630: Roast Beast
Grumpy Old Geeks23 Dec 2023

630: Roast Beast

Last show of the year; YouTube jail; Google; Blue Origin; AI bubbles; dealing with Musk; Hue pink slips; brain-scale supercomputers; more tech fraud; X under EU investigation; Teslas crash most; Adobe Figma deal off; Hyperloop One done; AI dataset riddled with CSAM; Bird goes bankrupt; stop planting trees; Kang verdict; potential Discovery/Paramount merger; the Family Plan; Monarch; Reacher; Slow Horses; Bookie; The Crown; French streaming music tax; Apple Watch sales halted, sorta; iPod wallpapers; TikTok on tablets; VPNs come to Apple TV; Synology sunset; sleeping; a tale of holiday roasts; Happy Holidays!


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Bookie

The Crown Season 6, Part Deux

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APPS & DOODADS

Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales paused in the US due to a patent dispute

Apple Settles Family Sharing Subscription Lawsuit

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TikTok rolls out an enhanced app experience for tablets and foldables

NordVPN comes to the Apple TV

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THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

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INTERPOL Arrests 3,500 Suspects in Sweeping Cybercrime Operation


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