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Layoffs at Paramount, Instacart & Mozilla; Musk must testify in SEC investigation of Twitter takeover; Tesla driver not sure if he killed pedestrians because he was on autopilot; crowd burns Waymo car; 23andMe selling DNA data; Amazon Prime Video pulls Dolby Vision, Atmos on ad-supported plan; queer.af shut down by Taliban; X blue checks sold to literal terrorists; Past Lives; We Are the World; Jacqueline Novak; Somebody Feed Feel; Star Trek Disco; Downtown Abbey; AMC fined for 1988 law; Apple Cash to offer virtual cards; AI news round up; don't get an AI girlfriend; thought crimes; Sora & floating feet; Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey; the Bad Batch; cybercriminals stealing iOS users' face scans... are they, though?Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.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/636FOLLOW UPAxact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan?Found a cool easter egg on the Ookla speedtest appIN THE NEWSJust to keep the pink slips chat going.. Paramount doing some work.Paramount lays off 800 workers in cost-cutting bid: 'This is the right decision'Instacart lays off 250 employees, or 7% of its workforce, to 'reshape' companyMozilla is laying off around 60 workersCourt orders Elon Musk to testify in the SEC’s investigation of his Twitter takeoverTesla Driver Says He's Not Sure If He Killed a Pedestrian Because He Was on AutopilotCrowd Sets Waymo Self-Driving Car on Fire: ‘They Couldn’t Even Recognize the Vehicle’23andMe Admits ‘Mining’ Your DNA Data Is Its Last HopeAmazon Prime Video won't offer Dolby Vision and Atmos on its ad-supported planTaliban Shuts Down 'queer.af' Domain, Breaking Mastodon InstanceElon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report SaysELON MUSK SELLING BLUE CHECKMARKS TO LITERAL TERRORISTSMEDIA CANDYLooney Tunes Movie Coyote vs Acme Expected to Be Destroyed ForeverPast LivesThe Greatest Night in PopJacqueline Novak: Get on Your KneesSomebody Feed Phil, Season 7 - March 1Star Trek: Discovery's Final Season Finally Has a Release DateA Hail Mary to Save ‘The Daily Show’Downton Abbey reportedly poised to return for a seventh seasonJohn Cleese has “always loathed and despised” Eric IdleAMC to pay $8M for allegedly violating 1988 law with use of Meta PixelAPPS & DOODADSApple Cash will offer virtual card numbers for online shoppingGoogle's Gemini AI Keeps Your Conversations for Up to 3 Years (Even If You Delete Them)OpenAI - Disrupting malicious uses of AI by state-affiliated threat actorsAI ‘companions’ promise to combat loneliness, but history shows the dangers of one-way relationshipsYour AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror ShowAI monitoring employee comms for 'thought crimes' in Slack & moreMemory and new controls for ChatGPTNVIDIA’s new AI chatbot runs locally on your PCOpenAI’s newest model Sora can generate videos — and they look decentUSPTO says AI models can’t hold patentsAT THE LIBRARYInfinity Gate (The Pandominion Book 1) by M.R. CareyA different, darker take on The Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett & Stephen BaxterTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopWhat Has Happened So Far on Star Wars: The Bad Batch?Cybercriminals are stealing iOS users' face scans to break into mobile banking accountsLM StudioLily-Cybersecurity-7B-v0.2Propstore has an upcoming auction, including the Anthony Daniels collection.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.