508: PanoptiCondo
Grumpy Old Geeks26 Touko 2021

508: PanoptiCondo

Apple vs Epic; Twitter's verification is back; Chia valuation & IPO; divesting Facebook; a lighthearted look at NFT headlines; US telecoms face no consequences for ripping off the government; Google AI centerpiece of I/O; Virgin Galactic completes flight; streaming Glasto; Gary Numan; the Mosquito Coast; podcasts, podcasts everywhere; Snap's new Spectacles; Muderbots; Amazon's Ringopticon; predictive policing; ransomware & hospitals; more data breaches; Citizen's frightening pivot; caught cheese-handed.

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FOLLOW UP

Tesla driver slept as car was going over 80 mph on Autopilot, Wisconsin officials say

Elon Musk called lidar a ‘crutch,’ but now Tesla is reportedly testing Luminar’s laser sensors

How Apple screwed Facebook

Apple’s Fortnite Trial Ends With Pointed Questions and a Toast to Popeyes

Relaunching verification and what’s next

IN THE NEWS

Blockchain Startup Chia Nabs $500 Million Valuation, Eyes IPO

Tesla, Musk Face Loss on Bitcoin Investment

‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ sold as an NFT, could vanish from YouTube forever

Mark Haines — remembering and honoring a CNBC icon with an NFT auction

The Hollywood Sign Will Be Minted As An NFT

Digital Horses Are the Talk of the Crypto World

CRYPTO PLATES Drop First NFT Vanity Plates on OpenSea

5 Andy Warhol NFTs Are Heading to Auction. Art Experts Question Their Authenticity.

US Telecoms Keep Getting Wrist Slaps For Repeatedly Ripping Off The US Government

Google made AI language the centerpiece of I/O while ignoring its troubled past at the company

Virgin Galactic completes first spaceflight in over two years, in step toward finishing development

MEDIA CANDY

Glastonbury Festival’s first livestreamed event ran into major snags

Gary Numan – Intruder

Gary Numan – Random

The Mosquito Coast

Streaming giant Netflix is expanding its podcasting footprint

Head of Audio/Podcast Programming, Editorial & Publishing

APPS & DOODADS

Snap’s new Spectacles let you see the world in augmented reality

AT THE LIBRARY

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries Book 5) by Martha Wells

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – Narrated by Michael York

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen

Ransomware gang behind Ireland attack also hit US health and emergency networks

Air India breach compromised data for 4.5 million passengers

Chicago’s predictive policing program told a man he would be involved with a shooting.

Cheese photo leads to Liverpool drug dealer’s downfall

MORON OF THE WEEK

Neighbourhood Crime Reporting App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force

Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force

Private Security Force That Works With Citizen Wants the Power to Arrest People

Crime App Citizen Exposed Users’ COVID Data

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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