525: I’m On a Boat!
Grumpy Old Geeks6 Loka 2021

525: I’m On a Boat!

Oh, Facebook; the things we knew we now know we know and they knew too; AI reckoning; long dark 6 hours of Facebook's soul; Trump sues to get back on Twitter; lip service to climate change from Big Tech; raining drones; the Problem with the Problem with Jon Stewart; Foundation; Ted Lasso; Billions; the Many Saints of Newark; Amazon's terrible new robot; Grammarly; KeyCastr; Disney stories; AirTag Zero-Day; high tech sticker QR attacks; Coinbase; ransomware; DeFi asks nicely, but will punch you; a wealth of show titles too vulgar to use.

Show notes at https://gog.show/525/

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Follow Up

The Great AI Reckoning

Former Google Exec Warns That AI Researchers Are “Creating God”

When I Ran for President, It Messed With My Head

The problem with Amazon’s ‘free college’ benefit

Fireside Chat


IN THE NEWS

Hats off to Twitter

What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know

Is Facebook Down?

Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview

Facebook Stock Tumbles as Controversies Finally Start to Add Up

Whistleblower's SEC complaint: Facebook knew platform was used to "promote human trafficking and domestic servitude"

Donald Trump sues to get his Twitter account back

Google Maps tracks global warming with new “Fire” layer, Tree Canopy tool

Apple, Amazon and others back groups trying to kill US climate legislation

It’s Raining Drones!


MEDIA CANDY

America’s Untold Stories with Eric Hunley and Mark Groubert

The Problem with Jon Stewart

Ted Lasso Season 2

Foundation

Billions

The Many Saints of Newark Review


APPS & DOODADS

Amazon tells Tesla to hold its beer in contest for stupidest-robot-ever-built

Creators of Amazon’s New Robot Secretly Admitted It’s “Terrible”

A Brief History of Adorable, Vaguely Creepy Robot Dogs

Doctor uses iPhone 13 Pro’s Macro camera to check patients’ eyes

Grammarly

KeyCastr

Twitter Advanced Search


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

The Imagineering Story

Xavier Atencio

Apple AirTag Zero-Day Weaponizes Trackers

QR codes could be the next target for cybercriminals — here’s how to protect yourself

Coinbase hackers exploit multi-factor flaw to steal from 6,000 customers

US will bring together 30 countries to tackle ransomware

Bandwidth CEO confirms outages caused by DDoS attack

How China Conquered The Keyboard


MORON OF THE WEEK

DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it

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