554: Dicky Do
Grumpy Old Geeks20 Mai 2022

554: Dicky Do

Eggs redux; work from home debate, the Great Whiplash; Hotel Suicide; Twitter sale on hold, over Musk's antics; Youtube isn't a website according to Texas; adtech RTB breach; CityCoins crash; tempests in teapots at Apple; Grubhub's bad promo; Netflix layoffs; HBO app issues; Slower Horses; Kids in the Hall return; Barry; Naked Lunch; back on Brave; social media breaks & violent content on Facebook; AI characters, Artbreeder & title tags; Star Wars excitement; tracking period apps; pay with a smile; Dave's Favorite Things returns.

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IN THE NEWS

With Twitter deal on hold, Musk says a lower sale price isn't 'out of the question’

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Netflix lays off 150 mostly US-based staff

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MEDIA CANDY

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Slow Horses on Apple TV+

New Kids in the Hall on Amazon Prime

Barry on HBO

Naked Lunch


APPS & DOODADS

Brave web browser for iOS updated with new ‘Privacy Hub’

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Taking a One-Week Break from Social Media Improves Well-Being, Depression, and Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Meta has nearly doubled the amount of violent content removed from Facebook

We Used AI To Show What "Twilight" Characters Would Look Like In Real Life Based On The Books, And Emmett Looks Incredibly Huggable

Artbreeder


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Star Wars: The Rebellion Will Be Televised

Data Marketplace Selling Info About Who Uses Period Tracking Apps

Mastercard's pay-with-a-smile test is bound to rile privacy advocates

How To Clear Out Your Zombie Apps and Online Accounts

OWC Thunderbolt 4 Dock

5K iMac monitor conversion project underway

Apple Magic Keyboard

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Episoder(732)

154: Fool Free Zone

154: Fool Free Zone

Google's April Fool's joke; Gig economy falters; millennials love Facebook; Spotify pivoting to video, because money; Messenger becoming a platform; hospitals need security, badly; FBI opening more phones; not so smooth drone operators; the Rift is here. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/154 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 Apr 20161h 3min

153: We Face a Shining Future

153: We Face a Shining Future

It's our 3rd anniversary show & there were drinks; we meander through biocoding, universal basic income, VR, death of Moore's Law, Apple is 40, basic security (again!), drones, things we're sick of there even being a debate about & Bad Santa 2. Or 3. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/153 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

25 Mar 20161h 12min

152: Don't Kick Our Robot Overlords!

152: Don't Kick Our Robot Overlords!

Modern life is rubbish; fast food moves to robots; Uber gets disrupted; Alzheimer's breakthrough; DARPA derps; Feds find Fappening phisher; Amazon Echo; funded fan films; sponsored content kills journalism, internet; LSD microdoses for internet addiction. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/152 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

18 Mar 20161h 1min

151: There IS a Spoon

151: There IS a Spoon

Social media can be good, really; music startup fails; brain pain via dyslexia & FBI; McAfee & idiots; drones in the USA; 8k/VR Olympics; Darth Maul; old school spying; printing Wikipedia; the trouble w/ popular music & transporters; Rugmpy Dlo Eegks FTW! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/151 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Mar 201656min

150: The Truth is On Hiatus

150: The Truth is On Hiatus

Financial & emotional repercussions of social media; app bubble burst; big data & Banksy; Yahoo & Linkedin WTFs; McAfee, show your work; do not use 23andMe; active listening; X-Files; 3-Body Problems; no science on Sci; good & bad casting; listener love! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/150 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

4 Mar 20161h 12min

149: Now, to Be Fair to Uber…

149: Now, to Be Fair to Uber…

Uber's not to blame; don't write open letters to your boss; more journalism woes; Facebook emojis; Team Apple; Project Shield; Shatner & Nimoy; apps for everything; Vinyl, AbFab, Massive Attack & the Cure; where to live; the contest winner! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/149 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

26 Feb 20161h 8min

148: Give Me Secure iPhone or Give Me Death!

148: Give Me Secure iPhone or Give Me Death!

Apple takes a stand against the US Government; Twitter loses Stephen Fry, many others; Snapchat publishing; Moore's Law on the ropes; hospital pays off hackers; new scifi reads; Kanye again; AbFab, PeeWee, Daredevil, (T)error; the great unbundling begins. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/148 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

19 Feb 20161h 12min

147: Jesus Take the Wheel

147: Jesus Take the Wheel

Brian’s recording from his Lanai; Jason charms a Lyft driver; Stupid Hackathons; Google kills Picassa, Jason longs for Flicker; Twitter Pivots; Flash is finally dead; no one is registering their drones; Top Gear jumps shark; Gravity waves & sheet cake. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/147 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

12 Feb 201656min

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