Grumpy Old Geeks

Grumpy Old Geeks

We dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.

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340: Spoiler Alert, Everyone Dies

340: Spoiler Alert, Everyone Dies

How to hide from AI survelliance; Amazon tracking workers; Facebook hit with 3 privacy fines in one day; Twitter Jack meets Trump; Slack goes public; FB $5 billion FTC fine; Instagram & influencers; M...

30 Apr 20191h 10min

339: Let Them Eat Cake

339: Let Them Eat Cake

Capitalism in crisis; viva la revolution; shutting down social media; rejecting Silicon Valley education; Facebook antitrust case; Alexa, let me tell you about my mother; firefighting drones; the Spid...

25 Apr 201956min

338: Farting in the Wind

338: Farting in the Wind

Ethics alone can't fix tech; 20 years since Columbine; India leads the world in internet shutdowns; the tyranny of Arial; UK porn block; Pinterest is a legit business, guys; Mueller report on CD-ROM; ...

22 Apr 201935min

337: Semper Malevolum

337: Semper Malevolum

Flickr login freedom; scooter body counts; Star Wars goes VR; Facebook VR avatars; EU passes copyright law; UK pushes privacy for under 18s; tour Amazon fulfillment centers; we get more dystopian ever...

18 Apr 20191h 5min

336: You'll Get Used to It

336: You'll Get Used to It

Lyft & Uber IPOs; Amazon minimum wage challenge; Google Calendar & Hangout spam; China calls bitcoin "seriously wasted resources"; drone delivery is a go; Assange arrested; robocalls & ringless voicem...

15 Apr 20191h 14min

335: Putting the F-U in FUN

335: Putting the F-U in FUN

Is it good or bad, again; big telecoms suppressing fast internet; accountable & ethical AI: Facebook tracks you after deactivation; Lyft threatens Morgan Stanley; sharing Netflix passwords; Tesla Sent...

11 Apr 20191h 6min

334: Shrodinger's Cancer

334: Shrodinger's Cancer

Amazon & Whole Paycheck; AI ethics; the Internet Archive; political texts; Australia's knee jerk reaction; 996.icu; Snap ads; Tesla's autopilot; scooter news; privacy for plants & birds; bumbling Chin...

8 Apr 20191h 10min

333: Halfway to Hell

333: Halfway to Hell

Remembrance of internets past; what is tech ethics; Lyft stock rises, tanks; EU won't wreck internet; Zuck asks for government help; Google employee backlash; Apple shifts to rentier creep; YouTube le...

4 Apr 20191h 10min

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