Grumpy Old Geeks

Everyone wants a piece of that sweet crypto-chain; inconsistent search sanitization; Meta has a minor problem with a global community development manager; linguistic fingerprints; AI art; more stolen NFTs, NFT gig economy bubble; bye, Hyperloop; John Oliver & Bill Maher; Mrs. Maisel; the King's Man; Tori Amos; mics, bands, Paste and Tots; Time Is, How Long Ago, we're old; Instagram losing daily time limits; Truth Social waiting lists; the Ninties, Chuck Klosterman; Michael Schur; Kanye's back in Moron of the Week; Snowden & Assange; a broken clock is right twice a day; Ukraine and 80s kids fears; AirTag stalking & a mischief of magpies.

Show notes at https://gog.show/542/

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Why you can’t rebuild Wikipedia with crypto

Kickstarter says they "won't make changes to Kickstarter without you" after blockchain backlash... but they will continue with blockchain plans

IN THE NEWS

Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting

Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints

APPLE EMPLOYEES ARE UNIONIZING AND THEY’RE USING ANDROID PHONES TO KEEP APPLE FROM SPYING ON THEM

You can’t copyright AI-created art, according to US officials

OpenSea users lose hundreds of NFTs in likely phishing attack

Sotheby’s CryptoPunk Auction Canceled After Seller Withdraws

An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy

VIRGIN HYPERLOOP JUST LAID OFF ALMOST HALF ITS EMPLOYEES

MEDIA CANDY

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4

The King’s Man

Tori Amos releasing ‘Little Earthquakes’ anniversary comic book & vinyl

APPS & DOODADS

BEACN Mic

NOMAD - Rugged Band - Black Hardware

Paste

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Time.Is

How Long Ago

Instagram quietly bumps up the minimum daily time limit

Trump’s social network has launched on iOS

Cameo defends its decision to partner with the 'Tinder Swindler': 'Part of what makes Cameo special is the diversity and variety of personalities'

AT THE LIBRARY

The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

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The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Snowden was right: Pandemic surveillance is here to stay

AirTag stalking concerns continue; university study underway to measure the problem

iOS 15.4 beta 4 adds anti-stalking alerts to AirTag and other Find My accessories

A mischief of magpies defeated scientists' tracking devices

MORON OF THE WEEK

Kanye West says he’s raked in over $2.2million in Stem Player sales in just 24 hours

The Bunnies Have Left the Mansion: Inside Playboy’s Quest to Reinvent Itself as a Tech Company

MARK ZUCKERBERG’S SISTER POSTS SKIN-CRAWLINGLY HORRIBLE SONG ABOUT CRYPTO

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Mark Lanegan, Grunge Pioneer and Screaming Trees Singer, Dead at 57

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Crypto simulations; Cent CEO points out fundamental problems with Web3; Moviepass wants your eyeballs; Facebook/Meta lawsuits & settlements; Metamates; BlockFi settlement; Akamai acquires Linode; Virgin Galactic now booking, what a deal; NYC raises Uber/Lyft pay; Manifest; Inventing Anna; Deep Space Nine; Paramount+, Paramates; The Boys: Diabolical; emoji URLs; BAT; Ford Maverick 3d printing; Termination Shock, finally; Michael Schur; Ukraine cyberattacks; BlackByte ransomware; Freedumb Convoy; NYPD surveillance; don't pixelate to redact text.

Show notes at https://gog.show/541

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Crypto Miner Tycoon Simulator trailer

Marketplace suspends most NFT sales, citing 'rampant' fakes and plagiarism

IN THE NEWS

MoviePass will return this summer

Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook’s Facial-Recognition Practices

Meta will pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit

Peter Thiel-backed crypto start-up BlockFi to pay $100 million in settlement with SEC, 32 states

SFPD put rape victims’ DNA into database used to find criminals, DA alleges

Akamai acquires Linode for $900M

Virgin Galactic is looking for 1,000 people to buy its $450,000 spaceflight tickets

NYC to raise minimum pay for Uber and Lyft drivers

MEDIA CANDY

The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window

Manifest (Season 3)

Inventing Anna

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Paramount+ hits 32.8 million subscribers; will offer Showtime for a fee

Goodbye Viacom and CBS: ViacomCBS Changes Corporate Name to Paramount

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

The Boys Presents: Diabolical - Trailer | Prime Video

APPS & DOODADS

Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses

Ford makes it easier to 3D-print accessories for its Maverick pickup

SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD - Up to 1050MB/s - USB-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 - External Solid State Drive

AT THE LIBRARY

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

Michael Schur, Creator of “The Good Place” — How SNL Trains Writers, His TV University at “The Office,” Lessons from Lorne Michaels, Wisdom from David Foster Wallace, and Exploring Moral Philosophy with “How to Be Perfect” (#565)

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The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Ukraine faces more cyberattacks amid Russian invasion fears

FBI says BlackByte ransomware group has breached critical US infrastructure

Canada uses Emergencies Act to rein in 'Freedom Convoy' crowdfunds

Canada Sanctions 34 Crypto Wallets Tied to Trucker 'Freedom Convoy'

Inside the NYPD’s Surveillance Machine

The Most Surveilled Cities in the World

3 former Gettr employees say the social media platform laid off its entire security and IT teams, and one said it was run 'like a high school operation': report

Never, Ever, Ever Use Pixelation for Redacting Text

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

PJ O’Rourke, writer and humorist, dies aged 74

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The tide seems to be turning on NFTs, Web3 & crypto; Bored Ape Yacht Club founders doxxed, but I thought the blockchain was anonymous; couple charged with laundering billions in stolen bitcoin, bad rap videos; EU tells Meta to go ahead and leave if that's what it wants; robot dogs on the border; the Tinder Swindler; Reacher; Beforeigners; Manifest; Apple AI music; Adobe dark patterns; Laundry Files; Boba wrap-up; prepper corner; IRS drops facial recognition idea, fast; kidnapped for crypto; bricking radios.

Show notes at https://gog.show/540/

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Unreal demand? Irregular sales worth billions fire up wild NFT market

Rivian Loses Its Shine as Investors Fret About Production Delays

IN THE NEWS

Celebrities and NFTs Are a Match Made in Hell

The Crypto Backlash Is Booming

The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now

We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Pseudonymous Founders

‘Doxxing’ of Bored Ape founders exposes Web3’s transparency issues

This Is the Couple Charged With Laundering Billions in Stolen Bitcoin

Alleged crypto launderer Heather Morgan led a second life as the world's worst rapper

The DOJ’s $3.6B Bitcoin Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto

Meta may be forced to shutter Facebook, Instagram in EU

Robot dogs to patrol U.S. border

SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm

Chinese 'space cleaner' spotted grabbing and throwing away old satellite

DARPA JUST FLEW A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER WITH NO PILOT

MEDIA CANDY

The Tinder Swindler

Reacher

Beforeigners Season 1

Manifest Season 1 and into Season 2

APPS & DOODADS

Apple acquires startup behind Infinite Music Engine that adapts music to your heartbeat

The Crystal Method: Drive: Nike + Original Run

Apple source code references 'realityOS' for potential VR/AR headsets

How Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract.

This is my next main browser: a review of Orion

Orion Browser

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Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

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The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Star Wars: Mark Hamill Didn't Record Luke Skywalker's Dialogue for The Book of Boba Fett

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Gets May Premiere Date at Disney Plus

The IRS won’t make you verify your identity with facial recognition after all

Kidnapped for crypto: Criminals see flashy crypto owners as easy targets, and it has led to a disturbing string of violent robberies

Twitter parts ways with two-factor provider following claims of secret surveillance

Radio station snafu in Seattle bricks some Mazda infotainment systems

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Direct Donations to Jason’s Hospital Fund

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Meta stock plummets due to reduced growth, generally being Meta; HitPiece "starts a conversation" about blatant theft; we're really, really over "nefts"; Wordle gets bought by the NYT, nothing changes; Tesla's estimated percentage of defect; Joe Rogan, Spotify kerfuffle continues; gaming consolidation; Super Pumped; House of Gucci; Manifest; Janet Jackson; new Wi-Fi standards; Noom is a scam; IRS, facial recognition & ID.me; GDPR consent popups now unlawful; full-frontal Luke.

Show notes at https://gog.show/539

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Tippmann TPX Paintball Pistol Starter Kit - Black

Salt Supply Co.

IN THE NEWS

Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 22% on lower profits

Facebook isn’t growing anymore

HitPiece Wants to Make Every Song in the World an NFT. But Artists Aren’t Buying It

Even Ye hates the NFT

The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be the Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’

The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster

It’s pronounced “neft”

Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times

People Are Downloading the Next 2,000 Days of Wordle

Tesla recalls 53,822 cars because they won’t stop at stop signs

Teen wants $50,000 to stop tracking Elon Musk’s private jet

Dorsey Says Zuckerberg Should Have Focused on Bitcoin, Not Diem

Joe Rogan apologizes to Spotify over backlash and promises to 'balance things out'

Sony is buying Destiny studio Bungie

Dating app Grindr disappears from Apple's App Store in China (updated)

MEDIA CANDY

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME

House of Gucci

Janet Jackson

Aziz Ansari Nightclub Comedian

Manifest

APPS & DOODADS

Netflix's 'Continue Watching' queue gets a huge quality of life improvement

This upcoming Wi-Fi standard will give your router motion-sensing superpowers

I found out why metaverse avatars don’t have legs

Why Noom, The Weight-Loss App, Is A Scam

Atomos Shinobi

AT THE LIBRARY

Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers

ID.me

GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful

The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show – Episode 243

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Direct Donations to Jason’s Hospital Fund

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NFTs, destroyed; FCC & ISP choice; Bitcoin is just a tech stock now; Diem dissolved; Elon's brain implants; autonomous cars & legal responsibility; TikTok's creator fund; Neil Young tells Spotify, Rogan or me, Spotify chooses Rogan; Google's new cookies; META supercomputer; Beforeigners; Ozark; Eternals; Salvation; the Critical Drinker; iPad doodads; Pestle; Twitter's Flock; Aftermath by Levar Burton; Stronger After Stroke; Depeche Mode; Boba Fett sans Boba; VPN questions; Attorney Generals suing Google; Bittner's got a gun.

Show notes at https://gog.show/538

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The Problem With NFTs by Folding Ideas

IN THE NEWS

FCC chair plans to block exclusive deals that limit ISP choice in apartments

Bitcoin Is Just a Crappy Tech Stock Now

Facebook-backed Diem Association may be close to dissolving

Steve Bannon Is Key Player In New Cryptocurrency. What Could Go Wrong?

Experts Are Ringing Alarms About Elon Musk’s Brain Implants

Major legal changes needed for driverless car era

Tesla driver faces felony charges in fatal crash involving Autopilot.

Why TikTok stars are criticizing its creator fund

Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum

Google is testing a new replacement for third-party cookies

Meta says its new AI supercomputer will be the world's fastest by mid-2022

Meta's 'free' internet is costing people money in developing countries

MEDIA CANDY

Beforeigners

Ozark

Eternals

Salvation

Why Modern Movies Suck - They're Written By Children - by The Critical Drinker

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AT THE LIBRARY

Aftermath by LeVar Burton

Stronger After Stroke, Third Edition: Your Roadmap to Recovery

Stripped: Depeche Mode by Jonathan Miller

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

The Prepared

Can VPNs Be Traced?

Washington DC's AG sues Google for 'deceiving users and invading their privacy'

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Rulers of the NOW

Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell singer dies at 74

Louie Anderson Dies: Comedian & Emmy Winner Was 68

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Government makes usable website; Apple & Google oppose antitrust efforts; sad NFTs; non-smart non-contracts; we don't talk about crypto, no no no; Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard; Instagram closed petfluencers; the Witcher; the Expanse; Encanto; Ray Donovan; Station Eleven; Star Trek news; Stroke Cast; Stay & Moom apps; 12' Ladder; Rode VideoMic; Reddit revamps block to actually block; Aftermath; Humankind: A Hopeful History; Termination Shock; NSO Group's Pegasus; VPNLab; Boba Vette.

Show notes at https://gog.show/537/

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AT&T and Verizon delay 5G rollout at some airports after airlines warn of disruptions

IN THE NEWS

The Government’s New Website for Ordering Free COVID Tests Is Refreshingly Easy to Use

Apple and Google oppose Senate antitrust efforts, claiming they'd hurt consumer security

Which Celebrity Has the Saddest NFT?

The Dune NFT Fiasco Is the Least of Crypto's Legal Worries

UK government announces official crackdown on 'misleading' crypto ads

Spain sets new rules for influencers who promote cryptocurrency

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion

Microsoft Game Pass tops 25 million subscribers

Bring in the clones: Instagrammers are genetically replicating their pets

MEDIA CANDY

The Witcher

The Expanse

Encanto

Why “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Is the Biggest Disney Hit Since “Let It Go”

Ray Donovan the Movie

Station Eleven

Star Trek: Discovery’ Renewed For Season 5; Premiere Dates Announced For ‘Picard’ And ‘Strange New Worlds’

Stroke Cast

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Reddit 'revamped' its block feature so blocking actually works

AT THE LIBRARY

Aftermath by LeVar Burton

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman , Erica Moore , Elizabeth Manton

Termination Shock: A Novel by Neal Stephenson

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Fett's Vette 2021 Music Video (MC Chris)

Israeli police reportedly used Pegasus spyware to conduct domestic surveillance

Europol Shuts Down VPNLab, Cybercriminals' Favourite VPN Service

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Web3, NFTs, cryptocurrencies & other grifts; Uber CEO admits they could afford labor protections; shoddy coding; why Tesla is good & why Tesla is bad; Mozilla backtracks; gamifying the law; The Matrix: Resurrections; Nic Cage's massive talent; Amazon's All or Nothing series; Canon's printer ink chip problem; Magic Leap is back; Wordle clones; voice-adjustable dumbbells; caught by Google Maps; open-source developer borks own files; Russian cyber-activity warning; looking for rational prepper advice; mid-life crisis Boba Fett.

Show notes at https://gog.show/536/

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Winnie the Pooh Public Domain

My first impressions of web3 by Moxie Marlinspike

IN THE NEWS

Uber CEO Admits Company Can Afford Labor Protections for Drivers

LAPD fired two officers who ignored robbers to play 'Pokémon Go'

Shoddy coding has some Honda cars stuck in the year 2002

Why Tesla Soared as Other Automakers Struggled to Make Cars

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta has an ‘assertive’ driving mode that ‘may perform rolling stops’

DMV ‘revisiting’ its approach to regulating Tesla’s public self-driving test

Mozilla pauses crypto donations following criticism over climate impact

Kim Kardashian Sued for Promoting Alleged Cryptocurrency 'Pump and Dump' Scam

The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism

Tech Startup Wants To Gamify Suing People Using Crypto Tokens

Here’s the truth about the crypto miner that comes with Norton Antivirus

Jack Dorsey proposes a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers

MEDIA CANDY

The Matrix Resurrections

Nic Cage plays 'Nick Cage' in first look at comedy-thriller The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

All or Nothing: Manchester City

All or Nothing: Juventes

APPS & DOODADS

Magnet App

Magic Leap grants healthcare startups access to its new AR headset ahead of mid-2022 release

It fills me with glee that Canon printers now think Canon’s own toner is fake

Wordle' clones are taking over the App Store

Alexa can change the weight on NordicTrack's adjustable dumbbells

SECURITY HAH!

Italian mafia boss caught after Google Maps sighting in Spain

Open source developer corrupts his own files, impacting millions

Warnings of Russian cyber activity as Moscow continues preparations to invade Ukraine.

Understanding and Mitigating Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Threats to U.S. Critical Infrastructure

'Huge, huge numbers:' insurance group sees death rates up 40 percent over pre-pandemic levels

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Thomas J Indge - Musician - composer | performer | producer

Thomas J Indge - Instagram

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2022, here we go again; the case against crypto; feels like a sea change against crypto & NFTs; the metaverse still doesn't exist; decentralized Web3 is, you guessed it, centralized; DoorDash requires engineers to deliver goods once a month; Uber launching driverless food delivery; everyone's delaying returns to the office, again; Grand Tour; Hannah; Red Notice; Don't Look Up; the Matrix; Salvation; Hawkeye; Free Guy; Jungle Cruise; South Park; Star Trek's feelings; Twetch; Catatouille & the Catellite Dish; the Book of Boba Fett; anything exciting happen over the break?

Show notes at https://gog.show/535

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From Bitcoin Obituaries - "Bitcoin is Dead" Declared 400+ Times

The Case Against Crypto by Stephen Diehl

Brian Eno is not a fan of NFTs

The Future Is Not Only Useless, It’s Expensive

In 2021, tech talked up ‘the metaverse.’ One problem: It doesn’t exist.

Fortune Favours the Brave | Crypto.com

web3 is Centralized by Wesley Aptekar-Cassels

IN THE NEWS

San Francisco-based DoorDash is requiring engineers to deliver food — and they’re furious

Uber will launch driverless food deliveries in California in 2022

Autonomous car developers lobby to defang safety data regulations

Apple joins the ranks of companies delaying their return to office

Comcast won't enforce Northeast data caps until 2023 at the earliest

AT&T and Verizon settle FCC 911 outage investigations

Verizon and AT&T Decline Regulators’ Request to Delay New 5G Services

MEDIA CANDY

The Witcher

Netflix drops a surprise teaser for its 'Witcher' prequel

The Grand Tour Presents... Carnage a Trois

Hannah Season 3

Red Notice

The Matrix Resurrections

Don’t Look Up!

Salvation

Hawkeye

Free Guy

Jungle Cruise

South Park: Post Covid

APPS & DOODADS

Twetch

Halide for iPhone

FiLMic Pro

FiLMiC Creator Bundle

DJI Osmo Pocket 2

Your cat could burn your house down, Korean officials warn after 107 fires sparked by felines

Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Dishes Are Attracting Cats

AT THE LIBRARY

Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events by Brent Spiner

Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

January 1, 2022, is Public Domain Day: Works from 1926 are open to all, as is a cornucopia of recorded music: an estimated 400,000 sound recordings from before 1923!

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

The Book of Boba Fett

'The Book of Boba Fett' premiere is an abysmal failure on every level

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

What Happens When You Quit Alcohol?

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Christmas is cancelled; Bezos gets his wings; subscription models; AWS outage; centralized exchanges; Buzzfeed headlines; Twitter Spaces lack moderation; Vegans and NFT'ers; some smart NFT moves; fat finger errors; Facebook exec blames people; click to subscribe, call to cancel; A&M Records; the Expanse; Star Trek: Discovery; FC Bayern; Dan Carlin; thumper spikes; DiePods; drunk purchases; Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser; comprised Twitter accounts; Log4j and software dependencies.

Show notes at https://gog.show/534

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The FAA will give Bezos and Branson its last astronaut wings

Mercedes-Benz gets world’s first approval for automated driving system

Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob

IN THE NEWS

Amazon explains outage that took out a large chunk of the internet

Amazon’s Server Outage Took Down a ‘Decentralized’ Crypto Exchange

How Former BuzzFeed Employees Missed Their Big Payday

Twitter asks judge to throw out Trump's lawsuit over ban

Twitter reportedly knew Spaces could be misused due to a lack of moderation

Bored Ape Yacht Club: Someone accidentally sold a $300,000 NFT for $3,000

NIKE buys RTFKT, a virtual brand that makes metaverse-ready sneakers

Strengthening digital provenance with OpenSea and Adobe

Facebook exec blames society for COVID misinformation

Senate bill would facilitate social platforms sharing data with outside researchers

Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.

The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says

MEDIA CANDY

Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records

The Expanse Season 6

The Witcher

FC Bayern - Behind the Legend

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History Addendum

Everything Everywhere All At Once | Official Trailer HD | A24

APPS & DOODADS

Victor M9012 Sonic 2 Spike, Yellow

Controversial ‘suicide pod’ that ‘kills peacefully’ gets go-ahead in Switzerland

Arduino UNO Mini Limited Edition

AT THE LIBRARY

Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events

Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

First Look | "Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser" | With Walt Disney Imagineering | Walt Disney World

Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Welcome video - Very Star Tours like.

Someone 'briefly compromised' the Indian Prime Minister's Twitter account

Logging library for millions of apps has a serious vulnerability

xkcd: Dependency

Google disrupted a massive botnet that hackers used to steal information and mine cryptocurrency

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Dies At 78

Michael Nesmith — considerably more than a Monkee — dies at 78

Monkees’ Manager on Michael Nesmith’s Final Months: ‘He Died Knowing They Were Beloved — He Finally Got It’

Anne Rice, ‘Interview with the Vampire’ Writer, Dies at 80

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Zuck on a Truck, Taxis & NFTs; Dorsey departs Twitter; Square becomes Block; Logi are SLOBS; AI accountability; debt collectors wants to slide into your DMs; Elon seems to have misplaced all his money, can't help SpaceX; Shang-Chi; Hawkeye; Cruella; Get Back; Listening to Kenny G; Star Trek: Discovery's feelings; Lost in Space; Iron Maiden podcast; True Story; the Power of the Dog; old ears; Lucid; Blinkist; Craft; Bitmart hacked; scaling moderation issues hit Twitter, eBay; to Facebook or not to Facebook, that is the argument.

Show notes at https://gog.show/533/

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Zuck on a Truck

NFTs: crypto grifters try to scam artists, again

NFT CryptoPunk owner sold it to himself for $532 million in Ethereum

CryptoPunks NFT Tracker

Long-time Lyft CFO departs to become CFO at NFT marketplace OpenSea

IN THE NEWS

Jack Dorsey Has Stepped Down As Twitter CEO

New Twitter CEO has already begun a 'major reorganization'

Square is changing its name to Block

Square, Inc. Changes Name to Block

OBS Project accuses Streamlabs OBS of stealing name and trademark

The movement to hold AI accountable gains more steam

AI Is Discovering Patterns in Pure Mathematics That Have Never Been Seen Before

Debt collectors can now text, email and DM you on social media

Elon Musk Frantically Warns Employees of Potential SpaceX Bankruptcy

MEDIA CANDY

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Hawkeye

Cruella

Get Back

Listening to Kenny G

Star Trek: Discovery

Christopher Moore on Discovery

Lost in Space

Wheel of Time

Watch First Episode Of IRON MAIDEN Singer BRUCE DICKINSON's 'Psycho Schizo Espresso' Video Podcast

True Story

The Power of the Dog

Laurence Fishburne Was Never Told Why ‘Matrix 4’ Left Him Out: ‘You Have to Ask Lana Wachowski’

Spotify Hired A Psychic To Channel Your Personal Audio Aura

APPS & DOODADS

How Old are Your Ears?

Lucid

Blinkist

Craft

Sun and Moon Seeker

Time Calculator

Chatter Telephone™ with Bluetooth®

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Crypto exchange BitMart loses $196 million to hackers

Twitter mistakenly suspended users after extremists abused its private image policy

eBay banned some users by mistake

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Geek & Southern

1-800-Contacts

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