635: Optical Vortex
Grumpy Old Geeks10 Feb 2024

635: Optical Vortex

Science should be taken seriously; Read Write Own; layoffs at Snap, Microsoft, Grammarly & Warner Music Group; Americans going back into credit card debt; Amazon new AWS charge; Google's confusing Gemini AI plans; AI robocalls outlawed; META's confusing AI approach & continued useless Oversight Board; Moviepass shenanigans; Taylor Swift's private jet tracked; Optical Vortex to correct vision; Poor Things; Leave the World Behind; Moana 2; Apple Vision Pro reviews; Bluesky open to everyone; Slack is 10; Jason gets new gadgets; the 4 S's with Dave; smart toothbrush DDoS attack, smug superiority & journalism versus curators.


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FOLLOW UP

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How Tech Firms Made a Crypto-Boosting Book an NYT Best Seller by Gaming the System


IN THE NEWS

Snap is laying off 10 percent of its workforce

Microsoft’s gaming layoffs include 86 jobs at Skylanders studio Toys for Bob

Grammarly lays off 230 employees as part of a ‘business restructuring’

Warner Music Group Plans to Lay Off 600 Employees

Graphics show how Americans' total credit card debt reached record high

Amazon’s new AWS charge for using IPv4 is expected to rake in up to $1B per year — change should speed IPv6 adoption

Google launches Gemini Advanced to compete with OpenAI

Get Gemini Advanced and more with a Google One AI Premium plan

Google saves your conversations with Gemini for years by default

AI Tools Like GitHub Copilot Are Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next

Phony AI Biden robocalls reached up to 25,000 voters, says New Hampshire AG

AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal.

Axact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan?

Meta plans to ramp up labeling of AI-generated images across its platforms

Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta's Oversight Board says

Company Loses Millions After Employee Duped By Video Call Deepfakes

Former MoviePass Executive Convicted of Embezzlement to Pay Off Coachella Party Debt

Add Taylor Swift to the list of famous people who don't like their private jets being tracked

Amazing Spiral-Shaped Contact Lens Uses 'Optical Vortex' to Correct Vision


MEDIA CANDY

Poor Things

Leave the World Behind

‘Moana 2’ Set at Disney With Surprise 2024 Release Date


APPS & DOODADS

Will Apple’s Vision Pro Make Your Real Life Unbearably Boring?

The thing no one will say about Apple Vision Pro

Bluesky is ditching its waitlist and is now open to everyone

Slack Is Turning 10 Years Old, and Wow Has It Changed Everything

Slipdrive - Portable Hard Drive Sleeve for Laptop | SSD Solid State Drive | Reusable Adhesive | Stick on External Hard Drive Carrying Case

ShineeKee 90 Degree Right Angle USB-C Adapter | 40Gbps Data Transfer | USB 4.0/Thunderbolt 4 Type C Male to Female Connector Extender | for Mobile Phone, Switch, Steam Deck, Tablet, Laptop | 2 Pack

EXTNGO Retractable Network Cable Extender, 50 Ft (15 Meter) CAT 6 Ethernet Cable Flat-Portable 1Gbps Data Speed-Swiftly Setup Temp Networks-Cascadable Male-Female RJ45 Connector-UTP Cable Reel

Sewell U-Link Ul10, USB 2.0 Over Single CAT5E/6 Extender | 200 ft | 480 Mbps | 4 Port - V2.0

Check Your Decaf

The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators

Test your internet speed


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

How to Poop at Work - Bathroom Etiquette and Types of Poop

Pedro Pascal Will Not Appear in the Mandalorian Season 4

3 million smart toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack after all, but it could happen

Bloomberg’s The Big Hack


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Nodehost.ca

Ward William Bones Obituary

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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