526: In Over Their Cleggs
Grumpy Old Geeks13 Okt 2021

526: In Over Their Cleggs

Toxic environments on the Enterprise; FB & IG, down again; Instagram wants teens to "take a break" but not sure how; Nick Clegg's vacant words; Magic Leap is back & raking in the cash; Twitch leak reveals full source code, financial data; you oughta get in twitching; celebrity crypto shilling; GM wants you to subscribe to their cars; Apple Developer Academy; tech startups lie; Foundation renewed Storytime with Seth Rogan; Dave Chappelle; the Expanse; Apple TV 4k; iPhone vs Android privacy; Twitter recommends you not go on Twitter; do you or don't you need a VPN?

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Blue Origin delays William Shatner's spaceflight to October 13th

The renowned programmer who created PHP "hates programming" and said he's "not a real programmer."


IN THE NEWS

Facebook and Instagram are down for the second time this week

Instagram will encourage teens to 'take a break'

Facebook’s Oversight Board will meet with the Facebook whistleblower

Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation

My First Year at Magic Leap and the Opportunity Ahead

Twitch's source code and streamer payment figures have been leaked following hack

Twitch Data Leak Confirms The 100 Highest-Paid Streamers

Celebrity Crypto Shilling Is a Moral Disaster

GM aims to build Netflix-sized subscription business by 2030

Apple opens Developer Academy in Detroit, creating new opportunities for careers in the iOS app economy

Lifestyles of the Rich and Gullible: Theranos and Ozy Edition


MEDIA CANDY

‘Foundation’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple

Storytime with Seth Rogen

Dave Chappelle The Closer

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Defends Dave Chappelle Special in Staff Memo: ‘Artistic Freedom’ Is Different for Stand-Up (EXCLUSIVE)

Watch the first trailer for The Expanse season 6, arriving December 10th

Baking Impossible: The great nerdish bake-off for the engineering set


APPS & DOODADS

iPhone apps no better for privacy than Android, Oxford study finds

Apple now requires all apps to make it easy for users to delete their accounts

Twitter will now warn you before you participate in a conversation that could get heated

Gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers to be banned under new California law

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SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

You Probably Don't Need a VPN


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The Lindenbaum Prize for short gamebook fiction


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283: Hi, Victim.

283: Hi, Victim.

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282: An Apple Under My Butt

282: An Apple Under My Butt

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281: The InterCops

281: The InterCops

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280: People Are the Bottlenecks

280: People Are the Bottlenecks

Fireside follow-up; creepy TVs; Zuck ain't enough; Uber safety; Snapchat's slow steady decline; OCR is now AI; Adware removal tools spying; dangerous drones; drunk on a plane movie reviews; yes, the Orville; deleting your social media; feedback loop; crypto ball! Show notes at http://gog.show/280 This episode is brought to you by Privacy. For a free $5 credit visit privacy.com/gog! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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279: Live from Fireside 2018

279: Live from Fireside 2018

Coming to you live in front of a studio audience from the 2018 Fireside Conference in Canada, where the milk comes in bags and the vodka comes in cans; AI buzzword bingo; what not to do as a start up; Elon Musk, up in smoke; Stop BEZOS Act; you can't give away crypto; white hats go rogue; send in the mounties! Show notes at http://gog.show/279 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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278: A Sinking Ship Brings Down All Boats

278: A Sinking Ship Brings Down All Boats

Rejected by Instagram; Petro nonexistent; genesis of the gig economy; unpaid moderators & "volunteers"; Facebook's private groups; UBI is hard; robot-safe jobs; NASA product endorsements; Follow This; ASMR; Mr. Robot goes offline; Jaron Lanier; we gotta fight, for our right, to scoooooter! Show notes at http://gog.show/278 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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277: I Am A Cautionary Tale

277: I Am A Cautionary Tale

Google's Rigged!; the dangers of opt-out; FTC investigating crowdfunding; Amazon vs Bernie; Yahoo still reading your email; NotPetya, cyberwar; McAfee hacked, again; everything's better on the blockchain; Alexa & Santa Claus; Nikon; Instagram verification; smart tattoos. http://gog.show/277 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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276: Perfectly Imperfect

276: Perfectly Imperfect

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