654: Life EULA

May the 4th; Chia plotting; Facebook Oversight Board; Florida bill will fine social media for banning politicians; Elon vs Bezos; gig workers; NFT news; fungible houses; Epic vs Apple; Verizon sells AOL & Yahoo at bargain prices; EU proposed AI laws; Ted Lasso; Lovecraft Country; Godfather of Harlem; the Great Food Truck Race; pushing to Kindle; Apple Watch health tech; Apple's iOS 14.5 update & privacy; Irish history; Amazon & Ring cameras; wild college Ham radio parties; Robodog put out to pasture.This week we’re sponsored by Feals. Become a member today by going to Feals.com/gog and you’ll get 50% off your first order with free shipping.Show notes at https://gog.show/505FOLLOW UPChia on Coin Market CapA new green cryptocurrency called Chia uses a less energy-intensive method of minting new coins. Here are 6 things to know about the digital asset before it starts trading on Monday.Charlie Munger calls bitcoin ‘disgusting and contrary to the interests of civilization’AdoramaXP on TwitchIN THE NEWSFacebook’s Oversight Board will issue its ruling on Trump’s ban this weekFlorida bill would fine social media platforms for banning politicians— with exemption for DisneyElon Musk and Jeff Bezos are at odds again over a $2.9 billion NASA contract. It’s the latest development in a 15-year feud between 2 of the world’s most powerful CEOs.Inside $59 billion Atlassian’s sweeping new remote work policy, which lets employees work from almost anywhere without needing managerial approvalBiden’s labor secretary says gig workers should be considered employeesZoë Roth sells ‘Disaster Girl’ meme as NFT for $500,000He tried to cash in on the NFT craze by auctioning a house. It didn’t workAs Epic case begins, senior Google engineer undermines one of Apple’s argumentsVerizon sells AOL and Yahoo for about half of what it paidThe EU’s proposed AI laws would regulate robot surgeons but not the militaryThe EU’s New Proposed Rules on A.I. Are Missing SomethingMEDIA CANDYTed LassoLovecraft CountryGodfather of HarlemThe Great Food Truck RaceAPPS & DOODADSPush to KindleApple Watch could get blood sugar monitoring thanks to a UK tech dealFacebook and Instagram use iOS notices to sell you on app trackingThe Problem With Apple’s Plan to Stop Facebook’s Data CollectionAT THE LIBRARYIn Search of the Irish Dreamtime: Archaeology and Early Irish Literature by J.P. MalloryProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatRecorded FutureNew York Returns Its Police ‘Robodog’ After a Public OutcryFormer Sen. Harry Reid: I was told Lockheed Martin had UFO crash fragmentsYOUR CAR IS SPYING ON YOU, AND A CBP CONTRACT SHOWS THE RISKSThe Air and Space Museum is getting a freakin’ X-Wing.RTL-SDR Blog V3 R820T2 RTL2832U 1PPM TCXO HF Bias Tee SMA Software Defined Radio with Dipole Antenna KitCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSAdoramaXP on TwitchSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

5 Maj 20211h 7min

Kalanick's Temple of Bros; self-driving divisions sold off; chia-bros; Elon being Elon; Tesla's ass-detecting technology; words matter, it's not an autopilot; Hyundai invests in Ottopia, people AI; Turkish crypto founder feels with $2 bn; people like drone deliveries; Facebook is a Bitche; don't mess with Cloudflare; Captain Fantastic; Berenstain Abbey; Mortal Kombat 2021; Nobody; Hulu's marketing genius; Scott Galloway; Anthony Bourdain; Terry Pratchett; Pentagon sells of IP addresses; Signal founder versus Cellebrite; delivery drivers jamming Ring cameras; My God, It’s Full of Vulns.This week we’re sponsored by Sunday. Visit getsunday.com/gog to get $20 off your custom lawn plan at checkout!This episode is brought to you by Hover. For 10% off your first order head over to hover.com/gog and get your domain on!This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox. Go to ButcherBox.com/gog OR enter promo code gog at checkout.Show notes at https://gog.show/504FOLLOW UPTravis Kalanick’s stealth $5 billion startup, CloudKitchens, is Uber all over again, ruled by a ‘temple of bros,’ insiders sayUber and Lyft asked Congress to bail out their drivers. Now they can’t get enough drivers to come back to work.Toyota subsidiary acquires Lyft self-driving division for $550MIN THE NEWSThe Most Disturbing Part of the Latest Tesla CrashThe 2nd victim in the Tesla crash in Texas has been named. Elon Musk and police still don’t agree if the car was driving itself.Consumer Reports proved that a Tesla will drive with nobody behind the wheel following fatal crashWatch Consumer Reports trick Tesla’s Autopilot systemTesla claims someone was in the driver’s seat in deadly Texas crashTesla admits its Full Self-Driving technology is a Level 2 systemThe 6 Levels of Vehicle Autonomy ExplainedHyundai invests in teleoperations startup Ottopia as part of $9M roundTESLA KEEPS “SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES” WHEN IT SEES STOP SIGN ON BILLBOARDTurkish crypto founder flees with reported $2 bnVenmo just put crypto access in the palm of everyone’s handBitcoin and Crypto Markets Plummet As U.S. Treasury Rumor SpreadsWhen the Drone Is in Your BackyardFacebook takes down official page for French town called BitcheProject Jengo Redux: Cloudflare’s Prior Art Search Bounty ReturnsMEDIA CANDYCaptain Fantastic‘Downton Abbey 2’ Hitting Theaters in December With Original Cast ReturningThe Space BetweenRaised by YouTubeWhy did you kill me?Mortal Kombat 2021NobodyLeVar Burton Has Officially Been Tapped to Guest Host ‘Jeopardy!’ for Season 37Hulu Plus Attracted Many of its First 2 Million Subscribers From Pirate SitesMusic AntennaAPPS & DOODADSApple Watch 6Brydge Dock for MBP 16“New 12.9-inch iPad Pro doesn’t support the previous Magic KeyboardSee a Satellite TonightStar Walk 2Facebook is building its own in-app podcast playerFacebook introduces a new miniplayer that streams Spotify within the Facebook appAT THE LIBRARYPost Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity by Scott GallowayWorld Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie WooleverThe Shakespeare Codex (Modern Plays) by Terry Pratchett adapted by Stephen BriggsSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatRecorded FutureMinutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to lifeThe Big Pentagon Internet Mystery Now Partially SolvedSignal Founder Cracks Cellebrite Phone Hacking Device, Finds It Full Of VulnsAre delivery drivers jamming Ring cameras?Star Wars Stormtroopers on the moveDaniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42CLOSING SHOUT-OUTSAdoramaXPSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

28 Apr 20211h 19min

Corona kills trust; Uber's back; programming errors; Tesla's crypto stock, 5 year olds are in charge; Google's Project Bernanke; Twitch will act on off-platform offenses; Facebook's Hotline; Pinterest creates a Creator Fund; Thiel on Bitcoin; China hits Alibaba with antitrust fine; Coded Bias; Made for Love; Hard; judging people on music taste, with science; Jon Stewart; Turntable.fm is back; the Serpent; the Nevers; working lightsabers; Logitech stops Harmony remote production; AR toys; Saturn's Monsters; Chuck Palahniuk; White Claw; nuclear sabotage at Natanz; LinkedIn, Clubhouse data scrapes; the Dutch are out of cheese.This episode is brought to you by Hover. For 10% off your first order head over to hover.com/gog and get your domain on!This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox. Go to ButcherBox.com/gog OR enter promo code gog at checkout.Show notes at https://gog.show/503FOLLOW UP“I Do Not Trust People in the Same Way and I Don’t Think I Ever Will Again”Uber says March was its biggest month everIN THE NEWSA Darkly Comical Programming Error Shows the Human Assumptions Behind CodeTesla (TSLA) now has crypto stock token by Binance to buy fractional sharesTesla Owners, Say ‘Open Butthole’ and Get a Little SurpriseGoogle’s Secret ‘Project Bernanke’ Revealed in Texas Antitrust CaseTwitch Will Act on ‘Serious’ Offenses That Happen Off-PlatformFacebook tests Hotline, a Q&A product that’s a mashup of Clubhouse and Instagram LivePinterest announces $500K Creator Fund, ‘Creator Code’ content policy, moderation tools and morePeter Thiel: China Using Bitcoin as a ‘Financial Weapon’Alibaba hit with $2.8 billion fine in China antitrust caseMEDIA CANDYHotel Transylvania 3Made for LoveHard Season 2Science now says you can judge people by their taste in music after allJon Stewart’s current affairs series coming to Apple TV+ this fall, titled ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’An Interview With the Guy Who Yells “Mortal Kombat” in the Theme for Mortal KombatTurntable.fm Reminds Me How Much Fun the Web Can BeThe SerpentThe NeversThe next Star Trek movie is scheduled for 2023Spotify Has Now Deleted 42 Episodes of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’APPS & DOODADSDisney Has Reportedly Revealed a Working LightsaberLogitech is done making Harmony remotesRoku’s latest streaming device gives 4K, HDR, and a voice remote for $40Google’s new AR toy fulfills the childhood dream of digging a hole to the other side of the EarthDoodlyFCC Wants You To Test Your Internet Speeds With Its New AppSkyWall Patrol Drone GunGoogle Photos just let me copy text from a photo into my web browserAT THE LIBRARYSaturn’s MonstersConsider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different by Chuck PalahniukTermination Shock: A Novel by Neal StephensonSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatRecorded FutureWhite Claw releases 8% seltzer, variety pack with 3 new flavorsWelcome to Black MirrorIran nuclear attack: Mystery surrounds nuclear sabotage at NatanzHackers scraped data from 500 million LinkedIn users — about two-thirds of the platform’s userbase — and have posted it for sale onlineScraped personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users has reportedly leaked onlineWhat Really Caused Facebook’s 500M-User Data Leak?Feds charge man with planning to blow up an Amazon data centerDutch supermarkets run out of cheese after ransomware attackSpace Jam 2Hacker NewsletterSticky Pickles podcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

14 Apr 20211h 16min

It's not AI; NFT price crash; don't forget those taxes; Chrome was a memory hog; Deliveroo crashes in London IPO; bad April Fool's jokes by Deliveroo & Volts, I mean Volkswagen; Supreme Court rules in favor of Google over Oracle; Amazon, Google returning to offices; 23andMe's SPAC; John Woo's Monkey Master; Godzilla vs Kong; Star Trek news; cutting edge iMacs; Apple Arcade+; Roadie memoirs; Star Wars news; not-breaking Facebook leak news; malware hidden in cheat codes; own your website before sending out the press release; more 80s tunes; don't stop believing, you've gotta have faith, relax!This week we’re sponsored by Feals. Become a member today by going to Feals.com/gog and you’ll get 50% off your first order with free shipping.Show notes at https://gog.show/502FOLLOW UPStop Calling Everything AI, Machine-Learning Pioneer SaysNFT Price Crash Stirs Debate on Whether Stimulus-Led Fad Is Over‘Silent crash’ as price floors collapse across NFT spaceCrypto-art investors could face a surprise on tax day since NFTs can lead to a hefty tax billNFTs Weren’t Supposed to End Like ThisGoogle proved me right, Chrome was a bloated memory hogIN THE NEWSDeliveroo drags on the LSE at £3.31, down 15% on its £3.90 pricing; closes down 44% on debut at £2.87Amazon-backed Deliveroo crashes in London IPODeliveroo April Fools’ joke backfires in FranceForget Voltswagen, Volkswagen is the real April FoolSupreme Court rules in Google’s favor in Oracle copyright caseAmazon says it expects some employees to return to the office this summer, most will return in fallFrustrated Amazon employees rip on the company for encouraging them to come back to the officeGoogle to welcome some employees back to office in April.Why It’s Taking So Darn Long to Figure Out Who Won Amazon’s Union VoteWe read all 323 pages of 23andMe’s SPAC filing. Here are the 5 biggest obstacles it faces ahead of its public debut.Scientists show you can collect DNA from the airMEDIA CANDYJohn Woo Producing and Maybe Directing Stan Lee’s ‘Monkey Master’ Marvel StoryGodzilla vs. KongCoded BiasStar Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Teaser | Paramount+Star Trek: Prodigy Debuts Their Captain JanewayWoman In Motion | Official Trailer | Paramount+Star Trek: Picard | Season 2 Teaser | Paramount+The Umbrella Academy on NetflixThe Umbrella Academy on ComixologyThe Last BlockbusterWhy your brain loves closed captioningAPPS & DOODADSHoloLens for 120,000 Army personnel: Microsoft inks $21.9 billion dealApple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store gamesFlight ControlApple Magic Keyboard for iPadiwatch Charger 3 in 1 Cable car Charging Compatible USB Type-c iPhone ipad Portable Travel Wireless Fast Charging Cord Compatible for Apple Watch Series 6 5 4 3 2 1(3.9 ft)AT THE LIBRARYMemoir of a Roadie: Axl Said I Made a Great Cup of Tea… Scott Weiland Liked the Carpenters… & Ozzy Drinks Rosé. by Joel MillerMarte’s Reviews – The AlchemistSo I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and it’s bad…SECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatRecorded FutureAhmed Best Confirms Jar-Jar Binks Will Not Be in the ‘Obi-Wan’ SeriesILM shows off the new Stagecraft LED wall used for season 2 of ‘The Mandalorian’Personal data for 533 million Facebook users leaks on the webThe latest malware hiding in video game cheat codesCheck You Own The Website Before You Send Out The Press ReleaseCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSPodcast Magazine April 2021 EditionPodcast Magazine Free Lifetime SubscriptionWild Business Growth Podcast with Jason DeFillippoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

7 Apr 20211h 11min

I've got an NFT bridge to sell you; Substack raises millions; Anti-Vax Mondays at Krispy Kreme, Zoom-Free Fridays at Citi; Jack Dorsey multi-tasks; nowhere on Earth without satellite light pollution; Moderna vaccine posted on GitHub; Moroccan bit-bros; OpenAI spewing words; BitClout; Virgin lost Spaceship II, goes straight to III; 6 Minutes to Midnight; concerts are coming back, but are the roadies; the Alchemist; the Immortality Code; Obi-Wan Kenobi; hackers backdoor PHP source code; your life on your phone; don't post on YouTube if you're a fugitive; best 80's albums; Utah's porn filter; the funniest joke in the world.This episode is brought to you by Hover. For 10% off your first order head over to hover.com/gog and get your domain on!This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox. Go to ButcherBox.com/gog OR enter promo code gog at checkout.Show notes at https://gog.show/501FOLLOW UPKrispy Kreme’s Free Doughnut Promotion Has a Strange Provision for Anti-Vaxxers“On the Cockchain”Monty Python’s John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFTScoop: Substack is raising $65 million amid newsletter boomIN THE NEWSJack Dorsey Could Not Contain His Annoyance at Being Grilled by CongressStudy finds nowhere on Earth is safe from satellite light pollutionCiti Creates ‘Zoom-Free Fridays’ to Combat Pandemic FatigueStanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code on GithubMorocco is seeing a huge surge in cryptocurrency useOpenAI’s text-generating system GPT-3 is now spewing out 4.5 billion words a dayWhat Is BitClout? The Social Media Experiment Sparking Controversy on TwitterVirgin Galactic unveils new SpaceShip IIIMEDIA CANDYSix Minutes to MidnightCOVID-19: 5,000 music fans attend Barcelona gig after passing same-day coronavirus screeningAs Concerts Prepare to Return From Pandemic Lockdown, Roadies Have Moved OnSiouxsie And The Banshees: the story of the band who band who saved punk from parody and invented gothEp18: Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff) on how Covid-19 stopped him from quitting the music businessSpotify is launching its own Clubhouse competitorAT THE LIBRARYThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and narrated by Jeremy IronsThe Immortality Code by Douglas E. RichardsSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatRecorded Future‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series Cast Revealed, Including Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Kumail Nanjiani & MoreHackers backdoor PHP source code after breaching internal git serverA Man Says He Doesn’t Know Why He Stabbed His Grandma 50 Times—FBI Agents Hope His iPhone Will Tell ThemMafia fugitive caught after posting cooking show on YouTubeMORON OF THE WEEKUtah GOP Gov. Spencer Cox Signs Controversial Porn Filter MeasureBRIC-A-BRACHuge Scientific Study Reveals Funniest Joke In The WorldCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSJessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew upPodcast Magazine Free Lifetime SubscriptionSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

31 Mars 20211h 7min

500 episodes & 8 years of grump; crushing Dreams because copyright; still no self-driving cars; buy your Tesla with Bitcoin; Dispo gonna disappear; men behaving badly; India says no Bitcoin; your NFT is gonna disappear; Facebook's AI kicks off punk rockers; paying creators to pump up platforms; uBiome charged with fraud; Jeff Goldblum's world; Sting; Tower Records; the Last Blockbuster; smart bird feeders from Slovenia; Tinder lets you get a Lyft; Neil Gaiman; Amoralman; everyone has a podcast; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/500See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

25 Mars 20211h 5min

Facebook censorship & playbooks; Kalanick, again; Twitter Spaces; Clubhouse upgrades; Bitcoin's problems; Uber, Lyft sharing banned driver data; Amazon gamification expands; NiFTy News; crypto-grifters; the Grammys weren't bad; Pivot; Netflix cracking down on password sharing; iPhone 12 upgrade; HomePod discontinued; FAA drone rules; Cyberweapons Arms Race; deepfakes in suburbia; hacking as a service; anonymized data is bullshit; Zoom Escaper; who wants to be the Technoking?Show notes at https://gog.show/499See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

17 Mars 20211h 11min

NFT bubble grows; music & art blockchain applications; Banksy Morons; NFTs are the new eggs; ChiaCoin; Google eats their cookies; gig worker shortage; UBI seems to work; Facebook SEER AI; McAfee crypto fraud; Square aquires Tidal; Patrice O'Neal; Condor; Jungle Books; Coming to America 2; teleprompter gear; ripping audio; deep fakes are the new eggs; Solarwinds throws an intern under the bus; TALON; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/498See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Mars 20211h 27min