Grumpy Old Geeks8 Apr 2023

596: Me Want Cookie!

AI disruption, the circle of life; prompt engineering; AIQL; Tesla workers sharing sensitive customer images; Twitter blue ticks still around, except for organizations Elon doesn't like; SpaceX Starlink satellites "deorbiting"; Midjourney bans Jinping images; Google's Bard spins conspiracies; TikTok fined; Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy; Meta cuts more jobs; Roku picking up properties; Picard; Succession; You're Dead to Me; Shirley Manson; World's Greatest Con; Zane Lamprey; Lucky Hank; Punk Rock Museum; the Cranes; Google Drive file creation cap backlash; Apple Watch trick; the Mandalorian & Jack Black; Star Wars news; alcohol recovery startups sharing confidential user data; Oakland's ransomware attack; Operation Cookie Monster.

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IN THE NEWS

Special Report: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars

Jury reduces Tesla's $137 million racism lawsuit penalty to $3.2 million

The Morning After: Twitter keeps legacy verified blue ticks around, for now

Twitter designates NPR as 'US state-affiliated media'

SpaceX's Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Have Started Falling From Space

Midjourney Bans AI Images of Chinese President Xi Jinping

YouTuber Proves ChatGPT Can Manufacture Free Windows Keys

Google’s Bard Writes Convincingly About Known Conspiracy Theories

UK privacy watchdog fines TikTok $15.8 million for misusing kids' data

Tesla sales again fall short of production

GM to reject “phone projected” audio; will develop in-car subscription platforms

Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy protection as it seeks a buyer

Meta’s job cuts are gutting customer service, leaving influencers and businesses with nobody to call

MEDIA CANDY

Many canceled HBO shows, including ‘Westworld’ and ‘Raised by Wolves,’ are now on Roku

Picard

Succession

Ted Lasso

You’re Dead To Me Podcast

EPISODE 59: SHIRLEY MANSON: LOL & BUDGIE LOVE SHIRLEY – TRUE!

WORLD'S GREATEST CON

Zane Lamprey: Tender Looks

Cranes Reunite with Original Lineup for 30th Anniversary of “Forever”

How to write a Bauhaus song in 1 minute

How to make a Depeche Mode song in 1 minute

APPS & DOODADS

Google removes 5 million file creation cap for Drive after backlash

Here’s why macOS has the Bitcoin whitepaper hidden in its files

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Don't tell anything to a chatbot you want to keep private

Two alcohol recovery startups just got caught sharing private user data

I declined to share my medical data with advertisers at my doctor’s office. One company claimed otherwise

Ransomware hackers leak second batch of city data from Oakland attack

FBI seizes a giant online marketplace for stolen logins

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Remembering Sire Records’ Seymour Stein, whose musical taste shaped a generation

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