617: It’s Just Business

617: It’s Just Business

Burning Man; UK wises up about encryption; McPoutine; hello, Ello; ad free Facebook in the EU; META back to office; Grindr loses half staff due to unionization, we mean WFH; NYC regulates Airbnb; Mossberg departs X; facial recognition for stadiums; privacy nightmare cars; how to do business; Spotify financial woes; your pants are lying, perhaps on fire; Moviepass is back, again; Inside Man; Lincoln Lawyer; Winning Time; Wheel of Time; the Witcher; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Roku layoffs; Messi, MLS and AppleTV+ win; 3zekiel; Scalzi; Ahsoka; Only Murders in the Building; Apple Watch Ultra; AI homes.

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FOLLOW UP

Future of iMessage safe in the UK, as government backs down on encryption

Americans Should Feel Humiliated by Canadian McDonald’s

AI reading coach startup Ello raises $15M to bolster child literacy


IN THE NEWS

Facebook and Instagram may offer paid, ad-free plans in Europe to sate EU privacy concerns

Meta is back in the office three days a week, as WFH continues to die

Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule

NYC’s ‘de facto ban’ on Airbnb is already removing listings

Veteran tech guru Walt Mossberg slams Elon Musk, deactivates X account: ‘Cesspool’

These 9 Stadiums Are Already Using Facial Recognition at Games

YouTube Vlogger Ruby Franke Charged With Six Counts of Felony Child Abuse

If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare

BMW drops plan to charge a monthly fee for heated seats

‘Hyundai Pay’ is the latest effort by car companies to make in-car payments a thing

Spotify’s $1 Billion Podcast Bet Turns Into a Serial Drama

Spotify reportedly locks white noise podcasters out of an ad program

Free audiobooks to be tested by Spotify; Audible competition plan

Spotify wants to put in-app lyrics behind a paywall

Elon Musk's X will use public data to train AI models

Are Your Pants Lying to You? An Investigation


MEDIA CANDY

MoviePass

Inside Man

Lincoln Lawyer

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

The Wheel of Time Season 2

The Witcher

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Roku Laying Off 10% of Employees, Will Take up to $65 Million Charge to Remove Streaming Content

Messi Drives Jump in Apple TV+ and MLS Subscriptions


AT THE LIBRARY

3zekiel (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron

NOTES FROM A FELLOW TRAVELLER by Derren Brown

Starter Villain by John Scalzi


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

NYPD will use drones to monitor private parties over Labor Day weekend

Cory Doctorow’s presentation on a better internet from Defcon

AI IMAGINES A TYPICAL HOME IN EVERY STATE


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Jimmy Buffett: Margaritaville singer dies aged 76

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