576: It’s a Meat Problem
Grumpy Old Geeks29 Loka 2022

576: It’s a Meat Problem

Elon is in the Birdhouse; is social media on the way out; we were right about Kanye & self-driving cars; smiles are the new eggs; Ford pivots to data mining; Shutterstock embraces AI-generated art; Apple begrudgingly embraces USB-C; Spotify doesn't follow Apple rules, gets mad; Internet "Radio"; Brian Eno; Andy Prieboy; the Perephrial; big-ass TVs; Doctor Who comes to Disney+; Netflix massive servers; Spark Mail; Bumble AI cyberflashing; stuff of nightmares audio from magnetic field; smart-locks, Level Lock+; Apple OS updates; Andor & Tales of the Jedi; smart Samsung privacy feature; cord-cutting through anger; live theater & the death of public norms; RIP Cracker, Hagrid.

Show notes at https://gog.show/576

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FOLLOW UP

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Pogues’ hard-living former frontman finds success as an artist

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IN THE NEWS

Musk Said to Begin Firing Twitter’s Top Executives

Ford CEO Farley explains the business factors behind Argo AI's shuttering

SpaceX's costlier Starlink internet service for RVs works on moving vehicles

Shutterstock and OpenAI will team up to sell AI-generated stock images

iPhones will get USB-C charging to comply with EU law, Apple SVP confirms

Spotify accuses Apple of impeding its fledgling audiobook business


MEDIA CANDY

Internet Radio

Brian Eno discusses his latest album, art as simulation, and the dangers of "premature sheen"

Andy Prieboy - ONE and ONE MAKE THREE - FORGOTTEN, ABANDONED, UNFINISHED SONGS 1979 - 2021

The Peripheral

Amazon Fire TV 75" Omni Series 4K UHD smart TV with Dolby Vision, hands-free with Alexa

Future ‘Doctor Who’ seasons will air on Disney+


APPS & DOODADS

GOG Discord

Redditor acquires decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage

An AI Created 100,000 Full-Body Photos of People Who Don’t Exist

Bumble open sourced its AI that detects unsolicited nudes

This audio recording of Earth's magnetic field is the "stuff of nightmares"

European Space Agency · The scary sound of Earth's magnetic field

Level’s new Level Lock+ with Apple Home Key is smart lock perfection

Apple releases macOS Ventura, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

Samsung's Maintenance Mode protects your personal data while your phone is out for repair

DEF CON 30 - Andrew Logan - Tracking Military Ghost Helicopters over Washington DC


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Robbie Coltrane Cause Of Death Revealed A Week After The Loss Of ‘Harry Potter’ Star

Cracker

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