623: Super Spanx!
Grumpy Old Geeks28 Okt 2023

623: Super Spanx!

Our AI Super Hero, Cyber Sentinel, is joined by Tech Guardian & DataWraith; Happy Xiversary, everything Elon has broke in one year; SBF talking himself into jail; California suspends Cruise; robotaxi pushback increases; Uber driverless Waymo in Phoenix; AI & machine learning, again; poison pill for AI art generators; social media lawsuits; EVs & hybrids; Daniel Ek's Spotify whining, new royalty models; Get Gotti; Beckham & Messi; Loki; HQ Trivia doc; Apple workarounds; Urban Outfitter's vintage iPods; Word is 40; Scalzi & King; Flipper Zero; Dave is back on Facebook; self-righteous, f'ing liberal moronic comments.


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Show notes at https://gog.show/623/


FOLLOW UP

Happy anniversary to Elon Musk’s Twitter

Everything Elon Musk Broke in the Year He’s Owned Twitter

Elon Musk predicts X will replace banks in 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried is going to talk himself right into jail


IN THE NEWS

California DMV suspends Cruise’s driverless permits

Robotaxi pushback grows in Los Angeles as Cruise loses permits

Uber starts offering fully autonomous Waymo rides in Phoenix

Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to 'rebuild public trust'

Americans think AI is bad news for data privacy

White House to unveil sweeping AI executive order next week

University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade

Google ordered to pay $1 million to female exec who sued over gender discrimination

The Supreme Court will hear case on government’s contacts with social media companies

FTC Plans to Add Child Psychologists to Address Internet's Impact on Kid's Mental Health

41 states sue Meta for harming the mental health of its youngest users

GM and Honda punt on plan to build millions of affordable EVs together

Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensive


MEDIA CANDY

DANIEL EK: I launched Spotify in the UK 15 years ago. But I fear I couldn't do that today because Apple is a barrier to innovation

Spotify looks set to overhaul its royalty model next year

Get Gotti

Beckham

Messi Meets America

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Frasier Is Still Listening

Loki

Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia

Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia - Wikipedia

Milli Vanilli

Apple TV+ Just Jacked Up Its Prices (Again)


APPS & DOODADS

How to customize double tap on the Apple Watch

Urban Outfitters is selling ‘vintage retro’ iPods and millennials’ feelings are hurt

Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out

Amazon Rolls Out Passkeys as Big Tech Bids Farewell to Passwords

Microsoft Word Is 40 Years Young and Here to Make You Feel Old


AT THE LIBRARY

The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency Book 1) by John Scalzi

Stephen King's The Stand Lives Again with New Anthology Book


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

You Should Probably Buy a Flipper Zero Before It's Too Late

Flipper Zero

Internet artifacts


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

'SHAFT' STAR RICHARD ROUNDTREE DEAD AT 81

Grant Imahara

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