664: I Love It When a Ding Dong Comes Together
Grumpy Old Geeks7 Syys 2024

664: I Love It When a Ding Dong Comes Together

SEC AI crackdown; Starlink & X vs Brazil; Navy's STINKY Wi-Fi; Microsoft tool for deepfake scrubbing on Bing; Clearview fines for violating GDPR; Bitcoin ATM scams; mobile phones not linked to brain cancer; NaNoWriMo AI kerfuffle; the Rings of Power; Ticketmaster Oasis dynamic pricing, explained; Sunny; Jesus Jones; Talk Tuah; No Such Podcast; Russian-funded influencers; AI streaming heist; Minecraft Movie; Claude AI powered Alexa; Fantasy Hike; Reeder; Disneyland wrap-up; the high cost of Lego; alternate Star Wars scenes; notalgia paresthetica; our blue is not your blue.


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Show notes at https://gog.show/664


FOLLOW UP

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Katz-Lacabe et al v. Oracle America, Inc.


IN THE NEWS

SEC’s AI Crackdown Signals Trickle of Cases Will Turn to Flood

Social media companies can’t be forced to block teens from seeing ‘harmful’ content, judge rules

Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil's X ban

After seeing Wi-Fi network named “STINKY,” Navy found hidden Starlink dish on US warship

Microsoft gives deepfake porn victims a tool to scrub images from Bing search

Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Images

Clearview faces a €30.5 million for violating the GDPR

Andreessen Horowitz shutters its Miami office after two years

Bitcoin ATM scams have cost Americans over $10 million per month this year

Mobile phones not linked to brain cancer, biggest study to date finds

Donald Trump Says Elon Musk Will Lead 'Government Efficiency' Task Force

NaNoWriMo Says Condemning AI Is ‘Classist and Ableist’


MEDIA CANDY

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2

The UK government will investigate Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing model after Oasis chaos

Sunny

Slow Horses Season 4

Jesus Jones - live at the Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles, August 2024.

AI Sir David Attenborough: Cybertruck's lamprey-like dependency on flatbed trailers

The ‘Hawk Tuah’ Girl Is Starting a Podcast Called ‘Talk Tuah’

Even the NSA now has a podcast

CIA - The Langley Files

Right-Wing Influencers Like Tim Pool Allegedly Paid by Kremlin Influence Campaign

FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist

A Minecraft Movie | Teaser

Disney Halts 'Graveyard Book' Film After Neil Gaiman Allegations


APPS & DOODADS

Amazon's Remarkable Alexa will reportedly run on Claude AI and cost $5-10 per month

Fantasy Hike

Reeder launches new app that unites RSS with video, audio, and social feeds

Reeder: A New Approach to Following Feeds

SetApp

iStat Menus 7

FruitJuice - Defunct...


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

Why Lego Is So Expensive - Business Insider

STAR WARS: ALTERNATE EDIT of SCENE 45 - INTERIOR. KENOBI'S DWELLING

Notalgia paresthetica

Is my blue your blue?


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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Two-time World Cup winner Alex Morgan announces retirement

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