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Grumpy Old Geeks
We dissect the tech news train wrecks of the week, calling out what went wrong and who’s to blame. Think of this podcast as if Kurt Cobain threw down with Tom from MySpace, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in a back alley brawl. No mercy, no filter—if tech had a walk of shame, this would be it.
Episodes
Grumpy Old Geeks296: Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior
Oh, Facebook, not again; virtual goes brick & mortar; internet freedom in decline; Google walkout for "real change"; humans are getting botlike; Bird suing…
Grumpy Old Geeks295: Vitamin Melanoma
We take the red pill; scooters killed Kenny; WeWork while WeDrink; scanning actors; AI stories; the sun giveth, taketh away; Wyden's smart privacy plan; Siri…
Grumpy Old Geeks294: We Broke the World
The digital gap; alt-right on the blockchain; Twitter's still too late; Silicon Valley vs the homeless; Google & Amazon employee rebellions; radicalizing the…
Grumpy Old Geeks293: Data Industrial Complex
Blockchain as a service; Tim Cook vs the Data Industrial Complex; class action lawsuits against scooters, social media; Tesla's Boring good week; self-driving…
Grumpy Old Geeks292: Ethical Old Geeks
Apple data; Lime life; AI, Silicon Valley & ethics; holistic cybersecurity; drone armies; salaries on the blockchain; Disgraceland; Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke…
Grumpy Old Geeks291: Disambiglyuationess
Disambiguation & this week in dystopia; Disney drones; streaming leading to piracy; Amazon poaching eBay; Facebook's pivot to video lie; Uber Works; virtual…
Grumpy Old Geeks290: The Other Shoe
Nice guys finish last; Legend or Loser?; RIP Paul Allen; Russians scrape faces off Facebook; IRC turns 30; your DNA is out there; Magic Leap may be a leap…
Grumpy Old Geeks289: Tanqueray Beavers
Reddit dumpster fire; fitness trackers on bananas; Google has AI Principles!; Amazon's sexist AI; Lime's sour grapes; scooter hacking; SnapTV; a billion points…
Grumpy Old Geeks288: Ten Times the Nerve
SpaceX launch; police use Fitbit data; IoT privacy, botnets & California; Google+ gone; your Smart Speaker friends; Facebook Portal, Verizon's lies; Bird…
Grumpy Old Geeks287: 20 Grand Wang
California vs Everyone; Presidential Texts; Coinbase; Ponzi schemes on the blockchain; Uber income; Path shuts down; the Mandalorian; forced face unlock…
Grumpy Old Geeks286: Back With Another One of Those Blockchain Beats
Leave Facebook, if you dare; Amazon wage increase; Musk SEC settlement; CA sued for Net Neutrality Bill; Devil's Triangle; shoe gazing supergroup; Tea & booze…
Grumpy Old Geeks285: Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Migraines & wet brains; the mess of measurements; SEC sues Musk; Stories, stories & more stories; DNA playlists; blockchain voting; Uber wins then loses…
Grumpy Old Geeks284: Dark Mode Nipple Patch
Dark mode Mojave; ChairGate2018; IoT California Bill; microtasking & gig economy problems; SiriusXM & Pandora; Instagram's not CEO leaving; NYT sues FCC; our…
Grumpy Old Geeks283: Hi, Victim.
Banning memes; Bird vs Pentagon; Ticketmaster scandal; BitCoin bug; Cody Wilson; building for addiction; Podcasting industry collapse; the National Cyber…
Grumpy Old Geeks282: An Apple Under My Butt
Disappearing digital "purchases"; meme-checking AIs that work, maybe; Twitter goes chronological; drunk shopping economy; the Emmys; Coen Brothers yee-haw…
Grumpy Old Geeks281: The InterCops
Meet-cute; AI finds aliens; real X-Files; EU passes Copyright Directive, breaks internet; the Great Crypto Crash; Kimmel hates Bird; piling on Tesla; you own…
Grumpy Old Geeks280: People Are the Bottlenecks
Fireside follow-up; creepy TVs; Zuck ain't enough; Uber safety; Snapchat's slow steady decline; OCR is now AI; Adware removal tools spying; dangerous drones…
Grumpy Old Geeks279: Live from Fireside 2018
Coming to you live in front of a studio audience from the 2018 Fireside Conference in Canada, where the milk comes in bags and the vodka comes in cans; AI…
Grumpy Old Geeks278: A Sinking Ship Brings Down All Boats
Rejected by Instagram; Petro nonexistent; genesis of the gig economy; unpaid moderators & "volunteers"; Facebook's private groups; UBI is hard; robot-safe…
Grumpy Old Geeks277: I Am A Cautionary Tale
Google's Rigged!; the dangers of opt-out; FTC investigating crowdfunding; Amazon vs Bernie; Yahoo still reading your email; NotPetya, cyberwar; McAfee hacked…
Grumpy Old Geeks276: Perfectly Imperfect
AirBnb sues for you; border phone seizures; Musk steps back; YouTube boxers; Mozilla data tracking; Big Bang Burnout; Foundation is coming; Preacher; Upgrade…
Grumpy Old Geeks275: Now With More Breasts
Nobody trusts Twitter or Facebook, what is Snapchat doing? WeWork; we're all screwed; reputation scores; the anti-VPN; moderating billions; hacking insider…
Grumpy Old Geeks274: Beer Saves the Day
San Fran Poop Patrol; AI art; who disrupts the disruptors; Twitter's left leanings & nose rings; AR ads; Verizon throttling firefighters; Empire; Watchmen…
Grumpy Old Geeks273: Hacky Hack Hack
GoFundMe healthcare; Apple hacked by fan; Moviepass, limited; this is Jack's alt-right Twitter; Google employees draw the line; Facebook loses billions of…
Grumpy Old Geeks272: Vulcan Tighty-Whities
SPACE FORCE! WeWork at losing money; Google still tracking you; hacking voting machines; A New Spock; new Monty Python; streaming killed the music star; sand &…
Grumpy Old Geeks271: There are FOUR lights!
Picard to the rescue; rigged gig economy; Moviepass changes plan; Facebook regrets; Twitter stands with Alex Jones; NYC caps Uber; music on the blockchain…
Grumpy Old Geeks270: The Mean Cul-de-sacs
FB's got 99 problems; burning down the scooter; DNA deals; delete old Tweets; Moviepass lumbers on; Apple trillion; working up from the middle; chairs, desks &…
Grumpy Old Geeks269: Winehousestein
Bad QI; Bird graveyards; Toronto tech; Twitter trending twitches; Facebook takes a hit, finally; Moviepass plunges; GM goes peer-to-peer; abandoning cash…
Grumpy Old Geeks268: Fiddlesticks
Tech news overload; Uber background checks; Twitter's lack of "bandwidth"; Apple autonomous cars; AI decision learning tree bullcrappery; Prime Day; Google…
Grumpy Old Geeks267: Everybody's Heard About the Bird
More scooter wars; pseudo-AI; Apple moves; Uber purges; fair use on the Internet gone insane; haptic vaporware; laser rifles & 3d printed guns; Lando's back…
Grumpy Old Geeks266: Explain to Me Like I'm Five with Jordan Harbinger
Facebook may listen to your TV; AirBNB can suck it in Santa Monica; IoT gone wrong; Lyft gets even more cash; AI Orb to take over ISS; Massive Law Enforcement…
Grumpy Old Geeks265: 5 Easy Ways To Keep Facebook from Listening To You
Yes, that again; mea culpa advertising; distracted parenting & gaming disorders; Amazon Show & Buttons; browser battles; the cyclical Internet…
Grumpy Old Geeks264: Now with Extra Italy
Sherlock Escapes; Bird/Weed Connection; Net Neutrality is DEAD; FBI get the goods; Shatner and IBM go blockchain; Star Trek VR; Bunkers are bad; China hates…
Grumpy Old Geeks263: Bird Flu Epidemics
Scooters spreading; Sherlock, hero; RIP Bourdain; browser swapping; streaming scandals; Facebook data trending; declining crypto-crap; Buzzfeed pivots; Apple…
Grumpy Old Geeks262: Domin-Uh-Ohs
Really bad pizza; Pinterest; teens abandoning Facebook, really; Expanse, saved; 5 types of Alexa users; Jet-black; Common Sense; Roseanne's Twitter; Letterman…
Grumpy Old Geeks261: Money For Nothing
We've updated our Privacy Policy; GDPR; tech & defense; scooter madness; internet ghost towns; Uber profits; ICO scams; break up Facebook; the Expanse, saved…
Grumpy Old Geeks260: A Laurel and Hardy Handshake
Google faked AI? More scooters, bikes; Net Neutrality; are you really the product; Bitcoin energy use; SEC fakes ICO; Alexa development; holographic blockchain…
Grumpy Old Geeks259: All Your Blockchain Are Belong To Us
Customer non-service; nothing matters; robocalling, phone-scheduling overlords; Musk & Grimes; Facebook is just fine; Klout out; AI cones; sadness porn…
Grumpy Old Geeks258: Divestment Of Responsibility
A bird in the bush; personal investment; Spotify & the gym business model; Stories rising; Facebook's F8 Fate; BeyondMenu's brazen scam; pirate radio on…
Grumpy Old Geeks257: Is AI Porn?
Our own Betteridge's Law; Facebook & Twitter's good news; YouTube drops more creators; the Internet is growing up; Bitcoin is a scam; Alexa game changers…
Grumpy Old Geeks256: You Can Call Me AI
Live from Los Angeles; San Fran Scooter debacle; your customers are terrible; AI, AGI, ML & decision trees; Snap streaks; robot Ikea overlords; Apple Watch…
Grumpy Old Geeks255: Community Service
Our all Q&A episode as Jason heads back to Cali. We discuss the ethics of our trips to Sweden; encryption, VPNs & the right amount of paranoia; Spotify &…
Grumpy Old Geeks254: Pedantic Fail
More Facebook fails; the Zuck Community drinking game; YouTube shooting; France goes AI; Google military projects; Phantom Auto; Virgin Galactic is back; Apple…
Grumpy Old Geeks253: Too Little, Too Late
Too little, too late, Zuck, Wylie & Jack; Bird Wrangling; folding socks; you agreed to this; Trump vs Amazon; the Americans; X-Files; Ready Player Dumb; Vezt…
Grumpy Old Geeks252: Cluster Zuck
Uber has a body count; Zuckerberg has a crappy week; Kalanick goes slumlord; Opera gets better; Blockchain kiddie porn and tipping; Blue Compass review…
Grumpy Old Geeks251: SpaceForce2000
Rogue satellites; uplifting Musk; migrating Birds; AirBnB reality; YouTube & Wikipedia; Equifax CIO caught; Theranos fraud; Trim app; hodl the door; privacy…
Grumpy Old Geeks250: Useful But Creepy
250 episodes of mild grump; not making $ w/ YouTube & Uber; fighting Birds; unintended consequences; baffling Snap; Bat Day; Netflix, rising; Dirty Coin; bad…
Grumpy Old Geeks249: Distributed Excel Spreadsheet
Blockchain, explained; more completely wrong headlines; rat race to the bottom; Spotify; social media rules; removing yourself from searches; adventures in PC…
Grumpy Old Geeks248: Side Hustle
Uber & the gig economy; Airbnb cheats & Spotify swindles; FCC order; death of the web; Snapchat user revolt; the great Twitter purge; Facebook peaks; grim AI…
Grumpy Old Geeks247: Thoughts and Prayers
Here we are, again; Doggie DNA; Apple glass accidents; cryptomining instead of ads; Magic Leap’s some amount of money; Amazon layoffs; Berlin bans Airbnb…
Grumpy Old Geeks246: Ground Control to Grumpy Tom
Cars on Mars; Bird tweets; Deepfakes; Facebook flaws; Twitter & Snapchat fake news; paywalls; MoviePass math; Sodastream hacks; Blade Stunners; Solo & Jessica…
Grumpy Old Geeks245: The Internet of Moisture
Hot humidifier talk; peak media saturation; cryptocurrency woes; dropping Facebook; Amazon, Apple earnings; follower factories; fake porn & Nic Cage; boring…
Grumpy Old Geeks244: So Proud of Me
A grandiose gabfest about data ethics; beer debts; blockchain consent; demonized smartphones; Amazon Go; Musk goes all in; Twitter trolls; Flicktime; baby…
Grumpy Old Geeks243: Never Grow Old
Doggie DNA; Walmart, Apple & tax cuts; YouTube dumps small video producers; about those new Google & Facebook jobs; consensual ICO app; Electric Dreams; old…
Grumpy Old Geeks242: The Last Shithole
We finally talk Last Jedi; Alexa & Spotify; the 2018 web; cryptocurrency bandwagons; Amazon's tax breaks; jacking Google bikes; Kodi trouble; new music; CES…
Grumpy Old Geeks241: Very Stable Raw Geniuses
2018, hold my alt-right beer & raw water; robots & robocalls; cryptocurrencies; Magic Leap; Affinity & Xfinity; Live PD; Bright, Black Mirror, Lovesick &…
Grumpy Old Geeks240: Hard Out
Another year has come & gone! Holiday plans including Data Ethics & website revamps; eggnog; Dan Carlin’s back; the Crown, BSG, X-Files & Dirk Gently; recent…
Grumpy Old Geeks239: Adult Nyquil
The FCC & Net Neutrality; Spotify & Patreon; Facebook says social media is bad; more adventures with cryptocurrency; Uber's for the Bird; "aggressively…
Grumpy Old Geeks238: Same as It Ever Was
Patreon problems; Apple’s quality control issues; adventures with bitcoin; Waze in a blaze; voice wars; poking Facebook; ICO scams; real AI; trivia apps…
Grumpy Old Geeks237: Dad Jokes
We're back with stand-ups; phone & email scams; cryptocurrency; AI? no, it's not AI; Net Neutrality; lying step counters; broken Alexas; super liking as a…