524: Scripted Stupid
Grumpy Old Geeks29 Syys 2021

524: Scripted Stupid

Deepmind doesn't know how to fix AI; virtual staging; White Claw Surge; crypto unaffected by China news; Instagram for Kids, paused; Samsung's brain; Apple Wallet & vax cards; ravens attacking drones; Shatner in spaaaaccee; Imagineering Story; Sex Ed season 3; the Great Escapists; Foundation; Dune; the Witcher, for kids; Goliath; Nirvana; multiple timers in WatchOS; Cook is a gangster; Tiny Food Fight; iPad Mini; Star Wars: Visions; puppet shows to podcasts; file systems, do we need them; Mini's turn signals; strange blobs on Uranus.

Show notes at https://gog.show/524

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FOLLOW UP

DeepMind tells Google it has no idea how to make AI less toxic

The Framework Laptop is now shipping!

The Framework is the most exciting laptop I’ve ever used


IN THE NEWS

Bitcoin, ether, and major altcoins tumble on news that China will completely ban all crypto transactions

Instagram for kids paused after backlash

California makes zero-emission autonomous vehicles mandatory by 2030

Samsung hopes to 'copy and paste' the brain to 3D chip networks

Apple Wallet update will allow digital COVID-19 vaccination card

Bird attacks on drones force Google to suspend home deliveries

William Shatner will boldly go into space with Bezos’s Blue Origin


MEDIA CANDY

The Imagineering Story

Sex Education Season 3

The Great Escapists

They Said Foundation Couldn't Be Filmed, and It Still Hasn't Been

Dune

Sandman First Look

Cowboy Bebop Trailer

Netflix's 'The Witcher' plans include season 3 and a kids' series

Goliath Season 4

Live nirvana concert chronology october 12, 1991 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL


APPS & DOODADS

Apple turns post-lawsuit tables on Epic, will block Fortnite on iOS

Apple TV 4K

Tiny Food Fight

New iPad mini owners report 'jelly scrolling' problems


AT THE LIBRARY

Quit Repeating Yourself: How Today's Leaders Are Using Systems and Processes to Grow Their Business The Right Way by Jaime Jay

Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Dave Bittner: From puppet shows to podcasts.

Only Murders in the Building

Star Wars: Visions

Gen Z Kids Apparently Don’t Understand How File Systems Work

Lithuanian defence ministry urges people to 'throw away' Chinese phones after discovering censorship tools

Apple ‘Still Investigating’ Unpatched and Public iPhone Vulnerabilities


MORON OF THE WEEK

Congratulations, Mini, You Made The Stupidest Turn Signals Ever


BRIC-A-BRAC

Maps That Show Us A New Perspective

SCIENTISTS INTRIGUED BY STRANGE BLOBS ON URANUS


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