553: Grumpio Frumpio
Grumpy Old Geeks13 Maj 2022

553: Grumpio Frumpio

Humanity stuck in hold my beer mode; returning to work entitlement; many meta verses; crypto crashing, fraud everywhere; affordable connectivity & WIFI before seatbelts on buses; Musk's plan for Twitter; Cameo lays off the Fameo; Peleton's post-covid crunch; Clearview AI banned from direct sales to state agencies; Star Trek hopes; Severance; Avatar & Downton Abbey; iPhone cases; Apple discontinues the iPod; tandem showers; wheelbarrows; crypto muggings; more your phone is listening to you nonsense; healthcare, hospice & grief.

Show notes at https://gog.show/553/

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Downton Abbey: A New Era

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APPS & DOODADS

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Apple discontinues its last iPod

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SECURITY HAH!

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