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    Grumpy Old Geeks

    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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    Latest Episodes:
    586: GOGPT Jan 28, 2023

    ChatGPT is everywhere: destroyer of worlds, or modern convenient pocket calculator; Section 230 ruling coming; gravity batteries & Tesla factories; Spotify, Vox Media layoffs; TikTok, Twitter gaming their systems; Justice Department after Google's ad business; AWS expanding in Virginia; Easter Sunday; Elvis; Madoff; Strange World; Slow Horses; White Lotus; the Last of Us; the Schulmister Effect & the DeFillippo Effect; shiny new Apple stuff; Microsoft investing in OpenAI; the World Walker; Annie Grace & Russel Brand on addiction; Disneyland & the pure joy of Star Wars Land; the Safety Dance.

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    Show notes at https://gog.show/586


    FOLLOW UP

    GOG on Stitcher

    GOG on Pandora

    Grumpy Old Geeks by Drayk.it


    IN THE NEWS

    Tech experts ask Supreme Court to rule that Section 230 protections apply to algorithmic recommendations

    Gravity batteries in abandoned mines could power the whole planet, scientists say

    Tesla will spend $3.6 billion to build a Semi and a battery factory in its Nevada complex

    Spotify Will Cut About 6% of Jobs in Latest Tech Layoffs

    Vox Media Lays Off 7% of Staff

    The Justice Department is suing Google to break up its ad business

    TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral

    Twitter engineers can still use 'GodMode' to tweet as any account, claims whistleblower

    Twitter makes it easier to avoid the annoying 'For You' tab

    Amazon Web Services to Spend $35 Billion on Data Centers in Virginia


    MEDIA CANDY

    Easter Sunday

    Elvis

    Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

    Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

    Strange World

    Ralph Breaks the Internet

    Slow Horses, Season One

    White Lotus, Season Two

    Why Do We Do That?

    The Last of Us

    ENG SUB [Three-Body] EP01 | Tencent Video

    Netflix Has Created A Self-Fulfilling Cancelation Loop With Its New Shows

    Future Tense Newsletter: My Husband Was Right About DVDs All Along


    APPS & DOODADS

    Apple M2 Macbook Air, Midnight

    Apple iPad Air

    Apple TV 4K

    Jason on Mastodon - @jpdef@hachyderm.io

    Microsoft invests billions more dollars in OpenAI, extends partnership

    ChatGPT users spot $42 Professional Plan with perks

    Google is freaking out about ChatGPT

    BYRNA BALLISTIPAC IIIA - BLACK - [HANDGUN RATED] [NO MOLLE] - $499.00 USD

    Rezvani Vengeance


    AT THE LIBRARY

    The World Walker (The World Walker Series, Book One) by Ian W. Sainsbury

    The Mechanical: The Alchemy Wars Book 1 by Ian Tregillis

    This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life by Annie Grace

    Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions by Russell Brand

    Readow


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    MacGPT

    MacWhisper

    Understanding The Safety Dance

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    585: Certified Human Jan 22, 2023

    Student creates app to spot AI essays; Alphabet cuts 6% of workforce; Twitter ends 3rd-party developer access; Musk faces big bill; Tesla engineer testifies video was faked; Amazon hates charity, CNET lied about AI; artists sue Midjourney developers; The Last of Us; Derren Brown; Fleishman is in Trouble; Blue Man Group; Universal Audio Apollo Solo; YubiKey can't ship, Analogue Pocket, FINALLY!

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    INTRO

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop


    FOLLOW UP

    Is It Human or AI? New Tools Help You Spot the Bots

    Was that essay written by AI? A student made an app that might tell you.

    Awesome ChatGPT Prompts

    Promptable

    What's faster than a Corvette? A 'Vette with an electric motor


    IN THE NEWS

    Google parent Alphabet cuts 6% of its workforce impacting 12,000 people

    Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs

    THE END OF THE TWITTER CLIENT ERA

    Twitter continues to disrespect developers with weak explanation on third-party clients not working

    Twitterrific: End of an Era by Sean Heber

    Hachyderm

    With $1.5 billion bill due at month-end, Elon Musk’s options aren’t great

    Musk wins legal battle to force laid-off Twitter employees into arbitration

    “Talented but crazy”: Potential jurors give court their opinions on Elon Musk

    Tesla engineer testifies that 2016 video promoting self-driving was faked

    Musk Oversaw Video That Exaggerated Tesla’s Self-Driving Capabilities

    Amazon ends charity donation program AmazonSmile

    CNET Secretly Used AI on Articles That Didn't Disclose That Fact, Staff Say

    Artists sue developers of Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, claiming copyright infringement

    Stable Diffusion litigation


    MEDIA CANDY

    The Last of Us

    HBO's The Last of Us Podcast

    Derren Brown: UNLOCK The Secret Power Of Your Mind! | E212 The Diary Of A CEO

    Fleishman is in Trouble

    20 year old meI wants to skate on this course

    Blue Man Group with Venus Hum - I Feel Love


    APPS & DOODADS

    Universal Audio Apollo Solo Heritage Edition, APLS-HE

    YubiKey 5C NFC

    Analogue Pocket

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    584: AI-Powered Unemployment Jan 15, 2023

    Adobe Podcasts taking jobs; The end of grunt work; Prompt writers and fact checkers; Mansplaining as a Service; Masters of Melancholy; The death of film; ChatGPT for malware and phishing; Cheap cops expose suspects data; The Pale Blue Eye sees The Boys with 3000 years of Jack Ryan; Vinyl STILL making a comeback; HoloLens gets a budget cut; Canadian deliveries went wrong; NYC Schools ban ChatGPT; IBM loses patent crown; Microsoft and the 3-second sample; Public Domain voice fingerprinting; Tesla ruins Thanksgiving, and we have video.

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    FOLLOW UP

    The Vinyl Comeback Continues


    IN THE NEWS

    Microsoft Combat Goggles Falter as Congress Says No to Buying More

    Proof-of-delivery photos for many Amazon packages publicly accessible for months

    NYC Schools Ban ChatGPT, Citing Fears About Safety and Accuracy

    IBM Loses Top Patent Spot After Decades as Leader

    Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio

    EXCLUSIVE: SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF TESLA CRASH ON SF’S BAY BRIDGE HOURS AFTER ELON MUSK ANNOUNCES “SELF-DRIVING” FEATURE


    MEDIA CANDY

    The Pale Blue Eye

    Three Thousand Years of Longing

    The Boys

    Jack Ryan Season 3


    APPS & DOODADS

    Ember Travel Mug²


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    Adobe Podcasts

    ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware

    A Police App Exposed Secret Details About Raids and Suspects

    Web Hackers vs. The Auto Industry: Critical Vulnerabilities in Ferrari, BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche, and More

    Millions of Vehicles at Risk: API Vulnerabilities Uncovered in 16 Major Car Brands

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    583: Neurodivergent Fool Jan 08, 2023

    2023, here we go; more talk, less social media - except for sharing reels; Twitter scrolling but no interactions; Elon Musk turns squatter; fines for Meta, Coinbase, Apple & Grubhub; Tesla violating employment law, but delivers record amount of vehicles - a solid company if they had a decent CEO; TikTok finally banned from some government devices; Salesforce & Amazon layoffs; World Cup hangover; Good Rivals; Nope; Jurassic World Dominion; 3000 Years of Longing; Slow Horses; Treason; Glass Onion; podcasting market corrections; RIP Dark Sky; AI image generation deep dive; Temple Grandin; Matthew Mather; Andor honest trailer; LastPass problems; Lockbit ransomware gang apologizes.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/583

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    FOLLOW UP

    In Praise of Real (Not Tweetable) Conversations


    IN THE NEWS

    What It Really Means for a Tweet to Have a Lot of Views

    Twitter sued for not paying San Francisco office rent

    Meta’s Ad Practices Ruled Illegal Under E.U. Law

    Coinbase reaches $100M settlement over background check failures

    France sticks Apple with €8M fine over App Store personalized advertising complaint from iOS 14

    NLRB says Tesla violated the law by telling employees not to talk about pay

    Tesla delivered over 405,000 vehicles in Q4 2022, setting a new company record

    Grubhub ordered to pay $3.5 million to settle Washington DC deceptive practices lawsuit

    TikTok will be banned on most US federal government devices

    Salesforce to cut workforce by 10% after hiring ‘too many people’ during the pandemic

    Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave


    MEDIA CANDY

    Good Rivals

    Nope

    Jurassic World Dominion

    Three Thousand Years of Longing

    Netflix sinks 1899 after one season

    Slow Horses

    Treason

    Glass Onion

    The Great Podcasting Market Correction


    APPS & DOODADS

    Apple’s Find My helps firefighters rescue car crash victim in California

    Artists fed up with AI-image generators use Mickey Mouse to goad copyright lawsuits

    Artists Are Revolting Against AI Art on ArtStation

    John Carmack Quits Meta, Burns His Virtual Bridges Behind Him

    How China is building a parallel generative AI universe


    AT THE LIBRARY

    Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin

    Nomad: The Nomad Trilogy Book 1 by Matthew Mather


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    Honest Trailers | Andor

    The LastPass disclosure of leaked password vaults is being torn apart by security experts

    A Breach at LastPass Has Password Lessons for Us All

    EMOJI DRUG CODE | DECODED

    Adobe Podcast AI Demo for Location Audio Processing

    Adobe Podcast

    Butter URL Cleaner


    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    Pelé, the Global Face of Soccer, Dies at 82

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    582: Kind Of Dec 17, 2022

    We briefly focus on some hopeful technology breakthrough news, before returning to our bread & butter; we have achieved fusion, kind of; wind from another planet; AI revolution, Kurzweil & baby steps; Dramatron; social media for strangers; Meta's Hasher-Matcher-Actioner; Twitter's do what I say not what I do; Tesla's failure is not fraud; Sam Bankman-Fried & continued crypto arrests & lawsuits; Lord of the Rings marathon feast; Wednesday; The Peripheral; the White Lotus; Slow Horses; Drumpf NFT; too many tabs; Apple to allow outside app stores, dropping Webkit requirement; password managers; Twitter suspensions; the Marshall amp.

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    IN THE NEWS

    Breakthroughs of the Year

    Scientists achieve fusion ignition, a major milestone in clean energy production

    Audio from a Martian dust devil captured for the first time

    The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence

    DeepMind created an AI tool that can help generate rough film and stage scripts

    Google execs warn company’s reputation could suffer if it moves too fast on AI-chat technology

    Social Media Is for Strangers Now

    Meta releases an open-source tool that can scan for terrorist content

    A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia

    Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety Council of external advisors

    Elon Musk’s new Twitter Blue logo is perfectly awful

    The college student tracking Elon Musk's jet lashes out after Twitter bans his account. He says he'll keep posting.

    Twitter Suspends the Accounts Tracking Musk’s Jet and The Man Behind It

    Elon Jet, the Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s flights, was permanently suspended

    Tesla: Our ‘failure’ to make actual self-driving cars ‘is not fraud’

    Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple Music

    Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested by Royal Bahamas Police Force

    Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder charged with defrauding investors

    Celebrity Promoters Sued Over Bored Ape NFT Endorsements

    Crypto Was Always Smoke and Mirrors

    ‘O.C.' star and crypto critic Ben McKenzie tells lawmakers that the crypto market is the 'largest Ponzi scheme in history'

    DOJ and SEC charge social media influencers in alleged $100 million stock pump-and-dump scheme


    MEDIA CANDY

    The Lord of the Rings Marathon Feast

    Wednesday

    The Peripheral

    The White Lotus

    Slow Horses


    APPS & DOODADS

    Donald Trump Digital Trading Cards (NFTs)

    FTX-hosted NFTs break after website is redirected to a restructuring page

    Chrome Gets Memory and Energy Saver Modes

    1600 Tabs in Edge

    Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws

    Apple Considering Dropping Requirement for iPhone Web Browsers to Use WebKit

    Apple’s new whiteboard app gives you and up to 99 friends an ‘infinite canvas’


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    Twitter has suspended the Helicopters of DC account.

    FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

    The Story of the Marshall amp. from the BBC


    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    RIP Angelo Baldalamenti

    RIP tWitch








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    581: Kany.A.I. Dec 10, 2022

    We're back, but less social; no death robots; Twitter's downward spiral; sure, this kills primates but let's trial Neuralink on people; NFTs decline, go to museums; collateral FTX damage; Meta fined for data scraping; DoorDash, Deliveroo profitability problems; I am Groot's Holiday; Mickey Mouse's evolution; Wednesday; BritPop; Knives Out; Memory; the White Lotus; Neal Brennan; Dropbox changes; Spotify festival posters; AI gets... weird & creepy; Apple Karaoke; FTC wants to stop Microsoft's acquisition of Activision; the Tower; Dennis E. Taylor; Jesus Jones & the cesspool of the music industry; Nine Nasty Words; the Muppets & adult Star Wars; Radioshack, Kinkos & Egghead; Goblin mode!

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    FOLLOW UP

    San Francisco approves police petition to use robots as a 'deadly force option'

    San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban killer robots in drastic U-turn

    Who Said It: Kanye or Hitler?


    IN THE NEWS

    Chinese Bots Inundate Twitter With Pornographic Spam Amid COVID Protests

    Twitter has stopped enforcing its COVID-19 misinformation policy

    Twitter data leak exposes over 5.4 million accounts

    Twitter’s Janitors Are on Strike at Its San Francisco Headquarters

    Neuralink CEO Elon Musk expects human trials within six months

    NFTs, on the Decline Elsewhere, Are Embraced by Some Museums

    Crypto lender BlockFi files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid FTX fallout

    Meta fined €265 million over Facebook data scraping in the EU

    DoorDash is laying off around 1,250 corporate employees

    ‘Purely economic’: Deliveroo Australia’s CEO on why management pulled the pin


    MEDIA CANDY

    The Peripheral

    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

    Critical Mass


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/580


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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    The Peripheral

    Downton Abbey: A New Era

    Love Actually Cast Reuniting for 20th Anniversary TV Special

    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

    Jason DeFillippo

    #DystopiYAY!

    Hive Social

    Post

    Pine

    Hey.Café

    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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/579

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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Star Trek: Lower Decks

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    The Peripheral

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    The Peripheral

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Spark Mail 3.0


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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)

    Matthew Mather Books


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    Boot Up with Jason

    Andor

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    musicForProgramming();


    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    Andor

    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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    Show notes at https://gog.show/570

    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

    The Mandalorian S3

    Star Wars: Andor

    Tales of the Jedi

    Kiki (2016 film)

    Pose

    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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    Show notes at https://gog.show/569/


    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Star Trek: Lower Decks

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    ‘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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Get a deal on 1Password!

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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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    Show notes at https://gog.show/566/


    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    SOLE SB900

    Fitness Blender

    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

    Surface on Apple TV+

    Westworld

    Prey

    Being Canadian

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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!

    Show notes at https://gog.show/564

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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

    WebbCompare


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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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    Show notes at https://gog.show/562


    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/561


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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Apple AirTag

    Nikon is reportedly halting DSLR camera development

    Nikon will reportedly join Canon in ending development on high-end DSLR cameras

    SAMSUNG T7 Shield 2TB, Portable SSD, up-to 1050MB/s, USB 3.2 Gen2, Rugged, IP65 Water & Dust Resistant, for Photographers, Content Creators and Gaming, Extenal Solid State Drive (MU-PE2T0S/AM), Black

    Dell 240Hz Gaming Monitor 24.5 Inch Full HD Monitor with IPS Technology, Antiglare Screen, Dark Metallic Grey - S2522HG

    Spigen Rugged Armor Designed for iPad Mini 6 Case/iPad Mini 6th Generation Case 8.3 Inch Cover (2021) - Matte Black

    DEKOPRO 218-Piece General Household Hand Tool kit, Professional Auto Repair Tool Set for Homeowner, General Household Hand Tool Set with Plier, Screwdriver Set, Socket Set, with Portable Storage Case

    Office Chair Wheels Black Replacement Rubber Chair casters for Hardwood Floors and Carpet, Set of 5, Heavy Duty Office Chair casters for Chairs to Replace Chair mats - Universal fit

    Frigidaire Retro Bar Fridge Refrigerator with Side Bottle Opener, 3.2 cu. ft, Red

    Fedmax Metal Garage Storage Cabinet - 71-inch Tall Large Steel Utility Locker with Adjustable Shelves & Locking Doors - Garage Cabinets for Tool Storage and Ammo Locker - Grey & Silver

    BMW Heated Seats Subscription Is Real And It Costs $18 Per Month

    No, BMW is not making heated seats a subscription for US cars

    SNES Manual Archive

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Control Loop

    Scum and Villainy Cantina

    Cyber Craft - Custom cosplay helmets and suits

    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

    Synthesia.AI


    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

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

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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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    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

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    You can pay for your Lyft ride with cash now

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    MEDIA CANDY

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    The Obamas are leaving Spotify for Audible

    The Old Man

    Animal Kingdom

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    APPS & DOODADS

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    Flying Car Company Boss Completes 'First Ever' Commute in $83K Space-Age Vehicle

    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

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

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    SECURITY HAH!

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    Microsoft will phase out facial recognition AI that could detect emotions

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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

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    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


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    AT THE LIBRARY

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    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

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    Rat in the Kitchen

    The Sandman

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    Fourth of July

    Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It!

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    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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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

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    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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    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.

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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


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    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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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.

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

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    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


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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.

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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

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    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

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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!

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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Queen of the South

    Ozark

    Better Call Saul

    Grumpy Young Men

    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

    Get 1Password!

    1Password 8 for Mac is here!

    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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    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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


    APPS & DOODADS

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    HEMUDU Dual Monitor Articulating Desk Mount Arm Stand - Vertical Stack Screen Supports Two 13 to 34 Inch Computer Monitors with C Clamp

    Elgato Wave Mic Arm LP

    Honey

    Dropbox Passwords

    The lickable-TV guy created electric chopsticks to make food taste saltier


    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    CNN+ Is Shutting Down Just Weeks After It Launched

    What is 1.1.1.1?

    Quad9

    OpenDNS

    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

    If Wolf of Wall Street were about crypto

    every NFT projects be like...

    [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

    Mundy Ceramics

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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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/549

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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Peter Clines Official

    Brandon Sanderson Official


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    I’m done with Wyze

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Star Trek: Discovery

    Star Trek: Picard

    Halo

    Moon Knight

    WeCrashed

    CNN+


    APPS & DOODADS

    Reeder

    Headway

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/546

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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Star Trek: Picard

    Upload Season 2

    Friday the 13th The Series

    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

    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Build your crypto business with Stripe

    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


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Rode Videomic GO II

    Anker 514 Lightning to USB-C Accessory Cable (3ft, for Camera), MFi Certified, 480 Mbps Data Transfer Cord for Canon EOS R3, Canon XF605, Nikon Z9 (Does not Support Charging)

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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

    Physical effects of stroke


    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/


    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Star Trek: Picard

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

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

    Homebridge

    HOOBS

    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

    Grippy Textured Non-Slip Microfiber Cleaning Cloth Wipes (6"x7") Premium for Glasses, Camera Lens, Cellphone, Phone Screen, Glass, Eyeglasses, 3-Pack

    Pluto Pillow

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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

    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Star Trek: Picard

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    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

    Paste

    Setapp

    Tot

    Tyke

    Time.Is

    How Long Ago

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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

    Beforeigners

    Ozark

    Eternals

    Salvation

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

    APPS & DOODADS

    ESR Rebound Magnetic Case Compatible with iPad Pro 12.9 Inch 2021/2020 (5th/4th Generation), Smart Case with Magnetic Attachment, Auto Sleep/Wake, Pencil 2 Support, and Trifold Stand – Black

    Yoassi 360Degrees Rotatable Heavy Duty iPad Tripod Mount, Universal Clamping Tablet Holder Break-Resistant Anti-Wobble, iPad Tripod Holder Adapter Fits iPad Pro 9.7 10.5 11 12.9 iPad 12345678 Mini Air

    Aukfa XXX-Large Electric Heating Pad for Back Pain and Cramps Relief, 17 x 33 Inch King Size 6 Heat Settings, Auto Shut Off, Ultra Soft Heat Pad with Moist & Dry Heat Therapy Options, Blue

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    The Prepared

    Can VPNs Be Traced?

    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’

    Stroke Cast


    APPS & DOODADS

    Stay by Cordless Dog

    Moom

    12' ladder

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    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

    Don’t Look Up!

    Salvation

    Hawkeye

    Free Guy

    Jungle Cruise

    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 CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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.

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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Hawkeye

    Cruella

    Get Back

    Listening to Kenny G

    Star Trek: Discovery

    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?

    Lucid

    Blinkist

    Craft

    Sun and Moon Seeker

    Time Calculator

    Chatter Telephone™ with Bluetooth®


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    The Pivoteer

    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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/531

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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    UltraGlass [Full Auto-Application] Designed Only for iPhone 13 Pro Screen Protector Tempered Glass 6.1 inch [Bubble-Free] [0.5° Microgravity Tech] Anti-Scratch [Case Friendly] Full Coverage

    ESR Hybrid Case Compatible with iPad Mini 6 (8.3 inch, 2021), Detachable Magnetic Cover, Hybrid Back Shell, Fully Supports Pencil 2, Rebound Series

    PopSockets: PopGrip with Swappable Top for Phones & Tablets - Black

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/527

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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    BLACK+DECKER 40V MAX Cordless Sweeper (LSW40C)

    PGYTECH OneMo Camera Backpack 25L with Shoulder Bag for Gopro 10, DJI Air 2S, DJI FPV, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Drone, DJI Mavic Mini 2/Air 2, OSMO Action/Pocket, DSLR/SLR Mirrorless, Camera Tripod


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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 CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Auth0

    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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    FOLLOW UP

    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

    Star Trek: Lower Decks

    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

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    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.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/521/

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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!

    The CyberWire


    Dave Bittner


    Hacking Humans


    Caveat


    Recorded Future


    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

    Star Trek: Lower Decks

    The Grand Tour: Lochdown

    They're in this together

    Absolutely Mental

    The Jump with Shirley Manson

    Icon: Music through the lens

    Clickbait

    Apple is building a classical music streaming app after buying Primephonic


    APPS & DOODADS

    You're Probably Not Using the Web's Best Browser

    Meco


    AT THE LIBRARY

    Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein

    Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by Edward Slingerland


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Police Use iOS App to Track Suspect After ‘Accidentally’ Dropping a Phone in His Truck

    T-Mobile hacker says the carrier's security is 'awful'

    Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability is the ‘worst you can imagine’

    Banksy NFT buyer duped in £244k 'hack'

    ‘YouTube magic dust’: How America’s second-largest social platform ducks controversies

    SEC Charges Eight Firms for Cybersecurity Shortfalls


    MORON OF THE WEEK

    Bloomberg canceled Prof Scott Galloway's TV show after he joked about his sex life in a video, topless, in a hard hat


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    519: Can Someone Loan Me a Toddler? Aug 25, 2021

    Back to Windows; Mr. White Hat returns the stolen crypto; Elon jokes about Tesla Autopilot failures; California gig worker initiative unconstitutional; Facebook admits misleading COVID info is top performing content; purge your Tweets, people; Netflix gets clickbaity; the Hustler; Grace & Frankie; Gimlet's been a bust for Spotify; Nextdoor, for business; Jobs NFT; Cybersecurity resources; Microsoft Power App data leak; iPhone zero-clock exploit; skateboarding, same as it ever was; NFT dining; forgetting CAPS LOCK sign of intelligence.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Poly Network says it has recovered all $610 million it lost in cryptocurrency heist


    Elon Musk joked about Tesla autopilot mistakes as the technology faces scrutiny: 'I actually have a T-shirt with a stop sign on it. If you flash the car, it will stop.'


    The First Step Toward Protecting Everyone Else From Teslas


    AI gave Val Kilmer his voice back. But critics worry the technology could be misused.


    IN THE NEWS


    Court rules California gig worker initiative is unconstitutional, a setback to Uber and Lyft


    Facebook says post that cast doubt on covid-19 vaccine was most popular on the platform from January through March


    Why Did Facebook Let a Man Livestream His Bomb Threat Near the U.S. Capitol for Hours?


    Global Affairs Canada is purging websites, social media amid Taliban takeover


    MEDIA CANDY

    The Clickbaitification of Netflix


    The Hustler


    Grace and Frankie


    Spotify spent $230 million on Gimlet, but leaked data shows the podcast studio has lagged behind others at the audio giant. Insiders cite unclear strategy and internal tensions.


    APPS & DOODADS

    Elon Musk unveils 'Tesla bot,' a humanoid robot that would be made from Tesla's self-driving AI


    Lumen's metabolism tracking app comes to the Apple Watch


    Steve Jobs Inscribed and Signed Apple II Manual


    AT THE LIBRARY

    A Gift Of Time" by Jerry Merritt


    The Cellar by Katherine Lo


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire


    Dave Bittner


    Hacking Humans


    Caveat


    Recorded Future


    The Bad Batch


    Here are some beginner Cybersecurity and Information Security resources that are free!


    Computer Scientist Explains Machine Learning in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED


    Data leak exposed 38 million records, including COVID-19 vaccination statuses


    A Hacker Stole and Then Returned $600 Million


    New zero-click iPhone exploit used to deploy NSO spyware


    Skateboard Tricks and Topological Flips


    MORON OF THE WEEK

    The 1st NFT Restaurant - New York City


    BRIC-A-BRAC

    Science Confirms That Forgetting Things Is Actually A Sign Of Very High Intelligence

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    518: Eternal September of the Nerd Only Internet Aug 18, 2021

    Back in the (Canadian) saddle; the metaverse has already peaked; tech expat troubles; Facebook is really just truly awful; AI diagnosing dementia; Motorola wants to be Apple; Making the Cut; Suicide Squad; Shazam; the Ms. Pat Show; Pig; White Lotus; Disney nostalgia; bye, Hallo; right to McFlurry; Children of the New World; Stand on Zanzibar; Apple CSAM debate; Amazon wants to read your palms; scamming as a service; Eternal September; creativity is waning.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Cineplex unveils subscription CineClub, offering free movies, perks and discounts

    Niantic CEO John Hanke says the metaverse is a 'dystopian nightmare'

    The Metaverse is a Dystopian Nightmare. Let’s Build a Better Reality.

    Canada's got the world's worst internet ideas


    IN THE NEWS

    Facebook is rebuilding its ads to know a lot less about you

    Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and Building for the Future

    Scientists trial AI-system which could diagnose dementia in one scan

    Motorola wants to be the new Apple. Its first attempt is, oh, take a look


    MEDIA CANDY

    Making the Cut

    The Suicide Squad

    The Ms. Pat Show

    Pig

    Ted Lasso

    White Lotus

    The Imagineering Story

    The Cure bassist Simon Gallup announces he's leaving the band after 4 decades: 'Just fed up of betrayal'


    APPS & DOODADS

    Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

    Sennheiser Pro Audio HD 650 Open Back Professional Headphone

    Why the McFlurry Machine Company Just Got Hit With a Restraining Order


    AT THE LIBRARY

    An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel & Cecilia Kang

    Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein

    Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

    The Candle of Crest: A Rhyming Epic Adventure by Demethius Jackson


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Apple’s Software Chief Explains ‘Misunderstood’ iPhone Child-Protection Features (Exclusive)

    Amazon will pay you $10 for your palm prints. Should you be worried?

    Scammer Service Will Ban Anyone From Instagram for $60


    BRIC-A-BRAC

    The Day the Good Internet Died

    Eternal September

    Research Suggests We're All Getting Less Creative and Scientists Think They Know Why

    Children born during pandemic have lower IQs, US study finds

    Why pop music is obsessed with this one note


    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    6 essential podcasts for tech heads to tune into

    ‘The greatest striker’: Gerd Müller, legendary German forward, dies aged 75

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    517: You Know, for Kids! Aug 11, 2021

    Eric Hunley joins us; Big fines for big tech; Amazon laughs at labor laws; Influencers are falling over each other to get the shot; The Metaverse is a Meta-Dud; Facebook hates research; Apple says it's doing it for the kids; SetApp and new apps; Sennheiser saves the day; Value 4 Value and Lightening to save podcasting.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/517


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    IN THE NEWS

    Highlights from while we were gone...

    EU slaps Amazon with record $887M fine over ad targeting practices

    France Cracked Down on Google’s Ad Tech. What’s Next?

    Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google

    Amazon Unlawfully Confiscated Union Literature, NLRB Finds

    Amazon union drive in Bessemer may get a new election


    It’s raining influencers!

    Chinese TikTok star Xiao Qiumei dies after falling 160 feet from a crane while recording a livestream video

    YouTube star Albert Dyrlund dies after falling 656 feet from a mountain while recording a video

    Sophia Cheung death: Hong Kong influencer dies after falling while taking photo at edge of waterfall


    Let’s talk about the “metaverse” because it’s gonna be the new buzzword for the next 6 months...

    MARK IN THE METAVERSE

    Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Already Sucks

    Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse: What it means for the enterprise

    Microsoft, Facebook and everyone else are building the metaverse. Will you want to live there?


    Meanwhile in the real world...

    Facebook cuts off NYU researcher access, prompting rebuke from lawmakers

    Senators press Facebook for answers about why it cut off misinformation researchers

    APPLE KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN EMPLOYEE-RUN SURVEYS ON PAY EQUITY — AND LABOR LAWYERS SAY IT’S ILLEGAL


    The Tim Apple sized Elephant in the room...

    Expanded Protections for Children Frequently Asked Questions

    Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Initiatives, and the Slippery Slope

    Opinion: Four problems with Apple’s reported approach to scanning for child abuse images

    Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse


    APPS & DOODADS

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    New Podcast Apps

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    516: Says the Billionaire... Jul 28, 2021

    Here we COVID again; FAA rules for being an astronaut; YouTuber's blow anti-tax plot; genetic screening promises; FTC approves right-to-repair; Snapchat doing well; Facebook to become a quasi-religious meta-verse, whatever that is; Jack Dorsey wants BitCoin to make him money, oh sorry, bring world peace; space wants to kill you; the Moon slows down a Tesla; sci-fi trailers; Ted Lasso; more privacy-centric social networks; long-duration batteries; behind the attraction; facial recognition is everywhere; everything is tracked.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/516

    FOLLOW UP

    Anthony Bourdain’s Voice Isn’t the Only Thing the New Documentary Faked

    Companies that make people return to the office will lose employees

    The FAA Brings Jeff Bezos Back Down to Earth

    IN THE NEWS

    The YouTubers who blew the whistle on an anti-vax plot


    A New Kind of Embryo Genetics Screening Makes Big Promises on Little Evidence

    The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair

    Snapchat just announced its largest user growth in years

    Mark Zuckerberg said he wanted to transform Facebook from a social-media company into 'a metaverse company'

    Facebook’s Next Target: The Religious Experience

    Jack Dorsey hopes bitcoin can bring about world peace

    Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk both want to colonize space. Here are the 6 biggest problems with their plans, from thinning bones to toxic plants on Mars.

    The Moon Tricks Tesla's Full Self-Driving Feature Into Thinking It's a Yellow Light

    MEDIA CANDY

    ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ trailer is a treat for ‘Voyager’ fans

    Dexter Revival Reveals First Trailer at Comic-Con 2021

    Watch Your Local Broadcast TV For Free!

    Won’t You Be My Neighbor

    Ted Lasso Season 2!

    APPS & DOODADS

    Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City

    Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Behind the Attraction

    From Macy’s to Albertsons, facial recognition is already everywhere

    A Defunct Video Hosting Site Is Flooding Normal Websites With Hardcore Porn

    Catholic priest quits after “anonymized” data revealed alleged use of Grindr

    QR Codes Are Here to Stay. So Is the Tracking They Allow.

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    515: Bro Code Jul 21, 2021

    The COVID misinformation dozen; Facebook's Anti-Vax problem; society's collapse, right on schedule; Japan breaks internet speed record; Uber gets away with it, again; robot collisions; don't let a startup scan your eyeballs; Spotify are pirates; Loki; deepfaked Bourdain; Ape marathon; Hallo; AirPods Pro; Los Angeles is hideous; the Bro Code; NSO spyware; MAGA Freedom Phone; encryption lava lamps; appchk; Furry Olympics.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/515


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    FOLLOW UP

    Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds

    The Truth About Facebook’s Anti-Vax Problem


    IN THE NEWS

    MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule.

    Japan breaks internet speed record with a 319Tbps data transfer

    Uber negotiated a huge cut to a $59 million fine it received for refusing to share data about sexual assaults on its service

    Tesla offers a Full Self-Driving subscription for $199 per month

    A robot collision sparked a fire at the UK's top online grocer

    Why You Shouldn’t Let a Startup Scan Your Eyeball in Exchange for Crypto


    MEDIA CANDY

    The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales

    Spotify Executive Calls Artist ‘Entitled’ for Requesting Payment of One Penny Per Stream

    Loki

    The new Anthony Bourdain documentary 'Roadrunner' leans partly on deepfaked audio

    Anthony Bourdain documentary sparks backlash for using AI to fake voice

    A Quiet Place Part II

    The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

    Bosch

    Planet of the Apes

    Beneath the Planet of the Apes

    Escape From the Planet of the Apes

    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

    Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    Grimes, Will.i.am and Alanis Morrissette will judge an avatar singing TV show


    APPS & DOODADS

    HalloApp

    Follow Your Different 226 - Real Digital Relationships | HalloApp Launch with Founders Neeraj Arora & Michael Donohue

    MAMP PRO 6 for macOS

    NAMO

    TextSniper

    Airpods Pro

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    Here are the emoji finalists for Unicode 14.0

    At this made for social media museum, the pictures come to life

    Trick Art Museum


    AT THE LIBRARY

    Los Angeles is Hideous: Poems About An Ugly City by Andrew Heaton


    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    NSO spyware was allegedly used to target activists and journalists

    Microsoft disrupts products from Israeli tech firm used to hack journalists, activists

    MAGA-Branded 'Freedom Phone' Is a Black Box That Should Be Avoided at All Costs

    Eric Hunley Locals Exclusive the "Freedom Phony"

    Encryption Lava Lamps

    appchk Privacy Monitor for iOS

    The Government Unknowingly Commissioned Furry Art To Promote The Tokyo Olympics


    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    Billion dollar heists, missing cryptoqueens: Six must-listen cyber podcasts

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    514: The Carmen Sandiego Line Jul 14, 2021

    We hear from Norway; billionaires in the... upper atmosphere? Just pay your taxes; Biden's Big Tech executive order; Trump's lawsuit has a problem...the law; Facebook owns a city; remote workers aren't leaving cities; TikTok meets LinkedIn; YouTube algorithm recommends policy violating content; bye, Knewz, we never knew ya; Monsters at Work; Black Widow & the new movie business; Summer of Soul; the joy of buying & cancelling; AI soundtracks; car talk; Audacity spyware; Iran's trains hacked; REvil disappears; Cosby wants to tour; Toomics reports... itself.

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    SHOW NOTES


    IN THE NEWS

    Richard Branson Reaches Space on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity

    Elon Musk booked a trip to space with Virgin Galactic

    Biden’s wide-ranging executive order covers Big Tech, net neutrality and more

    Trump sues tech firms for blocking him, and fund-raises off it.

    Donald J. Trump: Why I’m Suing Big Tech

    Black Mirror in Real Life: Facebook Now Owns and is Developing a City

    Remote workers are moving out of big cities — but not to the Midwest

    TikTok wants you to send video resumes directly to brands to land your next gig

    TikTok will automate video removals for nudity and violence

    Mozilla Investigation: YouTube Algorithm Recommends Videos that Violate the Platform’s Very Own Policies

    Judge dismisses Amazon’s legal challenge to JEDI after contract cancelation

    Rupert Murdoch’s answer to Google News is dead after only 18 months

    MEDIA CANDY

    Star Wars: Rebels

    Monsters at Work

    ‘The Witcher’ season 2 will hit Netflix on December 17th

    What Black Widow’s $60 Million Disney+ Haul Actually Means

    Loki

    Barry Diller says streaming services killed the movie business as he knew it

    Summer of Soul

    Exclusive TED chats are coming to Clubhouse

    Peacock

    Epsteins Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell

    Lilyhammer

    APPS & DOODADS

    Throbber

    Parallels 16

    ScreenFlow 10

    Does Your Video Need a Better Soundtrack? Ask an AI to Write One

    AT THE LIBRARY

    There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

    Polar Vortex by Matthew Mather

    How to Live by Derek Sivers

    Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee

    An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Audacity 3.0 called spyware over data collection changes by new owner

    MUSE GROUP CONTINUES TONE DEAF HANDLING OF AUDACITY

    Cyber-attack disrupts Iran’s national railway system

    The world’s biggest ransomware gang just disappeared from the internet

    MORON OF THE WEEK

    BILL COSBY WANTS TO DO COMEDY TOUR AGAIN Docuseries in Works

    Toomics Reports Its Own Website for Copyright Infringements

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    513: Fury Road Jul 07, 2021

    Moving anxiety; WWW NFT with broken code; Billionaires in sppppaccccee; Facebook warns users about content it serves them; GitHub AI coder; TikTok selling its AI; FTC tells Broadcom to knock it off; crypto pump & dumps; Robinhood's real customers; Star Wars: Rebels; Bosch; the Mole; Hear in LA; Loki; charging gizmos; Western Digital exploit; supply chain cyberattack; Android trash app are trash; Norway demands you tell us if you touched up your photo.

    Show notes at https://gog.show/513

    SHOW NOTES

    FOLLOW UP

    Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT of the Source Code for the World Wide Web for $5.4 Million

    The Tim Berners-Lee NFT that sold for $5.4M might have an HTML error

    IN THE NEWS

    Virgin Galactic plans to send Richard Branson to space on July 11th

    Wally Funk, Trailblazing Female Pilot, Will Join Jeff Bezos on Spaceflight

    Facebook test warns users who may have seen ‘harmful extremist content’

    TikTok’s AI is being sold to other companies

    GitHub previews new AI tool that makes coding suggestions

    FTC charges Broadcom with ‘illegally monopolizing’ the chip industry

    FaZe Clan suspends players allegedly involved in crypto pump-and-dump scheme

    The Cost of Robinhood’s Success

    MEDIA CANDY

    Star Wars: Rebels

    Bosch

    The Mole

    The Missing Crypto Queen

    Hear in LA by Tony Pierce

    Loki

    Quentin Tarantino Says He Bought L.A.’s Vista Theatre

    APPS & DOODADS

    Nekmit Dual Port Ultra Thin Flat USB Wall Charger with Smart IC

    Multi USB Fast Charging Cable,Arsiperd 4 in 1 3A Charger Cord Connector with Dual Phone/Type C/Micro USB Universal Port Adapter, Compatible with Cell Phones Tablets and More(4FT/2Pack)

    Finance startup names itself Nonce, a cryptographic term that is also UK term for child rapists

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices

    Western Digital won’t fix a vulnerability found in older My Cloud OS3 storage devices

    Hackers conduct one of the largest supply chain cyberattacks to date

    I thought MalwareBytes had a particularly good explainer

    A New Kind of Ransomware Tsunami Hits Hundreds of Companies

    Apps with 5.8 million Google Play downloads stole users’ Facebook passwords

    MORON OF THE WEEK

    New Norway law mandates social media influencers disclose photo editing


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    512: It Has a Hole! Jun 30, 2021

    Your class-action duty; more Bitcoin exchange disappearances; Facebook may be evil but it isn't a monopoly; words matter; ethical investing; medical algorithms unsurprisingly getting it wrong; your health data is being sold, but hey, it's de-identified; Amazon buys Wickr; everyone wants to work from home; Dune, delayed; Foundation, Ted Lasso coming; LFG; the Dave Bittner orchestra; WD drives; Dreamhost leaks; Peloton demands membership for treadmills; AirTags without holes & Chipolos with holes on thars; drone TRUST certificates; smile!

    Show notes at https://gog.show/512

    SHOW NOTES

    FOLLOW UP

    Birch Communications Settlement

    Drizly Settlement

    IN THE NEWS

    Founders of South African Bitcoin exchange disappear after $3.6 billion ‘hack’

    A judge dismissed the United States’ antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, saying the FTC failed to show that the company was a monopoly

    FACEBOOK CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR SEX TRAFFICKING, SAYS TEXAS COURT

    A Major New Index Fund Should Unnerve Climate-Skeptical CEOs

    A hospital algorithm designed to predict a deadly condition misses most cases

    Hospitals are selling treasure troves of medical data — what could go wrong?

    Amazon buys the secure messaging platform Wickr

    Many people don’t want to work unless it’s from home

    MEDIA CANDY

    ‘Dune’ release gets pushed back another three weeks to October 22nd

    Foundation will debut on Apple TV Plus in September

    A new ‘Galaxy Quest’ TV show is in the works

    ‘Frasier’ Revival Release Date Teased by Kelsey Grammer

    Kim’s Convenience

    Workin’ Moms Season 5

    LFG

    APPS & DOODADS

    Peloton’s mandatory treadmill memberships show how you never fully own your connected devices

    Keep AirTags away from children for safety, warns Australian regulator

    How your power company can remotely control your smart thermostat

    iPod interface for Apple Music and Spotify by Tanner Villarete

    The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST)

    Chipolo’s One Spot isn’t quite an AirTag, but at least it has a hole

    Canon Uses AI Cameras That Only Let Smiling Workers Inside Offices

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    How Disney Mismanaged the Star Wars Universe

    Not Safe For Work by The Organ Grinders featuring Dave Bittner

    Dave Bittner and his K.M.O.X Orchestra

    “I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted

    DreamHost database leaked 814 million records online, including customer data

    What is AI? We drew you a flowchart to work it out

    MORON OF THE WEEK

    The Fan Who Caused A Massive Tour De France Wreck Apparently Fled The Country

    A Narcissist With Sign Caused A Huge Pile-Up During The Tour De France

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee dead after prison suicide: report

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    511: Amazon Baby Farms Jun 23, 2021

    Road tripping a very re-opened California; crypto & NFT drops; Facebook launches Live Audio Rooms, Clubhouse adds DMs, they all start to morph together; Google seeks to stop slander; Google AI/ML/AI/ML; Amazon worries about running out of workers to exploit; introducing Amazon Sub-Prime; Onlyfans pivots; Penn's poor Op-Sec; Reality Winner released; caught by smartwatch; Bo Burnham Inside; pandemic-inspired music; Lupin; Legendary; moving to Podpages; Facebook VR ads; tweaking Twitter; Neeva might be great, someday; Ted Chiang; the world's greatest con.

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    FOLLOW UP

    It’s Official: El Salvador’s Legislature Votes to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender

    Web inventor Berners-Lee to auction original code as NFT

    MoviePass was even shadier than we thought

    IN THE NEWS

    Facebook officially launches Live Audio Rooms and podcasts in the US

    Clubhouse is building a DM text chat feature

    Google Seeks to Break Vicious Cycle of Online Slander

    Google is using AI to design its next generation of AI chips more quickly than humans can

    Amazon burns through workers so quickly that executives are worried they’ll run out of people to employ, according to a new report

    Amazon Workers

    Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company pressures out 6% of office workers

    One Amazon warehouse destroys 130,000 items per week, including MacBooks, COVID-19 masks, and TVs, some of them new and unused, a report says

    Amazon is reportedly buying 1,000 autonomous truck-driving systems, which could pave the way for one day ditching drivers

    Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth

    OnlyFans is reportedly in talks to raise new funding at a valuation above $1 billion, as it plots a move away from adult content to become more mainstream

    Tesla backs vision-only approach to autonomy using powerful supercomputer

    MEDIA CANDY

    Bo Burnham – Inside

    K.Flay – Inside Voices EP

    Lorde – Solar Power

    Marina – Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land

    Garbage – No Gods No Masters

    69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez

    Lupin

    Legendary

    The Lazarus Heist

    Kim’s Convenience

    APPS & DOODADS

    The one developer that publicly agreed to try Facebook’s VR ads is already backing away

    Day one has been acquired by Automattic

    Mastonaut

    Tweak New Twitter for Chrome/Brave

    Leviton T5633-W 15-Amp Type-C USB Charger/Tamper Resistant Receptacle, 1-Pack, White

    Neeva

    Webcam Settings (Mac App Store)

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Exhalation by Ted Chiang

    Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

    The World Greatest Con

    Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Reality Winner, the Contractor Who Leaked Classified Russian Election Meddling Info, Released From Prison

    Smartphone and smartwatch data led husband to confess to murdering his wife

    Vigilante malware rats out software pirates while blocking ThePirateBay

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    4 tech podcasts you should be listening to

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    510: Delightfully Evil Algorithm Jun 09, 2021

    Apple WWDC; NFT market collapsed; Clubhouse shark-fin; Stack Overflow gets a buyer; Twitter's geo-political problems; Facebook ends special treatment for politicians; G7 moves to shut down tax havens; Bezos takes flight; Facebook rolls out Bulletin, which is not them but is; Apple employees don't want to go back; Old; Danny Elfman; A Glitch in the Matrix; assimilating your watch; Airport fetish gear; time travel books; Ring asks for assistance; FBI follows the Bitcoin; here's your bad guy phone; TikTok's delightfully evil algorithm.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Here’s everything Apple announced at the WWDC 2021 keynote

    The NFT Market Has Collapsed, Oh No

    US Pentagon changes its mind about DJI Drones

    The Drop-In Audio App Clubhouse Is Dying. It Was Fun While It Lasted

    Clubhouse downloads are falling off a cliff: The app was downloaded only about 900,000 times in April, down from February’s peak of 9.6 million

    IN THE NEWS

    Kinda a big announcement

    Twitter suspended in Nigeria amid face-off over president’s tweet

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent beard shavings to Azealia Banks so she could make an amulet to protect him from ISIS

    Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban

    G7 deal will likely raise taxes for tech giants like Apple and Google

    Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of his company Blue Origin in July

    Facebook’s ‘Bulletin’ newsletter platform could launch before the end of June

    Apple employee group rejects planned return to the office

    MEDIA CANDY

    Old – Official Trailer [HD]

    Danny Elfman Previews First Solo Album in 37 Years With New Song ‘True’

    Cruel World Festival

    A Glitch in the Matrix

    Here’s How Long it Takes to Binge-Watch More Than 50 Popular TV Shows

    Apple Watch Faces / Borg and Startrek

    Exclusive: watch Lush in A Far From Home Movie

    The Missing Cryptoqueen

    APPS & DOODADS

    Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla team up for a ‘common vision’ on extensions

    Logitech MX Keys Advanced Illuminated Wireless Keyboard for Mac – Bluetooth/USB

    Airportag

    A SpaceX fanatic created a website to find out when Starlink satellites were visible in his location.

    AT THE LIBRARY

    One Day All This Will Be Yours by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Ring Launches Request for Assistance Posts on the Neighbors App

    Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang

    Trojan Shield: How the FBI Secretly Ran a Phone Network for Criminals

    DOJ Charges Criminal ‘Influencers’ Who Worked For FBI’s Honeypot Phone Company

    Maryland and Montana Pass the Nation’s First Laws Restricting Law Enforcement Access to Genetic Genealogy Databases

    TikTok Quietly Updated Its Privacy Policy to Collect Users’ Biometric Data

    CBC SecureDrop

    MORON OF THE WEEK

    S.Korean designer creates ‘Third Eye’ for ‘smartphone zombies’

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    509: Johnny Moronic Jun 02, 2021

    Amazon Sidewalk launching; Twitter unsurprisingly pauses verification program; invisible sculptures & fake NFT markets; AI takes on disinformation; Tweet labels based on how wrong you are; Lemonade's bad week on Twitter; WhatsApp backtracks; Venmo to provide some privacy controls; Google buries tracking settings; Elon bores Vegas, Neuralink will end language in 10 years; Army of the Dead; Crime of the Century; Friends; Moby; Star Wars cartoons; Fire tablets; Zoom PodTrak; Drafts Pro; Cook Unity; transformers to the Moon; Muderbots; Code Girls; Have I Been Pwned; dreamy Troy Hunt.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors

    Apple delays paid podcast subscription launch to June

    Twitter pauses its new public verification program after just one week

    IN THE NEWS

    World’s First Invisible Sculpture Sells for a Whopping $18,000

    Buying a pink NFT cat was a crypto nightmare

    Artificial intelligence system could help counter the spread of disinformation

    Twitter May Start Labeling Your Tweets Based on How Wrong You Are

    A disturbing, viral Twitter thread reveals how AI-powered insurance can go wrong

    WhatsApp won’t limit accounts for users who don’t accept its new privacy policy

    Venmo now lets users hide their friends lists following Biden discovery

    Google reportedly made it harder to find Android privacy settings

    Watch Elon Musk’s Boring Company test its Tesla tunnel system in Las Vegas with members of the public

    Tesla may have to ship Texas-made EVs out of state to sell them to Texans

    MEDIA CANDY

    Army of the Dead

    The Crime of the Century

    Friends: The Reunion

    Moby: Reprise

    Moby: Ambient (1993)

    How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?

    APPS & DOODADS

    All-new Fire HD 10 tablet, 10.1″, 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, latest model (2021 release), Black, without lockscreen ads

    Apple TV 4K review (2021): Finally, a Siri remote I don’t hate

    Zoom PodTrak P8 Podcast Recorder – $499

    Zoom BTA-2 Bluetooth Adapter for P4/P8 PodTrak Recorder – $49.99

    Drafts Pro

    CookUnity: A Chef Collective

    Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the Moon

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries Book 6) by Martha Wells

    Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Star Wars: Rebels

    FBI to share compromised passwords with Have I Been Pwned

    US soldiers accidentally leak nuclear secrets via study apps

    Robert G. Reeve Twitter Thread

    Robert G. Reeve Twitter Thread Reader version

    motionEyeOS

    MORON OF THE WEEK

    Neuralink Brain Chip Will End Language in Five to 10 Years, Elon Musk Says

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    Spark

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    508: PanoptiCondo May 26, 2021

    Apple vs Epic; Twitter's verification is back; Chia valuation & IPO; divesting Facebook; a lighthearted look at NFT headlines; US telecoms face no consequences for ripping off the government; Google AI centerpiece of I/O; Virgin Galactic completes flight; streaming Glasto; Gary Numan; the Mosquito Coast; podcasts, podcasts everywhere; Snap's new Spectacles; Muderbots; Amazon's Ringopticon; predictive policing; ransomware & hospitals; more data breaches; Citizen's frightening pivot; caught cheese-handed.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Tesla driver slept as car was going over 80 mph on Autopilot, Wisconsin officials say

    Elon Musk called lidar a ‘crutch,’ but now Tesla is reportedly testing Luminar’s laser sensors

    How Apple screwed Facebook

    Apple’s Fortnite Trial Ends With Pointed Questions and a Toast to Popeyes

    Relaunching verification and what’s next

    IN THE NEWS

    Blockchain Startup Chia Nabs $500 Million Valuation, Eyes IPO

    Tesla, Musk Face Loss on Bitcoin Investment

    ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ sold as an NFT, could vanish from YouTube forever

    Mark Haines — remembering and honoring a CNBC icon with an NFT auction

    The Hollywood Sign Will Be Minted As An NFT

    Digital Horses Are the Talk of the Crypto World

    CRYPTO PLATES Drop First NFT Vanity Plates on OpenSea

    5 Andy Warhol NFTs Are Heading to Auction. Art Experts Question Their Authenticity.

    US Telecoms Keep Getting Wrist Slaps For Repeatedly Ripping Off The US Government

    Google made AI language the centerpiece of I/O while ignoring its troubled past at the company

    Virgin Galactic completes first spaceflight in over two years, in step toward finishing development

    MEDIA CANDY

    Glastonbury Festival’s first livestreamed event ran into major snags

    Gary Numan – Intruder

    Gary Numan – Random

    The Mosquito Coast

    Streaming giant Netflix is expanding its podcasting footprint

    Head of Audio/Podcast Programming, Editorial & Publishing

    APPS & DOODADS

    Snap’s new Spectacles let you see the world in augmented reality

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries Book 5) by Martha Wells

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Narrated by Michael York

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen

    Ransomware gang behind Ireland attack also hit US health and emergency networks

    Air India breach compromised data for 4.5 million passengers

    Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting.

    Cheese photo leads to Liverpool drug dealer’s downfall

    MORON OF THE WEEK

    Neighbourhood Crime Reporting App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force

    Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force

    Private Security Force That Works With Citizen Wants the Power to Arrest People

    Crime App Citizen Exposed Users’ COVID Data

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    AdoramaXP

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    507: DoppelBittner May 19, 2021

    No free lunches with cryptocurrency; DMV probing Tesla because words matter; Facebook toxic content moderators offered wellness coaches; YouTube Kids problem with autoplay; get ready for in-car ads; Waymo gets confused by construction; WarnerMedia and Discovery merger; Gates McFadden & Sarah Silverman; the Nevers; ProCon; playing with AirTags; NoPhone & NoPhone Air; On This Day In History; the Egg; pinball wizards; DarkSide Ransomware "quits"; buying data; leaky exercise APIs; Venmo is dumb; double-encryption; facial recognition for the people!

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    FOLLOW UP

    Amazon Exclusive Star Wars The Child Chia Pet Floating Edition with Stand, “aka Baby Yoda” with Seed Packet, Decorative Pottery Planter, Easy to Do and Fun to Grow

    ‘Green’ bitcoin alternative Chia is leading to hard disc shortages

    IN THE NEWS

    DMV probing whether Tesla violates state regulations with self-driving claims

    Crypto exchange Binance faces US money laundering probe

    Bitcoin and Dogecoin Are at Elon Musk’s Mercy

    Chia: the ‘green’ cryptocurrency bounces on Elon Musk’s Bitcoin U-turn

    Facebook moderators facing toxic content told to take up ‘karaoke and painting’, Committee hears

    Facebook users bypass misinformation rules with anti-vaccine profile frames

    How YouTube Kids keeps kids watching

    Get Ready for In-Car Ads

    Waymo had to rescue an autonomous van that was confused by safety cones

    MEDIA CANDY

    Gates McFadden Investigates: Who do you think you are?

    The Sarah Silverman Podcast

    The Nevers

    Laura Donnelly

    APPS & DOODADS

    ProCon

    Instead Of Traditional Warfare, Chinese Military Will Now Be Trained To Shout Wrong Pronouns At American Troops

    Apple AirTag

    The NoPhone Original Cell Phone

    The NoPhone Air

    AT THE LIBRARY

    On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell

    The Egg and Other Stories by Andy Weir

    Effortless by Greg McKeown

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    The Mandalorian Pinball

    Fireball Pinball

    DarkSide Ransomware Gang Quits After Servers, Bitcoin Stash Seized

    The Pentagon is tracking US citizens without a warrant, Senator says

    Echelon exposed riders’ account data, thanks to a leaky API

    We Found Joe Biden’s Secret Venmo. Here’s Why That’s A Privacy Nightmare For Everyone.

    Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data

    Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate

    This facial recognition website can turn anyone into a cop — or a stalker

    PimEyes

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    506: Category 5 Super-Karen May 12, 2021

    Wait, Uber & Lyft's model doesn't work?; layers upon layers of copyright infringement in NFT; Lord Musk of the Doge-dorks; DOGE-1 to the Moon; Signal makes some honest ads, Facebook not a fan; Twitter puts a pause on mean replies; pay your airbag subscriptions; internet harassment; the Mitchells vs the Machines; vaccine passports & live shows; Audio-Technica record player; Microsoft stops Windows 10x; Beelink PC; Chia pets; Sony's groundbreaking DAT player; Project Hail Mary; ham feedback; Star Wars; DarkSide Colonial Pipeline cyberattack; hacking AirTags.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Seth “LastXwitness” Miranda

    AdoramaXP

    The 2017 Battle Over Net Neutrality Somehow Keeps Getting Weirder

    More Quarterly Losses From Uber, Lyft Suggest the Current Ride-Hailing Model Just Doesn’t Work

    How many layers of copyright infringement are in Emily Ratajkowski’s new NFT?

    Autopilot couldn’t have been engaged during fatal Tesla crash, NTSB says

    IN THE NEWS

    Elon Musk’s SNL Episode Was a Real Rollercoaster for Dogecoin

    SpaceX will launch a Dogecoin-funded Moon satellite

    40 state attorneys general sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg urging Facebook to abandon plans to build an Instagram app for kids under 13

    Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned

    Only 4 percent of US iPhone users have agreed to app tracking after iOS 14.5

    Twitter begins to show prompts before people send ‘mean’ replies

    This Motorcycle Airbag Vest Will Stop Working If You Miss a Payment

    A Vast Web of Vengeance

    MEDIA CANDY

    The Mitchells vs. The Machines | Official Trailer | Netflix

    Vaccine Passports

    APPS & DOODADS

    Audio-Technica Direct-Drive Turntable (Analog, Wireless & USB) AT-LP120XBT-USB

    Microsoft has reportedly stopped development of Windows 10X

    Beelink SEi8 Mini PC Windows10 Pro, 8th Generation Intel i5-8259U Processor,16GB DDR4/512GB SSD,Gigabit Ethernet,4K HD,Dual HDMI,WiFi 6,BT5.0,Fan,Support Auto Power On

    How Sony paved the way for modern music production

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Star Wars: The Bad Batch

    Star Wars Timeline

    Wookieepedia

    Pipeline cyberattack was likely the work of a ransomware gang

    It’s already possible to hack an AirTag

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    Tawny Kitaen, ’80s Music Video Vixen and ‘Bachelor Party’ Star, Dies at 59

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    505: Hammin’ It Up May 05, 2021

    May the 4th; Chia plotting; Facebook Oversight Board; Florida bill will fine social media for banning politicians; Elon vs Bezos; gig workers; NFT news; fungible houses; Epic vs Apple; Verizon sells AOL & Yahoo at bargain prices; EU proposed AI laws; Ted Lasso; Lovecraft Country; Godfather of Harlem; the Great Food Truck Race; pushing to Kindle; Apple Watch health tech; Apple's iOS 14.5 update & privacy; Irish history; Amazon & Ring cameras; wild college Ham radio parties; Robodog put out to pasture.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Chia on Coin Market Cap

    A new green cryptocurrency called Chia uses a less energy-intensive method of minting new coins. Here are 6 things to know about the digital asset before it starts trading on Monday.

    Charlie Munger calls bitcoin ‘disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization’

    AdoramaXP on Twitch

    IN THE NEWS

    Facebook’s Oversight Board will issue its ruling on Trump’s ban this week

    Florida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for Disney

    Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are at odds again over a $2.9 billion NASA contract. It’s the latest development in a 15-year feud between 2 of the world’s most powerful CEOs.

    Inside $59 billion Atlassian’s sweeping new remote work policy, which lets employees work from almost anywhere without needing managerial approval

    Biden’s labor secretary says gig workers should be considered employees

    Zoë Roth sells ‘Disaster Girl’ meme as NFT for $500,000

    He tried to cash in on the NFT craze by auctioning a house. It didn’t work

    As Epic case begins, senior Google engineer undermines one of Apple’s arguments

    Verizon sells AOL and Yahoo for about half of what it paid

    The EU’s proposed AI laws would regulate robot surgeons but not the military

    The EU’s New Proposed Rules on A.I. Are Missing Something

    MEDIA CANDY

    Ted Lasso

    Lovecraft Country

    Godfather of Harlem

    The Great Food Truck Race

    APPS & DOODADS

    Push to Kindle

    Apple Watch could get blood sugar monitoring thanks to a UK tech deal

    Facebook and Instagram use iOS notices to sell you on app tracking

    The Problem With Apple’s Plan to Stop Facebook’s Data Collection

    AT THE LIBRARY

    In Search of the Irish Dreamtime: Archaeology and Early Irish Literature by J.P. Mallory

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    New York Returns Its Police ‘Robodog’ After a Public Outcry

    Former Sen. Harry Reid: I was told Lockheed Martin had UFO crash fragments

    YOUR CAR IS SPYING ON YOU, AND A CBP CONTRACT SHOWS THE RISKS

    The Air and Space Museum is getting a freakin’ X-Wing.

    RTL-SDR Blog V3 R820T2 RTL2832U 1PPM TCXO HF Bias Tee SMA Software Defined Radio with Dipole Antenna Kit

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    AdoramaXP on Twitch

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    504: Data Gone Bye Apr 28, 2021

    Kalanick's Temple of Bros; self-driving divisions sold off; chia-bros; Elon being Elon; Tesla's ass-detecting technology; words matter, it's not an autopilot; Hyundai invests in Ottopia, people AI; Turkish crypto founder feels with $2 bn; people like drone deliveries; Facebook is a Bitche; don't mess with Cloudflare; Captain Fantastic; Berenstain Abbey; Mortal Kombat 2021; Nobody; Hulu's marketing genius; Scott Galloway; Anthony Bourdain; Terry Pratchett; Pentagon sells of IP addresses; Signal founder versus Cellebrite; delivery drivers jamming Ring cameras; My God, It’s Full of Vulns.

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    FOLLOW UP

    Travis Kalanick’s stealth $5 billion startup, CloudKitchens, is Uber all over again, ruled by a ‘temple of bros,’ insiders say

    Uber and Lyft asked Congress to bail out their drivers. Now they can’t get enough drivers to come back to work.

    Toyota subsidiary acquires Lyft self-driving division for $550M

    IN THE NEWS

    The Most Disturbing Part of the Latest Tesla Crash

    The 2nd victim in the Tesla crash in Texas has been named. Elon Musk and police still don’t agree if the car was driving itself.

    Consumer Reports proved that a Tesla will drive with nobody behind the wheel following fatal crash

    Watch Consumer Reports trick Tesla’s Autopilot system

    Tesla claims someone was in the driver’s seat in deadly Texas crash

    Tesla admits its Full Self-Driving technology is a Level 2 system

    The 6 Levels of Vehicle Autonomy Explained

    Hyundai invests in teleoperations startup Ottopia as part of $9M round

    TESLA KEEPS “SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES” WHEN IT SEES STOP SIGN ON BILLBOARD

    Turkish crypto founder flees with reported $2 bn

    Venmo just put crypto access in the palm of everyone’s hand

    Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Plummet As U.S. Treasury Rumor Spreads

    When the Drone Is in Your Backyard

    Facebook takes down official page for French town called Bitche

    Project Jengo Redux: Cloudflare’s Prior Art Search Bounty Returns

    MEDIA CANDY

    Captain Fantastic

    ‘Downton Abbey 2’ Hitting Theaters in December With Original Cast Returning

    The Space Between

    Raised by YouTube

    Why did you kill me?

    Mortal Kombat 2021

    Nobody

    LeVar Burton Has Officially Been Tapped to Guest Host ‘Jeopardy!’ for Season 37

    Hulu Plus Attracted Many of its First 2 Million Subscribers From Pirate Sites

    Music Antenna

    APPS & DOODADS

    Apple Watch 6

    Brydge Dock for MBP 16“

    New 12.9-inch iPad Pro doesn’t support the previous Magic Keyboard

    See a Satellite Tonight

    Star Walk 2

    Facebook is building its own in-app podcast player

    Facebook introduces a new miniplayer that streams Spotify within the Facebook app

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity by Scott Galloway

    World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever

    The Shakespeare Codex (Modern Plays) by Terry Pratchett adapted by Stephen Briggs

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life

    The Big Pentagon Internet Mystery Now Partially Solved

    Signal Founder Cracks Cellebrite Phone Hacking Device, Finds It Full Of Vulns

    Are delivery drivers jamming Ring cameras?

    Star Wars Stormtroopers on the move

    Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    AdoramaXP

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    503: Grumpy Stuff Apr 14, 2021

    Corona kills trust; Uber's back; programming errors; Tesla's crypto stock, 5 year olds are in charge; Google's Project Bernanke; Twitch will act on off-platform offenses; Facebook's Hotline; Pinterest creates a Creator Fund; Thiel on Bitcoin; China hits Alibaba with antitrust fine; Coded Bias; Made for Love; Hard; judging people on music taste, with science; Jon Stewart; Turntable.fm is back; the Serpent; the Nevers; working lightsabers; Logitech stops Harmony remote production; AR toys; Saturn's Monsters; Chuck Palahniuk; White Claw; nuclear sabotage at Natanz; LinkedIn, Clubhouse data scrapes; the Dutch are out of cheese.

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    FOLLOW UP

    “I Do Not Trust People in the Same Way and I Don’t Think I Ever Will Again”

    Uber says March was its biggest month ever

    IN THE NEWS

    A Darkly Comical Programming Error Shows the Human Assumptions Behind Code

    Tesla (TSLA) now has crypto stock token by Binance to buy fractional shares

    Tesla Owners, Say ‘Open Butthole’ and Get a Little Surprise

    Google’s Secret ‘Project Bernanke’ Revealed in Texas Antitrust Case

    Twitch Will Act on ‘Serious’ Offenses That Happen Off-Platform

    Facebook tests Hotline, a Q&A product that’s a mashup of Clubhouse and Instagram Live

    Pinterest announces $500K Creator Fund, ‘Creator Code’ content policy, moderation tools and more

    Peter Thiel: China Using Bitcoin as a ‘Financial Weapon’

    Alibaba hit with $2.8 billion fine in China antitrust case

    MEDIA CANDY

    Hotel Transylvania 3

    Made for Love

    Hard Season 2

    Science now says you can judge people by their taste in music after all

    Jon Stewart’s current affairs series coming to Apple TV+ this fall, titled ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’

    An Interview With the Guy Who Yells “Mortal Kombat” in the Theme for Mortal Kombat

    Turntable.fm Reminds Me How Much Fun the Web Can Be

    The Serpent

    The Nevers

    The next Star Trek movie is scheduled for 2023

    Spotify Has Now Deleted 42 Episodes of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’

    APPS & DOODADS

    Disney Has Reportedly Revealed a Working Lightsaber

    Logitech is done making Harmony remotes

    Roku’s latest streaming device gives 4K, HDR, and a voice remote for $40

    Google’s new AR toy fulfills the childhood dream of digging a hole to the other side of the Earth

    Doodly

    FCC Wants You To Test Your Internet Speeds With Its New App

    SkyWall Patrol Drone Gun

    Google Photos just let me copy text from a photo into my web browser

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Saturn’s Monsters

    Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different by Chuck Palahniuk

    Termination Shock: A Novel by Neal Stephenson

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    White Claw releases 8% seltzer, variety pack with 3 new flavors

    Welcome to Black Mirror

    Iran nuclear attack: Mystery surrounds nuclear sabotage at Natanz

    Hackers scraped data from 500 million LinkedIn users — about two-thirds of the platform’s userbase — and have posted it for sale online

    Scraped personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users has reportedly leaked online

    What Really Caused Facebook’s 500M-User Data Leak?

    Feds charge man with planning to blow up an Amazon data center

    Dutch supermarkets run out of cheese after ransomware attack

    Space Jam 2

    Hacker Newsletter

    Sticky Pickles podcast


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    502: Deliver-oh-no! Apr 07, 2021

    It's not AI; NFT price crash; don't forget those taxes; Chrome was a memory hog; Deliveroo crashes in London IPO; bad April Fool's jokes by Deliveroo & Volts, I mean Volkswagen; Supreme Court rules in favor of Google over Oracle; Amazon, Google returning to offices; 23andMe's SPAC; John Woo's Monkey Master; Godzilla vs Kong; Star Trek news; cutting edge iMacs; Apple Arcade+; Roadie memoirs; Star Wars news; not-breaking Facebook leak news; malware hidden in cheat codes; own your website before sending out the press release; more 80s tunes; don't stop believing, you've gotta have faith, relax!

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    Stop Calling Everything AI, Machine-Learning Pioneer Says

    NFT Price Crash Stirs Debate on Whether Stimulus-Led Fad Is Over

    ‘Silent crash’ as price floors collapse across NFT space

    Crypto-art investors could face a surprise on tax day since NFTs can lead to a hefty tax bill

    NFTs Weren’t Supposed to End Like This

    Google proved me right, Chrome was a bloated memory hog

    IN THE NEWS

    Deliveroo drags on the LSE at £3.31, down 15% on its £3.90 pricing; closes down 44% on debut at £2.87

    Amazon-backed Deliveroo crashes in London IPO

    Deliveroo April Fools’ joke backfires in France

    Forget Voltswagen, Volkswagen is the real April Fool

    Supreme Court rules in Google’s favor in Oracle copyright case

    Amazon says it expects some employees to return to the office this summer, most will return in fall

    Frustrated Amazon employees rip on the company for encouraging them to come back to the office

    Google to welcome some employees back to office in April.

    Why It’s Taking So Darn Long to Figure Out Who Won Amazon’s Union Vote

    We read all 323 pages of 23andMe’s SPAC filing. Here are the 5 biggest obstacles it faces ahead of its public debut.

    Scientists show you can collect DNA from the air

    MEDIA CANDY

    John Woo Producing and Maybe Directing Stan Lee’s ‘Monkey Master’ Marvel Story

    Godzilla vs. Kong

    Coded Bias

    Star Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Teaser | Paramount+

    Star Trek: Prodigy Debuts Their Captain Janeway

    Woman In Motion | Official Trailer | Paramount+

    Star Trek: Picard | Season 2 Teaser | Paramount+

    The Umbrella Academy on Netflix

    The Umbrella Academy on Comixology

    The Last Blockbuster

    Why your brain loves closed captioning

    APPS & DOODADS

    HoloLens for 120,000 Army personnel: Microsoft inks $21.9 billion deal

    Apple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store games

    Flight Control

    Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad

    iwatch Charger 3 in 1 Cable car Charging Compatible USB Type-c iPhone ipad Portable Travel Wireless Fast Charging Cord Compatible for Apple Watch Series 6 5 4 3 2 1(3.9 ft)

    AT THE LIBRARY

    Memoir of a Roadie: Axl Said I Made a Great Cup of Tea… Scott Weiland Liked the Carpenters… & Ozzy Drinks Rosé. by Joel Miller

    Marte’s Reviews – The Alchemist

    So I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and it’s bad…

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    Ahmed Best Confirms Jar-Jar Binks Will Not Be in the ‘Obi-Wan’ Series

    ILM shows off the new Stagecraft LED wall used for season 2 of ‘The Mandalorian’

    Personal data for 533 million Facebook users leaks on the web

    The latest malware hiding in video game cheat codes

    Check You Own The Website Before You Send Out The Press Release

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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    501: It Forked Mar 31, 2021

    I've got an NFT bridge to sell you; Substack raises millions; Anti-Vax Mondays at Krispy Kreme, Zoom-Free Fridays at Citi; Jack Dorsey multi-tasks; nowhere on Earth without satellite light pollution; Moderna vaccine posted on GitHub; Moroccan bit-bros; OpenAI spewing words; BitClout; Virgin lost Spaceship II, goes straight to III; 6 Minutes to Midnight; concerts are coming back, but are the roadies; the Alchemist; the Immortality Code; Obi-Wan Kenobi; hackers backdoor PHP source code; your life on your phone; don't post on YouTube if you're a fugitive; best 80's albums; Utah's porn filter; the funniest joke in the world.

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    Krispy Kreme’s Free Doughnut Promotion Has a Strange Provision for Anti-Vaxxers

    “On the Cockchain”

    Monty Python’s John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT

    Scoop: Substack is raising $65 million amid newsletter boom

    IN THE NEWS

    Jack Dorsey Could Not Contain His Annoyance at Being Grilled by Congress

    Study finds nowhere on Earth is safe from satellite light pollution

    Citi Creates ‘Zoom-Free Fridays’ to Combat Pandemic Fatigue

    Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code on Github

    Morocco is seeing a huge surge in cryptocurrency use

    OpenAI’s text-generating system GPT-3 is now spewing out 4.5 billion words a day

    What Is BitClout? The Social Media Experiment Sparking Controversy on Twitter

    Virgin Galactic unveils new SpaceShip III

    MEDIA CANDY

    Six Minutes to Midnight

    COVID-19: 5,000 music fans attend Barcelona gig after passing same-day coronavirus screening

    As Concerts Prepare to Return From Pandemic Lockdown, Roadies Have Moved On

    Siouxsie And The Banshees: the story of the band who band who saved punk from parody and invented goth

    Ep18: Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff) on how Covid-19 stopped him from quitting the music business

    Spotify is launching its own Clubhouse competitor

    AT THE LIBRARY

    The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and narrated by Jeremy Irons

    The Immortality Code by Douglas E. Richards

    SECURITY HAH!

    The CyberWire

    Dave Bittner

    Hacking Humans

    Caveat

    Recorded Future

    ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series Cast Revealed, Including Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Kumail Nanjiani & More

    Hackers backdoor PHP source code after breaching internal git server

    A Man Says He Doesn’t Know Why He Stabbed His Grandma 50 Times—FBI Agents Hope His iPhone Will Tell Them

    Mafia fugitive caught after posting cooking show on YouTube

    MORON OF THE WEEK

    Utah GOP Gov. Spencer Cox Signs Controversial Porn Filter Measure

    BRIC-A-BRAC

    Huge Scientific Study Reveals Funniest Joke In The World

    CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

    Jessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew up

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    500: Players Only Love You When They’re Playing Mar 25, 2021

    500 episodes & 8 years of grump; crushing Dreams because copyright; still no self-driving cars; buy your Tesla with Bitcoin; Dispo gonna disappear; men behaving badly; India says no Bitcoin; your NFT is gonna disappear; Facebook's AI kicks off punk rockers; paying creators to pump up platforms; uBiome charged with fraud; Jeff Goldblum's world; Sting; Tower Records; the Last Blockbuster; smart bird feeders from Slovenia; Tinder lets you get a Lyft; Neil Gaiman; Amoralman; everyone has a podcast; feedback.

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    499: Forever Old Mar 17, 2021

    Facebook censorship & playbooks; Kalanick, again; Twitter Spaces; Clubhouse upgrades; Bitcoin's problems; Uber, Lyft sharing banned driver data; Amazon gamification expands; NiFTy News; crypto-grifters; the Grammys weren't bad; Pivot; Netflix cracking down on password sharing; iPhone 12 upgrade; HomePod discontinued; FAA drone rules; Cyberweapons Arms Race; deepfakes in suburbia; hacking as a service; anonymized data is bullshit; Zoom Escaper; who wants to be the Technoking?

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    498: Snakes on a Blockchain Mar 10, 2021

    NFT bubble grows; music & art blockchain applications; Banksy Morons; NFTs are the new eggs; ChiaCoin; Google eats their cookies; gig worker shortage; UBI seems to work; Facebook SEER AI; McAfee crypto fraud; Square aquires Tidal; Patrice O'Neal; Condor; Jungle Books; Coming to America 2; teleprompter gear; ripping audio; deep fakes are the new eggs; Solarwinds throws an intern under the bus; TALON; feedback.

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    497: Not F’n Tangible Mar 03, 2021

    Baseball cards on the blockchain, NFT's go mainstream; Grimes 133tsp33k; Coinbase admits Bitcoin could crumble; pandemic stats; Twitter announces Super Follows; Star Trek news; Frasier's listening; the Lady and the Dale; Boss Obama not-a-podcast; Gell-Mann Amnesia; bye, bye Fry's; gadget ages; Radio Garden; Citizen notifications; Dispo; Where For; Sigh, Gone; subtitles; Facebook privacy lawsuit; Tom Cruise deep fakes; Microsoft's decentralized IDs; German pandemic words; feedback.

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    496: "I'm Fired" Feb 24, 2021

    It's time to get things started; regulations; still hacking tractors; Google has an ethical AI ethicist problem; UK slaps Uber with the law; Facebook stops news in Australia, restarts it as Australians abandon it; Facebook caught lying about metrics, again; WhatsApp details privacy change policy; Influencers for health; Hot Ones; Twitch & Metallica; Spotify HiFi; Reply All host hiatus; Amazon's Kickstarter; Think Again; CyberWar & the Lost Colony; Clubhouse concerns; Mac M1 malware; Nvidia anti-cryptomining drivers; Elon Musk & Bitcoin; Gwyneth's COVID long game; feedback.

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    495: Gotta Spend Money to Lose Money Feb 17, 2021

    Bitcoin goes up, must come down; Facebook privacy payouts; Zuck wants to inflict pain on Apple; Oculus problems; Spotify unrolls Work From Anywhere program; AI can manipulate human behavior; Russia dealing with TikTok politics; Chappelle gets paid; Whedon cancelled twice; the Stand falls on landing; Discovery Plus shows; web sleuths at the Cecil Hotel; Kim's Convenience; iPad Life; Clubhouse facts & privacy; signs of intelligent life with Avi Loeb; supply-chain attacks; Bloomberg doubles down; Axel F; Intel mocks Apple; feedback.

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    494: Jib Jab as a Service Feb 10, 2021

    Flash, a-ah, saviour of the universe; WeWork might be just fine; Tesla buys bitcoin; Robinhood still very popular; Twitter confirms experiments with new models, subscriptions; AI COVID predictions; Amazon's new CEO; WFH causes chip shortages; Toyota's self-drifting car; In & Of Itself; the Expanse season finale; Fake Famous; Samsung's ridiculously large monitor; seven screen laptops; supplements on the blockchain; Heaven's River; tracked at the Capitol; hacker breaks into water supply; Pornhub biometrics; deep fakes as a service; feedback.

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    493: Poverty Mode Feb 03, 2021

    Welcome back to paradise; Bye, Loon; Instacart layoffs; pay for pardons; India proposes banning Bitcoin; Apple & Facebook face-off on privacy; revisiting Covid corner; Facebook Oversight Board makes first rulings; Robin Hood, Game Stop & the stock market; Night Stalker; Tiger; Ten Little Things; Tenet; Mulan; Alto's Adventure; Apple magnets, facemask unlocking & privacy labels; Microsoft's new, improved, less racist chatbot patent; Thousand Bike Helmets; the Stand; Ministry for the Future; Ring cameras in my window; Lyft's poverty mode; Let It Go; feedback.

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    492: Silovaya Ustanovka Jan 20, 2021

    Blue Monday; Biden's Biscuit; Bitcoin; Parler gets a landing page; Uber, Lyft drivers in California sue to overturn Prop 22; Virgin Orbit; lying over text; Dan Carlin, Common Sense; Spotify's bet on podcasts is failing; Apple looks into Podcast subscriptions; Paramount becomes a Plus; Wild Kratts; the Hustler; Fitbit joins Google; Instagram Reels audio; Ben Yelin joins us to talk 1st & 5th Amendments & the Internet; Pelosi's laptop; feedback.

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    491: Set Democracy to Zero Jan 13, 2021

    The week that lasted a year; 2021 has the worst 14 day trial period since Quibi, which Roku acquired; a plague still ravages the land; the good, the bad & the ugly of de-platforming; should all dictators be banned on Twitter; the big red button of treason; putting things in a little perspective; Area 41 alert; the week in escapism; Discovery ends; Discovery Plus had some 'splaining to do; bye, Alex Trebek; Bean Dad; Tweet Delete; Echelon; docks with ports; more Big Sur update stories; cyberattack at Ben-Gurion; social media evidence, Clearview AI & stolen Parlor data; set visibility to zero; feedback.

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    490: 2 Acres of Hope Jan 06, 2021

    2021, here we are; year-end wrap ups; Ticketmaster used stolen passwords to hack rival; Google workers union; Instacart is a parasite; gig companies seek labor deals in Europe; Chatroulette's AI is still people; AI vertical farming; self-driving cars have a bias problem; Tesla autopilot trip; Dave's no good, very bad Big Sur upgrade; Solarwinds hackers got Microsoft source code; security & your car; Facebook's megascale; holiday movies & TV; holiday apps & doodads; RIP, Flash; McDonald's ashtrays; Complexity Condensed; Obscure Sorrows; some good things from 2020 (a very short list).

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    489: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Lockdown Dec 23, 2020

    Tom Cruise is right; a verified internet; TikTok turns on MLMs; beam me up, Quantum Scotty; AI co-pilots; Apple EV car & breakthrough batteries coming "soon"; Roy Clark's pants are down; Star Wars corner; RAM to WI-FI breaking air-gapped systems; HBO finally makes a deal with Roku; the Expanse; the Grand Tour; Star Trek Discovery; the Stand; Disney+; Queen's Gambit; Bee Gees & Beatles; Jason on Penn's Sunday School; struggling with the Laundry Files; Firefox UNFCK; Space Force Guardians; feedback; have a great holiday (going nowhere & seeing nobody).

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    488: On a Safari Dec 16, 2020

    Paying to gig; ADA lawsuits; FTC wants social media firms to explain themselves, sues Facebook for monopolization; dynamic difficulty adjustments in sports games; Stripchat; Pornhub purge; the Silicon Valley Texodus; Hawaii is for tech villians; searching for You; Star Wars lore & Operation:Cinder with Furry Jr; SolarWinds hack; Star Trek data; Heaven's Gate; the Queen's Gambit; Big Sur update; Chrome is bad; trying Safari; Apple's ridiculous AirPods Max; AI translation; white supremecists take ancestry tests, hilarity ensues; Zodiac Killer cipher cracked; Solar system superhighways; feedback.

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    487: Fieri+ Dec 09, 2020

    Twitter verification, 2.0; Snapchat woos TikTok users back via laying bricks; SpaceX Starlink going to ruin the night sky; WarnerMedia leaving theaters out to dry; Discovery+ to start streaming diners, drive-in & sharks; Google fires AI ethicist for doing her job; show your work, DeepMind; Dad-Bod Fett; Dave wants to believe; iPhone Wi-Fi packet of death; embarrassing de-pixelizations; Tenet; Bond, YouTube Bond; the Grinch; Marvis Pro; Clubhouse; more Ready Player Two; Yankee Candle shoppers got the 'rona; picking light bulbs; GoPro vs lava; feedback.

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    486: Bye, Bye Mr. FCC Pai Dec 02, 2020

    Happy Pandemiversary; Comcast price hikes; Internet's gonna internet; Microsoft's creepy Productivity Score; health risks of space; Facebook's self-serving self-reporting ads tool fail; Ajit Pai to step down; the McRib is back; Star Wars corner; hackers sell access to C-Suite emails; COVID data spies get personal; an FDA for algorithms; Tubi; the Undoing; Spotify stories; kids TV; Zoom PodTrak; Bowflex; Wes Anderson's office; all dumpsters include the fire; Ready Player Two; High-Rise; Earth; feedback.

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    485: The 34 Days of Christmas Nov 25, 2020

    We give, it's Christmastime; how's that crypto going, bro; Apple lowers their app store cut; Buzzfeed acquires HuffPo because…?; Facebook's E.gg on the face; Comcast data caps; its a mess at the FCC & FTC; Facebook, Twitter face content moderation problems; adios, Arecibo; RadioShack in the Land of the Lost; Panopticon worries; Utah monoliths; Shane MacGowan; the Iron Lady; micropayments for artists; Hollywood isn't in Kansas anymore; Jeopardy hosts; AirPod woes; it's all about the grip; feedback.

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    484: Space Karen Nov 18, 2020

    Pick your machine learning bias; TikTok ban forgotten; DoorDash taking the money & dashing; Uber selling off self-driving unit; Airbnb has some bigots; Austria wants to censor worldwide; another day, another Google fine; Zoomsgiving; Dave's bum is fine; yes, your computer phones home; Big Sur slowdown; Long Way Up; the Crown; Instagram's new features; Zuck's strange decisions; hyperventilate to sober up; Elon would like to speak to the COVID-19 manager; feedback loop.

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    483: What is “Loser.com”? Nov 12, 2020

    Canadian complaints; the never ending election; if I only had a brain; Uber, Lyft & DoorDash lie to buy their law, make millions; EU hits Amazon with antitrust charge; AI cracks PDEs; Eric Schmidt moves to Cyprus; fast radio bursts; Silk Road's bitcoin; Furry Season Landscaping; Carfax for cops; Ransomware Facebook ads; virtual Hall of Fame; podcast news; streaming devices; Apple's event; Loser.com; the finances of C19 safe concerts; feedback loop; goodbye, Alex.

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    482: Choose Wisely Nov 04, 2020

    It's election day, let's just lie on the floor & scream together; Twitter explains how they will handle results; CISA says everything is going ok (from external threats, anyway); more cyberattacks against hospitals; Zoom adds end-to-end encryption; diving deep with the Mandalorian; Joe Rogan tests Spotify, wins; Tenacious D; Lewis Black; Bad Education; Mr. Rogers; Tehran; Fauda; Over the Moon; Somebody Feed Phil; Jon Stewart's back; ClipDrop; Elgato Key Light; Shure; Digislate; Spider WIFI routers; Cory Doctorow; catching up on feedback.

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    481: 18.09 Scaramuccis Oct 28, 2020

    Quibi is toast, Scaramuccis galore, Wisconsin gets Foxconned, Tesla lies about self-driving tech, Police can read your phone, Twitter probably not hacked, creepy video bro's don't get fired, Animaniacs and Supermarket Sweep are back, Ghostbusters delayed, James Bond is homeless, Photoshop gets some AI, ClipDrop hits the streets, upcoming books, and more!

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    480: BeelzeYeezy Oct 21, 2020

    TikTok's back (in Pakistan); China's law fighting addiction in kids; living with influencers; Instagram EU probe; about Biden's hard drive; Facebook really quashing left-leaning stories; relocating while working remotely & your salary; YouTube fighting conspiracy theories, again; BA hit with biggest-ever fine; Barnes & Noble data breach; Chinese hackers & McAfee; Sandworm; Google Chrome "bug"/feature; iPhones & AirPods Pro; Paperlike; Amazon Explore; streaming payments; Infinite Monkey Cages; I want my Apple TV; feedback.

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    479: Good to the Last Click Oct 15, 2020

    Aging Millennials embracing Folgers; Prime Day ridiculousness; a dip into COVID corner; Facebook bans Holocaust-denial content, finally; Quibi has no takers; Disney focuses on streaming; Yelp takes a stand against racism; phantom images fool autopilots; keeping e-scooters off sidewalks; 5G heartbreaks; Microsoft busts Trickbot; broken cables; Apple's bug bounties; Singaporn; Janeway's back; CRISPR doc; Fatman; Apple's new stuff; 1/2 a Christmas tree; feedback.

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    478: XLS Extreme! Oct 12, 2020

    Show news; Raised by Wolves; Pixar releasing new movie on Disney+; podcast unions; Facebook, Twitter play whack-a-mole with bad actors; Twitter's different rules for Trump; Amazon's Rivian electric vans; Waymo driverless rides in Phoenix; UK's Excel problem; Pantone, period; Google sharing search data with law enforcement; RainboxMix; Warner Music Group data breach; welcome to the future of delivery; random facts & blanket horn piping.

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    477: This is Triller, Triller Night Oct 08, 2020

    A Stairway to lawyers; Triller's suspect statistics; Instagram labeling state-controlled media; frickin' laser beams taking down drones; Ted Lasso; Enola Holmes; West Wing special; movie industry learned nothing from the music industry; Dune, the Batman and Bond all pushed back; the Go Gos; Moron McAfee arrested; an epic feedback loop.

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    476: Pickle Me Elmo Oct 01, 2020

    It's been a week; no self-driving cars anytime soon, shoooocking; Google & Fitbit deal with the EU; Hold For Me; Whole Foods employees angry at Amazon workers; cussing Parrots; Amazon's Utopia; Deep Questions with Cal Newport; Tehran; Borat's back; Hackers Part Deux; The Last Dance; RIP, Geeks & Beats; the Expanse books wrap up; Murderbot Diaries confusion; Phreaking at Disneyland; Elon Musk returns to Moron of the Week.

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    475: Stay Drunky Sep 26, 2020

    A rare late night show with socially distant lubrications; Facebook blinks; rethinking contracting; streaming consolidation; Apple issues; the horrors of content moderation; Bezos wants your kid as a customer; words matter; VR as a Facebook platform; what happens if there's election chaos; Pinfluencers; global dark web takedown; being a smooth ethical criminal; Ring's Traffic Stop, home drone; brute forcing passwords; all of Amazon's new products; home speakers; JenniCam 4k; goodnight, Longcat.

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    474: Boring Guy Sep 23, 2020

    Client statue of limitations; Apple updates causing issues; the TikTok deal stinks; coronavirus work from home continues; Facebook vs Europe; iPhone voice memo "tracking"; Quibi exploring "options"; Microsoft buying up gaming companies; Amazon Sidewalk, why?; Palmer's podcast; Peacock on Roku; Emmies; Ted Lasso, Raised by Wolves renewed; Go Go's doc; Dune & Hackers; the Postman; Goodreads bad; Darwin Awards; crypto currency advice; feedback loop.

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    473: GOG+ Sep 19, 2020

    Dead mediums doing well; Paramount joins the pluses; TikTok, WeChat ban from US app stores; TikTok brain; Arizona goes after Uber safety driver, not Uber; Amazon e-bikes in NYC; Spotify defends Joe Rogan, sort of; Hamm's Hog & internet freedom; don't post pictures of anything with a barcode; Twitter security for politicians; fake data markets; Windows exploit; ransomware attack leads to a death; new Lady in the tubes; Sky Guide; Apple iOS 14; Apple vs everyone; Roam if you want to; the most important plug in ever.

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    472: Trash Behaving Consistently Sep 16, 2020

    Still on fire; sarcasm is hard; maybe CEOs should pay employees well; Oracle gets to host TikTok; NVIDIA acquires arm, costs arm & leg; Bitcoin bugs; QAnon site runner not so Anon; lady in the tube gets eyes; blurring your house; normal things, forgotten; Hamilton; Ted Lasso, finally; The Vow; The Gentlemen; the Social Dilemma; YouTube sued; Paw Patrol; Stuart Copeland & misophonia; John Scalzi; Ready Player Two; feedback loop.

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    471: We're Number 28! Sep 12, 2020

    The spice must flow; TikTok's algorithm; the real reason there was a beer shortage; Amazon's exploding products; Facebook launches an app for... college kids; NFL in Microsoft Teams; I want my MTV; Los Angeles's contact tracing app rolls out; Amazon appointes ex-NSA director to board; license plate tracking; Portland bans facial recognition; moving to Wordpress; another streaming service; Nikon Z6; quality of life slipping in USA; color-correcting the apocalypse.

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    470: Mountains of Inane Faffery Sep 09, 2020

    No more phones in trees; Amazon Fresh review; new (old) memories; another Wordpress plugin bug; Instagram stories in Facebook; Zuck says there may (?) be violence & civil unrest; disinformation in Animal Crossing; Apple vs Epic continues; Twitter trends; Raised by Wolves; Away; The Boys; Star Trek news; streaming self-regulating, in India at least; Attack Surface; gender reveal party start massive fire; Sturgis COVID spread; masks aren't about you; feedback loop.

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    469: Assed Vigilantes Sep 05, 2020

    New sci-fi, film production is back; Walmart+ launching; Facebook & Twitter catch Russian fake news site; more podcast unions; smart homes for landlords; Amazon drivers gaming the system, still being spied on; Apple-Google contact tracing gets an upgrade; Ben Yelin joins us; Ring cameras spying on cops; Snowden, vindicated; local sheriff's Minority Report; Oculus sales halted in Germany due to GDPR; Zero; technologies gone by the wayside; working from home is starting to stink; science!

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    468: Three Little Piggies Sep 02, 2020

    It was a very bad week; what's new?; big tech offices aren't dead; tech salaries revealed; Apple's new products, fixing the app store; Amazon gets drone delivery approval; Elon Musk creates cyber pigs, neuroscience theater; guillotine outside of Bezos' home, again; Zuckerberg admits Facebook erred with Kenosha; Bill & Ted 3; Star Trek Discovery dates; when they come for comedians; TikTok house parties; periods are triggering Gen Z; feedback loop.

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    467: A Desire for Desires Aug 29, 2020

    Slow week in tech news; another Tesla autopilot crash; Ladies in a Tube in your hotel rooms; Facebook apologizes for Apple's attempts to protect privacy; gaming Instagram; the pandemic devastated Instacart workers; too fast mopeds in NYC; the ongoing TikTok saga; Star Wars 4K77; busting the Swedish movie pipeline; Tesla targeted for ransomware attack; let's get US tech production back; Amazon fitness tracker; what boredom does for us; build your own air purifier; Jason gets a bike!

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    466: Batman Prime Aug 26, 2020

    Giant Meteor 2020; not-good Covid news; Uber & Lyft could have complied with the law, chose not to; Overcast & Spotify testing; why tech isn't exciting anymore; TikTok sues US government; Facebook war-gaming for election meddling; Facebook back taxes; FAA testing drone detecting tech; fastest internet speeds, ever; Lovecraft Country; Entourage; bundle confusion; the Batman, again; time travel sci-fi; OpenDyslexic Font; feedback loop.

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    465: The Best Tech Podcast of 2020 Aug 22, 2020

    It's true if we say it is; fact-checking is not censorship; Uber & Lyft get a temporary stay in California case; Uber covered up data breach; DoorDash launches grocery delivery; Facebook AI making MRI scans faster, finds Ryan Gosling everywhere; tweeting after death; most Americans think social media is censoring people; Airbnb stops really, really big parties; police unlocking cellphones without oversight; FritzFrog botnet; top secret iPods; Oculus Quest; Blackberries are back; sad home cubicles; Florida being Florida.

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    464: Rideshare Mythological Complex Aug 19, 2020

    Firenados, because why not; Epic & Apple battle it out; we're on Discord; defeat by Tweet; Uber & Lyft may shut down, may franchise; Google & Australian pay-for-news ruling; Facebook algorithm actively promotes Holocaust denial; Amazon facing anti-trust probes around the world; Oracle interested in TikTok; Star Trek: Lower Decks; facemasks; bundles get more confusing; AMC theaters re-opening; super light & super heavy Sci Fi; feedback.

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    463: R'amen! Aug 15, 2020

    Owning copyright is key; Apple, Google vs Fortnite; Uber & Lyft lose lawsuit in California, threaten to leave; Amazon should be broken up; Big Tech tries to counter misinformation; boss & remote workers; McAfee's interesting mask; Anonymous; MTV's past; Capital One gets off cheap; Talkspace data-mining; Instagram's set visibility to zero; TOR privacy; Adobe fixes something; Masterclass edu-tainment; Ekranpolan; Airbnb Blockbuster.

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    462: Laser Power Condom Aug 12, 2020

    Declaring email bankruptcy & we attempt to get to feedback zero; Gates calls Microsoft's TikTok deal a poisoned chalice; looking back at Deep Space Nine; Lower Decks; Umbrella Academy 2; socially distanced concerts don't work; Daniel Ek hates music; Derek Sivers; no shoes, no pants, no education; Mandy Patinkin deleting emails; wireless power in New Zealand; ditching charging pads; tons & tons of feedback.

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    461: Fyre Sale Aug 08, 2020

    Catching the Twitter hackers through Bitcoin; Trump orders TikTok, WeChat ban; Facebook finally takes down a misinformation post; Fyre merchandise sale; Jake Paul's misadventures; Levandowski sentenced to prison; Robocall lawyers leak; Canon ransomware attack; Intel leak; rethinking the hacker trope; Reels launches; Sommore; Muppets Now; Star Trek: Lower Decks; speeding up Netflix; Alan Watts; Monkey.

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    460: Pedestrians in the Sky Aug 01, 2020

    Congress grills Big Tech, much ado about nothing; Social Media misinformation mayhem & demon seed; Facebook trying to poach TikTok stars; Spotify back to pre-pandemic levels, still losing money; Universal makes deal with AMC for shortened theatrical release windows; Genderify is a joke; Rite Aid facial recognition; Google advanced search operators; self-flying planes; art AI; Apple & right-to-repair; Chewbacca impersonations; lockdown personality changes; "Al Fresco" parking lot dining.

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    459: Get Ready to Get Grumpy! Jul 29, 2020

    Kickstart your cybersecurity career, or just podcast; Twitter contractors make a game of accessing data; sports bubbles popping; Zuck off or Zuck it up; TikTok blocks QAnon hashtags; Google employees to continue working from home, going mad; a blast from the '90s; Comic-Con@Home trailers, streaming dates; Warrior Nun; Lollapalooza online; finding things in Spotify Podcasts; Shakespeare for Squirrels; the Sandman audiobook; Drive; feedback loop.

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    458: Fearsome Turtle Jul 25, 2020

    Working from home, out the window; Facebook hurting people at scale; Amazon home robot; Twitter cracks down on QAnon crackpots; Slack mad at Microsoft; Snap revenue is up but losses down; Twitter confirms some DMs accessed in hack, over 1000 people had access to tools to aid hack; GEDMatch confirms data breach to police; Apple provides hackable phones to researchers; drones phone home; the joy of driving & being tracked while you do; docking stations, TVs, Herman Miller gaming gear; we're all losers in the streaming wars; south of the border.

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    457: Grumpy Old Idiots Jul 22, 2020

    Disney joins Facebook ad boycott; revealing Emojis; Snapchat adds third party apps; Zoom fatigue, get over it; drive-in esports; companies make millions building unemployment websites that don't work; Coinbase blocked Twitter hackers; Uber sued to reveal algorithm; the Old Guard; John Oliver takes on conspiracies; David Foster; AI moon landing footage; Nixon deepfake; dystopian fiction, now more than ever; Icelandair turns pilots into flight attendants; US Army fake prize giveaways on Twitch; feedback.

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    456: Visual Valium Jul 18, 2020

    Kayne surpasses a full Scaramouchie; Instagram rolling out TikTok competitor, shopping page; US surpasses China in app downloads; Calm app gets TV show; Netflix doing great during the pandemic, might be running out of subscribers; Peacock is here, already losing content; GigRev; that epic Twitter hack, and what we know; Russian, Chinese hackers targeting COVID-19 vaccine research; Data Dividend Project; Logitech MX Master 3; Nest Home Mini; ATEM Mini; apps for the natural world; Apple CarKey; teens dressing as grandmas to buy booze.

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    455: McMarmot Jul 15, 2020

    Back in lockdown; AI is people; 2020, Bubonic plague, why not?; Coinbase selling blockchain analytics software; security whack-a-mole; divisions in Scrabble-land; older people & technology; Ubisoft gets "hands on"; Apple class-action lawsuit; security cams in San Fran; Pinterest needs moderators; podcast news; Peacock & streaming soccer; Hanna; Walter Mercado; Greyhound; Windows Swap; the Dickies; Disney re-opening; feedback.

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    454: Pennies From Jack Jul 11, 2020

    Jack dips his toes into Universal Basic Income; Facebook fails civil rights audit; Elon Musk says self-driving cars will happen this year; Walmart to launch Amazon competitor; Loon balloons; Quibi users quit; tech & pro sports; Palantir going public; metamucil & back problems; Clearview AI preemptively pulls out of Canada; TikTok troubles; living the Slack free life; digital assistants & routines; social media time management.

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    453: Ye Olde Grim Reaper McReaperface Jul 08, 2020

    Influencers ignoring the pandemic, but hey, it's fried chicken day; USA exploring banning TikTok, other Chinese apps; some hot stock talk; John Smith's abandoned shopping carts; Ye Olde Pubby Mcdrunkface; cutting the cord, increasing the cost; the complicated mess of streaming; Muppets; Hamilton; Perry Mason; Eric Idle's local, the Grim Reaper; Kayne for President; Clash Royale & feedback.

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    452: Knucklehead Behavior Jul 01, 2020

    Here comes the lockdown; you get a ban, and you get a ban, and you get a ban - India bans TikTok, other Chinese apps; Reddit bans 2,000 subreddits; Twitch bans Trump; YouTube bans alt-right figures; Facebook versus Natural News; deep fakes for good; dealing with racist terms in tech; As Told by Emoji; LOTR, Band of Brothers; live concerts in Nashville; Gigi Edgley on cons; Olympus exists camera market; feedback.

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    451: Trust Deficit Jun 27, 2020

    Virtual doctor visits; re-opening disasters; stimulus checks for the dead; Facebook truth deficit; clearing out that embarrassing Netflix watch list; Reform Government Surveillance coalition; yes, it's a really bad bill; campaign apps; Apple's new privacy features, nutrition labels; bronies have a message board problem; TikTok for business; fictional world stats; heard immunity fest; the world year to be alive; petafloppin'.

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    450: Nothing Burger Jun 24, 2020

    TikTok takes down Trump; DIY chair & fire alarm fixes; working at Pinterest is awful; Nextdoor removes the "Karen" button; Spotify testing interactive podcast ads; Flash is dead, really this time; Apple WWDC news; Blueleaks; the King of Staten Island; Tony Hawk Masterclass; Watchmen; a second opinion on Farscape; Fleishman is in Trouble; really bad Sci-Fi; How to Write Funniest; feedback; shocking nothing burgers.

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    449: Tip of the Tunaberg Jun 20, 2020

    Not our finest hour; some good Coronavirus news; we finally know what line you can't cross with Zuckerberg; Google boots right wing sites from ad platform; Stop Hate for Profit targets Facebook; Twitter rolls out... audio tweets?; Jump exists Europe; Starlink ready for beta-testers; listening via light bulb; caught by tattoo; don't login once you've been fired; real consequences in Big Tuna; FDA approves prescription video game; Snapchat does it again; synth searches.

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    448: Unplug Everything! Jun 17, 2020

    Legion of bugs mean a billion hackable IoT devices; United Airlines bumped out of NASDAQ by DocuSign; airport security theater; T-Mobile outage not huge DDoS, just incompetence; Germany contact tracing app; Facebook deplatforms anti-racists, thinking they're racists; Instagram to pull back the curtain, maybe; Quibi is a failure; 6 Feet Apart; Knives Out & Clue; Roland's 808; Dave Chappelle; IP Man, come to save the day; popcorn Sci-Fi; feedback.

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    447: My God, It’s Full of Karens! Jun 14, 2020

    A farewell to COVID Corner; Apple takes on racial equity; IBM, Microsoft, Amazon halt facial recognition tech for police; Facebook chief diversity officer; disinformation mentors; Nextdoor has a Karen problem; Cox punishes neighborhood over one user; Stormtrooper news; Photoshop's new camera app; the Winklevii make movie about themselves; Moons leave their planets; I hear the Tesla Coils echoing tonight.

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    446: The Well Hath Runneth Dry Jun 11, 2020

    Covid Cases are, unsurprisingly, rising; Facebook browser redesign, more resignations; Uber leaves Levandowski out to dry; 75 year old provocateurs; police & your phone data; Michigan's MIDAS algorithmic touch; sensible content moderation plans; Twitch & music copyrights; the Media Candy well is running dry; the Vast of Night; upcoming sci-fi movies; down the music documentary rabbit hole; Last Week Tonight; the Banker; Influencers in the wild; feedback.

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    445: User Generated Incarceration Jun 06, 2020

    FBI asks for videos of violence during protests, gets videos of police; #BlackOutTuesday; Fiona Fauxtesting; Twitter, Snapchat & Facebook on Trump; where are our contact tracing apps; Zoom end-to-end encryption business model; bot detection tools; Bittner gets a Stormtrooper, sort of; audio apps & doodads for the pro podcaster; social distancing Werewolf; San Dimas High rules!

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    444: Hello Dystopia! Jun 03, 2020

    So, yeah, we aren't gonna talk about that; yay, SpaceX & NASA; Facebook employees stage virtual walkout, roll out set-visibility-to-zero feature; Twitter continues to flag posts; Coronavirus is the new eggs; Microsoft lays off journalists, replaces them with AI; Uber destroys bikes & scooters; Instacart tip-baiting; social distancing in the supermarket; people can't sleep; Into the Night; Somebody Feed Phil; Space Force; Kylie Jenner not a billionaire; police out-sourcing; feedback.

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    443: Farewell Utopia May 30, 2020

    The tweet label heard around the world; social media executive orders; wherefore art thou, Zuck?; quarantine reunion shows; SpaceX take two; Magic Leap CEO out; Globe home-sharing takes a stand; Instagram sharing revenue, sort of; Palantir may leave California; Elon Musk is teflon; the wheel of fate; Covid Corner; Ladies in the Tube and bodily functions; HBO's confusing streaming approach; Tidal, what?

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    442: White Claw Wall May 27, 2020

    Quarantine, tech & the third-quarter phenomenon; of course Facebook knew the algorithms were divisive; 44.2Tbps cables; NASA & SpaceX astronaut launch a go; stretching out wine & White Claw walls; Muppets & Fraggle Rock are back; Hotel Artemis; Into the Night; good ol' Huell Howser; Minions; Spy Wars; Hightown; Amazon & Apple invest in podcasts (just not ours); e-cheating in e-sports; feedback.

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    441: Furry Party Gonna be Awesome May 23, 2020

    Dreaming & FPGAs; Fitbit pivots; Apple & Google launch exposure notification API; no, we don't have 5G, AT&T; Netflix does subscribers a solid; WFH for Facebook, Shopify; Prime Day delay; podcasting news with Rogan, Call Her Daddy; family squabbles & GDPR; Hulu's new interface; scooters are like cockroaches; PathSpot checks your hand washing; Xbox, Windows NT 3.5 code leaked; it's the end of the World Famous KROQ as we know it.

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    440: Precedented Times May 20, 2020

    Now more than ever, in these unprecedented times, DRINK; Giphy business plan; Square at home; no end point in sight; Uber layoffs; weaponizing social media for good; Fitbit comes a bit late to the ventilator game; DJI patent infringement; Untappd tracking; Matrix co-director slaps Ivanka & Elon; new Star Trek; here comes Hamilton; kid's shorts; Shakespeare for Squirrels; mainstreamed conspiracy theories; fort plans; feedback.

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    439: Stormbittner May 16, 2020

    LUMI has landed; Uber masks; Twitter employees can work at home forever; Facebook settlement with moderators, censoring, buying Giphy; video games have record sales; Unreal Engine royalty-free; France gives social media sites an hour to remove illegal content; exhausting Zoom firings; Dave wants to join the 501st Legion; engagement, not enrichment; Upload; the English Game; more Musk; soccer is back.

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    438: Zuckerbergian Slip May 13, 2020

    Existential Me Time; Quibi & Katz; Facebook finally gets a Star Chamber; Libra lingers on; FCC ordered to release fake comments; arrest Musk; Stack Overflow furloughs; Influencers are just fine; micro- & teeny-tiny-influencers; monitoring at home & at work, ick; Slack ya later, alligator; Mitigator; Spotify's contact-tracing; TARDIS Zoom; the best chair, ever; Disneyland in 1957; black holes next door; feedback loop.

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    437: That’s Quarantainment! May 07, 2020

    Science starting to come in on COVID-19; tracking apps voluntary, sort of; France goes their own way; Uber to require face masks, developing "technology"; May Day strikes get attention; Amazon VP quits in disgust; Quarantainment from Westworld, Devs, Marc Maron, Upload, Hollywood, Homeland, Billions, Killing Eve & Tim's Listening Parties; Eggs, answered; Michael Caine; breaking up on Patreon; YouTube likes money; feedback.

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    436: COVID19-84 May 02, 2020

    Corona-zombies; I need a haircut; Allostatic load aka brain all dumb now; Lime, Lyft stopping operations; if our leaders don't follow rules, why should we; we're all getting a little antsy; losing friends over social distancing; WTF, Musk; #Maythe4th; feelings check in & McRibs; contact-tracing & trust; some more kid's apps; keyboard nubs; Elgato Stream Deck; death of the office; NASA space sounds; OpenAI Jukebox presents AI Elvis.

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    435: Pandemic Brain Apr 29, 2020

    Drink-up wrap-up; Stanford antibody study; Deepfakes have been floated; Facebook's latest ripoff; Tesla stop sign navigation; Amazon's self-serving algorithm; Westworld; Goonies never say die; SNL getting better; Food Network mindless entertainment; Terry Pratchett TV shows, books coming; a Tyler Perry world; feedback, and lots of it.

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    434: Apex Moron Apr 25, 2020

    He may have broken Brian, nothing a little bleach won't fix; toilet paper shortages; CDC warns of second wave; Octoberfest, nein; Quibi versus fans; Magic Leap leaps off a cliff; Abigail Disney & Abigail Amazon; Boston Dynamics pivots; pandemic white lies; FIFA still a festering mess; factory heroes; a manic security segment; sacrificing privacy to get out of quarantine; heavy keyboards; Tyke, Tot and Taters.

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    433: The Woke Must Flow Apr 22, 2020

    Furloughs & death clocks; we’re all on the S.S. Minnow; traffic silver linings; Instacart tipping procedures; Facebook misinformation flaws; social media COVID policies failing; America’s funniest Zoom videos; Elmo’s virtual happy hour; the new woke Dune; yet another HBO streaming service; failure is an option; every COVID commercial is exactly the same; masked morons; feedback loop: UVAs, burnt pork & reverse empathy.

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    432: Unified Theory of Oprah Apr 18, 2020

    Eggs, fat, masks & step counts; Apple & Google promise they'll turn of tracking, someday, maybe; Amazon is essential, essentially horrible; JEDI silence; the end of the office as we know it; drone scolding; Peacock launches, not really; coronavirus should make us grateful for big tech; security is back, change those passwords; wear your pants; podcast profiteering; last names; stinky ride hails; selfie-sticks for guns.

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    431: Grump Long and Prosper! Apr 15, 2020

    Dogs & cats, Apple & Google playing together to track us; South Korea putting wristbands on people for tracking; WeWork won't make deals on rent but asks for them for themselves; Amazon on path to dominance; IKEA blinds finally available; the Witcher; Paraside; god awful Modern Family; BSG live read; Space Force; Minions; tone-deaf celebs; feedback loop.

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    430: Another Day in Paradise Apr 11, 2020

    Billionaire's relief funds; WhatsApp trying to stop spread of misinformation; weather prediction; the internet is stronger, scalable; we planted a flag in the moon, it's ours; StageIt sees success after 11 years; we may not be epidemiologists, but; headphones, adapters, jump starters & lighters; HBO pulls app from older Apple TVs; TikTok influencer; parents aren't alright; Disney shares recipes; Michael, the avid gamer.

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    429: On the Sauce Apr 08, 2020

    Virtual happy hours; wherefore art thou, sports?; Apple frees up some software, releases a new phone; Microsoft Edge gains popularity; more Amazon internal meetings leaked; how US employment has changed in a month; NASA worm; Common Sense; more free media; Quibi; Little Weirds; no, 5G didn't cause coronavirus; Dr. Drew; spirited & spirit-fueled feedback.

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    428: Fundamentally Useless Apr 04, 2020

    Masks are the new masks; the C19 playlist; Zoombombing; Airbnb, Amazon step up a little; restrictions are slowing things, a little; will a recession mean more automation; DoorDash doesn't know what's open; tech giants giving away ad credits, not cash; pop-up experiences shut down; fired by Zoom meeting; we give up on security and reminisce about the old days; Americans are drinking tons; whiskey doesn't protect you; Ina Garten, hero; dark humor is indicative of a high IQ.

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    427: What’s a Hug? Apr 01, 2020

    Coronavirus Day 7,284... the internet is creaking a bit; more work from home tips; gig workers striking; privacy is dead, governments tracking movements via cellphones; Amazon hid competitors faster shipping options; Zuck puts a drop from his bucket into Gates' fund; Bird lay offs; Altered Carbon; survival playlists; guilty pleasure shows; Quibi launches; Google finally pulls Infowars; feedback.

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    426: WE’RE #1! Mar 28, 2020

    The USA takes first in Coronavirus infections; ambient music playlists; gig workers getting support; Amazon, Uber, Tesla cases; free media to keep you occupied; why do tech companies have stockpiles of masks; Airbnb doing good deeds but suffering; cybersecurity fallout; day drinking with Bittner; Golden Girls Tiki mugs; topless food delivery; Picard wrap-up.

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    425: Climbing Up the Walls Mar 25, 2020

    We killed all the TP; we're all hypochondriacs now; US Digital Dollar; Amazon Prime no longer delivering quickly; Amazon releases more kid's shows; Disney+, Facebook reducing streaming quality in Europe; smart thermometers tracking Coronavirus; comfort TV; Bert Kreisher; reading dystopian fiction in a dystopian present; Musk's coronavirus journey; feedback loop.

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    424: Strategic TP Reserve Mar 21, 2020

    California goes full lockdown; KROQ fires morning show; Trapt Twitter meltdown; Netflix may go SD to manage surge; Ibuprofen is the new eggs; Facebook has a virus in their spam filters; our advice for working at home; resources for parents at their wits end; more coronavirus scams on the internet; how much TP do you have on hand; new iPad Pro; free Adobe for 2 months; shout out to the teachers.

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    423: Earth Interrupted Mar 18, 2020

    Social isolation linked to inflammation; one degree of separation; statements on misinformation is not action; Amazon suspends third party sales except for medical, household; Teams goes down; Google screening service unrolls; bitcoin price drops; what will and won't work on the internet; rich people stepping up; Picard & Westworld; Gen-X, this is your time to shine; feedback loop.

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    422: Panic at the Costco Mar 14, 2020

    What a great time to be a nihilist; all podcasts are coronavirus podcasts now; feinds of the show; nerd utopia; everything is cancelled; corona-pocalypse tips; financial costs; people on the front lines; companies & employers stepping up to help; be kind, be empathic, be smart; working from home is hard; social media impact; that speech; buy a gift card from your local establishment; free porn for Italy; feedback;Seth Miranda.

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    421: All Alone Together Mar 11, 2020

    Coronavirus effects roll on; Jack keeps his gig at Twitter, for now; Twitter tags Trump tweet as manipulated; NetNewsWire for all your RSS; Wuhan students tried to boot DingTalk from the app store; Kids in the Hall; Sex Education; Dracula; 1917; Knives Out; Hardcore History; Facebook groups, explained; feedback loop from down under.

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    420: Bad Video! Bad Video! Mar 09, 2020

    The many benefits of quitting Facebook; eggs, again; Coronavirus and tech companies; we're all already self-quarantining; technology's burden on teenage girls; YouTube recommending fewer conspiracy videos; RSA wrap-up; voting technology; Utah Panopticon; Clearview AI as a plaything; robot lawyers; hoodies; SETI@Home; Twitter's Fleets; outbreaks of idiocy.

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    419: I’ll Drink to That Mar 04, 2020

    Shout out to the clan; liable for counterfeits; Walmart+ taking on Amazon Prime; e-Scooter frenzy is over; unintended consequences of ride sharing - pollution and alcohol; Billy never Idles; self-driving cars are hard; Altered Carbon; Obi-Wan on a motorcycle; stand-up fest; CoronaCoin; drone shark week; feedback loop.

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    418: Seven Miles per Hour Feb 29, 2020

    Talking music & tech with Andy Stochansky; Clearview AI gets hacked; DoorDash delivering a confidential IPO; no 1st amendment right to be on YouTube; Coronavirus panic; Bloomberg pushing Twitter boundaries; EasyMile needs seatbelts; don't keep a balance on your mobile payment apps; no iPhones for bad guys in movies.

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    417: Death, Taxes, and Streaming Feb 26, 2020

    Wine drone prank; Netflix postmortem emails; welcome to the streaming wars; collapsing Daqri & the state of AR; Westworld, Better Call Saul return; Dracula; Narcos Mexico; Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins; sanctioned deep fakes; Staples podcasts; BSG & Ron Moore; subscription cars; Slickwraps; feedback.

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    416: Helicopter Mode Feb 23, 2020

    A walk down music industry memory lane; unions; blockchain & the supply chain; 30 years of Photoshop; Uber's horrific climate; antitrust spooks Apple, Google, Amazon; tricking Teslas; caucus tools; our social media diets; the complicated ethics of spyware; wireless network maps; truepenny & straight fingered bawcocks.

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    415: Up Shipt Creek Feb 19, 2020

    Amazon climate change fund; sex bots; gig economy, Shipt & bringing the magic; don't start a trivia company; Doordash tables are turned; the bracelet of silence; Amazing Stories; Ray Donovan gets a wrap-up; the Farewell; Avenue 5; Pandemic; the Last Day; Terminus; the Houston Astros; Rihanna, Kate Hudson and subscription models; wine drones; feedback.

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    414: Brew-Ha-Ha Feb 12, 2020

    Cyberwar is here; thoughts on leaving Facebook; AI for Coronavirus; Russian spacecraft trailing US spy satellite; Jack asks Elon for help; ICE buying cellphone location data; Netflix autoplay off; the Expanse; Star Trek: Consolidating; Oscars; getting lost and sometimes found; beer rage; feedback loop.

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    413: Hey, Handsome Guy! Feb 08, 2020

    Twitter's finances; Google tells Clearview AI to cease & desist; Paypal's banned word list; Shadow Inc Iowa caucus app just incompetence; China's dystopian drone usage; anonymized data no longer exists; Hue security flaw; Wacom's data collection; Mr. Beast passes out his credit card on YouTube; Gen X; an excellent phone both; Lady Gage pirates a photo to protest pirates; hot camera talk.

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    412: Bottle Head Feb 05, 2020

    More tech unions; put your thinking caps on when you launch your browser; gig economy unintended consequences; Alexa Is A Human; checking in to butthole; the Good Place; Hardcore History; Mo Amer; Daniel Sloss; 2 billion hours of Sandler; Mumbai red lights; Google photos; bottle heads & coronavirus; feedback.

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    411: Avast, WeMateys Feb 01, 2020

    Facebook clear history; Peloton doesn't want to pay for music; Apple, Broadcom lose WiFi lawsuit; UK to use Huawei for 5G; Data Privacy Day; Ring packed with third-party trackers; UN cyber attack; are privacy controls working; Google charging for search warrants; Avas Jumpshot packing and selling your data; AirPod tricks; Byte; celebrity texting; WeWorks taps the keg; raving with Elon Musk.

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    410: Elite Buoyancy and Mass Despair Jan 29, 2020

    23andMe layoffs; surveillance capitalism; MoPub realtime data sharing; undermined trust in society & capitalism; Amazon employees speaking out; don't trust the blockchain; facial recognition in London; Byte spammed; Patreon's porn pirate problem; Amazon Prime Video by the people; Daniel Sloss; Elizabeth Wurtzel; Alice in Wonderland & Hitler; feedback.

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