509: Johnny Moronic

Amazon Sidewalk launching; Twitter unsurprisingly pauses verification program; invisible sculptures & fake NFT markets; AI takes on disinformation; Tweet labels based on how wrong you are; Lemonade's bad week on Twitter; WhatsApp backtracks; Venmo to provide some privacy controls; Google buries tracking settings; Elon bores Vegas, Neuralink will end language in 10 years; Army of the Dead; Crime of the Century; Friends; Moby; Star Wars cartoons; Fire tablets; Zoom PodTrak; Drafts Pro; Cook Unity; transformers to the Moon; Muderbots; Code Girls; Have I Been Pwned; dreamy Troy Hunt. This episode is brought to you by Adorama! Show notes at https://gog.show/509 FOLLOW UP Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors Apple delays paid podcast subscription launch to June Twitter pauses its new public verification program after just one week IN THE NEWS World’s First Invisible Sculpture Sells for a Whopping $18,000 Buying a pink NFT cat was a crypto nightmare Artificial intelligence system could help counter the spread of disinformation Twitter May Start Labeling Your Tweets Based on How Wrong You Are A disturbing, viral Twitter thread reveals how AI-powered insurance can go wrong WhatsApp won’t limit accounts for users who don’t accept its new privacy policy Venmo now lets users hide their friends lists following Biden discovery Google reportedly made it harder to find Android privacy settings Watch Elon Musk’s Boring Company test its Tesla tunnel system in Las Vegas with members of the public Tesla may have to ship Texas-made EVs out of state to sell them to Texans MEDIA CANDY Army of the Dead The Crime of the Century Friends: The Reunion Moby: Reprise Moby: Ambient (1993) How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality? APPS & DOODADS All-new Fire HD 10 tablet, 10.1″, 1080p Full HD, 32 GB, latest model (2021 release), Black, without lockscreen ads Apple TV 4K review (2021): Finally, a Siri remote I don’t hate Zoom PodTrak P8 Podcast Recorder – $499 Zoom BTA-2 Bluetooth Adapter for P4/P8 PodTrak Recorder – $49.99 Drafts Pro CookUnity: A Chef Collective Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the Moon AT THE LIBRARY Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries Book 6) by Martha Wells Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Recorded Future Star Wars: Rebels FBI to share compromised passwords with Have I Been Pwned US soldiers accidentally leak nuclear secrets via study apps Robert G. Reeve Twitter Thread Robert G. Reeve Twitter Thread Reader version motionEyeOS MORON OF THE WEEK Neuralink Brain Chip Will End Language in Five to 10 Years, Elon Musk Says CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Spark