527: Tribal Knowledge

Congrats, Shatner, boo, Bezos & Takei; rideshare bubble bursts; FCC going after spam texts; Square to build a Bitcoin mining system, maybe; Tesla's really bad Beta-based insurance; Canon USA says no ink-y, no scan-y; Amazon creates its own brands by stealing "tribal knowledge" of competitors; Dune; Squid Game; Succession; Here We Are; Mel Brooks; Disney delays; Sinead & Delores; canceling NYT Cooking, CleanMyMac X subscriptions; USB-C & VPNs; ah, the 80s; pogo-power; Cosby sweaters. Show notes at https://gog.show/527 For a limited time, ButcherBox is offering new members a 10 to 16-pound turkey FREE in their first box. Just go to ButcherBox.com/GOG to sign up. That’s ButcherBox.com/GOG to receive a FREE turkey in your first box. FOLLOW UP George Takei Roasts “Star Trek” Costar William Shatner After Rocket Trip For Uber and Lyft, the Rideshare Bubble Bursts Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused WayMo Cars Trying To Turn Around ‘Every 5 Minutes’ Your Deep Dive Into Those Waymo Self-Driving Cars In San Francisco That Went Headstrong Up A Dead-End Street Like Floundering Fish Going Upstream IN THE NEWS New FCC rules could force wireless carriers to block spam texts Jack Dorsey says Square is ‘considering’ building a Bitcoin mining system Tesla debuts new car insurance that uses Texans' real-time driving behavior No ink, no scan: Canon USA printers hit with class-action suit Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands, documents show MEDIA CANDY Dune Squid Game Succession Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth Mel Brooks Is Back With ‘History of the World, Part II’ Series Disney delays all of Marvel’s 2022 films Sinead O’Connor and Pillow Queens to feature on album of covers inspired by The Cranberries SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Recorded Future Apple's latest MacBook Pros have MagSafe, SD card slots and camera notches At last, a middle ground, a place where skateboarders and rollerbladers can all get together. The 1985 MTV Music Awards really kind of sucked. CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS ExpressVPN Knew 'Key Facts' of Executive Who Worked for UAE Spy Unit