618: Seal Team Aibo

AI using a ton of water; individual efforts just a drop in the bucket; X suing California over disclosure law; TikTok accidentally blocked strike videos, hit with fine over privacy settings for children; oral decongestant on sale for 50 years just doesn't work; Mila & Ashton's bad week, Stoner Cats; Lyft Women+ Connect; Bluesky hits a million Scalzis; manifesting yourself broke; government web design systems; no AI Grammys; Spotify payola; Milli Vanilla; Interview with the Vampire; PodCast One; WhatsApp; Unity; Aibo Foster program; Apple leaking radiation in France; the Witcher; Elon Musk; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Levar Burton; lost Star Wars props; laserdiscs & Blue-Rays; the house lost in Vegas this week; programming language inventor or serial killer? Sponsors: 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password 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/618 FOLLOW UP Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa–with a lot of water IN THE NEWS X is suing California over social media content moderation law TikTok accidentally blocked Hollywood writers strike videos while casting a QAnon net TikTok hit with €345 million fine over privacy settings for children The most common oral decongestant in the US does not work, FDA finds Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Stoner Cats’ NFTs get smoked by the SEC Lyft Can Now Connect Women and Nonbinary Passengers With Drivers of the Same Gender Bluesky officially hits 1 million users People who ‘manifest’ big dreams are more likely to go bankrupt SpaceX projected 20 million Starlink users by 2022—it ended up with 1 million U.S. announces official web design system GOV.UK Design System MEDIA CANDY AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd track won’t be winning a Grammy Spotify will promote artists' music on your Home feed, if they pay Milli Vanilli | Official Trailer | Paramount+ We Tried to Tell You About Interview With the Vampire Netflix’s live-action One Piece to set sail with even more episodes PodcastOne’s Stock Is Off To Rough Start, Losing More Than Half Its Value. With PodcastOne’s Stock Still Falling, Parent LiveOne Opens Door To Buying Back Shares. Exposing a Podcast Scam by Coffeezilla APPS & DOODADS WhatsApp tests feature that could open it up to other messaging apps Unity cancels town hall over reported death threats Sony will repair aging Aibo robot dogs to help them find their forever homes Apple Says It’s Going to Fix Those Alleged High-Radiation iPhone 12s AT THE LIBRARY Apothecary (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Universe Returns in a New Audio Drama Levar Burton Reads The Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook Collection THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Long-lost ‘Star Wars’ X-wing model up for auction with starting price of $400,000 Star Wars Helmets Disney celebrating centennial with a $1,500 box set of these 100 films Caesars reportedly paid millions to stop hackers releasing its data Hacking a Vegas casino may just take a single phone call The Terms and Conditions game. Programming language inventor or serial killer?