We don't hate technology, we just hate how it's being implemented; Spotify grifters; car rental companies ruining EVs; Elon vs Zuck; Facebook blows uo their backyard for publishers; no news for you, Canada; the Reddit mess continues; Biden admin announces grants for rural internet; FCC looking at data caps; we long for life pre-internet; Lords of Uncreation; Grammerly; Google Lens; Midjourney; Felicia Michaels on WTF; 3 Body Problem trailer drops; Black Mirror; Star Trek; Silo; the Grand Tour; Darker Wave festival; Columbia House; Hello, Dolly & hello, mustache!
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FOLLOW UP
Spotify executive calls Harry and Meghan ‘grifters’ after podcast deal ends
Car-Rental Companies Are Ruining EVs
Read TIME's Interview With OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Microsoft milestone brings it a bit closer to quantum supercomputer
IN THE NEWS
Elon Musk Might Fight Mark Zuckerberg For Real
Website Owners Say Traffic Is Plummeting After a Facebook Algorithm Change
Meta pulls news content from Canadian Facebook and Instagram
Reddit threatened protesting moderators: Subreddits ‘cannot remain closed’
Biden administration announces $930 million in grants to expand rural internet access
The FCC is preparing to take a 'fresh look' at internet data caps
Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed
MEDIA CANDY
Friend of the show Felicia Michaels on WTF with Marc Maron
Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ first look confirms January 2024 premiere
S5 E2 - The Grand Tour: Eurocrash
Spotify reportely to launch “Supremium” plan with higher monthly rate
Purely AI-generated songs declared ineligible for Grammy Awards
8 ways Google Lens can help make your life easier
Midjourney 5.2 Is Here : Unveiling Incredible New Features!
AT THE LIBRARY
Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture Book 3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
Get a clue, says panel about generative AI: it's being "deployed as surveillance"
Facebook's Creepy New Ai Can Replicate Your Friends' Voices
50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to AI Dungeon
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
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