Grumpy Old Geeks30 Syys 2023

620: Hello Sluts!

Authentic pub experiences; Yaccarino's bad X week; Amazon monopoly lawsuit; FTC challenging Microsoft's Activision bid, again; H&R Block, Meta & Google slapped with RICO lawsuit; Epic Games layoffs, sells Bandcamp; Meta ignored Metaverse for AI, no one wants their insane visions; California governor Newsom vs Teamsters; US electrical grid in trouble; human radiologists still better than AI; Pudgy Penguins & NFT stories; torrents are 20 years old; Getty goes AI; WGA strike ends; Tinder Select; desalination system, maybe; AG Riddle, John Scazli, Douglas Adams & Asimov's Foundation; Ultra 2 review; Ahsoka; delivery robots & privacy; good evening, Bismark!

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FOLLOW UP

Elon Musk and X/Twitter's CEO Can't Seem to Agree on Whether Their Election Integrity Team Is 'Gone'

Watch Linda Yaccarino’s wild interview at the Code Conference

IN THE NEWS

U.S. Accuses Amazon of Illegally Protecting Monopoly in Online Retail

Amazon Bedrock is available now.

The FTC is challenging Microsoft’s $69 billion buyout of Activision again

H&R Block, Meta, and Google Slapped With RICO Suit, Allegedly Schemed to Scrape Taxpayer Data

Epic Games is laying off 16 percent of its workforce and selling Bandcamp

Meta’s metaverse is getting an AI makeover

MARK ZUCKERBERG SHOWS OFF WILDLY IMPROVED METAVERSE WITH LIFELIKE AVATARS

California governor vetoes a bill requiring humans in autonomous big rigs

Gavin Newsom Under Fire From Teamsters Over Veto of Driverless Truck Bill

Meta to Push for Younger Users With New AI Chatbot Characters

The US electrical grid is in desperate need of upgrades, watchdog warns

Human radiologists beat AI in diagnosing common lung diseases on X-rays

Walmart to sell Pudgy Penguins toyline in 2,000 stores

Your NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally Worthless

News flash: 95% of NFTs have ALWAYS been worthless

If You Invested $1,000 In Donald Trump NFTs, Here's How Much You Would Have Today

REDEEM YOUR TRUMP DIGITAL TRADING CARDS SERIES 1 PRIZE NFTs

MEDIA CANDY

The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old

Getty is going to offer AI-generated images after all

The WGA strike ends with protections against AI set in place

APPS & DOODADS

macOS Sonoma is now available

GeoDefense HD

Tinder’s $500 a month tier is here

Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water

AT THE LIBRARY

Quantum Radio by AG Riddle

Slow Time Between the Stars (The Far Reaches Collection) by John Scalzi

Making It So - A Memoir by Patrick Stewart

42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams by Douglas Adams & Kevin Jon Davies

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

A food delivery robot's footage led to a criminal conviction in LA

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Michael Gambon, Who Portrayed Dumbledore in Harry Potter Films, Dead at 82

Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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