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	Podcast:		Grumpy Old Geeks
	Episode:		559: Black Box of Fools
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:14:14
	Publish Date:		2022-06-25 07:00:00
	Description:		Breaking News! TikTok, COVID & coked-up shrimp; ad-targeting problems; Metaverse Standards Forum; designer clothes in the Metaverse; Tesla racial abuse; TikTok US data moved to Oracle; Twitter brings back Chirp, adds blogs; hail a Lyft with cash, sort of; crypto not so decentralized; tracking layoffs; beaver outage; the Orville; Crypto Critics Corner; Cal Newport; the Old Man; Animal Kingdom; continuing HBOMax issues; Cameo; flying death mobiles; levitating with sound; DALL-E; David McRaney changing minds; Obi-Wan wrap up; crypto's PR problem; Microsoft phases out some facial recognition tech; Sanas AI voice technology. Show notes at https://gog.show/559 Sponsors: MasterClass - Head over to m365masterclass.com and enter code GOG at checkout for 20% off your subscription for life. ButcherBox - Sign up at butcherbox.com/GOG and use code GOG to get 1 pack of free bacon in EVERY box for the life of your membership PLUS $10 off your first order. FOLLOW UP Khaby Lame is now the most followed TikTok star in the world after surpassing Charli D'Amelio Shrimp Fail Drug Test For Cocaine, Ketamine, Xanax, And Valium Boy, gig companies sure hire disastrously sloppy lawyers IN THE NEWS Meta settles US lawsuit over housing discrimination Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Unity and others form Metaverse Standards Forum Meta is launching an avatar store, and designer clothes are the first products Former Tesla contractor rejects $15 million payout in racial abuse lawsuit TikTok Moves All U.S. User Data to Oracle Servers Twitter revives its developer conference after a seven-year hiatus Twitter wants writers to publish longform content with 'Notes' You can pay for your Lyft ride with cash now Cryptocurrency is more centralized than many advocates claim, according to report Layoffs.fyi Tracker Single beaver caused mass internet, cell service outages in Northern B.C. MEDIA CANDY The Orville Crypto Critics Corner The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class by Cal Newport Deep Questions with Cal Newport - Ep. 201: Making a Living Online The Obamas are leaving Spotify for Audible The Old Man Animal Kingdom Oblivion APPS & DOODADS Cameo - Maryanne Oketch Flying Car Company Boss Completes 'First Ever' Commute in $83K Space-Age Vehicle SCIENTISTS ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT LEVITATING OBJECTS WITH SOUND WAVES DALL·E mini has a mysterious obsession with women in saris AT THE LIBRARY Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files Book 12) by Charles Stross You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier How Minds Change - The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney Why are you removing multiple features on Goodreads? SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Microsoft will phase out facial recognition AI that could detect emotions Sanas Demo That agent who sounds like they’re from Paris, Texas? Try Paris, France 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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