623: Super Spanx!
Our AI Super Hero, Cyber Sentinel, is joined by Tech Guardian & DataWraith; Happy Xiversary, everything Elon has broke in one year; SBF talking himself into jail; California suspends Cruise; robotaxi pushback increases; Uber driverless Waymo in Phoenix; AI & machine learning, again; poison pill for AI art generators; social media lawsuits; EVs & hybrids; Daniel Ek's Spotify whining, new royalty models; Get Gotti; Beckham & Messi; Loki; HQ Trivia doc; Apple workarounds; Urban Outfitter's vintage iPods; Word is 40; Scalzi & King; Flipper Zero; Dave is back on Facebook; self-righteous, f'ing liberal moronic comments.
Our AI Super Hero, Cyber Sentinel, is joined by Tech Guardian & DataWraith; Happy Xiversary, everything Elon has broke in one year; SBF talking himself into jail; California suspends Cruise; robotaxi pushback increases; Uber driverless Waymo in Phoenix; AI & machine learning, again; poison pill for AI art generators; social media lawsuits; EVs & hybrids; Daniel Ek's Spotify whining, new royalty models; Get Gotti; Beckham & Messi; Loki; HQ Trivia doc; Apple workarounds; Urban Outfitter's vintage iPods; Word is 40; Scalzi & King; Flipper Zero; Dave is back on Facebook; self-righteous, f'ing liberal moronic comments.
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Happy anniversary to Elon Musk’s Twitter
Everything Elon Musk Broke in the Year He’s Owned Twitter
Elon Musk predicts X will replace banks in 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to talk himself right into jail
IN THE NEWS
California DMV suspends Cruise’s driverless permits
Robotaxi pushback grows in Los Angeles as Cruise loses permits
Uber starts offering fully autonomous Waymo rides in Phoenix
Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to 'rebuild public trust'
Americans think AI is bad news for data privacy
White House to unveil sweeping AI executive order next week
University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade
Google ordered to pay $1 million to female exec who sued over gender discrimination
The Supreme Court will hear case on government’s contacts with social media companies
FTC Plans to Add Child Psychologists to Address Internet's Impact on Kid's Mental Health
41 states sue Meta for harming the mental health of its youngest users
GM and Honda punt on plan to build millions of affordable EVs together
Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensive
MEDIA CANDY
Spotify looks set to overhaul its royalty model next year
Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia
Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia - Wikipedia
Apple TV+ Just Jacked Up Its Prices (Again)
APPS & DOODADS
How to customize double tap on the Apple Watch
Urban Outfitters is selling ‘vintage retro’ iPods and millennials’ feelings are hurt
Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out
Amazon Rolls Out Passkeys as Big Tech Bids Farewell to Passwords
Microsoft Word Is 40 Years Young and Here to Make You Feel Old
AT THE LIBRARY
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency Book 1) by John Scalzi
Stephen King's The Stand Lives Again with New Anthology Book
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
You Should Probably Buy a Flipper Zero Before It's Too Late
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
'SHAFT' STAR RICHARD ROUNDTREE DEAD AT 81
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