Everyone wants a piece of that sweet crypto-chain; inconsistent search sanitization; Meta has a minor problem with a global community development manager; linguistic fingerprints; AI art; more stolen NFTs, NFT gig economy bubble; bye, Hyperloop; John Oliver & Bill Maher; Mrs. Maisel; the King's Man; Tori Amos; mics, bands, Paste and Tots; Time Is, How Long Ago, we're old; Instagram losing daily time limits; Truth Social waiting lists; the Ninties, Chuck Klosterman; Michael Schur; Kanye's back in Moron of the Week; Snowden & Assange; a broken clock is right twice a day; Ukraine and 80s kids fears; AirTag stalking & a mischief of magpies.
Show notes at https://gog.show/542/
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IN THE NEWS
Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting
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APPLE EMPLOYEES ARE UNIONIZING AND THEY’RE USING ANDROID PHONES TO KEEP APPLE FROM SPYING ON THEM
You can’t copyright AI-created art, according to US officials
OpenSea users lose hundreds of NFTs in likely phishing attack
Sotheby’s CryptoPunk Auction Canceled After Seller Withdraws
An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy
VIRGIN HYPERLOOP JUST LAID OFF ALMOST HALF ITS EMPLOYEES
MEDIA CANDY
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4
Tori Amos releasing ‘Little Earthquakes’ anniversary comic book & vinyl
APPS & DOODADS
NOMAD - Rugged Band - Black Hardware
Instagram quietly bumps up the minimum daily time limit
Trump’s social network has launched on iOS
AT THE LIBRARY
The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur
SECURITY HAH!
Snowden was right: Pandemic surveillance is here to stay
AirTag stalking concerns continue; university study underway to measure the problem
iOS 15.4 beta 4 adds anti-stalking alerts to AirTag and other Find My accessories
A mischief of magpies defeated scientists' tracking devices
MORON OF THE WEEK
Kanye West says he’s raked in over $2.2million in Stem Player sales in just 24 hours
The Bunnies Have Left the Mansion: Inside Playboy’s Quest to Reinvent Itself as a Tech Company
MARK ZUCKERBERG’S SISTER POSTS SKIN-CRAWLINGLY HORRIBLE SONG ABOUT CRYPTO
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Mark Lanegan, Grunge Pioneer and Screaming Trees Singer, Dead at 57
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