650: The Ewok Line
Grumpy Old Geeks1 Kesä 2024

650: The Ewok Line

Google AI search is a mess; robocall fines; no one wants a used Tesla; Neumann gives up on WeWork; OpenAI, Twitch give up pretending they have Safety Advisory boards; Vimeo says no to AI; xAI raises 6 billion; massive Ticketmaster hack; Star Trek Discovery ends; Moana 2; Stax: Soulsville USA; Ken Burns the Civil War; Wu-Tang Clan album; the Night Manager; Sony Pictures to focus on AI; Showrunner app; ICQ shuts down; Instagram "limit" & "restrict"; SEO is dead; UniSuper cloud gets nuked; Amazon AI-powered Fire TV search; no one really understands clouds; the Ewok Line; we are all nostalgic for our youth; RIP Richard Sherman; Bats Day at the Park.

Show notes at https://gog.show/650


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FOLLOW UP

Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up

Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good

Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls faces $6 million fine and criminal charges

FCC Proposes $6M Fine For N.H. Robocalls

Who Wants to Buy 30,000 Used Teslas From Hertz?


IN THE NEWS

WeWork Founder Adam Neumann Abandons Bid to Regain Control of the Company

OpenAI’s new safety team is led by board members, including CEO Sam Altman

Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council

Vimeo Sides With Creators, Will Not Allow AI Companies to Scrape Content

The Atlantic and Vox Media made their own deal with the AI Devil

Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B from Valor, a16z, and Sequoia

xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion.

Elon Musk Blind With Rage After Analysts Recommend Rejecting His $56 Billion Pay Package

Meta caught an Israeli marketing firm running hundreds of fake Facebook accounts

Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities

Ticketmaster Hack Reveals Sensitive Data for 560 Million People


MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Discovery

Moana 2

Stax: Soulsville U.S.A

The Civil War: A Film By Ken Burns

Wu-Tang Clan: Fans can finally get a chance to listen to the band’s one copy album… but there’s a catch

'Dungeons & Dragons' Live-Action Series Not Going Forward @ Paramount+

‘The Night Manager’ Returns With Supercharged Two-Season Order At BBC & Amazon; Tom Hiddleston Back To Star With Hugh Laurie As EP

Sony Pictures Will Cut Film Costs 'Using AI, Primarily'

This AI App Lets You Create Your Own TV Episodes That Look Just Like ‘South Park’


APPS & DOODADS

ICQ is shutting down after almost 28 years

Instagram is expanding its anti-bullying features for teens

An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them

Google Cloud explains how it accidentally deleted a customer account

Sharing details on a recent incident impacting one of our customers

Hands-on with Amazon’s new AI-powered Fire TV search - The Verge


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

No One Really Understands Clouds

Hate "The Phantom Menace"? The Ewok Line theory could explain why

America’s best decade, according to data

Disney Musician Richard Sherman Has Died at Age 95

Bats Dat in the Fun Park

Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Spizz Energi - Wheres Captain Kirk - (Official Video 1979)

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