570: Allegedly

Patreon drama ramps up, considerably - allegedly; Amazon accelerates robotics; Twitter's innovation vs Meta's; this week in Musk; Adobe's weird Figma play antitrust cough; Starbucks rewards NFTs; Merriam-Webster yeets pumpkin spice; Rings of Power; She-Hulk; Star Wars trailers; Kiki, Pose, Legendary and the power of sub-cultures; Sonos Ray; Apple OS updates generally good, kill Dark Sky bad; iZotope RX 10; Discord adds... forums; the Status Game; Chatter: the Voice in Our Head "I am a Golden God!"Sponsors:Kolide - Kolide can help you nail third-party audits and internal compliance goals with endpoint security for your entire fleet. Learn more here.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.Show notes at https://gog.show/570FOLLOW UPPatreon is laying off 17 percent of its workforce and closing offices / Around a week after it laid off its security teamThe Patreon Problem: Who is subscribing to these children's accounts?The Patreon Problem Vol 2: It's worse than we thought.IN THE NEWSAmazon is buying a company that makes pallet-stacking robotsTwitter shareholders approve the $44B merger Musk is trying to get out ofDrivers sue Tesla for alleged false advertising of Autopilot and FSD softwareTwitter starts rolling out podcasts to Blue subscribersMeta is spinning off the Pytorch framework into its own AI research foundationAdobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital designAdobe’s $20 Billion Deal For Figma is More Than 50 Times the Startup’s RevenueStarbucks thinks you'll want to collect NFTs to earn rewardsMerriam-Webster just yeeted a bunch of internet slang into the dictionaryMEDIA CANDYThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerShe-Hulk: Attorney At Law | Disney+ OriginalsThe first 'Mandalorian' season three trailer reunites a favorite Star Wars familyThe Mandalorian S3Star Wars: AndorTales of the JediKiki (2016 film)PoseLegendary | HBO Max OriginalsAPPS & DOODADSReview: Sonos RayiOS 16 is now availableApple Releases watchOS 9 With Medication Tracking, New Watch Faces, Sleep Updates, and MoreiOS 16's haptic keyboard is the best feature you haven't found yet | MacworldiPhone 14 Pro Camera Preview: The Hardware Changes – LuxI deleted and edited my texts with Apple's new iOS update — and it's the coolest thing the company has done in a long timeHow to remove the Search button from your Home Screen in iOS 16Apple-Acquired Weather App Dark Sky Reminding Users That iOS App Shutting Down on January 1DraftsiZotope RX 10Discord revolutionizes online conversations with... forumsAT THE LIBRARYThe Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by Will StorrChatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan KrossThe Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David GraeberEyes of the Void (The Final Architecture Book 2) by Adrian TchaikovskySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.