Ep 498: Snakes on a Blockchain - Ad Free (Patreon)

NFT bubble grows; music & art blockchain applications; Banksy Morons; NFTs are the new eggs; ChiaCoin; Google eats their cookies; gig worker shortage; UBI seems to work; Facebook SEER AI; McAfee crypto fraud; Square aquires Tidal; Patrice O'Neal; Condor; Jungle Books; Coming to America 2; teleprompter gear; ripping audio; deep fakes are the new eggs; Solarwinds throws an intern under the bus; TALON; feedback.

SHOW NOTES

FOLLOW UP

A Field Guide to Music’s Potential Crypto Boom

Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT

Burned Banksy NFT Sets Art And Crypto Worlds Alight

Authentic Banksy Art Burning Ceremony (NFT)

Original Banksy Morons

You can buy the first-ever tweet. The current bid: $2.5 million

Buy & Sell Tweets – Autographed by their original creators.

NFTs Are Hot. So Is Their Effect on the Earth’s Climate

No, CryptoArtists Aren’t Harming the Planet

This Week In Music: Kings Of Leon Offer Album On NFT – But Past Formats Have Left Listeners SOL

IN THE NEWS

Chia Network

Google to Stop Selling Ads Based on Your Specific Web Browsing

Gig Companies Fear a Worker Shortage, Despite a Recession

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off

Facebook’s new computer vision model achieves state-of-the-art performance by learning from random images

Facebook’s New AI Teaches Itself to See With Less Human Help

John McAfee charged with securities fraud for ‘pump and dump’ cryptocurrency scheme

Feds indict John McAfee for cryptocurrency pump-and-dump fraud

Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya sells off remaining personal stake in the space company

MEDIA CANDY

Concerts Were Wiped Out During Covid-19. Here’s When They Could Come Back.

Square acquires TIDAL in majority ownership deal; Jack Dorsey statement

Patrice O’Neal: Killing is Easy

Condor Season 2

The Jungle Book – 1967

The Jungle Book – 2016

Coming to America 2

Korean family comedy Kim’s Convenience canceled after 5 seasons

Kim’s Convenience is closing shop earlier than expected

APPS & DOODADS

PromptSmart

Duet

lunadisplay

Using the iPad and Luna Display with a Teleprompter

Apple to stop selling iMac Pro base model, which is listed as available ‘while supplies last’

David Dobrik’s $200m photo app Dispo, explained

Gaming Mouse Pad XXXL/Extended Large Mat Desk Pad 36″x16.5″ GLTECK Mousepad Long Non-Slip Rubber Mice Pads Stitched Edges with Portable Bag

APPHOME [Upgrade] Headphones Stand Hanger Hook Aluminum Stick-On Adhesive Under Desk Dual Headsets Holder Mount Gaming Accessories for All Headphones, Silver

16 Pack Multipurpose Cable Clips Holders for Organizing Cable Cords Home and Office, Self Adhesive Cord Holders

How AirPods Are Deep Cleaned

MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC: all the audio file formats explained

Audius

EP 271: THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!

EP 385: PUMP UP THE TIKTOK

Our Lady Peace to release single as NFT through S!ng app

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

The Death Star used a Grass Valley 1600 switcher to fire the super lasers.

Deepfakes are risky business, warns creator of viral Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise deepfake creator says public shouldn’t be worried about ‘one-click fakes’

The Former Solarwinds CEO Is Blaming the Largest Cyber Espionage Campaign in History on an Intern

Inside ‘TALON,’ the Nationwide Network of AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras

Retired Maryland police chief used arson for vendettas, prosecutors say; a stirring dog may have saved one family

MORON OF THE WEEK

Burger King UK under fire for tweeting ‘Women belong in the kitchen’ on International Women’s Day