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	Podcast:		Grumpy Old Geeks
	Episode:		635: Optical Vortex
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		01:23:31
	Publish Date:		2024-02-10 08:00:00
	Description:		Science should be taken seriously; Read Write Own; layoffs at Snap, Microsoft, Grammarly & Warner Music Group; Americans going back into credit card debt; Amazon new AWS charge; Google's confusing Gemini AI plans; AI robocalls outlawed; META's confusing AI approach & continued useless Oversight Board; Moviepass shenanigans; Taylor Swift's private jet tracked; Optical Vortex to correct vision; Poor Things; Leave the World Behind; Moana 2; Apple Vision Pro reviews; Bluesky open to everyone; Slack is 10; Jason gets new gadgets; the 4 S's with Dave; smart toothbrush DDoS attack, smug superiority & journalism versus curators. Sponsors: *Mood* - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG. *1Password* - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password *Private Internet Access* - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month. Show notes at https://gog.show/635/ FOLLOW UP Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own by Molly White How Tech Firms Made a Crypto-Boosting Book an NYT Best Seller by Gaming the System IN THE NEWS Snap is laying off 10 percent of its workforce Microsoft’s gaming layoffs include 86 jobs at Skylanders studio Toys for Bob Grammarly lays off 230 employees as part of a ‘business restructuring’ Warner Music Group Plans to Lay Off 600 Employees Graphics show how Americans' total credit card debt reached record high Amazon’s new AWS charge for using IPv4 is expected to rake in up to $1B per year — change should speed IPv6 adoption Google launches Gemini Advanced to compete with OpenAI Get Gemini Advanced and more with a Google One AI Premium plan Google saves your conversations with Gemini for years by default AI Tools Like GitHub Copilot Are Rewiring Coders’ Brains. Yours May Be Next Phony AI Biden robocalls reached up to 25,000 voters, says New Hampshire AG AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal. Axact sells fake diplomas and degrees. What could go wrong with this business plan? Meta plans to ramp up labeling of AI-generated images across its platforms Maliciously edited Joe Biden video can stay on Facebook, Meta's Oversight Board says Company Loses Millions After Employee Duped By Video Call Deepfakes Former MoviePass Executive Convicted of Embezzlement to Pay Off Coachella Party Debt Add Taylor Swift to the list of famous people who don't like their private jets being tracked Amazing Spiral-Shaped Contact Lens Uses 'Optical Vortex' to Correct Vision MEDIA CANDY Poor Things Leave the World Behind ‘Moana 2’ Set at Disney With Surprise 2024 Release Date APPS & DOODADS Will Apple’s Vision Pro Make Your Real Life Unbearably Boring? The thing no one will say about Apple Vision Pro Bluesky is ditching its waitlist and is now open to everyone Slack Is Turning 10 Years Old, and Wow Has It Changed Everything Slipdrive - Portable Hard Drive Sleeve for Laptop \| SSD Solid State Drive \| Reusable Adhesive \| Stick on External Hard Drive Carrying Case ShineeKee 90 Degree Right Angle USB-C Adapter \| 40Gbps Data Transfer \| USB 4.0/Thunderbolt 4 Type C Male to Female Connector Extender \| for Mobile Phone, Switch, Steam Deck, Tablet, Laptop \| 2 Pack EXTNGO Retractable Network Cable Extender, 50 Ft (15 Meter) CAT 6 Ethernet Cable Flat-Portable 1Gbps Data Speed-Swiftly Setup Temp Networks-Cascadable Male-Female RJ45 Connector-UTP Cable Reel Sewell U-Link Ul10, USB 2.0 Over Single CAT5E/6 Extender \| 200 ft \| 480 Mbps \| 4 Port - V2.0 Check Your Decaf The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators Test your internet speed THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop How to Poop at Work - Bathroom Etiquette and Types of Poop Pedro Pascal Will Not Appear in the Mandalorian Season 4 3 million smart toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack after all, but it could happen Bloomberg’s The Big Hack CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Nodehost.ca Ward William Bones Obituary 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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