526: In Over Their Cleggs
Grumpy Old Geeks13 Okt 2021

526: In Over Their Cleggs

Toxic environments on the Enterprise; FB & IG, down again; Instagram wants teens to "take a break" but not sure how; Nick Clegg's vacant words; Magic Leap is back & raking in the cash; Twitch leak reveals full source code, financial data; you oughta get in twitching; celebrity crypto shilling; GM wants you to subscribe to their cars; Apple Developer Academy; tech startups lie; Foundation renewed Storytime with Seth Rogan; Dave Chappelle; the Expanse; Apple TV 4k; iPhone vs Android privacy; Twitter recommends you not go on Twitter; do you or don't you need a VPN?

Show notes at https://gog.show/526

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FOLLOW UP

Blue Origin delays William Shatner's spaceflight to October 13th

The renowned programmer who created PHP "hates programming" and said he's "not a real programmer."


IN THE NEWS

Facebook and Instagram are down for the second time this week

Instagram will encourage teens to 'take a break'

Facebook’s Oversight Board will meet with the Facebook whistleblower

Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation

My First Year at Magic Leap and the Opportunity Ahead

Twitch's source code and streamer payment figures have been leaked following hack

Twitch Data Leak Confirms The 100 Highest-Paid Streamers

Celebrity Crypto Shilling Is a Moral Disaster

GM aims to build Netflix-sized subscription business by 2030

Apple opens Developer Academy in Detroit, creating new opportunities for careers in the iOS app economy

Lifestyles of the Rich and Gullible: Theranos and Ozy Edition


MEDIA CANDY

‘Foundation’ Renewed for Season 2 at Apple

Storytime with Seth Rogen

Dave Chappelle The Closer

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Defends Dave Chappelle Special in Staff Memo: ‘Artistic Freedom’ Is Different for Stand-Up (EXCLUSIVE)

Watch the first trailer for The Expanse season 6, arriving December 10th

Baking Impossible: The great nerdish bake-off for the engineering set


APPS & DOODADS

iPhone apps no better for privacy than Android, Oxford study finds

Apple now requires all apps to make it easy for users to delete their accounts

Twitter will now warn you before you participate in a conversation that could get heated

Gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers to be banned under new California law

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SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

You Probably Don't Need a VPN


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The Lindenbaum Prize for short gamebook fiction


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103: A Tidal Wave of Stupid

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102: 10,000 Moderately Interested Fans

102: 10,000 Moderately Interested Fans

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100: So Much Universe, and so Little Time

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99: Because Freedom!

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