Ep 481: 18.09 Scaramuccis (Patreon)

Quibi is toast, Scaramucci’s galore, Wisconsin gets Foxconned, Tesla lies about self-driving tech, Police can read your phone, Twitter probably not hacked, creepy video bro’s don’t get fired, Animaniacs and Supermarket Sweep are back, Ghostbusters delayed, James Bond is homeless, Photoshop gets some AI, ClipDrop hits the streets, upcoming books, and more!

SHOW NOTES

INTRO

Eric Hunley on YouTube

Eric Hunley’s Unstructured Podcast

Eric Hunley on Twitter

Eric Hunley on Facebook

Eric Hunley on Instagram

FOLLOW UP

An open letter from Quibi

Exclusive: Wisconsin report confirms Foxconn’s so-called LCD factory isn’t real

CA appeals court upholds ruling that Uber and Lyft must classify drivers as employees

IN THE NEWS

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ software is starting to roll out to select customers

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta test has caught the attention of federal safety regulators

Airbnb announces multi-year partnership with Jony Ive, a year after leaving Apple

Facebook Seeks Shutdown of NYU Research Project Into Political Ad Targeting

The Problem With Twitter’s Noble Attempt to Make Retweets More Difficult

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Trump’s Twitter hacked after Dutch researcher claims he guessed password

The Police Can Probably Break Into Your Phone

Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police

Male employees at a $1.6 billion security-camera startup were accused of taking photos of female employees and sharing them in a private Slack channel

Surveillance Startup Used Own Cameras to Harass Coworkers

The Rum Tum Tugger the Clown Safety Video

MEDIA CANDY

“Supermarket Sweep” Hosted by Leslie Jones

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Rudy Giuliani faces questions after compromising scene in new Borat film

A Shot-by-Shot Analysis of the New Borat’s Giuliani Scene

Hulu brings back that irreverent magic with trailer for Animaniacs reboot

‘Smokey and the Bandit’ TV Show Coming from David Gordon Green, Seth MacFarlane

Smokey and the Bandit on Does it Have Legs?

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Gets New Release Date (Again)

MGM considered moving James Bond to streaming but Apple/Netflix balked at $600m price tag

Apple once was in talks to buy MGM itself according to rumors.

Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Has Recorded a Podcast From Prison

Fyre Festival Promoter Has a Podcast, and a Spot in Solitary Confinement

13 Days of Halloween

APPS & DOODADS

ORBI Prime Glasses

New Descript also edits video

Photoshop: Now the world’s most advanced AI application for creatives

ClipDrop finally makes AR practical

Nova

Garmin Instinct Esports edition

AT THE LIBRARY

Dead Lies Dreaming (Laundry Files Book 10) by Charles Stross

The Joke at the End of the World: a Novel by Scott Dikkers

Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow

Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator – Gary Noesner

Never Split the Difference

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

The Behavior Panel

The Amazing Randi, Famed Magician and Escapologist, Dies at 92

‘Mythbusters’ Host Grant Imahara Remembered on 50th Birthday With New Foundation Devoted to STEAM

The Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation