550: We Don’t Build Anything
Grumpy Old Geeks22 Apr 2022

550: We Don’t Build Anything

Coachella & Revolve; becoming a Gigillionaire; masks off; web scraping is legal; unionization is in the air, but $30 an hour for retail; Netflix stock drop, taking a page from Spotify; quantum computing and Rydberg polaritons; Romancing the Stone & Ghostbusters; the Batman; Picard disappointments; #Adulting; sexy backpacks; label created is not shipped; Honey; salt, salt, salt; the Broken Room; Roland; CNN+ shutting down; hot cable talk; revisiting smart home problems; DNS options; cyber security advisory; the wolf of Crypto; Elon Musk is back in MOTW; Binance's unfortunate branded hashtag.

Show notes at https://gog.show/550/

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IN THE NEWS

Uber and Lyft drop mask requirements for US drivers and passengers

Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms

Instagram enables product tagging for everyone in the US

Apple workers at New York store call for minimum wage of $30 per hour

Netflix plans to offer cheaper ad-supported subscription tiers

An Ancient Namibian Stone Could Hold The Key to Unlocking Quantum Computers


MEDIA CANDY

The Batman

Obamas to Leave Spotify, Seek Podcast Deal Elsewhere

Star Trek Picard - No More Reviews, I'm Out

Bill Maher: #Adulting


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Elgato Wave Mic Arm LP

Honey

Dropbox Passwords

The lickable-TV guy created electric chopsticks to make food taste saltier


AT THE LIBRARY

The Broken Room by Peter Clines

Roland celebrates 50 years of music gear with glossy new book

PUSH: J. Grant Brittain - ‘80s Skateboarding Photography


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

CNN+ Is Shutting Down Just Weeks After It Launched

What is 1.1.1.1?

Quad9

OpenDNS

5 Eyes issues joint cyber security advisory


MORON OF THE WEEK

'Wolf of Wall Street' inspiration Jordan Belfort reportedly charged $40,000 for a 2-day crypto workshop at his Miami estate — three years after he called Bitcoin a 'mass delusion'

The Wolf of Crypto

If Wolf of Wall Street were about crypto

every NFT projects be like...

[Exclusive] Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about | TED | Tesla Gigafactory interview

Binance adds a branded hashtag to Twitter that closely resembles a swastika


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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218: Shaka, When the Walls Fell

218: Shaka, When the Walls Fell

Net Neutrality Day of (in)Action; What Did We Do; Amazon’s Geek Squad; Snap, Blue Apron stock; ads within ads; Magic Leap’s Mixed Reality; Sous-vide botnets; Twin Peaks; 80s & 90s music love; Laundry Files; Verizon hack; AlphaBay; MOMA texts; Coke’s AI. Full show notes at http://gog.show/218 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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217: Surveil and Chill

217: Surveil and Chill

Measuring AI; retail apocalypse continues; robot journalists; Soundcloud, Microsoft layoffs, Jawbone shutters; drone identification; Xbox One; hackintosh; internet TV; MeDoc; cryptocurrency hacks; Zip Bomb; Panda solar farms; Panopticon; OK Computer. Full show notes at http://gog.show/217 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

10 Juli 20171h 38min

216: Lunchroom of Effervescent Healing

216: Lunchroom of Effervescent Healing

The Dumb Ages; misogynist silicon valley losers; Google’s $2.7b fine; Kiwi coders; 10 years of iPhones; drop in on Alexa; hackintoshes; YouTube TV fails; is vinyl back, no; Eddie Izzard; Petya NotPetya; InspiroBot; scamming Nigerians; stupid Jenners. Full show notes at http://gog.show/216 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3 Juli 20171h 41min

215: I Have a Bad Feeling About This

215: I Have a Bad Feeling About This

Apple giveth, Apple taketh; Kalanick Uber’s out; Tesla streams; battery tech; AI language; social media for introverts; world building is hard; Opie Solo; Payola 2.0; Banksy unveiled, maybe; Jazz chickens & Harry Potter; Mac malware; send nudes, Iceland! Full show notes at http://gog.show/215 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

26 Juni 20171h 37min

214: Evil as a Service

214: Evil as a Service

Amazon & Whole Foods; Goop Gone Wild; Uber's Peace Room; Snap down; Katybot; Goodbye, Hello; Russian vending machines; iPads; The Dollar, TJ Miller & The Grift; Planet of the Apps; Rakka; Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O; Mac Ransomware; Piñata drones; where's Henry? Full show notes at http://gog.show/214 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

19 Juni 20171h 54min

213: A Pinch of Wrath

213: A Pinch of Wrath

Robot clothes & AI futures; net neutrality; Uber firings; billionaire CEOs on sinking ships; Amazon vs Walmart; building a better web; make America fast again; WWDC; Don Quixote; overthinking the Leftovers; printer steganography; Goop; hacking Britney. Full show notes at http://gog.show/213 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

12 Juni 20171h 45min

212: High Heals and Dyslexia

212: High Heals and Dyslexia

Covfefe & tea; trickle-down workaholism; self-driving car news; the "passenger economy"; CRISPR beer; anticipated slide decks; EFF sues FBI; plastic surgery hacks & backend exposures; Kodi & dots; House of Cards; Twin Peaks; 3 seashells; Icelandic Costco. Full show notes at http://gog.show/212 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

5 Juni 20171h 41min

211: Fire in the Hole

211: Fire in the Hole

C-YA, Imzy; burrito hacks; net neutrality; Uber owes; patent trolls; Mossberg signs out; beatings iris scans; tainted news; Amazon's brick & mortar; Fire stick & Alexa; Opera FTW; Adam Curry's still at it; Twin Peaks returns; AI paint colors; Ask Jeeves. Full show notes at http://gog.show/211 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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