626: Slammer Cast
Grumpy Old Geeks25 Nov 2023

626: Slammer Cast

While we were away; Thanksgiving gratitude bombs; OpenAI's overworked HR department; Meta disbands Responsible AI team; Truth Social hemorrhaging money; no idea how many people Cruise have hit; JenniCam & Justin.tv; Binance money laundering; Jason vs CZ; YouTube adblocking causing "suboptimal viewing experiences"; Amazon's AI Olympus; Loki finale; lawmakers stepping into media; the Traitors around the world; Pigeon Tunnel; Slow Horses; anime; mildly buzzed on a plane movie reviews; Not Today, Pal; the President's Daily Brief; Apple Watch; Spotify; Sonos; Filoni given the Star Wars keys; Apple Watch; Autozone breach.


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WHILE WE WERE AWAY

Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI

Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team

Trump’s Truth Social Has Lost $73M Since Launch, New Filing Shows

Feds Have No Idea How Many Times Cruise Driverless Cars Hit Pedestrians

Cruise's Kyle Vogt resigns as CEO of the robotaxi company

Cruise co-founder resigns following CEO exit


IN THE NEWS

Binance Founder Agrees to Plead Guilty to Violating Money Laundering Rules

Google admits YouTube's war on ad blockers is resulting in 'suboptimal viewing' experiences

Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed 'Olympus' -sources

OpenAI drops a big new ChatGPT feature with a joke about its CEO drama


MEDIA CANDY

The Night Manager

Lawmakers Press Apple on Whether Jon Stewart’s Show Was Canceled Because of China Concerns

Senator Joaquin Castro on the WBD decision to cancel the Coyote vs. ACME movie

The Traitors Season 2 Features an All-Star Reality TV Cast

Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test

The Pigeon Tunnel

Slow Horses

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Asteroid City

Americanish

Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love

Darker Waves Festival

The James Webb telescope is a giant leap in the history of stargazing.

The President's Daily Brief

Monday Movie Marathon

Not Today Pal


APPS & DOODADS

How to try out the new double tap gesture on your old Apple Watch

A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees

Spotify confirms it won't offer payouts for songs with fewer than 1,000 plays

Sonos' long-rumored headphones will reportedly arrive by April 2024


THE DARK SIDE WITHOUT DAVE

Dave Filoni Just Got a Bigger, More Important Star Wars Job

Apple Watch battery life bug is fixed with watchOS 10.1.1

AutoZone warns almost 185,000 customers of a data breach

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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