642: Nerd Plumage
Grumpy Old Geeks30 Maalis 2024

642: Nerd Plumage

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.

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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

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