Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
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We dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.
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638: Dave’s Lumber Yard
Grumpy Old Geeks
03/02/24 • 74 min
AI's unintended consequences; chat bots; pink slips in podcasting, Playstation, Electronic Arts & Fisker; Tesla racism class action lawsuit; Apple pivots away from an electric car; TikTok's tussle with Universal Music continues, but UMG is just fine; call me on X; Bitcoin up, crashes Coinbase; OpenAI probe; Gemini woke prompt re-writing; Facebook News tab going away; Glasgow's sad Ooompa Loompa; where's the surge priced beef; Constellation; Neuromancer; The Crow Flies Again; Naked Gun; Ray Donovan; Next Goal Wins; Dune; transparent laptops & super DVDs; SetApp; Farscape; Losing Mars; Strong Songs; Beverly Hills drones; tripping the iPhone light fantastic; Dance your PhD.
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AI Girlfriends Aren’t All Bad | AI Unlocked
Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’
IN THE NEWS
PlayStation is laying off 900 staff across Naughty Dog, Insomniac and other studios
EA is laying off over 650 employees
Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules
Fisker is laying off 15% of staff and says it needs more cash ahead of a 'difficult year'
TikTok is muting more songs amid its tussle with Universal Music
X starts giving non-paying users the ability to make audio and video calls
Bitcoin's so high, it crashed Coinbase today
US SEC probes whether OpenAI investors were misled, WSJ reports
Google brings Stack Overflow's knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud
Google CEO Admits Gemini AI Image Failures: 'We Got It Wrong'
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641: Subscription Screaming
Grumpy Old Geeks
03/23/24 • 65 min
Lots of suggestions, no regulations: cars, broadband, AI & more; Apple lawsuits; drone delivery, again; Starbucks NFT program ending; Glassdoor adds real names to accounts without consent; AI news round-up; Stability AI wobbles; cyberflasher conviction; Russia warns of potential SpaceX strikes; data broker bar, sort of; happiness rankings, the kids aren't alright; Better Call Saul; the Acolyte; the juice is loose; the Regime; music revenue has grown (along with prices); Poe; Reddit goes public; photography; manuals; home repair with the Geeks; let's go karaoke!
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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
Billionaire Who Died in Tesla Had Three Times Legal Blood Alcohol to Drive
IN THE NEWS
The FCC just quadrupled the download speed required to market internet as ‘broadband’
Apple can’t get out of facing a class-action lawsuit over AirTags stalking claims
Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Apple over its infamous 'walled garden'
DoorDash and Wing are piloting fast food delivery in the US
It took Starbucks a little too long to realize coffee NFTs aren't it
Users say Glassdoor added real names to user profiles without their consent
World’s first global AI resolution unanimously adopted by United Nations
Google Hit With Huge Fine for Training Ai With News Articles Without Getting Permission
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635: Optical Vortex
Grumpy Old Geeks
02/10/24 • 83 min
Science should be taken seriously; Read Write Own; layoffs at Snap, Microsoft, Grammarly & Warner Music Group; Americans going back into credit card debt; Amazon new AWS charge; Google's confusing Gemini AI plans; AI robocalls outlawed; META's confusing AI approach & continued useless Oversight Board; Moviepass shenanigans; Taylor Swift's private jet tracked; Optical Vortex to correct vision; Poor Things; Leave the World Behind; Moana 2; Apple Vision Pro reviews; Bluesky open to everyone; Slack is 10; Jason gets new gadgets; the 4 S's with Dave; smart toothbrush DDoS attack, smug superiority & journalism versus curators.
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Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own by Molly White
How Tech Firms Made a Crypto-Boosting Book an NYT Best Seller by Gaming the System
IN THE NEWS
Snap is laying off 10 percent of its workforce
Microsoft’s gaming layoffs include 86 jobs at Skylanders studio Toys for Bob
Grammarly lays off 230 employees as part of a ‘business restructuring’
Warner Music Group Plans to Lay Off 600 Employees
Graphics show how Americans' total credit card debt reached record high
Google launches Gemini Advanced to compete with OpenAI
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Google saves your conversations with Gemini for years by default
AI Tools Like GitHub Copilot Are Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next
Phony AI Biden robocalls reached up to 25,000 voters, says New Hampshire AG
AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal.
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637: Outragery!
Grumpy Old Geeks
02/24/24 • 69 min
Let's game the system; Rivian layoffs; Air Canada's chatbot lied; Twitter didn't violate data security because they ignored Musk orders; Science Corner: smartwatches & rings don't measure blood sugar, AMOC collapsing, Taylor Swift's planes could use new paint, red light improves eyesight; we're back on the moon; ChatGPT goes temporarily insane; Pentagon testing LLMs; the Bad Batch; Last Week Tonight on YouTube to be delayed; Amazon shutting down Freevee wait no they aren't; FuboTV accuses Disney, Fox, WBD of antitrust; TikTok grows up; BIGO; Office Space; No Values festival; browser market share; watching ads on TV through built in TV ads; Ultra 2 watch tips; Apple iMessage Level 3; Lockbit cybercrime group takedown; Pixel Envy; a deep dive into Wampas.
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IN THE NEWS
Rivian is laying off 10 percent of its salaried employees
Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount
FTC concludes Twitter didn’t violate data security rules, in spite of Musk's orders
Don't use smartwatches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar without needles, the FDA warns
It Looks a Lot Like Taylor Swift Had Two Private Jets for Her Super Bowl Flight
Scientists develop 'nanosphere' paint that could reduce planes' carbon dioxide emissions
Staring At A Red Light In The Morning Improves Worsening Eyesight, Study Shows
Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years
ChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users | Ars Technica
Scale AI to set the Pentagon’s path for testing and evaluating large language models | DefenseScoop
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'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' on YouTube will now be delayed
639: TikTok MotherF#C&3R!
Grumpy Old Geeks
03/09/24 • 85 min
Cybertruck vs. sign; the UK loves short weeks; US wants TikTok ban while TikTok frets; Meta's support sucks; Apple fined $2B; Musk sues OpenAI; Klarna's AI job fears; Twitter execs sue Musk; NFTs seek meaning; Bitcoin's inflation-adjusted; flop—science nixes sun dimming; Netflix drops 'The Brothers Sun'; 'Crime Scene Kitchen' cooks on; Tech toys abound, and books offer escape; Cyber threats grow; FCC fights shady doorbells; AI spooks; and TikTok's conspiracies rise.
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A Tesla Cybertruck lost its battle against the iconic "Beverly Hills Hotel" sign (video)
Making It Stick: The UK Four-Day Week Pilot One Year On - Autonomy
IN THE NEWS
US House to vote next week on TikTok crackdown bill
TikTok Seems Pretty Worried About Getting Banned
Inside the World of TikTok Spammers and the AI Tools That Enable Them
Podcast: AI-Powered TikTok Hustlers
41 state attorneys general tell Meta to fix their customer support for hacking victims
EU fines Apple nearly $2 billion for 'blocking' alternative music apps
The law doesn't allow Apple to threaten Epic, says EU
Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat
Elon Musk took drugs with Tesla board members: Report
Klarna CEO says AI can do the job of 700 workers. But job replacement isn't the biggest issue.
How Klarna uses AI on Ben’s Bites
Twitter's former CEO and other execs are suing Elon Musk and X for $128 million in unpaid severance
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640: A Minute of Silence
Grumpy Old Geeks
03/15/24 • 49 min
11 years & nothing's changed; IG impersonators & weird animal video creepiness; Apple restores Epic, for now; TikTok ban bill passes House but will most likely die in Senate; X usage declines, launching video app, Elon cancels Don Lemon show because he's a little beyatch; running out of power; AI Marilyn Monroe; NeMo, Devin & Gemini - one Poe to rule them all; bypassing AI guardrails; more bad Tesla news; Bluesky outsourcing - and charging - for moderation; Schmactors; Somebody Feed Phil; no Riker in Disco; Airbnb tells people to stop filming guests; AirPod hearing aids; Goodbye, Jumbo.
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Joe Zieja’s Voice Acting Academy
Apple reinstates Epic's developer account two days after banning it
Joe Biden says he would sign bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok
The House Passed the Bill That Could Ban TikTok—and It Wasn’t Close
Addicted to TikTok? Here’s what the House vote to effectively ban it could mean for you
IN THE NEWS
Twitter/X Usage Sees Sharp Decline
X will launch a YouTube-like video app on Samsung and Amazon TVs
Elon Musk Cancels Contract with Don Lemon After Being Asked About Ketamine Usage
Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power
AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
Now it's NVIDIA being sued over AI copyright infringement
SXSW Audience Boos Sizzle Reel About the Virtues of AI
Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer
Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections
655: GOG’s Influencer
Grumpy Old Geeks
07/06/24 • 42 min
Happy Birthday, America; Amazon investigating Perplexity AI for scraping sites without consent; Texas age-verification law for porn going to the Supreme Court; Greece adopts 6-day working week; Paramount axes Comedy Central site, 25+ years of content; the first millennial saint; influencers aren't getting famous like they used to, urged to actually do something or have a skill; Google greenhouse gas emissions climbed 50 percent due to AI; new ChatGPT-based virus; taxing crypto-bros; full self-driving & full self-sanitizing; Winner shoots down drone; Inside Out 2; Celine Dion; Beverly Hills Cop; the Acolyte; Redbox; Canada, land of pirates; web accessible cameras in bars is bad; Japan says sayonara, floppy.
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Amazon reportedly investigating Perplexity AI after accusations it scrapes websites without consent
Texas age-verification law for pornography websites is going to the Supreme Court
FCC chair asks telecoms companies to prove they're actually trying to stop political AI robocalls
Greece becomes first EU country to introduce a six-day working week
Paramount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips Gone
IN THE NEWS
A teen tech whiz nicknamed 'God's influencer' will become the first millennial saint
Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To
You Can Ask YouTube to Take Down AI-Generated Content That Looks or Sounds Like You
Cloudflare is taking a stand against AI website scrapers
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50 percent in five years due to AI
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug
Sneaky Virus Uses ChatGPT to Send Human-Like Emails to Your Contacts to Spread Itself
642: Nerd Plumage
Grumpy Old Geeks
03/30/24 • 86 min
Apple Vision Pro in the wild; everyone hates Sam; META's Project: Ghostbusters; getting device-blocked on Facebook; Meta & Google restricting reproductive health ads; anti-trans hate widespread on META properties; X testing NSFW communities, caught selling data to government while complaining about surveillance; FTC might sue TikTok; school boards suing social media giants; Truth Social stock; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 3 Body Problem; Constellation; Heathers is 35 years old; the future of Star Trek needs to not be old and white; Adobe subscription shenanigans; YouTube Shorts; MacWhisper; Whoa API; why AI sucks; the Anxious Generation; german politeness; Keys to the Kingdom; What Went Wrong; keeping your mouth shut; being a pedandick.
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Apple launches first ever Immersive Video sports film for Apple Vision Pro
Sam Bankman-Fried just got sentenced to 25 years in prison
IN THE NEWS
Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat
Facebook Allegedly Killed Its Own Streaming Service to Help Sell Netflix Ads
Meta and Google face claims of restricting reproductive health ads and fueling misinformation
Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, report warns
X is testing NSFW adult communities, according to screenshots
Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance
The FTC might sue TikTok over its handling of users’ privacy and security
Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok
Uber Eats courier's fight against AI bias shows justice under UK law is hard won
636: Verified Terrorists
Grumpy Old Geeks
02/17/24 • 62 min
Layoffs at Paramount, Instacart & Mozilla; Musk must testify in SEC investigation of Twitter takeover; Tesla driver not sure if he killed pedestrians because he was on autopilot; crowd burns Waymo car; 23andMe selling DNA data; Amazon Prime Video pulls Dolby Vision, Atmos on ad-supported plan; queer.af shut down by Taliban; X blue checks sold to literal terrorists; Past Lives; We Are the World; Jacqueline Novak; Somebody Feed Feel; Star Trek Disco; Downtown Abbey; AMC fined for 1988 law; Apple Cash to offer virtual cards; AI news round up; don't get an AI girlfriend; thought crimes; Sora & floating feet; Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey; the Bad Batch; cybercriminals stealing iOS users' face scans... are they, though?
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Axact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan?
Found a cool easter egg on the Ookla speedtest app
IN THE NEWS
Just to keep the pink slips chat going.. Paramount doing some work.
Paramount lays off 800 workers in cost-cutting bid: 'This is the right decision'
Instacart lays off 250 employees, or 7% of its workforce, to 'reshape' company
Mozilla is laying off around 60 workers
Court orders Elon Musk to testify in the SEC’s investigation of his Twitter takeover
Tesla Driver Says He's Not Sure If He Killed a Pedestrian Because He Was on Autopilot
Crowd Sets Waymo Self-Driving Car on Fire: ‘They Couldn’t Even Recognize the Vehicle’
23andMe Admits ‘Mining’ Your DNA Data Is Its Last Hope
Amazon Prime Video won't offer Dolby Vision and Atmos on its ad-supported plan
Taliban Shuts Down 'queer.af' Domain, Breaking Mastodon Instance
Elon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says
ELON MUSK SELLING BLUE CHECKMARKS TO LITERAL TERRORISTS
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643: Mechanical Goslings
Grumpy Old Geeks
04/06/24 • 82 min
Gmail turns 20; Google isn't good; coding with ChatGPT; court bans "AI-enhanced" evidence; AI Goslings everywhere; NYC chatbot spews out dangerously inaccurate information; Amazon's mechanical turks; California right to disconnect bill; Elon Musk has hurt the Tesla brand; Constellation; Road House; Jon Stewart; Star Trek: Discovery; AI in music; DVDs; Sherlock Holmes; Super Monsters Ate My Condo, +; app feedback: Canva, Apple Vision Pro, Kagi; new Star Wars content; Avatar: the Last Airbender; the Muppets; down the AI personality cloning rabbit hole; AI generated sludge or world changing genius?
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Ten years later, Facebook's Oculus acquisition hasn't changed the world as expected
Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode
IN THE NEWS
Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works
Waymo self-driving cars are delivering Uber Eats orders for first time
NYC’s business chatbot is reportedly doling out ‘dangerously inaccurate’ information
Amazon just walked out on its self-checkout technology
California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax
Apple confirms layoffs affecting 700+ workers, including car team
AT&T resets millions of customers’ passcodes after account info was leaked on the dark web
Elon Musk's unpleasant persona hurts Tesla brand: survey says
Cybertruck Breaks Down After One Mile Of Driving
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How many episodes does Grumpy Old Geeks have?
Grumpy Old Geeks currently has 677 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Social, News, Code, Security, Tech, Society & Culture, Web, Lifestyle, Music, Tech News, Entertainment, Podcasts, Technology, Internet, Business and Engineering.
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The episode title '640: A Minute of Silence' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Grumpy Old Geeks is 73 minutes.
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Episodes of Grumpy Old Geeks are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.
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