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Grumpy Old Geeks

We dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.

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670: Just Buy the Thing! Oct 19, 2024

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More Wordpress & WPEngine shots fired; hate mail; European road organizations reject the Cybertruck; EU fines against X; civil rights commission pans FART (facial recognition technology); FCC looking into broadband caps; NYT tells Perplexity to stop using its content; AI writing police reports; Instagram becoming Myspace; TikTok knows damn well how bad their product is; Google, Amazon go nuclear for their AI; the Diplomat; Lincoln Lawyer; Shrinking; Silo; Apple digital car keys; new Amazon kindles; robot vacuum hacked; Ham license update; fridges; old songs on road trips.

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The GOG Store is OPEN!

Response to DHH - Original

Response to DHH - Edited

WordPress.org’s latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin

Secure Custom Fields

Internal blog post reveals Automattic's plan to enforce the WordPress trademark using 'nice and not nice lawyers'

Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos

IN THE NEWS

European Road Safety Orgs Are Terrified of the Cybertruck

The EU’s Fines Against Elon Musk May Be Much Larger Than Anticipated

Civil Rights Commission Pans Face Recognition Technology

FCC launches a formal inquiry into why broadband data caps are terrible

The New York Times tells Perplexity to stop using its content

From Elon Musk to cop car chases, how a software engineer launched a police AI startup

Prosecutors in Washington State Warn Police: Don’t Use Gen AI to Write Reports

Instagram is introducing profile cards to help users find new friends

TikTok is reportedly aware of its bad effects on teen users

Google strikes a deal with a nuclear startup to power its AI data centers

Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors

NASA's Europa Clipper mission is on its way to Jupiter

MEDIA CANDY

The Diplomat, Season 1

The Lincoln Lawyer Season 3

Apple TV+ announces sixth season for “Slow Horses,” starring Gary Oldman

Shrinking on Apple TV+ gets early season 3 pickup

Silo — Season 2 Official Trailer | Apple TV+

APPS & DOODADS

Apple may be adding digital car key support for specific Volvo, Polestar and Audi vehicles

Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store

Adobe starts rolling out generative AI video tools in beta

Adobe shows off 3D rotation tool for flat drawings

Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279

Robot vacuums spew racial slurs at owners in wake of hack

Walk the Distance app deleted...

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

WP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resources

She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain

Roll Out The Barrel

I’ve Been Working On The Railroad

This Land is Your Land

Oh My Darling Clementine

Clementine (Live) - Tom Lehrer

This Land Is Your Land (Live) - The Clancy Brothers

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669: HamFest Oct 12, 2024

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The beginning of the end for Wordpress; open source, or not; police Cybertrucks; Apple Intelligence rolling out; dystopian AI text summaries; X sends money to the wrong bank, argues that Twitter ceased to exist; Internet Archive attacked; Instagram, Threads moderation out of control; the Penguin; Beetlejuice; Salem's Lot; Joker; Kaos cancelled; Bitcoin doc; Green Day demastered; Roblox; Megalopolis; Tesla's Cybercab; is Elon a modern PT Barnum, or worse; ham radios, HamFests, TRS-80, cameras, Disneyland and chasing the nostalgia dragon.

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Jason’s Threads Post

Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’

Why WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has gone 'nuclear' against tech investing giant Silver Lake

WPEngine, Matt, Automattic & Wordpress.org megathread

Wordpress.org/Matt vs WPEngine megathread, Part 2

Automattic is doing open source dirty

The Pettiest Drama in the Tech World Is Taking Place at … WordPress?

California Cops Show Off Absurd New Cybertruck With Music From Terminator Movies

Teslas "nearly unusable" for police work

IN THE NEWS

The first Apple Intelligence features are expected to arrive on October 28

Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of texts

X reportedly paid its Brazil fines to the wrong bank, causing further delay in reinstatement case

X lost a court battle after trying to claim ‘Twitter ceased to exist’

The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks

Instagram and Threads moderation is out of control - The Verge

China Joins SpaceX in Ruining Astronomy for Everybody

MEDIA CANDY

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Salem’s Lot 1979

Joker: Folie à Deux Bombed—What Went Wrong?

Tom Hardy, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan in Talks for Guy Ritchie’s ‘Ray Donovan’ Offshoot ‘The Donovans’

'Kaos' Canceled: Jeff Goldblum Netflix Comedy Series Won't Get Second Season

Reacher Gets Early Season 4 Renewal At Prime Video

Controversial HBO Documentary Concludes Peter Todd Invented Bitcoin

Green Day's Dookie has been demastered into Game Boy carts, a toothbrush and other weird formats

Amazon Seeks to Dismiss Prime Video Ad Tier Lawsuit

APPS & DOODADS

Roblox Is Playing Dumb About the Bots and Predators on Its Platform, Hindenburg Research Says

Meta is working to fix Threads' engagement bait problem

AT THE LIBRARY

Constituent Service - A Third District Story by John Scalzi and narrated by Amber Benson

Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers by Steve Pratt

Polostan: A thrilling historical epic from #1 New Yortk Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson, perfect for fans of historical fiction and espionage thrillers. (Bomb Light) Kindle Edition by Neal Stephenson

Mists of Time: Echoes of Extinction: Book 3 by D. Ward Cornell

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

Enable iPhone orientation lock for specific apps

A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

Tesla's Cybercab Is Here

I am seriously considering getting my ham radio license.

I want this, but I do not need this - stuff vs. experiences

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668: Weaponized Puffery Oct 05, 2024

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OpenAI training data, dynamic pricing & digital IDs; Elon's good week; dockworkers strike over robots averted, for now; more AI models; some AI training techniques make AI better at deceiving humans; weaponizing DMCA takedowns; Cruise fined for omitting details; Cybertruck gets FSD; EV Jeeps catching fire; Neumann back doing workspaces; COVID-19 affected the moon; the Diplomat; Wolfs; The Traitors Canada; The Rings of Power; more Prime Video ads; Juicebox quits the US; facial recognition & smart glasses; iPhone 16; cable testing; AI in education.

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OpenAI Training Data to Be Inspected in Authors’ Copyright Cases

Oasis opts out of Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing, calling it 'an unacceptable experience for fans'

Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

Elon Musk claims victory after judge blocks Calif. deepfake law

Elon Musk celebrates winning lawsuit over Tesla self-driving claims with embarrassing defense

IN THE NEWS

U.S. Dockworkers Go on Strike Over Robots and Wages

California Governor Vetoes AI Bill Aimed at Preventing Catastrophic Harms

OpenAI raises $6.6B and is now valued at $157B

Apple backs out of backing OpenAI, report claims

OpenAI Stamps Feet, Says Investors Aren't Allowed to Back Its Rivals

MIT spinoff Liquid debuts non-transformer AI models and they’re already state-of-the-art

Human Feedback Makes AI Better at Deceiving Humans, Study Shows

Famous AI Artist Says He’s Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work

Google Wins Lawsuit Against Scammers Who ‘Weaponized’ DMCA Takedowns

GM’s Cruise fined $1.5 million for omitting details about its gruesome 2023 crash

Cybertruck Finally Gets Full Self-Driving (Supervised)

A Stalled Waymo Blocked Kamala Harris’s Motorcade in San Francisco

Jeep recalls 194,000 plug-in hybrids due to fire risks

Adam Neumann’s Latest Project Is a WeWork Competitor

COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Moon, Scientists Claim

MEDIA CANDY

California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it

The Traitors Canada Season 2

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2

Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025

Apple’s acclaimed drama “Sugar” lands season two renewal

Shrinking Season 2

APPS & DOODADS

Google introduces new way to search by filming video

The company that owns Juicebox is quitting the US market and removing all its apps and software updates.

Covid Testing Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to Giving Fake Test Results

Meta confirms it may train its AI on any image you ask Ray-Ban Meta AI to analyze

Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers

Walk the Distance

AT THE LIBRARY

Constituent Service - A Third District Story by John Scalzi and narrated by Amber Benson

Earn It: Unconventional Strategies for Brave Marketers by Steve Pratt

Polostan: A thrilling historical epic from #1 New Yortk Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson, perfect for fans of historical fiction and espionage thrillers. (Bomb Light) Kindle Edition by Neal Stephenson

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

C2C caberQU - USB C cable tester

BLE caberQU: a digital USB-C to USB-C cable tester

Ethical use of AI in higher education

Ethical AI for Teaching and Learning

ENAI Recommendations on the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence in Education - International Journal for Educational Integrity

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Tributes paid to 'true legend' Dame Maggie Smith

‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor John Ashton dead at 76 after battle with cancer

‘American Pickers’ star Frank Fritz dead at 60

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667: Nuclear Recall Sep 28, 2024

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Sam Altman stands alone at OpenAI; Gen Z employees not impressing bosses; X complies with Brazil's Supreme Court, but kill blocking; former FTX Exec given light sentence; Microsoft to reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI; banning Chinese smart cars; Click to cancel bill passed into law in California; The Cure, Underworld new albums; Bad Monkey; Culinary Class Wars; BBC sound effect library; Duolingo piano; Wordpress vs WP Engine; Jony Ive working on a new AI device startup; AI playlists; Archive.today; more books released as Audible first exclusives; grumpy old Greeks.

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The Intelligence Age by Sam Altman

OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she’s leaving the company

OpenAI's chief research officer has left following CTO Mira Murati's exit

How it started vs. How it's going

If AI is helping people code better, why aren't products getting better?

London Newspaper Plans to Revive Dead Art Critic With AI, Lays Off Real Writers

Man Behind Biden Deepfake Robocalls Hit With $6 Million Fine

ChatGPT’s New Voice Assistant Is Here to Creep You Out

Here’s why companies are rapidly firing Gen Z employees

IN THE NEWS

X is reportedly now complying with orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court

X is nerfing the block button: Blocked users will be able to see your posts

Former FTX Exec Caroline Ellison Sentenced to Two Years and Must Forfeit $11 Billion

DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says

Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI

Qualcomm is reportedly eyeing a takeover of Intel

First TikTok, now smart cars: How Biden’s new proposed ban will affect U.S. automakers

Cloudflare’s new marketplace will let websites charge AI bots for scraping

California's 'click to cancel' subscription bill is signed into law

Dramatic Drone Video Shows Chinese Rocket Crash-Landing in Failed Test

MEDIA CANDY

The Cure Announce the Release of “Alone,” Their First New Single in 16 Years

Underworld - Black Poppies

Culinary Class Wars

The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access.

The Last of Us Season 2 | The Last of Us Day Official Teaser | Max

APPS & DOODADS

Duolingo, best known as a language learning app, now makes a piano

Matt Mullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providers

Mullenweg: WP Engine Filed Legal Action Against WordPress

Open Source, Trademarks, and WP Engine

Charitable Contributions

WP Engine is banned from WordPress.org

Announcing Panels

Tech YouTuber MKBHD's Panels app is a bit underwhelming

Skewered by so many people

The Obligatory Mea Culpa Post

links to all wallpapers (hd/sd) are preloaded right after the app is launched, all you need are basic mitm skills to get them for free. the file with links isn’t authenticated or protected at all

Yup, Jony Ive is working on an AI device startup with OpenAI

Spotify’s AI Playlists are rolling out for Premium users in the US

AT THE LIBRARY

The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal

Not Till We Are Lost Bobiverse Book 5 by Dennis E. Taylor

Echoes of Extinction by D. Ward Cornell

Reverberations: Echoes of Extinction: Book 2 by D. Ward Cornell

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666: The Episode of the Beast Sep 21, 2024

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Fun 666 Facts; Notebook AI follow up; Moviepass fraud; 23andMe settlement, disappearing board; Elon's deleted tweet; AI laws in California; Trump cryptocurrency; Amazon returns to work 5 days a week; new Moderna cancer vaccine; Rebel Ridge; The Grand Tour's last ride; Jane's Addiction & the Cure; social media posting apps; iOS 18; Apple frustrations; Snap's Spectacles; Echoes of Extinction; In My Time of Dying; OnlyBots; iPhone deliveries; more Overcast; pagers & walkie-talkie speculations; licensing your voice for AI; Cards Against Humanity sues Elon.

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Former MoviePass CEO reportedly pleads guilty to securities fraud

IN THE NEWS

23andMe will pay $30 million to settle 2023 data breach lawsuit

23andMe independent directors quit board over unsatisfactory buyout plan from CEO

Elon Musk Deletes Tweet That Asked Why No One Is Trying to Assassinate Biden and Harris

Gov. Newsom Signs Union-Championed A.I. Bills at SAG-AFTRA Plaza

Here is what's illegal under California's 8 (and counting) new AI laws

Creator of fake Kamala Harris video Musk boosted sues Calif. over deepfake laws

Trump jumps into cryptocurrency, appears to know nothing about it

Here’s how Google will start helping you figure out which images are AI generated

Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week

Moderna’s ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Human Trial Data

MEDIA CANDY

Help I’m genuinely invested in the Gordon Ramsey AI cooking series

The Grand Tour: One for the Road

‘Time Bandits’ Canceled By Apple TV+ After 1 Season

APPS & DOODADS

iOS 18: Here’s the list of iPhone models compatible with the update

iOS and iPadOS 18: The MacStories Review By Federico Viticci

iOS 18.1 public beta 1 now available with Apple Intelligence features

Instagram tightens restrictions on teen use, putting parents in control

Snap’s new Spectacles inch closer to compelling AR

Fantasy Hike - Completed!

Californians can now add their driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet

AT THE LIBRARY

Echoes of Extinction by D. Ward Cornell

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

Not Till We Are Lost Bobiverse Book 5 by Dennis E. Taylor

The Subprime AI Crisis by Edward Zitron

Is anyone out there?

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

Generation Z right now

Pagers Explode in Lebanon, Injuring Hundreds of Members of Hezbollah

Walkie-Talkies Explode in Lebanon as Part of a Second Wave of Attacks

CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY SUES ELON MUSK FOR 15 MILLION DOLLARS

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665: Human Referees Sep 14, 2024

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Gaiman & Good Omens; Waymo means Uber drivers are cooked; local muggers; EU not messing around with Apple, Google; DOJ after Google as well; another genetic testing company with security breach disasters; META scraping Australian users' accounts to train AI; banning social media for children; AI to determine unemployment benefits; Lower Decks; Hope Solo vs US Soccer; Alan Cumming; the Perfect Couple; KAOS; Tears for Fears; FruitJuice; iPhone 16 pre-ordering process; AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids; Flipper Zero; AI Audible narrators; Google AI Notebook podcast generation; RIP, James Earl Jones; Disneyland's Club 33; Overcast follow up; parcopresis & the politics of pooping.

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Dashaun Wesley & LE SSERAPHIM on Instagram

Good Omens Season 3 Reportedly Paused Amid Neil Gaiman Controversy

Report: Neil Gaiman May Step Back From Good Omens‘ Final Season

What do Uber drivers make of Waymo? 'We are cooked'

Human drivers keep rear-ending Waymos

Waymo Safety Impact

IN THE NEWS

Apple ordered to pay back its illegal $14.4 billion Irish tax break

Google loses its seven-year fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine

DOJ claims Google has “trifecta of monopolies” on Day 1 of ad tech trial

Google Teams With the Internet Archive to Revive Cache Feature

Genetic Testing Company Must Issue Refunds After Security Breach Disaster

Meta scraped every Australian user's account to train its AI

Australia’s Prime Minister wants to ban social media for children

Google’s AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits

Utah judge blocks law preventing youth from accessing social media freely

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Lower Decks Is Back One Last Time With a Swashbuckling New Clip

Untold: Hope Solo vs US Soccer

Alan Cumming Wins Best Host Emmy for ‘The Traitors,’ Ending RuPaul’s Eight-Year Streak

The Perfect Couple

The Penguin | Official Trailer | Max

Salem's Lot | Official Trailer | Max

Tears for Fears Announce First Live Album Songs for a Nervous Planet, Reveal New Song “The Girl That I Call Home”: Stream

Tears for Fears Announce First Live Album Songs for a Nervous Planet, Reveal New Song “The Girl That I Call Home”: Stream

APPS & DOODADS

Apple just got authorization for AirPods Pro 2’s hearing aid feature

Meet the first major release of Flipper Zero firmware — version 1.0.

Audible narrators to create voice replicas using AI

Google's AI notebook can generate a podcast about your notes

Man Used Fake Rock Camera to Film 1,000 Women Bathing in Hot Springs

Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

James Earl Jones, Distinguished Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93

“It’s a Cult, and Walt’s the Messiah”: Meet the Couple Who Sued Disney Over Secretive Club 33

Can’t Poop at Work? Why Public Bathrooms Give Us Anxiety

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664: I Love It When a Ding Dong Comes Together Sep 07, 2024

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SEC AI crackdown; Starlink & X vs Brazil; Navy's STINKY Wi-Fi; Microsoft tool for deepfake scrubbing on Bing; Clearview fines for violating GDPR; Bitcoin ATM scams; mobile phones not linked to brain cancer; NaNoWriMo AI kerfuffle; the Rings of Power; Ticketmaster Oasis dynamic pricing, explained; Sunny; Jesus Jones; Talk Tuah; No Such Podcast; Russian-funded influencers; AI streaming heist; Minecraft Movie; Claude AI powered Alexa; Fantasy Hike; Reeder; Disneyland wrap-up; the high cost of Lego; alternate Star Wars scenes; notalgia paresthetica; our blue is not your blue.

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Sonos made a public Trello board to track its broken app fixes

Katz-Lacabe et al v. Oracle America, Inc.

IN THE NEWS

SEC’s AI Crackdown Signals Trickle of Cases Will Turn to Flood

Social media companies can’t be forced to block teens from seeing ‘harmful’ content, judge rules

Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban

After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship

Microsoft gives deepfake porn victims a tool to scrub images from Bing search

Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Images

Clearview faces a €30.5 million for violating the GDPR

Andreessen Horowitz shutters its Miami office after two years

Bitcoin ATM scams have cost Americans over $10 million per month this year

Mobile phones not linked to brain cancer, biggest study to date finds

Donald Trump Says Elon Musk Will Lead 'Government Efficiency' Task Force

NaNoWriMo Says Condemning AI Is ‘Classist and Ableist’

MEDIA CANDY

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2

The UK government will investigate Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing model after Oasis chaos

Slow Horses Season 4

Jesus Jones - live at the Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles, August 2024.

AI Sir David Attenborough: Cybertruck's lamprey-like dependency on flatbed trailers

The ‘Hawk Tuah’ Girl Is Starting a Podcast Called ‘Talk Tuah’

Even the NSA now has a podcast

CIA - The Langley Files

Right-Wing Influencers Like Tim Pool Allegedly Paid by Kremlin Influence Campaign

FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist

A Minecraft Movie | Teaser

Disney Halts 'Graveyard Book' Film After Neil Gaiman Allegations

APPS & DOODADS

Amazon's Remarkable Alexa will reportedly run on Claude AI and cost $5-10 per month

Reeder launches new app that unites RSS with video, audio, and social feeds

Reeder: A New Approach to Following Feeds

FruitJuice - Defunct...

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

Why Lego Is So Expensive - Business Insider

STAR WARS: ALTERNATE EDIT of SCENE 45 - INTERIOR. KENOBI'S DWELLING

Notalgia paresthetica

Is my blue your blue?

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Sober Outfitters - Sponsor Approved Apparel!

Two-time World Cup winner Alex Morgan announces retirement

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663: Habsburg AI Aug 30, 2024

Show notes

Hey, hey we're all Monkees; Waymo rides; Sober Outfitters; the cruel passage of time; Telegram CEO arrested in France; Zuckerberg's bizarre open letter; Uber slapped with a big Dutch fine; Tesla semi crash; tariffs on Chinese EVs; NFT artist sues the SEC; Google Ireland refused data center due to power grid; solar panels on self-storage rooftops; Ted Lasson returning; Oasis reunion; the Grand Tour reaches the end of the road; Shkreli; Wonka; Palm Royale; Steve Martin; Starfleet Academy; another wearable AI, Plaud; AI news.

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The Monkees Playlist

Burglar Discovers You Can “Peel” Cybertruck and Access the Inside

Tesla deletes its blog post stating all cars have self-driving hardware

Sober Outfitters

IN THE NEWS

After CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in France, Telegram says it's 'absurd' to blame a platform if users abuse it

Telegram CEO charges include distributing CSAM and money laundering

Zuckerberg Vows to Stay Neutral This Election, Complains Biden Pushed Meta to Censor Covid Content

Uber gets slapped with €290 million fine

NTSB sends team to investigate California crash and lithium-ion battery fire involving a Tesla Semi

Canada follows the US by slapping a 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs

“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit

Google Ireland refused planning permission for data centre due to insufficient capacity on power grid

Self-storage rooftops will become a nationwide 100MW+ solar farm

MEDIA CANDY

'Ted Lasso' is plotting a return for Season 4 as cast options have been picked up for Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham and Jeremy Swift.

Gallaghers could earn more from Oasis reunion than ‘they made in entire 90s’

“The Grand Tour” reaches the end of the road on Sept 13

Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies

STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces

Starfleet Academy Beams Into Production

Everything to Remember Before Rings of Power Returns

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Official Trailer

APPS & DOODADS

This Wearable AI Notetaker Will Transcribe Your Meetings—and Someday, Your Entire Life

Just Press Record

What’s Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models by Stephen Wolfram

What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants?

Most AI text detectors aren’t as reliable as advertised, study finds

AI Appears to Be Slowly Killing Itself

When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself

Marty Mcfly goes back to the time of Jesus to warn him of what is about to happen to him

What could be better, Muppets, Mad Max and AI!

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

NSA releases copy of internal lecture delivered by computing giant Rear Adm. Grace Hopper

Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)

Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part Two, 1982)

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662: Tempest in an Instant Pot Aug 24, 2024

Show notes

Yes, we have all been p0wned; more Tesla recalls; Waymo honking greetings; Cruise recalls robotaxi fleet; more OpenAI content deals; Cortex delivers both fewer and more errors; just how bad was Musk's Twitter deal; billionaire calls major crypto PAC stupid & selfish; the Acolyte not getting renewed; Disney+ no longer a safe space; Chick-Fil-A streaming service; Megalopolis trailer shenanigans; revisiting Ted Lasso, House of Cards; the Anonymous; Alien: Romulus; more Overcast stuff; Sonos can't unroll app update; Procreate condemns GenAI; subscription sous vide.

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NPD Breach Check

Tesla issues an in-person recall for its Model X SUV

Microsoft will release controversial Windows Recall AI search feature to testers in October

Texas judge blocks the FTC from enforcing its ban on noncompete agreements

IN THE NEWS

Waymo director says the company's cars won't honk at each other anymore

Cruise recalls robotaxi fleet to resolve federal safety probe

OpenAI will now use content from Wired, Vogue and The New Yorker in ChatGPT's responses

Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services

This invention has just destroyed the Internet forever: It programmes 100 million times faster than a human being

In a leaked recording, Amazon cloud chief tells employees that most developers could stop coding soon as AI takes over

Bankers Have Lost So Much Money Thanks to Elon’s Terrible Twitter Deal

Billionaire Pulls Support From Major Crypto PAC, Says It’s Too ‘Stupid’ and ‘Selfish’

MEDIA CANDY

Star Wars: The Acolyte isn't getting a second season

Don’t Expect Boba Fett to Make an Appearance In The Mandalorian and Grogu

After massive public outcry, Disney stops attempt to kill lawsuit after killing restaurant guest

Disney+ is no longer a safe space after it added Hulu content

Chick-Fil-A Reportedly Planning to Launch a Reality TV Streaming Service

Denny’s New Beetlejuice Menu Could Give You Sandworms

Megalopolis‘s New Trailer Prepares You for a Critical Backlash

Lionsgate Admits Using Fake Quotes in New Megalopolis Trailer

Revisting Ted Lasso

APPS & DOODADS

Overcast Account Link

Apple Podcasts now has a useful web interface for browsing and listening to shows

“Disappointing”: Sonos CEO says old, user-preferred app can’t be re-released

iPad Illustration App Procreate Condemns Generative AI

Anova will charge customers to use its sous vide app, because everything must be a subscription

Instant Pot Accu Slim Sous Vide 800W Precision Cooker,Immersion Circulator,Ultra-Quiet Fast-Heating with Big Touchscreen Accurate Temperature and Time Control,Waterproof

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Phil Donahue, talk show host pioneer and husband of Marlo Thomas, dies at 88

Alain Delon, Seductive Star of European Cinema, Dies at 88

Zorro 1975 | Alain Delon, Stanley Baker | Action, Adventure, Comedy | Full Length Movie

Alain Delon’s family refuse to put down pet dog the actor wanted to be buried with

Nasir Ahmed: An Unsung Hero of Digital Media His digital-compression breakthrough helped make JPEGs and MPEGs possible

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661: The Nightmare Before Overcast Aug 17, 2024

Show notes

AI label turning off consumers; Sonos app mess continues; SAG-AFTRA makes an AI agreement with Narrativ; former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says go ahead and steal content, let the lawyers clean it up after; Grok AI is a dumpster fire; every American's data leaked; geofence warrants unconstitutional; FTC rules on fake online reviews; Daredevil: Born Again; more Long Way; Blackberry doc; the Influencer; the Umbrella Academy; Borderlands; Overcast & podcast players; new solar panel tech; iPads on robot arms; Disney theme parks struggling, new park announcements; the Nightmare Before Christmas lego & resurgence in popularity; station wagons - of the future!

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FOLLOW UP

Brands should avoid this popular term. It’s turning off customers

Why is the Sonos app so broken?

Sonos, still trying to fix its broken app, lays off 100 employees

IN THE NEWS

SAG-AFTRA Podcast: “SAG-AFTRA Introduces A.I. Agreement with Narrativ”

SAG-AFTRA just inked a deal with AI startup Narrativ

AI startups can steal IP, hire lawyers to “clean up the mess”

Surprise: Musk's new Grok AI model is an absolute dumpster fire

CrowdStrike Exec Shows Up to Accept 'Most Epic Fail' Award in Person

Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American

US appeals court rules geofence warrants are unconstitutional

The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews

California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic

Boeing's Starliner Could Spin Out of Control and Crash Into the Space Station, Expert Warns

Crypto Bro Charters Private SpaceX Mission to Earth’s Poles

Elon Musk Makes Up Cyber Attack After Donald Trump Interview Crashes and Burns

UAW files federal labor charges against Trump, Musk for intimidating workers at X Spaces event

Ex-Twitter staffer wins $600K over Musk’s click-yes-or-resign ultimatum

MEDIA CANDY

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 Is a Go as New Season 1 Footage Debuts

Apple TV+ Orders More 'Long Way' With Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman

There’s another BlackBerry movie coming out and this one’s a documentary

Warner Bros. sends Cartoon Network’s website to the digital graveyard

The Umbrella Academy

APPS & DOODADS

Pocket Casts Plans

Patreon’s iOS App Will (Now) Be Forced to Use In-App Purchasing Instead of Its Safari-Based System

Oxford scientists' new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels

A robotics company has 3D printed nearly a hundred homes in Texas

Threads gains multiple drafts, audience insights and more

How to take a scrolling screenshot on iPhone

macOS Sequoia Beta 2 Adds Support for iPhone Mirroring

Apple is reportedly forging ahead with a rotating, iPad-like tabletop device

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

Disney's theme parks are struggling, and it's another warning sign for the economy

Disney Finally Admits Why Parks Are Empty During Peak Season

Disney Parks Announcements from D23

Consequence Crossword: “Muppet Quotes”

The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel

Lego’s Nightmare Before Christmas Set Comes With a Perfectly Long-Legged Jack Skellington

BMW makes the Internet happy, brings M5 station wagon to the US

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56

The tech world mourns Susan Wojcicki

The YouTube Effect

Larry Tesler: Computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste dies aged 74

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