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Apple WWDC; NFT market collapsed; Clubhouse shark-fin; Stack Overflow gets a buyer; Twitter's geo-political problems; Facebook ends special treatment for politicians; G7 moves to shut down tax havens; Bezos takes flight; Facebook rolls out Bulletin, which is not them but is; Apple employees don't want to go back; Old; Danny Elfman; A Glitch in the Matrix; assimilating your watch; Airport fetish gear; time travel books; Ring asks for assistance; FBI follows the Bitcoin; here's your bad guy phone; TikTok's delightfully evil algorithm. This episode is brought to you by Adorama! Use code “grumpyoldgeeks” at checkout for an additional 20% off! This episode is brought to you by Hover. For 10% off your first order head over to hover.com/gog and get your domain on! Show notes at https://gog.show/510 FOLLOW UP Here’s everything Apple announced at the WWDC 2021 keynote The NFT Market Has Collapsed, Oh No US Pentagon changes its mind about DJI Drones The Drop-In Audio App Clubhouse Is Dying. It Was Fun While It Lasted Clubhouse downloads are falling off a cliff: The app was downloaded only about 900,000 times in April, down from February’s peak of 9.6 million IN THE NEWS Kinda a big announcement Twitter suspended in Nigeria amid face-off over president’s tweet Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent beard shavings to Azealia Banks so she could make an amulet to protect him from ISIS Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban G7 deal will likely raise taxes for tech giants like Apple and Google Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of his company Blue Origin in July Facebook’s ‘Bulletin’ newsletter platform could launch before the end of June Apple employee group rejects planned return to the office MEDIA CANDY Old – Official Trailer [HD] Danny Elfman Previews First Solo Album in 37 Years With New Song ‘True’ Cruel World Festival A Glitch in the Matrix Here’s How Long it Takes to Binge-Watch More Than 50 Popular TV Shows Apple Watch Faces / Borg and Startrek Exclusive: watch Lush in A Far From Home Movie The Missing Cryptoqueen APPS & DOODADS Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla team up for a ‘common vision’ on extensions Logitech MX Keys Advanced Illuminated Wireless Keyboard for Mac – Bluetooth/USB Airportag A SpaceX fanatic created a website to find out when Starlink satellites were visible in his location. AT THE LIBRARY One Day All This Will Be Yours by Adrian Tchaikovsky SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Recorded Future Ring Launches Request for Assistance Posts on the Neighbors App Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang Trojan Shield: How the FBI Secretly Ran a Phone Network for Criminals DOJ Charges Criminal ‘Influencers’ Who Worked For FBI’s Honeypot Phone Company Maryland and Montana Pass the Nation’s First Laws Restricting Law Enforcement Access to Genetic Genealogy Databases TikTok Quietly Updated Its Privacy Policy to Collect Users’ Biometric Data CBC SecureDrop MORON OF THE WEEK S.Korean designer creates ‘Third Eye’ for ‘smartphone zombies’ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. |