612: TwiX are for Kids

612: TwiX are for Kids

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'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!

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IN THE NEWS

Instagram seems to be working on labels for posts 'generated by Meta AI'

Facebook and Instagram Begin Their Canadian News Blackout

Monthly NFT sales fell for fifth consecutive month to $495M in July

China considers limiting kids' smartphone time to two hours per day

Worldcoin says will allow companies, governments to use its ID system

Worldcoin and Kenyan Argue About Who’s Breaking Up With Whom

Uber safety driver involved in fatal self-driving car crash pleads guilty

An Uber change of fortunes

Connected car data privacy under investigation by California regulator

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Elon Musk’s X sues anti-hate researchers for allegedly scraping data from Twitter

X Blue subscribers can now hide their checkmarks

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NASA ACCIDENTALLY CUTS CONTACT WITH VOYAGER 2


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Star Trek Strange New Worlds

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Loki season 2 looks like a race through time and space in new trailer

Foundation Season 2

Good Omens Season 2

65

Shazam: Fury of the Gods

Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3


APPS & DOODADS

Apple surpasses 1 billion paid subscriptions as active devices are double that

Rumor: Apple Watch Series 9 to be available in new color option alongside black titanium Ultra

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THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie

Billionaires Should Not Exist — Here’s Why

Wealth Without Limits: in Defense of Billionaires


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Paul Reubens dead: Pee-wee Herman actor was 70

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163: Da Da Da

163: Da Da Da

What makes a song? Silicon Valley of hardware; 3d printing hype; Atari pivots; sports tech; scrubbing google for Hillary & #fataxl; hacking Zuckerberg; Oklahoma is not OK; Viva la France; Emoji bacon; The Americans; Gibson’s Jesus 2; all aboot Atlas Obscura. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/163 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Kesä 20161h 25min

162: Tronc in the Trunk

162: Tronc in the Trunk

Gates on AI, Stephenson; Musk on neural lace; Troncin’ it; Periscope’s lynch mobs; Facebook ads & deep text; Uber brings back indentured servitude; Daltrey done with new music; Top Gear, Rouge One in trouble; Star Trek swimsuits; Holy Caffeine Batman! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/162 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3 Kesä 20161h 10min

161: Everything We Know Is Wrong

161: Everything We Know Is Wrong

Gig economy, robots & hijacking people's minds; logo heat mapping; Thiel vs Gawker; Uber monitors your battery, won't use info, wink wink; pwned checker; nuclear floppies; Gen-X'rs vs Millennials; competitive vaping. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/161 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

27 Touko 20161h 4min

160: Get your drone off my wall!

160: Get your drone off my wall!

Hamburgers everywhere; Tesla takes on touts; Amazon takes over; home automation not worth it; .blog; the death of class action lawsuits; LinkedIn hack; Babelfish; Kapture; Intuit sucks; conspiracy morons; deep thoughts by the Geeks; our law of reboots. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/160 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Touko 20161h 17min

159: The Text Pistols

159: The Text Pistols

Austin takes a stand against Uber, Lyft, Apple invests in Didi Chuxing; Parsey McParseface; Web brutalism; Facebook news curation; Twitter & Dataminr spy but not for the government; Rule 41; The Grand Tour; Peachy Printer building houses; Drink ’Murica! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/159 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

13 Touko 201653min

158: It's Neat!

158: It's Neat!

The grumps are back in the saddle; bots in the wild; Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Tinder & Facebook shenanigans; Apple Music steals music, Reznor to the rescue; OpenAI; BeautifulPeople hacked; Tilt Brush; ResetPlug; Twin Peaks cast; Star Trek is back; Oldchella! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/158 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6 Touko 20161h 2min

157: U.S.S. Irony

157: U.S.S. Irony

Dig if you will, this podcast; big GOG news; drone attack; science replication crisis; suing Kanye; get to know your new cash; Comcast kills the box; Alphabet rewards negative realities; Twilight Zone returns as a choose your own adventure; black holes! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/157 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Huhti 201651min

156: I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha

156: I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha

Bots, bots & bots; Tesla's real innovation; Apple ends allowances; augmented reality caffeine environments; no texting in AMC; Homeland Security hates Quicktime; blocklisting Sweden; the IllumiBowl; Star Wars history; the worst Kickstarter, ever; BEES! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/156 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Huhti 20161h 14min

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