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The Ewok Line
Google AI search is a mess; robocall fines; no one wants a used Tesla; Neumann gives up on WeWork; OpenAI, Twitch give up pretending they have Safety Advisory boards; Vimeo says no to AI; xAI raises 6 billion; massive Ticketmaster hack; Star Trek Discovery ends; Moana 2; Stax: Soulsville USA; Ken Burns the Civil War; Wu-Tang Clan album; the Night Manager; Sony Pictures to focus on AI; Showrunner app; ICQ shuts down; Instagram "limit" & "restrict"; SEO is dead; UniSuper cloud gets nuked; Amazon AI-powered Fire TV search; no one really understands clouds; the Ewok Line; we are all nostalgic for our youth; RIP Richard Sherman; Bats Day at the Park. Show notes at https://gog.show/650 Sponsors: 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. SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!! FOLLOW UP Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good Political consultant behind fake Biden robocalls faces $6 million fine and criminal charges FCC Proposes $6M Fine For N.H. Robocalls Who Wants to Buy 30,000 Used Teslas From Hertz? IN THE NEWS WeWork Founder Adam Neumann Abandons Bid to Regain Control of the Company OpenAI’s new safety team is led by board members, including CEO Sam Altman Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council Vimeo Sides With Creators, Will Not Allow AI Companies to Scrape Content The Atlantic and Vox Media made their own deal with the AI Devil Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B from Valor, a16z, and Sequoia xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion. Elon Musk Blind With Rage After Analysts Recommend Rejecting His $56 Billion Pay Package Meta caught an Israeli marketing firm running hundreds of fake Facebook accounts Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities Ticketmaster Hack Reveals Sensitive Data for 560 Million People MEDIA CANDY Star Trek: Discovery Moana 2 Stax: Soulsville U.S.A The Civil War: A Film By Ken Burns Wu-Tang Clan: Fans can finally get a chance to listen to the band’s one copy album… but there’s a catch 'Dungeons & Dragons' Live-Action Series Not Going Forward @ Paramount+ ‘The Night Manager’ Returns With Supercharged Two-Season Order At BBC & Amazon; Tom Hiddleston Back To Star With Hugh Laurie As EP Sony Pictures Will Cut Film Costs 'Using AI, Primarily' This AI App Lets You Create Your Own TV Episodes That Look Just Like ‘South Park’ APPS & DOODADS ICQ is shutting down after almost 28 years Instagram is expanding its anti-bullying features for teens An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them Google Cloud explains how it accidentally deleted a customer account Sharing details on a recent incident impacting one of our customers Hands-on with Amazon’s new AI-powered Fire TV search - The Verge THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop No One Really Understands Clouds Hate "The Phantom Menace"? The Ewok Line theory could explain why America’s best decade, according to data Disney Musician Richard Sherman Has Died at Age 95 Bats Dat in the Fun Park Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Spizz Energi - Wheres Captain Kirk - (Official Video 1979) 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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