555: Zuck Bucks on Black
Grumpy Old Geeks27 Mai 2022

555: Zuck Bucks on Black

More crypto & NFT fails; proper gambling with class action cash; Uber won, we lose; Amazon delivery partners accident-prone; Starlink for RVs; Adam Neumann is back with a new scam; Meta sharing data with researchers; Walmart drones; Kids in the Hall; George Carlin; Ricky Gervais; Westworld; The Bad Guys; Sirius XM picks up Team Coco; time zones; Sennheiser; Magic Leap; gaming consolidation; the Sims; we Google it for you; USB SuperDrives; 5k iMac project; Top Gun; finding orphaned accounts; ClearView AI fined; delete versus erase; GoodWill, Hunted.

Show notes: https://gog.show/555/

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FOLLOW UP

The Most Famous Nft Artist Got Hacked, Ripping Off His Followers

Coinbase reportedly pauses hiring amid plummeting crypto market


IN THE NEWS

Uber Is Ready to Accept Failure, Sort Of

The Decade of Cheap Rides Is Over

Injury rates of Amazon’s delivery contractors climbed 40 percent last year, new report claims

Starlink launches satellite internet for RVs that costs $25 more

Adam Neumann-backed climate tech venture Flowcarbon raises $70 mln

Meta will share Facebook's political ad targeting data with researchers

Walmart is expanding its drone delivery service across six states


MEDIA CANDY

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

George Carlin's American Dream

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature on Netflix

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature | Official Clip | Netflix

Somebody Feed Phil Season 5

Westworld | Season 4 Official Teaser | HBO

The Bad Guys

SiriusXM buys Conan O'Brien's podcast and media company


APPS & DOODADS

Every Time Zone

4PCS Hand Therapy Finger Stretcher, 4 Levels Hand Resistance Bands, Hand Therapy for Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel & Post-Surgery Recovery, Finger Exerciser for Guitar and Rock Climbing

Sennheiser HD 650 - Audiophile Hi-Res Open Back Dynamic Headphone

Magic Leap is Selling Its First AR Headset for Just $550

Take-Two's $12.7 billion purchase of Zynga is complete

'The Sims 4' players can now customize their characters' pronouns

Background App Refresh keeps your iPhone and iPad running smoothly, but takes up battery life — here's how to turn it off

Why You Shouldn't Constantly Close Apps on Your iPhone


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Apple USB SuperDrive

Mine

Clearview AI fined £7.5 million and told to delete all UK facial recognition data

Delete vs erase: Do you know the difference?

New ransomware demands victims to donate to poor


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Jordan Harbinger Live

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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