575: Regretted Attrition
Grumpy Old Geeks22 Loka 2022

575: Regretted Attrition

Automated-tech vehicle deaths; Twitter tumbles as Musk deals reviewed; Amazon's bad news week - unions, attrition costs & lawsuits; Bird migrating out of markets; in Uber ads are coming; Microsoft layoffs; Reddit NFTs booming; Kanye & Parler; Metaverse attrition; Meta has to sell Giphy; Unstoppable Domains stopped; Keanu returning to franchises; She-Hulk gets too meta; Nope is a yep; WB launches LOTR NFTs; Netflix "extra user" fees; Directed by David Lynch; TikTok adult-only livestreams; DuckDuck No Thank You; Discmaster; Apple & Adobe updates; the Forever War; the Walk of Life; Flash, ahhhaaaa!

Show notes at : https://gog.show/575/

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FOLLOW UP

Now it’s getting meta...

11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles


IN THE NEWS

Twitter Tumbles as US Weighs Security Reviews for Musk Deals

Amazon warehouse in Albany votes against unionization

Amazon’s attrition costs $8 billion annually according to leaked documents. And it gets worse.

Amazon faces $1 billion lawsuit over claims it 'tricks' UK customers into paying more

Bird exits Germany, Sweden, Norway and ‘several dozen’ US, EMEA markets

Uber Plans to Advertise to You At Every Stage of Your Ride, Using Your Own Data

Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees

Redditors have created millions of crypto wallets to buy NFT avatars

Kanye West to acquire ‘uncancelable’ social media platform Parler

Leak: Most Facebook Metaverse Users Have Quit in a Month

Meta will have to sell Giphy after losing UK appeal

The GIF Is on Its Deathbed

Unstoppable Domains disables .coin extensions, illustrating an issue with the idea that "you'll always own your NFT"

"Why we’re no longer offering .coin"


MEDIA CANDY

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year

Nope

Warner Bros. teams up with Web3 startup Eluvio to launch ‘Lord of the Rings’ NFTs

Netflix will begin charging 'extra user' fees early next year

Netflix Returns to Growth, Saying the Worst of Slowdown Is Over

First look at 'Ralphie' star Peter Billingsley's returns for 'A Christmas Story' sequel

"Directed by David Lynch" stickers reveal the true nature of our reality

TikTok is raising the age requirement for TikTok Live, adding adult-only livestreams

TikTok appears to be preparing to launch a podcast app

THE WALK OF LIFE PROJECT

Queen unearths 'lost' 1988 track 'Face it Alone' featuring Freddie Mercury


APPS & DOODADS

DuckDuckGo for Mac moves to public beta with cookie pop-up handling, ‘Duck Player,’ more

Discmaster

Apple will release iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura on October 24

Apple’s new M2 iPad Pro arrives October 26

Adobe Photoshop update adds refined selections and AI photo restoration


AT THE LIBRARY

The Forever War, Book 1 by Joe Haldeman

Forever Peace: The Forever War, Book 2 by Joe Haldeman

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