Grumpy Old Geeks30 Heinä 2022

563: Cracker Barrel Enthusiast

Hot, Hot, Hot; Google fires engineer that claimed AI was sentient; Shkreli, Cracker Barrel enthusiast & ponzi schemer, is back; ghosted politician wants to make ghosting a crime; Senate grills Apple, Google over crypto app scams; Jon & Punch & the CHIPS act; Westworld turns the ship around; John Oliver is back; the Old Man; Spotify gains users, loses money, ditches Car Thing; hiding AirTags on bikes; Instagram's very busy week; Twitter Blue price hike; Snapchat+ inexplicably doing well; Tinder "desk mode"; smart scarves; Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler; Star Trek coffee table book; Happy Birthday Dave!

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FOLLOW UP

White House launches a website to help people cope with extreme heat

Google fired engineer who said its AI was sentient

GOOGLE FIRES ENGINEER WHO SAID ITS EXPERIMENTAL AI GAINED SENTIENCE

IN THE NEWS

Martin Shkreli Is Out of Prison, So of Course He's Getting Into web3

A Filipino politician wants to make ghosting a criminal offense

Senate committee chair grills Apple, Google over protection against crypto app scams

CHIPS Act passes House on way to Biden signing

MEDIA CANDY

STAR TREK CONTINUES

‘The Old Man’ Finale: Producers Address Mysterious Morgan & Whether Zoe (And Those Dogs) Will Be Back

Spotify has 188 million Premium users, but continues to lose money

Spotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessory

APPS & DOODADS

Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok

Instagram will survey US users about race to assess if it is ‘fair and equitable’

Instagram Pauses Changes to Feed After Week-Long Drama

Twitter raises the price of its ‘Blue’ subscription for the first time

Social subscription Snapchat+ is already faring better than Twitter Blue

Tinder revives 'Desk Mode' feature for singles returning to the office, offering them a button to quickly hide swiping

Manchester City shows off a smart scarf that tracks fan reactions

Clipdrop

Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard Fiasco Leads to a $50M Settlement

Latest iOS 16 beta limits the ability to edit and delete messages

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AT THE LIBRARY

Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler

Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

David Warner, British Actor Known for ‘The Omen’ and ‘Tron,’ Dies at 80

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