More MIT Media Lab; that Equifax settlement; Facebook’s cheating, er dating app; please regulate us, says Microsoft; AI coming for small tasks; Walter Mosley quits Star Trek; the Spy; Whitney Cummings; vinyl rising; Korn’s podcast; robot priests help your soul; feedback loop.
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Show Notes
FOLLOW UP
Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab Resigns After Outcry Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
On Joi and MIT by Lawrence Lessig
Apple tweaked App Store searches so its apps don’t always rank first
Those Equifax asshole don’t really want to pay
If You Asked for $125 from the Equifax Settlement, You Need to Verify Your Claim
IN THE NEWS
Facebook broke democracy — now it’s coming for your marriage
Please Regulate Us by Brad Smith, President of Microsoft
AI Is Coming for Your Favorite Menial Tasks
MEDIA CANDY
Author Walter Mosley Quits ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ After Using N-Word in Writers Room
Super Hi-Fi Granted U.S. Patent for Its AI-Powered MagicStitch Streaming Technology
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2
The Spy with Sacha Baron Cohen
Whitney Cummings – Can I Touch It?
J. Grant Brittain: Skate Photographer
Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986
Even Korn can’t resist releasing its own branded fictional podcast miniseries
MORON OF THE WEEK
Robot priests can bless you, advise you, and even perform your funeral
FEEDBACK LOOP
Detroit Tigers prospect dies after electric skateboard accident
‘Who the f*ck is Tool?’ Fans freak over ‘unknown’ band dethroning Taylor Swift
Ready Player One is coming true
