678: Stop Doing That!
Grumpy Old Geeks21 Joulu 2024

678: Stop Doing That!

WordPress has officially jumped the pineapple, forcing users to agree that pineapple belongs on pizza to log in. Critics call it a kindergarten move, especially when serious feature requests are ignored. Meanwhile, the crypto world is celebrating its new political allies, but experts warn we’re inching toward a financial apocalypse that taxpayers will be stuck cleaning up. On the East Coast, people are mistaking stars for drones while pilots dodge lasers in what’s shaping up to be the plot of a bad sci-fi movie. Oh, and crop circles? Yeah, they’re back because why the hell not?

Elsewhere, TikTok’s battle for survival heads to the Supreme Court, and Character.ai faces backlash for hosting chatbots based on school shooters. Meta’s EU drama escalates over its failure to tackle terrorist content, and Arizona is ditching teachers for AI because who needs humans when you’ve got algorithms?

On the media front, we break down the Star Trek: Lower Decks finale, geek out over Silo’s two-season endgame, and get hyped for Dune: Prophecy and a fresh Superman teaser. Tech talk includes Temu dominating app downloads, Microsoft killing passwords in favor of passkeys, and Spotify pulling a fast one with “ghost artists” to dodge royalties.

On the Dark Side with Dave, we explore the cooler corners of ham radio, AI’s chokehold on creativity, and how surveillance turns your brain into mush. Meanwhile, Amazon’s return-to-office disaster has employees ready to riot, and sci-fi fans can gear up for Peter Cawdron’s Minotaur, the next big hit in his First Contact series.


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Show notes at https://gog.show/678


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Elon Musk, SpaceX reportedly under federal review for undisclosed meetings with foreign leaders

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MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Lower Decks finale

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Super/Man

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Bad Monkey season 2 is coming to Apple TV+

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New Report Alleges Spotify Is Filling Playlists with Ghost Artists to Minimize Royalty Costs

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APPS & DOODADS

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AT THE LIBRARY

3zekiel by Peter Cawdron

Feedback by Peter Cawdron


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

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Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

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Hamfurs

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