The Episode of the Beast

Fun 666 Facts; Notebook AI follow up; Moviepass fraud; 23andMe settlement, disappearing board; Elon's deleted tweet; AI laws in California; Trump cryptocurrency; Amazon returns to work 5 days a week; new Moderna cancer vaccine; Rebel Ridge; The Grand Tour's last ride; Jane's Addiction & the Cure; social media posting apps; iOS 18; Apple frustrations; Snap's Spectacles; Echoes of Extinction; In My Time of Dying; OnlyBots; iPhone deliveries; more Overcast; pagers & walkie-talkie speculations; licensing your voice for AI; Cards Against Humanity sues Elon.

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FOLLOW UP

Former MoviePass CEO reportedly pleads guilty to securities fraud

IN THE NEWS

23andMe will pay $30 million to settle 2023 data breach lawsuit

23andMe independent directors quit board over unsatisfactory buyout plan from CEO

Elon Musk Deletes Tweet That Asked Why No One Is Trying to Assassinate Biden and Harris

Gov. Newsom Signs Union-Championed A.I. Bills at SAG-AFTRA Plaza

Here is what's illegal under California's 8 (and counting) new AI laws

Creator of fake Kamala Harris video Musk boosted sues Calif. over deepfake laws

Trump jumps into cryptocurrency, appears to know nothing about it

Here’s how Google will start helping you figure out which images are AI generated

Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week

Moderna’s ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Human Trial Data

MEDIA CANDY

Rebel Ridge

Help I’m genuinely invested in the Gordon Ramsey AI cooking series

The Grand Tour: One for the Road

‘Time Bandits’ Canceled By Apple TV+ After 1 Season

APPS & DOODADS

iOS 18: Here’s the list of iPhone models compatible with the update

iOS and iPadOS 18: The MacStories Review By Federico Viticci

iOS 18.1 public beta 1 now available with Apple Intelligence features

Instagram tightens restrictions on teen use, putting parents in control

Snap’s new Spectacles inch closer to compelling AR

Fantasy Hike - Completed!

Californians can now add their driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet

AT THE LIBRARY

Echoes of Extinction by D. Ward Cornell

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

Not Till We Are Lost Bobiverse Book 5 by Dennis E. Taylor

The Subprime AI Crisis by Edward Zitron

Is anyone out there?

OnlyBots

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

Generation Z right now

Pagers Explode in Lebanon, Injuring Hundreds of Members of Hezbollah

Walkie-Talkies Explode in Lebanon as Part of a Second Wave of Attacks

CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY SUES ELON MUSK FOR 15 MILLION DOLLARS

OUTRO

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