Grumpy Old Geeks 634: How the Sausage is Sequenced
AI Carlin was people; FTX not coming back; Neuralink implants a human; Yaccarino invents a new company; Senate hearing on online child exploitation; Universal pulls its music from TikTok; music piracy is back; Comcast forced to drop misleading 10G Network claim; 23andMe almost worthless now; FCC takes on AI-generated robocalls; Musk's bad week, Tesla sued, Musk loses case, voted most overrated CEO, SpaceX sued; Monarch: Legacy of Monsters; Eugene Levy; SiriusXM vastly overpays for SmartLess; Hulu cracks down on password sharing; Masters of the Air; Monsieur Spade; Star Trek ghost sex; Apple Vision Pro; Snap drone fireballs; AI & blockchain bullcrap; This Book May Save Your Life; Daily Laws & Daily Stoic.
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IN THE NEWS
Thank God FTX Won't Be Coming Back
Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Its Chip in a Human for the First Time
X CEO Linda Yaccarino claims company has 90M US users, less than 1% are teens
Senate tells social media CEOs they have ‘blood on their hands
Universal Music Group Warns It Will Pull Songs From TikTok After Deal Expiration
TikTok Is Thrown Into Disarray As Music From Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande Disappears
Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTube
Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims
23ANDME HAS LOST BILLIONS, ALMOST WORTHLESS NOW
FCC moves to outlaw AI-generated robocalls
iRobot and Amazon call it quits, terminate acquisition agreement
Tesla sued by 25 California counties for allegedly mishandling hazardous waste
HEAVY METAL DRUMMER COST ELON MUSK $55.8 BILLION
Tesla Lawyer Cried at a Deposition Because He Loves Elon So Much
ELON MUSK VOTED "MOST OVERRATED CEO" BY HIS COLLEAGUES
SpaceX sued for negligence in accident that led to worker's coma
MEDIA CANDY
The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy
SmartLess Podcast Moves to SiriusXM in Exclusive $100 Million Deal
Hulu is the latest streaming service to crack down on password sharing
22 Years Later, Cillian Murphy Might Return for 28 Years Later
30 Years on, TNG's Ghost Sex Episode Remains as Unhinged and Awful as Ever
Wilson Bethel's Bullseye Returning for Daredevil: Born Again (Exclusive)
Richard Prince to Pay Photographers Over $650,000 In Copyright Lawsuits
APPS & DOODADS
Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets
Apple says the EU accounts for just 7% of its global App Store revenue
Snap Recalls All of Its Selfie Drones Due to Fears They'll Become Flying Fireballs
Sam Altman Says GPT-5 Will Be ‘Okay’
The promise and challenges of crypto + AI applications
Pivot: Deepfake Regulation, Media Layoffs, and Guest Chris Dixon
Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon
AT THE LIBRARY
This Book May Save Your Life: Everyday Health Hacks to Worry Less and Live Better by Karan Rajan
The stoics and the Sex Pistols: Philosophical roots of punk rebellion go back to ancient Greece
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