615: Cat, I Farted
Grumpy Old Geeks26 Elo 2023

615: Cat, I Farted

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 & crypto collapses; jail vegan diets; if you're gonna launder, launder big; food delivery is tanking; the Feds tried to get what the Chinese do with TikTok; Gizmodo's killer headlines; Code Llama, rusted; The Peripheral canceled, Frasier returns; Dune 2 delayed; the Matildas; last chance for Devo, OMD; Youtube's AI plan; Threads on the web; Photoshop's generative refill on old photos; Wipeout code; frivolous & not so frivolous lawsuits; Ahsoka; Wirecutter; dystopian fiction; Radio Shack would like your address, again.


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FOLLOW UP

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

Fyre Fest 2 tickets go on sale, despite no line-up or venue

The Internet’s Next Great Power Suck


IN THE NEWS

Nvidia just made $6 billion in pure profit over the AI boom

Godfather NFTs Weren’t Enough to Prevent Recur From Sleeping With the Fishes

Sam Bankman-Fried isn't getting his Adderall and is surviving on 'bread and water,' lawyers say

Former OpenSea Executive Sentenced to Three Months in Prison for Insider Trading

DOJ charges Tornado Cash co-founders for laundering over $1 billion in crypto

The Era of Food Delivery Is Fading

The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features

Peloton's Business Is as Busted as Its Bike Seats

Zoom CEO Says Employees Need to Be in the Office Because It's Hard to Build Trust Over Zoom

A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space Junk

Introducing Code Llama, a state-of-the-art large language model for coding


MEDIA CANDY

"The Peripheral" has been canceled at Amazon'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 Strike

Matildas: The World At Our Feet

Devo Has the Uncontrollable Urge to Retire

YouTube is working on a plan to compensate artists and rightsholders for AI music

Our principles for partnering with the music industry on AI technology

I’m an Apple TV channels customer. Can I stream Paramount+ via the Apple TV app?


APPS & DOODADS

Threads on the web is here

People are Using Photoshop's Generative Fill to Restore Old Photos

Leaked Wipeout source code leads to near-total rewrite and remaster

Judge dismisses lawsuit claiming Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor has a racial bias.

US judge: Art created solely by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Ahsoka

Star Wars B-Wing Drone Footage

What Happened to Wirecutter?

RadioShack’s NSFW Period Appears Over, as New Owner Plots a Brand Expansion

The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook Your SAT Scores


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Adobe Co-Founder Dr. John Warnock Has Passed Away

WWE legend Terry Funk dead at 79

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