Ep 623: Super Spanx! - Ad Free! (Patreon)

Our AI Super Hero, Cyber Sentinel, is joined by Tech Guardian & DataWraith; Happy Xiversary, everything Elon has broke in one year; SBF talking himself into jail; California suspends Cruise; robotaxi pushback increases; Uber driverless Waymo in Phoenix; AI & machine learning, again; poison pill for AI art generators; social media lawsuits; EVs & hybrids; Daniel Ek's Spotify whining, new royalty models; Get Gotti; Beckham & Messi; Loki; HQ Trivia doc; Apple workarounds; Urban Outfitter's vintage iPods; Word is 40; Scalzi & King; Flipper Zero; Dave is back on Facebook; self-righteous, f'ing liberal moronic comments.

Show notes at https://gog.show/623/

FOLLOW UP

Happy anniversary to Elon Musk’s Twitter
Everything Elon Musk Broke in the Year He’s Owned Twitter
Elon Musk predicts X will replace banks in 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to talk himself right into jail

IN THE NEWS

California DMV suspends Cruise’s driverless permits
Robotaxi pushback grows in Los Angeles as Cruise loses permits
Uber starts offering fully autonomous Waymo rides in Phoenix
Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to 'rebuild public trust'
Americans think AI is bad news for data privacy
White House to unveil sweeping AI executive order next week
University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade
Google ordered to pay $1 million to female exec who sued over gender discrimination
The Supreme Court will hear case on government’s contacts with social media companies
FTC Plans to Add Child Psychologists to Address Internet's Impact on Kid's Mental Health
41 states sue Meta for harming the mental health of its youngest users
GM and Honda punt on plan to build millions of affordable EVs together
Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensive

MEDIA CANDY

DANIEL EK: I launched Spotify in the UK 15 years ago. But I fear I couldn't do that today because Apple is a barrier to innovation
Spotify looks set to overhaul its royalty model next year
Get Gotti
Beckham
Messi Meets America
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Frasier Is Still Listening
Loki
Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia
Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia - Wikipedia
Milli Vanilli
Apple TV+ Just Jacked Up Its Prices (Again)

APPS & DOODADS

How to customize double tap on the Apple Watch
Urban Outfitters is selling ‘vintage retro’ iPods and millennials’ feelings are hurt
Meta is promoting Threads posts on Facebook and there’s no way to opt out
Amazon Rolls Out Passkeys as Big Tech Bids Farewell to Passwords
Microsoft Word Is 40 Years Young and Here to Make You Feel Old

AT THE LIBRARY

The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency Book 1) by John Scalzi
Stephen King's The Stand Lives Again with New Anthology Book

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire
Dave Bittner
Hacking Humans
Caveat
Control Loop
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
You Should Probably Buy a Flipper Zero Before It's Too Late
Flipper Zero
Internet artifact

Dave

Jason
Brian

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

'SHAFT' STAR RICHARD ROUNDTREE DEAD AT 81
Grant Imahara