Meta stock plummets due to reduced growth, generally being Meta; HitPiece "starts a conversation" about blatant theft; we're really, really over "nefts"; Wordle gets bought by the NYT, nothing changes; Tesla's estimated percentage of defect; Joe Rogan, Spotify kerfuffle continues; gaming consolidation; Super Pumped; House of Gucci; Manifest; Janet Jackson; new Wi-Fi standards; Noom is a scam; IRS, facial recognition & ID.me; GDPR consent popups now unlawful; full-frontal Luke.
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IN THE NEWS
Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 22% on lower profits
Facebook isn’t growing anymore
HitPiece Wants to Make Every Song in the World an NFT. But Artists Aren’t Buying It
Even Ye hates the NFT
The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be the Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’
The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster
It’s pronounced “neft”
Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times
People Are Downloading the Next 2,000 Days of Wordle
Tesla recalls 53,822 cars because they won’t stop at stop signs
Teen wants $50,000 to stop tracking Elon Musk’s private jet
Dorsey Says Zuckerberg Should Have Focused on Bitcoin, Not Diem
Joe Rogan apologizes to Spotify over backlash and promises to 'balance things out'
Sony is buying Destiny studio Bungie
Dating app Grindr disappears from Apple's App Store in China (updated)
MEDIA CANDY
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME
House of Gucci
Janet Jackson
Aziz Ansari Nightclub Comedian
Manifest
APPS & DOODADS
Netflix's 'Continue Watching' queue gets a huge quality of life improvement
This upcoming Wi-Fi standard will give your router motion-sensing superpowers
I found out why metaverse avatars don’t have legs
Why Noom, The Weight-Loss App, Is A Scam
Atomos Shinobi
AT THE LIBRARY
Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross
SECURITY HAH!
The CyberWire
Dave Bittner
Hacking Humans
Caveat
Recorded Future
IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers
ID.me
GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful
The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show – Episode 243
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