563: Cracker Barrel Enthusiast

Hot, Hot, Hot; Google fires engineer that claimed AI was sentient; Shkreli, Cracker Barrel enthusiast & ponzi schemer, is back; ghosted politician wants to make ghosting a crime; Senate grills Apple, Google over crypto app scams; Jon & Punch & the CHIPS act; Westworld turns the ship around; John Oliver is back; the Old Man; Spotify gains users, loses money, ditches Car Thing; hiding AirTags on bikes; Instagram's very busy week; Twitter Blue price hike; Snapchat+ inexplicably doing well; Tinder "desk mode"; smart scarves; Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler; Star Trek coffee table book; Happy Birthday Dave! Show notes at https://gog.show/563 Sponsors: Lectric eBikes - Go to LectriceBikes.com and get $100 off any eBike purchase. Kolide - Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here. FOLLOW UP White House launches a website to help people cope with extreme heat Google fired engineer who said its AI was sentient GOOGLE FIRES ENGINEER WHO SAID ITS EXPERIMENTAL AI GAINED SENTIENCE IN THE NEWS Martin Shkreli Is Out of Prison, So of Course He's Getting Into web3 A Filipino politician wants to make ghosting a criminal offense Senate committee chair grills Apple, Google over protection against crypto app scams CHIPS Act passes House on way to Biden signing MEDIA CANDY STAR TREK CONTINUES ‘The Old Man’ Finale: Producers Address Mysterious Morgan & Whether Zoe (And Those Dogs) Will Be Back Spotify has 188 million Premium users, but continues to lose money Spotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessory APPS & DOODADS Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok Instagram will survey US users about race to assess if it is ‘fair and equitable’ Instagram Pauses Changes to Feed After Week-Long Drama Twitter raises the price of its ‘Blue’ subscription for the first time Social subscription Snapchat+ is already faring better than Twitter Blue Tinder revives 'Desk Mode' feature for singles returning to the office, offering them a button to quickly hide swiping Manchester City shows off a smart scarf that tracks fan reactions Clipdrop Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard Fiasco Leads to a $50M Settlement Latest iOS 16 beta limits the ability to edit and delete messages Wireless Portable Charger Power Bank, 33800mAh 15W Fast Wireless Charging 25W Power Delivery QC 4.0 Phone Charger, 5 Output & Dual Input External Battery Pack Compatible with iPhone, Android etc 3Dio FS XLR (FSXLR-2W-002) AT THE LIBRARY Chuck Palahniuk's Plot Spoiler Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS David Warner, British Actor Known for ‘The Omen’ and ‘Tron,’ Dies at 80