665: Human Referees
Grumpy Old Geeks14 Syys 2024

665: Human Referees

Gaiman & Good Omens; Waymo means Uber drivers are cooked; local muggers; EU not messing around with Apple, Google; DOJ after Google as well; another genetic testing company with security breach disasters; META scraping Australian users' accounts to train AI; banning social media for children; AI to determine unemployment benefits; Lower Decks; Hope Solo vs US Soccer; Alan Cumming; the Perfect Couple; KAOS; Tears for Fears; FruitJuice; iPhone 16 pre-ordering process; AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids; Flipper Zero; AI Audible narrators; Google AI Notebook podcast generation; RIP, James Earl Jones; Disneyland's Club 33; Overcast follow up; parcopresis & the politics of pooping.


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FOLLOW UP

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Good Omens Season 3 Reportedly Paused Amid Neil Gaiman Controversy

Report: Neil Gaiman May Step Back From Good Omens‘ Final Season

What do Uber drivers make of Waymo? 'We are cooked'

Human drivers keep rear-ending Waymos

Waymo Safety Impact


IN THE NEWS

Apple ordered to pay back its illegal $14.4 billion Irish tax break

Google loses its seven-year fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine

DOJ claims Google has “trifecta of monopolies” on Day 1 of ad tech trial

Google Teams With the Internet Archive to Revive Cache Feature

Genetic Testing Company Must Issue Refunds After Security Breach Disaster

Meta scraped every Australian user's account to train its AI

Australia’s Prime Minister wants to ban social media for children

Google’s AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits

Utah judge blocks law preventing youth from accessing social media freely


MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Lower Decks Is Back One Last Time With a Swashbuckling New Clip

Untold: Hope Solo vs US Soccer

Alan Cumming Wins Best Host Emmy for ‘The Traitors,’ Ending RuPaul’s Eight-Year Streak

The Perfect Couple

KAOS

The Penguin | Official Trailer | Max

Salem's Lot | Official Trailer | Max

Tears for Fears Announce First Live Album Songs for a Nervous Planet, Reveal New Song “The Girl That I Call Home”: Stream

Tears for Fears Announce First Live Album Songs for a Nervous Planet, Reveal New Song “The Girl That I Call Home”: Stream


APPS & DOODADS

FruitJuice

Apple just got authorization for AirPods Pro 2’s hearing aid feature

Meet the first major release of Flipper Zero firmware — version 1.0.

Audible narrators to create voice replicas using AI

Google's AI notebook can generate a podcast about your notes

Man Used Fake Rock Camera to Film 1,000 Women Bathing in Hot Springs

Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

James Earl Jones, Distinguished Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93

“It’s a Cult, and Walt’s the Messiah”: Meet the Couple Who Sued Disney Over Secretive Club 33

Can’t Poop at Work? Why Public Bathrooms Give Us Anxiety

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