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
274: 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; Infinity War; Warren Ellis; Hemingway's gui…
01:08:14 |
Thu 23 Aug 2018
273: 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 views; AI investing; Elon Musk needs sleep; …
00:59:51 |
Mon 20 Aug 2018
272: 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 & salt; murderbots; Snapchat Dysmorphia; …
01:06:14 |
Thu 16 Aug 2018
271: 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; podchaining; Snapchat fail; DARPA vs Deepfa…
00:58:02 |
Mon 13 Aug 2018
270: 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 & monitors, oh my; Bourdain, bad TV & Bri…
01:36:44 |
Mon 06 Aug 2018
269: Winehousestein
Bad QI; Bird graveyards; Toronto tech; Twitter trending twitches; Facebook takes a hit, finally; Moviepass plunges; GM goes peer-to-peer; abandoning cash; Google's DTP; Fairy Vulcan earbuds; Deadwood…
01:59:17 |
Mon 30 Jul 2018
268: Fiddlesticks
Tech news overload; Uber background checks; Twitter's lack of "bandwidth"; Apple autonomous cars; AI decision learning tree bullcrappery; Prime Day; Google fined; Moviepass copycats; Facebook's many …
01:48:31 |
Tue 24 Jul 2018
267: 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; Goliath, Mrs. Maisel & Sneaky Pete; Murde…
01:20:07 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
266: 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 breach; Far Cry 5 rocks; Plex is dope; S…
01:39:18 |
Mon 09 Jul 2018
265: 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; Hypernormalisation; Moviepass, hold my beer; a win for …
01:22:34 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
264: 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 monkeys; Google can't translate rules judg…
01:11:03 |
Mon 18 Jun 2018
263: Bird Flu Epidemics
Scooters spreading; Sherlock, hero; RIP Bourdain; browser swapping; streaming scandals; Facebook data trending; declining crypto-crap; Buzzfeed pivots; Apple WWDC; Riverhead holo-phones; VR doilies; …
01:12:29 |
Mon 11 Jun 2018
262: 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; Evil Genius; the Americans; Goldfrapp &…
01:07:29 |
Tue 05 Jun 2018
261: 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; Vevo, dead; phone security; facial recog…
01:37:28 |
Thu 31 May 2018
260: 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 phones; the Expanse; AI songwriting; Yo…
01:24:24 |
Mon 21 May 2018
259: 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; exploiting voice assistants; Uber ignores peop…
01:43:42 |
Mon 14 May 2018
258: 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 YouTube; Facebook Watch; Palantir; robot assas…
01:44:07 |
Mon 07 May 2018
257: 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; disenfranchised franchises; the DNA police; …
01:30:45 |
Mon 30 Apr 2018
256: 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; the Expanse; Lost In Space; the Cure, Shir…
01:21:52 |
Sat 21 Apr 2018
255: 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 & labels; smart home devices; blockchain; WARNI…
01:36:04 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
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