A Stairway to lawyers; Triller’s suspect statistics; Instagram labeling state-controlled media; frickin’ laser beams taking down drones; Ted Lasso; Enola Holmes; West Wing special; movie industry learned nothing from the music industry; Dune, the Batman and Bond all pushed back; the Go Gos; Moron McAfee arrested; an epic feedback loop.
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Show Notes
FOLLOW UP
Led Zeppelin victorious in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ plagiarism case
IN THE NEWS
Instagram starts labeling ‘state-controlled media’ accounts and posts
The US Navy Has Released Footage Of A Laser Weapon Shooting Down A Drone For The First Time
MEDIA CANDY
A WEST WING SPECIAL TO BENEFIT WHEN WE ALL VOTE Premieres October 15 ON HBO Max
Warner pushes ‘Dune’ theatrical release back a year, to October 2021
MORON OF THE WEEK
John McAfee arrested for tax evasion, charged by SEC for touting ICOs
FEEDBACK LOOP
Raised By Wolves S02E05 The Car Boot
Windows to become emulation layer atop Linux kernel, predicts Eric Raymond
‘The Social Dilemma’ and The Last Fucking Thing I’ll Ever Write About Facebook
The Apple Watch Series 3 isn’t playing nice with WatchOS 7 for some
Meet the Customer Service Reps for Disney and Airbnb Who Have to Pay to Talk to You
Apple Confirms Serious New Problems For iPhone Users
If you’ve ever wondered how astronauts use the bathroom in space –– today’s your day.
Atlanta Falcons to use drones to clean stadium after games
Fox’s Next Creator Introduces His Demonic AI With Deadly Methods
IOS CLOCK WIDGET WRONG TIME: HERE’S HOW TO FIX THE TIME ON APPLE PRODUCTS
The first jetpack paramedic in the world for the Lake District (UK) – BBC News – 29th September 2020
Magic Leap tried to create an alternate reality. Its founder was already in one
Spain’s top court declares gig-workers are EMPLOYEES, not contractors
Burger King trolls McDonald’s by leaving responses to their customers’ complaints | Fox News
Rejoice! “Somebody Feed Phil” returns to Netflix on 10/30!
Pretty sure this is exactly how it happens
How to Turn on FaceTime Creepy Eyes in iOS 14
Nintendo’s Switch faces French claim of ‘planned obsolescence’
It did give me fuel to go learn how to replace the faulty bits by following iFixit
The hell that is remote learning, explained in a comic
1Password launches virtual credit card generator for safer online payments
Security flaw left ‘smart’ chastity sex toy users at risk of permanent lock-in