522: Ray Banned
Grumpy Old Geeks15 Sep 2021

522: Ray Banned

Jason considers the gig economy; more billionaires in spaaace; SEC looks to regulate crypto; Wal-Mart pump and dump; Apple ruled to ease App store rules; robot waiters; Facebook gives misinformation to misinformation researchers; Tesla rolls out self driving BETA; losing history to Flash; Picard Season 3, Matrix: Resurrections trailers; Lower Decks got funny; Behind the Attraction; Clarkson's Farm; mailing lists not missed; Facebook's new smart glasses; Roomba's P.O.O.P.; hiding cables; let's talk cookwares; another social network, Minus the social; always get it in writing; a tale of a fateful ship, the Satoshi.

Show notes at https://gog.show/522

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IN THE NEWS

Biden’s SEC is ready to regulate cryptocurrency

Posing as Walmart, scammers send crypto surging 25%

Apple must ease App Store rules, U.S. judge orders

Real-life ‘Jetsons’? Watch robots cheerfully serve food at this Dallas restaurant

Facebook has been giving misinformation researchers incomplete data

Tesla rolls out Full Self Driving 10 beta with more confident decision making

Google gave user data to Hong Kong officials despite moratorium promise

Some of the most iconic 9/11 news coverage is lost. Blame Adobe Flash


MEDIA CANDY

Picard Season 3 Trailer

Star Trek: Lower Decks

The Matrix: Resurrections – Official Trailer 1

Behind the Attraction

Disney's remaining 2021 movies will debut in theaters first

Clarkson’s Farm

‘We’re just not used to it’: Clarkson farm shop causes stir in the Cotswolds

Into the Night Season 2


APPS & DOODADS

Apple says motorcycle vibrations can damage iPhone cameras

Facebook’s New Camera Glasses Are Dangerously Easy to Use

Watch Mark Zuckerberg announce new Facebook and Ray-Ban smart glasses

FACEBOOK: TAPING OVER CAMERA LED ON OUR GLASSES IS A TOS VIOLATION

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Made In Cookware

Blue Carbon Steel Frying Pan

Stainless Clad Saucier

Le Creuset Dutch Oven 5 1/2 qt

T-fal 5qt Dutch Oven, Nonstick, Black


MORON OF THE WEEK

Minus is a finite social network where you get 100 posts—for life.

Pinterest Accused of Not Paying Female ‘Co-Creator’

The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship

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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