606: Peppa Swisher
Grumpy Old Geeks17 Jun 2023

606: Peppa Swisher

Online mattresses; Holmes claims broke; Google class action lawsuit; Coinbase whines like a 4 year old; Reddit's kerfuffle; Spotify GDPR fine; Tesla's Autopilot & Mercedes adds ChatGPT; AI making lonely, sleepless alcoholics; Twitter won't pay the damn rent; food delivery wages upped as are layoffs; disappointment as a service; MGM casino changes photo policy, for now; the Idol; Crime Scene Kitchen; Black Mirror; Strange New Worlds; Quantumania; Foundation; Netflix sign ups increase, pop-up restaurant; the Cure; booze at shows; Peppa Pig podcast; Sol Reader; Torras Coolify; your bias is...; Charles Stross; I don't know, what do you think?

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FOLLOW UP

Report: FTC will file to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition

Ex-Billionaire Elizabeth Holmes Says She Can’t Pay $250 a Month to the People She Cheated

In re Google Referrer Header Privacy Litigation

“But the SEC let us go public” and other flawed arguments in Coinbase's defense


IN THE NEWS

Thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company’s controversial new policy

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman isn’t backing down: our full interview

Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts

Spotify has been fined $5.4 million for violating GDPR data rules

17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot

Mercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system, for some reason

Google, one of AI’s biggest backers, warns own staff about chatbots

AI at the Office Makes You a Lonely, Sleepless Alcoholic, New Study Finds

Twitter Is Reportedly Getting Kicked Out of One of Its Colorado Offices

Elon Musk is hilariously shut down by his ‘favourite’ podcast

New York City sets an $18 per hour minimum wage for food delivery workers

Grubhub lays off 15 percent of its employees

All the big tech layoffs of 2023

Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace

MGM Casinos Entice Younger Gamblers With New Photo Policy


MEDIA CANDY

The Idol

Crime Scene Kitchen

Padma Lakshmi Is Leaving ‘Top Chef’ After Its 20th Season

Black Mirror Season 6

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Patrick Stewart and LeVar Burton Agree ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 Was Perfect — But They Pitch One Last Hurrah

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Watch the trailer for the second season of Apple TV+ series 'Foundation'

Netflix Sign-Ups Increase 102% After Password Sharing Crackdown: Report

Netflix Bites

Paul McCartney is using AI to create a final song for The Beatles

Gen Z Is Drinking Less at Concerts

Peppa Pig Heading to Amazon’s Audible Under New Podcasting Deal With Hasbro


APPS & DOODADS

Sol Reader

TORRAS COOLIFY 3 Neck Air Conditioner, Extreme Cooling Version Neck Fan, Full-body Cooling Portable Fan, Vertical Airflow Personal Fan, AI Temp Control Portable Neck Fan


AT THE LIBRARY

Your Bias Is...

The School of Thought International

Singularity Sky by Charles Stross

Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross

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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