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	Podcast:		Grumpy Old Geeks
	Episode:		539: Apology Not Accepted
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:14:36
	Publish Date:		2022-02-04 08:00:00
	Description:		Meta stock plummets due to reduced growth, generally being Meta; HitPiece "starts a conversation" about blatant theft; we're really, really over "nefts"; Wordle gets bought by the NYT, nothing changes; Tesla's estimated percentage of defect; Joe Rogan, Spotify kerfuffle continues; gaming consolidation; Super Pumped; House of Gucci; Manifest; Janet Jackson; new Wi-Fi standards; Noom is a scam; IRS, facial recognition & ID.me; GDPR consent popups now unlawful; full-frontal Luke. Show notes at https://gog.show/539 ButcherBox is giving new members 2 lbs of ground beef free in every order for the life of your membership! Sign up at butcherbox.com/GOG FOLLOW UP Tippmann TPX Paintball Pistol Starter Kit - Black Salt Supply Co. IN THE NEWS Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 22% on lower profits Facebook isn’t growing anymore HitPiece Wants to Make Every Song in the World an NFT. But Artists Aren’t Buying It Even Ye hates the NFT The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be the Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’ The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster It’s pronounced “neft” Wordle, the game everyone's obsessed with, gets bought by the New York Times People Are Downloading the Next 2,000 Days of Wordle Tesla recalls 53,822 cars because they won’t stop at stop signs Teen wants $50,000 to stop tracking Elon Musk’s private jet Dorsey Says Zuckerberg Should Have Focused on Bitcoin, Not Diem Joe Rogan apologizes to Spotify over backlash and promises to 'balance things out' Sony is buying Destiny studio Bungie Dating app Grindr disappears from Apple's App Store in China (updated) MEDIA CANDY Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber (2022) Official Trailer \| SHOWTIME House of Gucci Janet Jackson Aziz Ansari Nightclub Comedian Manifest APPS & DOODADS Netflix's 'Continue Watching' queue gets a huge quality of life improvement This upcoming Wi-Fi standard will give your router motion-sensing superpowers I found out why metaverse avatars don’t have legs Why Noom, The Weight-Loss App, Is A Scam Atomos Shinobi AT THE LIBRARY Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files Book 11) by Charles Stross SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Recorded Future IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers ID.me GDPR enforcer rules that IAB Europe’s consent popups are unlawful The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show – Episode 243 CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Direct Donations to Jason’s Hospital Fund See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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