595: Tree Or Not?

595: Tree Or Not?

Dad tech jokes; influencer grift & bamboozle brokers; ChatGPT oversight; returning to the office, hybrid models; Twitter source code leaked; poor William Shatner; Microsoft baking AI into next Windows, slips ads into Bing Chat; Google's Tree or Not AI; science creates new paint; that AI open letter; Disney ditches the Metaverse; Binance charged; Google violates order to save chats; the Menu; Bert Kreischer; Picard; the Bad Batch; Shrinking; Ted Lasso; new Star Trek shows; new music from the kids; Apple Music Classical; Analogue Pocket; Delphi Forums; Apple Pay Later; USA spyware ban; AI-enhanced scams; food poisoning; going down memory lane in old school arcades.

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Show notes at https://gog.show/595


FOLLOW UP

The influencers getting rich by teaching you how to get rich

ChatGPT on Amazon


IN THE NEWS

In a leaked message, Amazon's HR chief flatly rejected an internal petition against the new return-to-office policy signed by roughly 30,000 employees

Twitter takes down source code leaked online, hunts for downloaders

Twitter source code was leaked on GitHub shortly after Musk’s layoff spree

Twitter source code leaker must be identified; launch of Verified Organizations

Elon Musk says Twitter will only show verified accounts on its algorithmic timeline

Musk told William Shatner that Twitter doesn't give VIPs special treatment. That was before Twitter's secret VIP list was released

Microsoft to reportedly focus on security and AI in next version of Windows

That was fast! Microsoft slips ads into AI-powered Bing Chat

Google unveils AI-powered planning tools to help beat climate change's extreme heat

Scientists Create World's Lightest Paint: Just 3 Pounds Covers a Boeing 747

Tech leaders and AI experts demand a six-month pause on 'out-of-control' AI experiments

A misleading open letter about sci-fi AI dangers ignores the real risks

AI Snake Oil

Italy orders ChatGPT blocked citing data protection concerns

Disney reportedly shuts down its metaverse division

Crypto giant Binance charged with violating US trading and derivatives laws

Google found to have violated order to save chat evidence in Epic antitrust case


MEDIA CANDY

The Menu

MH370: The Plane That Disappeared

Bert Kreischer: Razzle Dazzle

Picard

The Bad Batch

Shrinking

Severence

Ted Lasso

Netflix strikes last-minute deal to retain ‘Arrested Development’ streaming rights

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 2 premieres June 15th

Paramount+ Orders Diverse, Teen-Focused ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Series

Mandy, Indiana

Softcult

Apple Music Classical is here


APPS & DOODADS

Analogue Pocket

Spiritualized

How to Play ROMs on the Analogue Pocket

Delphi Forums

Apple Pay Later is finally available in the US, but only with an invite

Apple Magic Trackpad - White Multi-Touch Surface


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

The Mandalorian

Biden administration bans federal agencies from using commercial spyware

The New Face of Fraud: FTC Sheds Light on AI-Enhanced Family Emergency Scams

Starhawk

The Story of STARHAWK


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

In Memoriam – Gordon Moore, who put the more in “Moore’s Law”

In Memoriam: Gordon Moore, 1929 - 2023

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