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ISP's get nutrition labels; Truth Social continues to drop; X, for free speech, gets anti-speech lawsuit dismissed; Grok fake news; Tesla taxi, maybe; problems with Starlink; Biden considering dropping prosecution of Assange; training AI on Youtube; Geek Squad layoffs; Texas replaces human graders with AI; Dove stays on brand; no selfie zones; Dune Part 2 leaks; Fallout; the Regime; Shaun of the Dead; Renegade Nell; Roku ad injection patent; Humane AI; the Anxious Generation; Wool; Lost in Time; fun with Suno; Apple Vision Pro demo. Sponsors: DeleteMe - Head over to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use the code "GOG" for 20% off. Factor - Head to Factor and use code grumpy50 to get 50% off. That’s code grumpy50 at Factor to get 50% off! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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. 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/644 FOLLOW UP Hire Jason for your voiceover project! ISPs roll out mandatory broadband 'nutrition' labels that show speeds, fees and data allowances Trump Media shares close down by more than 5%, latest grim day for Truth Social owner IN THE NEWS Federal Court Dimisses X's Anti-Speech Lawsuit Against Watchdog Elon Musk's Grok Creates Bizarre Fake News About the Solar Eclipse Thanks to Jokes on X Tesla will unveil a robotaxi on August 8, according to Musk There Appears to Be a Huge Problem With Spacex's Starlink Biden Says He's 'Considering' Request to Drop Prosecution of Julian Assange OpenAI and Google reportedly used transcriptions of YouTube videos to train their AI models Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI Dove Says It'll Never Use AI on Women in Its Advertisements Tourist Falls 170 Feet Off a Cliff to Her Death While Taking Selfie MEDIA CANDY Dune: Part Two Leaks Early on Pirate Sites ‘In Memory of EVO’ Fallout The Regime ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ Returning to Cinemas This Year for 20th Anniversary Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost break down the making of Shaun of the Dead, 20 years later: “Could Jack Black play this part?” Edgar Wright Will Direct Glen Powell in Stephen King Adaptation The Running Man Renegade Nell Twitch CEO says DJs will have to share what they earn on the website with music labels Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops APPS & DOODADS Roku looks into serving you ads on whatever you plug into its TVs The Humane AI Pin is the solution to none of technology's problems Humane's AI "Pin" Is a $700 Flaming Dumpster Fire New Federal Bill Could Require Disclosure of Songs Used in AI Training AT THE LIBRARY The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt Wool Lost In Time by A.G. Riddle THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Setting the MIT open source license to music. Jumping Power Tower How Amateur Performers Are Making Porn in the Apple Vision Pro CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Remembering Daniel Kahneman: A Mosaic of Memories and Lessons - By Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Gmail turns 20; Google isn't good; coding with ChatGPT; court bans "AI-enhanced" evidence; AI Goslings everywhere; NYC chatbot spews out dangerously inaccurate information; Amazon's mechanical turks; California right to disconnect bill; Elon Musk has hurt the Tesla brand; Constellation; Road House; Jon Stewart; Star Trek: Discovery; AI in music; DVDs; Sherlock Holmes; Super Monsters Ate My Condo, +; app feedback: Canva, Apple Vision Pro, Kagi; new Star Wars content; Avatar: the Last Airbender; the Muppets; down the AI personality cloning rabbit hole; AI generated sludge or world changing genius? Sponsors: 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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. 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/643 FOLLOW UP Gmail is 20 years old Eudora (email client) Ten years later, Facebook's Oculus acquisition hasn't changed the world as expected Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode IN THE NEWS Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works Waymo self-driving cars are delivering Uber Eats orders for first time NYC’s business chatbot is reportedly doling out ‘dangerously inaccurate’ information Amazon just walked out on its self-checkout technology California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax Apple confirms layoffs affecting 700+ workers, including car team AT&T resets millions of customers’ passcodes after account info was leaked on the dark web Elon Musk's unpleasant persona hurts Tesla brand: survey says Cybertruck Breaks Down After One Mile Of Driving MEDIA CANDY Better Call Saul Constellation The Regime Road House Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to host FTC Chair Lina Khan An executive who worked on '3 Body Problem' was sentenced to death for fatally poisoning the Netflix show's producer Star Trek: Discovery New Matrix Movie in the Works from Drew Goddard Song Lyrics Today Are Less Sophisticated, Angrier, And More Self-Obsessed Than They Used To Be, Study Says Billie Eilish, Greta Van Fleet, & Pearl Jam Among 200 Artists Calling for Responsible AI Music Practices Suno AI New Bill in California Aims to Force Ticketmaster to Play Nice With Others The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’ 40 Years Later, Jeremy Brett is Still the Best Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes w/ Jeremy Brett Downie via SetApp The Labours Of Hercule Anthem Of Life APPS & DOODADS Super Monsters Ate My Condo+ Welcome to Canva, Affinity! Kagi Friendship Ended With GOOGLE Now KAGI Is My Best Friend Jon Stewart On The False Promises of AI | The Daily Show AI Companies Running Out Of Training Data After Burning Through Entire Internet Yahoo bought AI-powered news app Artifact from Instagram’s co-founders THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Star Wars' Next Animated Anthology Explores the Shadows of the Empire Breaking Down the Sithy Secrets of Tales of the Empire's New Trailer Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog sing "Rainbow Connection" Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Synthetic Voices What Went Wrong A 65-IN-1 THE 2024 WAY An eye-rolling example of the kind of AI generated sludge that's clogging up Google's search results. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Apple Vision Pro in the wild; everyone hates Sam; META's Project: Ghostbusters; getting device-blocked on Facebook; Meta & Google restricting reproductive health ads; anti-trans hate widespread on META properties; X testing NSFW communities, caught selling data to government while complaining about surveillance; FTC might sue TikTok; school boards suing social media giants; Truth Social stock; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 3 Body Problem; Constellation; Heathers is 35 years old; the future of Star Trek needs to not be old and white; Adobe subscription shenanigans; YouTube Shorts; MacWhisper; Whoa API; why AI sucks; the Anxious Generation; german politeness; Keys to the Kingdom; What Went Wrong; keeping your mouth shut; being a pedandick. Sponsors: Factor - Head to Factor and use code grumpy50 to get 50% off. That’s code grumpy50 at Factor to get 50% off! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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. 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/642 FOLLOW UP Apple launches first ever Immersive Video sports film for Apple Vision Pro Sam Bankman-Fried just got sentenced to 25 years in prison IN THE NEWS Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat Facebook Allegedly Killed Its Own Streaming Service to Help Sell Netflix Ads Meta and Google face claims of restricting reproductive health ads and fueling misinformation Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, report warns X is testing NSFW adult communities, according to screenshots Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance The FTC might sue TikTok over its handling of users’ privacy and security Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok Uber Eats courier's fight against AI bias shows justice under UK law is hard won Like Elon Musk And Twitter Before Them, Investors In Trump's Newly Public Social Media Company Will Lose Millions DJT stock hits turbulence: More volatility ahead for Trump's high-flying Truth Social MEDIA CANDY Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire The 3 Body Problem The Gentlemen Better Call Saul Constellation Fred Durst and Billy Corgan to Host Shows on Bill Maher’s New Podcast Network Schmactors with James Marsters and Mark Devine It’s almost time for T-Mobile customers to claim their free year of MLB.TV 35 Years Later, Heathers Has Been Often Imitated, Never Duplicated The Future of ‘Star Trek’: From ‘Starfleet Academy’ to New Movies and Michelle Yeoh, How the 58-Year-Old Franchise Is Planning for the Next Generation of Fans APPS & DOODADS Google says Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in ‘fall of 2024’ YouTube says over 25% of its creator partners now monetize via Shorts MacWhisper The Keanu Reeves Whoa API This Website Plays Every Keanu Reeves 'Whoa' in Movie History Can an A.I. Make Plans? | The New Yorker Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer Disillusioned Businesses Discovering That AI Kind of Sucks AT THE LIBRARY The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Keys to the Kingdom What Went Wrong 'This Is a Sputnik Moment': NYC Is Adding AI Metal Detectors to the Subway A Data Broker Reportedly Tracked Visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island First Day - A Star Wars Short Film Made with Unreal Engine 5 CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

Lots of suggestions, no regulations: cars, broadband, AI & more; Apple lawsuits; drone delivery, again; Starbucks NFT program ending; Glassdoor adds real names to accounts without consent; AI news round-up; Stability AI wobbles; cyberflasher conviction; Russia warns of potential SpaceX strikes; data broker bar, sort of; happiness rankings, the kids aren't alright; Better Call Saul; the Acolyte; the juice is loose; the Regime; music revenue has grown (along with prices); Poe; Reddit goes public; photography; manuals; home repair with the Geeks; let's go karaoke! Sponsors: Factor - Head to Factor and use code grumpy50 to get 50% off. That’s code grumpy50 at Factor to get 50% off! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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. 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/641 FOLLOW UP European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls Billionaire Who Died in Tesla Had Three Times Legal Blood Alcohol to Drive IN THE NEWS The FCC just quadrupled the download speed required to market internet as ‘broadband’ Apple can’t get out of facing a class-action lawsuit over AirTags stalking claims Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Apple over its infamous 'walled garden' DoorDash and Wing are piloting fast food delivery in the US It took Starbucks a little too long to realize coffee NFTs aren't it Users say Glassdoor added real names to user profiles without their consent World’s first global AI resolution unanimously adopted by United Nations United Nations General Assembly Adopts by Consensus U.S.-Led Resolution on Seizing the Opportunities of Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Systems for Sustainable Development Google Hit With Huge Fine for Training Ai With News Articles Without Getting Permission YouTube will require disclosure of AI-manipulated videos from creators Facebook’s Algorithm Is Boosting AI Spam That Links to AI-Generated, Ad-Laden Click Farms ‘AI-powered’ ad ignites creator controversy on Instagram Stability AI Is Falling Apart First 'Cyberflasher' Convicted in England Gets Year in Prison for Sending Explicit Photo Russia Warns of Potential Military Strike on Spacex Satellites House passes bill that would bar data brokers from selling Americans' personal information to 'adversary' countries US Happiness Ranking Plummets as One Group Struggles Most Canada Ranks 15th, But Young Canadians Are Unhappy, Finds 2024 World Happiness Report The kids are not OK. New data shows Canadians under-30 ‘very unhappy’ Using Computers Strongly Linked to Erectile Dysfunction MEDIA CANDY Better Call Saul Star Wars: The Acolyte Tim Burton's First Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Trailer Summons More Afterlife Chaos The Regime The 3 Body Problem The Bloody Hundredth Director of Original Crow Makes It Clear He's Not Happy with Remake, Before Deleting Post 10.2% growth of global music industry; initial coverage of IFPI annual report APPS & DOODADS Poe Reddit is now a publicly traded company This Website Tells Travelers If They're Flying on a Boeing Plane Zoom - for Home TV Apple's new webpage helps users find product manuals and guides CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Astro Joe Can stop the music: Karaoke inventor dies Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79 RIP, Vernor Vinge Children of the Sky | Vernor Vinge | Talks at Google See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 years & nothing's changed; IG impersonators & weird animal video creepiness; Apple restores Epic, for now; TikTok ban bill passes House but will most likely die in Senate; X usage declines, launching video app, Elon cancels Don Lemon show because he's a little beyatch; running out of power; AI Marilyn Monroe; NeMo, Devin & Gemini - one Poe to rule them all; bypassing AI guardrails; more bad Tesla news; Bluesky outsourcing - and charging - for moderation; Schmactors; Somebody Feed Phil; no Riker in Disco; Airbnb tells people to stop filming guests; AirPod hearing aids; Goodbye, Jumbo. Sponsors: Factor - Head to Factor and use code grumpy50 to get 50% off. That’s code grumpy50 at Factor to get 50% off! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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. 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/640 FOLLOW UP Joe Zieja’s Voice Acting Academy Apple reinstates Epic's developer account two days after banning it Joe Biden says he would sign bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok The House Passed the Bill That Could Ban TikTok—and It Wasn’t Close Addicted to TikTok? Here’s what the House vote to effectively ban it could mean for you IN THE NEWS Twitter/X Usage Sees Sharp Decline X will launch a YouTube-like video app on Samsung and Amazon TVs Elon Musk Cancels Contract with Don Lemon After Being Asked About Ketamine Usage Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave Now it's NVIDIA being sued over AI copyright infringement SXSW Audience Boos Sizzle Reel About the Virtues of AI Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections Researchers jailbreak AI chatbots with ASCII art — ArtPrompt bypasses safety measures to unlock malicious queries ElevenLabs Block on Cloning Biden's Voice Easily Bypassed EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others Exclusive: U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says Mix-Up With Tesla Touchscreen Killed Angela Chao: Report Tesla Didn’t Pay Any Federal Income Taxes for 5 Years, Got $1 Million Tax Refund Apple's Vision Pro was used in surgery to help perform spinal operations Marc Andreessen’s VC Was Reportedly Behind Kickstarter’s Disastrous Pivot to Crypto The US Government says IP infringement is all over NFT marketplaces Bluesky snags former Twitter/X Trust & Safety exec cut by Musk Bluesky launches Ozone, a tool that lets users create and run their own independent moderation services MEDIA CANDY Schmactors with James Marsters and Mark Devine Somebody Feed Phil Season 7 Discovery Will Be the First Star Trek Show in 50 Years to End Without a Jonathan Frakes Appearance APPS & DOODADS Poe Apple will allow iOS apps to be distributed on websites in the EU Airbnb to hosts: please stop filming the guests Apple’s AirPods Pro could be getting a “hearing aid mode” later this year CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS World Party Frontman Karl Wallinger Dies at 66 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cybertruck vs. sign; the UK loves short weeks; US wants TikTok ban while TikTok frets; Meta's support sucks; Apple fined $2B; Musk sues OpenAI; Klarna's AI job fears; Twitter execs sue Musk; NFTs seek meaning; Bitcoin's inflation-adjusted; flop—science nixes sun dimming; Netflix drops 'The Brothers Sun'; 'Crime Scene Kitchen' cooks on; Tech toys abound, and books offer escape; Cyber threats grow; FCC fights shady doorbells; AI spooks; and TikTok's conspiracies rise. Sponsors: 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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. 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/639/ FOLLOW UP A Tesla Cybertruck lost its battle against the iconic "Beverly Hills Hotel" sign (video) Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On - Autonomy IN THE NEWS US House to vote next week on TikTok crackdown bill TikTok Seems Pretty Worried About Getting Banned Inside the World of TikTok Spammers and the AI Tools That Enable Them Podcast: AI-Powered TikTok Hustlers 41 state attorneys general tell Meta to fix their customer support for hacking victims EU fines Apple nearly $2 billion for 'blocking' alternative music apps The law doesn't allow Apple to threaten Epic, says EU Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat OpenAI and Elon Musk Elon Musk took drugs with Tesla board members: Report Klarna CEO says AI can do the job of 700 workers. But job replacement isn't the biggest issue. How Klarna uses AI on Ben’s Bites Twitter's former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools Proposed class action lawsuit accuses Apple of monopolizing cloud storage for its devices Google launches $5m prize to find actual uses for quantum computers OpenSea’s partnership with Coachella is a sign that NFTs can be more than profile pictures Actually, Bitcoin Didn’t Hit an All-Time High If You Adjust for Inflation Scientists Warn 'Dimming The Sun' Is Simply Too Dangerous. Here's Why. MEDIA CANDY Constellation ‘The Brothers Sun’ Canceled by Netflix After One Season 'Crime Scene Kitchen' Renewed For Third Season By Fox Fallout - Official Trailer | Prime Video Max will start cracking down on password sharing this year APPS & DOODADS Epstein Drafts Ghost JPD.Me CleanMyPhone SetApp AT THE LIBRARY The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport The Art of War (First Contact Series) by Peter Cawdron What’s Going On with Kara Swisher’s Book Tour? THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Iran's cyber quest in Middle Eastern aerospace. Andor Will Soon Give You the Most Politically Tense Sequence in Star Tours New FCC rules would crack down on connected vehicle abuses Microsoft AI engineer says Copilot Designer creates disturbing images Ignore This Title and HackAPrompt: Exposing Systemic Vulnerabilities of LLMs through a Global Scale Prompt Hacking Competition These Video Doorbells Have Terrible Security. Amazon Sells Them Anyway. Police warn of thieves using wifi-jamming tech to disarm cameras, alarms Why TikTok Is Becoming a Conspiracy Playground See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AI's unintended consequences; chat bots; pink slips in podcasting, Playstation, Electronic Arts & Fisker; Tesla racism class action lawsuit; Apple pivots away from an electric car; TikTok'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's sad Ooompa Loompa; where's the surge priced beef; Constellation; Neuromancer; The Crow Flies Again; Naked Gun; Ray Donovan; Next Goal Wins; Dune; transparent laptops & 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/1password 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. 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 UP Mat Talk Online AI Girlfriends Aren’t All Bad | AI Unlocked Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ IN THE NEWS PlayStation is laying off 900 staff across Naughty Dog, Insomniac and other studios EA is laying off over 650 employees Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules Fisker is laying off 15% of staff and says it needs more cash ahead of a 'difficult year' R.I.P. Apple's Electric Car TikTok is muting more songs amid its tussle with Universal Music UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP N.V. REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023 X starts giving non-paying users the ability to make audio and video calls Bitcoin's so high, it crashed Coinbase today US SEC probes whether OpenAI investors were misled, WSJ reports Google brings Stack Overflow's knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud Google CEO Admits Gemini AI Image Failures: 'We Got It Wrong' AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating Facebook plans to shut down its news tab in the U.S. and Australia Camera Inside Varda's Space Capsule Captured Its Wild Trip Back to Earth The Asteroid Dimorphos Looks Totally Different After NASA's DART Mission Walloped It Cops Called to 'Willy Wonka Experience' as Crying Children Realize AI Ads Were Lies Glasgow’s Sad Oompa Loompa Isn’t Gonna Sugarcoat This Wendy’s Surge Pricing Is Off the Menu After Internet Beef MEDIA CANDY Constellation Neuromancer Is Finally Getting Its Long-Awaited Adaptation First Look: The Crow Flies Again With Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs ‘Naked Gun’ Reboot With Liam Neeson Lands 2025 Release From Paramount Guy Ritchie to Direct a ‘Ray Donovan’ Spinoff ‘The Donovans’ for Paramount+ Next Goal Wins APPS & DOODADS Lenovo’s Project Crystal is the world’s first laptop with a transparent microLED display This 'Super DVD' Can Hold 20 Million Photos Jetpack Joyride 2 Analogue Pocket Tetris Game Boy Cartridge MacPaw's Setapp becomes one of the first to agree to Apple's controversial DMA rules SetApp AT THE LIBRARY FARSCAPE 25th Anniversary Comic Book Celebration Losing Mars (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 By: Moshe Kasher Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things By: Adam Grant Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection By: Charles Duhigg Bounce Back: 12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim and Recalibrate Your Life By: Travis Mills Infinity Gate By M. R. Carey THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Strong Songs Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry Has Issues with Siri Weli - Kangaroo Time (Club Edit) (from Dance Your PhD 2024...

Let's game the system; Rivian layoffs; Air Canada's chatbot lied; Twitter didn't violate data security because they ignored Musk orders; Science Corner: smartwatches & rings don't measure blood sugar, AMOC collapsing, Taylor Swift's planes could use new paint, red light improves eyesight; we'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'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/1password 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/637 FOLLOW UP Overcast IN THE NEWS Rivian is laying off 10 percent of its salaried employees Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount FTC concludes Twitter didn’t violate data security rules, in spite of Musk's orders Don't use smartwatches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar without needles, the FDA warns Run AMOC It Looks a Lot Like Taylor Swift Had Two Private Jets for Her Super Bowl Flight Scientists develop 'nanosphere' paint that could reduce planes' carbon dioxide emissions Staring At A Red Light In The Morning Improves Worsening Eyesight, Study Shows Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years JEFF KOONS: MOON PHASES ChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users | Ars Technica Scale AI to set the Pentagon’s path for testing and evaluating large language models | DefenseScoop MEDIA CANDY Star Wars: The Bad Batch 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' on YouTube will now be delayed Amazon Shutting Down Freevee: Report Amazon Says ‘No Changes’ Coming to Freevee Despite Reports of the Streamer Shuttering FuboTV accuses Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. of antitrust practices over joint streaming service TikTok Is on the Decline BIGO Live Tyler Perry Raises Alarm on AI, Puts $800M Studio Expansion On Hold – The Hollywood Reporter Monsieur Spade Death and Other Details Office Space Murdered Office Culture 25 Years Before It Died: ’99 Rewind Office Space on Max NO VALUES | June 8th, 2024 APPS & DOODADS Browser Market Share Worldwide 'Soaring' over hills or 'playing' with puppies, study finds seniors enjoy virtual reality | AP News Why Walmart is buying Vizio | CNN Business THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Apple Watch Ultra 2 Apple Updates iMessage With a New 'Post-Quantum' Encryption Protocol Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests | Reuters Pixel Envy A question about the Wampa in ESB. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Deleted Scenes HD Corvette Summer See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Layoffs at Paramount, Instacart & 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't get an AI girlfriend; thought crimes; Sora & floating feet; Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey; the Bad Batch; cybercriminals stealing iOS users' 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/1password 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/636 FOLLOW UP Axact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan? Found a cool easter egg on the Ookla speedtest app IN THE NEWS Just to keep the pink slips chat going.. Paramount doing some work. Paramount lays off 800 workers in cost-cutting bid: 'This is the right decision' Instacart lays off 250 employees, or 7% of its workforce, to 'reshape' company Mozilla is laying off around 60 workers Court orders Elon Musk to testify in the SEC’s investigation of his Twitter takeover Tesla Driver Says He's Not Sure If He Killed a Pedestrian Because He Was on Autopilot Crowd Sets Waymo Self-Driving Car on Fire: ‘They Couldn’t Even Recognize the Vehicle’ 23andMe Admits ‘Mining’ Your DNA Data Is Its Last Hope Amazon Prime Video won't offer Dolby Vision and Atmos on its ad-supported plan Taliban Shuts Down 'queer.af' Domain, Breaking Mastodon Instance Elon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says ELON MUSK SELLING BLUE CHECKMARKS TO LITERAL TERRORISTS MEDIA CANDY Looney Tunes Movie Coyote vs Acme Expected to Be Destroyed Forever Past Lives The Greatest Night in Pop Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees Somebody Feed Phil, Season 7 - March 1 Star Trek: Discovery's Final Season Finally Has a Release Date A Hail Mary to Save ‘The Daily Show’ Downton Abbey reportedly poised to return for a seventh season John Cleese has “always loathed and despised” Eric Idle AMC to pay $8M for allegedly violating 1988 law with use of Meta Pixel APPS & DOODADS Apple Cash will offer virtual card numbers for online shopping Google'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 actors AI ‘companions’ promise to combat loneliness, but history shows the dangers of one-way relationships Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show AI monitoring employee comms for 'thought crimes' in Slack & more Memory and new controls for ChatGPT NVIDIA’s new AI chatbot runs locally on your PC OpenAI’s newest model Sora can generate videos — and they look decent USPTO says AI models can’t hold patents AT THE LIBRARY Infinity Gate (The Pandominion Book 1) by M.R. Carey A different, darker take on The Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop What Has Happened So Far on Star Wars: The Bad Batch? Cybercriminals are stealing iOS users' face scans to break into mobile banking accounts LM Studio Lily-Cybersecurity-7B-v0.2 Propstore has an upcoming auction, including the Anthony Daniels collection. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Science should be taken seriously; Read Write Own; layoffs at Snap, Microsoft, Grammarly & Warner Music Group; Americans going back into credit card debt; Amazon new AWS charge; Google's confusing Gemini AI plans; AI robocalls outlawed; META's confusing AI approach & continued useless Oversight Board; Moviepass shenanigans; Taylor Swift'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's with Dave; smart toothbrush DDoS attack, smug superiority & 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/1password 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/635/ FOLLOW UP Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own by Molly White How Tech Firms Made a Crypto-Boosting Book an NYT Best Seller by Gaming the System IN THE NEWS Snap is laying off 10 percent of its workforce Microsoft’s gaming layoffs include 86 jobs at Skylanders studio Toys for Bob Grammarly lays off 230 employees as part of a ‘business restructuring’ Warner Music Group Plans to Lay Off 600 Employees Graphics show how Americans' total credit card debt reached record high Amazon’s new AWS charge for using IPv4 is expected to rake in up to $1B per year — change should speed IPv6 adoption Google launches Gemini Advanced to compete with OpenAI Get Gemini Advanced and more with a Google One AI Premium plan Google saves your conversations with Gemini for years by default AI Tools Like GitHub Copilot Are Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next Phony AI Biden robocalls reached up to 25,000 voters, says New Hampshire AG AI-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 platforms Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta's Oversight Board says Company Loses Millions After Employee Duped By Video Call Deepfakes Former MoviePass Executive Convicted of Embezzlement to Pay Off Coachella Party Debt Add Taylor Swift to the list of famous people who don't like their private jets being tracked Amazing Spiral-Shaped Contact Lens Uses 'Optical Vortex' to Correct Vision MEDIA CANDY Poor Things Leave the World Behind ‘Moana 2’ Set at Disney With Surprise 2024 Release Date APPS & DOODADS Will Apple’s Vision Pro Make Your Real Life Unbearably Boring? The thing no one will say about Apple Vision Pro Bluesky is ditching its waitlist and is now open to everyone Slack Is Turning 10 Years Old, and Wow Has It Changed Everything Slipdrive - Portable Hard Drive Sleeve for Laptop | SSD Solid State Drive | Reusable Adhesive | Stick on External Hard Drive Carrying Case ShineeKee 90 Degree Right Angle USB-C Adapter | 40Gbps Data Transfer | USB 4.0/Thunderbolt 4 Type C Male to Female Connector Extender | for Mobile Phone, Switch, Steam Deck, Tablet, Laptop | 2 Pack EXTNGO Retractable Network Cable Extender, 50 Ft (15 Meter) CAT 6 Ethernet Cable Flat-Portable 1Gbps Data Speed-Swiftly Setup Temp Networks-Cascadable Male-Female RJ45 Connector-UTP Cable Reel Sewell U-Link Ul10, USB 2.0 Over Single CAT5E/6 Extender | 200 ft | 480 Mbps | 4 Port - V2.0 Check Your Decaf The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators Test your internet speed THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop How to Poop at Work - Bathroom Etiquette and Types of Poop Pedro Pascal Will Not Appear in the Mandalorian Season 4 3 million smart toothbrushes were not used in a...

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'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 & blockchain bullcrap; This Book May Save Your Life; Daily Laws & 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/1password 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/634/ FOLLOW UP That AI-generated George Carlin comedy special was written by humans Study finds that once people use cargo bikes, they like their cars much less IN THE NEWS Thank God FTX Won't Be Coming Back Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Its Chip in a Human for the First Time X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims company has 90M US users, less than 1% are teens Senate tells social media CEOs they have ‘blood on their hands Universal Music Group Warns It Will Pull Songs From TikTok After Deal Expiration TikTok Is Thrown Into Disarray As Music From Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande Disappears Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTube Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims 23ANDME HAS LOST BILLIONS, ALMOST WORTHLESS NOW FCC moves to outlaw AI-generated robocalls iRobot and Amazon call it quits, terminate acquisition agreement Tesla sued by 25 California counties for allegedly mishandling hazardous waste HEAVY METAL DRUMMER COST ELON MUSK $55.8 BILLION Tesla Lawyer Cried at a Deposition Because He Loves Elon So Much ELON MUSK VOTED "MOST OVERRATED CEO" BY HIS COLLEAGUES SpaceX sued for negligence in accident that led to worker's coma MEDIA CANDY Monarch: Legacy of Monsters The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy SmartLess Podcast Moves to SiriusXM in Exclusive $100 Million Deal Hulu is the latest streaming service to crack down on password sharing Masters of the Air Monsieur Spade 22 Years Later, Cillian Murphy Might Return for 28 Years Later 30 Years on, TNG's Ghost Sex Episode Remains as Unhinged and Awful as Ever Wilson Bethel's Bullseye Returning for Daredevil: Born Again (Exclusive) Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Over $650,000 In Copyright Lawsuits APPS & DOODADS Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets Apple says the EU accounts for just 7% of its global App Store revenue Snap Recalls All of Its Selfie Drones Due to Fears They'll Become Flying Fireballs Sam Altman Says GPT-5 Will Be ‘Okay’ How AI Works How AI Doesn't Work The promise and challenges of crypto + AI applications Pivot: Deepfake Regulation, Media Layoffs, and Guest Chris Dixon Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon AT THE LIBRARY This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better by Karan Rajan The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature by Robert Greene The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman The stoics and the Sex Pistols: Philosophical roots of punk rebellion go back to ancient Greece Itchy by Teresa McNulty See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ello, Goodbye; Layoffs at eBay, Alphabet, Microsoft & TikTok; more doomed crypto firms; sneaking porn onto Wikimedia & 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/1password 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/633/ FOLLOW UP The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams George Carlin’s Estate Sues Creators of AI-Generated Comedy Special IN THE NEWS eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce Alphabet is cutting dozens of jobs at its X moonshot lab Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox Staff One Day After $3 Trillion Valuation TikTok is reportedly laying off workers to cut costs Doomed crypto firm Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy in the US Wikimedia's Pornographers How to Upload Porn to Instagram France fines Amazon $35 million over ‘intrusive’ employee surveillance Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit Meta’s Oversight Board raises concerns over automated moderation of hate speech 6 Deaf Children Can Now Hear After a Single Injection Florida EV Buyers Shocked To Learn Their Cars Eat Tires MEDIA CANDY Lift Death and Other Details The Brothers Sun Ultraviolet Jon Stewart Returns to ‘The Daily Show’ as Host Apple just dropped a mysterious trailer for its latest sci-fi series Constellation Masters of the Air Netflix, hungry for more growth, signals more price hikes APPS & DOODADS Screens 5 Paste on SetApp Tesla is reportedly building a compact crossover codenamed 'Redwood' The Apple car apparently still exists, could debut in 2028 with reduced autonomy AT THE LIBRARY The Artifact (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron Slow Productivity by Cal Newport THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras Amazon’s Ring App Will No Longer Make It Easy for Cops to Get Video Footage Apple releases iOS 17.3 with new Stolen Device Protection for your iPhone CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 Porn Star Jesse Jane Dead at 43 After Apparent Overdose with Boyfriend Playboy, Maxim Model Masuimi Max Dead at 45 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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's general intelligence; OpenAI a-ok with military & 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 & 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/1password 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/632/ FOLLOW UP Lambs - Block 99% of EMF with the world’s first Radiation-Proof Apparel You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles IN THE NEWS Instagram's founders are shutting down Artifact, their year-old news app Google is laying off hundreds of workers who sell ads to big businesses Google CEO says more layoffs expected 'throughout the year' in internal memo Uber is closing alcohol delivery service Drizly three years after acquistion Sheryl Sandberg Is Leaving the Meta Board Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence OpenAI's policy no longer explicitly bans the use of its technology for 'military and warfare' U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concern Las Vegas Criminalizes Stopping For Selfies on Pedestrian Bridges MEDIA CANDY Bluey’s cricket episode: why did it leave Australians in tears and Americans puzzled? The Brothers Sun The Trust - A Game of Greed She-Hulk Season 2 Seems Unlikely, According to Tatiana Maslany Netflix Reveals a New Look at Its 3 Body Problem Adaptation—and Its Release Date Weird: The Al Yankovic Story EU says music streaming platforms must pay artists more George Carlin's Daughter Doubles Down in Bashing AI Comedy Special George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead (2024) - Full Special Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin What Next: TBD APPS & DOODADS BBEdit 15 is here! Vienna RSS Permute Get Permute on SetApp Apple ends Samsung's decade-plus run as global smartphone shipment leader Apple updates US App Store guidelines allowing developers to link to third-party payments Amazon Wants You to Start Paying for Alexa Marc Newson designs Swarovski's world-first AI binoculars that identify species on their own The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending AT THE LIBRARY Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better by Dr. Karan Rajan System Collapse - Murderbot Diaries Book 7 by Martha Wells David Lynch's Lost Dune 2 Script Has Been Found THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop The New and Updated Guide to Every Star Wars Movie and TV Show We Know Is Coming 'The Mandalorian' Is Getting a Movie—Which It Should Have Been All Along All Your Questions About The Mandalorian & Grogu, Answered No, Rey's Star Wars Movie Hasn't Been Delayed Meet the Disney Imagineer Behind the VR Breakthough That Is the 'HoloTile' Google now admits it could collect data in Chrome's Incognito mode See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We'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 & 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/1password 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/631 FOLLOW UP Esposito et al. v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless Rental giant Hertz replacing Teslas with gasoline cars eBay Sent Critics a Bloody Pig Mask. Now It’s Paying a $3 Million Fine IN THE NEWS SEC approves bitcoin ETFs (for real this time) ChatGPT maker OpenAI launches GPT Store and a subscription tier for teams A Volkswagen with ChatGPT told me a story about dinosaurs at CES 2024 Amazon and BMW are replacing the driver's manual with AI Unity to lay off another 1,800 employees, representing 25% of its workforce Layoffs Loom at NASA After Termination of Over 100 Contractors Amid Mars Budget Constraints Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractor workforce as the company embraces AI Amazon is laying off ‘several hundred’ employees at Prime Video and MGM Studios Amazon-owned Audible lays off 5% of staff Twitch is laying off 35 percent of its workforce As Disney pushes toward streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024 Humane lays off staff before its 'Ai Pin' begins shipping Google lays off “hundreds” more employees, strips Google Assistant features Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse MEDIA CANDY Happiest Season Family Switch Barbie Obliterated Trevor Noah: Where Was I? Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer Ricky Gervais: Armageddon The Killer MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment The Traitors UK Season 2 The Traitors US Season 2 Fargo Season 5 Reacher Season 2 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Halo Season 2 trailer promises a live-action "Fall of Reach" ‘Slow Horses’ Rides to Season 5 Renewal at Apple The Last Season of Stranger Things Has Finally Begun Production Netflix’s sci-fi adaptation 3 Body Problem finally gets a full-sized trailer Broadcaster Audacy Files for Bankruptcy After Deal to Slash Debt Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer Tom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satire APPS & DOODADS The King of Vogue - Dashaun Wesley SetApp - Dozens of apps. One subscription. $9.99 An iPhone Fell From Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and Survived Unscathed MagSafe Charger Stand, Anker 3-in-1 Cube with MagSafe, 15W Max Fast Charging Stand, Foldable Wireless Charger for iPhone 15/14/13 Series, Apple Watch S1-8/Ultra, AirPods (30W USB-C Charger Included) Play background sounds on iPhone to mask environmental noise Fantasy Hike The Conqueror Job Town Tools Sandbox VR Learn more about Apple Vision Pro Samsung debuts the world's first transparent MicroLED screen at CES 2024 MouthPad turns your tongue into a mouse for your phone Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them. Chrome Users Now Worth 30% Less Money Thanks to Google's Cookie Killing, Ad Firm Says Using the 2003 Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED to Digitize Film in 2023 THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave...

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 "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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/630 FOLLOW UP Google’s loss to Epic Games leads to $700M settlement with users, states Blue Origin Rebounds With New Shepard's Successful Launch After Previous Mission Failure DoorDash and Uber minimum wage ruling leads companies to hit back on tipping Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? IN THE NEWS Philips Hue announces job cuts and reorganization amid 'market uncertainty' World's First Human 'Brain-Scale' Supercomputer Will Go Online in 2024 Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to four years in prison for fraud X Under Investigation for Spreading ‘Illegal Content’ on Israel and Hamas in EU Teslas Crash More Than Any Other Brand, Analysis Finds Adobe Officially Cancels $20 Billion Figma Acquisition Hyperloop One is reportedly shutting down How To Build Your Own Custom ChatGPT Bot Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Material Billions in Funding Pouring Into Facilities for Sucking Carbon From Atmosphere Electric scooter rental company Bird files for bankruptcy two years after going public Guy Who Urged Planting a Trillion Trees Begs People to Stop Planting So Many Trees MEDIA CANDY Marvel Drops Jonathan Majors as Kang After Assault Trial Verdict Actor Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault and Harassment Tolkien Estate and Amazon Win Court Case for Lord of the Rings Rights A Potential Warner Bros and Paramount Merger Could Be Hollywood's Next Megacorp The Family Plan Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Reacher Slow Horses S3 Bookie The Crown Season 6, Part Deux New French streaming music tax would finance a music industry support group. Streamers counter. APPS & DOODADS Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales paused in the US due to a patent dispute Apple Settles Family Sharing Subscription Lawsuit iPod wallpapers for iPhone: Download these now TikTok rolls out an enhanced app experience for tablets and foldables NordVPN comes to the Apple TV Private Internet Access - Smart DNS on AppleTV Private Internet Access GOG Deal! Spark Mail on SetApp Synology to Sunset DSM 6.2 Operating System: What Users Should Know THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Company Brags About Using Smart Device Microphone Audio to Target Ads on Their Podcast Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents Xfinity breach may have affected as many as 35.8 million customers The DOJ says it disrupted the Blackcat ransomware group INTERPOL Arrests 3,500 Suspects in Sweeping Cybercrime Operation See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pink slips and "challenging environments" at Hasbro, Etsy, Cruise & 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's Swedish Trash Metal, recalls over Autopilot software, Cybertruck; SpaceX & Blue Origin; communing with the whales; more Traitors; Slow Horses; Sliced Bread; streaming consolidation & 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 "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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/629/ FOLLOW UP GOG on YouTube Music GOG on YouTube Hasbro to cut 1,100 jobs despite Dungeons & Dragons thriving Etsy stock falls after company lays off 11% of its staff, citing ‘very challenging’ environment Massive Layoffs Hit Troubled Robotaxi Developer Cruise A HEARTFELT FAREWELL: TWIT SAYS GOODBYE TO VALUED TEAM MEMBERS IN THE NEWS San Francisco tech CEO Christian Lanng accused of forcing assistant to sign 'slave contract,' sexual torture Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight Meta is going to fact-check content on the Threads app Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies Microsoft agrees to union contract terms involving the use of AI Tesla's Fight With Swedish Unions Just Got Trashy Tesla Recalls 2 Million Vehicles Over Autopilot Software Issue Tesla could still sue Cybertruck owners if they flip their vehicles too soon Watch a Cybertruck get towed by a Ford pickup after the Tesla appears to get stuck off-roading Tesla claims California false-advertising law violates First Amendment Researchers fuse lab-grown human brain tissue with electronics SpaceX shares cinematic footage of last month’s Starship mission Bezos’ Blue Origin aiming to make long-awaited return to launch next week Whale-SETI: Groundbreaking Encounter with Humpback Whales Reveals Potential for Non-Human Intelligence Communication MEDIA CANDY The Traitors UK Slow Horses Gary 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 nod Doctor Who Special 3 Sliced Bread Showtime's Cable Channel Is Changing Its Name to... Paramount+ With Showtime Google begins shifting users from Play Movies & TV ahead of its January shutdown Netflix’s first engagement report reveals its most popular shows and movies Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Explains Why It Has Been Hiding All That Streaming Data Tucker Carlson Launches Subscription Streamer, Because X Reportedly Couldn’t Do the Job Apple will reportedly reward artists for offering music in spatial audio Apple is making a Murderbot series starring Alexander Skarsgård APPS & DOODADS iOS 17.2 and Apple's new Journal app are now available Apple tvOS 17.2 has a redesigned TV experience and no iTunes Movies or TV Shows apps Apple launches Stolen Device Protection for iPhone with iOS 17.3 beta, here’s how it works GM’s latest excuse for dropping CarPlay is its dumbest yet Everybody’s talking about Mistral, an upstart French challenger to OpenAI OpenAI inks deal with Axel Springer on licensing news for model training E3 is officially dead AT THE LIBRARY Making It Home: Life Lessons from a Season of Little League by Teresa Strasser Longitude by Dava Sobel Accelerando by Charles Stross Glasshouse by Charles Stross See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

California Forever, EPCOT & Story Living; Cruise threatened by regulators; pink slips flying at Spotify, Tidal, Washington Post, New Yorker & more; Weird Al'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 "guaranteed delivery"; 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 & 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 "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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. https://gog.show/628/ FOLLOW UP Tech Billionaires' Quest to Build a New City in California Continues to Go Terribly World's Greatest Con - EPCOT - Part I World's Greatest Con - EPCOT - Part II Story Living by Disney GM’s Cruise Threatened With Fines Over Allegedly Misleading Regulators IN THE NEWS Spotify Lays Off 1,500 as Revenues Climb Spotify’s CFO is out days after mass layoffs Spotify and its CFO Paul Vogel have decided to part ways Tidal is laying off 10 percent of its staff All the big tech layoffs of 2023 'Washington Post' journalists stage daylong strike under threat of job cuts Satirist 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 Anymore Everything you know about the podcast industry is a lie Here's how to move your subscriptions off Google Podcasts before it shuts down Intuit is shutting down Mint, its popular free budget-tracking app Elon Musk’s ‘Anti-Woke’ AI Is Here, Snowflakes Need Not Apply Google just launched a new AI, and has already admitted at least one demo wasn’t real Amazon, fighting consumer lawsuit, says 'guaranteed' delivery has limits MEDIA CANDY Star Trek: Discovery's Final Season Goes Monster Hunting For a Premiere Date The Last of Us Season 2 Will Debut in 2025 Apple’s sci-fi epic Foundation is coming back for season 3 ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Renewed for Three More Seasons at HBO Disney+ adds a Hulu tab as the streaming services start integrating Titans Robbie Williams Q Magazine Cruel World Festival III PlayStation To Delete A Ton Of TV Shows Users Already Paid For BBC 6 Music’s Alternative Christmas 80(ish) Alternative Christmas A New Wave Christmas Indie Christmas Electronic Christmas Christmas for Goth X-Mas Punk Christmas Peaceful Guitar Christmas Classics The Labours Of Hercule Podcast Darknet Diaries EP 140: REVENGE BYTES APPS & DOODADS Entire team behind popular iPhone video app Filmic reportedly laid off Blackmagic Camera Half of London's famed black cab taxi fleet are now EVs MacWhisper transcription now up to 3x faster on Macs with Apple silicon MacWhisper Thieves return Android phone when they realize it's not an iPhone THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop 23andMe hack now estimated to affect over half of customers 23andMe to Hacked Users: We Won't See You in Court The cops think iOS 17’s NameDrop is dangerous AI is spackle - from Mark Hurst. COX Media group is listening. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Unsubscribe season; Unwrapped & unpaid; Q-bot; META'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'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'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&T Hemisphere; public transit & privacy; gadget catalogs; shaving & 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 "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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/627/ FOLLOW UP Amazon unveils Q, an AI-powered chatbot for businesses Meta turned a blind eye to kids on its platforms for years, unredacted lawsuit alleges Instagram reportedly served up child-sexualizing reels to followers of teen influencers Guy Brags About "Stealing" Millions of Pageviews by Rewriting Competitors' Articles Using AI Neil Gaiman’s Radical Vision for the Future of the Internet Seven years after Elon Musk started The Boring Company, the company only has 2.4 miles of tunnel to show for it IN THE NEWS Cristiano Ronaldo faces $1 billion class-action lawsuit for endorsing worthless NFTs Mass layoffs reportedly hit Marvel Snap publisher Nuverse A popular female coding influencer's Instagram is apparently run by a man A 20-year-old Amazon employee died at work. Indiana issued a $7,000 fine. Moscow adds Meta spokesperson to criminal wanted list, TASS reports How Your Child’s Online Mistake Can Ruin Your Digital Life X May Lose Up to $75 Million in Revenue as More Advertisers Pull Out Elon Musk curses out advertisers who left X over antisemitic content X CEO Linda Yaccarino publicly backs Musk after he says 'f*ck yourself' to advertisers After 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 him Tesla starts releasing to employees FSD v12 – a critical update to self-driving effort MEDIA CANDY Milli Vanilli Squid Game Challenge Slow Horses Doctor Who: The Star Beast Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies On the Importance of Showing Trans Struggles The Crown Season 6 Welcome to Wrexham Season 2 APPS & DOODADS AI Video is Animating Classic Memes Generative AI for Beginners - A Course No-Bullshit Games IKEA's new smart home sensors focus on safety and avoiding water damage Google is investigating a Drive issue that causes files to go missing New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive Millions of new materials discovered with deep learning AT THE LIBRARY The Last Emperox (The Interdependency Book 3) by John Scalzi Galaxy Outlaws: The Complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions, 1-16.5 by J. S. Morin Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Important Changes to the Comixology app starting December 4, 2023 George R.R. Martin Has No (New) Pages THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop CEO Reminds Everyone His Company Collects Customers' Sleep Data to Make Zeitgeisty Point About OpenAI Drama US Senator calls for the public release of AT&T ‘Hemisphere’ surveillance records Smarter...

While we were away; Thanksgiving gratitude bombs; OpenAI's overworked HR department; Meta disbands Responsible AI team; Truth Social hemorrhaging money; no idea how many people Cruise have hit; JenniCam & Justin.tv; Binance money laundering; Jason vs CZ; YouTube adblocking causing "suboptimal viewing experiences"; Amazon'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'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 "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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/626/ WHILE WE WERE AWAY Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team Trump’s Truth Social Has Lost $73M Since Launch, New Filing Shows Feds Have No Idea How Many Times Cruise Driverless Cars Hit Pedestrians Cruise's Kyle Vogt resigns as CEO of the robotaxi company Cruise co-founder resigns following CEO exit IN THE NEWS Binance Founder Agrees to Plead Guilty to Violating Money Laundering Rules Google admits YouTube's war on ad blockers is resulting in 'suboptimal viewing' experiences Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed 'Olympus' -sources OpenAI drops a big new ChatGPT feature with a joke about its CEO drama MEDIA CANDY The Night Manager Lawmakers Press Apple on Whether Jon Stewart’s Show Was Canceled Because of China Concerns Senator Joaquin Castro on the WBD decision to cancel the Coyote vs. ACME movie The Traitors Season 2 Features an All-Star Reality TV Cast Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test The Pigeon Tunnel Slow Horses Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Asteroid City Americanish Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love Darker Waves Festival The James Webb telescope is a giant leap in the history of stargazing. The President's Daily Brief Monday Movie Marathon Not Today Pal APPS & DOODADS How to try out the new double tap gesture on your old Apple Watch A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees Spotify confirms it won't offer payouts for songs with fewer than 1,000 plays Sonos' long-rumored headphones will reportedly arrive by April 2024 THE DARK SIDE WITHOUT DAVE Dave Filoni Just Got a Bigger, More Important Star Wars Job Apple Watch battery life bug is fixed with watchOS 10.1.1 AutoZone warns almost 185,000 customers of a data breach See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Adventures in Covid; Bored Ape NFT event causes severe eye-burn; WeWork files for bankruptcy; Microsoft watermarks for deepfakes; Cruise's robotaxis even worse than previously reported; OpenAI's expanding; Google generative AI ads; bros on a boat; AI bot engages in insider trading, lying about it; Loki, the Marvels & 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 "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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/625/ FOLLOW UP Bored Ape NFT event attendees report ‘severe eye burn’ Sam Bankman-Fried and the People Who Gave Up Their Money for Nothing Citation Needed IN THE NEWS WeWork files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Microsoft offers politicians protection against deepfakes Things are going from bad to worse for Cruise's robotaxis Could 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 Miles Everything announced at OpenAI's first developer event Google brings generative AI to ads Google Announces Expansion of AI Partnership with Anthropic The 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 future Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform AI bot capable of insider trading and lying, say researchers MEDIA CANDY Loki ‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before Hollywood studios reportedly want to recycle dead actors’ AI likenesses without family permission Darren Aronofsky Will Direct an Elon Musk Biopic for A24 Disney+ Adds Nearly 7 Million Subscribers, Still Loses Money Marianne Faithfull Covers Album Features Iggy Pop, Shirley Manson, Cat Power, and More Star Trek: Quantum Filament The Traitors Australia Stanford Prison Experiment: Zimbardo’s Famous Study APPS & DOODADS Thousands of people are uninstalling ad blockers after YouTube's big crackdown YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy laws The Humane AI Pin Gets Its Big Reveal But We Still Have a Lot of Questions AT THE LIBRARY The Last Emperox: The Interdependency, Book 3 by John Scalzi The Expanse's James S.A. Corey Announces a New Sci-Fi Trilogy Spotify brings 15 hours of monthly audiobook listening to Premium subscribers in the U.S. CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Hospitalized After Possible Stroke See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.