2022, here we go again; the case against crypto; feels like a sea change against crypto & NFTs; the metaverse still doesn't exist; decentralized Web3 is, you guessed it, centralized; DoorDash requires engineers to deliver goods once a month; Uber launching driverless food delivery; everyone's delaying returns to the office, again; Grand Tour; Hannah; Red Notice; Don't Look Up; the Matrix; Salvation; Hawkeye; Free Guy; Jungle Cruise; South Park; Star Trek's feelings; Twetch; Catatouille & the Catellite Dish; the Book of Boba Fett; anything exciting happen over the break?
Show notes at https://gog.show/535
FOLLOW UP
From Bitcoin Obituaries - "Bitcoin is Dead" Declared 400+ Times
The Case Against Crypto by Stephen Diehl
Brian Eno is not a fan of NFTs
The Future Is Not Only Useless, It’s Expensive
In 2021, tech talked up ‘the metaverse.’ One problem: It doesn’t exist.
Fortune Favours the Brave | Crypto.com
web3 is Centralized by Wesley Aptekar-Cassels
IN THE NEWS
San Francisco-based DoorDash is requiring engineers to deliver food — and they’re furious
Uber will launch driverless food deliveries in California in 2022
Autonomous car developers lobby to defang safety data regulations
Apple joins the ranks of companies delaying their return to office
Comcast won't enforce Northeast data caps until 2023 at the earliest
AT&T and Verizon settle FCC 911 outage investigations
Verizon and AT&T Decline Regulators’ Request to Delay New 5G Services
MEDIA CANDY
The Witcher
Netflix drops a surprise teaser for its 'Witcher' prequel
The Grand Tour Presents... Carnage a Trois
Hannah Season 3
Red Notice
The Matrix Resurrections
Don’t Look Up!
Salvation
Hawkeye
Free Guy
Jungle Cruise
South Park: Post Covid
APPS & DOODADS
Twetch
Halide for iPhone
FiLMic Pro
FiLMiC Creator Bundle
DJI Osmo Pocket 2
Your cat could burn your house down, Korean officials warn after 107 fires sparked by felines
Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Dishes Are Attracting Cats
AT THE LIBRARY
Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events by Brent Spiner
Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross
Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
January 1, 2022, is Public Domain Day: Works from 1926 are open to all, as is a cornucopia of recorded music: an estimated 400,000 sound recordings from before 1923!
SECURITY HAH!
The CyberWire
Dave Bittner
Hacking Humans
Caveat
Recorded Future
The Book of Boba Fett
'The Book of Boba Fett' premiere is an abysmal failure on every level
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
What Happens When You Quit Alcohol?
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