557: Vanna Screwed Up
Grumpy Old Geeks11 Jun 2022

557: Vanna Screwed Up

Pamping the Twetch redesign; NFTs are dead; more crypto lawsuits & investigations; Starbucks shuts down unionized location; Amazon VP pushes sellers to oppose bill good for Amazon; Microsoft cleans up their policies; Apple gets in on Pay Later; Reply All is kaput; Strange New Worlds continues a good run; Rat in the Kitchen; The Orville pivots; Sandman causes uninformed internet to have a cow; Jason gears up new studio; two IKEA turntables & a Marshall stack; Feeting Woices; the Leia show; Tim Horton's app tracking & hockey lawsuits, hoser!

Show notes at https://gog.show/557

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CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

RIP David Lynch music contributor Julee Cruise

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267: Everybody's Heard About the Bird

267: Everybody's Heard About the Bird

More scooter wars; pseudo-AI; Apple moves; Uber purges; fair use on the Internet gone insane; haptic vaporware; laser rifles & 3d printed guns; Lando's back; Goliath, Mrs. Maisel & Sneaky Pete; Murderbot Diaries; DNC hacks; California's GDPR; 25 locations. Show notes at http://gog.show/267 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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266: Explain to Me Like I'm Five with Jordan Harbinger

266: Explain to Me Like I'm Five with Jordan Harbinger

Facebook may listen to your TV; AirBNB can suck it in Santa Monica; IoT gone wrong; Lyft gets even more cash; AI Orb to take over ISS; Massive Law Enforcement breach; Far Cry 5 rocks; Plex is dope; Synology's still rule; Anker power goodies; Airbags for your phone. Show notes at http://gog.show/266 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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265: 5 Easy Ways To Keep Facebook from Listening To You

265: 5 Easy Ways To Keep Facebook from Listening To You

Yes, that again; mea culpa advertising; distracted parenting & gaming disorders; Amazon Show & Buttons; browser battles; the cyclical Internet; Hypernormalisation; Moviepass, hold my beer; a win for privacy; filtering AI out; we really do care. Show notes at http://gog.show/265 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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264: Now with Extra Italy

264: Now with Extra Italy

Sherlock Escapes; Bird/Weed Connection; Net Neutrality is DEAD; FBI get the goods; Shatner and IBM go blockchain; Star Trek VR; Bunkers are bad; China hates monkeys; Google can't translate rules judge; Smart water bottles are back. Show notes at http://gog.show/264 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

18 Jun 20181h 11min

263: Bird Flu Epidemics

263: Bird Flu Epidemics

Scooters spreading; Sherlock, hero; RIP Bourdain; browser swapping; streaming scandals; Facebook data trending; declining crypto-crap; Buzzfeed pivots; Apple WWDC; Riverhead holo-phones; VR doilies; revisionist memories; Scalzi; an incomplete list of bunk. Show notes at http://gog.show/263 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Jun 20181h 12min

262: Domin-Uh-Ohs

262: Domin-Uh-Ohs

Really bad pizza; Pinterest; teens abandoning Facebook, really; Expanse, saved; 5 types of Alexa users; Jet-black; Common Sense; Roseanne's Twitter; Letterman; Evil Genius; the Americans; Goldfrapp & Gorillaz; the Bleak State; Google's Do A Little Bit of Evil, Solo! Show notes at http://gog.show/262 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

5 Jun 20181h 7min

261: Money For Nothing

261: Money For Nothing

We've updated our Privacy Policy; GDPR; tech & defense; scooter madness; internet ghost towns; Uber profits; ICO scams; break up Facebook; the Expanse, saved; Vevo, dead; phone security; facial recognition for fun & profit; Alexa, open the pod bay doors. Show notes at http://gog.show/261 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

31 Mai 20181h 37min

260: A Laurel and Hardy Handshake

260: A Laurel and Hardy Handshake

Google faked AI? More scooters, bikes; Net Neutrality; are you really the product; Bitcoin energy use; SEC fakes ICO; Alexa development; holographic blockchain phones; the Expanse; AI songwriting; YouTube; keys to the cyber; phone location tracking. Show notes at http://gog.show/260 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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