Grumpy Old Geeks13 Apr 2024

644: Grok Hole Sun

ISP's get nutrition labels; Truth Social continues to drop; X, for free speech, gets anti-speech lawsuit dismissed; Grok fake news; Tesla taxi, maybe; problems with Starlink; Biden considering dropping prosecution of Assange; training AI on Youtube; Geek Squad layoffs; Texas replaces human graders with AI; Dove stays on brand; no selfie zones; Dune Part 2 leaks; Fallout; the Regime; Shaun of the Dead; Renegade Nell; Roku ad injection patent; Humane AI; the Anxious Generation; Wool; Lost in Time; fun with Suno; Apple Vision Pro demo.

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ISPs roll out mandatory broadband 'nutrition' labels that show speeds, fees and data allowances

Trump Media shares close down by more than 5%, latest grim day for Truth Social owner

IN THE NEWS

Federal Court Dimisses X's Anti-Speech Lawsuit Against Watchdog

Elon Musk's Grok Creates Bizarre Fake News About the Solar Eclipse Thanks to Jokes on X

Tesla will unveil a robotaxi on August 8, according to Musk

There Appears to Be a Huge Problem With Spacex's Starlink

Biden Says He's 'Considering' Request to Drop Prosecution of Julian Assange

OpenAI and Google reportedly used transcriptions of YouTube videos to train their AI models

Best Buy’s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week

Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI

Dove Says It'll Never Use AI on Women in Its Advertisements

Tourist Falls 170 Feet Off a Cliff to Her Death While Taking Selfie

MEDIA CANDY

Dune: Part Two Leaks Early on Pirate Sites ‘In Memory of EVO’

Fallout

The Regime

‘Shaun Of The Dead’ Returning to Cinemas This Year for 20th Anniversary

Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost break down the making of Shaun of the Dead, 20 years later: “Could Jack Black play this part?”

Edgar Wright Will Direct Glen Powell in Stephen King Adaptation The Running Man

Renegade Nell

Twitch CEO says DJs will have to share what they earn on the website with music labels

Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops

APPS & DOODADS

Roku looks into serving you ads on whatever you plug into its TVs

The Humane AI Pin is the solution to none of technology's problems

Humane's AI "Pin" Is a $700 Flaming Dumpster Fire

New Federal Bill Could Require Disclosure of Songs Used in AI Training

AT THE LIBRARY

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

Wool

Lost In Time by A.G. Riddle

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Setting the MIT open source license to music.

Jumping Power Tower

How Amateur Performers Are Making Porn in the Apple Vision Pro

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Remembering Daniel Kahneman: A Mosaic of Memories and Lessons - By Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist

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