613: Dirty Laundry

Crypto Scammers & NFT Developers; superconductors & nuclear fusion; PayPal's crypto coin; opting out of TikTok's secret sauce; X sensitivity settings; Zoom wants people back in, not on Zoom, except for the rest of the world; blocking OpenAI's crawler; Lyft, robotaxis; supermodels & Instagram, oh my; Jason is Bourne; Good Omens, Star Trek cliffhangers; Tetris; Disney+ prices rising; Google, record label deepfakes; Callsheet; Flash games; JustWatch; Charles Stross Singularity Sky, Season of Skulls; Peter Cawdron First Contact; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Dirty Laundry; Eufy; steam mopping; the Empire Strips Back.Sponsors: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.1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate 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/613FOLLOW UPCharley's Restaurant & SaloonThe Morning After: Voyager 2 is alive!FBI Alert: Crypto Scammers are Masquerading as NFT DevelopersIN THE NEWSScientists have reproduced last year's nuclear fusion breakthroughPayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin backed by the US dollarTikTok Users Will Be Able to Opt Out of the Algorithm in EuropeX hopes ‘sensitivity settings’ will bring back advertisersTwitter fined for belatedly complying with search warrant for Donald Trump's accountZoom tells employees to return to the office, responds to generative AI pushbackNow you can block OpenAI’s web crawlerLyft plans to ditch surge pricing, which riders hate 'with a fiery passion'Robotaxis get the green light to expand to 24/7 service in San FranciscoSupermodel is 'Terrified' of Posting on Instagram After Photographer Sued HerBella Hadid Sued Over Copyright of Photo She Posted to InstagramMEDIA CANDYBourne (franchise)Star Trek: Strange New WorldsNeil Gaiman Won't Let Good Omens' Story End Like ThatAuthor says the Apple TV+ 'Tetris' movie ripped off his bookDisney+ is raising prices and cracking down on account sharingGoogle, record labels working on deal covering musical “deepfakes”APPS & DOODADSCallsheet for iPhone lets you look up that actor you recognize without the IMDB cruftHow to Play All of Those Old Flash Games You RememberruffleDeactivation of Flash may have crippled Chinese railroad for a dayAll DJI Apps on Google Play are Frauds and Are Stealing Users' MoneyJustWatchAT THE LIBRARYSingularity Sky by Charles StrossSeason of Skulls: Laundry Files, Book 12 by Charles StrossWherever Seeds May Fall (First Contact) by Peter CawdronGeneration of Vipers (First Contact) by Peter CawdronTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopBoot Up with JasonThe 9 Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles GamesStar Wars-themed burlesque show, "The Empire Strips Back," still going strongThe Empire Strips BackEufy security camsCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSDev world mourns loss of Vim creator Bram MoolenaarSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.