Grumpy Old Geeks 664: I Love It When a Ding Dong Comes Together
SEC AI crackdown; Starlink & X vs Brazil; Navy's STINKY Wi-Fi; Microsoft tool for deepfake scrubbing on Bing; Clearview fines for violating GDPR; Bitcoin ATM scams; mobile phones not linked to brain cancer; NaNoWriMo AI kerfuffle; the Rings of Power; Ticketmaster Oasis dynamic pricing, explained; Sunny; Jesus Jones; Talk Tuah; No Such Podcast; Russian-funded influencers; AI streaming heist; Minecraft Movie; Claude AI powered Alexa; Fantasy Hike; Reeder; Disneyland wrap-up; the high cost of Lego; alternate Star Wars scenes; notalgia paresthetica; our blue is not your blue.
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IN THE NEWS
SEC’s AI Crackdown Signals Trickle of Cases Will Turn to Flood
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Microsoft gives deepfake porn victims a tool to scrub images from Bing search
Stop Non-Consensual Intimate Images
Clearview faces a €30.5 million for violating the GDPR
Andreessen Horowitz shutters its Miami office after two years
Bitcoin ATM scams have cost Americans over $10 million per month this year
Mobile phones not linked to brain cancer, biggest study to date finds
Donald Trump Says Elon Musk Will Lead 'Government Efficiency' Task Force
NaNoWriMo Says Condemning AI Is ‘Classist and Ableist’
MEDIA CANDY
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2
The UK government will investigate Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing model after Oasis chaos
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The ‘Hawk Tuah’ Girl Is Starting a Podcast Called ‘Talk Tuah’
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FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
Disney Halts 'Graveyard Book' Film After Neil Gaiman Allegations
APPS & DOODADS
Amazon's Remarkable Alexa will reportedly run on Claude AI and cost $5-10 per month
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CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
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