobe updates; the Forever War; the Walk of Life; Flash, ahhhaaaa!

Show notes at : https://gog.show/575/

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Now it’s getting meta...

11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles

IN THE NEWS

Twitter Tumbles as US Weighs Security Reviews for Musk Deals

Amazon warehouse in Albany votes against unionization

Amazon’s attrition costs $8 billion annually according to leaked documents. And it gets worse.

Amazon faces $1 billion lawsuit over claims it 'tricks' UK customers into paying more

Bird exits Germany, Sweden, Norway and ‘several dozen’ US, EMEA markets

Uber Plans to Advertise to You At Every Stage of Your Ride, Using Your Own Data

Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees

Redditors have created millions of crypto wallets to buy NFT avatars

Kanye West to acquire ‘uncancelable’ social media platform Parler

Leak: Most Facebook Metaverse Users Have Quit in a Month

Meta will have to sell Giphy after losing UK appeal

The GIF Is on Its Deathbed

Unstoppable Domains disables .coin extensions, illustrating an issue with the idea that "you'll always own your NFT"

"Why we’re no longer offering .coin"

MEDIA CANDY

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year

Nope

Warner Bros. teams up with Web3 startup Eluvio to launch ‘Lord of the Rings’ NFTs

Netflix will begin charging 'extra user' fees early next year

Netflix Returns to Growth, Saying the Worst of Slowdown Is Over

First look at 'Ralphie' star Peter Billingsley's returns for 'A Christmas Story' sequel

"Directed by David Lynch" stickers reveal the true nature of our reality

TikTok is raising the age requirement for TikTok Live, adding adult-only livestreams

TikTok appears to be preparing to launch a podcast app

THE WALK OF LIFE PROJECT

Queen unearths 'lost' 1988 track 'Face it Alone' featuring Freddie Mercury

APPS & DOODADS

DuckDuckGo for Mac moves to public beta with cookie pop-up handling, ‘Duck Player,’ more

Discmaster

Apple will release iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura on October 24

Apple’s new M2 iPad Pro arrives October 26

Adobe Photoshop update adds refined selections and AI photo restoration

AT THE LIBRARY

The Forever War, Book 1 by Joe Haldeman

Forever Peace: The Forever War, Book 2 by Joe Haldeman

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574: She’s Got Legs Oct 15, 2022

F around & find out; eggs, legs & self driving cars; Alex Jones; Meta, OnlyFans bribes & Within; what's the ROI for 1.2 billion & 38 users; the Metaverse is getting legs; more NFT & crypto news; Rivian recalls almost all it's trucks; DeepMind & DeepCake; DART worked; Netflix announces ad-tier, Apple is considering it; Succession & the Murdochs; Werewolf By Night; Sportsball; Shane MacGowan; eero Internet Backup; AirTags in luggage; 3D calling; Spark Mail; ePaper License Plates; Apple AR headsets; website tracking; patter & spoken word songs; Shatner gold!

Show notes at https://gog.show/574

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What’s the magic number of steps to keep weight off? Here’s what a new study says

Survey: 42% of Tesla Autopilot Drivers Think Their Cars Can Entirely Drive Themselves

IN THE NEWS

Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million after misinformation campaign targeting Sandy Hook families

Lawsuit accuses Meta executives of taking bribes from OnlyFans

Meta files to dismiss FTC complaint over acquisition of VR fitness company Within

$1.2 BILLION METAVERSE HORRIFIED BY REPORT IT ONLY HAD 30 ACTIVE USERS

Meta's avatars are getting legs

'The devices would have gotten us killed.' Microsoft's military smart goggles failed four of six elements during a recent test, internal Army report says

NFT Purchased by Logan Paul for 623k is now worth $10

From Over $620K to $10: Logan Paul’s Unsuccessful NFT Investment

Satoshi Island project aims to turn a remote Pacific island into a city built on cryptocurrency

Steering Defect Forces Tech Darling Rivian to Recall Nearly Every Car Its Ever Made

New iPhone Crash Collision Feature Is Calling 911 For People On Rollercoasters

DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later

Labor Department proposal may lead to gig workers gaining employee status

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully altered the orbit of an asteroid

MEDIA CANDY

Netflix with ads launches Nov. 3, will be missing up to 10% of Netflix catalog

Apple is quietly pushing a TV ad product with media agencies

‘The Peripheral’: Prime Video Drops New Trailer For Sci-Fi From Jonathan Nolan And Lisa Joy

Prosecutors drop charges against ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed

Succession

The Murdochs: Empire of Influence

Werewolf By Night

Shane MacGowan "waved willy" at trains passing Bono's house

APPS & DOODADS

What is eero Internet Backup?

Lufthansa "bans AirTags in luggage" after passengers publicly shame it with location of lost bags

Lufthansa Says Apple AirTags Are Once Again Allowed in Checked Bags

DJI Mavic 3 - Flying Over Mount Everest

Google’s 3D video calling booths, Project Starline, will now be tested in the real world

Google completes iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets rollout with Maps and Search

SECURITY HAH!

E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

RPlate by Reviver

Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset to Offer Iris Scanning for Payments, Logging In

Nreal Air AR Glasses, Smart Glasses with Massive 201" Micro-OLED Virtual Theater, Augmented Reality Glasses, Watch, Stream, and Game on PC/Android/iOS – Consoles & Cloud Gaming Compatible

Better ingredients, better trackers: Papa John’s sued for allegedly snooping on website users

Beware cars that may have come from the Florida hurricane Ian floodplains.

Big John by Jimmy Dean

Ringo by Lorne Green

Teddy Bear by Red Sovine

Convoy by CW McCall

William Shatner - Good King Wenceslas

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Angela Lansbury

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - IMDB

Sweeney Todd (1982) - FULL

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573: Firing On Zero Cylinders Oct 08, 2022

Getting hit by a Tesla at Whole Foods; Deepcake; Elon's wild Twitter week, TeslaBot Prime; Kim K pays up for crypto pump-and-dump; Bitcoin, climate change & personal impact; Coinbase allows buys, unable to cash out for 6 hours; FCC taking robocall database seriously; Love and Thunder; reassessing Sinead; Pose; Deshaun; the Real Bling Ring; Food Network; more Dune coming; Spotify downsizes podcast division; Twitter edit; too big TVs; another drone; Metaverse fashion IRL; Media, HAH; Andor, She-Hulk and short seasons & series; Spotify looking for harmful content; Uber cover-up; Orson Wells, Johnny Carson and the theater of the mind.

Show notes at https://gog.show/573

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Bruce Willis’ Rep Refutes Report That He Sold His Digital Likeness to Deepfake Company

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius

“Are You Going to Liberate Twitter From the Censorship Happy Mob?”

Musk Proposes to Buy Twitter for Original Price of $54.20 a Share

Musk’s Twitter Deal Has Employees Asking: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected

Kim Kardashian will pay $1.26 million to settle SEC charges over a crypto post

Economic estimation of Bitcoin mining’s climate damages demonstrates closer resemblance to digital crude than digital gold

Coinbase users were unable to withdraw funds to US bank accounts for six hours

FCC will start kicking voice providers out of its robocall database

MEDIA CANDY

Thor: Love and Thunder

Nothing Compares

A New Movie About One of Our Most Controversial Pop Stars Shows We’ve Still Got a Lot of Reassessing to Do

Pose

The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist

Bobby’s Triple Threat

OutChef’d

Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson to Star as Harkonnen Siblings in Sisterhood of Dune

Spotify cancels 11 original podcasts, lays off under 5% of podcast staff

APPS & DOODADS

Twitter finally starts rolling out the edit button, but US users will have to wait

Amazon Fire TV 75" Omni Series 4K UHD smart TV with Dolby Vision, hands-free with Alexa

DJI Avata

Loewe's Metaverse Fashion Works IRL

SECURITY HAH!

Mandalorian Dark Saber

The Langley Files: A CIA Podcast

Griftonomics

Spotify acquires firm that detects harmful content

Former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan Found Guilty Over Breach Cover-Up

Orson Welles and Johnny Carson discuss the merits of audio content

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Loretta Lynn’s Family Statement and Obituary

Judy Tenuta, Accordion-Playing Comedian, Dies at 72

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572: I Like It, Except When It Sucks Oct 01, 2022

Why haven't you deleted TikTok yet; Google search gets immersive; Apple Pay Later coming... later; why we aren't going EV or even hybrid yet; space news makes tech cool again; Meta brings the NFTs and... Make-A-Video; James Earl Jones retires, AI Darth Vader is your daddy now; Bruce Willis sells rights to Deepfake firm; Three-Body Problem, Avatar: the Way of Water have us snoozing; Netflix building a game studio; Bravo; Aphex Twin software 20 years too late; tortilla robots and predictive AI; OG app announced, dead on arrival; Amazon's hardware event; the Forever War; Matthew Mather; Cloudflare eSIM; Uber, GTA 6 hack suspect arrested; Andor.

Show notes at https://gog.show/572/

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Elon Musk Is Convinced He's the Future. We Need to Look Beyond Him

IN THE NEWS

UK warns TikTok of £27 million fine over child privacy violations

TikTok breaks records as top grossing app in Q3, as overall app store revenue declines

TikTok Seen Moving Toward U.S. Security Deal, but Hurdles Remain

Google to Make Search and Maps More ‘Immersive’

Apple Pay Later may not arrive until next year due to 'technical and engineering' setbacks

Department of Transportation approves EV charging plans for all 50 states

Webb and Hubble capture detailed views of DART impact

Hurricane Ian Flyover Coverage

All Facebook and Instagram users in the US can now share NFTs, cross-post between both apps

Meta announces Make-A-Video, which generates video from text

MEDIA CANDY

An AI program voiced Darth Vader in ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ so James Earl Jones could finally retire

Actor Bruce Willis Becomes First Celebrity to Sell Rights to Deepfake Firm

Netflix’s adaptation of 'The Three-Body Problem' will arrive in 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water | Official Teaser Trailer

Netflix is building its own game studio

APPS & DOODADS

Brave browser to start blocking annoying cookie consent banners

Aphex Twin's free 'sample mashing' app feeds on your music library

Chipotle is moving its tortilla robot to a real restaurant

The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed

Apple removed The OG App from the App Store for unauthorized access of Instagram’s services

Star Trek: Lower Decks - The Badgy Directive

Here's everything Amazon announced at its fall hardware event

AT THE LIBRARY

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Matthew Mather (1969-2022)

SECURITY HAH!

Cloudflare launches an eSIM to secure mobile devices

How Your Smartphone Is Listening to You

AI Searches Public Cameras to Find When Instagram Photos Were Taken

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Coolio Found Dead at Age 59

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571: Furry Stormtrooper Sep 24, 2022

Patreon & MASH; TikTok treats celebrities not just like us; everyone's getting fined - Uber, Meta & Morgan Stanley; Deep Space Whine; Constantine sequel; Scanners remake; Apple TV+ upcoming projects; Succession; The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick; Serial has an update; Kurt Cobain's abandoned house photography; music for programming; Rogue Amoeba celebrates 20 years; OpenAI open-sources Whisper; AI imagery and legal challenges; Douglas Rushkoff and the horrific tech billionaires; Star Wars: Andor & Larry; ILM and the trench run; AI gone Furry.

Show Notes at https://gog.show/571/

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Patreon Acquires Memberful

Patreon was in talks to onboard MrBeast in a deal that could have been worth millions but never came to pass

MAS*H Matters

IN THE NEWS

TikTok reportedly gives 'a bit more leniency' to popular accounts

Uber Agrees to Pay N.J. $100 Million in Dispute Over Drivers’ Employment Status

Meta ordered to pay walkie-talkie app maker Voxer $175M for patent infringement

$35M fine for Morgan Stanley after unencrypted, unwiped hard drives are auctioned

MEDIA CANDY

Deep Space Whine

‘Constantine’ Sequel Officially Announced with Keanu Reeves Returning!

‘Scanners’ Series Remake In The Works At HBO – Deadline

Apple TV+ lands Vince Gilligan’s new TV project with two season order, starring Rhea Seehorn

Wool — cast, plot and everything you need to know about the dystopian sci-fi drama

Succession Season 3

The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick

Judge orders release of ‘Serial’ podcast subject Adnan Syed

Photographer spent the day inside Kurt Cobain's abandoned house

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APPS & DOODADS

Rogue Amoeba - Under the Microscope » Blog Archive » Celebrate Rogue Amoeba’s 20th Anniversary

DJI Osmo Mobile 6

OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system

"As If Nothing Happened": I Used Artificial Intelligence To See How Some Celebrities Would Look Today If They Were Alive

How AI Sees LA

Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges

AT THE LIBRARY

Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff

SECURITY HAH!

Star Wars: LARRY - Episode 1

Star Wars: LARRY - Episode 2

Star Wars: LARRY - Episode 3

Star Wars: LARRY - Episode 4

Star Wars: LARRY - Episode 5

FXRant: The Death Star and the Final Trench Run

Celebrating 70 Years of Walt Disney Imagineering

Fur Affinity bans AI-generated art, but AI has a plot to return.

Stable Diffusion running on M1 Macs

Inside Russia’s Vast Surveillance State: ‘They Are Watching’ - The New York Times

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

SAVANNAH COMIC CON 2022

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570: Allegedly Sep 16, 2022

Patreon drama ramps up, considerably - allegedly; Amazon accelerates robotics; Twitter's innovation vs Meta's; this week in Musk; Adobe's weird Figma play antitrust cough; Starbucks rewards NFTs; Merriam-Webster yeets pumpkin spice; Rings of Power; She-Hulk; Star Wars trailers; Kiki, Pose, Legendary and the power of sub-cultures; Sonos Ray; Apple OS updates generally good, kill Dark Sky bad; iZotope RX 10; Discord adds... forums; the Status Game; Chatter: the Voice in Our Head "I am a Golden God!"

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FOLLOW UP

Patreon is laying off 17 percent of its workforce and closing offices / Around a week after it laid off its security team

The Patreon Problem: Who is subscribing to these children's accounts?

The Patreon Problem Vol 2: It's worse than we thought.

IN THE NEWS

Amazon is buying a company that makes pallet-stacking robots

Twitter shareholders approve the $44B merger Musk is trying to get out of

Drivers sue Tesla for alleged false advertising of Autopilot and FSD software

Twitter starts rolling out podcasts to Blue subscribers

Meta is spinning off the Pytorch framework into its own AI research foundation

Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design

Adobe’s $20 Billion Deal For Figma is More Than 50 Times the Startup’s Revenue

Starbucks thinks you'll want to collect NFTs to earn rewards

Merriam-Webster just yeeted a bunch of internet slang into the dictionary

MEDIA CANDY

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

She-Hulk: Attorney At Law | Disney+ Originals

The first 'Mandalorian' season three trailer reunites a favorite Star Wars family

Legendary | HBO Max Originals

APPS & DOODADS

Review: Sonos Ray

iOS 16 is now available

Apple Releases watchOS 9 With Medication Tracking, New Watch Faces, Sleep Updates, and More

iOS 16's haptic keyboard is the best feature you haven't found yet | Macworld

iPhone 14 Pro Camera Preview: The Hardware Changes – Lux

I deleted and edited my texts with Apple's new iOS update — and it's the coolest thing the company has done in a long time

How to remove the Search button from your Home Screen in iOS 16

Apple-Acquired Weather App Dark Sky Reminding Users That iOS App Shutting Down on January 1

Drafts

iZotope RX 10

Discord revolutionizes online conversations with... forums

AT THE LIBRARY

The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by Will Storr

Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber

Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture Book 2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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569: It’s Not Easy Being Green Sep 10, 2022

Meta's new fine, data black box, and dissolution of "Responsible Innovation" team; DOJ antitrust action against Google could hurt Apple; more iPhones than Androids in the US for the first time; Tim Cook's burn; LG inexplicably adds NFTs to TVs; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Rings of Power & House of the Dragon; feeding Phil; Stranger Things; Khan prequel; poop for profit; Apple Watch; SetApp; Travel By Bullet, Scalzi; Star Wars upcoming series; Robocop self-defense; cable testing & ranting; ransomware attacks; fun Anonymous hack; being taken off the internet.

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The Birth of the Modem World

When bitcoin plunges, Buttcoin cheers: the online community praying for the end of crypto

IN THE NEWS

Meta faces $402 million EU fine over Instagram's privacy settings for children

DOJ antitrust action against Google could see Apple lose billions of dollars a year

Facebook Engineers Admit They Don’t Know What They Do With Your Data

Meta dissolves team responsible for discovering 'potential harms to society' in its own products

More Americans are using iPhones than Android phones for the first time ever, new report says — a major milestone for Apple

Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles

LG brings NFTs to its LED and OLED TVs

SLS fuel leak likely to delay Artemis 1 launch to October

MEDIA CANDY

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

House of the Dragon

Phil still fed as Somebody Feed Phil gets sixth-season renewal

Stranger Things Season 4

‘The Wrath of Khan’ is getting an official Star Trek podcast prequel

Kids Yell “Poop” At Alexa, And These Musicians Profit

APPS & DOODADS

Apple Watch Ultra

Apple’s New ‘Ultra’ Watch Goes Toe-to-Toe With Garmin

SetApp

AT THE LIBRARY

Travel by Bullet - The Dispatcher, Book 3 by John Scalzi

11 Books Like The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons

SECURITY HAH!

‘Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae Lands Male Lead In ‘Star Wars’ Series ‘The Acolyte’ From Leslye Headland And Lucasfilm

BYRNA SD KINETIC KIT

BYRNA FOLDABLE TARGET TRAP

C2C caberQU - USB C cable tester

Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter

Rode VideoMic NTG Camera-mount Shotgun Microphone

SmallRig Universal Smartphone Video Rig for iPhone Samsung, Filmmaking Vlogging Rig Aluminium Alloy Phone Video Cage Grip with Cold Shoe Mount for Videomaker Videographer - 2791

The Los Angeles Unified School District is dealing with a ransomware attack

Anonymous claims responsibility for Moscow traffic jam tied to app exploit

Cloudflare blocks trans harassment forum Kiwi Farms following escalation of 'targeted threats'

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Peter Straub, Literary Master of the Supernatural, Dies at 79

Peter Eckersley, co-creator of Let’s Encrypt, dies at just 43

MAS*H 50th Reunion Fundraiser

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568: Muskadamus Sep 02, 2022

FBI warns about DeFi; SEC after crypto; Facebook supports NFTs while trading tanks; Metaverse standards; blinking pants MetaHTML; Nvidia top AI chip dog; Snap layoffs; Substack reins in spending & perks for writers; Twitter's Onlyfans plans canned; Elon's bad prediction record; Pixar; A League of Their Own; NFT performers at the MTV awards; the Church; the Boys; Animal Kingdom; iPassword; UK police game Waze; digital art & AI created content; Midjourney; FTC sues data broker; malware hidden in James Webb images; Apple antitrust complaint; Google's automated tool messed up, shocking.

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Private Internet Access

FBI says investors should take precautions before putting money into decentralized finance platforms

The SEC’s Escalating Crypto Crackdown; Exclusive: Bill Qian’s New Role

MoviePass Will Work This Time*

Touring the Billy Graham Center Museum in Wheaton, IL

Virtual Tour of the Billy Graham Library Lobby with a Talking Cow

IN THE NEWS

Facebook now supports NFTs

WORLD'S TOP NFT MARKETPLACE HAS ALLEGEDLY LOST 99 PERCENT OF ITS TRADING VOLUME SINCE MAY

The Metaverse Needs Standards, Too

NVIDIA Explains Why it Believes a Pixar-invented Protocol is the “HTML of the metaverse”

U.S. officials order Nvidia to halt sales of top AI chips to China

Snap reportedly plans to lay off around a fifth of its employees

Media Versus Time By Jessica E. Lessin

Substack Reins in Cash and Perks for Writers as Creator Economy Retrenches

California Legislators Seek To Burn Down The Internet — For The Children

Who Would Benefit From California’s Age Appropriate Design Code? Apparently Porn Companies, Privacy Lawyers, And Medical Disinfo Peddlers. But Not Kids

Age Verification Providers Say Don’t Worry About California Design Code; You’ll Just Have To Scan Your Face For Every Website You Visit

Truth Social's inadequate moderation is keeping it off the Google Play Store

Scoop: Truth Social's Google Play Store holdup

How Twitter’s Child Porn Problem Ruined Its Plans for an Onlyfans Competitor

EXPERTS SAY ELON MUSK IS WRONG ABOUT THAT POPULATION THING HE KEEPS SAYING

MEDIA CANDY

The Pixar Story

A League of Their Own

Snoop Dogg, Eminem's NFT Performance At VMAs Looks Like Bad Instagram Filter

The Church - The Hypnogogue

The Boys Season 3

Animal Kingdom

Edgar Wright | Pre-order Filmmaking Online Course | BBC | BBC Maestro

APPS & DOODADS

1Password 8 for iOS

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UK police accused of uploading misleading Waze reports to encourage safer driving

Jason Allen takes 1st place in "Digital Category" at Colorado State Fair with AI-Generated content

DALL·E: Introducing Outpainting

Midjourney

SECURITY HAH!

FTC sues company for selling identifiable location data, including abortion clinic visits

Hackers hide malware in James Webb telescope images

Apple may face a DOJ antitrust complaint over AirTags

A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.

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567: House of Dragon Boobs Aug 27, 2022

MoviePass, if at first, you don't succeed; Musk, absurdly broad & overly burdensome; crypto games; virtual rappers; stealing Project Titan; bitcoin mining, data centers & a global energy crisis; Neuralink's Halloween show-and-tell; SpaceX & T-Mobile team up; the Gen-X joys of Top Gun: Maverick; Day Shift's dialogue; Light & Magic; She-Hulk; House of the Dragon; Going Back to Xanadu; our preferred chairs, browsers, and fitness apps; trackers on bikes; Netflix games; Binance scammers get scammed; those Chinese surveillance cameras; Twitter's whistleblower claims.

Show notes at https://gog.show/567

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Podcast Magazine 40 over 40

MoviePass will return on September 5th with plans starting at around $10 per month

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk’s ‘Absurdly Broad’ Strategy Against Twitter Is Losing

A Crypto Game Promised to Lift Filipinos Out of Poverty. Here's What Happened Instead

Axie Infinity Leaves Filipino Players Penniless and Defeated

Capitol Drops ‘Virtual Rapper’ FN Meka After Backlash Over Stereotypes

Former Apple engineer pleads guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets

Bitcoin Mining Company Sells 26,200 Rigs to Eliminate $67M Debts

Microsoft and Amazon reportedly halt plans to build data centers in Ireland

Elon Musk's Neuralink will show brain implant progress at a Halloween show-and-tell

SpaceX and T-Mobile to Connect Starlink Satellites to Mobile Phones

SpaceX & T-Mobile to bring direct satellite connection to cell phones with ‘Coverage Above and Beyond’

MEDIA CANDY

Top Gun Maverick

Day Shift

Light & Magic

Going Back To Xanadu (2008 Xanadu documentary)

APPS & DOODADS

Mirra 2

Opera GX review – worth using in 2022?

qdomyos-zwift Guide

Auto resistance on Peloton Workout and Charts for your Echelon bikes with qdomyos-zwift

How to Play Netflix Games for Free

SECURITY HAH!

Hackers reportedly deepfaked a Binance exec to carry out listing scams

Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras

Twitter whistleblower claims company’s practices pose national security risk

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The NeuroNerds: A Brain Injury Recovery & Pop Culture Show

depression lies – WIL WHEATON dot NET

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566: Down the Metahole Aug 20, 2022

Technology no one wants: palm scanners, the Metaverse, NFTs & crypto; buying real art; Apple's return to work, hiring freeze, Maps & looking into tripling it's ad revenue; Neumann's back, again; fighting for your right to party at an Airbnb; the Sandman, Better Call Saul nail it; Westworld... WTF; the Most Hated Man on the Internet; She-Hulk; Light & Magic; the Slits; VPNs, AirTags, Simplisafe & fitness apps; Jason Bumbles with a bot; Signal third-party breach; Google shutters IoT Core; getting jiggler with it; Apple 0-days updates; Galaga; it's like camping, but involuntary!

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Shannon Stamey

Winamp's revival includes platforms for musicians and fans

IN THE NEWS

Apple employees will need to work from its offices three times a week starting in September

Apple reportedly lays off recruiters amid hiring slowdown

Report: Apple wants to triple its revenue from ads business, likely expanding Search Ads to Maps app

Adam Neumann’s New Company Gets a Big Check From Andreessen Horowitz

Adam Neumann, Vibes Landlord

Airbnb starts testing anti-party tech in the US and Canada

Mark Zuckerberg’s new Metaverse selfie is so bad people can’t believe it’s real

MEDIA CANDY

The Sandman

Endless: A Sandman Podcast

Better Call Saul

Westworld

The Most Hated Man on the Internet

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Light & Magic

Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits

APPS & DOODADS

Stealth Tubeless Tag Holder

Ninja Mount Launches a Range of Apple Airtag Mounts

Stealth Tag®- A hidden AirTag mountain bike holder to track and protect your bike

SimpliSafe

Survey: Nearly half of Android users consider switching to iPhone over security and privacy concerns

Fitness Blender

Peloton may open its workout content to competing bikes and treadmills

SECURITY HAH!

Signal says third-party data breach exposed 1,900 phone numbers

Google Cloud will shutter its IoT Core service next year

‘My manager caught me’: Remote worker says they got reprimanded for using ‘mouse jiggler’ app, sparking debate

What you’ll need to survive the California wildfires this summer

iOS Privacy: Announcing InAppBrowser.com - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser

Apple security updates fix 2 zero-days used to hack iPhones, Macs

Better Call Saul prop auction

Tips for Galaga

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565: Jason Blart: Mall Cop Aug 13, 2022

Incompetencies; magnets on a stick; tennis elbow & fitness; go ahead and drink the rain in Spain; CHIPS is a go; Cuban does good & bad; Amazon's solutions without problems; Facebook still can't remove white supremacists; Pew study on teen social media usage; FCC rejects Starlink request for subsidies; the Sandman; NeuroNerds; Joni Mitchell; Surface; Prey; Being Canadian; Twitter content AI is crap; home tools; cocktail smoking; Jason goes to Mall Cop school; Meta releases messages in abortion case; in-app browsers are bad; does Wisdom listen?

Show notes at https://gog.show/565

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SOLE SB900

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Zwift Compatible Equipment

CycleOps Magnus Smart Trainer

40 Over 40 in Podcasting for 2022

IN THE NEWS

President Biden signs CHIPS Act to boost semiconductor production

Mark Cuban, Mavericks in hot water over Voyager ‘Ponzi scheme’

Amazon's palm payments arrive in more than 65 Whole Foods stores in California

Facebook still has trouble removing white supremacists, study says

A fifth of US teens use YouTube 'almost constantly,' with TikTok not far behind

TikTok’s $4 Billion Advertising Machine Is Messy Behind the Scenes

FCC rejects Starlink request for nearly $900 million in broadband subsidies

MEDIA CANDY

The Sandman

The Orville New Horizons

The NeuroNerds: A Brain Injury Recovery & Pop Culture Show

How Joni Mitchell Learned to Play Guitar Again After a 2015 Brain Aneurysm–and Made It Back to the Newport Folk Festival

Nadiya's Asian Odyssey

New Rule: Fat Acceptance | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

APPS & DOODADS

Plex

HBO Max finishes rolling out its much-needed app redesign

What we bought: How DeWalt's 20V Max cordless drill became my most versatile home-reno tool

DEWALT 20V Max Cordless Drill Combo Kit, 2-Tool (DCK240C2),Yellow/Black Drill Driver/Impact Combo Kit

Craftsman 3-in-1 Corded Blower/Vacuum/Mulcher

MITBAK Cocktail Smoker with Dome Lid and Woodchips | Electric Food and Drink Portable Smoking Gun| Indoor-Outdoor Smoke Infuser Machine | Excellent Gift

GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cadillac Models

SECURITY HAH!

BYRNA CA COURSE - SECURITY GUARD AND CHEMICAL AGENT CERTIFICATION

BYRNA SHIELD BULLET RESISTANT BACKPACK BODY ARMOR

Nebraska mother, teenager face charges in teen's abortion after police obtain their Facebook DMs

In-app browsers like those in Facebook and Instagram are a big privacy risk, developer shows

Active scam making the rounds on Twitter

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

RIP Olivia Newton John

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN DEAD AT 73

Darryl Hunt of The Pogues has died aged 72

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564: Blame It On the Rain Aug 06, 2022

Earth no longer has drinkable rain; Goodreads; Pickleball elbow; Twitter goes after Musk; the week in grift - Ponzi schemes, hacks, regulatory lies, "preemptive" theft, oh my; Meta's Super live streaming platform; movies we haven't watched & some we have; Westworld; Trainwreck, Woodstock '99; Opal C1 camera; Apple Arcade removes titles; Winamp is back; WebbCompare; fitness apps; Meta Pixel HIPAA lawsuits; everyone's texts have been deleted except Alex Jones; deprogramming conspiracy theorists, Happy Birthday, Jason!

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FOLLOW UP

Jason on Goodreads

10 Terrific Exercises for Tennis Elbow

PFAS In Rainwater Mean It's Unsafe To Drink Anywhere, Even In Antarctica

IN THE NEWS

Twitter subpoenas associates of Elon Musk in preparation for lawsuit

The Disastrous Record of Celebrity Crypto Endorsements

SEC charges 11 people over 'textbook' $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme

Hacking free-for-all relieves crypto bridge users of $200 million

New York regulators slap Robinhood's crypto business with $30 million fine

Robinhood lays off almost a quarter of its staff

Inside the Crypto-Bot Ghost Towns of Telegram

Meta has been quietly testing a new livestreaming platform and is ramping up creator outreach. Read a leaked 17-page pitch deck it sent influencers.

MEDIA CANDY

Trainwreck: Woodstock ‘99

Best Sellers

The Lost City

APPS & DOODADS

Opal C1 Camera - invite code: OP-5i7SOFb-AL

Apple Arcade removes first batch of originals, ‘Leaving Soon’ tab now gone

Jetpack Joyride will soon have a sequel available exclusively on Apple Arcade

Winamp, your parents' favorite MP3 software, is back

SECURITY HAH!

Meta faces lawsuit for allegedly collecting patient health data without consent

FOR PROBABLY TOTALLY INNOCENT REASONS, THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ALSO DELETED THE JANUARY 6 TEXT MESSAGES OF TOP TRUMP OFFICIALS

Conspiracy theories have legitimized violence, impaired public health, and undermined democratic governance. Containing their harms begins with understanding the theorist, not the theory.

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Airtags on Thingverse

Nichelle Nichols Helped Show America a Different Future

Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers for 67 Years, Dies at 94

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563: Cracker Barrel Enthusiast Jul 30, 2022

Hot, Hot, Hot; Google fires engineer that claimed AI was sentient; Shkreli, Cracker Barrel enthusiast & ponzi schemer, is back; ghosted politician wants to make ghosting a crime; Senate grills Apple, Google over crypto app scams; Jon & Punch & the CHIPS act; Westworld turns the ship around; John Oliver is back; the Old Man; Spotify gains users, loses money, ditches Car Thing; hiding AirTags on bikes; Instagram's very busy week; Twitter Blue price hike; Snapchat+ inexplicably doing well; Tinder "desk mode"; smart scarves; Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler; Star Trek coffee table book; Happy Birthday Dave!

Show notes at https://gog.show/563

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White House launches a website to help people cope with extreme heat

Google fired engineer who said its AI was sentient

GOOGLE FIRES ENGINEER WHO SAID ITS EXPERIMENTAL AI GAINED SENTIENCE

IN THE NEWS

Martin Shkreli Is Out of Prison, So of Course He's Getting Into web3

A Filipino politician wants to make ghosting a criminal offense

Senate committee chair grills Apple, Google over protection against crypto app scams

CHIPS Act passes House on way to Biden signing

MEDIA CANDY

STAR TREK CONTINUES

‘The Old Man’ Finale: Producers Address Mysterious Morgan & Whether Zoe (And Those Dogs) Will Be Back

Spotify has 188 million Premium users, but continues to lose money

Spotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessory

APPS & DOODADS

Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok

Instagram will survey US users about race to assess if it is ‘fair and equitable’

Instagram Pauses Changes to Feed After Week-Long Drama

Twitter raises the price of its ‘Blue’ subscription for the first time

Social subscription Snapchat+ is already faring better than Twitter Blue

Tinder revives 'Desk Mode' feature for singles returning to the office, offering them a button to quickly hide swiping

Manchester City shows off a smart scarf that tracks fan reactions

Clipdrop

Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard Fiasco Leads to a $50M Settlement

Latest iOS 16 beta limits the ability to edit and delete messages

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AT THE LIBRARY

Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler

Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

David Warner, British Actor Known for ‘The Omen’ and ‘Tron,’ Dies at 80

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562: It’s Fuego Out There Jul 23, 2022

A rare in-person show; space news; piracy is good, so are eggs; Millennium Tower keeps sinking; TikTok job cuts; Twitter trial moves forward; Russian & Chinese fines on big tech; Microsoft hard pass on NFTs; crypto energy use; all the Star Trek; Netflix's confusing sharing plans; Game of Yawns; stories behind the songs; Instagram is dead; Jason's $Eaves; we stole Nothing; regulating VPNs; US government buying location data; TikTok security shuffle; GPS security flaws; it's a bit warm out there, isn't it?

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FOLLOW UP

The James Webb Space Telescope is capturing the universe on a 68GB SSD

IN HUGE REVERSAL, RUSSIA LETTING SPACEX FLY COSMONAUTS TO SPACE STATION

Buzz Aldrin's moon landing jacket is up for auction

Research Suggests That Software Piracy Lowers Poverty

IN THE NEWS

Once again, the Millennium Tower is sinking and tilting faster than before

TikTok is cutting jobs around the world

Judge rules that Twitter can expedite its trial against Elon Musk

Russia hits Google with a $375M fine for allowing ‘prohibited’ Ukraine news on its platforms

China’s $1B fine on Didi could end the mobility giant’s troubled year

Minecraft says ‘No F-ing Thanks’ to NFTs

Cryptomining boom has people’s energy bills skyrocketing; feds mull new rules

Cryptomining Capacity in U.S. Rivals Energy Use of Houston, Findings Show

Crypto has a whole new boondoggle to sell you

Blockchain-powered carbon offset company Land Life starts 35,000-acre forest fire in Spain

Elon Musk discloses that Tesla owns Dogecoin, but how much does it have?

Inside Apple’s Eight-Year Struggle to Build a Self-Driving Car

NFTs 101: Taxes, Risks, and More by Charles Schwab

NFT collector loses 100 ETH (~$150,000) in a joke gone wrong

MEDIA CANDY

Set Phasers to Stream: Here’s All the ‘Star Trek’ Content on Paramount+

Netflix lost nearly 1 million subscribers last quarter

Netflix is fighting password sharing in Latin America by charging for additional 'homes'

HBO’s new ‘House of the Dragon’ trailer offers a peek at the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel

AN EXPERIMENTAL HORROR ARG IS TESTING THE BOUNDARIES OF AI ART

Glitch Goods Store

Holiday T-shirt

The Story Behind Why Garbage’s Shirley Manson Is “Only Happy When It Rains”

APPS & DOODADS

Instagram is dead by Om Malik

Instagram rolling out new map experience to help users discover more places

Empire Avenue

Dbrand’s ‘Something’ skins make your phone look like a Nothing Phone 1

TextExpander, which lets users build shortcuts to speed up business communications, raises $41.4M, its first-ever funding

SECURITY HAH!

US Congress calls for the FTC to regulate how VPN companies operate

Records reveal the scale of Homeland Security's phone location data purchases

TikTok's global security chief is stepping down amid US user data controversy

Security flaws in a popular GPS tracker are exposing a million vehicle locations

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561: Magnet On a Stick Jul 16, 2022

Back from vacation; borrowing for crypto; saving lives; speed news recap: YouTube trailers, Apple & Ive, Microsoft layoffs, Instagram & TikTok for search, Nothing phone, political email spam, GameStop NFT's, population; James Webb telescope images; Twitter sues Elon; Ev leaves Medium; Rivian cost-cutting; Peloton outsources products; Meta generative AI; Star Trek: Strange New Worlds wrap up; Umbrella Academy; Let's Make a Sci-Fi; AirTags & Prime deals; Wayne Hussey, Hercule Poirot & humans being wrong; scam centers & trafficking victims; Scum & Villany; you can never have too many helmets.

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Survey: Americans Borrow Money, Default on Bills to Buy Cryptocurrency

IN THE NEWS

YouTube TV now has topped 5 million subscribers and ‘trialers,’ says Google

Apple Ends Consulting Agreement With Jony Ive, Its Former Design Leader

Jony Ive is no longer an Apple consultant, says report

Daily Crunch: Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees as it kicks off fiscal year 2023

Google exec suggests Instagram and TikTok are eating into Google’s core products, Search and Maps

The Nothing Phone is official as a mid-ranger, with some lights on the back

Gmail users “hard pass” on plan to let political emails bypass spam filters

Analysis: GameStop’s NFT marketplace earns the company just $45K in first day

NFT marketplace OpenSea lays off 20% of its staff: ‘We have entered … crypto winter’

EARTH'S POPULATION IS ABOUT TO HIT 8 BILLION

NASA reveals more stunning images from James Webb telescope

Twitter sues Elon Musk for attempting to back out of $44 billion buyout deal

Medium founder and CEO Ev Williams is stepping down

Rivian CEO tells staff the company is carrying out a 'major' cost-cutting effort

Peloton gives up on building its own products after just three years

Facebook Parent Meta Details Human-Rights Efforts

Meta’s latest generative AI system creates stunning images from sketches and text

MEDIA CANDY

Netflix to Partner With Microsoft on New Ad Supported Subscription Plan

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

The Orville New Horizons

The Umbrella Academy

Let's Make A Sci-Fi!

APPS & DOODADS

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Watch the Apple RoomPlan API empty a room of furniture, ready for augmented reality shopping

AT THE LIBRARY

Salad Daze by Wayne Hussey

Humans Have Always Been Wrong About Humans

The Dawn of Everything A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow

Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie

The Labours of Hercule

SECURITY HAH!

Scum and Villainy Cantina

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Adam Savage talks Kenobi

Jury convicts ex-CIA engineer for leaking the agency's hacking toolset

From Industrial-Scale Scam Centers, Trafficking Victims Are Being Forced to Steal Billions

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CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Last surviving member of ‘Band of Brothers’ dies aged 97

Larry Storch (1923-2022)

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560: Wankpuffin Jul 02, 2022

Fun with compound pejoratives; TLDR; the layoffs are coming; old-timey Uber problems; Airbnb parties no more; space travel & the environment; limiting sales of Plan B; Facebook seems to be able to moderate abortion pills posts but not much else; cryptocurrency still a joke, massive losses of money; Apple exec busted for insider trading; HBOMax app issues; Roadrunner & revisiting Bourdain; Westward; the Orville; charging cables; Snapchat+ lets you pay to beta test; Opal C1; Disneyland; TikTok; what to do about privacy data; Things Dave Likes.

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Compound pejoratives on Reddit – from buttface to wankpuffin

IN THE NEWS

Tesla reportedly lays off 200 Autopilot employees in latest jobs cut

Uber’s Blast from the Past

Airbnb is banning party houses permanently

Space Travel Will Absolutely Gut the Environment, Scientists Warn

Amazon to limit purchases of Plan B and other emergency contraceptive pills

Facebook Is Banning People Who Say They Will Mail Abortion Pills

Swedish Radio created fake pharmacy - reveals how Facebook stored sensitive information

‘Axie Infinity’ is back open for business following $625 million hack

Former Apple exec tasked with enforcing insider trading rules admits to insider trading

MEDIA CANDY

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

How Do You Tell the Story of Anthony Bourdain?

Westworld

The Orville: Scrapped Season 3 Episode to Be Released as Novella

The Nevers Season 2 Release Date – HBO’s Sci-Fi Drama Is On The Way!

Cinerama Dome Returning With New Name, Plans for Two Bars and Restaurant

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NOAA triples its supercomputing capacity for improved storm modeling

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AT THE LIBRARY

The Year Under the Machine by Peter Danielsson

SECURITY HAH!

Disneyland guest says they were evacuated from Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance three times in one day

FCC Commissioner urges Google and Apple to ban TikTok

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NFT giant OpenSea reports major email data breach

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559: Black Box of Fools Jun 25, 2022

Breaking News! TikTok, COVID & coked-up shrimp; ad-targeting problems; Metaverse Standards Forum; designer clothes in the Metaverse; Tesla racial abuse; TikTok US data moved to Oracle; Twitter brings back Chirp, adds blogs; hail a Lyft with cash, sort of; crypto not so decentralized; tracking layoffs; beaver outage; the Orville; Crypto Critics Corner; Cal Newport; the Old Man; Animal Kingdom; continuing HBOMax issues; Cameo; flying death mobiles; levitating with sound; DALL-E; David McRaney changing minds; Obi-Wan wrap up; crypto's PR problem; Microsoft phases out some facial recognition tech; Sanas AI voice technology.

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Khaby Lame is now the most followed TikTok star in the world after surpassing Charli D'Amelio

Shrimp Fail Drug Test For Cocaine, Ketamine, Xanax, And Valium

Boy, gig companies sure hire disastrously sloppy lawyers

IN THE NEWS

Meta settles US lawsuit over housing discrimination

Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Unity and others form Metaverse Standards Forum

Meta is launching an avatar store, and designer clothes are the first products

Former Tesla contractor rejects $15 million payout in racial abuse lawsuit

TikTok Moves All U.S. User Data to Oracle Servers

Twitter revives its developer conference after a seven-year hiatus

Twitter wants writers to publish longform content with 'Notes'

You can pay for your Lyft ride with cash now

Cryptocurrency is more centralized than many advocates claim, according to report

Layoffs.fyi Tracker

Single beaver caused mass internet, cell service outages in Northern B.C.

MEDIA CANDY

The Orville

Crypto Critics Corner

The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class by Cal Newport

Deep Questions with Cal Newport - Ep. 201: Making a Living Online

The Obamas are leaving Spotify for Audible

The Old Man

Animal Kingdom

Oblivion

APPS & DOODADS

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SCIENTISTS ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT LEVITATING OBJECTS WITH SOUND WAVES

DALL·E mini has a mysterious obsession with women in saris

AT THE LIBRARY

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier

How Minds Change - The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney

Why are you removing multiple features on Goodreads?

SECURITY HAH!

Microsoft will phase out facial recognition AI that could detect emotions

Sanas Demo

That agent who sounds like they’re from Paris, Texas? Try Paris, France

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558: I Chat Therefore I Am (Not) Jun 18, 2022

Crypto-crash; grifters gonna grift; Google chat-bot building system builds a really good chatbot, not an AI; how not to get people to track your jet; Uber & Lyft lose in Massachusetts; smart license plates; Spotify's safety council; 10 strikes and you're out at Facebook; Barry; Umbrella Academy; For All Mankind; Apple+ sports streaming; festival pee; Google Nest Protect; audio weapons; Internet Explorer, big in Japan; Peter Danielsson; Warren Ellis; Adrian Tchaikovsky; Obi-Wan; adapters & NFC cards; fingerprint scanning; Rage Against the Winklevii.

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The rise and fall of Adobe Flash

Uncut

Tanner Campbell - @tannerhelps - I'm getting sucked into NFTs.

Anna Sorokin wants to move away from her 'scammer' persona... by selling NFTs

IN THE NEWS

Google places engineer on leave after he claims group’s chatbot is “sentient”

The teen who tracks Elon Musk's jet agreed to stop monitoring Mark Cuban's flights on Twitter after the billionaire offered business advice: 'By ending this you have me as a friend for life'

Massachusetts court rejects proposed gig worker ballot measure

Michigan approves digital license plates by startup Reviver

Crypto Exchange Coinbase to Lay Off 18% of Staff

After Rogan COVID-19 controversy, Spotify forms a safety council to rethink its content moderation policies

Facebook enforces ban on gun sales with 10-strikes-and-you’re-out policy

MEDIA CANDY

Grace and Frankie

Somebody Feed Phil

Barry

Umbrella Academy Season 3

For All Mankind

Apple TV will stream every MLS game for a decade starting in 2023

Drug-Laced Pee Seeps Into Rivers Near Music Festivals, Threatening Rare Eels

No talent required in the new and lucrative era of the gentleman amateur

‘Most tragically hilarious/infuriating thing’: Winklevoss twins perform Rage Against the Machine cover—after laying off staff

APPS & DOODADS

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US Navy Develops Weapon That Could Make It Impossible To Speak

Report reveals half of Japan's businesses had yet to ditch Internet Explorer

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AT THE LIBRARY

The year under the Machine by Peter Danielsson

The year under the Machine by Peter Danielsson - Kindle

Orbital Operations by Warren Ellis

Normal: A Novel by Warren Ellis

Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture Book 1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

SECURITY HAH!

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Cops Will Be Able to Scan Your Fingerprints With a Phone

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Autopilot indeed, built in deniability as a feature!

Character Actor Mike Hagerty— Who Appeared on ‘Friends,’ ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ More — Dead at 67

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1: Grumpy Old Geeks Trailer Jun 15, 2022

As one of the longest-running podcasts, "Grumpy Old Geeks" discovers what went wrong on the Internet, and who's to blame. Every week they cut through the BS from big tech and tell you what's really going on. With wide-ranging topics, this show has something for everyone. There is a reason Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and that crowd all hate this podcast. Listen and find out for yourself!

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557: Vanna Screwed Up Jun 11, 2022

Pamping the Twetch redesign; NFTs are dead; more crypto lawsuits & investigations; Starbucks shuts down unionized location; Amazon VP pushes sellers to oppose bill good for Amazon; Microsoft cleans up their policies; Apple gets in on Pay Later; Reply All is kaput; Strange New Worlds continues a good run; Rat in the Kitchen; The Orville pivots; Sandman causes uninformed internet to have a cow; Jason gears up new studio; two IKEA turntables & a Marshall stack; Feeting Woices; the Leia show; Tim Horton's app tracking & hockey lawsuits, hoser!

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Facebook's algorithm change in 2018 benefitted Republican groups, researchers say

Twetch

Introducing Twetch Market 3.0!

Praise for Uvalde shooter and call for copycats is growing online, Homeland Security warns

IN THE NEWS

Winkelvoss twins' crypto exchange faces lawsuit over $36 million theft

SEC is investigating Binance over its BNB token

The First Starbucks Location That Voted to Unionize Is Being Shut Down

Amazon VP tries to convince sellers to oppose antitrust bill

Microsoft drops non-compete clauses and NDAs from employee settlements

Apple Pay Later doesn't worry us, says CEO of buy now, pay later unicorn Affirm

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

The Orville: New Horizons

Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It!

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IKEA teamed up with Swedish House Mafia on a turntable

Marshall widens the soundstage on its new home speaker lineup

A "Solar Tsunami" Could Entirely Wipe Out The Internet Within A Decade, Suggests Study

EU agrees single mobile charging port in blow to Apple

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Woice on Product Hunt

SECURITY HAH!

Your Tim Hortons Coffee App Knew Where You Were at All Times

Canadian Hockey Lawsuit

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

RIP David Lynch music contributor Julee Cruise

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556: Leaning Out Jun 03, 2022

More crypto fails; Sheryl Sandberg leans out of the Metaverse; PayPal & other tech firms tighten their belts, lay off workers; Amazon stops in-app purchases on Android; Jonas Brothers launch Scriber for established artists like themselves; Netflix password-sharing plan isn't much of a plan; unions are good for workers; Legendary; Stranger Things; Yvonne Orji; Norm MacDonald; Willow; Starz; Groove Belt; Jiffy Reader; Obi Wan Kenobi; toxic fans; China anti-starling measures; I want to be a dog.

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FOLLOW UP

Texas's bizarre social media law suspended by Supreme Court

Collector sells Bored Ape for $513,000 less than they paid for it

Former OpenSea executive arrested, charged with money laundering

Former Employee Of NFT Marketplace Charged In First Ever Digital Asset Insider Trading Scheme

IN THE NEWS

Sheryl Sandberg will step down as Meta COO

What Sheryl Sandberg’s Replacements Are Up Against

PayPal has been laying off workers to reduce costs

Amazon no longer offers in-app Kindle and Music purchases on Android

The Jonas Brothers help launch Scriber, a creator subscription company

Netflix’s password-sharing test in Peru is confusing subscribers, report suggests

Here’s why the BuzzFeed News Union’s contract includes protections from ghosts

MEDIA CANDY

Bosch: Legacy

Legendary Season 3 on HBO Max

Stranger Things

Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It!

Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar

Ricky Gervais: Supernature

Grace and Frankie

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

'Willow' TV series comes to Disney+ on November 30th

Lionsgate plans to officially announce a Starz spinoff this summer

Downton Abbey: A New Era

APPS & DOODADS

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Jiffy Reader on Product Hunt

Twitter will shut down the TweetDeck for Mac app on July 1st

SECURITY HAH!

A personal message from Ewan McGregor.

At What Point Do We Give Up On Star Wars Fans?

The Orville

China's military scientists call for development of anti-Starlink measures

Japanese Man Spends ₹ 12 Lakh To "Become" A Dog

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The Last Howard Johnson's Restaurant In America Is Officially Closed

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555: Zuck Bucks on Black May 27, 2022

More crypto & NFT fails; proper gambling with class action cash; Uber won, we lose; Amazon delivery partners accident-prone; Starlink for RVs; Adam Neumann is back with a new scam; Meta sharing data with researchers; Walmart drones; Kids in the Hall; George Carlin; Ricky Gervais; Westworld; The Bad Guys; Sirius XM picks up Team Coco; time zones; Sennheiser; Magic Leap; gaming consolidation; the Sims; we Google it for you; USB SuperDrives; 5k iMac project; Top Gun; finding orphaned accounts; ClearView AI fined; delete versus erase; GoodWill, Hunted.

Show notes: https://gog.show/555/

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The Most Famous Nft Artist Got Hacked, Ripping Off His Followers

Coinbase reportedly pauses hiring amid plummeting crypto market

IN THE NEWS

Uber Is Ready to Accept Failure, Sort Of

The Decade of Cheap Rides Is Over

Injury rates of Amazon’s delivery contractors climbed 40 percent last year, new report claims

Starlink launches satellite internet for RVs that costs $25 more

Adam Neumann-backed climate tech venture Flowcarbon raises $70 mln

Meta will share Facebook's political ad targeting data with researchers

Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service across six states

MEDIA CANDY

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

George Carlin's American Dream

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature on Netflix

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature | Official Clip | Netflix

Somebody Feed Phil Season 5

Westworld | Season 4 Official Teaser | HBO

The Bad Guys

SiriusXM buys Conan O'Brien's podcast and media company

APPS & DOODADS

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Magic Leap is Selling Its First AR Headset for Just $550

Take-Two's $12.7 billion purchase of Zynga is complete

'The Sims 4' players can now customize their characters' pronouns

Background App Refresh keeps your iPhone and iPad running smoothly, but takes up battery life — here's how to turn it off

Why You Shouldn't Constantly Close Apps on Your iPhone

SECURITY HAH!

Clearview AI fined £7.5 million and told to delete all UK facial recognition data

Delete vs erase: Do you know the difference?

New ransomware demands victims to donate to poor

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Jordan Harbinger Live

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554: Dicky Do May 20, 2022

Eggs redux; work from home debate, the Great Whiplash; Hotel Suicide; Twitter sale on hold, over Musk's antics; Youtube isn't a website according to Texas; adtech RTB breach; CityCoins crash; tempests in teapots at Apple; Grubhub's bad promo; Netflix layoffs; HBO app issues; Slower Horses; Kids in the Hall return; Barry; Naked Lunch; back on Brave; social media breaks & violent content on Facebook; AI characters, Artbreeder & title tags; Star Wars excitement; tracking period apps; pay with a smile; Dave's Favorite Things returns.

Show notes at https://gog.show/554/

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FOLLOW UP

Plant-based 'whole' eggs could be served in US restaurants this year

Apple softens its stance on remote work amid return-to-office delays

Apple exec who left the company due to in-person work policy now returning to Google

See what it's like to live in one of the compact sleep pods that allow 14 residents to share a single home in California

IN THE NEWS

With Twitter deal on hold, Musk says a lower sale price isn't 'out of the question’

A court just blew up internet law because it thinks YouTube isn’t a website

Report spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’

Miami’s mayor backed MiamiCoin crypto—then its price dropped 95%

Apple will allow some apps to automatically charge you higher subscription prices

Grubhub’s free lunch offer in NYC crashed its website and app

Netflix lays off 150 mostly US-based staff

AI Can Predict People's Race From X-Ray Images, And Scientists Are Concerned

MEDIA CANDY

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Slow Horses on Apple TV+

New Kids in the Hall on Amazon Prime

Barry on HBO

Naked Lunch

APPS & DOODADS

Brave web browser for iOS updated with new ‘Privacy Hub’

DJI Mini 3 Pro - 51 Things You Should Know Before Buying!

DJI Mini 3 Pro

Taking a Break from Social Media Makes you Happier and Less Anxious by Cal Newport

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Meta has nearly doubled the amount of violent content removed from Facebook

We Used AI To Show What "Twilight" Characters Would Look Like In Real Life Based On The Books, And Emmett Looks Incredibly Huggable

SECURITY HAH!

Star Wars: The Rebellion Will Be Televised

Data Marketplace Selling Info About Who Uses Period Tracking Apps

Mastercard's pay-with-a-smile test is bound to rile privacy advocates

How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts

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5K iMac monitor conversion project underway

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553: Grumpio Frumpio May 13, 2022

Humanity stuck in hold my beer mode; returning to work entitlement; many meta verses; crypto crashing, fraud everywhere; affordable connectivity & WIFI before seatbelts on buses; Musk's plan for Twitter; Cameo lays off the Fameo; Peleton's post-covid crunch; Clearview AI banned from direct sales to state agencies; Star Trek hopes; Severance; Avatar & Downton Abbey; iPhone cases; Apple discontinues the iPod; tandem showers; wheelbarrows; crypto muggings; more your phone is listening to you nonsense; healthcare, hospice & grief.

Show notes at https://gog.show/553/

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The Craft of Forecasting Our Possible Futures: A Conversation with Jane McGonigal

Imaginable by Jane McGonigal

Blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea – two teams of scientists are doing it anyway

IN THE NEWS

Apple loses director of machine learning over its office return policy

Insider's Guide to the Metaverse

Mining Capital Coin CEO indicted for $62 million investment fraud scheme

CEO of Mining Capital Coin Indicted in $62 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme

The Biden administration is capping the cost of internet for low-income Americans

Affordable Connectivity Program

FCC proposes funding Wi-Fi on school buses

Inside Elon Musk’s Big Plans for Twitter

Elon Musk says he would ‘reverse’ Donald Trump’s Twitter ban

Cameo insiders pull back the curtain on its brutal layoffs, revealing slowing growth, internal dissent, and concerns about overspending

Peloton's huge loss highlights how hard it'll be to turn things around

Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI banned from selling face database to private US businesses

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Avatar: The Way of Water | Official Teaser Trailer

House of the Dragon: Sneak Peek

Downton Abbey: A New Era

George Carlin: Life is Worth Losing

APPS & DOODADS

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1Password 8 for Mac: An upgrade, after all

Apple discontinues its last iPod

The music lives on

Photoshop for iPad shifts closer to feature parity with desktop app in latest update

Tandem Shower by Boona

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SNAPCHAT’S FLYING CAMERA

DJI Mini Pro 3

I Got An AI To Autocomplete Famous Novels

SECURITY HAH!

Your Product Sucks — Apple Music macOS review

Wave of Crypto Muggings Hits London's Financial District

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552: Facehuggers May 06, 2022

Music for TikTok; NFTs flatlining, still; WAGMI, bro; MyPillow guy re-banned from Twitter; Google fires more AI researchers; Meta's "laptop for the face"; Wikimedia won't take your crypto; Russians steal farm vehicles, they get bricked; the fragility of the blockchain; electioneering on OnlyFans; Grumpy Young Men; Weird Al; George Carlin; Grace & Frankie; Star Trek falters, Star Wars shines; NASA ring tones; Wristcam; Wordle's NYT bump; terms of service; cable testing; Circle K from Bill & Ted closing, bogus dude!

Show notes at https://gog.show/552

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Does TikTok Pay You For Your Music | Do Artists Get Royalties From TikTok

NFT Sales Are Flatlining

Crypto’s CSI: How Molly White Became an ‘Absolute Nightmare’ for Web3 Evangelists

The Tragic True Story Behind ‘WAGMI,’ Crypto's Most Positive Catchphrase

IN THE NEWS

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was re-banned from Twitter 3 hours after returning to the platform since his initial ban in 2021

Google fires another AI researcher who reportedly challenged findings

Meta's Project Cambria VR headset likened to 'a laptop for the face'

The Wikimedia Foundation won't accept crypto donations anymore

Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine — to find they've been remotely disabled

Yuga Labs’ Metaverse Land Sale Underscores Pressure on Ethereum

A 29-year-old progressive running for Congress thinks her honesty — and her OnlyFans — could help her win

Alexandra M. Hunt on OnlyFans

MEDIA CANDY

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Teaser Trailer | The Roku Channel

George Carlin's American Dream | Official Trailer | HBO

Grace & Frankie

Netflix cancels 'Space Force' after two seasons

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' has promise, and the usual frustrations

NASA Audio and Ringtones

Totally bogus! 'Bill & Ted' Circle K in Tempe is closing

APPS & DOODADS

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Wristcam

Shot on Apple Watch Awards

Neutron and Visual Mixer Now Available Natively on Apple silicon

Wordle brought 'tens of millions' of users to The New York Times

Mela app

SECURITY HAH!

CyberWire launches CISA Cybersecurity Alerts: A first-of-its-kind public service audio feed for urgent threat advisories.

Obi-Wan Kenobi | Official Trailer | Disney+

Star Wars on Disney+

How to watch the Star Wars movies in order: Every order from chronological timeline to release date

Terms of Service; Didn't Read

USB-C Cable Tester Quickly Indicates Which Type of Cable You Have

C2C caberQU - USB C cable tester Kickstarter

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known

Techmeme Ride Home

How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone

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551: Sunk Tweet Fallacy Apr 29, 2022

The Brimley/Cocoon Line; Elon Musk & the Twitter buyout; Truth Social's masterplan; Meta is a money pit; Ford's electric F-150; NFT phishing scams; virtual homes in the metaverse; taking off your Google Pixel Watch to eat; Discovery+; the Batman; Our Flag Means Death (of comedy); Supergirl; Danny Elfman; Severance; bitcoin got boring; when tech delights; Apple Self Service Repair; eero Pro; Sonos Roam; useful websites; the Sandman Omnibus; regret; the Art of Impossible; Milk Street & cook books on Kindle.

Show notes at https://gog.show/551/

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The Brimley/Cocoon Line Calculator

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44 billion

Jack Dorsey set to pocket $978M if Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition closes

No one knows what Musk's Twitter takeover means for the company

Trump will not return to Twitter even as Elon Musk purchases platform, will begin using his own TRUTH Social

Meta says its metaverse biz lost another $3B… but the 2030s will be ‘exciting’

Ford says it has produced 2,000 electric F-150 pickup trucks.

I drove an $18,500, 3-wheeled electric car with 1 seat and big dreams

Bored Ape Yacht Club's Instagram compromised in $2.4 million NFT phishing scam

Virtual home developer pairs up with Beverly Hills real-estate agent

Someone left a prototype Google Pixel Watch at a restaurant

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - It’s not just a phase. By Jonathan Haidt

MEDIA CANDY

The Batman

THE BATMAN, but with Goofy Batman

Our Flag Means Death

Supergirl

Severance

Danny Elfman - Only A Lad (Coachella Festival, Indio CA 4/16/2022 -Week 1)

The Real-Life Diet of Danny Elfman, Who Played Coachella Shirtless at 68

Bridget Fonda seen for first time in 12 years on 58th birthday

APPS & DOODADS

iOS 15: How to Use Live Text to Copy and Paste Text From Photos

Universal Control: Use a single keyboard and mouse between Mac and iPad

Apple’s Self Service Repair now available

Apple Self Service Repair

Amazon eero Pro 6 tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 system with built-in Zigbee smart home hub (3-pack)

Sonos Roam

Meta will open its first physical store May 9th

Insanely Useful Websites

AT THE LIBRARY

The Sandman Omnibus

The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward

The Art of Impossible - A Peak Performance Primer - By Steven Kotler

Milk Street Fast and Slow: Instant Pot Cooking at the Speed You Need by Christopher Kimball

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Fort Worth to become first city to mine Bitcoin

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550: We Don’t Build Anything Apr 22, 2022

Coachella & Revolve; becoming a Gigillionaire; masks off; web scraping is legal; unionization is in the air, but $30 an hour for retail; Netflix stock drop, taking a page from Spotify; quantum computing and Rydberg polaritons; Romancing the Stone & Ghostbusters; the Batman; Picard disappointments; #Adulting; sexy backpacks; label created is not shipped; Honey; salt, salt, salt; the Broken Room; Roland; CNN+ shutting down; hot cable talk; revisiting smart home problems; DNS options; cyber security advisory; the wolf of Crypto; Elon Musk is back in MOTW; Binance's unfortunate branded hashtag.

Show notes at https://gog.show/550/

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Revolve Festival likened to “Fyre Fest 2.0” by influencers “stranded” for hours

IN THE NEWS

Uber and Lyft drop mask requirements for US drivers and passengers

Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms

Instagram enables product tagging for everyone in the US

Apple workers at New York store call for minimum wage of $30 per hour

Netflix plans to offer cheaper ad-supported subscription tiers

An Ancient Namibian Stone Could Hold The Key to Unlocking Quantum Computers

MEDIA CANDY

The Batman

Obamas to Leave Spotify, Seek Podcast Deal Elsewhere

Star Trek Picard - No More Reviews, I'm Out

Bill Maher: #Adulting

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AT THE LIBRARY

The Broken Room by Peter Clines

Roland celebrates 50 years of music gear with glossy new book

PUSH: J. Grant Brittain - ‘80s Skateboarding Photography

SECURITY HAH!

CNN+ Is Shutting Down Just Weeks After It Launched

What is 1.1.1.1?

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5 Eyes issues joint cyber security advisory

MORON OF THE WEEK

'Wolf of Wall Street' inspiration Jordan Belfort reportedly charged $40,000 for a 2-day crypto workshop at his Miami estate — three years after he called Bitcoin a 'mass delusion'

The Wolf of Crypto

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[Exclusive] Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about | TED | Tesla Gigafactory interview

Binance adds a branded hashtag to Twitter that closely resembles a swastika

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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549: Chaos Muppet Apr 15, 2022

Boldly going; Kmart collapse; Elon Musk, Chaos Muppet; what to do with deleted tweets; dark personality traits & crypto; beastmode for kids; Etsy seller strike; Meta & its Oversight Board; autonomous Cruise makes a run for it; Moonfall, revisited; two thumbs up; Upload; Picard; Billions; Queen of the South; the Outlaws; Tony Hawk (or is it); Warner Bros, Discovery & CNN+; Twemex; PIP; DuckDuckGo browser; vigilante apps; evolution of self help; Peter Clines; data brokers; RaidForums bust; trackers all the way down.

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Star Trek's first NFTs lean heavily on incentives

The Worst Part of Working From Home Is Now Haunting Reopened Offices

Once a retail giant, Kmart nears extinction after closure

Choro-Q aka Penny Racers

Zoids

‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk and the disappearing board seat: all of the updates about Twitter’s largest shareholder

Twitter reverses change that turned embeds of deleted tweets into blank boxes

"Impulsive Psychopaths Like Crypto": Research Shows How "Dark" Personality Traits Affect Bitcoin Enthusiasm

The growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids crypto

Over 14,000 Etsy sellers are going on strike to protest increased transaction fees

Meta announces huge new tech hub in Toronto with plans for 2,500 jobs

Meta will close a loophole in its doxxing policy in response to the Oversight Board

An autonomous Cruise vehicle left police confused when they tried to pull it over

The first all-civilian space crew has docked with the ISS

MEDIA CANDY

Moonfall

Netflix adds a ‘Two Thumbs Up’ button in effort to learn what users love, not just like

Upload

Picard

First ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ season three trailer teases a starship hijacking

Billions

Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off

Tony Hawk on the Oscars, Fatherhood and Taking Risks

Queen of the South

The Outlaws

Misfits (TV series)

The Warner Bros.-Discovery deal has officially closed

Fox Sports will stream every match of the 2022 World Cup

CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users

Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start

APPS & DOODADS

Sonos bought a startup that made a light-powered Bluetooth speaker

Twemex

YouTube says picture-in-picture will hit all iOS 15 devices in the coming days (updated)

Exclusive: iOS 16 notification updates will include expanded Focus mode configurations for more control

Epic Games and Lego team up to build a kid-friendly metaverse

DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop

NEW SPEEDCAM APP LETS ANYONE, ANYWHERE SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF DRIVERS SPEEDING

AT THE LIBRARY

Anthony Robbins' Personal Power II: The Driving Force!

The Broken Room by Peter Clines

Steelheart (The Reckoners) by Brandon Sanderson

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SECURITY HAH!

Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Ukrainians use 'Find My iPhone' to see where Russians took their stolen Apple devices

DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop

RaidForums hacking forum seized by police, owner arrested

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

GILBERT GOTTFRIED DEAD AT 67

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548: N(ot) F(or) T(rek) Apr 08, 2022

Jason's new office; Facebook's misinformation fail; Amazon union; TikTok's scraping "growth hack"; Pinterest calls itself bold & brave; Elon buys stake in Twitter, gets on board; Jack misses the world he destroyed; Moonfall is unbearably bad; Star Trek seems to be moving in the right direction except for that NFT stuff; Somebody Feed Phil returns; Wyze security debacle; Cash App breach; FBI removes malware without asking; DOJ, German dark-web takedowns; Google bans data-harvesting software with government ties; it's Opening Day, Orioles fans!

Show notes at https://gog.show/548

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A FACEBOOK BUG LED TO INCREASED VIEWS OF HARMFUL CONTENT OVER SIX MONTHS

IN THE NEWS

America finally gets an Amazon union

Amazon's planned worker chat app would reportedly ban words like 'union'

Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch

TikTok owner ByteDance scraped content from Instagram and others to push predecessor app

Pinterest bans all climate change misinformation on its platform

Elon Musk now owns a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter

Elon Musk will join Twitter's board of directors

Twitter confirms it will test an edit button

Twitter is wiping embeds of deleted tweets from the web

IndieWeb

Jack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internet

MEDIA CANDY

Moonfall

The entire ‘Next Generation’ cast will appear in 'Star Trek: Picard' season three

The latest ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ trailer promises a return to form

FFS. "Star Trek gets into NFTs"

'Somebody Feed Phil' Season 5 Release Date Announced at Netflix

SECURITY HAH!

Cash App breach impacted over 8 million users

Companies were slow to remove Russian spies’ malware, so FBI did it for them

DOJ seizes $34 million of crypto from the dark web seller

Germany seizes the world's largest, longest-serving dark web market

Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software

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547: Crush Your Goals! Apr 01, 2022

COVID, maybe; revising crypto guides; Uber not "fit and proper" but in London, adds cabs in NYC; Meta paid consultants to sling dirt at TikTok; BEANS!; VISA wants in on NFT action; Microsoft... engages in sales & business; chaos theory weather control; Gaming Wall St; state of Star Trek; Halo; Moon Knight; WeCrashed; CNN+; Headway for "Real Men"; Apple iPhone rundles; dystopian Darth Dyson; Brandon Sanderson's kickstarter windfall; Klosterman; Laundry Files; Verizon spam texts; FBI disrupts BEC schemes; hackers forge legal requests for data; old computers & the good ol' days when we could get away with things.

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The Edited Latecomer’s Guide to Crypto

IN THE NEWS

Uber secures 30-month London taxi license

Call for an Uber, Get a Yellow Taxi

Waymo trials fully driverless rides in San Francisco

Meta reportedly paid political consultants to smear TikTok

Teen Girls Are Still Getting TikTok-Related Tics—and Other Disorders

Visa launches NFT program as it considers the digital art a new form of e-commerce

Whistleblower says Microsoft spent millions on bribes abroad

Scientists think they can control the weather using chaos theory

MEDIA CANDY

Gaming Wall St.

Trust No One - The Hunt for the Crypto King

APPS & DOODADS

Real Men Self-Development Plan by Headway App

Apple will reportedly sell the iPhone as a subscription service

Apple will no longer repair iPhones reported as lost or stolen

GSMA Device Registry

Dyson launches Zone air purifying Bluetooth headphones with visor

Overcast app's big redesign helps it compete with Apple Podcasts

No one asked for a hamburger vending machine, and RoboBurger answered

AT THE LIBRARY

Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish

Surprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson

How Angry Should Other Writers Be About Brandon Sanderson’s $22 Million Kickstarter?

An End to Secrets

Imaginable - How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today by Jane McGonigal

X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century by Chuck Klosterman

Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charlie Stross

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charlie Stross

SECURITY HAH!

Verizon says ‘bad actors’ are to blame for sketchy spoofed spam texts

FBI disrupts BEC cybercrime gangs targeting victims worldwide

Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has destroyed a historic computer museum

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Bruce Willis Has Aphasia and Is ‘Stepping Away’ From His Career

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546: Jrumpy Old Jeeps Mar 25, 2022

We're back to normal; reflections on nostalgia; Vimeo is sorry; how to commit fraud properly; open-source developer burnout, sabotage; US data collection transparency bill; Bored Apes Yuga Labs ridiculous valuation; Andreessen's crypto obsession; regulating Musk's tweets; de-platforming doesn't always work; which Trek is most Star Trek; Upload; drunk on a plane movie reviews; TV shows keeping Jason sane; Dropbox drops a bomb; Amp; Citizen; iPad annoyances; RIP, it's pronounced JIF.

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Vimeo is sorry, and here’s how it’s changing

IN THE NEWS

A former Apple employee has been charged with defrauding the company out of more than $10 million

Open-source developers are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging their own projects — and it's putting the entire internet at risk

Sabotage: Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus

Bipartisan bill would expand US data collection transparency requirements

‘Bored Apes’ NFT startup Yuga Labs raises at monster $4B valuation

Biggest Bored Ape Whales Move Their APE to Exchanges

Worldcoin to Raise $100M at $3B Token Valuation: Report

US regulators say someone really needs to monitor Elon Musk’s tweets

Demonetizing ‘problematic’ YouTubers isn’t effective, researchers say

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Discovery

Friday the 13th The Series

Upload Season 2

The Andy Warhol Diaries

Tournament of Champions 3

The Julia Child Challenge

Guys Grocery Games

Alex vs. America

Tiny Food Fight

Killing Eve the Final Season

Barry

The Boys

The Umbrella Academy

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (revisited)

Legoland: California

APPS & DOODADS

Amp

The saga of Punkin’ Donuts

Citizen may test an on-demand private security service in Chicago

iPadOS now lets any iPad match the new iPad mini volume button orientation feature

Apple iPadAir with M1

Sonos One SL

Twitter for iOS now lets you easily create GIFs using your iPhone camera

Tweetbot

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died

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545: Prequalified Idiots Mar 18, 2022

Jason and Dave play while Brian is on Vacay; Bezos’s balls and a new Kirk; Rivian in trouble in the market and crypto ATM’s in trouble across the pond; Vimeo turns on the sprinklers; Stripe takes on Block for King of Crypto Crown; The care, feeding, and culling of cables; Deepfakes pop up in the war; Grimes and WHO?!; Jason gets the strangest spam; a post-roll stroke update.

Show notes at https://gog.show/545

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JEFF BEZOS WAS REPORTEDLY UPSET THAT HIS SPACESUIT DIDN’T MAKE HIS CROTCH LOOK GOOD

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Casts Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk for Season 2 of Paramount Plus Series

Buckle up, autonomous vehicles finally get federal safety standards

Rivian shares reach new low after reporting disappointing Q4 earnings

The Dune NFT Project Is Back With an Inscrutable New Scheme

Bored Apes maker Yuga Labs acquires CryptoPunks NFT collection

IN THE NEWS

Tech CEOs to face faster criminal liability under UK online safety law

Cryptocurrency ATMs illegal right now in UK

Stripe gets friendly with crypto, again

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Amazon is temporarily relocating employees from its downtown Seattle office, following a rise in violent crime

Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars — or leave the platform

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How to Use Google Drive’s New Search Tools

Grimes Ditching Elon Musk For Chelsea Manning Has The Internet Questioning Reality

Hacked News Channel and Deepfake of Zelenskyy Surrendering Is Causing Chaos Online

Russia bans Instagram, a week after blocking Facebook, Twitter

Russian influencers sob bitter tears as Putin’s Instagram ban goes into effect

Facebook allows war posts urging violence against Russian invaders

KANYE WEST 24-HOUR INSTAGRAM SUSPENSION... After Attacks On Kim, Pete, Trevor & Others

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CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

DNS Ad-Blocker with Pi-Hole in a Raspberry Pi Zero

William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Actor for ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ Dies at 71

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544: Men of a Certain Age Mar 11, 2022

The Amanda Palmer Method; Truth Social stumbles; Heardle through the grapevine; wings in the metaverse; Amazon Basics tied to forced labor; Twitter launches Tor service; Limewire is back... with NFTs; Musk is a free speech absolutist; executive order on crypto; Star Trek; After Yang; the Cure & Eddie Izzard; Upload is back; Dekalog & Three Colours; Dropbox drops update for macOS; Clash Royale anniversary; A.G. Riddle; more iOT rants; Samsung hack; RadioShack; Obi-Wan and Star Wars Galatic Starcruiser; Things Dave Likes; disco number twos.

Show notes at https://gog.show/544/

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I quit my dream job in TV to become a TikToker, and it was the best decision I've ever made

Donald Trump is furious about the stumbling launch of his social media app Truth Social, report says

'Heardle' is like 'Wordle' for the musically inclined

IN THE NEWS

Wingstop has filed a trademark to sell chicken wings in the metaverse

Amazon suppliers reportedly have ties to forced labor camps in China

HBO hit with class action lawsuit for allegedly sharing subscriber data with Facebook

Twitter Launches Tor Onion Service Making Site Easier to Access in Russia

LimeWire is back... as an NFT marketplace

Musk says Starlink won’t block Russian media outlets ‘unless at gunpoint’

Tesla violated labor laws by blocking union organizing, judge rules

Biden's executive order on cryptocurrencies zeros in on 6 priorities and 'urgency' in exploring the creation of a US digital dollar

Cryptocurrency Is No Fix for Russia’s Sanctions Woes

Coinbase blocks over 25,000 Russian-linked crypto addresses

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Discovery

A Small-Scale Sci-Fi Film That Asks the Genre’s Biggest Question

After Yang

BitTorrent is Still the King of Upstream Internet Traffic, But for How Long?

Robert Smith just told us The Cure’s new album title at the BandLab NME Awards 2022

Eddie Izzard - Wunderbar

Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill

Upload Season 2

YouTube offers popular podcasts $50K in cash to pivot to video

Common Sense 323 – Gas Up the Cold War

Dekalog

Three Colours trilogy

APPS & DOODADS

Dropbox releases official update for its macOS app with M1 support

Google says the latest Chrome on Mac outperforms Safari

Jason’s Character in Clash Royale

A Book of Secrets: Finding Solace in a Stubborn World by Derren Brown

AT THE LIBRARY

The Extinction Trials by A.G. Riddle

SECURITY HAH!

Dave’s iOT update - Kind advice via Twitter from Kyle Correa

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Stacey on IoT Podcast

Samsung confirms hackers compromised its systems and stole Galaxy source code

Don’t celebrate RadioShack’s crypto pivot — it’s just a Tai Lopez scheme

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543: Doin’ a Little Off-Roading Mar 04, 2022

The DAO is just BBS's for the kids; NFT lawsuits; tracking oligarchs; steps are the new eggs; Amazon selling digital ads in stores they aren't closing; Ukraine and Big Tech's responses; Senators unsure if crypto can be used to skirt sanctions; Star Trek Discovery & Picard; MCU consolidation; Super Pumped; Pee-Wee goes dark; Truth Social; Amazon Luna; BookTok; Hindenburg; TweetBot; the End of Everything; Escape from Yokai Land; the Jeep Wave; IoT ranting; hacking Russia.

Show notes at https://gog.show/543

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NFT collector files $6 million lawsuit against OpenSea, LooksRare, and the company behind Bored Apes for not doing more to discourage thefts

Armijo v. Ozone Networks, Inc. d/b/a Opensea

NEWS SERVICE SHAMED INTO CANCELING SALE OF NFT OF DESPERATE MIGRANTS

The teen famous for tracking Elon Musk's jet has a new target: Russian oligarchs

Scientists Finally Did a Study to See If Taking 10,000 Steps a Day Actually Matters. Here's What They Found

Bitcoin’s Inequality Problem Is Putting the Dollar to Shame

IN THE NEWS

Amazon plans to sell digital advertising space inside its physical stores

Amazon is closing its physical Amazon Books, 4-Star, and Pop Up stores for good

BitConnect founder indicted by Justice Department has disappeared

Apple halts sales of all products in Russia

Facebook will demote Russian state media across its entire platform

Meta blocks Russian state media from running ads worldwide

TikTok follows Facebook in blocking RT and Sputnik in the EU

YouTube blocks RT and Sputnik channels across Europe

Reddit hides r/Russia from search and recommendations due to misinformation

Netflix refuses to carry Russian state TV channels

Microsoft is the latest to ban Russian state media from its platforms

Crypto Billionaire, Pussy Riot Join Effort to Give Ukrainians Money

Pornhub cockblocks Russian users

Did Pornhub Block Russian Users?

Crypto exchanges refuse to freeze all Russian accounts as Ukraine requested

Senators want to know if Russia can use cryptocurrencies to skirt sanctions.

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Discovery

Marvel's Netflix shows will move to Disney+ in the US on March 16th

Super Pumped

Crypto Critics' Corner by Cas Piancey and Bennett Tomlin - Web3 is Wonky (Feat. Molly White)

Innovated: Blockchain City

Pee-wee Herman’s “Dark” Reboot: Paul Reubens Is Ready to Stage a Comeback

APPS & DOODADS

Impulse Brain Training

Amazon Luna launches for anyone in the US, adds free games for Prime members and Twitch integration

TikTok has sent the sales of some books skyrocketing. Industry insiders explain how they are riding the wave of the BookTok phenomenon.

iZotope Compatibility with Apple silicon

Hindenburg

Apple patents Magic Keyboard with integrated Mac inside to bring macOS to any display

Tweetbot 7.1 for iOS adds background notifications, refreshed icons, more

AT THE LIBRARY

The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

The Broken Room by Peter Clines

SECURITY HAH!

JEEP CULTURE AND THE JEEP WAVE

SEVEN STRATEGIC LESSON FROM THE FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Russian Electric Vehicle Chargers Hacked, Tell Users ‘PUTIN IS A DICKHEAD’

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Ethernet co-inventor David Boggs dies at 71

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542: The Sneaky Leakies Feb 25, 2022

Everyone wants a piece of that sweet crypto-chain; inconsistent search sanitization; Meta has a minor problem with a global community development manager; linguistic fingerprints; AI art; more stolen NFTs, NFT gig economy bubble; bye, Hyperloop; John Oliver & Bill Maher; Mrs. Maisel; the King's Man; Tori Amos; mics, bands, Paste and Tots; Time Is, How Long Ago, we're old; Instagram losing daily time limits; Truth Social waiting lists; the Ninties, Chuck Klosterman; Michael Schur; Kanye's back in Moron of the Week; Snowden & Assange; a broken clock is right twice a day; Ukraine and 80s kids fears; AirTag stalking & a mischief of magpies.

Show notes at https://gog.show/542/

FOLLOW UP

Why you can’t rebuild Wikipedia with crypto

Kickstarter says they "won't make changes to Kickstarter without you" after blockchain backlash... but they will continue with blockchain plans

IN THE NEWS

Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting

Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints

APPLE EMPLOYEES ARE UNIONIZING AND THEY’RE USING ANDROID PHONES TO KEEP APPLE FROM SPYING ON THEM

You can’t copyright AI-created art, according to US officials

OpenSea users lose hundreds of NFTs in likely phishing attack

Sotheby’s CryptoPunk Auction Canceled After Seller Withdraws

An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy

VIRGIN HYPERLOOP JUST LAID OFF ALMOST HALF ITS EMPLOYEES

MEDIA CANDY

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4

The King’s Man

Tori Amos releasing ‘Little Earthquakes’ anniversary comic book & vinyl

APPS & DOODADS

BEACN Mic

NOMAD - Rugged Band - Black Hardware

Instagram quietly bumps up the minimum daily time limit

Trump’s social network has launched on iOS

Cameo defends its decision to partner with the 'Tinder Swindler': 'Part of what makes Cameo special is the diversity and variety of personalities'

AT THE LIBRARY

The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

SECURITY HAH!

Snowden was right: Pandemic surveillance is here to stay

AirTag stalking concerns continue; university study underway to measure the problem

iOS 15.4 beta 4 adds anti-stalking alerts to AirTag and other Find My accessories

A mischief of magpies defeated scientists' tracking devices

MORON OF THE WEEK

Kanye West says he’s raked in over $2.2million in Stem Player sales in just 24 hours

The Bunnies Have Left the Mansion: Inside Playboy’s Quest to Reinvent Itself as a Tech Company

MARK ZUCKERBERG’S SISTER POSTS SKIN-CRAWLINGLY HORRIBLE SONG ABOUT CRYPTO

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Mark Lanegan, Grunge Pioneer and Screaming Trees Singer, Dead at 57

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541: Apologetic Beavers Feb 18, 2022

Crypto simulations; Cent CEO points out fundamental problems with Web3; Moviepass wants your eyeballs; Facebook/Meta lawsuits & settlements; Metamates; BlockFi settlement; Akamai acquires Linode; Virgin Galactic now booking, what a deal; NYC raises Uber/Lyft pay; Manifest; Inventing Anna; Deep Space Nine; Paramount+, Paramates; The Boys: Diabolical; emoji URLs; BAT; Ford Maverick 3d printing; Termination Shock, finally; Michael Schur; Ukraine cyberattacks; BlackByte ransomware; Freedumb Convoy; NYPD surveillance; don't pixelate to redact text.

Show notes at https://gog.show/541

FOLLOW UP

Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator trailer

Marketplace suspends most NFT sales, citing 'rampant' fakes and plagiarism

IN THE NEWS

MoviePass will return this summer

Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook’s Facial-Recognition Practices

Meta will pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit

Peter Thiel-backed crypto start-up BlockFi to pay $100 million in settlement with SEC, 32 states

SFPD put rape victims’ DNA into database used to find criminals, DA alleges

Akamai acquires Linode for $900M

Virgin Galactic is looking for 1,000 people to buy its $450,000 spaceflight tickets

NYC to raise minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers

MEDIA CANDY

The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window

Manifest (Season 3)

Inventing Anna

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Paramount+ hits 32.8 million subscribers; will offer Showtime for a fee

Goodbye Viacom and CBS: ViacomCBS Changes Corporate Name to Paramount

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Boys Presents: Diabolical - Trailer | Prime Video

APPS & DOODADS

Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses

Ford makes it easier to 3D-print accessories for its Maverick pickup

SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD - Up to 1050MB/s - USB-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 - External Solid State Drive

AT THE LIBRARY

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

Michael Schur, Creator of “The Good Place” — How SNL Trains Writers, His TV University at “The Office,” Lessons from Lorne Michaels, Wisdom from David Foster Wallace, and Exploring Moral Philosophy with “How to Be Perfect” (#565)

SECURITY HAH!

Ukraine faces more cyberattacks amid Russian invasion fears

FBI says BlackByte ransomware group has breached critical US infrastructure

Canada uses Emergencies Act to rein in 'Freedom Convoy' crowdfunds

Canada Sanctions 34 Crypto Wallets Tied to Trucker 'Freedom Convoy'

Inside the NYPD’s Surveillance Machine

The Most Surveilled Cities in the World

3 former Gettr employees say the social media platform laid off its entire security and IT teams, and one said it was run 'like a high school operation': report

Never, Ever, Ever Use Pixelation for Redacting Text

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

PJ O’Rourke, writer and humorist, dies aged 74

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540: Viscerally Revolting Feb 11, 2022

The tide seems to be turning on NFTs, Web3 & crypto; Bored Ape Yacht Club founders doxxed, but I thought the blockchain was anonymous; couple charged with laundering billions in stolen bitcoin, bad rap videos; EU tells Meta to go ahead and leave if that's what it wants; robot dogs on the border; the Tinder Swindler; Reacher; Beforeigners; Manifest; Apple AI music; Adobe dark patterns; Laundry Files; Boba wrap-up; prepper corner; IRS drops facial recognition idea, fast; kidnapped for crypto; bricking radios.

Show notes at https://gog.show/540/

FOLLOW UP

Unreal demand? Irregular sales worth billions fire up wild NFT market

Rivian Loses Its Shine as Investors Fret About Production Delays

IN THE NEWS

Celebrities and NFTs Are a Match Made in Hell

The Crypto Backlash Is Booming

The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now

We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Pseudonymous Founders

‘Doxxing’ of Bored Ape founders exposes Web3’s transparency issues

This Is the Couple Charged With Laundering Billions in Stolen Bitcoin

Alleged crypto launderer Heather Morgan led a second life as the world's worst rapper

The DOJ’s $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto

Meta may be forced to shutter Facebook, Instagram in EU

Robot dogs to patrol U.S. border

SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm

Chinese 'space cleaner' spotted grabbing and throwing away old satellite

DARPA JUST FLEW A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER WITH NO PILOT

MEDIA CANDY

The Tinder Swindler

Reacher

Beforeigners Season 1

Manifest Season 1 and into Season 2

APPS & DOODADS

Apple acquires startup behind Infinite Music Engine that adapts music to your heartbeat

The Crystal Method: Drive: Nike + Original Run

Apple source code references 'realityOS' for potential VR/AR headsets

How Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract.

This is my next main browser: a review of Orion

Orion Browser

AT THE LIBRARY

Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

SECURITY HAH!

Star Wars: Mark Hamill Didn't Record Luke Skywalker's Dialogue for The Book of Boba Fett

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Gets May Premiere Date at Disney Plus

The IRS won’t make you verify your identity with facial recognition after all

Kidnapped for crypto: Criminals see flashy crypto owners as easy targets, and it has led to a disturbing string of violent robberies

Twitter parts ways with two-factor provider following claims of secret surveillance

Radio station snafu in Seattle bricks some Mazda infotainment systems

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Direct Donations to Jason’s Hospital Fund

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539: Apology Not Accepted Feb 04, 2022

Meta stock plummets due to reduced growth, generally being Meta; HitPiece "starts a conversation" about blatant theft; we're really, really over "nefts"; Wordle gets bought by the NYT, nothing changes; Tesla's estimated percentage of defect; Joe Rogan, Spotify kerfuffle continues; gaming consolidation; Super Pumped; House of Gucci; Manifest; Janet Jackson; new Wi-Fi standards; Noom is a scam; IRS, facial recognition & ID.me; GDPR consent popups now unlawful; full-frontal Luke.

Show notes at https://gog.show/539

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Tippmann TPX Paintball Pistol Starter Kit - Black

Salt Supply Co.

IN THE NEWS

Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 22% on lower profits

Facebook isn’t growing anymore

HitPiece Wants to Make Every Song in the World an NFT. But Artists Aren’t Buying It

Even Ye hates the NFT

The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be the Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’

The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster

It’s pronounced “neft”

Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times

People Are Downloading the Next 2,000 Days of Wordle

Tesla recalls 53,822 cars because they won’t stop at stop signs

Teen wants $50,000 to stop tracking Elon Musk’s private jet

Dorsey Says Zuckerberg Should Have Focused on Bitcoin, Not Diem

Joe Rogan apologizes to Spotify over backlash and promises to 'balance things out'

Sony is buying Destiny studio Bungie

Dating app Grindr disappears from Apple's App Store in China (updated)

MEDIA CANDY

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME

House of Gucci

Janet Jackson

Aziz Ansari Nightclub Comedian

Manifest

APPS & DOODADS

Netflix's 'Continue Watching' queue gets a huge quality of life improvement

This upcoming Wi-Fi standard will give your router motion-sensing superpowers

I found out why metaverse avatars don’t have legs

Why Noom, The Weight-Loss App, Is A Scam

Atomos Shinobi

AT THE LIBRARY

Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross

SECURITY HAH!

IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers

ID.me

GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful

The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show – Episode 243

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Direct Donations to Jason’s Hospital Fund

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538: Bookmark and Forget Jan 28, 2022

NFTs, destroyed; FCC & ISP choice; Bitcoin is just a tech stock now; Diem dissolved; Elon's brain implants; autonomous cars & legal responsibility; TikTok's creator fund; Neil Young tells Spotify, Rogan or me, Spotify chooses Rogan; Google's new cookies; META supercomputer; Beforeigners; Ozark; Eternals; Salvation; the Critical Drinker; iPad doodads; Pestle; Twitter's Flock; Aftermath by Levar Burton; Stronger After Stroke; Depeche Mode; Boba Fett sans Boba; VPN questions; Attorney Generals suing Google; Bittner's got a gun.

Show notes at https://gog.show/538

FOLLOW UP

The Problem With NFTs by Folding Ideas

IN THE NEWS

FCC chair plans to block exclusive deals that limit ISP choice in apartments

Bitcoin Is Just a Crappy Tech Stock Now

Facebook-backed Diem Association may be close to dissolving

Steve Bannon Is Key Player In New Cryptocurrency. What Could Go Wrong?

Experts Are Ringing Alarms About Elon Musk’s Brain Implants

Major legal changes needed for driverless car era

Tesla driver faces felony charges in fatal crash involving Autopilot.

Why TikTok stars are criticizing its creator fund

Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum

Google is testing a new replacement for third-party cookies

Meta says its new AI supercomputer will be the world's fastest by mid-2022

Meta's 'free' internet is costing people money in developing countries

MEDIA CANDY

Why Modern Movies Suck - They're Written By Children - by The Critical Drinker

APPS & DOODADS

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Pestle: Kitchen Companion

Pestle for iOS transforms any recipe into a step-by-step guide with voice control, SharePlay, and more

Twitter's experimental 'Flock' feature will let you share tweets with your closest friends

Anker USB C Hub for MacBook, PowerExpand Direct 7-in-2 USB C Adapter Compatible with Thunderbolt 3 USB C Port, 100W Power Delivery, 4K HDMI, USB C and 2 USB A Data Ports, SD and microSD Card Reader

AT THE LIBRARY

Aftermath by LeVar Burton

Stronger After Stroke, Third Edition: Your Roadmap to Recovery

Stripped: Depeche Mode by Jonathan Miller

SECURITY HAH!

Washington DC's AG sues Google for 'deceiving users and invading their privacy'

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Rulers of the NOW

Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell singer dies at 74

Louie Anderson Dies: Comedian & Emmy Winner Was 68

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537: I’m a Fahrenheit Boy Jan 21, 2022

Government makes usable website; Apple & Google oppose antitrust efforts; sad NFTs; non-smart non-contracts; we don't talk about crypto, no no no; Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard; Instagram closed petfluencers; the Witcher; the Expanse; Encanto; Ray Donovan; Station Eleven; Star Trek news; Stroke Cast; Stay & Moom apps; 12' Ladder; Rode VideoMic; Reddit revamps block to actually block; Aftermath; Humankind: A Hopeful History; Termination Shock; NSO Group's Pegasus; VPNLab; Boba Vette.

Show notes at https://gog.show/537/

FOLLOW UP

AT&T and Verizon delay 5G rollout at some airports after airlines warn of disruptions

IN THE NEWS

The Government’s New Website for Ordering Free COVID Tests Is Refreshingly Easy to Use

Apple and Google oppose Senate antitrust efforts, claiming they'd hurt consumer security

Which Celebrity Has the Saddest NFT?

The Dune NFT Fiasco Is the Least of Crypto's Legal Worries

UK government announces official crackdown on 'misleading' crypto ads

Spain sets new rules for influencers who promote cryptocurrency

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion

Microsoft Game Pass tops 25 million subscribers

Bring in the clones: Instagrammers are genetically replicating their pets

MEDIA CANDY

The Witcher

The Expanse

Encanto

Why “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Is the Biggest Disney Hit Since “Let It Go”

Ray Donovan the Movie

Station Eleven

Star Trek: Discovery’ Renewed For Season 5; Premiere Dates Announced For ‘Picard’ And ‘Strange New Worlds’

APPS & DOODADS

HYPER Triple 4K Display Dock for MacBook Pro 2016-2021

Rode VideoMic GO II

Rode Microphones VideoMic GO II Lightweight On-Camera Microphone at Adorama

Rode Microphones VideoMic NTG On-Camera Supercardioid Shotgun Microphone at Adorama

Oculus Quest 2

Reddit 'revamped' its block feature so blocking actually works

AT THE LIBRARY

Aftermath by LeVar Burton

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman , Erica Moore , Elizabeth Manton

Termination Shock: A Novel by Neal Stephenson

SECURITY HAH!

Fett's Vette 2021 Music Video (MC Chris)

Israeli police reportedly used Pegasus spyware to conduct domestic surveillance

Europol Shuts Down VPNLab, Cybercriminals' Favourite VPN Service

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536: The Rational Prepper Jan 14, 2022

Web3, NFTs, cryptocurrencies & other grifts; Uber CEO admits they could afford labor protections; shoddy coding; why Tesla is good & why Tesla is bad; Mozilla backtracks; gamifying the law; The Matrix: Resurrections; Nic Cage's massive talent; Amazon's All or Nothing series; Canon's printer ink chip problem; Magic Leap is back; Wordle clones; voice-adjustable dumbbells; caught by Google Maps; open-source developer borks own files; Russian cyber-activity warning; looking for rational prepper advice; mid-life crisis Boba Fett.

Show notes at https://gog.show/536/

FOLLOW UP

Winnie the Pooh Public Domain

My first impressions of web3 by Moxie Marlinspike

IN THE NEWS

Uber CEO Admits Company Can Afford Labor Protections for Drivers

LAPD fired two officers who ignored robbers to play 'Pokémon Go'

Shoddy coding has some Honda cars stuck in the year 2002

Why Tesla Soared as Other Automakers Struggled to Make Cars

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta has an ‘assertive’ driving mode that ‘may perform rolling stops’

DMV ‘revisiting’ its approach to regulating Tesla’s public self-driving test

Mozilla pauses crypto donations following criticism over climate impact

Kim Kardashian Sued for Promoting Alleged Cryptocurrency 'Pump and Dump' Scam

The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism

Tech Startup Wants To Gamify Suing People Using Crypto Tokens

Here’s the truth about the crypto miner that comes with Norton Antivirus

Jack Dorsey proposes a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers

MEDIA CANDY

The Matrix Resurrections

Nic Cage plays 'Nick Cage' in first look at comedy-thriller The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

All or Nothing: Manchester City

All or Nothing: Juventes

APPS & DOODADS

Magnet App

Magic Leap grants healthcare startups access to its new AR headset ahead of mid-2022 release

It fills me with glee that Canon printers now think Canon’s own toner is fake

Wordle' clones are taking over the App Store

Alexa can change the weight on NordicTrack's adjustable dumbbells

SECURITY HAH!

Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain

Open source developer corrupts his own files, impacting millions

Warnings of Russian cyber activity as Moscow continues preparations to invade Ukraine.

Understanding and Mitigating Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

'Huge, huge numbers:' insurance group sees death rates up 40 percent over pre-pandemic levels

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Thomas J Indge - Musician - composer | performer | producer

Thomas J Indge - Instagram

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535: Consider Your Risk Appetite Jan 04, 2022

2022, here we go again; the case against crypto; feels like a sea change against crypto & NFTs; the metaverse still doesn't exist; decentralized Web3 is, you guessed it, centralized; DoorDash requires engineers to deliver goods once a month; Uber launching driverless food delivery; everyone's delaying returns to the office, again; Grand Tour; Hannah; Red Notice; Don't Look Up; the Matrix; Salvation; Hawkeye; Free Guy; Jungle Cruise; South Park; Star Trek's feelings; Twetch; Catatouille & the Catellite Dish; the Book of Boba Fett; anything exciting happen over the break?

Show notes at https://gog.show/535

FOLLOW UP

From Bitcoin Obituaries - "Bitcoin is Dead" Declared 400+ Times

The Case Against Crypto by Stephen Diehl

Brian Eno is not a fan of NFTs

The Future Is Not Only Useless, It’s Expensive

In 2021, tech talked up ‘the metaverse.’ One problem: It doesn’t exist.

Fortune Favours the Brave | Crypto.com

web3 is Centralized by Wesley Aptekar-Cassels

IN THE NEWS

San Francisco-based DoorDash is requiring engineers to deliver food — and they’re furious

Uber will launch driverless food deliveries in California in 2022

Autonomous car developers lobby to defang safety data regulations

Apple joins the ranks of companies delaying their return to office

Comcast won't enforce Northeast data caps until 2023 at the earliest

AT&T and Verizon settle FCC 911 outage investigations

Verizon and AT&T Decline Regulators’ Request to Delay New 5G Services

MEDIA CANDY

The Witcher

Netflix drops a surprise teaser for its 'Witcher' prequel

The Grand Tour Presents... Carnage a Trois

Hannah Season 3

Red Notice

The Matrix Resurrections

South Park: Post Covid

APPS & DOODADS

Twetch

Halide for iPhone

FiLMic Pro

FiLMiC Creator Bundle

DJI Osmo Pocket 2

Your cat could burn your house down, Korean officials warn after 107 fires sparked by felines

Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Dishes Are Attracting Cats

AT THE LIBRARY

Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events by Brent Spiner

Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

January 1, 2022, is Public Domain Day: Works from 1926 are open to all, as is a cornucopia of recorded music: an estimated 400,000 sound recordings from before 1923!

SECURITY HAH!

The Book of Boba Fett

'The Book of Boba Fett' premiere is an abysmal failure on every level

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

What Happens When You Quit Alcohol?

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534: Fat Finger Financial Foibles Dec 15, 2021

Christmas is cancelled; Bezos gets his wings; subscription models; AWS outage; centralized exchanges; Buzzfeed headlines; Twitter Spaces lack moderation; Vegans and NFT'ers; some smart NFT moves; fat finger errors; Facebook exec blames people; click to subscribe, call to cancel; A&M Records; the Expanse; Star Trek: Discovery; FC Bayern; Dan Carlin; thumper spikes; DiePods; drunk purchases; Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser; comprised Twitter accounts; Log4j and software dependencies.

Show notes at https://gog.show/534

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The FAA will give Bezos and Branson its last astronaut wings

Mercedes-Benz gets world’s first approval for automated driving system

Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob

IN THE NEWS

Amazon explains outage that took out a large chunk of the internet

Amazon’s Server Outage Took Down a ‘Decentralized’ Crypto Exchange

How Former BuzzFeed Employees Missed Their Big Payday

Twitter asks judge to throw out Trump's lawsuit over ban

Twitter reportedly knew Spaces could be misused due to a lack of moderation

Bored Ape Yacht Club: Someone accidentally sold a $300,000 NFT for $3,000

NIKE buys RTFKT, a virtual brand that makes metaverse-ready sneakers

Strengthening digital provenance with OpenSea and Adobe

Facebook exec blames society for COVID misinformation

Senate bill would facilitate social platforms sharing data with outside researchers

Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.

The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says

MEDIA CANDY

Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records

The Expanse Season 6

The Witcher

FC Bayern - Behind the Legend

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Addendum

Everything Everywhere All At Once | Official Trailer HD | A24

APPS & DOODADS

Victor M9012 Sonic 2 Spike, Yellow

Controversial ‘suicide pod’ that ‘kills peacefully’ gets go-ahead in Switzerland

Arduino UNO Mini Limited Edition

AT THE LIBRARY

Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

SECURITY HAH!

First Look | "Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser" | With Walt Disney Imagineering | Walt Disney World

Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Welcome video - Very Star Tours like.

Someone 'briefly compromised' the Indian Prime Minister's Twitter account

Logging library for millions of apps has a serious vulnerability

xkcd: Dependency

Google disrupted a massive botnet that hackers used to steal information and mine cryptocurrency

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Dies At 78

Michael Nesmith — considerably more than a Monkee — dies at 78

Monkees’ Manager on Michael Nesmith’s Final Months: ‘He Died Knowing They Were Beloved — He Finally Got It’

Anne Rice, ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Writer, Dies at 80

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533: Schrödinger’s Dorsey Dec 08, 2021

Zuck on a Truck, Taxis & NFTs; Dorsey departs Twitter; Square becomes Block; Logi are SLOBS; AI accountability; debt collectors wants to slide into your DMs; Elon seems to have misplaced all his money, can't help SpaceX; Shang-Chi; Hawkeye; Cruella; Get Back; Listening to Kenny G; Star Trek: Discovery's feelings; Lost in Space; Iron Maiden podcast; True Story; the Power of the Dog; old ears; Lucid; Blinkist; Craft; Bitmart hacked; scaling moderation issues hit Twitter, eBay; to Facebook or not to Facebook, that is the argument.

Show notes at https://gog.show/533/

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Zuck on a Truck

NFTs: crypto grifters try to scam artists, again

NFT CryptoPunk owner sold it to himself for $532 million in Ethereum

CryptoPunks NFT Tracker

Long-time Lyft CFO departs to become CFO at NFT marketplace OpenSea

IN THE NEWS

Jack Dorsey Has Stepped Down As Twitter CEO

New Twitter CEO has already begun a 'major reorganization'

Square is changing its name to Block

Square, Inc. Changes Name to Block

OBS Project accuses Streamlabs OBS of stealing name and trademark

The movement to hold AI accountable gains more steam

AI Is Discovering Patterns in Pure Mathematics That Have Never Been Seen Before

Debt collectors can now text, email and DM you on social media

Elon Musk Frantically Warns Employees of Potential SpaceX Bankruptcy

MEDIA CANDY

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Christopher Moore on Discovery

Lost in Space

Wheel of Time

Watch First Episode Of IRON MAIDEN Singer BRUCE DICKINSON's 'Psycho Schizo Espresso' Video Podcast

True Story

The Power of the Dog

Laurence Fishburne Was Never Told Why ‘Matrix 4’ Left Him Out: ‘You Have to Ask Lana Wachowski’

Spotify Hired A Psychic To Channel Your Personal Audio Aura

APPS & DOODADS

How Old are Your Ears?

Chatter Telephone™ with Bluetooth®

SECURITY HAH!

Crypto exchange BitMart loses $196 million to hackers

Twitter mistakenly suspended users after extremists abused its private image policy

eBay banned some users by mistake

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Geek & Southern

1-800-Contacts

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532: Crypt Bros Nov 24, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving; spam season; Jason's pivoting; scooters back in the news; Zillow's AI disaster; Tesla app locked people out of their cars (except for their keys); Zipline; trolling NFT owners; the NFT Bay; Crypto.com Arena; Apple on right to repair; OpenAI GPT-3; the Orville; Star Trek: First Contact; Jagged, Alanis Morissette; Discovery; Foundation; Wheel of Time; Bored Ape Yacht Club; Buy Nothing Project; ear wax; AirPods are out; Super Agent cookie monster; Twitter Blue; smart dimmers.

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Miami votes to end electric scooter pilot program

IN THE NEWS

What Went Wrong With Zillow? A Real-Estate Algorithm Derailed Its Big Bet

Tesla app outage locked some owners out of their cars

Zipline starts first commercial US drone deliveries with Walmart partnership in Arkansas

How to Troll an NFT Owner

“The NFT Bay” Shares Multi-Terabyte Archive of ‘Pirated’ NFTs

Crypto park deal has winner’s curse

Why Apple changed its mind on Right to Repair

Apple will let iPhone users repair their own devices

OpenAI makes GPT-3 generally available through its API

MEDIA CANDY

Jagged

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4

Star Trek: Discovery Is Tearing the Streaming World Apart

‘Scenes From a Marriage,’ ‘Dopesick,’ ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Showrunners on Adapting Source Material for TV

Foundation

Wheel of Time

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Universal Forms Metaverse Band Based on Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

It’s just a pre-monitezed, not good Gorillaz...

APPS & DOODADS

The Buy Nothing Project

Yes, you DO need a smart ear wax remover. And the Spade Mini is on sale for under $40

Are AirPods Out? Why Cool Kids Are Wearing Wired Headphones

Super Agent - Automatic cookie consent

Introducing Twitter Blue - Twitter’s first-ever subscription offering

Amazon Basics Single Pole Smart Switch, Works with Alexa, Neutral Wire Required - A Certified for Humans Device

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531: WTF Putin? Nov 17, 2021

Timbiebs; Uber, still horrible; Telsla full self-crashing beta; Russians blow up a satellite or two; US government bans some NFTs; science proves NFTs are mostly worthless; Facebook exodus; bitcoin rehab, hodl hodl hodl; Brave browser; sites that track you the most; share a pet, don't plant a tree; Another Life; Foundation; You; Bond; Face to Face & Sting; Jason's Mac Stack; Spotify trolls; Obi-Wan, rollerblading & air fryers in Security; FBI hack; microchip implants; Facebook just won't quit you.

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Tim Hortons teams up with Justin Bieber to launch Timbit flavours called 'Timbiebs'

It's time for freshly cracked eggs in Tim Hortons kitchens: Restaurants across Canada now proudly serving 100% Canadian freshly cracked eggs in all breakfast sandwiches

Uber discriminates against passengers with disabilities by charging them wait fees, a Department of Justice lawsuit alleges

Tesla vehicle in ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta mode ‘severely damaged’ after crash in California

IN THE NEWS

NASA Administrator Statement on Russian ASAT Test

Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud

Russian anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation

The US Government Made It Illegal to Buy These NFTs

Science proves it: Most NFTs are worthless

Tech recruiters struggled for years to get people to leave Facebook. Now they say there's an exodus building, and the company is having more trouble recruiting, too.

Removing Certain Ad Targeting Options and Expanding Our Ad Controls

Meta’s ban on ‘sensitive’ ad categories doesn’t spell the end for microtargeting on Facebook

Mt. Gox Trustee announces approval of 150,000 BTC Rehabilitation Plan.

Basic Attention Token Up 25% Following Brave's Solana Integration

The 10 Websites That Track You the Most

Share a pet photo, plant a tree? Check before you join a trend, experts say

Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in 'game changer' remote work law

MEDIA CANDY

The Orville (season 3)

Another Life (Season 2)

You

Three Body Problem TV Show Trailer by Tencent

No Time To Die

No Way out but Through by Face to Face

Sting: Rushing Water

In a new documentary, Alanis Morissette makes multiple allegations of statutory rape. But she won’t attend the movie’s premiere.

APPS & DOODADS

iOS 15.2 Beta 2 Lets Your Family Access Your Data If You Pass Away

Super Thin iPhone 13 Pro Case - Clear

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Ninja AF101 Air Fryer, 4 Qt, Black/gray

LEVOIT Air Purifier for Home Allergies Pets Hair in Bedroom, H13 True HEPA Filter, 24db Filtration System Cleaner Odor Eliminators, Ozone Free, Remove 99.97% Dust Smoke Mold Pollen, Core 300, White

Spotify finally lets you block other users

SECURITY HAH!

Here's our first look at the 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' series

Why Rollerblading Died

You Should Know: The First Kidney-Shaped Pool (1939)

Wirecutter - The Best Air Fryer

FBI email servers were hacked to target a security researcher

“Deleted” doesn’t mean deleted, at least not with Facebok

Inside an Online Community of People With Microchip Implants

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530: The Other Shoe Nov 10, 2021

Self-driving cars, still 20 years away; Facebook won't use facial recognition, but Meta sure will; Phhhoto; Elon Musk's tax bill and twitter infantilism; delete your tweets; socialized robots; Uber to dispatch... taxis; ABBA; Olivia Rodrigo; the Cranberries & Sinead; Dexter; Four Hours at the Capitol; Star Trek; Stranger Things; Microsoft OneDrive; Alexa following you; USB chargers; Grammarly; Range by David Epstein; I have the best words; bricked Macs; NextDNS; Robinhood hack; 2FA Google; disrupting parking lots.

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Tech Can’t Fix the Problem of Cars

IN THE NEWS

An Update On Our Use of Face Recognition

Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

New antitrust suit from Phhhoto alleges Facebook copied and killed the competition

A forensic analysis of Elon Musk’s Twitter poll on Tesla stock

Elon Musk faces a $15 billion tax bill, which is likely the real reason he’s selling stock

Elon Musk, world’s richest edgelord, responds to billionaire tax with another stupid tweet

Twitter is rolling out a feature to make it easier to search a user’s tweets

Researchers are working on giving robots social skills

Apple hires Tesla's director of Autopilot software

Uber considers dispatching yellow taxis in New York City

MEDIA CANDY

ABBA - Voyages

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour

Salvation - Inspired by the Cranberries for Pieta

Dexter Season 9

Finch

Does the Dog Die?

Four Hours at the Capitol

'Stranger Things' season 4 teaser hints at trouble in California (update: release info)

APPS & DOODADS

Microsoft OneDrive app will stop syncing with Windows 7 and 8 on March 1st, 2022

Alexa now allows you to move music among different devices with your voice

USB C Charger, Anker Nano II 65W GaN II PPS Fast Charger Adapter, Foldable Compact Charger for MacBook Pro/Air, Galaxy S20/S10, Dell XPS 13, Note 20/10+, iPhone 12/Pro/Mini, iPad Pro, Pixel, and More

Grammarly rolls out full set of features to iPhone and iPad users

AT THE LIBRARY

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

Merriam-Webster's Everyday Language Reference Set

SECURITY HAH!

Why Rollerblading Died

Apple fixes macOS Monterey flaw that bricked some T2 Macs

NextDNS

Fuck HBO

There may be a steep privacy cost if you park at this Trader Joe’s

Robinhood Says It Was Hacked and Extorted But Nobody Lost Any Money

Google wants every account to use 2FA, starts auto-enrolling users

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529: It’s a Notch, Notch World Nov 03, 2021

Slow week in tech news; we get Meta-stasized; Apple getting into the headset game; Wendy's PR team wins; Facebook takes down Nicaraguan troll farm, but verifies a fake Elon Musk; Snap being investigated for securities fraud; Uber offers up Teslas through Hertz deal; creator coins; companies leaving China; don't tweet after death; Star Trek: Prodigy; delays on screen wipes; music gadgets; being negative; get your notch; the Book of Boba Fett; Trojan Source; Facebook's cringe-worthy internal staff video.

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A Reddit user found a 'black hole' on Google maps, and users couldn't figure out what it was

IN THE NEWS

Meta

Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta

Meta working on new smartwatch with built-in camera to compete with Apple Watch

Apple’s first headset will focus on “high-quality” games, reporter claims

Wendy’s Wins

FACEBOOK 'META' CHANGE - Trademark Applicants Will Sell to Zuck ... FOR $20 MILLION!!!

Facebook takes down government-run troll farm in Nicaragua

Facebook verified a Bitcoin scammer pretending to be Elon Musk

SNAP Investigation Alert: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP is Investigating Securities Fraud Claims on Behalf of Snap Inc. (SNAP) Investors

Uber will offer up to 50,000 Teslas to its drivers through Hertz rental deal

Patreon may let you reward creators with crypto

CNN: Squid Game crypto plunges to $0 after scammers steal millions of dollars from investors.

As Yahoo leaves China, an accelerating stream of exits

Digital end-of-life services are a booming business — not everybody says that's a good thing.

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Prodigy

APPS & DOODADS

Oculus Quest VR headsets to eliminate mandatory Facebook account log-in requirement

Tiny Wings+

Apple's worst shipping delay is for a $19 polishing cloth

Belkin BOOST↑CHARGE PRO 3-in-1 Wireless Charger with MagSafe - Black

Fender is buying studio gear company PreSonus

Music wearable Mictic raises $2.5M to get you shredding, scratching and strumming

I wish anyone other than Kanye had made the Stem Player

SECURITY HAH!

Now, Even Older Macs Can Have a Notch

Why macOS updates might brick your Mac, and what you can do about it

The Book of Boba Fett | Official Trailer | Disney+

Trojan Source and Why It Matters

MORON OF THE WEEK

Facebook’s internal staff video is worse than anything revealed by whistleblowers

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The Pivoteer

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528: Stay Grump Ye Oct 27, 2021

Jason pivots; health care tech perks; Tesla beta pulled back; Blue Origin space station; Facebook's milk money math; Facebook, we got 'em this time!... er, no; Snap shares plunge with Apple privacy; TRUTH Social hacked pre-launch; WeWork goes public; Invasion; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Foundation; Another Life; ID10T, Curious Creatures podcasts; 20 years since the iPod; Ask Delphi; Facebook data scraping; eyeball scanning for crypto; the splinter net; you won't believe what Dave did this time!

Show notes at https://gog.show/528

FOLLOW UP

The Pivoteer

What you need to know about egg-freezing, the hot new perk at Google, Apple, and Facebook

Forget Kanye West. He's now officially just Ye

Tesla pulled its latest ‘Full Self Driving’ beta after testers complained about false crash warnings and other bugs

Elon Musk says 'issues' have forced Tesla to pull its latest full self-driving beta

Lyft report reveals more than 4K sexual assaults, 10 fatal physical assaults during 3-year span

IN THE NEWS

Blue Origin announces plans for a commercial space station

Facebook fined a record £50m by UK competition watchdog

Internal Facebook documents highlight its moderation and misinformation issues

Facebook agrees to pay French publishers for news reuse

Facebook’s oversight board faults its policy on preferential treatment.

Snap shares plunge 25% as Apple privacy changes hit ads business

Trump to launch his own social media platform, calling it TRUTH Social

Pranksters have already defaced Trump’s new social network

Twitter’s own research shows that it’s a megaphone for the right. But it’s complicated.

A Changed WeWork Goes Public via SPAC

Warmer welcome for WeWork 2 years later on Wall Street

MEDIA CANDY

Invasion

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Episode 2 Easter Eggs and References

Foundation

Another Life Season 2

ID10T Episode #1138 – Danny Elfman

Curious Creatures

APPS & DOODADS

20 years ago today iPod changed the world, here’s what it means to us

The AI oracle of Delphi uses the problems of Reddit to offer dubious moral advice

Ask Delphi

YouTube will begin demonetizing 'low-quality' kids videos next month

SECURITY HAH!

In a fit of frustration I made a thing

Here’s the YouTube video that put me over the top

Facebook sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 million users

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman wants to scan your eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency

You Can Get This Free Crypto—If the ‘Orb’ Scans Your Eye

Worldcoin would like you to gaze upon this orb and receive free crypto

Russia Is Censoring the Internet, With Coercion and Black Boxes

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527: Tribal Knowledge Oct 20, 2021

Congrats, Shatner, boo, Bezos & Takei; rideshare bubble bursts; FCC going after spam texts; Square to build a Bitcoin mining system, maybe; Tesla's really bad Beta-based insurance; Canon USA says no ink-y, no scan-y; Amazon creates its own brands by stealing "tribal knowledge" of competitors; Dune; Squid Game; Succession; Here We Are; Mel Brooks; Disney delays; Sinead & Delores; canceling NYT Cooking, CleanMyMac X subscriptions; USB-C & VPNs; ah, the 80s; pogo-power; Cosby sweaters.

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George Takei Roasts “Star Trek” Costar William Shatner After Rocket Trip

For Uber and Lyft, the Rideshare Bubble Bursts

Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused WayMo Cars Trying To Turn Around ‘Every 5 Minutes’

Your Deep Dive Into Those Waymo Self-Driving Cars In San Francisco That Went Headstrong Up A Dead-End Street Like Floundering Fish Going Upstream

IN THE NEWS

New FCC rules could force wireless carriers to block spam texts

Jack Dorsey says Square is ‘considering’ building a Bitcoin mining system

Tesla debuts new car insurance that uses Texans' real-time driving behavior

No ink, no scan: Canon USA printers hit with class-action suit

Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands, documents show

MEDIA CANDY

Dune

Squid Game

Succession

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Mel Brooks Is Back With ‘History of the World, Part II’ Series

Disney delays all of Marvel’s 2022 films

Sinead O’Connor and Pillow Queens to feature on album of covers inspired by The Cranberries

SECURITY HAH!

Apple's latest MacBook Pros have MagSafe, SD card slots and camera notches

At last, a middle ground, a place where skateboarders and rollerbladers can all get together.

The 1985 MTV Music Awards really kind of sucked.

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

ExpressVPN Knew 'Key Facts' of Executive Who Worked for UAE Spy Unit

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526: In Over Their Cleggs Oct 13, 2021

Toxic environments on the Enterprise; FB & IG, down again; Instagram wants teens to "take a break" but not sure how; Nick Clegg's vacant words; Magic Leap is back & raking in the cash; Twitch leak reveals full source code, financial data; you oughta get in twitching; celebrity crypto shilling; GM wants you to subscribe to their cars; Apple Developer Academy; tech startups lie; Foundation renewed Storytime with Seth Rogan; Dave Chappelle; the Expanse; Apple TV 4k; iPhone vs Android privacy; Twitter recommends you not go on Twitter; do you or don't you need a VPN?

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Blue Origin delays William Shatner's spaceflight to October 13th

The renowned programmer who created PHP "hates programming" and said he's "not a real programmer."

IN THE NEWS

Facebook and Instagram are down for the second time this week

Instagram will encourage teens to 'take a break'

Facebook’s Oversight Board will meet with the Facebook whistleblower

Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation

My First Year at Magic Leap and the Opportunity Ahead

Twitch's source code and streamer payment figures have been leaked following hack

Twitch Data Leak Confirms The 100 Highest-Paid Streamers

Celebrity Crypto Shilling Is a Moral Disaster

GM aims to build Netflix-sized subscription business by 2030

Apple opens Developer Academy in Detroit, creating new opportunities for careers in the iOS app economy

Lifestyles of the Rich and Gullible: Theranos and Ozy Edition

MEDIA CANDY

‘Foundation’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple

Storytime with Seth Rogen

Dave Chappelle The Closer

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Defends Dave Chappelle Special in Staff Memo: ‘Artistic Freedom’ Is Different for Stand-Up (EXCLUSIVE)

Watch the first trailer for The Expanse season 6, arriving December 10th

Baking Impossible: The great nerdish bake-off for the engineering set

APPS & DOODADS

iPhone apps no better for privacy than Android, Oxford study finds

Apple now requires all apps to make it easy for users to delete their accounts

Twitter will now warn you before you participate in a conversation that could get heated

Gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers to be banned under new California law

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SECURITY HAH!

You Probably Don't Need a VPN

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The Lindenbaum Prize for short gamebook fiction

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525: I’m On a Boat! Oct 06, 2021

Oh, Facebook; the things we knew we now know we know and they knew too; AI reckoning; long dark 6 hours of Facebook's soul; Trump sues to get back on Twitter; lip service to climate change from Big Tech; raining drones; the Problem with the Problem with Jon Stewart; Foundation; Ted Lasso; Billions; the Many Saints of Newark; Amazon's terrible new robot; Grammarly; KeyCastr; Disney stories; AirTag Zero-Day; high tech sticker QR attacks; Coinbase; ransomware; DeFi asks nicely, but will punch you; a wealth of show titles too vulgar to use.

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Follow Up

The Great AI Reckoning

Former Google Exec Warns That AI Researchers Are “Creating God”

When I Ran for President, It Messed With My Head

The problem with Amazon’s ‘free college’ benefit

Fireside Chat

IN THE NEWS

Hats off to Twitter

What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know

Is Facebook Down?

Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview

Facebook Stock Tumbles as Controversies Finally Start to Add Up

Whistleblower's SEC complaint: Facebook knew platform was used to "promote human trafficking and domestic servitude"

Donald Trump sues to get his Twitter account back

Google Maps tracks global warming with new “Fire” layer, Tree Canopy tool

Apple, Amazon and others back groups trying to kill US climate legislation

It’s Raining Drones!

MEDIA CANDY

America’s Untold Stories with Eric Hunley and Mark Groubert

The Problem with Jon Stewart

Ted Lasso Season 2

Foundation

Billions

The Many Saints of Newark Review

APPS & DOODADS

Amazon tells Tesla to hold its beer in contest for stupidest-robot-ever-built

Creators of Amazon’s New Robot Secretly Admitted It’s “Terrible”

A Brief History of Adorable, Vaguely Creepy Robot Dogs

Doctor uses iPhone 13 Pro’s Macro camera to check patients’ eyes

Grammarly

KeyCastr

Twitter Advanced Search

SECURITY HAH!

The Imagineering Story

Xavier Atencio

Apple AirTag Zero-Day Weaponizes Trackers

QR codes could be the next target for cybercriminals — here’s how to protect yourself

Coinbase hackers exploit multi-factor flaw to steal from 6,000 customers

US will bring together 30 countries to tackle ransomware

Bandwidth CEO confirms outages caused by DDoS attack

How China Conquered The Keyboard

MORON OF THE WEEK

DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it

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524: Scripted Stupid Sep 29, 2021

Deepmind doesn't know how to fix AI; virtual staging; White Claw Surge; crypto unaffected by China news; Instagram for Kids, paused; Samsung's brain; Apple Wallet & vax cards; ravens attacking drones; Shatner in spaaaaccee; Imagineering Story; Sex Ed season 3; the Great Escapists; Foundation; Dune; the Witcher, for kids; Goliath; Nirvana; multiple timers in WatchOS; Cook is a gangster; Tiny Food Fight; iPad Mini; Star Wars: Visions; puppet shows to podcasts; file systems, do we need them; Mini's turn signals; strange blobs on Uranus.

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DeepMind tells Google it has no idea how to make AI less toxic

The Framework Laptop is now shipping!

The Framework is the most exciting laptop I’ve ever used

IN THE NEWS

Bitcoin, ether, and major altcoins tumble on news that China will completely ban all crypto transactions

Instagram for kids paused after backlash

California makes zero-emission autonomous vehicles mandatory by 2030

Samsung hopes to 'copy and paste' the brain to 3D chip networks

Apple Wallet update will allow digital COVID-19 vaccination card

Bird attacks on drones force Google to suspend home deliveries

William Shatner will boldly go into space with Bezos’s Blue Origin

MEDIA CANDY

The Imagineering Story

Sex Education Season 3

The Great Escapists

They Said Foundation Couldn't Be Filmed, and It Still Hasn't Been

Dune

Sandman First Look

Cowboy Bebop Trailer

Netflix's 'The Witcher' plans include season 3 and a kids' series

Goliath Season 4

Live nirvana concert chronology october 12, 1991 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL

APPS & DOODADS

Apple turns post-lawsuit tables on Epic, will block Fortnite on iOS

Apple TV 4K

Tiny Food Fight

New iPad mini owners report 'jelly scrolling' problems

AT THE LIBRARY

Quit Repeating Yourself: How Today's Leaders Are Using Systems and Processes to Grow Their Business The Right Way by Jaime Jay

Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward

SECURITY HAH!

Dave Bittner: From puppet shows to podcasts.

Only Murders in the Building

Star Wars: Visions

Gen Z Kids Apparently Don’t Understand How File Systems Work

Lithuanian defence ministry urges people to 'throw away' Chinese phones after discovering censorship tools

Apple ‘Still Investigating’ Unpatched and Public iPhone Vulnerabilities

MORON OF THE WEEK

Congratulations, Mini, You Made The Stupidest Turn Signals Ever

BRIC-A-BRAC

Maps That Show Us A New Perspective

SCIENTISTS INTRIGUED BY STRANGE BLOBS ON URANUS

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523: More Buggy and Less Stable Sep 22, 2021

Send us your Satoshis; bitcoin, Pizza and a movie; eggs in space; yep, Facebook is still awful; Rivian announces subscriptions; Bytedance limiting kids to 40 minutes a day; Amazon cracks down on review fraud; AI generated influencers; Count Me In; Into the Night; The Card Counter; Old; Kate; Only Murders in the Building; Fuzz; Apple iOS 15; hubs & docks; get poked on Clubhouse; AI 2041; authenticator woes; industrious criminals; AI controlled machine guns.

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How to do value4value and earn Bitcoin from your podcast

Bitcoin Pizza Day 2021: Some interesting facts about this special cryptocurrency day

AMC says it will accept bitcoin as payment for movie tickets by year-end

The once-sedate astronomy world is quarreling over whether 'Oumuamua was an alien craft

IN THE NEWS

The Facebook Files

Rivian announces membership plan with complementary charging and LTE connectivity

TikTok owner ByteDance limits younger users to 40 minutes a day in China

Amazon has banned over 600 Chinese brands as part of review fraud crackdown

Amazon will hold a hardware event on September 28th

Apple mandates frequent COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated employees

Social media influencer/model created from artificial intelligence lands 100 sponsorships

MEDIA CANDY

Clarkson’s Farm Season 1

Count Me In

Into the Night Season 2

The Card Counter

Old

Kate

Only Murders in the Building

APPS & DOODADS

iOS 15 is now available

Neumann TLM 102 bk Studio Set

Clubhouse is developing a new way to invite friends to chat called 'Wave'

AT THE LIBRARY

5 real AI threats that make The Terminator look like Kindergarten Cop

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee , Chen Qiufan

AI Superpowers - China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

SECURITY HAH!

Ireland's data regulator opens data privacy probes into TikTok

Researcher discloses iPhone lock screen bypass on iOS 15 launch day

Man who unlocked 1.9 million AT&T phones sentenced to 12 years in prison

Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Israel reportedly used a remote-controlled gun to assassinate an Iranian scientist

US officials can't decide if Honor smartphones are a national security threat

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522: Ray Banned Sep 15, 2021

Jason considers the gig economy; more billionaires in spaaace; SEC looks to regulate crypto; Wal-Mart pump and dump; Apple ruled to ease App store rules; robot waiters; Facebook gives misinformation to misinformation researchers; Tesla rolls out self driving BETA; losing history to Flash; Picard Season 3, Matrix: Resurrections trailers; Lower Decks got funny; Behind the Attraction; Clarkson's Farm; mailing lists not missed; Facebook's new smart glasses; Roomba's P.O.O.P.; hiding cables; let's talk cookwares; another social network, Minus the social; always get it in writing; a tale of a fateful ship, the Satoshi.

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Steve Wozniak Shares a Video About His New Space Startup

IN THE NEWS

Biden’s SEC is ready to regulate cryptocurrency

Posing as Walmart, scammers send crypto surging 25%

Apple must ease App Store rules, U.S. judge orders

Real-life ‘Jetsons’? Watch robots cheerfully serve food at this Dallas restaurant

Facebook has been giving misinformation researchers incomplete data

Tesla rolls out Full Self Driving 10 beta with more confident decision making

Google gave user data to Hong Kong officials despite moratorium promise

Some of the most iconic 9/11 news coverage is lost. Blame Adobe Flash

MEDIA CANDY

Picard Season 3 Trailer

The Matrix: Resurrections – Official Trailer 1

Behind the Attraction

Disney's remaining 2021 movies will debut in theaters first

Clarkson’s Farm

‘We’re just not used to it’: Clarkson farm shop causes stir in the Cotswolds

Into the Night Season 2

APPS & DOODADS

Apple says motorcycle vibrations can damage iPhone cameras

Facebook’s New Camera Glasses Are Dangerously Easy to Use

Watch Mark Zuckerberg announce new Facebook and Ray-Ban smart glasses

FACEBOOK: TAPING OVER CAMERA LED ON OUR GLASSES IS A TOS VIOLATION

NEW ROOMBA BOASTS DOG POOP-AVOIDING AI

125in Cable Cover, Large Cord Cover on Wall Cable Management, Cable Raceway Kit for Mount TVs, Wire Hider Cord Management, Cable Concealer for Home Office, 8X L15.7 W1.18 H0.6 CMC-02-White

Made In Cookware

Blue Carbon Steel Frying Pan

Stainless Clad Saucier

Le Creuset Dutch Oven 5 1/2 qt

T-fal 5qt Dutch Oven, Nonstick, Black

MORON OF THE WEEK

Minus is a finite social network where you get 100 posts—for life.

Pinterest Accused of Not Paying Female ‘Co-Creator’

The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship

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521: Beans! Sep 08, 2021

That missing Cure track; Apple walks back iPhone image scanning, to add Driver's Licenses to Wallet; Moscow subway facial recognition; WhatsApp fined; Facebook apologies for racist AI; Virgin Galactic off-course; ISS is cracked; Gen-Z developing unexplained tics from social media, beans; Enemies of the State; the Protege; Rick James; Dyson love; Ryan Holiday; Mac Mini; geeking out over Lego; decent customer service; O.MG Cable; ProtonMail logs & court orders; Mandy Patinkin, the Dinner Party; Zoom Dysmorphia; beans.

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FOLLOW UP

The Feds Want to Know What the McFuck Is Going On With the McFlurry Machines

IN THE NEWS

Apple delays its criticized plan to scan iPhones for child exploitation images

Apple to Add Driver’s Licenses to Apple Wallet

Subway Passengers in Moscow Will Be Able to Pay for the Ride With Their Faces

Whatsapp hit by £225million fine

Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men

Spaceship carrying Richard Branson flew off course, FAA is investigating

The FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s spaceship after flight deviation

The ISS is cracked and facing ‘irreparable’ failures – and they could be about to get much worse

Gen Z Is Developing Unexplained Tics After Going Online, And Doctors Are Concerned

Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now

MEDIA CANDY

Enemies of the State

The Protege

BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES

Billions

Review: Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez strike gold in 'Only Murders in the Building'

APPS & DOODADS

Dyson Outsize

Your smartphone is not making you dumber — digital tech can enhance our cognitive abilities

Trillion-frames-per-second camera takes photos of light moving

Pharrell- and Grimes-backed music startup Roli files for administration and reboots as Luminary to refocus on beginner musicians

AT THE LIBRARY

Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave by Ryan Holiday

A Book of Secrets: Finding Solace in a Stubborn World by Derren Brown

SECURITY HAH!

A Customer Discovered Their $350 Lego Set was Missing Pieces. The Company's Response Was Brilliant

Someone paid more than $300K for a fake Banksy NFT — and the scammer gave it all back

This Seemingly Normal Lightning Cable Will Leak Everything You Type

O.MG CABLE - C-TO-C DIRECTIONAL

ProtonMail Logs Activist's IP Address With Authorities After Swiss Court Order

BRIC-A-BRAC

Tearful Mandy Patinkin Shares Emotional ‘Princess Bride’ Story With Grieving Fan

The Dinner Party

Zoom Dysmorphia Is Following People Into the Real World

Gut instinct could see you fall for COVID misinformation

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS DEAD AT 54

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520: You Can Be China Sep 01, 2021

Get your GOG NFTs; Telsa Autopilot crashes...again; the iPhone is a Freshman in high school now; constant cookie warnings ending; Apple "agrees" to legally required App store changes; Instagram wants your birthdate; China slashes gaming time for kids; Clubhouse grasping at straws; The Grand Tour: Lockdown; Absolutely Mental; Icon; police dropping phones; T-Mobile, Microsoft security; Bloomberg cancels Galloway; let's get drunk.

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FOLLOW UP

Coinbase mistakenly told 125,000 users their 2FA settings had changed

Tesla on Autopilot crashes into two parked cars… again…

The Best Carbon Fiber Skateboards in 2021

The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken

IN THE NEWS

An end to constant cookie warnings? UK plans post-Brexit overhaul of data laws

Apple changes key App Store rules in response to class action lawsuit from developers

Instagram will require users to share their birthday in push for teen safety

China further slashes kids’ gaming time to just three hours a week

Clubhouse adds spatial audio to create more immersive audio chats

MEDIA CANDY