Grumpy Old Geeks Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner

Kagi not worth it; RIP Passcodes; Sora demo not exactly Sora; FCC fines carries for selling location data; TikTok ban signed; Meta's ad-buying AI blows through budgets; fighting the algorithm; OpenAI privacy complaints; Amazon ad revenue big leap, wonder why; blockchain's real use case; ludicrously hard-core at Tesla; Lord of the Rings returns to theaters; Dune Part 2; The Bad Batch series finale; Fallout; UMG artists return to TikTok; Walmart selling IRL items to kids in Roblox; Snapchat will let you edit chats, if you pay; Bluesky ads GIFs; short sci-fi fiction with Amazon; Essentialism; AI wrappers; Gary's valuable GOG contributions; vision issues; stay on target, stay on target!

FTC restores net neutrality, ends non-competes; TikTok divest-or-ban bill passes; more bad news at Tesla; X TV; Amazon ends California drone deliveries; AI in law enforcement is just a bad idea; META's oversight board remains useless; Instagram blurring nudity rather than just banning it; post and boast law; Voyager 1 is back; Worldcoin Orb shortage; bird flu not looking great; Franklin; Disney+ looking to FAST; dystopian future of AI TV; YouTube ghost gun videos; saying no to Spotify; White Trash Wins Lotto; Lollapalooza doc; 24 in 24; Parish; Civil War; USB enter key; Rabbit R1; the ongoing appeal of the Muppets; gaming the lottery; BrickIt app; old man vision.

ISP's get nutrition labels; Truth Social continues to drop; X, for free speech, gets anti-speech lawsuit dismissed; Grok fake news; Tesla taxi, maybe; problems with Starlink; Biden considering dropping prosecution of Assange; training AI on Youtube; Geek Squad layoffs; Texas replaces human graders with AI; Dove stays on brand; no selfie zones; Dune Part 2 leaks; Fallout; the Regime; Shaun of the Dead; Renegade Nell; Roku ad injection patent; Humane AI; the Anxious Generation; Wool; Lost in Time; fun with Suno; Apple Vision Pro demo.

Gmail turns 20; Google isn't good; coding with ChatGPT; court bans "AI-enhanced" evidence; AI Goslings everywhere; NYC chatbot spews out dangerously inaccurate information; Amazon's mechanical turks; California right to disconnect bill; Elon Musk has hurt the Tesla brand; Constellation; Road House; Jon Stewart; Star Trek: Discovery; AI in music; DVDs; Sherlock Holmes; Super Monsters Ate My Condo, +; app feedback: Canva, Apple Vision Pro, Kagi; new Star Wars content; Avatar: the Last Airbender; the Muppets; down the AI personality cloning rabbit hole; AI generated sludge or world changing genius?

Apple Vision Pro in the wild; everyone hates Sam; META's Project: Ghostbusters; getting device-blocked on Facebook; Meta & Google restricting reproductive health ads; anti-trans hate widespread on META properties; X testing NSFW communities, caught selling data to government while complaining about surveillance; FTC might sue TikTok; school boards suing social media giants; Truth Social stock; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 3 Body Problem; Constellation; Heathers is 35 years old; the future of Star Trek needs to not be old and white; Adobe subscription shenanigans; YouTube Shorts; MacWhisper; Whoa API; why AI sucks; the Anxious Generation; german politeness; Keys to the Kingdom; What Went Wrong; keeping your mouth shut; being a pedandick.

Lots of suggestions, no regulations: cars, broadband, AI & more; Apple lawsuits; drone delivery, again; Starbucks NFT program ending; Glassdoor adds real names to accounts without consent; AI news round-up; Stability AI wobbles; cyberflasher conviction; Russia warns of potential SpaceX strikes; data broker bar, sort of; happiness rankings, the kids aren't alright; Better Call Saul; the Acolyte; the juice is loose; the Regime; music revenue has grown (along with prices); Poe; Reddit goes public; photography; manuals; home repair with the Geeks; let's go karaoke!