Grumpy Old Geeks

Happy Thanksgiving; spam season; Jason's pivoting; scooters back in the news; Zillow's AI disaster; Tesla app locked people out of their cars (except for their keys); Zipline; trolling NFT owners; the NFT Bay; Crypto.com Arena; Apple on right to repair; OpenAI GPT-3; the Orville; Star Trek: First Contact; Jagged, Alanis Morissette; Discovery; Foundation; Wheel of Time; Bored Ape Yacht Club; Buy Nothing Project; ear wax; AirPods are out; Super Agent cookie monster; Twitter Blue; smart dimmers.

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Miami votes to end electric scooter pilot program

IN THE NEWS

What Went Wrong With Zillow? A Real-Estate Algorithm Derailed Its Big Bet

Tesla app outage locked some owners out of their cars

Zipline starts first commercial US drone deliveries with Walmart partnership in Arkansas

How to Troll an NFT Owner

“The NFT Bay” Shares Multi-Terabyte Archive of ‘Pirated’ NFTs

Crypto park deal has winner’s curse

Why Apple changed its mind on Right to Repair

Apple will let iPhone users repair their own devices

OpenAI makes GPT-3 generally available through its API

MEDIA CANDY

Jagged

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4

Star Trek: Discovery Is Tearing the Streaming World Apart

‘Scenes From a Marriage,’ ‘Dopesick,’ ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Showrunners on Adapting Source Material for TV

Foundation

Wheel of Time

A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks

Universal Forms Metaverse Band Based on Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

It’s just a pre-monitezed, not good Gorillaz... 

APPS & DOODADS

The Buy Nothing Project

Yes, you DO need a smart ear wax remover. And the Spade Mini is on sale for under $40

Are AirPods Out? Why Cool Kids Are Wearing Wired Headphones

Super Agent - Automatic cookie consent

Introducing Twitter Blue - Twitter’s first-ever subscription offering

Amazon Basics Single Pole Smart Switch, Works with Alexa, Neutral Wire Required - A Certified for Humans Device

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Timbiebs; Uber, still horrible; Telsla full self-crashing beta; Russians blow up a satellite or two; US government bans some NFTs; science proves NFTs are mostly worthless; Facebook exodus; bitcoin rehab, hodl hodl hodl; Brave browser; sites that track you the most; share a pet, don't plant a tree; Another Life; Foundation; You; Bond; Face to Face & Sting; Jason's Mac Stack; Spotify trolls; Obi-Wan, rollerblading & air fryers in Security; FBI hack; microchip implants; Facebook just won't quit you.

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Tim Hortons teams up with Justin Bieber to launch Timbit flavours called 'Timbiebs'

It's time for freshly cracked eggs in Tim Hortons kitchens: Restaurants across Canada now proudly serving 100% Canadian freshly cracked eggs in all breakfast sandwiches

Uber discriminates against passengers with disabilities by charging them wait fees, a Department of Justice lawsuit alleges

Tesla vehicle in ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta mode ‘severely damaged’ after crash in California

IN THE NEWS

NASA Administrator Statement on Russian ASAT Test

Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud

Russian anti-satellite missile test draws condemnation

The US Government Made It Illegal to Buy These NFTs

Science proves it: Most NFTs are worthless

Tech recruiters struggled for years to get people to leave Facebook. Now they say there's an exodus building, and the company is having more trouble recruiting, too.

Removing Certain Ad Targeting Options and Expanding Our Ad Controls

Meta’s ban on ‘sensitive’ ad categories doesn’t spell the end for microtargeting on Facebook

Mt. Gox Trustee announces approval of 150,000 BTC Rehabilitation Plan.

Basic Attention Token Up 25% Following Brave's Solana Integration

The 10 Websites That Track You the Most

Share a pet photo, plant a tree? Check before you join a trend, experts say

Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in 'game changer' remote work law

MEDIA CANDY

The Orville (season 3)

Another Life (Season 2)

You

Three Body Problem TV Show Trailer by Tencent

No Time To Die

No Way out but Through by Face to Face

Sting: Rushing Water

In a new documentary, Alanis Morissette makes multiple allegations of statutory rape. But she won’t attend the movie’s premiere.

APPS & DOODADS

iOS 15.2 Beta 2 Lets Your Family Access Your Data If You Pass Away

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Spotify finally lets you block other users

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Here's our first look at the 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' series

Why Rollerblading Died

You Should Know: The First Kidney-Shaped Pool (1939)

Wirecutter - The Best Air Fryer

FBI email servers were hacked to target a security researcher

“Deleted” doesn’t mean deleted, at least not with Facebok

Inside an Online Community of People With Microchip Implants

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Self-driving cars, still 20 years away; Facebook won't use facial recognition, but Meta sure will; Phhhoto; Elon Musk's tax bill and twitter infantilism; delete your tweets; socialized robots; Uber to dispatch... taxis; ABBA; Olivia Rodrigo; the Cranberries & Sinead; Dexter; Four Hours at the Capitol; Star Trek; Stranger Things; Microsoft OneDrive; Alexa following you; USB chargers; Grammarly; Range by David Epstein; I have the best words; bricked Macs; NextDNS; Robinhood hack; 2FA Google; disrupting parking lots.

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Tech Can’t Fix the Problem of Cars

IN THE NEWS

An Update On Our Use of Face Recognition

Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

New antitrust suit from Phhhoto alleges Facebook copied and killed the competition

A forensic analysis of Elon Musk’s Twitter poll on Tesla stock

Elon Musk faces a $15 billion tax bill, which is likely the real reason he’s selling stock

Elon Musk, world’s richest edgelord, responds to billionaire tax with another stupid tweet

Twitter is rolling out a feature to make it easier to search a user’s tweets

Researchers are working on giving robots social skills

Apple hires Tesla's director of Autopilot software

Uber considers dispatching yellow taxis in New York City

MEDIA CANDY

ABBA - Voyages

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour

Salvation - Inspired by the Cranberries for Pieta 

Dexter Season 9

Finch

Does the Dog Die?

Four Hours at the Capitol

'Stranger Things' season 4 teaser hints at trouble in California (update: release info)

APPS & DOODADS

Microsoft OneDrive app will stop syncing with Windows 7 and 8 on March 1st, 2022

Alexa now allows you to move music among different devices with your voice

USB C Charger, Anker Nano II 65W GaN II PPS Fast Charger Adapter, Foldable Compact Charger for MacBook Pro/Air, Galaxy S20/S10, Dell XPS 13, Note 20/10+, iPhone 12/Pro/Mini, iPad Pro, Pixel, and More

Grammarly rolls out full set of features to iPhone and iPad users

AT THE LIBRARY

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

Merriam-Webster's Everyday Language Reference Set

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Why Rollerblading Died

Apple fixes macOS Monterey flaw that bricked some T2 Macs

NextDNS

Fuck HBO

There may be a steep privacy cost if you park at this Trader Joe’s

Robinhood Says It Was Hacked and Extorted But Nobody Lost Any Money

Google wants every account to use 2FA, starts auto-enrolling users

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Slow week in tech news; we get Meta-stasized; Apple getting into the headset game; Wendy's PR team wins; Facebook takes down Nicaraguan troll farm, but verifies a fake Elon Musk; Snap being investigated for securities fraud; Uber offers up Teslas through Hertz deal; creator coins; companies leaving China; don't tweet after death; Star Trek: Prodigy; delays on screen wipes; music gadgets; being negative; get your notch; the Book of Boba Fett; Trojan Source; Facebook's cringe-worthy internal staff video.

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A Reddit user found a 'black hole' on Google maps, and users couldn't figure out what it was

IN THE NEWS

Meta

Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta

Meta working on new smartwatch with built-in camera to compete with Apple Watch

Apple’s first headset will focus on “high-quality” games, reporter claims

Wendy’s Wins

FACEBOOK 'META' CHANGE - Trademark Applicants Will Sell to Zuck ... FOR $20 MILLION!!!

Facebook takes down government-run troll farm in Nicaragua

Facebook verified a Bitcoin scammer pretending to be Elon Musk

SNAP Investigation Alert: Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP is Investigating Securities Fraud Claims on Behalf of Snap Inc. (SNAP) Investors

Uber will offer up to 50,000 Teslas to its drivers through Hertz rental deal

Patreon may let you reward creators with crypto

CNN: Squid Game crypto plunges to $0 after scammers steal millions of dollars from investors.

As Yahoo leaves China, an accelerating stream of exits

Digital end-of-life services are a booming business — not everybody says that's a good thing.

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Prodigy

APPS & DOODADS

Oculus Quest VR headsets to eliminate mandatory Facebook account log-in requirement

Tiny Wings+

Apple's worst shipping delay is for a $19 polishing cloth

Belkin BOOST↑CHARGE PRO 3-in-1 Wireless Charger with MagSafe - Black

Fender is buying studio gear company PreSonus

Music wearable Mictic raises $2.5M to get you shredding, scratching and strumming

I wish anyone other than Kanye had made the Stem Player

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Now, Even Older Macs Can Have a Notch

Why macOS updates might brick your Mac, and what you can do about it

The Book of Boba Fett | Official Trailer | Disney+

Trojan Source and Why It Matters

MORON OF THE WEEK

Facebook’s internal staff video is worse than anything revealed by whistleblowers

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The Pivoteer

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Jason pivots; health care tech perks; Tesla beta pulled back; Blue Origin space station; Facebook's milk money math; Facebook, we got 'em this time!... er, no; Snap shares plunge with Apple privacy; TRUTH Social hacked pre-launch; WeWork goes public; Invasion; Star Trek: Lower Decks; Foundation; Another Life; ID10T, Curious Creatures podcasts; 20 years since the iPod; Ask Delphi; Facebook data scraping; eyeball scanning for crypto; the splinter net; you won't believe what Dave did this time!

Show notes at https://gog.show/528

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The Pivoteer

What you need to know about egg-freezing, the hot new perk at Google, Apple, and Facebook

Forget Kanye West. He's now officially just Ye

Tesla pulled its latest ‘Full Self Driving’ beta after testers complained about false crash warnings and other bugs

Elon Musk says 'issues' have forced Tesla to pull its latest full self-driving beta

Lyft report reveals more than 4K sexual assaults, 10 fatal physical assaults during 3-year span

IN THE NEWS

Blue Origin announces plans for a commercial space station

Facebook fined a record £50m by UK competition watchdog

Internal Facebook documents highlight its moderation and misinformation issues

Facebook agrees to pay French publishers for news reuse

Facebook’s oversight board faults its policy on preferential treatment.

Snap shares plunge 25% as Apple privacy changes hit ads business

Trump to launch his own social media platform, calling it TRUTH Social

Pranksters have already defaced Trump’s new social network

Twitter’s own research shows that it’s a megaphone for the right. But it’s complicated.

A Changed WeWork Goes Public via SPAC

Warmer welcome for WeWork 2 years later on Wall Street

MEDIA CANDY

Invasion

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 Episode 2 Easter Eggs and References

Foundation

Another Life Season 2

ID10T Episode #1138 – Danny Elfman

Curious Creatures

APPS & DOODADS

20 years ago today iPod changed the world, here’s what it means to us

The AI oracle of Delphi uses the problems of Reddit to offer dubious moral advice

Ask Delphi

YouTube will begin demonetizing 'low-quality' kids videos next month

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

In a fit of frustration I made a thing

Here’s the YouTube video that put me over the top

Facebook sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 million users

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman wants to scan your eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency

You Can Get This Free Crypto—If the ‘Orb’ Scans Your Eye

Worldcoin would like you to gaze upon this orb and receive free crypto

Russia Is Censoring the Internet, With Coercion and Black Boxes

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Congrats, Shatner, boo, Bezos & Takei; rideshare bubble bursts; FCC going after spam texts; Square to build a Bitcoin mining system, maybe; Tesla's really bad Beta-based insurance; Canon USA says no ink-y, no scan-y; Amazon creates its own brands by stealing "tribal knowledge" of competitors; Dune; Squid Game; Succession; Here We Are; Mel Brooks; Disney delays; Sinead & Delores; canceling NYT Cooking, CleanMyMac X subscriptions; USB-C & VPNs; ah, the 80s; pogo-power; Cosby sweaters.

Show notes at https://gog.show/527

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George Takei Roasts “Star Trek” Costar William Shatner After Rocket Trip

For Uber and Lyft, the Rideshare Bubble Bursts

Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused WayMo Cars Trying To Turn Around ‘Every 5 Minutes’

Your Deep Dive Into Those Waymo Self-Driving Cars In San Francisco That Went Headstrong Up A Dead-End Street Like Floundering Fish Going Upstream

IN THE NEWS

New FCC rules could force wireless carriers to block spam texts

Jack Dorsey says Square is ‘considering’ building a Bitcoin mining system

Tesla debuts new car insurance that uses Texans' real-time driving behavior

No ink, no scan: Canon USA printers hit with class-action suit

Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands, documents show

MEDIA CANDY

Dune

Squid Game

Succession

Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Mel Brooks Is Back With ‘History of the World, Part II’ Series

Disney delays all of Marvel’s 2022 films

Sinead O’Connor and Pillow Queens to feature on album of covers inspired by The Cranberries

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Apple's latest MacBook Pros have MagSafe, SD card slots and camera notches

At last, a middle ground, a place where skateboarders and rollerbladers can all get together.

The 1985 MTV Music Awards really kind of sucked.

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

ExpressVPN Knew 'Key Facts' of Executive Who Worked for UAE Spy Unit

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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?

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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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Oh, Facebook; the things we knew we now know we know and they knew too; AI reckoning; long dark 6 hours of Facebook's soul; Trump sues to get back on Twitter; lip service to climate change from Big Tech; raining drones; the Problem with the Problem with Jon Stewart; Foundation; Ted Lasso; Billions; the Many Saints of Newark; Amazon's terrible new robot; Grammarly; KeyCastr; Disney stories; AirTag Zero-Day; high tech sticker QR attacks; Coinbase; ransomware; DeFi asks nicely, but will punch you; a wealth of show titles too vulgar to use.

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Follow Up 

The Great AI Reckoning

Former Google Exec Warns That AI Researchers Are “Creating God”

When I Ran for President, It Messed With My Head

The problem with Amazon’s ‘free college’ benefit

Fireside Chat

IN THE NEWS

Hats off to Twitter

What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp?

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know

Is Facebook Down?

Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview

Facebook Stock Tumbles as Controversies Finally Start to Add Up

Whistleblower's SEC complaint: Facebook knew platform was used to "promote human trafficking and domestic servitude"

Donald Trump sues to get his Twitter account back

Google Maps tracks global warming with new “Fire” layer, Tree Canopy tool

Apple, Amazon and others back groups trying to kill US climate legislation

It’s Raining Drones!

MEDIA CANDY

America’s Untold Stories with Eric Hunley and Mark Groubert

The Problem with Jon Stewart

Ted Lasso Season 2

Foundation

Billions

The Many Saints of Newark Review

APPS & DOODADS

Amazon tells Tesla to hold its beer in contest for stupidest-robot-ever-built

Creators of Amazon’s New Robot Secretly Admitted It’s “Terrible”

A Brief History of Adorable, Vaguely Creepy Robot Dogs

Doctor uses iPhone 13 Pro’s Macro camera to check patients’ eyes

Grammarly

KeyCastr

Twitter Advanced Search

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

The Imagineering Story

Xavier Atencio

Apple AirTag Zero-Day Weaponizes Trackers

QR codes could be the next target for cybercriminals — here’s how to protect yourself

Coinbase hackers exploit multi-factor flaw to steal from 6,000 customers

US will bring together 30 countries to tackle ransomware

Bandwidth CEO confirms outages caused by DDoS attack

How China Conquered The Keyboard

MORON OF THE WEEK

DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it

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Deepmind doesn't know how to fix AI; virtual staging; White Claw Surge; crypto unaffected by China news; Instagram for Kids, paused; Samsung's brain; Apple Wallet & vax cards; ravens attacking drones; Shatner in spaaaaccee; Imagineering Story; Sex Ed season 3; the Great Escapists; Foundation; Dune; the Witcher, for kids; Goliath; Nirvana; multiple timers in WatchOS; Cook is a gangster; Tiny Food Fight; iPad Mini; Star Wars: Visions; puppet shows to podcasts; file systems, do we need them; Mini's turn signals; strange blobs on Uranus.

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DeepMind tells Google it has no idea how to make AI less toxic

The Framework Laptop is now shipping!

The Framework is the most exciting laptop I’ve ever used

IN THE NEWS

Bitcoin, ether, and major altcoins tumble on news that China will completely ban all crypto transactions

Instagram for kids paused after backlash

California makes zero-emission autonomous vehicles mandatory by 2030

Samsung hopes to 'copy and paste' the brain to 3D chip networks

Apple Wallet update will allow digital COVID-19 vaccination card

Bird attacks on drones force Google to suspend home deliveries

William Shatner will boldly go into space with Bezos’s Blue Origin

MEDIA CANDY

The Imagineering Story

Sex Education Season 3

The Great Escapists

They Said Foundation Couldn't Be Filmed, and It Still Hasn't Been

Dune

Sandman First Look

Cowboy Bebop Trailer

Netflix's 'The Witcher' plans include season 3 and a kids' series

Goliath Season 4

Live nirvana concert chronology october 12, 1991 - Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL

APPS & DOODADS

Apple turns post-lawsuit tables on Epic, will block Fortnite on iOS

Apple TV 4K

Tiny Food Fight

New iPad mini owners report 'jelly scrolling' problems

AT THE LIBRARY

Quit Repeating Yourself: How Today's Leaders Are Using Systems and Processes to Grow Their Business The Right Way by Jaime Jay

Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Dave Bittner: From puppet shows to podcasts.

Only Murders in the Building

Star Wars: Visions

Gen Z Kids Apparently Don’t Understand How File Systems Work

Lithuanian defence ministry urges people to 'throw away' Chinese phones after discovering censorship tools

Apple ‘Still Investigating’ Unpatched and Public iPhone Vulnerabilities

MORON OF THE WEEK

Congratulations, Mini, You Made The Stupidest Turn Signals Ever

BRIC-A-BRAC

Maps That Show Us A New Perspective

SCIENTISTS INTRIGUED BY STRANGE BLOBS ON URANUS

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Send us your Satoshis; bitcoin, Pizza and a movie; eggs in space; yep, Facebook is still awful; Rivian announces subscriptions; Bytedance limiting kids to 40 minutes a day; Amazon cracks down on review fraud; AI generated influencers; Count Me In; Into the Night; The Card Counter; Old; Kate; Only Murders in the Building; Fuzz; Apple iOS 15; hubs & docks; get poked on Clubhouse; AI 2041; authenticator woes; industrious criminals; AI controlled machine guns.

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How to do value4value and earn Bitcoin from your podcast

Bitcoin Pizza Day 2021: Some interesting facts about this special cryptocurrency day

AMC says it will accept bitcoin as payment for movie tickets by year-end

The once-sedate astronomy world is quarreling over whether 'Oumuamua was an alien craft

IN THE NEWS

The Facebook Files

Rivian announces membership plan with complementary charging and LTE connectivity

TikTok owner ByteDance limits younger users to 40 minutes a day in China

Amazon has banned over 600 Chinese brands as part of review fraud crackdown

Amazon will hold a hardware event on September 28th

Apple mandates frequent COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated employees

Social media influencer/model created from artificial intelligence lands 100 sponsorships

MEDIA CANDY

Clarkson’s Farm Season 1

Count Me In

Into the Night Season 2

The Card Counter

Old

Kate

Only Murders in the Building

APPS & DOODADS

iOS 15 is now available

Neumann TLM 102 bk Studio Set

Clubhouse is developing a new way to invite friends to chat called 'Wave'

AT THE LIBRARY

5 real AI threats that make The Terminator look like Kindergarten Cop

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee , Chen Qiufan

AI Superpowers - China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Auth0

Ireland's data regulator opens data privacy probes into TikTok

Researcher discloses iPhone lock screen bypass on iOS 15 launch day

Man who unlocked 1.9 million AT&T phones sentenced to 12 years in prison

Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Israel reportedly used a remote-controlled gun to assassinate an Iranian scientist

US officials can't decide if Honor smartphones are a national security threat

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