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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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520: You Can Be China Sep 01, 2021

Show notes

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.

Show notes at https://gog.show/520/

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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

Apple is building a classical music streaming app after buying Primephonic

APPS & DOODADS

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

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!

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

Show notes

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.

Show notes at https://gog.show/519/

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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

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!

Recorded Future

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

Show notes

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.

Show notes at https://gog.show/518

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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

The Suicide Squad

The Ms. Pat Show

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!

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

Show notes

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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Eric Hunley on YouTube

Eric Hunley on the web

Eric Hunley on Twitter

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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Fountain Podcast Player

New Podcast Apps

Value 4 Value Podcasts

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

Show notes

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!

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

Show notes

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

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

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

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

MAMP PRO 6 for macOS

Wireless Charger,Amugpill 3 in 1 Fast Wireless Charging Station Dock for iPhone 12/12 Pro/12 Pro Max/11/11 Pro/X/Xr/Xs/8 Plus,Apple Watch SE 6 5 4 3 2,Airpods 2/Pro,Qi Phones (with QC3.0 Adapter)

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!

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

Show notes

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.

Show notes at https://gog.show/514

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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

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

Exclusive TED chats are coming to Clubhouse

Epsteins Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell

APPS & DOODADS

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!

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

Show notes

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

The Missing Crypto Queen

Hear in LA by Tony Pierce

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!

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

Show notes

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

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!

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

Show notes

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

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

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

Tweak New Twitter for Chrome/Brave

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

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!

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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