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
214: Evil as a Service
Amazon & Whole Foods; Goop Gone Wild; Uber's Peace Room; Snap down; Katybot; Goodbye, Hello; Russian vending machines; iPads; The Dollar, TJ Miller & The Grift; Planet of the Apps; Rakka; Rise & Fall…
01:54:53 |
Mon 19 Jun 2017
213: A Pinch of Wrath
Robot clothes & AI futures; net neutrality; Uber firings; billionaire CEOs on sinking ships; Amazon vs Walmart; building a better web; make America fast again; WWDC; Don Quixote; overthinking the Lef…
01:45:25 |
Mon 12 Jun 2017
212: High Heals and Dyslexia
Covfefe & tea; trickle-down workaholism; self-driving car news; the "passenger economy"; CRISPR beer; anticipated slide decks; EFF sues FBI; plastic surgery hacks & backend exposures; Kodi & dots; Ho…
01:41:18 |
Mon 05 Jun 2017
211: Fire in the Hole
C-YA, Imzy; burrito hacks; net neutrality; Uber owes; patent trolls; Mossberg signs out; beatings iris scans; tainted news; Amazon's brick & mortar; Fire stick & Alexa; Opera FTW; Adam Curry's still …
01:43:52 |
Mon 29 May 2017
210: Beyond Burgerdrone
Twitter is sorry; Google/Uber Goober, Lyft/Waymo Laymo; drones & robots; information does not want to be free; WannaCry; hacking Mar-a-Lago; Redshirts; Home vs Echo; Opera, reborn; YouTube TV; Star T…
01:40:04 |
Mon 22 May 2017
209: Smalt & Pppr
Job-killing robots; dropping tech giants; Amazon Echo Show; worldwide WannaCry ransomware attack; Astrophysics in a hurry; make some music; the IoT jumps the shark; a damn fine cup of coffee; K.Flay,…
01:48:37 |
Mon 15 May 2017
208: Vive La France!
Jason drops into LA, mystery meat, a live audience & alcohol so possible topics include: France, Snowflakes, podcasting, scoundrels, Uber. an AI called Luna, Huma's Weiner, Bob, Gibson, Office Space,…
01:26:40 |
Mon 08 May 2017
207: Light my Fyre
Hacking Netflix; Silicon Valley horsepuckey; Net Neutrality; Unuber.Me; Facebook's malicious actors; retail apocalypse; Look, Amazon; You Are Not So Smart; shadowbanning; leaving Buzzfeed; Fyre Festi…
01:17:08 |
Mon 01 May 2017
206: Sarah's Law
Our AI law; voice recognition; Ballmer's new quest; Facebook's future; Old Man Streaming; Schadenfacebook; AI gone rogue; Linksys security; outsourced ransomware; the Bobiverse; Fahrenheit 451; X-Fil…
01:45:00 |
Mon 24 Apr 2017
205: Grump-a-Lago
Apple's self-driving cars; Burger King & Google Home; Snapchat stats; Uber's Hell; Millennial slackers & mixtapes; Mac ransomware; Old Man's War; Amazon's parent dashboard; the Last Jedi; YouTube TV;…
01:24:03 |
Mon 17 Apr 2017
204: We're Lit!
Thanks, Scott; Oath; Twitter's rotten eggs; Uber's cat fishing; LiveJournal; 23&me; the Shadowbrokers; IoT malware; more Old Man's War; health apps; smart pet doors; Jason goes Android; S-Town & Bern…
01:52:41 |
Mon 10 Apr 2017
203: What Really Grinds Our Gears
Revolting against experts; mobile app report; Musk's empire; burnin' down the Samsung store; killer drones, here & abroad; sold out to the ISPs; chatbots; MySpace photos; Neal Stephenson & Daniel Sua…
01:17:28 |
Mon 03 Apr 2017
202: Big Bang Weary
Weaponized GIFs; gig economy; AI radar; Uber's not-Ford Escorts; YouTube ad issues; Wall-Drone; Medium's pay-for-nothing; Virus Zero; hacking tractors; Scalzi; Pokemon's long tail; Kodi FTW; kitchen …
02:00:13 |
Mon 27 Mar 2017
201: We’re Driving to Florida!
Being tech support; social media consumer rights; twitter accounts gone rogue; fixing the web; Uber bombshells; hacking with sound; privacy rights & border crossings; Sweden in a box; sequels & reboo…
01:57:46 |
Mon 20 Mar 2017
200: Let Them Eat Pop Tarts
2/3 Sparta; the rise of the useless; Fiverr bums us out; Snap stock; atom drives; quizzing trolls; Uber hires HAL; Wikileaks Vault 7; encrypted messaging apps; Amazon brick & mortar; AirPods; burgerb…
01:43:31 |
Mon 13 Mar 2017
199: Heisenberg's Uncertainty Cat
Snap's IPO; SpaceX to the Moon; Yahoo breach again; FCC kills privacy requirements; Uber has another bad week; Amazon S3 typo outage; scary malware, super freaks; rage circuits; YouTube TV; Dropbox r…
01:53:06 |
Mon 06 Mar 2017
198: Game Over Man, GAME OVER!
We lose a legend; 3310 returns w/ snake; new planets; Stockholm heating syndrome; limits of free speech; Uber issues; chatbots; memory leaks; Echo's useless skills; Snow Drones; Moby's ambiance; nake…
01:24:52 |
Mon 27 Feb 2017
197: Last Night in Sweden
Alphabet's Loon is a go; PewDiePie bye-bye; Zuckerberg's opus; Not-Unlimited plans are back; robot tax; Uber Q&As; Pornhub providing sex-ed; self-flying taxes & fire-spewing drones; crossing borders …
01:14:28 |
Mon 20 Feb 2017
196: Nordstradamus
What the bleep happened?; FB bots; Twitter slipping; recursive pixels; spying TVs; tech takes sides; file-less hacking; surviving our faster future; gaming Tinder; Spotify as a loss-leader; Burger Ki…
01:41:02 |
Mon 13 Feb 2017
195: Never Remember, Always Forget
Tech leaders on Trump; #DeleteUber; Medium goes subscription; brain hackers; Musk gets boring; IRS scams; cracking iOS; Arrival; Concrete Blonde; Blumoo; SelfieFeet aka a magnet; Lovesick & Chance; o…
01:41:54 |
Mon 06 Feb 2017
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