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/563Sponsors:Lectric eBikes - Go to LectriceBikes.com and get $100 off any eBike purchase.ButcherBox - Sign up at butcherbox.com/GOG and use code GOG to get 1 pack of free bacon in EVERY box for the life of your membership PLUS $10 off your first order.Kolide - Kolide can help you nail third party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here.MasterClass - Head over to m365masterclass.com and enter code GOG at checkout for 20% off your subscription for life.FOLLOW UPWhite House launches a website to help people cope with extreme heatGoogle fired engineer who said its AI was sentientGOOGLE FIRES ENGINEER WHO SAID ITS EXPERIMENTAL AI GAINED SENTIENCEIN THE NEWSMartin Shkreli Is Out of Prison, So of Course He's Getting Into web3A Filipino politician wants to make ghosting a criminal offenseSenate committee chair grills Apple, Google over protection against crypto app scamsCHIPS Act passes House on way to Biden signingMEDIA CANDYSTAR TREK CONTINUES‘The Old Man’ Finale: Producers Address Mysterious Morgan & Whether Zoe (And Those Dogs) Will Be BackSpotify has 188 million Premium users, but continues to lose moneySpotify has stopped making its Car Thing dashboard accessoryAPPS & DOODADSInstagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTokInstagram will survey US users about race to assess if it is ‘fair and equitable’Instagram Pauses Changes to Feed After Week-Long DramaTwitter raises the price of its ‘Blue’ subscription for the first timeSocial subscription Snapchat+ is already faring better than Twitter BlueTinder revives 'Desk Mode' feature for singles returning to the office, offering them a button to quickly hide swipingManchester City shows off a smart scarf that tracks fan reactionsClipdropApple’s Butterfly Keyboard Fiasco Leads to a $50M SettlementLatest iOS 16 beta limits the ability to edit and delete messagesWireless 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 etc3Dio FS XLR (FSXLR-2W-002)AT THE LIBRARYChuck Palahniuk's Plot SpoilerStar Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the FutureCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSDavid Warner, British Actor Known for ‘The Omen’ and ‘Tron,’ Dies at 80See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.