Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
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Vibe Defunding
Kicking things off, Jack Dorsey—a man with too much time on his hands—has vibe-coded his beard into an insecure messaging app that the company admits you shouldn't trust... yet. Meanwhile, if you want a piece of a legendary disaster, the Fyre Festival brand sold for a mere $245k after some shady bidding that might be a "s****y agentic AI" at work. In the world of our future robot overlords, Nvidia's CEO calmly admitted "some harm will be done," while billionaires like Travis Kalanick are busy discovering "vibe physics" with Elon Musk's Grok—an AI that literally checks what its dad thinks before answering. But the real insanity? The internet is demanding an apology from Elmo's hacked account, proving we're mad at the puppet, not the puppeteer. On the more tangible front, Tesla is making desperate moves in Canada and India as sales collapse, while we learn that hackers have been able to stop US trains for over a decade remotely, but no one has bothered to fix the issue. Oh, and laid-off Candy Crush staff? They were forced to train their AI replacements on the way out the door. The future is bright. Over in Media Candy, we're grudgingly impressed by Andor's 14 Emmy nods and the genius faux '90s action movie trailer for Karl Urban's Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat II. We also got trailers for Stranger Things 5 and Tron: Ares, where Jared Leto thankfully only speaks two words. Finally, Dave takes us to the Dark Side for a nostalgia trip through the history of the Apple II and the Kaypro 2000 laptop, sparking a debate on why we all coveted a computer that, in retrospect, wasn't that great. This is contrasted with the modern reality of an IPTV pirate getting three years in prison and Metallica issuing a copyright strike against the Pentagon. To wrap it all up, a TEDx talk poses the ultimate question: Has tech delivered on its promises? We're still thinking about that one. 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Go to SetApp and get started today!!! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password Show notes at https://gog.show/705 FOLLOW UP Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Snag Fyre Festival’s Brand Rights Get a Fire Sale on eBay Get Paid Podcast -Why AI Won't Kill Salesforce | Aaron Levie (Box) IN THE NEWS Windsurf's CEO goes to Google; OpenAI's acquisition falls apart The CEO of Nvidia Admits What Everybody Is Afraid of About AI Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries Newest Version of Grok Looks Up What Elon Musk Thinks Before Giving an Answer Elon Musk Wants to Turn AI Into a Cosmic Religion The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots They’re Losing the Ability to Understand What They’ve Created Laid-Off Staff At Candy Crush Maker Say They've Been Training Their AI Replacements Memecoin Platform Pump.fun Raises $600 Million Within 12 Minutes Hacked Elmo X account posts antisemitic remarks Elmo Breaks Silence on His Antisemitic Social Media Posts Tesla Makes a Desperate Move in Canada as Sales Collapse As Sales Drop, Tesla Makes a Big Gamble on India Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years DOGE Denizen Marko Elez Leaked API Key for xAI A Company Tried to Put Real Estate on the Blockchain and Now It's Facing a Legal Disaster Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center A Cloudflare issue is breaking websites for some users MEDIA CANDY ‘Andor’ Gets 14 Emmy Nominations in a Genre-Heavy Year ‘Slow Horses’ Renewed for Season 7 at Apple TV+ Mortal Kombat II | Official Red Band Trailer See Johnny Cage in Uncaged Fury Watch Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage Be a B-List Movie Star in This Faux Movie Trailer Stranger Things 5 | Official Teaser | Netflix Tron: Ares | Official Trailer Murderbot Fountain of Youth Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Dexter: Resurrection The Institute PlutoTV 7 Weird Sci-Fi Network TV Shows That Aired Just as Streaming Was Taking Over Helix IPTV Owner Sentenced to 3 Years Prison For Piracy & Money Laundering Metallica Issues Copyright Strike Against US Govt for Military Drone Video APPS & DOODADS Jack Dorsey's new app tracks your sun exposure Taking a Photo in Dubai Could Land You with a $136k Fine or Jail Pointer Pointer Meta Cracks Down on Facebook Users Who Steal and Repost Others’ Photos Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE Dave Bittner The CyberWire Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Only Malware in the Building Irish Video Game Orchestra YouTuber faces jail time for showing off Android-based gaming handhelds Are We Trek Yet? Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? Apple II History Kaypro 2000 laptop 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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