Grumpy Old Geeks 590: A Zucker Born Every Minute
CoinEx ex-USA; ChatGPT sendsyi Microsoft off the rails; AI beer; Section 230 & the Supreme Court; Tencent bails on the met averse; Temu; Amazon's hybrid work plan, One Medical rollout; Apple working on blood glucose tracking for Watch; Twitter's Twilio bill; Meta blue tick verification for cash; the Nevers; Picard; Netflix changes highlight soft products in tech; Dropbox versus iCloud; TripMode; Screens 4; Nest home products; Artifact; Rick Rubin, Hugh MacLeon on creativity; Nick Chater brain improvements; Miki Berenyi memoir; ChatGPT written or assisted books flooding the market; Mastodon; Spirit Me; AI-generated voice crime; Flipper Zero & TV-B-Gone; Dave's going to Disneyland!
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IN THE NEWS
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New online superstore surpasses Amazon and Walmart to become most downloaded app in US
Amazon wants employees to return to the office in May
Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch
Twitter is making text-based two-factor authentication a paid feature
Tesla workers accuse Twitter of hiding their union account from search results
Meta reveals its ‘blue tick’ verification service for Facebook and Instagram
MEDIA CANDY
The Nevers never had a chance — and still doesn’t, even with unaired episodes streaming for free
‘Last of Us’ Episode Has Embarrassing Mistake TikTok Calls “Better Than a Starbucks Cup”
APPS & DOODADS
Instagram’s co-founders’ personalized news app Artifact launches to the public with new features
Biden declines to veto Apple Watch ban
There’s An Ozempic Shortage. Here's What Happens When You Stop Taking It.
AT THE LIBRARY
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
The Mind Is Flat: The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain by Nick Chater
Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi
The Kindle Store has a prolific new author: ChatGPT
Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories
SECURITY HAH!
Welcome to Mastodon - Forget Twitter, Mastodon has 10x the engagement.
How I Broke Into a Bank Account With an AI-Generated Voice
I saw your KITT work, Dave, and I’m a major electronic musician and DJ, hold my beer...
A Device to Turn Traffic Lights Green
Hacker Uncovers How to Turn Traffic Lights Green With Flipper Zero
Report: Stress will drive a quarter of cyber defenders out the door
A Chess Master plays against ChatGPT.
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Richard Belzer, Extraordinarily Smart-Ass as a Comic and a TV Cop, Dies at 78
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