January 03, 2026

TechGrumps 3.3.5 Bless The TechGrumps (Special holiday special)

We should wish you all a Merry Christmas – but why would we do such a thing?

Enjoy this Holiday Nativity Special but with 5 wise men. Well, 4 wise men and Hannah. Actually, one wise Hannah and some others.

Listen to your host Ryan Alexander with Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Andy Piper and Hannah Field.

https://archive.org/download/tech-grumps-3.3.5-special-holiday-special-bless-the-tech-grumps/TechGrumps%203.3.5%20%28Special%20holiday%20special%29%20-%20bless%20The%20TechGrumps.mp3

Hannah: is grumpy about marketers using “GEO” or “Generative Engine Optimisation”

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/10/is-retail-ready-for-ai-shaking-up-how-we-shop?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Ian is grumpy about how social is eroding relationships, causing loneliness and exhaustion

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5627156/social-media-digital-detox-depression-anxiety

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-06-social-media-change-issues-problems-report

https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/

Ryan is haunted because Claude knows his dungeon

https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/1fkf65/this_scene_from_superman_iii_haunted_me_as_a_child/

David is worried about the Reverse Centaurs

https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington

Andy is grumpy about lessons learned form Sleep dealer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wR2XoNshl4&t=527s

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/sleep-dealer-2008-movie-retrospective

https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/are-llms-getting-devious-and-smart-enough-to-trick-you-on-their-own-65c83061e661

“Ready Player Me” https://readyplayer.me/

Don’t forget “Citizen Sleeper’

AOB

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