Grumpy Old Geeks

Jason considers the gig economy; more billionaires in spaaace; SEC looks to regulate crypto; Wal-Mart pump and dump; Apple ruled to ease App store rules; robot waiters; Facebook gives misinformation to misinformation researchers; Tesla rolls out self driving BETA; losing history to Flash; Picard Season 3, Matrix: Resurrections trailers; Lower Decks got funny; Behind the Attraction; Clarkson's Farm; mailing lists not missed; Facebook's new smart glasses; Roomba's P.O.O.P.; hiding cables; let's talk cookwares; another social network, Minus the social; always get it in writing; a tale of a fateful ship, the Satoshi.

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FOLLOW UP

Steve Wozniak Shares a Video About His New Space Startup

IN THE NEWS

Biden’s SEC is ready to regulate cryptocurrency

Posing as Walmart, scammers send crypto surging 25%

Apple must ease App Store rules, U.S. judge orders

Real-life ‘Jetsons’? Watch robots cheerfully serve food at this Dallas restaurant

Facebook has been giving misinformation researchers incomplete data

Tesla rolls out Full Self Driving 10 beta with more confident decision making

Google gave user data to Hong Kong officials despite moratorium promise

Some of the most iconic 9/11 news coverage is lost. Blame Adobe Flash

MEDIA CANDY

Picard Season 3 Trailer

Star Trek: Lower Decks

The Matrix: Resurrections – Official Trailer 1

Behind the Attraction

Disney's remaining 2021 movies will debut in theaters first

Clarkson’s Farm

‘We’re just not used to it’: Clarkson farm shop causes stir in the Cotswolds

Into the Night Season 2

APPS & DOODADS

Apple says motorcycle vibrations can damage iPhone cameras

Facebook’s New Camera Glasses Are Dangerously Easy to Use

Watch Mark Zuckerberg announce new Facebook and Ray-Ban smart glasses

FACEBOOK: TAPING OVER CAMERA LED ON OUR GLASSES IS A TOS VIOLATION

NEW ROOMBA BOASTS DOG POOP-AVOIDING AI

125in Cable Cover, Large Cord Cover on Wall Cable Management, Cable Raceway Kit for Mount TVs, Wire Hider Cord Management, Cable Concealer for Home Office, 8X L15.7 W1.18 H0.6 CMC-02-White

Made In Cookware

Blue Carbon Steel Frying Pan

Stainless Clad Saucier

Le Creuset Dutch Oven 5 1/2 qt

T-fal 5qt Dutch Oven, Nonstick, Black

MORON OF THE WEEK

Minus is a finite social network where you get 100 posts—for life.

Pinterest Accused of Not Paying Female ‘Co-Creator’

The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship

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That missing Cure track; Apple walks back iPhone image scanning, to add Driver's Licenses to Wallet; Moscow subway facial recognition; WhatsApp fined; Facebook apologies for racist AI; Virgin Galactic off-course; ISS is cracked; Gen-Z developing unexplained tics from social media, beans; Enemies of the State; the Protege; Rick James; Dyson love; Ryan Holiday; Mac Mini; geeking out over Lego; decent customer service; O.MG Cable; ProtonMail logs & court orders; Mandy Patinkin, the Dinner Party; Zoom Dysmorphia; beans.

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FOLLOW UP

The Feds Want to Know What the McFuck Is Going On With the McFlurry Machines

IN THE NEWS

Apple delays its criticized plan to scan iPhones for child exploitation images

Apple to Add Driver’s Licenses to Apple Wallet

Subway Passengers in Moscow Will Be Able to Pay for the Ride With Their Faces

Whatsapp hit by £225million fine

Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men

Spaceship carrying Richard Branson flew off course, FAA is investigating

The FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s spaceship after flight deviation

The ISS is cracked and facing ‘irreparable’ failures – and they could be about to get much worse

Gen Z Is Developing Unexplained Tics After Going Online, And Doctors Are Concerned

Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now

MEDIA CANDY

Enemies of the State

The Protege

BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES

Billions

Review: Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez strike gold in 'Only Murders in the Building'

APPS & DOODADS

Dyson Outsize

Your smartphone is not making you dumber — digital tech can enhance our cognitive abilities

Trillion-frames-per-second camera takes photos of light moving

Pharrell- and Grimes-backed music startup Roli files for administration and reboots as Luminary to refocus on beginner musicians

AT THE LIBRARY

Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave by Ryan Holiday

A Book of Secrets: Finding Solace in a Stubborn World by Derren Brown

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

A Customer Discovered Their $350 Lego Set was Missing Pieces. The Company's Response Was Brilliant

Someone paid more than $300K for a fake Banksy NFT — and the scammer gave it all back

This Seemingly Normal Lightning Cable Will Leak Everything You Type

O.MG CABLE - C-TO-C DIRECTIONAL

ProtonMail Logs Activist's IP Address With Authorities After Swiss Court Order

BRIC-A-BRAC

Tearful Mandy Patinkin Shares Emotional ‘Princess Bride’ Story With Grieving Fan

The Dinner Party

Zoom Dysmorphia Is Following People Into the Real World

Gut instinct could see you fall for COVID misinformation

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS DEAD AT 54

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Get your GOG NFTs; Telsa Autopilot crashes...again; the iPhone is a Freshman in high school now; constant cookie warnings ending; Apple "agrees" to legally required App store changes; Instagram wants your birthdate; China slashes gaming time for kids; Clubhouse grasping at straws; The Grand Tour: Lockdown; Absolutely Mental; Icon; police dropping phones; T-Mobile, Microsoft security; Bloomberg cancels Galloway; let's get drunk.

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FOLLOW UP

Coinbase mistakenly told 125,000 users their 2FA settings had changed

Tesla on Autopilot crashes into two parked cars… again…

The Best Carbon Fiber Skateboards in 2021

The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken

IN THE NEWS

An end to constant cookie warnings? UK plans post-Brexit overhaul of data laws

Apple changes key App Store rules in response to class action lawsuit from developers

Instagram will require users to share their birthday in push for teen safety

China further slashes kids’ gaming time to just three hours a week

Clubhouse adds spatial audio to create more immersive audio chats

MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Lower Decks

The Grand Tour: Lochdown

They're in this together

Absolutely Mental

The Jump with Shirley Manson

Icon: Music through the lens

Clickbait

Apple is building a classical music streaming app after buying Primephonic

APPS & DOODADS

You're Probably Not Using the Web's Best Browser

Meco

AT THE LIBRARY

Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein

Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by Edward Slingerland

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Police Use iOS App to Track Suspect After ‘Accidentally’ Dropping a Phone in His Truck

T-Mobile hacker says the carrier's security is 'awful'

Microsoft Azure cloud vulnerability is the ‘worst you can imagine’

Banksy NFT buyer duped in £244k 'hack'

‘YouTube magic dust’: How America’s second-largest social platform ducks controversies

SEC Charges Eight Firms for Cybersecurity Shortfalls

MORON OF THE WEEK

Bloomberg canceled Prof Scott Galloway's TV show after he joked about his sex life in a video, topless, in a hard hat

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Back to Windows; Mr. White Hat returns the stolen crypto; Elon jokes about Tesla Autopilot failures; California gig worker initiative unconstitutional; Facebook admits misleading COVID info is top performing content; purge your Tweets, people; Netflix gets clickbaity; the Hustler; Grace & Frankie; Gimlet's been a bust for Spotify; Nextdoor, for business; Jobs NFT; Cybersecurity resources; Microsoft Power App data leak; iPhone zero-clock exploit; skateboarding, same as it ever was; NFT dining; forgetting CAPS LOCK sign of intelligence.

Show notes at https://gog.show/519/

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FOLLOW UP

Poly Network says it has recovered all $610 million it lost in cryptocurrency heist

Elon Musk joked about Tesla autopilot mistakes as the technology faces scrutiny: 'I actually have a T-shirt with a stop sign on it. If you flash the car, it will stop.'

The First Step Toward Protecting Everyone Else From Teslas

AI gave Val Kilmer his voice back. But critics worry the technology could be misused.

IN THE NEWS

Court rules California gig worker initiative is unconstitutional, a setback to Uber and Lyft

Facebook says post that cast doubt on covid-19 vaccine was most popular on the platform from January through March

Why Did Facebook Let a Man Livestream His Bomb Threat Near the U.S. Capitol for Hours?

Global Affairs Canada is purging websites, social media amid Taliban takeover

MEDIA CANDY

The Clickbaitification of Netflix

The Hustler

Grace and Frankie

Spotify spent $230 million on Gimlet, but leaked data shows the podcast studio has lagged behind others at the audio giant. Insiders cite unclear strategy and internal tensions.

APPS & DOODADS

Elon Musk unveils 'Tesla bot,' a humanoid robot that would be made from Tesla's self-driving AI

Lumen's metabolism tracking app comes to the Apple Watch

Steve Jobs Inscribed and Signed Apple II Manual

AT THE LIBRARY

A Gift Of Time" by Jerry Merritt

The Cellar by Katherine Lo

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

The Bad Batch

Here are some beginner Cybersecurity and Information Security resources that are free!

Computer Scientist Explains Machine Learning in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

Data leak exposed 38 million records, including COVID-19 vaccination statuses

A Hacker Stole and Then Returned $600 Million

New zero-click iPhone exploit used to deploy NSO spyware

Skateboard Tricks and Topological Flips

MORON OF THE WEEK

The 1st NFT Restaurant - New York City

BRIC-A-BRAC

Science Confirms That Forgetting Things Is Actually A Sign Of Very High Intelligence

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Back in the (Canadian) saddle; the metaverse has already peaked; tech expat troubles; Facebook is really just truly awful; AI diagnosing dementia; Motorola wants to be Apple; Making the Cut; Suicide Squad; Shazam; the Ms. Pat Show; Pig; White Lotus; Disney nostalgia; bye, Hallo; right to McFlurry; Children of the New World; Stand on Zanzibar; Apple CSAM debate; Amazon wants to read your palms; scamming as a service; Eternal September; creativity is waning.

Show notes at https://gog.show/518

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FOLLOW UP

Cineplex unveils subscription CineClub, offering free movies, perks and discounts

Niantic CEO John Hanke says the metaverse is a 'dystopian nightmare'

The Metaverse is a Dystopian Nightmare. Let’s Build a Better Reality.

Canada's got the world's worst internet ideas

IN THE NEWS

Facebook is rebuilding its ads to know a lot less about you

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and Building for the Future

Scientists trial AI-system which could diagnose dementia in one scan

Motorola wants to be the new Apple. Its first attempt is, oh, take a look

MEDIA CANDY

Making the Cut

The Suicide Squad

The Ms. Pat Show

Pig

Ted Lasso

White Lotus

The Imagineering Story

The Cure bassist Simon Gallup announces he's leaving the band after 4 decades: 'Just fed up of betrayal'

APPS & DOODADS

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

Sennheiser Pro Audio HD 650 Open Back Professional Headphone

Why the McFlurry Machine Company Just Got Hit With a Restraining Order

AT THE LIBRARY

An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel & Cecilia Kang

Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein

Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner

The Candle of Crest: A Rhyming Epic Adventure by Demethius Jackson

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Apple’s Software Chief Explains ‘Misunderstood’ iPhone Child-Protection Features (Exclusive)

Amazon will pay you $10 for your palm prints. Should you be worried?

Scammer Service Will Ban Anyone From Instagram for $60

BRIC-A-BRAC

The Day the Good Internet Died

Eternal September

Research Suggests We're All Getting Less Creative and Scientists Think They Know Why

Children born during pandemic have lower IQs, US study finds

Why pop music is obsessed with this one note

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

6 essential podcasts for tech heads to tune into

‘The greatest striker’: Gerd Müller, legendary German forward, dies aged 75

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Eric Hunley joins us; Big fines for big tech; Amazon laughs at labor laws; Influencers are falling over each other to get the shot; The Metaverse is a Meta-Dud; Facebook hates research; Apple says it's doing it for the kids; SetApp and new apps; Sennheiser saves the day; Value 4 Value and Lightening to save podcasting.

Show notes at https://gog.show/517

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IN THE NEWS

Highlights from while we were gone...

EU slaps Amazon with record $887M fine over ad targeting practices

France Cracked Down on Google’s Ad Tech. What’s Next?

Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google

Amazon Unlawfully Confiscated Union Literature, NLRB Finds

Amazon union drive in Bessemer may get a new election

It’s raining influencers!

Chinese TikTok star Xiao Qiumei dies after falling 160 feet from a crane while recording a livestream video

YouTube star Albert Dyrlund dies after falling 656 feet from a mountain while recording a video

Sophia Cheung death: Hong Kong influencer dies after falling while taking photo at edge of waterfall

Let’s talk about the “metaverse” because it’s gonna be the new buzzword for the next 6 months...

MARK IN THE METAVERSE

Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Already Sucks

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse: What it means for the enterprise

Microsoft, Facebook and everyone else are building the metaverse. Will you want to live there?

Meanwhile in the real world...

Facebook cuts off NYU researcher access, prompting rebuke from lawmakers

Senators press Facebook for answers about why it cut off misinformation researchers

APPLE KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN EMPLOYEE-RUN SURVEYS ON PAY EQUITY — AND LABOR LAWYERS SAY IT’S ILLEGAL

The Tim Apple sized Elephant in the room...

Expanded Protections for Children Frequently Asked Questions

Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Initiatives, and the Slippery Slope

Opinion: Four problems with Apple’s reported approach to scanning for child abuse images

Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

APPS & DOODADS

Sennheiser Pro Audio HD 650 Open Back Professional Headphone

BBEdit 14

SetApp

Timemator

Ulysses

CleanMyMac X

Fountain Podcast Player

New Podcast Apps

Value 4 Value Podcasts

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Here we COVID again; FAA rules for being an astronaut; YouTuber's blow anti-tax plot; genetic screening promises; FTC approves right-to-repair; Snapchat doing well; Facebook to become a quasi-religious meta-verse, whatever that is; Jack Dorsey wants BitCoin to make him money, oh sorry, bring world peace; space wants to kill you; the Moon slows down a Tesla; sci-fi trailers; Ted Lasso; more privacy-centric social networks; long-duration batteries; behind the attraction; facial recognition is everywhere; everything is tracked.

Show notes at https://gog.show/516

FOLLOW UP

Anthony Bourdain’s Voice Isn’t the Only Thing the New Documentary Faked

Companies that make people return to the office will lose employees

The FAA Brings Jeff Bezos Back Down to Earth

IN THE NEWS

The YouTubers who blew the whistle on an anti-vax plot

A New Kind of Embryo Genetics Screening Makes Big Promises on Little Evidence

The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right to Repair

Snapchat just announced its largest user growth in years

Mark Zuckerberg said he wanted to transform Facebook from a social-media company into 'a metaverse company'

Facebook’s Next Target: The Religious Experience

Jack Dorsey hopes bitcoin can bring about world peace

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk both want to colonize space. Here are the 6 biggest problems with their plans, from thinning bones to toxic plants on Mars.

The Moon Tricks Tesla's Full Self-Driving Feature Into Thinking It's a Yellow Light

MEDIA CANDY

‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ trailer is a treat for ‘Voyager’ fans

Dexter Revival Reveals First Trailer at Comic-Con 2021

Watch Your Local Broadcast TV For Free!

Won’t You Be My Neighbor

Ted Lasso Season 2!

APPS & DOODADS

Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City

Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Behind the Attraction

From Macy’s to Albertsons, facial recognition is already everywhere

A Defunct Video Hosting Site Is Flooding Normal Websites With Hardcore Porn

Catholic priest quits after “anonymized” data revealed alleged use of Grindr

QR Codes Are Here to Stay. So Is the Tracking They Allow.

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The COVID misinformation dozen; Facebook's Anti-Vax problem; society's collapse, right on schedule; Japan breaks internet speed record; Uber gets away with it, again; robot collisions; don't let a startup scan your eyeballs; Spotify are pirates; Loki; deepfaked Bourdain; Ape marathon; Hallo; AirPods Pro; Los Angeles is hideous; the Bro Code; NSO spyware; MAGA Freedom Phone; encryption lava lamps; appchk; Furry Olympics.

Show notes at https://gog.show/515

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FOLLOW UP

Majority of Covid misinformation came from 12 people, report finds

The Truth About Facebook’s Anti-Vax Problem

IN THE NEWS

MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule.

Japan breaks internet speed record with a 319Tbps data transfer

Uber negotiated a huge cut to a $59 million fine it received for refusing to share data about sexual assaults on its service

Tesla offers a Full Self-Driving subscription for $199 per month

A robot collision sparked a fire at the UK's top online grocer

Why You Shouldn’t Let a Startup Scan Your Eyeball in Exchange for Crypto

MEDIA CANDY

The EU Suppressed a 300-Page Study That Found Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales

Spotify Executive Calls Artist ‘Entitled’ for Requesting Payment of One Penny Per Stream

Loki

The new Anthony Bourdain documentary 'Roadrunner' leans partly on deepfaked audio

Anthony Bourdain documentary sparks backlash for using AI to fake voice

A Quiet Place Part II

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

Bosch

Planet of the Apes

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Escape From the Planet of the Apes

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Grimes, Will.i.am and Alanis Morrissette will judge an avatar singing TV show

APPS & DOODADS

HalloApp

Follow Your Different 226 - Real Digital Relationships | HalloApp Launch with Founders Neeraj Arora & Michael Donohue

MAMP PRO 6 for macOS

NAMO

TextSniper

Airpods Pro

Wireless Charger,Amugpill 3 in 1 Fast Wireless Charging Station Dock for iPhone 12/12 Pro/12 Pro Max/11/11 Pro/X/Xr/Xs/8 Plus,Apple Watch SE 6 5 4 3 2,Airpods 2/Pro,Qi Phones (with QC3.0 Adapter)

Here are the emoji finalists for Unicode 14.0

At this made for social media museum, the pictures come to life

Trick Art Museum

AT THE LIBRARY

Los Angeles is Hideous: Poems About An Ugly City by Andrew Heaton

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

NSO spyware was allegedly used to target activists and journalists

Microsoft disrupts products from Israeli tech firm used to hack journalists, activists

MAGA-Branded 'Freedom Phone' Is a Black Box That Should Be Avoided at All Costs

Eric Hunley Locals Exclusive the "Freedom Phony"

Encryption Lava Lamps

appchk Privacy Monitor for iOS

The Government Unknowingly Commissioned Furry Art To Promote The Tokyo Olympics

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Billion dollar heists, missing cryptoqueens: Six must-listen cyber podcasts

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We hear from Norway; billionaires in the... upper atmosphere? Just pay your taxes; Biden's Big Tech executive order; Trump's lawsuit has a problem...the law; Facebook owns a city; remote workers aren't leaving cities; TikTok meets LinkedIn; YouTube algorithm recommends policy violating content; bye, Knewz, we never knew ya; Monsters at Work; Black Widow & the new movie business; Summer of Soul; the joy of buying & cancelling; AI soundtracks; car talk; Audacity spyware; Iran's trains hacked; REvil disappears; Cosby wants to tour; Toomics reports... itself.

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SHOW NOTES

IN THE NEWS

Richard Branson Reaches Space on Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity

Elon Musk booked a trip to space with Virgin Galactic

Biden’s wide-ranging executive order covers Big Tech, net neutrality and more

Trump sues tech firms for blocking him, and fund-raises off it.

Donald J. Trump: Why I’m Suing Big Tech

Black Mirror in Real Life: Facebook Now Owns and is Developing a City

Remote workers are moving out of big cities — but not to the Midwest

TikTok wants you to send video resumes directly to brands to land your next gig

TikTok will automate video removals for nudity and violence

Mozilla Investigation: YouTube Algorithm Recommends Videos that Violate the Platform’s Very Own Policies

Judge dismisses Amazon’s legal challenge to JEDI after contract cancelation

Rupert Murdoch’s answer to Google News is dead after only 18 months

MEDIA CANDY

Star Wars: Rebels

Monsters at Work

‘The Witcher’ season 2 will hit Netflix on December 17th

What Black Widow’s $60 Million Disney+ Haul Actually Means

Loki

Barry Diller says streaming services killed the movie business as he knew it

Summer of Soul

Exclusive TED chats are coming to Clubhouse

Peacock

Epsteins Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell

Lilyhammer

APPS & DOODADS

Throbber

Parallels 16

ScreenFlow 10

Does Your Video Need a Better Soundtrack? Ask an AI to Write One

AT THE LIBRARY

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

Polar Vortex by Matthew Mather

How to Live by Derek Sivers

Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee

An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Audacity 3.0 called spyware over data collection changes by new owner

MUSE GROUP CONTINUES TONE DEAF HANDLING OF AUDACITY

Cyber-attack disrupts Iran’s national railway system

The world’s biggest ransomware gang just disappeared from the internet

MORON OF THE WEEK

BILL COSBY WANTS TO DO COMEDY TOUR AGAIN Docuseries in Works

Toomics Reports Its Own Website for Copyright Infringements

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Moving anxiety; WWW NFT with broken code; Billionaires in sppppaccccee; Facebook warns users about content it serves them; GitHub AI coder; TikTok selling its AI; FTC tells Broadcom to knock it off; crypto pump & dumps; Robinhood's real customers; Star Wars: Rebels; Bosch; the Mole; Hear in LA; Loki; charging gizmos; Western Digital exploit; supply chain cyberattack; Android trash app are trash; Norway demands you tell us if you touched up your photo.

Show notes at https://gog.show/513

SHOW NOTES

FOLLOW UP

Tim Berners-Lee Sells NFT of the Source Code for the World Wide Web for $5.4 Million

The Tim Berners-Lee NFT that sold for $5.4M might have an HTML error

IN THE NEWS

Virgin Galactic plans to send Richard Branson to space on July 11th

Wally Funk, Trailblazing Female Pilot, Will Join Jeff Bezos on Spaceflight

Facebook test warns users who may have seen ‘harmful extremist content’

TikTok’s AI is being sold to other companies

GitHub previews new AI tool that makes coding suggestions

FTC charges Broadcom with ‘illegally monopolizing’ the chip industry

FaZe Clan suspends players allegedly involved in crypto pump-and-dump scheme

The Cost of Robinhood’s Success

MEDIA CANDY

Star Wars: Rebels

Bosch

The Mole

The Missing Crypto Queen

Hear in LA by Tony Pierce

Loki

Quentin Tarantino Says He Bought L.A.’s Vista Theatre

APPS & DOODADS

Nekmit Dual Port Ultra Thin Flat USB Wall Charger with Smart IC

Multi USB Fast Charging Cable，Arsiperd 4 in 1 3A Charger Cord Connector with Dual Phone/Type C/Micro USB Universal Port Adapter, Compatible with Cell Phones Tablets and More(4FT/2Pack)

Finance startup names itself Nonce, a cryptographic term that is also UK term for child rapists

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices

Western Digital won’t fix a vulnerability found in older My Cloud OS3 storage devices

Hackers conduct one of the largest supply chain cyberattacks to date

I thought MalwareBytes had a particularly good explainer

A New Kind of Ransomware Tsunami Hits Hundreds of Companies

Apps with 5.8 million Google Play downloads stole users’ Facebook passwords

MORON OF THE WEEK

New Norway law mandates social media influencers disclose photo editing

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