657: Dick Detector

Grumpy Old Geeks

Microsoft outage linked to Crowdstrike takes down computers around the world; german floppies; AT&T Snowflake crowd hack; Verizon piracy lawsuit; META won't offer future AI models in EU; EU over-regulation with X, META; AI models still using YouTube for training data; USPS sharing data; Instagram and teen mental health; birds versus drones; public Venmos; set Phasers to pricey; AMC makes distribution deal with Netflix; BeetleJuice & Dune trailers; John Wick 4; the Boys & the Acolyte season finales; AI courses; AI new model releases; Scott Adams taught ChatGPT dangerous techniques; AI diseased hot dog or not app shuts down; Apple public betas; Overcast update fail; more alternative power for Dave; dark patterns everywhere.

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FOLLOW UP

Huge Microsoft Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World

German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement

IN THE NEWS

Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack

AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records

Verizon faces lawsuit after record labels say it profits from piracy

Scoop: Meta won't offer future multimodal AI models in EU

Elon Musk’s X faces big EU fines as paid checkmarks are ruled deceptive

Meta accused of breaking European law with its ‘pay or consent’ model

Apple, NVIDIA and Anthropic reportedly used YouTube transcripts without permission to train AI models

USPS shared customer postal addresses with Meta, LinkedIn and Snap

Meta Would Also Like to Know If Instagram Is Bad for Teens

Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study

TikTok will still be a 'gatekeeper' under the Digital Markets Act, EU rules

Tinder will use AI to help you pick your best profile picture

OpenAI Wants to See All of the New York Times Reporters’ Notes and Memos

‘Very Annoyed’ Birds Are Waging War on NYC’s Beach Drones

Police Drone Nabs Vehicle Burglary Suspect in Santa Monica as ‘Futuristic’ Surveillance Becomes Reality

J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows

Researchers track individual neurons as they respond to words

MEDIA CANDY

Now You Can Own Captain Kirk’s Original ‘Star Trek’ Phaser (Exclusive)

AMC Inks Expanded Deal With Netflix, Bringing 13 Series to Streaming Giant

Internal Disney Communications Leaked Online After Hack

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Official Trailer 2

Dune: Prophecy Teaser Trailer 2

John Wick: Chapter 4

The Boys Season 4

APPS & DOODADS

AI for Everyone

GPT-4o mini: advancing cost-efficient intelligence

Mistral NeMo

My trip to the frontier of AI education

Anthropic teams up with venture capital firm to kickstart $100M AI startup fund

Dilbert Creator Claims He Taught ChatGPT ‘Dangerous’ Hypnosis Techniques

AI App That Claimed to Detect STDs From Dick Pics Shuts Down After It Turns Out It Doesn't Work at All

Apple releases public betas for iOS 18, macOS, and more

Amazon discontinues Astro for Business robot security guard to focus on Astro home robot

Amazon Astro, Household robot for home monitoring, with Alexa, Includes 30-day trial of Ring Protect Pro

The Tragedies of Reality Are Coming for You

Farcry 6 - PS 5

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

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Catalog of Dark Patterns

FTC study finds 'dark patterns' used by a majority of subscription apps and websites

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Charmed Star Shannen Doherty Has Died at Age 53

Mallrats

Bob Newhart Dead at 94

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