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
334: Shrodinger's Cancer
Amazon & Whole Paycheck; AI ethics; the Internet Archive; political texts; Australia's knee jerk reaction; 996.icu; Snap ads; Tesla's autopilot; scooter news; privacy for plants & birds; bumbling Chi…
01:10:51 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
333: Halfway to Hell
Remembrance of internets past; what is tech ethics; Lyft stock rises, tanks; EU won't wreck internet; Zuck asks for government help; Google employee backlash; Apple shifts to rentier creep; YouTube l…
01:10:04 |
Thu 04 Apr 2019
332: 3 Hots and a Cod
Social media & memory; Facebook bans white nationalism; HUD charges FB with discrimination; Article 13; hedge funs don't believe in Lyft; Twitter considering labeling Trump; the gloaming web; ditchin…
01:18:23 |
Mon 01 Apr 2019
331: Flat Bubbles
Digital shabbat follow-up; AI for the American People; Psychedelic Warlords; podcast news; Alexa in the hospital; LA fights for e-scooter data; burn out in China's Silicon Valley; drunk shopping; McD…
01:28:25 |
Thu 28 Mar 2019
330: Bush League
Our 6 year anniversary; Florida Man meme; escooter fatalities; everything is good, no wait bad; FCC's commenting problem; Myspace blanked; Moviepass does not understand unlimited; Patreon goes Pro; E…
01:32:20 |
Mon 25 Mar 2019
329: Patines Del Diablo
Continuing Facebook fiascos; unionize, podcasters; the devil's skates; Apple takes Spotify to task; who's worse, Zuck or Dorsey; Telegram rises; a "dirty little secret" IBM scrapes legal photos; Bree…
01:04:20 |
Mon 18 Mar 2019
328: Slanderous & Unnecessary
CDC studying e-scooters; Warren's Tech Antitrust Plan; Facebook fighting on all fronts now; Apple's video service; Lucky Palmer Luckey; inside Twitter's health plan; Amazon ousts merchants, caught se…
01:11:46 |
Thu 14 Mar 2019
327: The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Amazon gets subsidy to move into Arlington County; scooters sued in San Diego; UK requires age verification for porn; the last time unprofitable companies went public; almost half of AI startups have…
01:05:39 |
Mon 11 Mar 2019
326: Whiskey in the Morning
Net Neutrality back on the table; Lyft growing, losing $1 billion; Workism; Google wage equality's surprising twist; China's social credit score in action; Tesla's Model 3; Jibo out; YouTube culture;…
01:00:27 |
Thu 07 Mar 2019
325: One Hot Pocket at a Time
E-Scooter braking problems; Facebook's clear history tool & "stablecoin"; FTC takes on tech, finally; Amazon pulls out of Seattle; government finally looking at "we're just a platform"; get those lit…
01:13:30 |
Mon 04 Mar 2019
324: Down with the CRISPR
Unintended CRISPR consequences; YouTube, Bill Gates takes on anti-vaxxers; facial recognition regulations; Stamps.com (not an ad); scooter software glitches; HoloLens; Ev out from Twitter; BMW's AI; …
01:10:50 |
Thu 28 Feb 2019
323: This One Goes to 11G
Digital ads take over traditional; Zuck explains ad-free Facebook isn't simple; NASA bringing drone traffic control; Trump brings us... 6G?; latest list of dildos that steal your personal data; a pee…
01:00:58 |
Mon 25 Feb 2019
322: VINDICATION!
On Twitter, delete = set visibility to zero; Open Markets against monopolies; AI fake faces; Google's shell corps; UK wants to regulate Facebook; don't give Instagram your credit card; RIP Oppy the M…
01:07:59 |
Sat 23 Feb 2019
321: Contact!
Regulation matters, mostly; Facebook multi-billion fine; Amazon pulls out of NYC; rejecting side hustles; conversational Twitter; not all fun and memes; Blizzard layoffs; 500px hacked; police & Ring …
01:14:16 |
Tue 19 Feb 2019
320: Thanks, I Hate It
Living without the tech giants; what does delete mean with Facebook; America first in AI; Paris sues Airbnb; Mars One is dead; more scooter disasters; Generation Wealth; MASH; Carolla news girl podca…
01:00:48 |
Thu 14 Feb 2019
319: The United States of Apathy
Facebook fatigue; scooter injuries; Bezos Fire Stick; the Grammies & Oscars out of touch; facial recognition self-regulation; Silicon Valley tax avoidance; Snap, Twitter & manipulating the numbers; b…
01:05:49 |
Mon 11 Feb 2019
318: Sweet Dreams
The American dream; Google raking it in; self-aware robot overlords; Snopes checks out of Facebook; your brain off social media; Slack goes public; Russia outlaws fake news; the end of crypto; self-d…
01:09:12 |
Thu 07 Feb 2019
317: Is That An Arm In Your Pocket?
Cutting out the big five; Apple spanks Facebook & Google; nothing seems to hurt Facebook; people really don't care about their privacy; execs scoot out of Lime; Buzzfeed's unpaid UGC; get some sleep …
01:09:16 |
Mon 04 Feb 2019
316: Balldazzled
Facebook furor; Davos reveals our AI future; data saving except for ads; Huawei charged; electric scooters are dangerous, shocking; scoot scooping; Net Neutrality benefits don't exist; the Punisher; …
01:06:34 |
Thu 31 Jan 2019
315: Under Pressure
The tech revolt; Netflix stats; Buzzfeed, HuffPo, Gannett lay off journalists; flagging fake news; Moviepass is back; Rekognition is biased; Pledge Music out of other people’s money; Facebook’s “fact…
01:07:20 |
Mon 28 Jan 2019
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.