567: House of Dragon Boobs
Grumpy Old Geeks27 Aug 2022

567: House of Dragon Boobs

MoviePass, if at first, you don't succeed; Musk, absurdly broad & overly burdensome; crypto games; virtual rappers; stealing Project Titan; bitcoin mining, data centers & a global energy crisis; Neuralink's Halloween show-and-tell; SpaceX & T-Mobile team up; the Gen-X joys of Top Gun: Maverick; Day Shift's dialogue; Light & Magic; She-Hulk; House of the Dragon; Going Back to Xanadu; our preferred chairs, browsers, and fitness apps; trackers on bikes; Netflix games; Binance scammers get scammed; those Chinese surveillance cameras; Twitter's whistleblower claims.

Show notes at https://gog.show/567

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Former Apple engineer pleads guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets

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Microsoft and Amazon reportedly halt plans to build data centers in Ireland

Elon Musk's Neuralink will show brain implant progress at a Halloween show-and-tell

SpaceX and T-Mobile to Connect Starlink Satellites to Mobile Phones

SpaceX & T-Mobile to bring direct satellite connection to cell phones with ‘Coverage Above and Beyond’


MEDIA CANDY

Top Gun Maverick

Day Shift

Light & Magic

Going Back To Xanadu (2008 Xanadu documentary)


APPS & DOODADS

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SECURITY HAH!

Hackers reportedly deepfaked a Binance exec to carry out listing scams

Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras

Twitter whistleblower claims company’s practices pose national security risk


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