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Kagi not worth it; RIP Passcodes; Sora demo not exactly Sora; FCC fines carries for selling location data; TikTok ban signed; Meta's ad-buying AI blows through budgets; fighting the algorithm; OpenAI privacy complaints; Amazon ad revenue big leap, wonder why; blockchain's real use case; ludicrously hard-core at Tesla; Lord of the Rings returns to theaters; Dune Part 2; The Bad Batch series finale; Fallout; UMG artists return to TikTok; Walmart selling IRL items to kids in Roblox; Snapchat will let you edit chats, if you pay; Bluesky ads GIFs; short sci-fi fiction with Amazon; Essentialism; AI wrappers; Gary's valuable GOG contributions; vision issues; stay on target, stay on target! Show notes at https://gog.show/646 Sponsors: That’s code grumpy50 at Factor to get 50% off! 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. SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!! FOLLOW UP Kagi TURNS OUT THAT EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE SORA DEMO... WASN’T EXACTLY MADE WITH SORA IN THE NEWS FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data Social media companies have too much political power, 78% of Americans say in Pew survey Biden Signed the TikTok Ban. What's Next for TikTok Users? Customers say Meta’s ad-buying AI blows through budgets in a matter of hours A researcher is suing Meta for the right to ‘turn off’ Facebook’s news feed OpenAI hit with another privacy complaint over ChatGPT’s love of making stuff up Amazon Q1 Ad Revenue Leaps 24% to $11.8 Billion, Lifted by Prime Video Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering Elon Musk loses at Supreme Court in case over “funding secured” tweets Tesla is reportedly getting 'absolutely hard core' about more layoffs, according to Elon Musk OnlyFans hits UK regulator's radar for age-verification failures around porn access MEDIA CANDY Lord of the Rings Trilogy to Return to Theaters this Summer, Extended and Remastered Dune Part 2 The Bad Batch - Series Finale Fallout Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and other Universal artists return to TikTok Watch the Powerful First Trailer for Lee Miller Biopic Starring Kate Winslet APPS & DOODADS Walmart thinks it's a good idea to let kids buy IRL items inside Roblox Snapchat will finally let you edit your chats AT THE LIBRARY Hello World (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron The Forward Collection, curated by Blake Crouch Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By: Greg McKeown Audible to test using Prime Video data for audiobook recommendations as Spotify competition heats up THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop LM Studio AI For Humans Podcast Pinokio Ollama Creative Computer Publishes Interview with the Guy Behind the Death Star Trench Run (1978)