511: Amazon Baby Farms

Road tripping a very re-opened California; crypto & NFT drops; Facebook launches Live Audio Rooms, Clubhouse adds DMs, they all start to morph together; Google seeks to stop slander; Google AI/ML/AI/ML; Amazon worries about running out of workers to exploit; introducing Amazon Sub-Prime; Onlyfans pivots; Penn's poor Op-Sec; Reality Winner released; caught by smartwatch; Bo Burnham Inside; pandemic-inspired music; Lupin; Legendary; moving to Podpages; Facebook VR ads; tweaking Twitter; Neeva might be great, someday; Ted Chiang; the world's greatest con. This episode is brought to you by Adorama! This episode is brought to you by Hover. For 10% off your first order head over to hover.com/gog and get your domain on! Show notes at https://gog.show/511 FOLLOW UP It’s Official: El Salvador’s Legislature Votes to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender Web inventor Berners-Lee to auction original code as NFT MoviePass was even shadier than we thought IN THE NEWS Facebook officially launches Live Audio Rooms and podcasts in the US Clubhouse is building a DM text chat feature Google Seeks to Break Vicious Cycle of Online Slander Google is using AI to design its next generation of AI chips more quickly than humans can Amazon burns through workers so quickly that executives are worried they’ll run out of people to employ, according to a new report Amazon Workers Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company pressures out 6% of office workers One Amazon warehouse destroys 130,000 items per week, including MacBooks, COVID-19 masks, and TVs, some of them new and unused, a report says Amazon is reportedly buying 1,000 autonomous truck-driving systems, which could pave the way for one day ditching drivers Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth OnlyFans is reportedly in talks to raise new funding at a valuation above $1 billion, as it plots a move away from adult content to become more mainstream Tesla backs vision-only approach to autonomy using powerful supercomputer MEDIA CANDY Bo Burnham – Inside K.Flay – Inside Voices EP Lorde – Solar Power Marina – Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land Garbage – No Gods No Masters 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez Lupin Legendary The Lazarus Heist Kim’s Convenience APPS & DOODADS The one developer that publicly agreed to try Facebook’s VR ads is already backing away Day one has been acquired by Automattic Mastonaut Tweak New Twitter for Chrome/Brave Leviton T5633-W 15-Amp Type-C USB Charger/Tamper Resistant Receptacle, 1-Pack, White Neeva Webcam Settings (Mac App Store) AT THE LIBRARY Exhalation by Ted Chiang Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang The World Greatest Con Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Recorded Future Reality Winner, the Contractor Who Leaked Classified Russian Election Meddling Info, Released From Prison Smartphone and smartwatch data led husband to confess to murdering his wife Vigilante malware rats out software pirates while blocking ThePirateBay CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS 4 tech podcasts you should be listening to