642: Nerd Plumage

03/30/24 • 86 min

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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

Like Elon Musk And Twitter Before Them, Investors In Trump's Newly Public Social Media Company Will Lose Millions

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Show notes at https://gog.show/642

FOLLOW UP

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

Like Elon Musk And Twitter Before Them, Investors In Trump's Newly Public Social Media Company Will Lose Millions

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641: Subscription Screaming

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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

United Nations General Assembly Adopts by Consensus U.S.-Led Resolution on Seizing the Opportunities of Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Systems for Sustainable Development

Google Hit With Huge Fine for Training Ai With News Articles Without Getting Permission

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643: Mechanical Goslings

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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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Gmail is 20 years old

Eudora (email client)

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