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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 716
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
414: Brew-Ha-Ha
Cyberwar is here; thoughts on leaving Facebook; AI for Coronavirus; Russian spacecraft trailing US spy satellite; Jack asks Elon for help; ICE buying cellphone location data; Netflix autoplay off; th…
01:00:23 |
Wed 12 Feb 2020
413: Hey, Handsome Guy!
Twitter's finances; Google tells Clearview AI to cease & desist; Paypal's banned word list; Shadow Inc Iowa caucus app just incompetence; China's dystopian drone usage; anonymized data no longer exis…
01:09:04 |
Sat 08 Feb 2020
412: Bottle Head
More tech unions; put your thinking caps on when you launch your browser; gig economy unintended consequences; Alexa Is A Human; checking in to butthole; the Good Place; Hardcore History; Mo Amer; Da…
00:59:32 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
411: Avast, WeMateys
Facebook clear history; Peloton doesn't want to pay for music; Apple, Broadcom lose WiFi lawsuit; UK to use Huawei for 5G; Data Privacy Day; Ring packed with third-party trackers; UN cyber attack; ar…
01:06:54 |
Sat 01 Feb 2020
410: Elite Buoyancy and Mass Despair
23andMe layoffs; surveillance capitalism; MoPub realtime data sharing; undermined trust in society & capitalism; Amazon employees speaking out; don't trust the blockchain; facial recognition in Londo…
01:04:54 |
Wed 29 Jan 2020
409: Furby Trumpskin
Avenue 5 & Picard; drama at the Grammies; PTSD from moderating; Netflix stats go down, changes how it does stats; but have you tried making them employees?; Google ad design change; Amazon Ring sales…
01:10:35 |
Sat 25 Jan 2020
408: Crossing the Creepy Line
What is & what isn't a tech company; when 24-year olds run companies; social credit scores are here; Clearview & the end of privacy; more exposed data on the web; Amazon Ring password lawsuit; hibern…
00:58:32 |
Wed 22 Jan 2020
407: The Dark Fur
The tech lash & the evil list; yet another new streaming service, Peacock; living in a subscription world; Twitter's hashtag problem; Star Wars scripts; facial recognition warning; hope for being for…
01:00:01 |
Sat 18 Jan 2020
406: The Internet of Starch
TikTok security flaws; Steph went Away & now she's back; pink slipped robots; "living" robots aka xenobots aka pussbots; WB goes all in on AI; Google eats your 3rd party cookies; leaving a rising shi…
00:49:01 |
Wed 15 Jan 2020
405: A Graveyard of Good Ideas
Facebook holds tight on political ads, places ad in Teen Vogue; CollegeHumor decimated; Lime trying to be profitable by shrinking; Uber changes in California; GrubHub for sale; AI trash; military app…
01:08:10 |
Sat 11 Jan 2020
404: Ketosis Not Cirrhosis
Brian's no longer 404; new year, new grump; YouTube treats us all as kids; digital hygiene; time not well spent; Facebook & deepfakes; Google cafeteria workers, unite; fake news: bias in media; Amazo…
00:55:43 |
Wed 08 Jan 2020
403: The 2020 Extravaganza!
Kevin Rose and Eric Hunley guest host; Star Wars finale, finally; Sleep Trackers as birth control; Uber and Postmates Sue California; CRISPR baby doc gets hard time; Segway brings WALL-E to life; CCP…
01:53:51 |
Sun 05 Jan 2020
402: We Know When You’ve Been Sleeping
Our last show of 2019; drag-and-drop machine learning; Brexit unintended consequences; Emperor Thiel; Germany bans Uber; Uber's 4.4 million sexual harassment fund; Netflix global growth; NYC black-bo…
01:05:08 |
Sat 21 Dec 2019
401: What’s Her Nuts?
Deepfakes take effort; e-scooter unionizes; emotion recognition; ISIS harder to track online, but that's good; Instagram's new rules; Google Maps cover 98% of the world; podcast platform news; Top Gu…
00:54:57 |
Wed 18 Dec 2019
400: Bad Request
Seamen & the Expanse; ad-targeting & unexpected consequences; online brands get on the shelves; YouTube is really, really going to do something about harassment; Twitter wants to go decentralized; lo…
01:18:58 |
Sat 14 Dec 2019
399: Grouch, Out.
China bans US tech; meme thievery; high tech jobs consolidated in 5 metro areas; Yahoo bungles shutdown; password managers; SleepWatch; video editing lessons; Preacher; Mrs. Maisel; Silicon Valley fi…
00:56:11 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
398: For Your Protection
Disappointment with tech; Uber's appalling safety report; Larry & Sergey leave Google; regulation & driving; DNA testing has peaked; that Peloton ad; TikTok suppressed videos for your own protection;…
01:06:49 |
Sat 07 Dec 2019
397: Geeking out With Seth Miranda
Brian is on vacation so Jason sits down with Seth Miranda. Seth is a professional photographer in New York City and is a prolific teacher on social media. Seth was previously the co-host of the Grime…
00:56:03 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
396: Baby Yoda Face Off
Low pay & bad working conditions, yay gig economy; Alexa to get miniaturized; London boots Uber; California's infrastructure problems; Internet kill-switches; we don't have to reveal passwords; NYC c…
00:53:07 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
395: We’ll Fix It in Post
Whoops, we screwed up; gig worker revolt; Uber videotaping; Apple repair costs; another self-driving crash; the decade of the grifter; Microsoft Teams; Disney data; Sacha Baron Cohen ADL award; Ring'…
01:19:02 |
Sat 23 Nov 2019
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