533: Schrödinger’s Dorsey

533: Schrödinger’s Dorsey

Zuck on a Truck, Taxis & NFTs; Dorsey departs Twitter; Square becomes Block; Logi are SLOBS; AI accountability; debt collectors wants to slide into your DMs; Elon seems to have misplaced all his money, can't help SpaceX; Shang-Chi; Hawkeye; Cruella; Get Back; Listening to Kenny G; Star Trek: Discovery's feelings; Lost in Space; Iron Maiden podcast; True Story; the Power of the Dog; old ears; Lucid; Blinkist; Craft; Bitmart hacked; scaling moderation issues hit Twitter, eBay; to Facebook or not to Facebook, that is the argument.

Show notes at https://gog.show/533/

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FOLLOW UP

Zuck on a Truck

NFTs: crypto grifters try to scam artists, again

NFT CryptoPunk owner sold it to himself for $532 million in Ethereum

CryptoPunks NFT Tracker

Long-time Lyft CFO departs to become CFO at NFT marketplace OpenSea


IN THE NEWS

Jack Dorsey Has Stepped Down As Twitter CEO

New Twitter CEO has already begun a 'major reorganization'

Square is changing its name to Block

Square, Inc. Changes Name to Block

OBS Project accuses Streamlabs OBS of stealing name and trademark

The movement to hold AI accountable gains more steam

AI Is Discovering Patterns in Pure Mathematics That Have Never Been Seen Before

Debt collectors can now text, email and DM you on social media

Elon Musk Frantically Warns Employees of Potential SpaceX Bankruptcy


MEDIA CANDY

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Hawkeye

Cruella

Get Back

Listening to Kenny G

Star Trek: Discovery

Christopher Moore on Discovery

Lost in Space

Wheel of Time

Watch First Episode Of IRON MAIDEN Singer BRUCE DICKINSON's 'Psycho Schizo Espresso' Video Podcast

True Story

The Power of the Dog

Laurence Fishburne Was Never Told Why ‘Matrix 4’ Left Him Out: ‘You Have to Ask Lana Wachowski’

Spotify Hired A Psychic To Channel Your Personal Audio Aura


APPS & DOODADS

How Old are Your Ears?

Lucid

Blinkist

Craft

Sun and Moon Seeker

Time Calculator

Chatter Telephone™ with Bluetooth®


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Crypto exchange BitMart loses $196 million to hackers

Twitter mistakenly suspended users after extremists abused its private image policy

eBay banned some users by mistake


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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