Grumpy Old Geeks22 Jun 2024

653: To Violate, or Not to Violate?

Opting out of META AI data training; 11 steps, or be in the EU; why I hate Elon, let me count the ways; SCiFi Foods, Fisker shut down; social media warning labels; TikTok child privacy case; Safe SuperIntelligence; Apple Pay Later discontinued; Adobe lawsuit; Amazon labor law fines; emotion canceling & mental shields; Dell return to work not working; real phot wins AI image contest; Time Bandits reboot, Spaceballs sequel; the Boys; Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution; Runway Gen-3; SoundLabs; McDonalds ditches drive-thru AI; the Acolyte & Oreos; small home projects that spin out of control.

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IN THE NEWS

Tesla investors sue Elon Musk for diverting carmaker’s resources to xAI

SPACEX'S STARLINK MAY BE KEEPING THE OZONE FROM HEALING, RESEARCH FINDS

SpaceX debuts portable Starlink Mini for $599

Buzzy Bay Area lab-grown meat company shuts down

Fisker is the latest EV startup to declare bankruptcy

Social media apps with tobacco-like warning labels? It may happen

Surgeon General Can't Convince Himself on Social Media Warning

The FTC has referred its child privacy case against TikTok to the Justice Department

Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's former chief scientist, launches new AI company

Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users’ data, bowing to regulatory pressure

Apple discontinuing Apple Pay Later, ahead of new features launching this fall

Apple Pay Later withdrawal likely because of a law passed in 1968

The US has sued Adobe over early termination fees and making subscriptions hard to cancel

Amazon faces nearly $6 million in fines over California labor law violations

Call Centers Introduce ‘Emotion Canceling’ AI as a ‘Mental Shield’ for Workers

More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus

Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”

Pornhub prepares to block five more states rather than check IDs

Artist Wins AI Image Contest with Real Photo, Then Gets Disqualified

MEDIA CANDY

Apple TV+ announces the date for “Time Bandits” starring Lisa Kudrow

Shaun of the Dead

The Boys

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

The Schwartz Is With Us: That Spaceballs Sequel Is Apparently Actually Happening

MoviePass Gets Investment From Comcast's Forecast Labs

APPS & DOODADS

Affinity Suite

Mylio

Apple @ Work: If you think Apple 'Sherlocked' 1Password, you aren't paying attention

Don’t Expect a Next-Gen Apple Vision Pro Anytime Soon

Final Cut Camera and Updates to Final Cut Pro for iPad and Mac Are Available Today

Runway Gen-3 Can Make AI Videos of 'Photorealistic Humans'

The World’s Largest Music Company Is Helping Musicians Make Their Own AI Voice Clones

McDonald's Ditches AI Drive-Thru Partnership With IBM

GOP Candidate Endorsed By ‘Back From The Dead’ MLK In Unhinged AI Video

U.S. House of Representatives Narrowly Passes DJI Drone Ban Bill

Your Apple Watch can now control DJI Osmo Mobile gimbals

TDK claims insane energy density in solid state battery breakthrough

Get ready for a wave of Threads apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Only Malware in the Building

The Acolyte

Star Wars Oreos

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again

Giants legend Willie Mays dies at 93

Donald Sutherland Dead at 88

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