Crypto Scammers & NFT Developers; superconductors & nuclear fusion; PayPal's crypto coin; opting out of TikTok's secret sauce; X sensitivity settings; Zoom wants people back in, not on Zoom, except for the rest of the world; blocking OpenAI's crawler; Lyft, robotaxis; supermodels & Instagram, oh my; Jason is Bourne; Good Omens, Star Trek cliffhangers; Tetris; Disney+ prices rising; Google, record label deepfakes; Callsheet; Flash games; JustWatch; Charles Stross Singularity Sky, Season of Skulls; Peter Cawdron First Contact; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Dirty Laundry; Eufy; steam mopping; the Empire Strips Back.
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IN THE NEWS
Scientists have reproduced last year's nuclear fusion breakthrough
PayPal launches PYUSD stablecoin backed by the US dollar
TikTok Users Will Be Able to Opt Out of the Algorithm in Europe
X hopes ‘sensitivity settings’ will bring back advertisers
Twitter fined for belatedly complying with search warrant for Donald Trump's account
Zoom tells employees to return to the office, responds to generative AI pushback
Now you can block OpenAI’s web crawler
Lyft plans to ditch surge pricing, which riders hate 'with a fiery passion'
Robotaxis get the green light to expand to 24/7 service in San Francisco
Supermodel is 'Terrified' of Posting on Instagram After Photographer Sued Her
Bella Hadid Sued Over Copyright of Photo She Posted to Instagram
MEDIA CANDY
Bourne (franchise)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Neil Gaiman Won't Let Good Omens' Story End Like That
Author says the Apple TV+ 'Tetris' movie ripped off his book
Disney+ is raising prices and cracking down on account sharing
Google, record labels working on deal covering musical “deepfakes”
APPS & DOODADS
Callsheet for iPhone lets you look up that actor you recognize without the IMDB cruft
How to Play All of Those Old Flash Games You Remember
ruffle
Deactivation of Flash may have crippled Chinese railroad for a day
All DJI Apps on Google Play are Frauds and Are Stealing Users' Money
JustWatch
AT THE LIBRARY
Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
Season of Skulls: Laundry Files, Book 12 by Charles Stross
Wherever Seeds May Fall (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron
Generation of Vipers (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
The CyberWire
Dave Bittner
Hacking Humans
Caveat
Control Loop
Boot Up with Jason
The 9 Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games
Star Wars-themed burlesque show, "The Empire Strips Back," still going strong
The Empire Strips Back
Eufy security cams
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Dev world mourns loss of Vim creator Bram Moolenaar
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