AI&#39;s unintended consequences; chat bots; pink slips in podcasting, Playstation, Electronic Arts &amp; Fisker; Tesla racism class action lawsuit; Apple pivots away from an electric car; TikTok&#39;s tussle with Universal Music continues, but UMG is just fine; call me on X; Bitcoin up, crashes Coinbase; OpenAI probe; Gemini woke prompt re-writing; Facebook News tab going away; Glasgow&#39;s sad Ooompa Loompa; where&#39;s the surge priced beef; Constellation; Neuromancer; The Crow Flies Again; Naked Gun; Ray Donovan; Next Goal Wins; Dune; transparent laptops &amp; super DVDs; SetApp; Farscape; Losing Mars; Strong Songs; Beverly Hills drones; tripping the iPhone light fantastic; Dance your PhD.Sponsors:1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!!Show notes at: https://gog.show/638/FOLLOW UPMat Talk OnlineAI Girlfriends Aren’t All Bad | AI UnlockedLaurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’IN THE NEWSPlayStation is laying off 900 staff across Naughty Dog, Insomniac and other studiosEA is laying off over 650 employeesTesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rulesFisker is laying off 15% of staff and says it needs more cash ahead of a &#39;difficult year&#39;R.I.P. Apple&#39;s Electric CarTikTok is muting more songs amid its tussle with Universal MusicUNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP N.V. REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023X starts giving non-paying users the ability to make audio and video callsBitcoin&#39;s so high, it crashed Coinbase todayUS SEC probes whether OpenAI investors were misled, WSJ reportsGoogle brings Stack Overflow&#39;s knowledge base to Gemini for Google CloudGoogle CEO Admits Gemini AI Image Failures: &#39;We Got It Wrong&#39;AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability ratingFacebook plans to shut down its news tab in the U.S. and AustraliaCamera Inside Varda&#39;s Space Capsule Captured Its Wild Trip Back to EarthThe Asteroid Dimorphos Looks Totally Different After NASA&#39;s DART Mission Walloped ItCops Called to &#39;Willy Wonka Experience&#39; as Crying Children Realize AI Ads Were LiesGlasgow’s Sad Oompa Loompa Isn’t Gonna Sugarcoat ThisWendy’s Surge Pricing Is Off the Menu After Internet BeefMEDIA CANDYConstellationNeuromancer Is Finally Getting Its Long-Awaited AdaptationFirst Look: The Crow Flies Again With Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs‘Naked Gun’ Reboot With Liam Neeson Lands 2025 Release From ParamountGuy Ritchie to Direct a ‘Ray Donovan’ Spinoff ‘The Donovans’ for Paramount+Next Goal WinsAPPS &amp; DOODADSLenovo

638: Dave’s Lumber Yard

Let&#39;s game the system; Rivian layoffs; Air Canada&#39;s chatbot lied; Twitter didn&#39;t violate data security because they ignored Musk orders; Science Corner: smartwatches &amp; rings don&#39;t measure blood sugar, AMOC collapsing, Taylor Swift&#39;s planes could use new paint, red light improves eyesight; we&#39;re back on the moon; ChatGPT goes temporarily insane; Pentagon testing LLMs; the Bad Batch; Last Week Tonight on YouTube to be delayed; Amazon shutting down Freevee wait no they aren&#39;t; FuboTV accuses Disney, Fox, WBD of antitrust; TikTok grows up; BIGO; Office Space; No Values festival; browser market share; watching ads on TV through built in TV ads; Ultra 2 watch tips; Apple iMessage Level 3; Lockbit cybercrime group takedown; Pixel Envy; a deep dive into Wampas.Sponsors:1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/637FOLLOW UPOvercastIN THE NEWSRivian is laying off 10 percent of its salaried employeesAir Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discountFTC concludes Twitter didn’t violate data security rules, in spite of Musk&#39;s ordersDon&#39;t use smartwatches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar without needles, the FDA warnsRun AMOCIt Looks a Lot Like Taylor Swift Had Two Private Jets for Her Super Bowl FlightScientists develop &#39;nanosphere&#39; paint that could reduce planes&#39; carbon dioxide emissionsStaring At A Red Light In The Morning Improves Worsening Eyesight, Study ShowsPrivate lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 yearsJEFF KOONS: MOON PHASESChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users | Ars TechnicaScale AI to set the Pentagon’s path for testing and evaluating large language models | DefenseScoopMEDIA CANDYStar Wars: The Bad Batch&#39;Last Week Tonight with John Oliver&#39; on YouTube will now be delayedAmazon Shutting Down Freevee: ReportAmazon Says ‘No Changes’ Coming to Freevee Despite Reports of the Streamer ShutteringFuboTV accuses Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. of antitrust practices over joint streaming serviceTikTok Is on the DeclineBIGO LiveTyler Perry Raises Alarm on AI, Puts $800M Studio Expansion On Hold – The Hollywood ReporterMonsieur SpadeDeath and Other DetailsOffice Space Murdered Office Culture 25 Years Before It Died: ’99 RewindOffice Space on MaxNO VALUES | June 8th, 2024APPS &amp; DOODADSBrowser Market Share Worldwide&#39;Soaring&#39; over hills or &#39;playing&#39; with puppies, study finds seniors enjoy virtual reality | AP NewsWhy Walmart is buying Vizio | CNN BusinessTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopApple Watch Ultra 2Apple Updates iMessage With a New &#39;Post-Quantum&#39; Encryption

637: Outragery!

Layoffs at Paramount, Instacart &amp; Mozilla; Musk must testify in SEC investigation of Twitter takeover; Tesla driver not sure if he killed pedestrians because he was on autopilot; crowd burns Waymo car; 23andMe selling DNA data; Amazon Prime Video pulls Dolby Vision, Atmos on ad-supported plan; queer.af shut down by Taliban; X blue checks sold to literal terrorists; Past Lives; We Are the World; Jacqueline Novak; Somebody Feed Feel; Star Trek Disco; Downtown Abbey; AMC fined for 1988 law; Apple Cash to offer virtual cards; AI news round up; don&#39;t get an AI girlfriend; thought crimes; Sora &amp; floating feet; Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey; the Bad Batch; cybercriminals stealing iOS users&#39; face scans... are they, though?Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/636FOLLOW UPAxact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan?Found a cool easter egg on the Ookla speedtest appIN THE NEWSJust to keep the pink slips chat going.. Paramount doing some work.Paramount lays off 800 workers in cost-cutting bid: &#39;This is the right decision&#39;Instacart lays off 250 employees, or 7% of its workforce, to &#39;reshape&#39; companyMozilla is laying off around 60 workersCourt orders Elon Musk to testify in the SEC’s investigation of his Twitter takeoverTesla Driver Says He&#39;s Not Sure If He Killed a Pedestrian Because He Was on AutopilotCrowd Sets Waymo Self-Driving Car on Fire: ‘They Couldn’t Even Recognize the Vehicle’23andMe Admits ‘Mining’ Your DNA Data Is Its Last HopeAmazon Prime Video won&#39;t offer Dolby Vision and Atmos on its ad-supported planTaliban Shuts Down &#39;queer.af&#39; Domain, Breaking Mastodon InstanceElon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report SaysELON MUSK SELLING BLUE CHECKMARKS TO LITERAL TERRORISTSMEDIA CANDYLooney Tunes Movie Coyote vs Acme Expected to Be Destroyed ForeverPast LivesThe Greatest Night in PopJacqueline Novak: Get on Your KneesSomebody Feed Phil, Season 7 - March 1Star Trek: Discovery&#39;s Final Season Finally Has a Release DateA Hail Mary to Save ‘The Daily Show’Downton Abbey reportedly poised to return for a seventh seasonJohn Cleese has “always loathed and despised” Eric IdleAMC to pay $8M for allegedly violating 1988 law with use of Meta PixelAPPS &amp; DOODADSApple Cash will offer virtual card numbers for online shoppingGoogle&#39;s Gemini AI Keeps Your Conversations for Up to 3 Years (Even If You Delete Them)OpenAI - Disrupting malicious uses of AI by state-affiliated threat actorsAI ‘companions’ promise to combat loneliness, but history shows the dang

636: Verified Terrorists

Science should be taken seriously; Read Write Own; layoffs at Snap, Microsoft, Grammarly &amp; Warner Music Group; Americans going back into credit card debt; Amazon new AWS charge; Google&#39;s confusing Gemini AI plans; AI robocalls outlawed; META&#39;s confusing AI approach &amp; continued useless Oversight Board; Moviepass shenanigans; Taylor Swift&#39;s private jet tracked; Optical Vortex to correct vision; Poor Things; Leave the World Behind; Moana 2; Apple Vision Pro reviews; Bluesky open to everyone; Slack is 10; Jason gets new gadgets; the 4 S&#39;s with Dave; smart toothbrush DDoS attack, smug superiority &amp; journalism versus curators.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/635/FOLLOW UPReview: Chris Dixon&#39;s Read Write Own by Molly WhiteHow Tech Firms Made a Crypto-Boosting Book an NYT Best Seller by Gaming the SystemIN THE NEWSSnap is laying off 10 percent of its workforceMicrosoft’s gaming layoffs include 86 jobs at Skylanders studio Toys for BobGrammarly lays off 230 employees as part of a ‘business restructuring’Warner Music Group Plans to Lay Off 600 EmployeesGraphics show how Americans&#39; total credit card debt reached record highAmazon’s new AWS charge for using IPv4 is expected to rake in up to $1B per year — change should speed IPv6 adoptionGoogle launches Gemini Advanced to compete with OpenAIGet Gemini Advanced and more with a Google One AI Premium planGoogle saves your conversations with Gemini for years by defaultAI Tools Like GitHub Copilot Are Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be NextPhony AI Biden robocalls reached up to 25,000 voters, says New Hampshire AGAI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal.Axact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan?Meta plans to ramp up labeling of AI-generated images across its platformsMaliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta&#39;s Oversight Board saysCompany Loses Millions After Employee Duped By Video Call DeepfakesFormer MoviePass Executive Convicted of Embezzlement to Pay Off Coachella Party DebtAdd Taylor Swift to the list of famous people who don&#39;t like their private jets being trackedAmazing Spiral-Shaped Contact Lens Uses &#39;Optical Vortex&#39; to Correct VisionMEDIA CANDYPoor ThingsLeave the World Behind‘Moana 2’ Set at Disney With Surprise 2024 Release DateAPPS &amp; DOODADSWill Apple’s Vision Pro Make Your Real Life Unbearably Boring?The thing no one will say about Apple Vision ProBluesky is ditching its waitlist and is now open to everyoneSlack Is Turning 10 Years Old, and

635: Optical Vortex

AI Carlin was people; FTX not coming back; Neuralink implants a human; Yaccarino invents a new company; Senate hearing on online child exploitation; Universal pulls its music from TikTok; music piracy is back; Comcast forced to drop misleading 10G Network claim; 23andMe almost worthless now; FCC takes on AI-generated robocalls; Musk&#39;s bad week, Tesla sued, Musk loses case, voted most overrated CEO, SpaceX sued; Monarch: Legacy of Monsters; Eugene Levy; SiriusXM vastly overpays for SmartLess; Hulu cracks down on password sharing; Masters of the Air; Monsieur Spade; Star Trek ghost sex; Apple Vision Pro; Snap drone fireballs; AI &amp; blockchain bullcrap; This Book May Save Your Life; Daily Laws &amp; Daily Stoic.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/634/FOLLOW UPThat AI-generated George Carlin comedy special was written by humansStudy finds that once people use cargo bikes, they like their cars much lessIN THE NEWSThank God FTX Won&#39;t Be Coming BackElon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Its Chip in a Human for the First TimeX CEO Linda Yaccarino claims company has 90M US users, less than 1% are teensSenate tells social media CEOs they have ‘blood on their handsUniversal Music Group Warns It Will Pull Songs From TikTok After Deal ExpirationTikTok Is Thrown Into Disarray As Music From Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande DisappearsMusic Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTubeComcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims23ANDME HAS LOST BILLIONS, ALMOST WORTHLESS NOWFCC moves to outlaw AI-generated robocallsiRobot and Amazon call it quits, terminate acquisition agreementTesla sued by 25 California counties for allegedly mishandling hazardous wasteHEAVY METAL DRUMMER COST ELON MUSK $55.8 BILLIONTesla Lawyer Cried at a Deposition Because He Loves Elon So MuchELON MUSK VOTED &quot;MOST OVERRATED CEO&quot; BY HIS COLLEAGUESSpaceX sued for negligence in accident that led to worker&#39;s comaMEDIA CANDYMonarch: Legacy of MonstersThe Reluctant Traveler with Eugene LevySmartLess Podcast Moves to SiriusXM in Exclusive $100 Million DealHulu is the latest streaming service to crack down on password sharingMasters of the AirMonsieur Spade22 Years Later, Cillian Murphy Might Return for 28 Years Later30 Years on, TNG&#39;s Ghost Sex Episode Remains as Unhinged and Awful as EverWilson Bethel&#39;s Bullseye Returning for Daredevil: Born Again (Exclusive)Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Over $650,000 In Copyright LawsuitsAPPS &amp; DOODADSApple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro HeadsetsApple says the EU accounts for just 7% of its global App

634: How the Sausage is Sequenced

Ello, Goodbye; Layoffs at eBay, Alphabet, Microsoft &amp; TikTok; more doomed crypto firms; sneaking porn onto Wikimedia &amp; Instagram; France fines Amazon over employee tracking accuracy; facial recognition leads to wrongful jailing; Meta Oversight Board remains useless; cool medical science; EVs need new tires shockingly often; Lift; Death and other Details; the Brothers Sun; Ultraviolet; Jon Stewart back to the Daily Show; more Apple+ sci-fi; Masters of the Air flies; Netflix kills lower ad-free plan; Screens 6; Paste; Tesla working on compact crossover; Apple car still coming; the Artifact; Slow Productivity; office poop etiquette; Eufy security cameras; Amazing Ring does something good; Apple stolen device protection.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/633/FOLLOW UPThe Quiet Death of Ello&#39;s Big DreamsGeorge Carlin’s Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy SpecialIN THE NEWSeBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforceAlphabet is cutting dozens of jobs at its X moonshot labMicrosoft Lays Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox Staff One Day After $3 Trillion ValuationTikTok is reportedly laying off workers to cut costsDoomed crypto firm Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy in the USWikimedia&#39;s PornographersHow to Upload Porn to InstagramFrance fines Amazon $35 million over ‘intrusive’ employee surveillanceFacial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suitMeta’s Oversight Board raises concerns over automated moderation of hate speech6 Deaf Children Can Now Hear After a Single InjectionFlorida EV Buyers Shocked To Learn Their Cars Eat TiresMEDIA CANDYLiftDeath and Other DetailsThe Brothers SunUltravioletJon Stewart Returns to ‘The Daily Show’ as HostApple just dropped a mysterious trailer for its latest sci-fi series ConstellationMasters of the AirNetflix, hungry for more growth, signals more price hikesAPPS &amp; DOODADSScreens 5Paste on SetAppTesla is reportedly building a compact crossover codenamed &#39;Redwood&#39;The Apple car apparently still exists, could debut in 2028 with reduced autonomyAT THE LIBRARYThe Artifact (First Contact) by Peter CawdronSlow Productivity by Cal NewportTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopAnker finally comes clean about its Eufy security camerasAmazon’s Ring App Will No Longer Make It Easy for Cops to Get Video FootageApple releases iOS 17.3 with new Stolen Device Protection for your iPhoneCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSInventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85Porn Star Jesse Jane Dead at 43 After Apparen

633: Brie Break

Google search results really are getting worse; Artifact shutting down; more Google layoffs, even more coming; Uber shuts down Drizzly; Sandberg leans out of Meta; Zack&#39;s general intelligence; OpenAI a-ok with military &amp; warfare; drone attack prep; Bluey; the Brothers Sun; Bear; She-Hulk; Fargo; Weird: the Al Yankovic Story; Carlin AI special; Rick Rubin; What Next: TBD; BBEdit; Vienna RSS; Permute; Apple overtakes Samsung; AI binoculars; self-checkout nightmare; Wordpress; Greg Bear; Dr. Karan Rajan; Martha Wells Murderbot; Dune &amp; David Lynch; Star Wars; Disneyland; Star Wars Land; HoloTile; Incognito mode only hides things from yourself; Apple Vision Pro; defending Apple.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/632/FOLLOW UPLambs - Block 99% of EMF with the world’s first Radiation-Proof ApparelYou&#39;re Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study FindsGoogle News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated ArticlesIN THE NEWSInstagram&#39;s founders are shutting down Artifact, their year-old news appGoogle is laying off hundreds of workers who sell ads to big businessesGoogle CEO says more layoffs expected &#39;throughout the year&#39; in internal memoUber is closing alcohol delivery service Drizly three years after acquistionSheryl Sandberg Is Leaving the Meta BoardMark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligenceOpenAI&#39;s policy no longer explicitly bans the use of its technology for &#39;military and warfare&#39;U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concernLas Vegas Criminalizes Stopping For Selfies on Pedestrian BridgesMEDIA CANDYBluey’s cricket episode: why did it leave Australians in tears and Americans puzzled?The Brothers SunThe Trust - A Game of GreedShe-Hulk Season 2 Seems Unlikely, According to Tatiana MaslanyNetflix Reveals a New Look at Its 3 Body Problem Adaptation—and Its Release DateWeird: The Al Yankovic StoryEU says music streaming platforms must pay artists moreGeorge Carlin&#39;s Daughter Doubles Down in Bashing AI Comedy SpecialGeorge Carlin: I&#39;m Glad I&#39;m Dead (2024) - Full SpecialTetragrammaton with Rick RubinWhat Next: TBDAPPS &amp; DOODADSBBEdit 15 is here!Vienna RSSPermuteGet Permute on SetAppApple ends Samsung&#39;s decade-plus run as global smartphone shipment leaderApple updates US App Store guidelines allowing developers to link to third-party paymentsAmazon Wants You to Start Paying for AlexaMarc Newson designs Swarovski&#39;s world-first AI binoculars that identify species on their ownThe Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be EndingA

632: Stuck in Porn Mode

We&#39;re back; class-action lawsuits; Hertz ditching TVs; SEC approves Bitcoin ETFs but does not endorse Bitcoin; ChatGPT store, auto implementations; a pink-slip tsunami: Unity, NASA, Duolingo, Amazon, Audible, Twitch, Pixar, Humane, Google, oh my; Happiest Season; Family Switch; Barbie; Trevor Noah; Dave Chappelle; the Killer; Mission Impossible; food documentaries; the Traitors; Reacher; Monarch: Legacy of Monsters; upcoming shows; Audacity files for bankruptcy; Tom Lehrer; Squaresapce; SetApp; iPhone 15 Plus; Fantasy Hike; Instagram post-holiday ads; Apple Vision Pro; MouthPad; shaving &amp; Apple Watch Ultra updates; hacked Nutrunners; public transport; Canadian right to privacy, even for thieves.Sponsors:1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/631FOLLOW UPEsposito et al. v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon WirelessRental giant Hertz replacing Teslas with gasoline carseBay Sent Critics a Bloody Pig Mask. Now It’s Paying a $3 Million FineIN THE NEWSSEC approves bitcoin ETFs (for real this time)ChatGPT maker OpenAI launches GPT Store and a subscription tier for teamsA Volkswagen with ChatGPT told me a story about dinosaurs at CES 2024Amazon and BMW are replacing the driver&#39;s manual with AIUnity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforceLayoffs Loom at NASA After Termination of Over 100 Contractors Amid Mars Budget ConstraintsDuolingo cuts 10% of its contractor workforce as the company embraces AIAmazon is laying off ‘several hundred’ employees at Prime Video and MGM StudiosAmazon-owned Audible lays off 5% of staffTwitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforceAs Disney pushes toward streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024Humane lays off staff before its &#39;Ai Pin&#39; begins shippingGoogle lays off “hundreds” more employees, strips Google Assistant featuresThousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much WorseMEDIA CANDYHappiest SeasonFamily SwitchBarbieObliteratedTrevor Noah: Where Was I?Dave Chappelle: The DreamerRicky Gervais: ArmageddonThe KillerMISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING, PART ONEHigh on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed AmericaYou Are What You Eat: A Twin ExperimentThe Traitors UK Season 2The Traitors US Season 2Fargo Season 5Reacher Season 2Monarch: Legacy of MonstersHalo Season 2 trailer promises a live-action &quot;Fall of Reach&quot;‘Slow Horses’ Rides to Season 5 Renewal at AppleThe Last Season of Stranger Things Has Finally Begun ProductionNetflix’s sci-fi adaptation 3 Body Problem finally gets a full-sized trailerBroadcaster Audacy Files for Bankruptcy After Deal to Slash DebtSongs and Lyrics by Tom LehrerTom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satireAPPS &

631: Zamboni Sunsets

Last show of the year; YouTube jail; Google; Blue Origin; AI bubbles; dealing with Musk; Hue pink slips; brain-scale supercomputers; more tech fraud; X under EU investigation; Teslas crash most; Adobe Figma deal off; Hyperloop One done; AI dataset riddled with CSAM; Bird goes bankrupt; stop planting trees; Kang verdict; potential Discovery/Paramount merger; the Family Plan; Monarch; Reacher; Slow Horses; Bookie; The Crown; French streaming music tax; Apple Watch sales halted, sorta; iPod wallpapers; TikTok on tablets; VPNs come to Apple TV; Synology sunset; sleeping; a tale of holiday roasts; Happy Holidays!Sponsors:Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/630FOLLOW UPGoogle’s loss to Epic Games leads to $700M settlement with users, statesBlue Origin Rebounds With New Shepard&#39;s Successful Launch After Previous Mission FailureDoorDash and Uber minimum wage ruling leads companies to hit back on tippingCory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI?IN THE NEWSPhilips Hue announces job cuts and reorganization amid &#39;market uncertainty&#39;World&#39;s First Human &#39;Brain-Scale&#39; Supercomputer Will Go Online in 2024Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to four years in prison for fraudX Under Investigation for Spreading ‘Illegal Content’ on Israel and Hamas in EUTeslas Crash More Than Any Other Brand, Analysis FindsAdobe Officially Cancels $20 Billion Figma AcquisitionHyperloop One is reportedly shutting downHow To Build Your Own Custom ChatGPT BotLargest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse MaterialBillions in Funding Pouring Into Facilities for Sucking Carbon From AtmosphereElectric scooter rental company Bird files for bankruptcy two years after going publicGuy Who Urged Planting a Trillion Trees Begs People to Stop Planting So Many TreesMEDIA CANDYMarvel Drops Jonathan Majors as Kang After Assault Trial VerdictActor Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault and HarassmentTolkien Estate and Amazon Win Court Case for Lord of the Rings RightsA Potential Warner Bros and Paramount Merger Could Be Hollywood&#39;s Next MegacorpThe Family PlanMonarch: Legacy of MonstersReacherSlow Horses S3BookieThe Crown Season 6, Part DeuxNew French streaming music tax would finance a music industry support group. Streamers counter.APPS &amp; DOODADSApple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales paused in the US due to a patent disputeApple Settles Family Sharing Subscription LawsuitiPod wallpapers for iPhone: Download these nowTikTok rolls out an enhanced app experience for tablets and foldablesNordVPN comes to the Apple TVPrivate Internet Access - Smart

630: Roast Beast

Pink slips and &quot;challenging environments&quot; at Hasbro, Etsy, Cruise &amp; Twit; San Fran tech CEO slave contract; Epic will case vs Google; Meta fact-checking plan for Threads; Starlink loses out on subsidies; Microsoft plays nice with unions; Tesla&#39;s Swedish Trash Metal, recalls over Autopilot software, Cybertruck; SpaceX &amp; Blue Origin; communing with the whales; more Traitors; Slow Horses; Sliced Bread; streaming consolidation &amp; confusion; Netflix metrics; Murderbot; Apple updates; GM drops CarPlay for... safety; Mistral; E3 is officially dead; Teresa Strasser; Longitude by Dave Sobel; Charlie Stross Accelerando; hello, Computer?Sponsors:Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/629/FOLLOW UPGOG on YouTube MusicGOG on YouTubeHasbro to cut 1,100 jobs despite Dungeons &amp; Dragons thrivingEtsy stock falls after company lays off 11% of its staff, citing ‘very challenging’ environmentMassive Layoffs Hit Troubled Robotaxi Developer CruiseA HEARTFELT FAREWELL: TWIT SAYS GOODBYE TO VALUED TEAM MEMBERSIN THE NEWSSan Francisco tech CEO Christian Lanng accused of forcing assistant to sign &#39;slave contract,&#39; sexual tortureEpic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fightMeta is going to fact-check content on the Threads appStarlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidiesMicrosoft agrees to union contract terms involving the use of AITesla&#39;s Fight With Swedish Unions Just Got TrashyTesla Recalls 2 Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Software IssueTesla could still sue Cybertruck owners if they flip their vehicles too soonWatch a Cybertruck get towed by a Ford pickup after the Tesla appears to get stuck off-roadingTesla claims California false-advertising law violates First AmendmentResearchers fuse lab-grown human brain tissue with electronicsSpaceX shares cinematic footage of last month’s Starship missionBezos’ Blue Origin aiming to make long-awaited return to launch next weekWhale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter with Humpback Whales Reveals Potential for Non-Human Intelligence CommunicationMEDIA CANDYThe Traitors UKSlow HorsesGary Oldman looks worlds away from his usual self as he sports a bushy grey beard at screening of Slow Horses in NYC after receiving Golden Globe nodDoctor Who Special 3Sliced BreadShowtime&#39;s Cable Channel Is Changing Its Name to... Paramount+ With ShowtimeGoogle begins shifting users from Play Movies &amp; TV ahead of its January shutdownNetflix’s first engagement report reveals its most popular shows and moviesNetflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Explains Why It Has Been Hi

629: Throbbing Rocket

California Forever, EPCOT &amp; Story Living; Cruise threatened by regulators; pink slips flying at Spotify, Tidal, Washington Post, New Yorker &amp; more; Weird Al&#39;s Spotify Wrapped message; podcast industry problems; Mint, Google Podcasts shutting down; anti-woke AI Grok is here, what could possibly go wrong; Google launches Gemini, fakes demo; Amazon sued over &quot;guaranteed delivery&quot;; Star Trek: Discovery back for final season; Foundation season 3; Disney+ Hulu integration begins; Titans; Robbie Williams; Q Magazine; Playstation removes shows people paid for; holiday playlists; Clash Royale, end of an era; MacWhisper transcription; 23andMe hack much larger than originally reported; AI is spackle; COX Media is listening; shave &amp; a haircut, two bits.Sponsors:Hover - Go to Hover now and grab your very own domain or a few of them at hover.com/gog and get 10% off your first purchase.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.https://gog.show/628/FOLLOW UPTech Billionaires&#39; Quest to Build a New City in California Continues to Go TerriblyWorld&#39;s Greatest Con - EPCOT - Part IWorld&#39;s Greatest Con - EPCOT - Part IIStory Living by DisneyGM’s Cruise Threatened With Fines Over Allegedly Misleading RegulatorsIN THE NEWSSpotify Lays Off 1,500 as Revenues ClimbSpotify’s CFO is out days after mass layoffsSpotify and its CFO Paul Vogel have decided to part waysTidal is laying off 10 percent of its staffAll the big tech layoffs of 2023&#39;Washington Post&#39; journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cutsSatirist Andy Borowitz Out at The New Yorker Amid Cost Cuts“Weird Al” Yankovic on Viral Spotify Comments: There’s a Reason Why I Don’t Release Albums AnymoreEverything you know about the podcast industry is a lieHere&#39;s how to move your subscriptions off Google Podcasts before it shuts downIntuit is shutting down Mint, its popular free budget-tracking appElon Musk’s ‘Anti-Woke’ AI Is Here, Snowflakes Need Not ApplyGoogle just launched a new AI, and has already admitted at least one demo wasn’t realAmazon, fighting consumer lawsuit, says &#39;guaranteed&#39; delivery has limitsMEDIA CANDYStar Trek: Discovery&#39;s Final Season Goes Monster Hunting For a Premiere DateThe Last of Us Season 2 Will Debut in 2025Apple’s sci-fi epic Foundation is coming back for season 3‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Renewed for Three More Seasons at HBODisney+ adds a Hulu tab as the streaming services start integratingTitansRobbie WilliamsQ MagazineCruel World Festival IIIPlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid ForBBC 6 Music’s Alternativ

628: Same Day Pink Slip

Unsubscribe season; Unwrapped &amp; unpaid; Q-bot; META&#39;s all for the kids; stealing page views with AI; the coming change in the web; Boring; Ronaldo NFT lawsuit; pink slip season appetizers; DevTernity female cos-play; death at Amazon; Moscow&#39;s criminal wanted list adds Andy Stone; locked out of Google; as the TwiX turns; Mr. Free Speech; The Crown; Welcome to Wrexham; Doctor Who; Squid Game Challenge; Milli Vanilli; AI video goes Giffy; no-BS games; Jason beats Auphonic; IKEA&#39;s smart home devices; Google drive files goes missing; DeepMind finds the Dark Crystal; finishing up The Last Emperox; Galaxy Outlaws; Fooled; Comixology; 404 Media; sleep data; AT&amp;T Hemisphere; public transit &amp; privacy; gadget catalogs; shaving &amp; supple, elastic skin.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE gram of THCa flower, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/627/FOLLOW UPAmazon unveils Q, an AI-powered chatbot for businessesMeta turned a blind eye to kids on its platforms for years, unredacted lawsuit allegesInstagram reportedly served up child-sexualizing reels to followers of teen influencersGuy Brags About &quot;Stealing&quot; Millions of Pageviews by Rewriting Competitors&#39; Articles Using AINeil Gaiman’s Radical Vision for the Future of the InternetSeven years after Elon Musk started The Boring Company, the company only has 2.4 miles of tunnel to show for itIN THE NEWSCristiano Ronaldo faces $1 billion class-action lawsuit for endorsing worthless NFTsMass layoffs reportedly hit Marvel Snap publisher NuverseA popular female coding influencer&#39;s Instagram is apparently run by a manA 20-year-old Amazon employee died at work. Indiana issued a $7,000 fine.Moscow adds Meta spokesperson to criminal wanted list, TASS reportsHow Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital LifeX May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull OutElon Musk curses out advertisers who left X over antisemitic contentX CEO Linda Yaccarino publicly backs Musk after he says &#39;f*ck yourself&#39; to advertisersAfter Musk tirade, X faces prospect of more advertisers fleeing‘If Tesla gets unionized it’s because we deserve it’: Elon Musk says he’s made his factory workers millionaires but concedes some may still turn against himTesla starts releasing to employees FSD v12 – a critical update to self-driving effortMEDIA CANDYMilli VanilliSquid Game ChallengeSlow HorsesDoctor Who: The Star BeastDoctor Who&#39;s Russell T. Davies On the Importance of Showing Trans StrugglesThe Crown Season 6We

627: Lords and Peasants

While we were away; Thanksgiving gratitude bombs; OpenAI&#39;s overworked HR department; Meta disbands Responsible AI team; Truth Social hemorrhaging money; no idea how many people Cruise have hit; JenniCam &amp; Justin.tv; Binance money laundering; Jason vs CZ; YouTube adblocking causing &quot;suboptimal viewing experiences&quot;; Amazon&#39;s AI Olympus; Loki finale; lawmakers stepping into media; the Traitors around the world; Pigeon Tunnel; Slow Horses; anime; mildly buzzed on a plane movie reviews; Not Today, Pal; the President&#39;s Daily Brief; Apple Watch; Spotify; Sonos; Filoni given the Star Wars keys; Apple Watch; Autozone breach.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE gram of THCa flower, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/626/WHILE WE WERE AWAYSam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAIMeta disbanded its Responsible AI teamTrump’s Truth Social Has Lost $73M Since Launch, New Filing ShowsFeds Have No Idea How Many Times Cruise Driverless Cars Hit PedestriansCruise&#39;s Kyle Vogt resigns as CEO of the robotaxi companyCruise co-founder resigns following CEO exitIN THE NEWSBinance Founder Agrees to Plead Guilty to Violating Money Laundering RulesGoogle admits YouTube&#39;s war on ad blockers is resulting in &#39;suboptimal viewing&#39; experiencesAmazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed &#39;Olympus&#39; -sourcesOpenAI drops a big new ChatGPT feature with a joke about its CEO dramaMEDIA CANDYThe Night ManagerLawmakers Press Apple on Whether Jon Stewart’s Show Was Canceled Because of China ConcernsSenator Joaquin Castro on the WBD decision to cancel the Coyote vs. ACME movieThe Traitors Season 2 Features an All-Star Reality TV CastSpecial Forces: World’s Toughest TestThe Pigeon TunnelSlow HorsesCyberpunk: EdgerunnersSpider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseAsteroid CityAmericanishSarah Silverman: Someone You LoveDarker Waves FestivalThe James Webb telescope is a giant leap in the history of stargazing.The President&#39;s Daily BriefMonday Movie MarathonNot Today PalAPPS &amp; DOODADSHow to try out the new double tap gesture on your old Apple WatchA secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store feesSpotify confirms it won&#39;t offer payouts for songs with fewer than 1,000 playsSonos&#39; long-rumored headphones will reportedly arrive by April 2024THE DARK SIDE WITHOUT DAVEDave Filoni Just Got a Bigger, More Important Star Wars JobApple Watch battery life bug is fixed with watchOS 10.1.1AutoZone warns almost 185,000 customers of a data breachSee Privacy Policy at

626: Slammer Cast

Adventures in Covid; Bored Ape NFT event causes severe eye-burn; WeWork files for bankruptcy; Microsoft watermarks for deepfakes; Cruise&#39;s robotaxis even worse than previously reported; OpenAI&#39;s expanding; Google generative AI ads; bros on a boat; AI bot engages in insider trading, lying about it; Loki, the Marvels &amp; superhero fatigue; SAG-AFTRA strike ends; Musk biopic; streaming media accounting; Marianne Faithfull; Star Trek escape room; the Traitors; YouTube ad-blocking; Humane AI Pin; the Interdependency; new sci-fi trilogy from the Expanse writers; thoughts are with the Great Woz.Sponsors:Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/625/FOLLOW UPBored Ape NFT event attendees report ‘severe eye burn’Sam Bankman-Fried and the People Who Gave Up Their Money for NothingCitation NeededIN THE NEWSWeWork files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionMicrosoft offers politicians protection against deepfakesThings are going from bad to worse for Cruise&#39;s robotaxisCould Cruise be the Theranos of AI? And is there a dark secret at the core of the entire driverless car industry?Cruise Robotaxis Require Remote Human Assistance Every 4 to 5 MilesEverything announced at OpenAI&#39;s first developer eventGoogle brings generative AI to adsGoogle Announces Expansion of AI Partnership with AnthropicThe first AI nation? A ship with 10,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs worth $500 million could become the first ever sovereign territory that relies entirely on artificial intelligence for its futureUniverse 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platformAI bot capable of insider trading and lying, say researchersMEDIA CANDYLoki‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times BeforeHollywood studios reportedly want to recycle dead actors’ AI likenesses without family permissionDarren Aronofsky Will Direct an Elon Musk Biopic for A24Disney+ Adds Nearly 7 Million Subscribers, Still Loses MoneyMarianne Faithfull Covers Album Features Iggy Pop, Shirley Manson, Cat Power, and MoreStar Trek: Quantum FilamentThe Traitors AustraliaStanford Prison Experiment: Zimbardo’s Famous StudyAPPS &amp; DOODADSThousands of people are uninstalling ad blockers after YouTube&#39;s big crackdownYouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy lawsThe Humane AI Pin Gets Its Big Reveal But We Still Have a Lot of QuestionsAT THE LIBRARYThe Last Emperox: The Interdependency, Book 3 by John ScalziThe Expanse&#39;s James S.A. Corey Announces a New Sci-Fi TrilogySpotify brings 15 hours of monthly audiobook listening to Premium subscribers in the U.S.CLOSING SH

625: If I Only Had a Brain

Tesla off the hook; bees; SBF guilty on all counts; White House AI EO; META mostly ad-free plan;, toothless oversight board; WeWork nears bankruptcy; more X shenanigan; Bezos has been a naughty boy; Google .ing a th.ing; Loki; finales for Lower Decks, Gen V &amp; Billions; the Traitors; World Series drones; Highlander reboot; Disney buys all of Hulu; loyal Max subscribers get less for more; Apple Journal; Microsoft Copilot; YouTube cracking down on ad blockers; Obsidian; Scalzi&#39;s Interdependency; Facebook tips &amp; tricks; Space Mountain &amp; Behind the Attraction; the Beatles; AI &amp; ML definitions; Baader-Meinhof &amp; my phone is reading my mind.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE gram of THCa flower, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/624/FOLLOW UPTesla&#39;s Autopilot was not to blame for fatal 2019 Model 3 crash, jury findsMeta will stop forcing your Threads posts onto Facebook and it can’t come soon enoughThe Beekeepers Who Don’t Want You to Buy More BeesIN THE NEWSSam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven countsSweeping White House executive order takes aim at AI&#39;s toughest challengesMeta Launches $10 Monthly Ad-Free Plan For Facebook and Instagram in EUMeta’s Oversight Board: Dangerous diet videos can remain, but please demonetize themOnce valued at $47 billion, coworking-space provider WeWork nears bankruptcyX won’t pay creators for tweets that get fact checked with community notesMajor critic of X sues after being banned from platformRegulators blame Bezos for making Amazon worse in new lawsuit detailsGoogle is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ingIntroduc…ing the .ing top-level domainMEDIA CANDYLokiStar Trek: Lower DecksGen VBillionsThe Equalizer 3The TraitorsPlunkett &amp; MacleaneFox Sports will use drones in World Series broadcasts for the first timeLionsgate Moving Forward With Henry Cavill &amp; Chad Stahelski ‘Highlander’ Reboot As Action-Fantasy Pic Heads To AFM To Enliven A Strike-Hit MarketDisney’s Officially Buying (All of) HuluNetflix will cut the number of ads you see if you binge-watch; ad-supported downloads also coming soonIs streaming video even still worth it?Betteridge&#39;s law of headlines.APPS &amp; DOODADSDay OneApple iPadEU Common Charger Law May Be Final Nail in Coffin for DSLRsApple&#39;s &#39;Scary Fast&#39; Mac event was shot on iPhone 15 Pro MaxMicrosoft Copilot Launches Worldwide Tomorrow, but What the Hell Is It?Leo, Brave’s browser-native AI assistant, is now available in Nightly versi

624: Captain Executive Order

Our AI Super Hero, Cyber Sentinel, is joined by Tech Guardian &amp; DataWraith; Happy Xiversary, everything Elon has broke in one year; SBF talking himself into jail; California suspends Cruise; robotaxi pushback increases; Uber driverless Waymo in Phoenix; AI &amp; machine learning, again; poison pill for AI art generators; social media lawsuits; EVs &amp; hybrids; Daniel Ek&#39;s Spotify whining, new royalty models; Get Gotti; Beckham &amp; Messi; Loki; HQ Trivia doc; Apple workarounds; Urban Outfitter&#39;s vintage iPods; Word is 40; Scalzi &amp; King; Flipper Zero; Dave is back on Facebook; self-righteous, f&#39;ing liberal moronic comments.Sponsors:Hover - Go to Hover now and grab your very own domain or a few of them at hover.com/gog and get 10% off your first purchase.1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!Show notes at https://gog.show/623/FOLLOW UPHappy anniversary to Elon Musk’s TwitterEverything Elon Musk Broke in the Year He’s Owned TwitterElon Musk predicts X will replace banks in 2024Sam Bankman-Fried is going to talk himself right into jailIN THE NEWSCalifornia DMV suspends Cruise’s driverless permitsRobotaxi pushback grows in Los Angeles as Cruise loses permitsUber starts offering fully autonomous Waymo rides in PhoenixCruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to &#39;rebuild public trust&#39;Americans think AI is bad news for data privacyWhite House to unveil sweeping AI executive order next weekUniversity of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with NightshadeGoogle ordered to pay $1 million to female exec who sued over gender discriminationThe Supreme Court will hear case on government’s contacts with social media companiesFTC Plans to Add Child Psychologists to Address Internet&#39;s Impact on Kid&#39;s Mental Health41 states sue Meta for harming the mental health of its youngest usersGM and Honda punt on plan to build millions of affordable EVs togetherFord hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensiveMEDIA CANDYDANIEL EK: I launched Spotify in the UK 15 years ago. But I fear I couldn&#39;t do that today because Apple is a barrier to innovationSpotify looks set to overhaul its royalty model next yearGet GottiBeckhamMessi Meets AmericaStar Trek: Lower DecksFrasier Is Still ListeningLokiGlitch: The Rise &amp; Fall of HQ TriviaGlitch: The Rise &amp; Fall of HQ Trivia - WikipediaMilli VanilliApple TV+ Just Jacked Up Its Prices (Again)APPS &amp; DOODADSHow to customize double tap on the Apple WatchUrban Outfitters is selling ‘vintage retro’ iPods and millennials’ feelings are hurtMet

623: Super Spanx!

Cancelling everything; Crypto-Winkle-Ferraris; we&#39;ve gone 10G; leaving X/Twitter has zero impact on traffic; X starts to charge new users; TikTok&#39;s plans for misinformation; too much social media for teens; AI assisted lawyers; No Fakes Act; more tech layoffs; John Oliver &amp; Bill Maher; Jon Stewart; Gen V; Loki; Beckham; Myspace &amp; tech docs; Frasier; Upload; Doctor Who; Billions; Lupin; Spotify artist merch; british podcasts; Meta glassholes; 3d Printers; Apple pencils; more live music; 23andMe hack much bigger than previously reported; real life games; music podcasts; fursonas; ChatGPT superheroes.Sponsors:Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/622/FOLLOW UPYou Can Now Use Crypto to Buy a FerrariWinklevoss-owned crypto firm hit by lawsuit alleging it defrauded investors of $1 billionMarc Andreessen Is Wrong About EverythingComcast resists call to stop its misleading “10G Network” claimsFCC Votes to Begin Reinstatement of Net NeutralityNet neutrality: &#39;Dead people&#39; signing FCC consultationIN THE NEWSSix Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been NegligibleBiden, Trolling Trump, Joins Truth Social: ‘Converts Welcome’X begins charging new users $1 per year to send tweetsSlack is retiring its status account on XAustralian regulators fine X for dodging questions about CSAM responseSome Fascinating Emergent User BehaviorTikTok details how it&#39;s taking action against Israel-Hamas misinformationMore Than Half U.S. Teens Use Social Media For Almost Five Hours Per Day, Survey FindsGoogle asks Congress to not ban teens from social mediaGoogle Will Legally Protect its Generative AI UsersFugees rapper Pras accuses his lawyer of using AI in closing arguments&#39;No Fakes Act&#39; Seeks to Ban Unauthorized AI-Generated LikenessesAll the big tech layoffs of 2023STACK OVERFLOW LAYS OFF EMPLOYEES AS AI THREATENS CODING INDUSTRYAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offProduct Hunt cleans house with layoffs impacting 60% of staffMore Google layoffs: Google News cuts dozens of jobsMEDIA CANDYThe Problem With Jon Stewart ending over AI and China coverageShocker, Gen V is Renewed for Season 2LokiThe Wheel of TimeBeckhamNostalgia alert: There’s a documentary about Myspace in the worksFrasier (2023)Upload Season 3Doctor Who&#39;s Very First Story Won&#39;t Be Part of the BBC&#39;s Streaming ArchiveBillionsLupinSpotify launches hub for artists’ merchBig Kick Energy with Maise Adam and Suzi RuffelNamaste Motherfuckers with Cally BeatonCuddle Club with Lou SandersAPPS &amp; DOODADSThe Meta glassholes have arrivedNew York Bill Would

622: Never Fear, Cyber Sentinel is Here!

The band&#39;s getting bigger; Microsoft closes Activision deal; sobriety &amp; London boozers; misinformation everywhere, but X in particular; SBF/FTX trial recap; 23andMe data for sale after being scraped; Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellites; coin flips aren&#39;t 50/50; Weird Al is a national treasure; Gen V; Loki; 3 seashells; british TV; the Flash; Indiana Jones; Blackberry; Danny Elfman, Tim Burton &amp; the Royal Albert Hall; the Night Agent; For All Mankind; Unity CEO steps down; generative AI in the search bar; John Scalzi; Terry Pratchett; Radio Shack; Apple Watch tips; Star Wars BD droids in the wild; Ahsoka; speed up radio; Peter Gunn; chemtrails in Bismark.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your first order and FREE gummies, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at: https://gog.show/621/FOLLOW UPMicrosoft Closes $69 Billion Activision Deal, Overcoming Regulators’ ObjectionsThe Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in DisinformationEU is formally investigating X over content about the Israel-Hamas warWhat was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter?IN THE NEWSMolly White NewsletterCoffeezilla on TwitterNew Clues Suggest Stolen FTX Funds Went to Russia-Linked Money Launderers23andMe says private user data is up for sale after being scrapedAmazon launches first internet satellite prototypesCalifornia governor signs ban on social media ‘aiding or abetting’ child abuseCoin flips don’t appear to have 50/50 odds after allMEDIA CANDYGen VLoki Season 2Demolition Man&#39;s Writer Explains How the 3 Seashells Came To BeKrysten Ritter Wakes Up in a Nightmare in Orphan Black: Echoes Teaser: WatchGuardians of the Galaxy IIIThe FlashIndiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyBlackberryROYAL ALBERT HALL PRESENTS DANNY ELFMAN&#39;S MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF TIM BURTONThe Night AgentFor All Mankind embarks on asteroid mining gold rush in season 4 official trailerPhotographer Makes All of His Stunning Photos Available for FreeAPPS &amp; DOODADSUnity CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down After Pricing BlowupYou can now generate AI images directly in the Google Search barIs trying to watermark AI images a losing battle?AT THE LIBRARYStarter Villain by John ScalziA Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry PratchettSlayers: A Buffyverse StoryTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopRadioshack 1985 catalogApple Watch Tips:Access recently opened apps (switch between apps) by double click (press) the Digital Crown. Till WatchOS 9, this could be done using the side button. But since WatchOS 10, the side button takes you to the

621: Cryptomucil

Authentic pub experiences; Yaccarino&#39;s bad X week; Amazon monopoly lawsuit; FTC challenging Microsoft&#39;s Activision bid, again; H&amp;R Block, Meta &amp; Google slapped with RICO lawsuit; Epic Games layoffs, sells Bandcamp; Meta ignored Metaverse for AI, no one wants their insane visions; California governor Newsom vs Teamsters; US electrical grid in trouble; human radiologists still better than AI; Pudgy Penguins &amp; NFT stories; torrents are 20 years old; Getty goes AI; WGA strike ends; Tinder Select; desalination system, maybe; AG Riddle, John Scazli, Douglas Adams &amp; Asimov&#39;s Foundation; Ultra 2 review; Ahsoka; delivery robots &amp; privacy; good evening, Bismark!Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your first order and FREE gummies, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at: https://gog.show/620/FOLLOW UPElon Musk and X/Twitter&#39;s CEO Can&#39;t Seem to Agree on Whether Their Election Integrity Team Is &#39;Gone&#39;Watch Linda Yaccarino’s wild interview at the Code ConferenceIN THE NEWSU.S. Accuses Amazon of Illegally Protecting Monopoly in Online RetailAmazon Bedrock is available now.The FTC is challenging Microsoft’s $69 billion buyout of Activision againH&amp;R Block, Meta, and Google Slapped With RICO Suit, Allegedly Schemed to Scrape Taxpayer DataEpic Games is laying off 16 percent of its workforce and selling BandcampMeta’s metaverse is getting an AI makeoverMARK ZUCKERBERG SHOWS OFF WILDLY IMPROVED METAVERSE WITH LIFELIKE AVATARSCalifornia governor vetoes a bill requiring humans in autonomous big rigsGavin Newsom Under Fire From Teamsters Over Veto of Driverless Truck BillMeta to Push for Younger Users With New AI Chatbot CharactersThe US electrical grid is in desperate need of upgrades, watchdog warnsHuman radiologists beat AI in diagnosing common lung diseases on X-raysWalmart to sell Pudgy Penguins toyline in 2,000 storesYour NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally WorthlessNews flash: 95% of NFTs have ALWAYS been worthlessIf You Invested $1,000 In Donald Trump NFTs, Here&#39;s How Much You Would Have TodayREDEEM YOUR TRUMP DIGITAL TRADING CARDS SERIES 1 PRIZE NFTsMEDIA CANDYThe World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years OldGetty is going to offer AI-generated images after allThe WGA strike ends with protections against AI set in placeAPPS &amp; DOODADSmacOS Sonoma is now availableGeoDefense HDTinder’s $500 a month tier is hereDesalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap waterAT THE LIBRARYQuantum Radio by AG RiddleSlow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches

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