528: Stay Grump Ye
Grumpy Old Geeks27 Okt 2021

528: Stay Grump Ye

Jason pivots; health care tech perks; Tesla beta pulled back; Blue Origin space station; Facebook's milk money math; Facebook, we got 'em this time!... er, no; Snap shares plunge with Apple privacy; TRUTH Social hacked pre-launch; WeWork goes public; Invasion; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Foundation; Another Life; ID10T, Curious Creatures podcasts; 20 years since the iPod; Ask Delphi; Facebook data scraping; eyeball scanning for crypto; the splinter net; you won't believe what Dave did this time!

Show notes at https://gog.show/528


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The Pivoteer

What you need to know about egg-freezing, the hot new perk at Google, Apple, and Facebook

Forget Kanye West. He's now officially just Ye

Tesla pulled its latest ‘Full Self Driving’ beta after testers complained about false crash warnings and other bugs

Elon Musk says 'issues' have forced Tesla to pull its latest full self-driving beta

Lyft report reveals more than 4K sexual assaults, 10 fatal physical assaults during 3-year span


IN THE NEWS

Blue Origin announces plans for a commercial space station

Facebook fined a record £50m by UK competition watchdog

Internal Facebook documents highlight its moderation and misinformation issues

Facebook agrees to pay French publishers for news reuse

Facebook’s oversight board faults its policy on preferential treatment.

Snap shares plunge 25% as Apple privacy changes hit ads business

Trump to launch his own social media platform, calling it TRUTH Social

Pranksters have already defaced Trump’s new social network

Twitter’s own research shows that it’s a megaphone for the right. But it’s complicated.

A Changed WeWork Goes Public via SPAC

Warmer welcome for WeWork 2 years later on Wall Street


MEDIA CANDY

Invasion

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Episode 2 Easter Eggs and References

Foundation

Another Life Season 2

ID10T Episode #1138 – Danny Elfman

Curious Creatures


APPS & DOODADS

20 years ago today iPod changed the world, here’s what it means to us

The AI oracle of Delphi uses the problems of Reddit to offer dubious moral advice

Ask Delphi

YouTube will begin demonetizing 'low-quality' kids videos next month


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

In a fit of frustration I made a thing

Here’s the YouTube video that put me over the top

Facebook sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 million users

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman wants to scan your eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency

You Can Get This Free Crypto—If the ‘Orb’ Scans Your Eye

Worldcoin would like you to gaze upon this orb and receive free crypto

Russia Is Censoring the Internet, With Coercion and Black Boxes


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106: Smack Your Remix Up!

106: Smack Your Remix Up!

Rise of the techno-libertarians; Jason says he's not getting an Apple Watch, so next week he'll be reviewing one; Tidal streamlines, Yahoo remixes pink slips; mobilegeddon is upon us; the return of Uber; makers vs Silicon Valley fakers; you own NOTHING. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/106 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

24 Apr 20151h 19min

105: The Lone Chimp

105: The Lone Chimp

Is it real tech news or a joke in Silicon Valley? We're having a hard time telling the difference. Star Wars trailers, emojis & plane wraps; Putin on the Ritz; China's Great Cannon; your password is still "admin", isn't it? oh and... Han freakin' Solo. Show note at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/105 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

17 Apr 20151h 13min

104: 127.0.0.1 is the Loneliest Number

104: 127.0.0.1 is the Loneliest Number

Losing yourself in your digital world, John Oliver attempts to get people to care about privacy, disrupting booze, Bukowski, Hugo's get gamed, backup tips, Beiber, it's a Facebook Life & we finally agree with the FBI on something: Wordpress sucks! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/104 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Apr 20151h 17min

103: A Tidal Wave of Stupid

103: A Tidal Wave of Stupid

We welcome, Tidal, the Ello of streaming; Garbage, photographers & wanting things for free; Periscope harassment; Meer-who?; Bit.ly for fun & profit; Mobilegeddon is coming; Going Clear; Motivational Morrissey; night vision injections! Science FTW. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/103 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3 Apr 20151h 18min

102: 10,000 Moderately Interested Fans

102: 10,000 Moderately Interested Fans

Subscription model evolution from shady to standard, Jenni-Meerkat-Periscope-Cam, content for fun not profit, banging our heads against the privacy wall, all your news are belong to Facebook, X-Files fears, butthurt.me, you & your #@$!ing bubble. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/102 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

27 Mar 20151h 26min

101: Meerkats Without Pants

101: Meerkats Without Pants

Our 2 year anniversary talking elitist buses in SF, legal tender, the Mars One scam, working Tinder, Twitter TV, Meerkat's mistakes, Facebook suicide, Greedo fish, Rollin' Coal, Sexy Time Steaks, Jason sans pants & no one caring about privacy. Again. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/101 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Mar 20151h 54min

100: So Much Universe, and so Little Time

100: So Much Universe, and so Little Time

It's our 100th episode & we've put on our finest black t-shirts to celebrate. We wax nostalgic over guests & listeners, bid a fond farewell to Terry Pratchett & still find time to pick apart Apple, Yik Yak, Google, Twitter, the NSA... you know, the usual. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/100 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

13 Mar 20151h 22min

99: Because Freedom!

99: Because Freedom!

Troll fails & wins, Hillary's email, hot Prius talk, the literal poop hits the fan turbine, Kickstarter fails yet again, Tinder goes ageist, Facebook looks at your account, there is no blue, ad agency tearjerkers & lasers on sharks! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/99 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6 Mar 20151h 29min

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