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582: Kind Of

582: Kind Of

FromGrumpy Old Geeks


582: Kind Of

FromGrumpy Old Geeks

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Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We briefly focus on some hopeful technology breakthrough news, before returning to our bread & butter; we have achieved fusion, kind of; wind from another planet; AI revolution, Kurzweil & baby steps; Dramatron; social media for strangers; Meta's Hasher-Matcher-Actioner; Twitter's do what I say not what I do; Tesla's failure is not fraud; Sam Bankman-Fried & continued crypto arrests & lawsuits; Lord of the Rings marathon feast; Wednesday; The Peripheral; the White Lotus; Slow Horses; Drumpf NFT; too many tabs; Apple to allow outside app stores, dropping Webkit requirement; password managers; Twitter suspensions; the Marshall amp.Sponsors:Lectric eBikes - Start your next adventure with the Lectric XP 3.0 today. Order now and save up to $250 with a special Holiday Bundle and 0% interest for 6 months. Visit lectricebikes.com to learn more.ButcherBox - Sign up today at butcherbox.com/GOG and use code GOG and get a Free Tomahawk steak in your first box. Offer valid for one week ONLY.Kolide - Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here.Hover - Go to Hover now and grab your very own domain or a few of them at hover.com/gog and get 10% off your first purchase.Show notes at https://gog.show/582 IN THE NEWSBreakthroughs of the YearScientists achieve fusion ignition, a major milestone in clean energy productionAudio from a Martian dust devil captured for the first timeThe AI Revolution: The Road to SuperintelligenceDeepMind created an AI tool that can help generate rough film and stage scriptsGoogle execs warn company’s reputation could suffer if it moves too fast on AI-chat technologySocial Media Is for Strangers NowMeta releases an open-source tool that can scan for terrorist contentA New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in EthiopiaTwitter disbands its Trust and Safety Council of external advisorsElon Musk’s new Twitter Blue logo is perfectly awfulThe college student tracking Elon Musk's jet lashes out after Twitter bans his account. He says he'll keep posting.Twitter Suspends the Accounts Tracking Musk’s Jet and The Man Behind ItElon Jet, the Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s flights, was permanently suspendedTesla: Our ‘failure’ to make actual self-driving cars ‘is not fraud’Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple MusicSam Bankman-Fried Arrested by Royal Bahamas Police ForceSam Bankman-Fried: FTX founder charged with defrauding investorsCelebrity Promoters Sued Over Bored Ape NFT EndorsementsCrypto Was Always Smoke and Mirrors‘O.C.' star and crypto critic Ben McKenzie tells lawmakers that the crypto market is the 'largest Ponzi scheme in history'DOJ and SEC charge social media influencers in alleged $100 million stock pump-and-dump schemeMEDIA CANDYThe Lord of the Rings Marathon FeastWednesdayThe PeripheralThe White LotusSlow HorsesAPPS & DOODADSDonald Trump Digital Trading Cards (NFTs)FTX-hosted NFTs break after website is redirected to a restructuring pageChrome Gets Memory and Energy Saver Modes1600 Tabs in EdgeApple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU LawsApple Considering Dropping Requirement for iPhone Web Browsers to Use WebKitApple’s new whiteboard app gives you and up to 99 friends an ‘infinite canvas’SECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopTwitter has suspended the Helicopters of DC account.FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ HackedThe Story of the Marshall amp. from the BBCCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSRIP Angelo BaldalamentiRIP tWitchSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Dec 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Covering tech news, security, movies, tv shows, and books for tech savvy adults. A no-holds-barred show about the Internet and how it's affecting our lives for good or bad. Hosts Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister have over 40 years of online experience and aren't afraid to tell it like it is.