AI using a ton of water; individual efforts just a drop in the bucket; X suing California over disclosure law; TikTok accidentally blocked strike videos, hit with fine over privacy settings for children; oral decongestant on sale for 50 years just doesn&#39;t work; Mila &amp; Ashton&#39;s bad week, Stoner Cats; Lyft Women+ Connect; Bluesky hits a million Scalzis; manifesting yourself broke; government web design systems; no AI Grammys; Spotify payola; Milli Vanilla; Interview with the Vampire; PodCast One; WhatsApp; Unity; Aibo Foster program; Apple leaking radiation in France; the Witcher; Elon Musk; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Levar Burton; lost Star Wars props; laserdiscs &amp; Blue-Rays; the house lost in Vegas this week; programming language inventor or serial killer?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/618FOLLOW UPArtificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa–with a lot of waterIN THE NEWSX is suing California over social media content moderation lawTikTok accidentally blocked Hollywood writers strike videos while casting a QAnon netTikTok hit with €345 million fine over privacy settings for childrenThe most common oral decongestant in the US does not work, FDA findsMila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Stoner Cats’ NFTs get smoked by the SECLyft Can Now Connect Women and Nonbinary Passengers With Drivers of the Same GenderBluesky officially hits 1 million usersPeople who ‘manifest’ big dreams are more likely to go bankruptSpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 millionU.S. announces official web design systemGOV.UK Design SystemMEDIA CANDYAI-generated Drake and The Weeknd track won’t be winning a GrammySpotify will promote artists&#39; music on your Home feed, if they payMilli Vanilli | Official Trailer | Paramount+We Tried to Tell You About Interview With the VampireNetflix’s live-action One Piece to set sail with even more episodesPodcastOne’s Stock Is Off To Rough Start, Losing More Than Half Its Value.With PodcastOne’s Stock Still Falling, Parent LiveOne Opens Door To Buying Back Shares.Exposing a Podcast Scam by CoffeezillaAPPS &amp; DOODADSWhatsApp tests feature that could open it up to other messaging appsUnity cancels town hall over reported death threatsSony will repair aging Aibo robot dogs to help them find their forever homesApple Says It’s Going to Fix Those Alleged High-Radiation iPhone 12sAT THE LIBRARYApothecary (First Contact) by Peter CawdronElon Musk by Walter IsaacsonBuffy the Vampire Slayer&#39;s Universe Returns in a New Audio DramaLevar Burton Reads

618: Seal Team Aibo

Burning Man; UK wises up about encryption; McPoutine; hello, Ello; ad free Facebook in the EU; META back to office; Grindr loses half staff due to unionization, we mean WFH; NYC regulates Airbnb; Mossberg departs X; facial recognition for stadiums; privacy nightmare cars; how to do business; Spotify financial woes; your pants are lying, perhaps on fire; Moviepass is back, again; Inside Man; Lincoln Lawyer; Winning Time; Wheel of Time; the Witcher; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Roku layoffs; Messi, MLS and AppleTV+ win; 3zekiel; Scalzi; Ahsoka; Only Murders in the Building; Apple Watch Ultra; AI homes.Sponsors:Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code &quot;gogfree&quot; for complimentary access to ANY course!~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.Show notes at: https://gog.show/617FOLLOW UPFuture of iMessage safe in the UK, as government backs down on encryptionAmericans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald’sAI reading coach startup Ello raises $15M to bolster child literacyIN THE NEWSFacebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU privacy concernsMeta is back in the office three days a week, as WFH continues to dieGrindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work ruleNYC’s ‘de facto ban’ on Airbnb is already removing listingsVeteran tech guru Walt Mossberg slams Elon Musk, deactivates X account: ‘Cesspool’These 9 Stadiums Are Already Using Facial Recognition at GamesYouTube Vlogger Ruby Franke Charged With Six Counts of Felony Child AbuseIf You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy NightmareBMW drops plan to charge a monthly fee for heated seats‘Hyundai Pay’ is the latest effort by car companies to make in-car payments a thingSpotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial DramaSpotify reportedly locks white noise podcasters out of an ad programFree audiobooks to be tested by Spotify; Audible competition planSpotify wants to put in-app lyrics behind a paywallElon Musk&#39;s X will use public data to train AI modelsAre Your Pants Lying to You? An InvestigationMEDIA CANDYMoviePassInside ManLincoln LawyerWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers DynastyThe Wheel of Time Season 2The WitcherStar Trek: Lower DecksRoku Laying Off 10% of Employees, Will Take up to $65 Million Charge to Remove Streaming ContentMessi Drives Jump in Apple TV+ and MLS SubscriptionsAT THE LIBRARY3zekiel (First Contact) by Peter CawdronNOTES FROM A FELLOW TRAVELLER by Derren BrownStarter Villain by John ScalziTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopNYPD will use drones to monitor private parties over Labor D

617: It’s Just Business

Twitter may not have legs, but Meta finally does; blown Foxconn promises; SEC charges Impact Theory for NFTs; Worldcoin already dying; Cat, I Farted Enterprise for Business; AI regulations summit; META in court in Ireland over disinformation claims in Myanmar; Amazon CEO not cool with remote work anymore; there's a Copyright Claims Board?; Full Self Driving right through a red light, Elon Mode; Wheel of Time; Justified; AMC moving shows to Max; podcasting away loneliness; Levar gets Trivial Pursuit TV show; Apple kills CSAM photo scanning; iOS & iPadOS 17; Richard Blade; Derren Brown; some interesting feedback.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.Show notes at: https://gog.show/616/FOLLOW UP'Bring Back Twitter!' Elon Gets Booed at Video Game TournamentMeta's avatars finally grow some legsExclusive: Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usageFoxconn's promise to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin is now a distant memoryIN THE NEWSSEC Charges LA-Based Media and Entertainment Co. Impact Theory for Unregistered Offering of NFTsTom Bilyeu’s statementSEC settles first NFT enforcement case, fines LA media company $6MJust a Month After Launch, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Is Already DyingOpenAI Launches ChatGPT Enterprise For BusinessesTech Chiefs to Gather in Washington Next Month on A.I. RegulationsMyanmar genocide refugees take Meta to Irish court over disinformation claimsAmazon CEO reportedly told remote employees: ‘It’s probably not going to work out’Copyright Claims Board Awards Photographer $3K After Defendant No ShowsCopyright Claims BoardElon Musk’s FSD v12 demo includes a near miss at a red light and doxxing Mark ZuckerbergTesla Ordered to Turn Over Data on Its Safety-Disabling 'Elon Mode' Autopilot FeatureTwitter Removes Its 'No Political Ads' Policy Ahead of the 2024 ElectionMEDIA CANDYEverything to Remember About Wheel of Time Ahead of Season 2Justified: City PrimevalInterview With the Vampire and Fear the Walking Dead Will Pop Up on MaxAMC Reaches a Deal With SAG-AFTRA to Resume ProductionThe nonstop podcast listeners are on to somethingLeVar Burton Close on Deal with CW for Trivial Pursuit Hosting JobAPPS & DOODADSApple's Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh ControversyAT THE LIBRARYWorld In My Eyes by Richard BladeNOTES FROM A FELLOW TRAVELLER by Derren BrownCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSBob Barker, Iconic 'The Price Is Right' Host, Dead at 99See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

616: Cheech & Chong for President

Stick around until the end for a BONUS episode of Boot Up with Jason! If you want to subscribe to the show (yes, you want to), go to BootUp.show!Unfortunate translations; a tech bro reckoning; Nvidia makes bank, carbon emissions; NFT &amp; crypto collapses; jail vegan diets; if you&#39;re gonna launder, launder big; food delivery is tanking; the Feds tried to get what the Chinese do with TikTok; Gizmodo&#39;s killer headlines; Code Llama, rusted; The Peripheral canceled, Frasier returns; Dune 2 delayed; the Matildas; last chance for Devo, OMD; Youtube&#39;s AI plan; Threads on the web; Photoshop&#39;s generative refill on old photos; Wipeout code; frivolous &amp; not so frivolous lawsuits; Ahsoka; Wirecutter; dystopian fiction; Radio Shack would like your address, again.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.Show notes at: https://gog.show/615/FOLLOW UPElon Musk’s Shadow RuleFyre Fest 2 tickets go on sale, despite no line-up or venueThe Internet’s Next Great Power SuckIN THE NEWSNvidia just made $6 billion in pure profit over the AI boomGodfather NFTs Weren’t Enough to Prevent Recur From Sleeping With the FishesSam Bankman-Fried isn&#39;t getting his Adderall and is surviving on &#39;bread and water,&#39; lawyers sayFormer OpenSea Executive Sentenced to Three Months in Prison for Insider TradingDOJ charges Tornado Cash co-founders for laundering over $1 billion in cryptoThe Era of Food Delivery Is FadingThe Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying FeaturesPeloton&#39;s Business Is as Busted as Its Bike SeatsZoom CEO Says Employees Need to Be in the Office Because It&#39;s Hard to Build Trust Over ZoomA Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space JunkIntroducing Code Llama, a state-of-the-art large language model for codingMEDIA CANDY&quot;The Peripheral&quot; has been canceled at Amazon&#39;s Prime Video, Variety has learned from sources.‘Frasier’ Revival Sets Premiere Date at Paramount+, First Two Episodes to Air on CBS‘Dune: Part Two’ Delays Release to 2024 Amid Ongoing Actors StrikeMatildas: The World At Our FeetDevo Has the Uncontrollable Urge to RetireYouTube is working on a plan to compensate artists and rightsholders for AI musicOur principles for partnering with the music industry on AI technologyI’m an Apple TV channels customer. Can I stream Paramount+ via the Apple TV app?APPS &amp; DOODADSThreads on the web is herePeople are Using Photoshop&#39;s Generative Fill to Restore Old PhotosLeaked Wipeout source code leads to near-total rewrite and remasterJudge dismisses lawsuit claiming Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor has a racial bias.US judge: Ar

615: Cat, I Farted

Humans are horrible; robotaxis; Trump, X, DMs, set visibility to screwed; OpenAI lawsuits might wipe ChatGPT clean; Snapchat&#39;s AI glitches; using AI to ban books; new tools borks images for AI - for now; bots better at beating CAPTCHAs than humans; NFT lawsuits; those smart contracts are meaningless; Elon throttling links he doesn&#39;t like; scientists fleeing X; AppleTV+; streaming costs more than cable; people watching less TV; Strange New Worlds &amp; Good Omens; Billions; Painkiller &amp; Dopesick; the Witcher; YouTube crack down on cancer misinformation; class action lawsuits; Dirty Laundry, roleplaying musicals &amp; baseball.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.Show notes at https://gog.show/614IN THE NEWSPeople Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About ItRobotaxis halt traffic in San Francisco&#39;s North Beach day after expansion approvalDriverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San FranciscoSpecial counsel obtained ‘some volume’ of DMs from Donald Trump’s Twitter accountThe New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its contentReport: Potential NYT lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start overSnapchat&#39;s My AI chatbot glitched so hard it started posting StoriesAn Iowa school district is using AI to ban booksScientists Say New Tool Makes Images Worthless for Training AIBots are better at beating ‘are you a robot?’ tests than humans areOpenAI is using GPT-4 to build an AI-powered content moderation systemNYC bans TikTok on city-owned devicesBuyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investmentA key feature of NFTs has completely brokenX is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded withNYU Professor Locked Out of Twitter After Reportedly Declining to Meet With Elon MuskScientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternativesMEDIA CANDYIt’s official, people aren’t watching TV as much as they used toStreaming TV costs now higher than cable, as &#39;crash&#39; finally hitsAnson Mount Recalls Recording ‘Space…The Final Frontier’ for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’In Praise of Bluey, the Most Grown-Up Television Show for ChildrenBillionsPainkillerDopesickThe Witcher Season 3APPS &amp; DOODADSYouTube cracks down on videos promoting &#39;ineffective&#39; cancer treatmentsApple Will Start Sending Payouts for $500 Million &#39;Batterygate&#39; Lawsuit SoonTime is running out to file claims for Facebook’s $725 million data privacy settlementTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopLina Khan Q&amp;A: Hollywo

614: Put Me In Coach

Crypto Scammers &amp; NFT Developers; superconductors &amp; nuclear fusion; PayPal&#39;s crypto coin; opting out of TikTok&#39;s secret sauce; X sensitivity settings; Zoom wants people back in, not on Zoom, except for the rest of the world; blocking OpenAI&#39;s crawler; Lyft, robotaxis; supermodels &amp; Instagram, oh my; Jason is Bourne; Good Omens, Star Trek cliffhangers; Tetris; Disney+ prices rising; Google, record label deepfakes; Callsheet; Flash games; JustWatch; Charles Stross Singularity Sky, Season of Skulls; Peter Cawdron First Contact; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Dirty Laundry; Eufy; steam mopping; the Empire Strips Back.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.Show notes at https://gog.show/613FOLLOW UPCharley&#39;s Restaurant &amp; SaloonThe Morning After: Voyager 2 is alive!FBI Alert: Crypto Scammers are Masquerading as NFT DevelopersIN THE NEWSScientists have reproduced last year&#39;s nuclear fusion breakthroughPayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin backed by the US dollarTikTok Users Will Be Able to Opt Out of the Algorithm in EuropeX hopes ‘sensitivity settings’ will bring back advertisersTwitter fined for belatedly complying with search warrant for Donald Trump&#39;s accountZoom tells employees to return to the office, responds to generative AI pushbackNow you can block OpenAI’s web crawlerLyft plans to ditch surge pricing, which riders hate &#39;with a fiery passion&#39;Robotaxis get the green light to expand to 24/7 service in San FranciscoSupermodel is &#39;Terrified&#39; of Posting on Instagram After Photographer Sued HerBella Hadid Sued Over Copyright of Photo She Posted to InstagramMEDIA CANDYBourne (franchise)Star Trek: Strange New WorldsNeil Gaiman Won&#39;t Let Good Omens&#39; Story End Like ThatAuthor says the Apple TV+ &#39;Tetris&#39; movie ripped off his bookDisney+ is raising prices and cracking down on account sharingGoogle, record labels working on deal covering musical “deepfakes”APPS &amp; DOODADSCallsheet for iPhone lets you look up that actor you recognize without the IMDB cruftHow to Play All of Those Old Flash Games You RememberruffleDeactivation of Flash may have crippled Chinese railroad for a dayAll DJI Apps on Google Play are Frauds and Are Stealing Users&#39; MoneyJustWatchAT THE LIBRARYSingularity Sky by Charles StrossSeason of Skulls: Laundry Files, Book 12 by Charles StrossWherever Seeds May Fall (First Contact) by Peter CawdronGeneration of Vipers (First Contact) by Peter CawdronTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopBoot Up with JasonThe 9 Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

613: Dirty Laundry

Threads is Twitter; Twitter is TwiX; Instagram preparing AI labels; META begins Canadian news blackout; NFT sales continue to decline; China considers more limits on kid&#39;s smartphone usage; Worldcoin offers up their digital ID service, no one wants it; Uber fatal self-driving case, turns profit for the first time ever; what Bores in Vegas; NASA loses contact with Voyager 2; Star Trek sings; Loki 2; Foundation Season 2 is horrific; Good Omens; 65; Shazam; Guardians of the Galaxy; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Apple subscriber growth; Sprite Max-tape art generator; billionaires: the pros, the cons, and mostly the cons; hop on the GOG Super Yacht!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.Show notes at https://gog.show/612FOLLOW UPBoot Up with JasonSwapping a Twitter Habit for a Threads OneElon Musk wants a second chance to fail at XTesla Owners Have Soured on Elon Musk, But Still Love Their Model 3sIN THE NEWSInstagram seems to be working on labels for posts &#39;generated by Meta AI&#39;Facebook and Instagram Begin Their Canadian News BlackoutMonthly NFT sales fell for fifth consecutive month to $495M in JulyChina considers limiting kids&#39; smartphone time to two hours per dayWorldcoin says will allow companies, governments to use its ID systemWorldcoin and Kenyan Argue About Who’s Breaking Up With WhomUber safety driver involved in fatal self-driving car crash pleads guiltyAn Uber change of fortunesConnected car data privacy under investigation by California regulatorAbout CPPAElon Musk’s X sues anti-hate researchers for allegedly scraping data from TwitterX Blue subscribers can now hide their checkmarksThe Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las VegasNASA ACCIDENTALLY CUTS CONTACT WITH VOYAGER 2MEDIA CANDYStar Trek Strange New WorldsHow ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Brought Its Delightful Musical Episode to Life: ‘You’re Like, Wait, Spock Is Singing Now?!’Loki season 2 looks like a race through time and space in new trailerFoundation Season 2Good Omens Season 265Shazam: Fury of the GodsGuardians of the Galaxy Volume 3APPS &amp; DOODADSApple surpasses 1 billion paid subscriptions as active devices are double thatRumor: Apple Watch Series 9 to be available in new color option alongside black titanium UltraSprite Mix-tape Art GeneratorTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles MovieBillionaires Should Not Exist — Here’s WhyWealth Without Limits: in Defense of BillionairesCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSPaul Reubens dead: Pee-wee Herman actor was 70See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a

612: TwiX are for Kids

The X-files; everything is becoming an everything app; Spotify grew a lot, still losing money; Meta doing great, still sinking money into the metaverse no one wants; AI companies pay lip service to White House about safety &amp; ethics; Tesla under investigation, again; Wayne gives us self-driving trucks for taxis; Meta, Microsoft &amp; Amazon release open map dataset; Musk lies, a lot; Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; Boys spin-off Gen V; Good Omens Season 2; Justified: City Primeval; Threads goes chronological; X goes dark; Mastodon&#39;s CSAM problem; TikTok adds... text; the Dial of Destiny &amp; Whatsherface; Artifact&#39;s AI voices; Happy Birthday, Dave!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.Show notes at https://gog.show/611FOLLOW UPTwitter CEO teases banking and payment plans in memo about X rebrandElon Musk Took the ‘X’ Twitter Handle From a Photographer Without AskingX tells advertisers to spend $1,000 per month or risk losing verification statusIN THE NEWSSpotify grew far more than expected, but is still losing moneyMeta had its best quarter since 2021 despite losing more money on the metaverseMeta, Google, and OpenAI promise the White House they’ll develop AI responsiblyPublishers want billions, not millions, from AITesla under investigation in California over Autopilot safety issues and false advertisingWaymo pushes back its self-driving truck efforts to focus on ride hailingMeta, Microsoft and Amazon release open map dataset to rival Google Maps, Apple MapsTesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaintsPluralistic: Tesla’s Dieselgate (28 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory DoctorowMEDIA CANDYStar Trek Strange New WorldsThe Boys spinoff Gen V looks like a bloody bacchanal in new trailerGood Omens Season 2Justified: City PrimevalAPPS &amp; DOODADSThreads adds a chronological feed as Twitter burns to the groundGoogle Docs can now automatically add line numbersElon Musk says Twitter will soon only offer dark mode because it’s ‘better in every way’Is dark mode better or worse for your eyes?Mastodon&#39;s decentralized social network has a major CSAM problemExpress your creativity with text posts on TikTokTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopIndiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyNews app Artifact adds AI text-to-speech voices, including Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth PaltrowSEC: Public companies must report cyberattacks within four daysCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSSinéad O’Connor, Irish singer behind ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ and more, dead at 56See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/

611: The Everything Episode

NFT bros are sad no one cares; Russia bans state officials from using Apple devices; Tesla directors overpaid themselves; Full Service Driving, which doesn't work, will be licensed to other automakers; military email problems; Instagram not liable for copyright infringement; Threads sees a downturn in usage; Inside Man; Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves; Women's World Cup; Netflix sees big subscriber bump due to password crackdown; streaming prices rising; Reddit deleted pre-2023 DMs; Apple Watch 8, AirPod Pro 2 & Amazon Prime deals; 1Password; the US Cyber Trust Mark; RIP Kevin Mitnick, Tony Bennett; cargo shorts & t-shirts.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.Show notes at https://gog.show/610FOLLOW UPBoot Up with JasonNFT Bro Laments That Nobody Is Buying Expensive JPGs AnymoreMelania Trump’s Apollo 11 NFT Violates NASA’s Photo RulesIN THE NEWSRussia bans state officials from using Apple devices over US spying concernsTesla directors pay $735M to settle claims they overpaid themselvesTesla plans to license its Full Self-Driving system to other automakersUS opens special probe into fatal Tesla crashAn email typo has reportedly sent millions of US military messages to MaliInstagram Not Liable For Copyright Infringement Over Embedded ImagesThreads users are already spending less time in the appThe spam bots have now found Threads, as company announces its own ‘rate limits’MEDIA CANDYInside ManDungeons and Dragons: Honor Among ThievesHow to stream the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023Netflix added nearly 6 million new subscribers amid password sharing crackdownNetflix kills off cheapest no-ads plan in the U.S. and U.K.Peacock’s prices are going up in AugustYouTube Hikes Prices For Premium, Music Streaming OfferingsAPPS & DOODADSReddit Just Deleted Every Message You Sent Before 2023Apple Watch Series 8Photographer Uses Adobe Firefly to Fake a Vacation and Fool His Friends‘Elusive’ first-gen 4GB iPhone auctioned for record $190,3731PasswordTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopThe Biden administration is tackling smart devices with a new cybersecurity labelBiden-⁠Harris Administration Announces Cybersecurity Labeling Program for Smart Devices to Protect American ConsumersKevin David MitnickFREEDOM DOWNTIME - Kevin Mitnick Hacking DocumentaryTony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96I Got Lost in Her Arms by Tony BennettUsing iPods as hearing aidsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

610: And You Get a Tent!

xAI seeks to understand the nature of the universe; Twitter shenanigans continue; AI risks; FTC investigating ChatGPT; ye olde craftliee understandinge; EU decides USA has comparable privacy protections, because they are high; superalignment!; AI is still people, working hard for no money; Google medical AI being tested; US military wants to play a game; Sarah Silverman & others suing OpenAI & Meta over copyright infringement; Strange New Worlds; Silo; Hijack; Vapourspace; Black Mirror; legal lullabies; Canada is the USA on Ambien; Threads & Twitter clone fatigue; Dave gets Covid, podcast listening tanks; movies in black and white; another new Willy Wonka; Disneyland goes punk.Show notes at https://gog.show/609FOLLOW UPElizabeth Holmes' Prison Sentence Was Quietly Reduced by Two YearsIN THE NEWSAnnouncing xAIElon Musk Warns Chinese Leaders That AI Could Take Over the CountryTwitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creatorsTwitter is trying to fix the verified DM spam problem it createdTaliban Leader Endorses Elon Musk’s Twitter Over New Rival ThreadsResearchers find evidence of organic matter on MarsThe risks of AI are real but manageableThe FTC is investigating whether ChatGPT harms consumersBig Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and GoogleIntroducing SuperalignmentAI Is a Lot of WorkChatGPT's User Base Shrinks for the First Time EverGPT-4's details are leakedGoogle’s medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitalsThe US Military Is Taking Generative AI Out for a SpinSarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta over copyright infringementMeta platforms top the list of UK payment scams, finance group claimsCelsius founder Alex Mashinsky arrested and charged with fraudCanadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreementMEDIA CANDYStar Trek: Strange New WorldsSiloHijackVapourspace - Gravitational Arch Of 10 (Magnetic Gravity Arc Suite)Black Mirror Season 6Extraction 2Legal LullabiesWall of ChefsPoop FictionAPPS & DOODADSMeta's Threads races to 100 million users in under a weekJony Ive's first post-Apple hardware project is a $60,000 turntableTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopIn praise of watching your favorite movies in black and whiteThe Ashley Madison AffairWillie Wonka trailerKenneth Copeland’s daughter goes metalSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

609: Freshly Wrong

Hello, summer; disinformation professor falsifies own data; AI is eating itself, recursion &amp; model collapse looming; scammers, liars, grifters prosper; mandated return to office not working out great; Amazon&#39;s robot revolution; Congress limits AI usage; Vatican releases AI Ethics Handbook; Google violates its ad deal standards; Youtube disabling videos for ad-blocker use; Zoox!; IRL lied their asses off about users, still got $170 million from SoftBank; Aspartame &amp; warm Mountain Dew; Star Trek; Silo; Reality; Fubar; the Machine; Apple News UI needs help; later, Stitcher; Google cancels Iris; mustaches and learning about being a woman; ElevenLabs Voice Library &amp; the end of voice over actors; cosplaying mommy &amp; arrested development; 4th of July Movie Marathon.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/608FOLLOW UPHarvard professor who studies dishonesty is accused of falsifying dataThe Internet Isn’t Completely Weird Yet; AI Can Fix That “Model collapse” looms when AI trains on the output of other modelsTHE CURSE OF RECURSION: TRAINING ON GENERATED DATA MAKES MODELS FORGETThe Huge Power and Potential Danger of AI-Generated CodeIN THE NEWSWe&#39;re Now Finding Out The Damaging Results of The Mandated Return to Office — And It&#39;s Worse Than We Thought.Amazon’s New Robots Are Rolling Out an Automation RevolutionCongress is reportedly limiting staff use of AI models like ChatGPTThe Vatican Releases Its Own AI Ethics HandbookElon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg Contacted by Italy to Fight at ColosseumItalian culture ministry denies reports of Musk vs Zuckerberg fight in ColosseumGoogle Violated Its Standards in Ad Deals, Research FindsYouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockersZoox begins testing robotaxis on public roads in Las VegasSoftBank gave $170m to a social app whose users mostly didn&#39;t existAspartame to be named a possible cancer-causerMEDIA CANDYStar Trek: Strange New WorldsSiloIndiana Jones - Destined To Flop - The Critical DrinkerRealityFubarThe MachineMuscles &amp; Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American GladiatorsTed Lasso charted a record-breaking billion minutes of viewing during finale weekAPPS &amp; DOODADSChatGPT for iOS now lets paid subscribers use Bing right from the appSTITCHER FAREWELLGoogle is no longer building its own augmented reality glassesTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopElevenLabs - Introducing: Voice LibraryElevenLabs Voice LibraryCOSPLAYING THE MOMMY WARSJason’s 4th of July Birth Control Movie Marathon1.	Hackers2.	The Edge3.	Shaun of the Dead4.	Fight Club5.	The Professional6.	Pulp Fiction7.	The Hunt for Red October8.	Die Hard 39.	Hard Boiled10.

608: The Way of the Grift

We don&#39;t hate technology, we just hate how it&#39;s being implemented; Spotify grifters; car rental companies ruining EVs; Elon vs Zuck; Facebook blows uo their backyard for publishers; no news for you, Canada; the Reddit mess continues; Biden admin announces grants for rural internet; FCC looking at data caps; we long for life pre-internet; Lords of Uncreation; Grammerly; Google Lens; Midjourney; Felicia Michaels on WTF; 3 Body Problem trailer drops; Black Mirror; Star Trek; Silo; the Grand Tour; Darker Wave festival; Columbia House; Hello, Dolly &amp; hello, mustache!Sponsors:Kolide - Visit kolide.com/gog to learn more or book a demo.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/607FOLLOW UPSpotify executive calls Harry and Meghan ‘grifters’ after podcast deal endsThe Class of &#39;09Car-Rental Companies Are Ruining EVsRead TIME&#39;s Interview With OpenAI CEO Sam AltmanMicrosoft milestone brings it a bit closer to quantum supercomputerIN THE NEWSElon Musk Might Fight Mark Zuckerberg For RealWebsite Owners Say Traffic Is Plummeting After a Facebook Algorithm ChangeMeta pulls news content from Canadian Facebook and InstagramReddit threatened protesting moderators: Subreddits ‘cannot remain closed’NodeHostBiden administration announces $930 million in grants to expand rural internet accessThe FCC is preparing to take a &#39;fresh look&#39; at internet data capsGen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existedMEDIA CANDYFriend of the show Felicia Michaels on WTF with Marc MaronNetflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ first look confirms January 2024 premiereBlack MirrorStreamberry - You are AwfulStar Trek: Strange New WorldsSiloS5 E2 - The Grand Tour: EurocrashDarker Wave FestivalSpotify reportely to launch “Supremium” plan with higher monthly ratePurely AI-generated songs declared ineligible for Grammy Awards8 ways Google Lens can help make your life easierGen-Z is taking courses on how to send an email and what to wear in the office, according to a WSJ reportAwesome ScreenshotMidjourney 5.2 Is Here : Unveiling Incredible New Features!AT THE LIBRARYLords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture Book 3) by Adrian TchaikovskyThe 22 Laws of Category Design: Name &amp; Claim Your Niche, Share Your POV, And Move The World From Where It Is To Somewhere DifferentTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopGet a clue, says panel about generative AI: it&#39;s being &quot;deployed as surveillance&quot;Dropbox DashFacebook&#39;s Creepy New Ai Can Replicate Your Friends&#39; Voices50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to AI DungeonCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSChatGPT on the App StoreBing: Chat with AI &amp; GPT-4See Pr

607: Pagers and Paperbacks

Online mattresses; Holmes claims broke; Google class action lawsuit; Coinbase whines like a 4 year old; Reddit&#39;s kerfuffle; Spotify GDPR fine; Tesla&#39;s Autopilot &amp; Mercedes adds ChatGPT; AI making lonely, sleepless alcoholics; Twitter won&#39;t pay the damn rent; food delivery wages upped as are layoffs; disappointment as a service; MGM casino changes photo policy, for now; the Idol; Crime Scene Kitchen; Black Mirror; Strange New Worlds; Quantumania; Foundation; Netflix sign ups increase, pop-up restaurant; the Cure; booze at shows; Peppa Pig podcast; Sol Reader; Torras Coolify; your bias is...; Charles Stross; I don&#39;t know, what do you think?Sponsors:SaneBox - Visit https://www.sanebox.com/gog today to start your free trial and get a $25 credit.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/606FOLLOW UPReport: FTC will file to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisitionEx-Billionaire Elizabeth Holmes Says She Can’t Pay $250 a Month to the People She CheatedIn re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation“But the SEC let us go public” and other flawed arguments in Coinbase&#39;s defenseIN THE NEWSThousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company’s controversial new policyReddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interviewReddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related BlackoutsSpotify has been fined $5.4 million for violating GDPR data rules17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s AutopilotMercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system, for some reasonGoogle, one of AI’s biggest backers, warns own staff about chatbotsAI at the Office Makes You a Lonely, Sleepless Alcoholic, New Study FindsTwitter Is Reportedly Getting Kicked Out of One of Its Colorado OfficesElon Musk is hilariously shut down by his ‘favourite’ podcastNew York City sets an $18 per hour minimum wage for food delivery workersGrubhub lays off 15 percent of its employeesAll the big tech layoffs of 2023Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to SquarespaceMGM Casinos Entice Younger Gamblers With New Photo PolicyMEDIA CANDYThe IdolCrime Scene KitchenPadma Lakshmi Is Leaving ‘Top Chef’ After Its 20th SeasonBlack Mirror Season 6Star Trek: Strange New WorldsPatrick Stewart and LeVar Burton Agree ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Was Perfect — But They Pitch One Last HurrahAnt-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaWatch the trailer for the second season of Apple TV+ series &#39;Foundation&#39;Netflix Sign-Ups Increase 102% After Password Sharing Crackdown: ReportNetflix BitesPaul McCartney is using AI to create a final song for The BeatlesGen Z Is Drinking Less at ConcertsPeppa Pig Heading to Amazon’s

606: Peppa Swisher

AI carpetbaggers; crypto bros all pivoting to AI; Meta putting AI everywhere; Salesforce will donate to charity if you come back to the office; Binance, Coinbase sued by the SEC; Microsoft UI issue causing problems with COPPA; Twitter ad sales plummet; Meta has a Twitter clone; Instagram&#39;s pedo problem; OpenAI sued for libel; Waymo kills a dog; Edinburgh&#39;s Golden Turd; Daniel Sloss; Mrs. Maisel wraps it up; Good Omens 2; Spotify cut staff in podcast pivot; Silo; Freshbooks goes stale; Auphonic prices itself out of a customer; Arc browser; Apple WWDC thoughts; Ahsoka; Hannah Gadsby&#39;s take on Picasso; passkey arrives in 1Password beta; sextortionists using AI; BarraShow notes at https://gog.show/605 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.Kolide - Visit kolide.com/gog to learn more or book a demo.Private 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.FOLLOW UPWhy AI Will Save The WorldJason Calacanis on Crypto in the age of AIToday&#39;s AI is unreasonableMeta plans to put AI everywhere on its platformsFaster sorting algorithms discovered using deep reinforcement learningSalesforce Tells Employees It Will Donate $10 Per Day to Charity if They Come Back to the OfficeIN THE NEWSSEC Says Binance Misused Customer Funds, Ran Illegal Crypto Exchange in U.S.SEC sues Coinbase over alleged violations of securities lawsFTX MADE A VERY SMART INVESTMENT THAT MAY BE ABLE TO PAY BACK ITS CUSTOMERSMicrosoft will pay the FTC $20 million to settle charges over collecting children&#39;s dataTwitter&#39;s ad sales have reportedly dropped by 59 percent since last yearScreenshots of Instagram&#39;s answer to Twitter leak onlineInstagram may roll out its own AI chatbot in the near futureInstagram Connects Vast Pedophile NetworkOpenAI Sued for Libel After ChatGPT Allegedly Hallucinates Man Into Embezzlement LawsuitA Waymo self-driving car killed a dog in ‘unavoidable’ accidentIs It Just Me, or Does That Hotel Look Like…?MEDIA CANDYDaniel Sloss: SocioThe Marvelous Mrs. MaiselGood Omens Season 2 - Official Trailer | Prime VideoSpotify Cut Staff, Talent to Enter its YouTube EraAPPS &amp; DOODADSStripeiZotope RX 10 AdvancedmacOS Ventura Problems: 5 Things You Need to KnowFirst Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOSHands-on with Apple Vision Pro: This is not a VR headsetEyes (and head) on with the Apple Vision ProThe metaverse is cookedDiablo IVTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopBegin | Ahsoka | Disney+Hannah Gadsby&#39;s Picasso exhibit is getting roasted by art criticsPasskey support for 1Password arrives in beta todaySextortionists are making AI nudes from your social media imagesTotal Compromise of Physical Barracuda ESG AppliancesBarracuda: Immediately rip out and replace our security hardwareCan AI report a r

605: The Golden Turd

Facebook generation wants boundaries; doom scrolling &amp; devices are messing with us; AI boom running out of chips; AI is both an object of ridicule &amp; presents risk of extinction - just like eggs; moral outsourcing in big tech; Kurzweil still truckin&#39; along; Tesla leak reveals thousands of Autopilot safety complaints; that ChatGPT lawyer; Succession, Barry, Ted Lasso &amp; Mrs. Maisel end; Good Omens is coming; Will Trent; future of baseball on TV; Dear Mama; a few good podcasts; Bluesky algorithm chooser; Twitter worth even less; Amazon seems to be ditching Alexa; DOSBox; Apple goes ARRRRR; Roadkill; AI, art &amp; Edward Hopper; new camera with no lens; Moral Crumple Zones; Dave hits the boards!Sponsors:SaneBox - Visit https://www.sanebox.com/gog today to start your free trial and get a $25 credit.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/604FOLLOW UPElizabeth Holmes Reports to Prison to Begin More Than 11-Year SentenceThe Facebook Generation Wants Some BoundariesIN THE NEWSThe AI Boom Runs on Chips, but It Can’t Get EnoughAI Is an Insult NowAI presents &#39;risk of extinction&#39; on par with nuclear war, industry leaders say‘I do not think ethical surveillance can exist’: Rumman Chowdhury on accountability in AIRay Kurzweil On AI Pause: NoTesla leak reportedly reveals thousands of Autopilot safety complaintsA lawyer faces sanctions after he used ChatGPT to write a brief riddled with fake citationsNo ChatGPT in my court: Judge orders all AI-generated content must be declared and checkedMonthly crypto exchange volume tumbled in May, hitting 32-month lowMEDIA CANDYSuccessionBarryTed LassoGood OmensYou can watch the entire first season of &#39;Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ for free on YouTubeWill TrentGuys Grocery GamesSupermarket StakeoutThe San Diego Padres are the first to get out of their Bally Sports TV dealDear MamaParamount+ Snaps Up Milli Vanilli Feature DocTim Ferriss Show: Derek Sivers — The Joys of an Un-Optimized Life, Finding Paths Less Traveled, Creating Tech Independence (and Risks of the Cloud), Taking Giant Leaps, and Picking the Right “Game of Life” (#668)Cal Newport’s Deep Thinking - EP. 250: IN DEFENSE OF THINKINGUNDERUNDERSTOOD - Big Ideas Lost to Mini RoomsA Stunning Scale Model Illustrating The History of TimeAPPS &amp; DOODADSBluesky now lets you choose your own algorithmFidelity marks down value of Twitter stake againAmazon ditches Alexa’s celebrity voices and will issue refunds upon requestGrail Diary Indiana Jones Journal, Indiana Jones Diary Indiana Jones Novels Book, Indiana Jones Grail Diary, Indiana Jones Collection Merchandise, Vintage Leather Journal Classic Movie Prop Replica BiIndiana Jones® and the Last Crusade

604: Systematic Ambivalence

AI CEOs say AI poses existential threat, plow forward anyway; Meta fined for violating EU data privacy; Twitter #DeSaster; Lorem Epsom NoNummy Amazon snacks; can&#39;t get Twitter to work guy OK&#39;d to put chips in your brain; DoorDash lawsuit; deleted tweets randomly restored; Soundcloud layoffs; AI exposing investor&#39;s natural stupidity; Succession; Ted Lasso; Mrs. Maisel; Young Jedi Adventures; Silo; AI mail, Photoshop generative fill; self-promo &amp; marketing discussion; World Walker Book 4; new Bobiverse on the way; No Kindness Too Soon; Red Team Blues; Muppet Mayhem; Spotify AI podcast ad reads; HBOMax, just MAX.. PeaCock just...Sponsors:SaneBox - Visit https://www.sanebox.com/gog today to start your free trial and get a $25 credit.Kolide - Visit kolide.com/gog to learn more or book a demo.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/603FOLLOW UPStability AI CEO Says AI Poses an ‘Existential Threat to Humanity’IN THE NEWSMeta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy RulesRon DeSantis Pushed Elon Musk&#39;s Twitter to Its Breaking PointAmazon&#39;s got a Lorem Ipsum Dolor &amp; Cheddar wrap—oopsyUS Surgeon General says social media can pose &#39;a profound risk&#39; to teens&#39; mental healthNeuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trialsDoorDash faces lawsuit accusing it of charging iPhone users more for deliveryTwitter bug seems to be randomly restoring deleted tweetsSoundcloud will lay off eight percent of its staff in hopes of becoming profitableUniversal Music Group partners with Endel for AI-generated wellness soundscapesAI boom could expose investors’ natural stupidityMEDIA CANDYSuccessionTed LassoThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresSiloGraham Yost‘American Gladiators’ Netflix Docuseries ‘Muscles &amp; Mayhem’ to Reveal “Triumph and Turmoil” of Hit ‘90s Show [Exclusive]APPS &amp; DOODADSSo long and thanks for all the headaches, HBO MaxLogic Pro for iPadFinal Cut Pro for iPadIntroducing Spark +AI: your personal email assistantA.I. Photoshopping Is About to Get Very Easy. Maybe Too Easy.Dream Bigger with Generative Fill.8 Ways to Avoid Business JargonAT THE LIBRARYHeather Texle Official WebsiteOn Impulse (Reliance Sinclair Space Opera Book 1) by Heather TexleThe Unnamed Way (The World Walker Book 4) by Ian W. SainsburyNo Kindness Too Soon by Sylvain NeuvelRed Team Blues by Cory DoctorowTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopThe Muppets MayhemSpotify may use AI to make host-read podcast ads that sound like real peopleRemove Watermarks with Photoshop AICLOSING SHOUT-OUTSSinger Tina Turner dies aged 83See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and

603: Self-Driving Human

Theranos is the New Black; Section 230 upheld; UBI to combat AI; Montana bans TikTok; EU approves Microsoft takeover of Activision Blizzard; another Apple employee charged with stealing self-driving tech; Personal Voice; online brands opening actual shops; return to office &amp; urban doom loop fears; car CEO wants you to go back to commuting; semiconductor workforce education ramp up; the Diplomat; Silo; Finch; YouTube ripping; Doctor Who 60th Anniversary; Fyre Fest 2.0; SoundSource; Bluesky; Adobe Firefly; Google Bard; Telly; YouTube recommendations leading kids to gun videos; human DNA can be pulled from thin air; Galactic Starcruiser Hotel shutting down; AI password cracking; Frogger.Sponsors:SaneBox - Visit https://www.sanebox.com/gog today to start your free trial and get a $25 credit.Show notes at https://gog.show/602FOLLOW UPMost states halt use of Google and Apple&#39;s COVID-19 exposure notification systemTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes fails in bid to stay out of prison during appealElizabeth Holmes Must Report to Prison on May 30 and Pay RestitutionIN THE NEWSSupreme Court rules in favor of Twitter and Google, avoiding the issue of Section 230 for nowBefore AI Takes Over, Make Plans to Give Everyone MoneyProfessor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their PapersMontana&#39;s governor signs bill banning TikTokThe EU approves Microsoft&#39;s $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard takeoverA third former Apple employee has been charged with stealing self-driving car techApple reveals new accessibility features, like custom text-to-speech voicesApple’s new ‘Personal Voice’ feature can create a voice that sounds like you or a loved one in just 15 minutesEveryone should use Personal Voice; it does in 15 minutes what currently takes several weeksOnline-Only Startups Adopt a Bold New Strategy: Opening Actual ShopsThe “return to the office” won’t save the officeRemote CEO Elon Musk Slams People Who Work From Home: ‘The Laptop Class Is Living in La La Land’Cruise, Waymo near approval to charge for 24/7 robotaxis in San FranciscoU.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor WorkforceMEDIA CANDYThe DiplomatSiloFinchDoes the Dog Die?Ted LassoSuccessionOne YouTube-Ripping Site Will Get 4 Billion Visits in 2023; Time to BlameDoctor Who 2023 - Titles Revealed! | 60th Anniversary Specials TrailerThe episode titles for the 60th anniversary specials are revealedFright Night: Peter Vincent ClipBilly McFarland Says He’s Secured Funding for Fyre Fest 2.0 and Broadway MusicalAPPS &amp; DOODADSSoundSource: A Superior Sound ControlTotal Bluesky AccountsChatGPT now has an official iPhone appChatGPT pluginsA Guide to ChatGPT PluginsTelly will give you a free TV if you&#39;ll watch non-stop adsYouTube’s recommendations are leading kids to gun videos, report saysYouTube will no longer be deleting videos from inactive accountsHuman DNA can now be pulled from thin air or a footprint on the beach. Here

602: Urban Doom Loop

RIP, Metaverse; nobody knows how LLMs work; CEOs that don&#39;t go into offices want you to go in; ChatGPT is low-paid people; sure, let&#39;s let AI generate mRNA vaccines; OURA acquires Proxy, but not science; MTV News shuttered; writer&#39;s strike; Spotify removes tons of AI generated songs; Google text-to-music in beta; Tucker turns to Twitter; the Diplomat; Slow Horses; Silo; Ted Lasso; Succession; Barry; the Muppets Mayhem; Bupkus; Beetlejuiice 2; Foundation: here be dragons?; Good Omens 2; FAST; Apple spatial audio; Blueky; sexy Alf; the Mission; Factory Records; Chip War; Star Wars: Visions; Citizen &amp; Nextdoor; AI John Mayer; outsourcing inspiration; the EGOT of the internet.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.Kolide - Visit kolide.com/gog to learn more or book a demo.Private 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/601FOLLOW UPThe Energy Vault is a Dumb Idea, Here&#39;s WhyRIP MetaverseVideo shows Mark Zuckerberg fighting in jiu-jitsu match; Facebook founder won gold, silver medalsMark Zuckerberg Has a Problem Even Bigger Than the MetaverseEight things to know about LLMsIN THE NEWSBank of Canada asks for public feedback about a national digital currencyOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the remote work ‘experiment’ was a mistake—and ‘it’s over’ChatGPT Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour‘Remarkable’ AI tool designs mRNA vaccines that are more potent and stableŌURA Acquires Proxy in All-Equity DealMTV News Signs Off for Good After 36-Year RunMEDIA CANDY‘It’s Going to Be a While’: No End in Sight for Hollywood StrikeSpotify has reportedly removed tens of thousands of AI-generated songsGoogle makes its text-to-music AI publicTurn ideas into music with MusicLMTucker Carlson Is Descending the Food ChainThe DiplomatSlow HorsesSiloTed LassoThe Muppets MayhemMenendez + Menudo: Boys BetrayedBupkusPoker FaceAfter 30 years of saying his name to no avail, Beetlejuice 2 has a release dateThe Foundation season 2 trailer will make you want to suddenly catch up on FoundationAll the Good Omens season 2 news we’ve heard so farDungeons &amp; Dragons Free 24-Hour Streaming Channel Set to Launch This Summer (EXCLUSIVE)APPS &amp; DOODADSBluesky SocialHow I Accidentally Ruined Bluesky With Pictures of Sexy AlfVintage Alf Stationary Paper and Envelopes Set 1987 Alien ProductionsSkeet (Bluesky Slang)Improving Your Communication With the Latest Product UpdatesAT THE LIBRARYHeady Daze: The Mission Years, 1985–1990 by Wayne HusseyNew book “I Thought I Heard You Speak” spotlights women’s integral role at Factory RecordsChip War: The Fight for the World&#39;s Most Critical TechnologyTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopStar War

601: How Does Work Work?

AI doesn&#39;t exist but may be dangerous anyway; self-destruct buttons are important for rockets; Kamala Harris &amp; Snoop Dogg weigh in on AI; IBM pauses hiring, looking to onboard AI; Marissa Mayer takes another whack; open-sourced AI is where the real dangers are; Lyft is lost, no exit in sight; Google layoffs, cuts in perks but one hell of a CEO payout; Facebook furious they can&#39;t exploit youth data; Dune Part 2; Paramount+ doing well; RIP, Says You; NPR podcasts; Succession; Ted Lasso; Silo; Zero gravity concerts, watch out for that Portaloo; TweetDelete; Brydge collapses; RSA Conference recap; May the 4th; sorting out baseball workarounds.Sponsors:SaneBox - Visit https://www.sanebox.com/gog today to start your free trial and get a $25 credit.Show notes at https://gog.show/600FOLLOW UPThere Is No A.I. by Jaron Lanier‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger AheadEx-Apple employee sentenced to three years in prison after $17 million fraud schemeApple drops lawsuit against former exec who accused company of spyingApple’s Unionized Store Wants to Start Accepting Tips from CustomersIN THE NEWSSpaceX&#39;s Starship didn&#39;t immediately respond to a self-destruct commandVice President Harris tells tech CEOs they have a moral responsibility to safeguard AISnoop Dogg on AI risk: “Sh–, what the f—?”IBM Pauses Hiring to Onboard AI InsteadMarissa Mayer on the AI search race, technology fears, and her biggest Yahoo regretsChatGPT is once again available in Italy after a temporary banWe Have No MoatLyft shares tumble as investors react to dim outlookGooglers angry about CEO’s $226M pay after cuts in perks and 12,000 layoffsGoogle will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon because no one knows what it meansBlue verified checkmarks are coming to GmailFacebook furious at FTC after agency proposes ban on monetizing youth dataUS Job Growth Remains StrongMEDIA CANDYDune: Part 2Paramount+ tops 60 million subscribers thanks to &#39;Picard&#39; and the NFLRIP, Says YouAsk Me AnotherWait Wait... Don’t Tell MePlanet MoneyAll Things ConsideredMorning EditionSuccessionSomeone posted the entire ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ on TwitterAmazon rolls out free Roku-like TV channels for Fire devicesCasa GrandePornhub Goes Dark in Utah to Protest Age Verification LawSEARCHES FOR VPN SOAR IN UTAH AMIDST PORNHUB BLOCKAGEAI Made this VLOG by Casey Neistat and GPT4How To Make Katsu Curry by HowToBasicZero Gravity ConcertsTOURISM COMPANY OFFERING ZERO-G CONCERTSAPPS &amp; DOODADSTweetDeleteThe downfall of Brydge: iPad keyboard company folds, leaving staff unpaid and customer orders unfulfilledGet a Tesla if you want to learn about AI trying to kill you, says Apple cofounder Steve WozniakAT THE LIBRARYThe Seventeenth Year (The World Walker Series Book 3) by Ian W. SainsburySeason of Skulls: A Novel in the World of the Laundry FilesTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopHow Logan Arca

600: Technically Sweet

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