Gaiman & Good Omens; Waymo means Uber drivers are cooked; local muggers; EU not messing around with Apple, Google; DOJ after Google as well; another genetic testing company with security breach disasters; META scraping Australian users' accounts to train AI; banning social media for children; AI to determine unemployment benefits; Lower Decks; Hope Solo vs US Soccer; Alan Cumming; the Perfect Couple; KAOS; Tears for Fears; FruitJuice; iPhone 16 pre-ordering process; AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aids; Flipper Zero; AI Audible narrators; Google AI Notebook podcast generation; RIP, James Earl Jones; Disneyland's Club 33; Overcast follow up; parcopresis & the politics of pooping.
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IN THE NEWS
Apple ordered to pay back its illegal $14.4 billion Irish tax break
Google loses its seven-year fight against $2.7 billion EU antitrust fine
DOJ claims Google has “trifecta of monopolies” on Day 1 of ad tech trial
Google Teams With the Internet Archive to Revive Cache Feature
Genetic Testing Company Must Issue Refunds After Security Breach Disaster
Meta scraped every Australian user's account to train its AI
Australia’s Prime Minister wants to ban social media for children
Google’s AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits
Utah judge blocks law preventing youth from accessing social media freely
MEDIA CANDY
Star Trek: Lower Decks Is Back One Last Time With a Swashbuckling New Clip
Untold: Hope Solo vs US Soccer
Alan Cumming Wins Best Host Emmy for ‘The Traitors,’ Ending RuPaul’s Eight-Year Streak
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APPS & DOODADS
Apple just got authorization for AirPods Pro 2’s hearing aid feature
Meet the first major release of Flipper Zero firmware — version 1.0.
Audible narrators to create voice replicas using AI
Google's AI notebook can generate a podcast about your notes
Man Used Fake Rock Camera to Film 1,000 Women Bathing in Hot Springs
Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
James Earl Jones, Distinguished Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93
“It’s a Cult, and Walt’s the Messiah”: Meet the Couple Who Sued Disney Over Secretive Club 33
Can’t Poop at Work? Why Public Bathrooms Give Us Anxiety
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