380: Echo Chamber
Grumpy Old Geeks28 Sep 2019

380: Echo Chamber

Adventures with Apple; Goop isn't science; Facebook gives up on fixing itself; Uber looking for a pivot, still bad; Amazon wants to write facial recognition rules; tech unicorns not doing well; Match sued; burner emails; right to be forgotten, forgotten; Doordash hack; Ring wants in; DNA data guidelines; all the Alexas.

Show notes at https://gog.show/380

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716: Release the CrackerBot!

716: Release the CrackerBot!

The world is a dumpster fire, confirmed. Following California's landmark AI safety bill SB 53, the head of Nvidia is allegedly "quaking in his boots"—which is a good sign, unlike the news that the "Ni...

3 Okt 20251h 13min

715: Our Wizard Lies

715: Our Wizard Lies

Grumpy Old Geeks is back with another round of righteous griping and eyebrow-raising headlines in Episode 715: Our Wizard Lies. We kick things off in FOLLOW UP, where TikTok is still the geopolitical ...

26 Sep 20251h 7min

714: Crossfade This

714: Crossfade This

The internet continues its chaotic march, with a TikTok deal potentially happening (for real this time, maybe), while LimeWire bought the Fyre Fest brand, because more viruses are always a great idea....

19 Sep 20251h 22min

713: Ourovibeos

713: Ourovibeos

This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, we're diving headfirst into the digital dumpster fire, starting with follow-up that will make you wonder if the rich are finally getting their comeuppance. It seems Tesl...

12 Sep 20251h 22min

712: Preparation WTF

712: Preparation WTF

The internet's still broken, folks, and apparently, AI's here to make it more awkward. Intel caught a break from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act, cool for them, not so much for those 'flashing warning signs' in...

5 Sep 20251h 12min

711: Oh Thank Heaven

711: Oh Thank Heaven

Remember when we thought AI was going to bring about utopia or Skynet? Turns out, it's mostly just a bunch of fancy spreadsheets, a potential bubble ready to burst (looking at you, Nvidia), and a lega...

29 Aug 202544min

710: Mass Delusion Events

710: Mass Delusion Events

Remember all that "AI is gonna change everything" nonsense the kids were screaming about just a few months ago? Yeah, about that. It turns out 95% of corporate generative AI pilots are, to use a techn...

22 Aug 20251h 17min

709: Grumpy Old Gardeners

709: Grumpy Old Gardeners

Well, strap in, because this week the tech world decided to set itself on fire just for kicks. First up, Elon Musk’s much-hyped Tesla Diner in Los Angeles is already a culinary disaster, slashing its ...

15 Aug 20251h 12min

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