630: Roast Beast
Grumpy Old Geeks23 Des 2023

630: Roast Beast

Last show of the year; YouTube jail; Google; Blue Origin; AI bubbles; dealing with Musk; Hue pink slips; brain-scale supercomputers; more tech fraud; X under EU investigation; Teslas crash most; Adobe Figma deal off; Hyperloop One done; AI dataset riddled with CSAM; Bird goes bankrupt; stop planting trees; Kang verdict; potential Discovery/Paramount merger; the Family Plan; Monarch; Reacher; Slow Horses; Bookie; The Crown; French streaming music tax; Apple Watch sales halted, sorta; iPod wallpapers; TikTok on tablets; VPNs come to Apple TV; Synology sunset; sleeping; a tale of holiday roasts; Happy Holidays!


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FOLLOW UP

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Blue Origin Rebounds With New Shepard's Successful Launch After Previous Mission Failure

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IN THE NEWS


Philips Hue announces job cuts and reorganization amid 'market uncertainty'

World's First Human 'Brain-Scale' Supercomputer Will Go Online in 2024

Nikola founder Trevor Milton sentenced to four years in prison for fraud

X Under Investigation for Spreading ‘Illegal Content’ on Israel and Hamas in EU

Teslas Crash More Than Any Other Brand, Analysis Finds

Adobe Officially Cancels $20 Billion Figma Acquisition

Hyperloop One is reportedly shutting down

How To Build Your Own Custom ChatGPT Bot

Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Material

Billions in Funding Pouring Into Facilities for Sucking Carbon From Atmosphere

Electric scooter rental company Bird files for bankruptcy two years after going public

Guy Who Urged Planting a Trillion Trees Begs People to Stop Planting So Many Trees


MEDIA CANDY

Marvel Drops Jonathan Majors as Kang After Assault Trial Verdict

Actor Jonathan Majors Found Guilty of Assault and Harassment

Tolkien Estate and Amazon Win Court Case for Lord of the Rings Rights

A Potential Warner Bros and Paramount Merger Could Be Hollywood's Next Megacorp

The Family Plan

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Reacher

Slow Horses S3

Bookie

The Crown Season 6, Part Deux

New French streaming music tax would finance a music industry support group. Streamers counter.


APPS & DOODADS

Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales paused in the US due to a patent dispute

Apple Settles Family Sharing Subscription Lawsuit

iPod wallpapers for iPhone: Download these now

TikTok rolls out an enhanced app experience for tablets and foldables

NordVPN comes to the Apple TV

Private Internet Access - Smart DNS on AppleTV

Private Internet Access GOG Deal!

Spark Mail on SetApp

Synology to Sunset DSM 6.2 Operating System: What Users Should Know


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Company Brags About Using Smart Device Microphone Audio to Target Ads on Their Podcast

Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents

Xfinity breach may have affected as many as 35.8 million customers

The DOJ says it disrupted the Blackcat ransomware group

INTERPOL Arrests 3,500 Suspects in Sweeping Cybercrime Operation


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