547: Crush Your Goals!

COVID, maybe; revising crypto guides; Uber not "fit and proper" but in London, adds cabs in NYC; Meta paid consultants to sling dirt at TikTok; BEANS!; VISA wants in on NFT action; Microsoft... engages in sales & business; chaos theory weather control; Gaming Wall St; state of Star Trek; Halo; Moon Knight; WeCrashed; CNN+; Headway for "Real Men"; Apple iPhone rundles; dystopian Darth Dyson; Brandon Sanderson's kickstarter windfall; Klosterman; Laundry Files; Verizon spam texts; FBI disrupts BEC schemes; hackers forge legal requests for data; old computers & the good ol' days when we could get away with things.This episode of Grumpy Old Geeks is brought to you by:Kolide - You can try Kolide with all its features on an unlimited number of devices for free for 14 days; no credit card required! Try it out at kolide.com/gog1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordShow notes at https://gog.show/547FOLLOW UPThe Edited Latecomer’s Guide to CryptoIN THE NEWSUber secures 30-month London taxi licenseCall for an Uber, Get a Yellow TaxiWaymo trials fully driverless rides in San FranciscoMeta reportedly paid political consultants to smear TikTokTeen Girls Are Still Getting TikTok-Related Tics—and Other DisordersVisa launches NFT program as it considers the digital art a new form of e-commerceWhistleblower says Microsoft spent millions on bribes abroadScientists think they can control the weather using chaos theoryMEDIA CANDYGaming Wall St.Trust No One - The Hunt for the Crypto KingStar Trek: DiscoveryStar Trek: PicardHaloMoon KnightWeCrashedCNN+APPS & DOODADSReederHeadwayReal Men Self-Development Plan by Headway AppApple will reportedly sell the iPhone as a subscription serviceApple will no longer repair iPhones reported as lost or stolenGSMA Device RegistryDyson launches Zone air purifying Bluetooth headphones with visorOvercast app's big redesign helps it compete with Apple PodcastsNo one asked for a hamburger vending machine, and RoboBurger answeredAT THE LIBRARYFantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-PublishSurprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon SandersonHow Angry Should Other Writers Be About Brandon Sanderson’s $22 Million Kickstarter?An End to SecretsImaginable - How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today by Jane McGonigalX: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century by Chuck KlostermanQuantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charlie StrossEscape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charlie StrossSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatVerizon says ‘bad actors’ are to blame for sketchy spoofed spam textsFBI disrupts BEC cybercrime gangs targeting victims worldwideApple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal RequestsRussia's invasion of Ukraine has destroyed a historic computer museumCLOSING SHOUT-OUTSBruce Willis Has Aphasia and Is ‘Stepping Away’ From His CareerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.