Grumpy Old Geeks

We dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.

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396: Baby Yoda Face Off

396: Baby Yoda Face Off

Low pay & bad working conditions, yay gig economy; Alexa to get miniaturized; London boots Uber; California's infrastructure problems; Internet kill-switches; we don't have to reveal passwords; NYC cr...

27 Nov 201953min

395: We’ll Fix It in Post

395: We’ll Fix It in Post

Whoops, we screwed up; gig worker revolt; Uber videotaping; Apple repair costs; another self-driving crash; the decade of the grifter; Microsoft Teams; Disney data; Sacha Baron Cohen ADL award; Ring's...

23 Nov 20191h 19min

394: This Episode Brought to You By...

394: This Episode Brought to You By...

Our uncool ad strategy; Brave browsing; how Facebook monetizes you; more FB lies; our not-so-smart homes aren't getting any smarter; who owns 3D scans of 3,000 year old art; Disney+ hacked; the Mandal...

20 Nov 201955min

393: Peeping Tithingman

393: Peeping Tithingman

Who owns AI art; Disney+ & the Mandelorian; Google banking; YouTube kids content changes; Facebook's internal report; PayPal cuts off Pornhub; Singles Day; border agents can't randomly search phones; ...

16 Nov 201959min

392: Half Man. Half Delorean.

392: Half Man. Half Delorean.

Disney+ growing pains; Facebook lets you tweak UI; Microsoft all in on privacy; smart TV data; Google's Project Nightingale; Apple Card sexism; YouTube owes you nothing; Instagram to hide likes; robot...

13 Nov 201957min

391: Chief Tomfoolery Officer

391: Chief Tomfoolery Officer

Fitbit is doomed; Airbnb not a platform in New Jersey anymore; Uber Ads; Bitcoin price manipulation; misleading ads; Coalfire arrests; TikTok and national security; idiot problems; Trend Micro data sa...

9 Nov 20191h 25min

390: I’ve Fallen and I Can't Get Up

390: I’ve Fallen and I Can't Get Up

Smart city scale back; Apple moves to more subscriptions; Gawker chaos; 3rd party content moderator calls it quits; Twitter won't take political ads, maybe; Sorkin walks and talks to Zuck; free market...

2 Nov 20191h 5min

389: Big Mac is Watching!

389: Big Mac is Watching!

Big burger data; blockchain, what is it good for; same-day delivery chaos; Alphabet looking to buy Fitbit; worthless shares; Facebook employees rise; Musk to court; Flash, really; AI banking; the Mand...

30 Okt 20191h 2min

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