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EPISODE · Apr 15, 2023 · 1H 20M

597: Annoyingly Well-Informed

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The MoviePass Titanic; real-world costs of crypto & generative AI; Tesla class-action lawsuit; Twitter is now X Corp., NPR & PBS leave; cold culture war has gone hot; Scotland's driverless busses; NASA launches new pollution tracker, gets new director; Google's Bard to bring transparency to their black box; Twitter Circles are broken; Iceberg Slim; I'll Sleep When I'm Dead; Succession; Picard; Bye, HBO, you're now MAX: Star Wars news; Skate Punk; playlists aka mix-tapes; YouTube Premium perks; weather apps suck; Schmigadoon!; the Mandalorian; PayPal scam; don't login to company assets after leaving the company; Layoffs.FYI; OpenAI bug bounties; Juice Jacking is crap; cutting the cord, but what about baseball?Sponsors:DeleteMe - Head over to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use the code "GOG" for 20% off.Hover - Go to Hover now and grab your very own domain or a few of them at hover.com/gog and get 10% off your first purchase.Private Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/597FOLLOW UPEverything You Should Know About the New MoviePassThe Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for BitcoinThe mounting human and environmental costs of generative AITesla slammed with class-action lawsuit following report that employees internally shared private photos and videos taken from car camerasTwitter Isn’t a Company AnymoreTwitter Reverses NPR Label, Tweaks to ‘Government Funded Media’NPR is ditching Twitter over 'government-funded media' label on its main accountPBS has also quit Twitter over its 'government-funded media' labelElizabeth Holmes Will Have to Wait Out Her Appeal in PrisonArrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec’s alleged killer also worked in techWho is Nima Momeni, alleged killer of Cash App founder Bob Lee?IN THE NEWSDriverless bus service to start in Scotland in 'world first'NASA launches powerful air quality monitor to keep an eagle-eye on pollutionNEW NASA GODDARD DIRECTOR EXPLAINS WHY SHE WAS SWORN IN ON A CARL SAGAN BOOKGoogle Bard's new 'experiment updates' page lets you know what's newVimeo to pay $2.25M in AI-related biometric privacy lawsuitTwitter Circles Is Broken, Revealing Nudes Not Meant For The General PublicElon Musk is moving forward with a new generative-AI project at Twitter after purchasing thousands of GPUsFTC fines supplement maker $600,000 for 'review hijacking' Amazon listingsMEDIA CANDYThe Labours Of Hercule - The Adventure Of The Cheap FlatIceberg Slim: Portrait of a PimpI’ll Sleep When I’m DeadPerry Mason Season 2'The Americans' cast celebrate show's 10th anniversarySuccessionHow Brian Cox Felt About That Big Episode 3 Twist in ‘Succession’HBO’s Succession PodcastSure, 'Max' sounds dumb, but HBO Max needed a rebootPicardFor the first time, you can now watch every Star Trek movie in 4K HDR'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' is getting a third, and final, seasonDisney is bringing ‘Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’ back to theaters on April 28thHonest Trailers | Avatar: The Way of WaterThe Continental: From the World of John Wick | Official Teaser | Peacock OriginalThe Ongoing History of New Music Podcast by Alan Cross - History of Skate PunkAPPS & DOODADSYouTube Premium adds more perks with SharePlay support, higher quality video and moreSpotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-like music guessing game it bought last yearThe Problem With Weather AppsAwesome ScreenshotStable DiffusionWhat Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have? by Cal NewportFinalmouse Centerpiece Keyboard RevealFINALMOUSE CENTERPIECE KEYBOARDAT THE LIBRARYMake Something Wonderful - Steve Jobs in his own wordsDead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg JennerTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopSchmigadoon!10% log back in to 'disrupt' business, reportLayoffs.FYIAnnouncing OpenAI’s Bug Bounty ProgramSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The MoviePass Titanic; real-world costs of crypto & generative AI; Tesla class-action lawsuit; Twitter is now X Corp., NPR & PBS leave; cold culture war has gone hot; Scotland's driverless busses; NASA launches new pollution tracker, gets new director; Google's Bard to bring transparency to their black box; Twitter Circles are broken; Iceberg Slim; I'll Sleep When I'm Dead; Succession; Picard; Bye, HBO, you're now MAX: Star Wars news; Skate Punk; playlists aka mix-tapes; YouTube Premium perks; weather apps suck; Schmigadoon!; the Mandalorian; PayPal scam; don't login to company assets after leaving the company; Layoffs.FYI; OpenAI bug bounties; Juice Jacking is crap; cutting the cord, but what about baseball?

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