624: Captain Executive Order

Tesla off the hook; bees; SBF guilty on all counts; White House AI EO; META mostly ad-free plan;, toothless oversight board; WeWork nears bankruptcy; more X shenanigan; Bezos has been a naughty boy; Google .ing a th.ing; Loki; finales for Lower Decks, Gen V & Billions; the Traitors; World Series drones; Highlander reboot; Disney buys all of Hulu; loyal Max subscribers get less for more; Apple Journal; Microsoft Copilot; YouTube cracking down on ad blockers; Obsidian; Scalzi's Interdependency; Facebook tips & tricks; Space Mountain & Behind the Attraction; the Beatles; AI & ML definitions; Baader-Meinhof & my phone is reading my mind.Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE gram of THCa flower, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course!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/624/FOLLOW UPTesla's Autopilot was not to blame for fatal 2019 Model 3 crash, jury findsMeta will stop forcing your Threads posts onto Facebook and it can’t come soon enoughThe Beekeepers Who Don’t Want You to Buy More BeesIN THE NEWSSam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven countsSweeping White House executive order takes aim at AI's toughest challengesMeta Launches $10 Monthly Ad-Free Plan For Facebook and Instagram in EUMeta’s Oversight Board: Dangerous diet videos can remain, but please demonetize themOnce valued at $47 billion, coworking-space provider WeWork nears bankruptcyX won’t pay creators for tweets that get fact checked with community notesMajor critic of X sues after being banned from platformRegulators blame Bezos for making Amazon worse in new lawsuit detailsGoogle is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ingIntroduc…ing the .ing top-level domainMEDIA CANDYLokiStar Trek: Lower DecksGen VBillionsThe Equalizer 3The TraitorsPlunkett & MacleaneFox Sports will use drones in World Series broadcasts for the first timeLionsgate Moving Forward With Henry Cavill & Chad Stahelski ‘Highlander’ Reboot As Action-Fantasy Pic Heads To AFM To Enliven A Strike-Hit MarketDisney’s Officially Buying (All of) HuluNetflix will cut the number of ads you see if you binge-watch; ad-supported downloads also coming soonIs streaming video even still worth it?Betteridge's law of headlines.APPS & DOODADSDay OneApple iPadEU Common Charger Law May Be Final Nail in Coffin for DSLRsApple's 'Scary Fast' Mac event was shot on iPhone 15 Pro MaxMicrosoft Copilot Launches Worldwide Tomorrow, but What the Hell Is It?Leo, Brave’s browser-native AI assistant, is now available in Nightly version for testingYouTube is cracking down on ad blockers globallyObsidianAT THE LIBRARYThe Consuming Fire: The Interdependency, Book 2 by John ScalziThe Last Emperox: The Interdependency, Book 3 by John Scalzi44 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your November Reading ListMurderbot Struggles to Pass for Human in This Excerpt From Martha Wells' Exit StrategyTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEThe CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopFriendly Social BrowserFB PuritySpace Mountain, with the lights onDisney Behind the AttractionThe Beatles - Now And Then (Official Audio)Learn the full story behind 'Now And Then' - watch the documentary today.What's the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon?CLOSING SHOUT-OUTSPatreon on Google Play StoreMatthew Perry cause of death inconclusive pending toxicology testsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.