506: Category 5 Super-Karen
Grumpy Old Geeks12 Touko 2021

506: Category 5 Super-Karen

Wait, Uber & Lyft's model doesn't work?; layers upon layers of copyright infringement in NFT; Lord Musk of the Doge-dorks; DOGE-1 to the Moon; Signal makes some honest ads, Facebook not a fan; Twitter puts a pause on mean replies; pay your airbag subscriptions; internet harassment; the Mitchells vs the Machines; vaccine passports & live shows; Audio-Technica record player; Microsoft stops Windows 10x; Beelink PC; Chia pets; Sony's groundbreaking DAT player; Project Hail Mary; ham feedback; Star Wars; DarkSide Colonial Pipeline cyberattack; hacking AirTags.

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Show notes at https://gog.show/506

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Seth “LastXwitness” Miranda

AdoramaXP

The 2017 Battle Over Net Neutrality Somehow Keeps Getting Weirder

More Quarterly Losses From Uber, Lyft Suggest the Current Ride-Hailing Model Just Doesn’t Work

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Autopilot couldn’t have been engaged during fatal Tesla crash, NTSB says

IN THE NEWS

Elon Musk’s SNL Episode Was a Real Rollercoaster for Dogecoin

SpaceX will launch a Dogecoin-funded Moon satellite

40 state attorneys general sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg urging Facebook to abandon plans to build an Instagram app for kids under 13

Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned

Only 4 percent of US iPhone users have agreed to app tracking after iOS 14.5

Twitter begins to show prompts before people send ‘mean’ replies

This Motorcycle Airbag Vest Will Stop Working If You Miss a Payment

A Vast Web of Vengeance

MEDIA CANDY

The Mitchells vs. The Machines | Official Trailer | Netflix

Vaccine Passports

APPS & DOODADS

Audio-Technica Direct-Drive Turntable (Analog, Wireless & USB) AT-LP120XBT-USB

Microsoft has reportedly stopped development of Windows 10X

Beelink SEi8 Mini PC Windows10 Pro, 8th Generation Intel i5-8259U Processor,16GB DDR4/512GB SSD,Gigabit Ethernet,4K HD,Dual HDMI,WiFi 6,BT5.0,Fan,Support Auto Power On

How Sony paved the way for modern music production

AT THE LIBRARY

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Star Wars Timeline

Wookieepedia

Pipeline cyberattack was likely the work of a ransomware gang

It’s already possible to hack an AirTag

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Tawny Kitaen, ’80s Music Video Vixen and ‘Bachelor Party’ Star, Dies at 59

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