564: Blame It On the Rain

564: Blame It On the Rain

Earth no longer has drinkable rain; Goodreads; Pickleball elbow; Twitter goes after Musk; the week in grift - Ponzi schemes, hacks, regulatory lies, "preemptive" theft, oh my; Meta's Super live streaming platform; movies we haven't watched & some we have; Westworld; Trainwreck, Woodstock '99; Opal C1 camera; Apple Arcade removes titles; Winamp is back; WebbCompare; fitness apps; Meta Pixel HIPAA lawsuits; everyone's texts have been deleted except Alex Jones; deprogramming conspiracy theorists, Happy Birthday, Jason!

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IN THE NEWS

Twitter subpoenas associates of Elon Musk in preparation for lawsuit

The Disastrous Record of Celebrity Crypto Endorsements

SEC charges 11 people over 'textbook' $300 million crypto Ponzi scheme

Hacking free-for-all relieves crypto bridge users of $200 million

New York regulators slap Robinhood's crypto business with $30 million fine

Robinhood lays off almost a quarter of its staff

Inside the Crypto-Bot Ghost Towns of Telegram

Meta has been quietly testing a new livestreaming platform and is ramping up creator outreach. Read a leaked 17-page pitch deck it sent influencers.


MEDIA CANDY

Trainwreck: Woodstock ‘99

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APPS & DOODADS

Opal C1 Camera - invite code: OP-5i7SOFb-AL

Apple Arcade removes first batch of originals, ‘Leaving Soon’ tab now gone

Jetpack Joyride will soon have a sequel available exclusively on Apple Arcade

Winamp, your parents' favorite MP3 software, is back

WebbCompare


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Meta faces lawsuit for allegedly collecting patient health data without consent

FOR PROBABLY TOTALLY INNOCENT REASONS, THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ALSO DELETED THE JANUARY 6 TEXT MESSAGES OF TOP TRUMP OFFICIALS

Conspiracy theories have legitimized violence, impaired public health, and undermined democratic governance. Containing their harms begins with understanding the theorist, not the theory.


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Airtags on Thingverse

Nichelle Nichols Helped Show America a Different Future

Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers for 67 Years, Dies at 94

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145: The Curse is Real

145: The Curse is Real

The Grumps strike again, RIP Abe; more income inequality news, so meditate the pain away; our robot overlords are on the way; what's going on at Twitter?; Amazon on the march; Ello, Peach; X-Files; Hipster Vodka; Tyson takes on B.O.B.; Cthulhu wallpaper! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/145 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

29 Jan 201655min

144: Internet of Poop

144: Internet of Poop

The Internet's taken a scatological turn this week; bad news from the WEF; Tidal's billing problem; Verizon kills Net Neutrality; blinding us with science; quantified break-ups; coffeeshop cube-farms; your stupid password; building a better pyramid. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/144 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Jan 201658min

143: Flux Decapitator

143: Flux Decapitator

Facebook's death-feed; RIP middle class, Bitcoin, desktops, Soundcloud, Foursquare; sexual harassment in Silicon Valley; going post-mobile; hidden Airbnb cams; Internet of Things hackery; Cloverfield 2?; Epic Tea Time; silly, Snapchat is for kids! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/143 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

16 Jan 201659min

142: That Drone Really Tied the Room Together

142: That Drone Really Tied the Room Together

The grumps abide news from CES; pre-net life; Lumosity lied; Zuck's Hoodie Home AI; taking down power grids; Everkey vaporware; Oculus Rift, Drone B4UFLY & cutting cords with Tablo; drunk movie reviews; Sobchak meets Trump; the great dogs pants debate. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/142 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

8 Jan 201649min

141: Should Auld Grumps Be Forgot

141: Should Auld Grumps Be Forgot

Sending out 2015 and ringing in 2015 2.0 with robot birds, leaving it at the office, suing Spotify, stealing art, crowdfunding intellectual properties, Uber, legislating not-hoverboards, voter record hacks, crazy McAfee, saving Matt Damon & Star Wars. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/141 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

1 Jan 201656min

140: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

140: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

A holiday potpourri of delights: Force blockers; internet famous, cash poor; Elon Musk; Taylor Swift; music windowing; driverless cars; phishing, hacking & drone nets; the fate of Abrams; schadenfreude'n Shkreli; new Yule log v2; Tiffani Amber Thiessen! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/140 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

18 Des 20151h 29min

139: The Bill Murray Disruption Clause

139: The Bill Murray Disruption Clause

Marissa Mayer, Martin Shkreli, Airbnb, Zano, Trump, Apple Music, Silicon Valley job production & other fails; whiskey pronunciations; to-do apps & “offboarding”; Ricky Gervais & Carrie Fisher; emoji history; passive aggressive texting; orgasmic fungus. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/139 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Des 20151h 26min

138: We Are 138!

138: We Are 138!

Kickstarter, delayed; 7,728 years of Adele; Zuckerberg does good, gets yelled at; Apple changing cables again; Li-Fi from light bulbs; big hacks & lifetime subscriptions on the Dark Web; Pornhub wins Christmas; sipping whiskey with Nick Offerman. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/138 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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