619: Monkey Gone to Heaven
Grumpy Old Geeks23 Syys 2023

619: Monkey Gone to Heaven

Booting down; Unity, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Hudson & Bill Maher have heard you & have been listening; so much water; Tesla class action; Wayne testing robotaxis in LA; TikTok tracking employees, introduces voluntary AI content labels; Google Bard now lets you double check answers by... Googling, settles privacy lawsuit; some of Elon's Neuralink implant monkeys have, indeed, died, but looking for human volunteers, blue checks to blue chips; Good Omens; the Wheel of Time; Amazon Prime Video adding ads; Russell Brand; Secret Chef; Star Trek; Sex Education; Slow Horses; Microsoft Paint; Mahjong; Apple Watch; Star Wars; Disneyland music; Descript; the Overton Paradox; Zork & retro gaming.

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FOLLOW UP

Unity apologizes and promises to change its controversial game install fee policy

Microsoft’s $69B Activision merger on track for green light

Las Vegas Authorities Want to Know How Much Water Companies Use Before Letting Them Move In

Free Covid-19 Tests


IN THE NEWS

Tesla Detroit Derivative Action Settlement

Waymo begins testing the waters for a robotaxi service in Los Angeles

TikTok Employees Recoil at Return-to-Office Tracker App

TikTok introduces a way to label AI-generated content

Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers

Google settles California lawsuit over its location-privacy practices

Google Quietly Removes ‘Written By People’ From Suggestions for Website Owners

Here are the details on the grisly deaths of Elon Musk’s Neuralink monkeys

Elon Musk's Neuralink Seeks Volunteers for Brain Chip Implant Study

Airbnb Really Is Different Now


MEDIA CANDY

Good Omens Season 2

The Wheel of Time

Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads from early next year

Kate Winslet on War Photographer Lee Miller, and the Film She Was Born to Make

YouTube Demonetizes Russell Brand After Rape Allegations

Secret Chef

Sex Education season 4 review: A fine, if overstuffed, sendoff

Slow Horses Season 3 Release Date Confirmed For December On Apple TV+

The Pigeon Tunnel — Official Trailer | Apple TV+


APPS & DOODADS


Microsoft Paint finally gets support for layers and transparency

Mahjong Solitaire NETFLIX

Amazon Restricts Authors to Self-Publishing Three Books a Day, a Totally Human Amount


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Disneyland: Music Around the Parks

Yesterland!

Disney's Polynesian Village Resort Music 6 Hour Loop

EPCOT Theme Park Music & Ambience

Descript has added a new feature (in Beta) called “Regenerate.”

The Overton Paradox

Play Zork online


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Britain Is Losing Its Precious Pubs

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