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
654: Life EULA
ID authentication systems are a bad idea; Tesla traps a toddler inside car, vandalized Cybertrucks & Cybertruck run amok; Rivian makes a deal with VW; celeb crypto spam deepfakes & hacks; Assange fre…
00:55:39 |
Sat 29 Jun 2024
653: To Violate, or Not to Violate?
Opting out of META AI data training; 11 steps, or be in the EU; why I hate Elon, let me count the ways; SCiFi Foods, Fisker shut down; social media warning labels; TikTok child privacy case; Safe Sup…
01:17:45 |
Sat 22 Jun 2024
652: Casual Pirates
OpenAI was open to bidding wars between USA, China & Russia; AI hitting wall where it can't get smarter; visibility set to zero; walking back Windows Recall; Tesla FSD false advertising, SpaceX bad b…
01:23:21 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
651: Inci Dont’s
Humane AI chargers go up in flames; Google scales back AI Overviews; we've all been pwnd; Windows Recall a Category 5 s-storm; Microsoft downsizes mixed reality division; leaked Google privacy incide…
00:49:47 |
Sat 08 Jun 2024
650: The Ewok Line
Google AI search is a mess; robocall fines; no one wants a used Tesla; Neumann gives up on WeWork; OpenAI, Twitch give up pretending they have Safety Advisory boards; Vimeo says no to AI; xAI raises …
01:02:29 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
649: Garbage In, Garbage Out
Dead Internet Theory & Shrimp Jesus; the Portal is back; Apple set photo visibility to zero; jailbreaking major LLMs; OpenAI party time; getting some decent data in; you win an award, now you're susp…
01:17:49 |
Sat 25 May 2024
648: Some Superheroes Ride Motorized Scooters
Inappropriate portal behavior; RTO drives away top talent; Apple may add OpenAI to iOS; garbage in, garbage out; AI continues to promise more than it can deliver; Twitter redirecting to X; entire Sup…
01:16:54 |
Sat 18 May 2024
647: DarJar
Neuralink, insulin pump software bugs & abandoned brain implant technologies; Dorsey peaces out from Bluesky; Dell RTO tracking; Meta pumps businesses for customer support; Uber hits a financial snag…
01:17:04 |
Sat 11 May 2024
646: Thanks, Gary!
Kagi not worth it; RIP Passcodes; Sora demo not exactly Sora; FCC fines carries for selling location data; TikTok ban signed; Meta's ad-buying AI blows through budgets; fighting the algorithm; OpenAI…
01:04:45 |
Sat 04 May 2024
645: A Man on the Nude
FTC restores net neutrality, ends non-competes; TikTok divest-or-ban bill passes; more bad news at Tesla; X TV; Amazon ends California drone deliveries; AI in law enforcement is just a bad idea; META…
01:24:00 |
Sat 27 Apr 2024
644: Grok Hole Sun
ISP's get nutrition labels; Truth Social continues to drop; X, for free speech, gets anti-speech lawsuit dismissed; Grok fake news; Tesla taxi, maybe; problems with Starlink; Biden considering droppi…
01:18:29 |
Sat 13 Apr 2024
643: Mechanical Goslings
Gmail turns 20; Google isn't good; coding with ChatGPT; court bans "AI-enhanced" evidence; AI Goslings everywhere; NYC chatbot spews out dangerously inaccurate information; Amazon's mechanical turks;…
01:22:51 |
Sat 06 Apr 2024
642: Nerd Plumage
Apple Vision Pro in the wild; everyone hates Sam; META's Project: Ghostbusters; getting device-blocked on Facebook; Meta & Google restricting reproductive health ads; anti-trans hate widespread on ME…
01:26:52 |
Sat 30 Mar 2024
641: Subscription Screaming
Lots of suggestions, no regulations: cars, broadband, AI & more; Apple lawsuits; drone delivery, again; Starbucks NFT program ending; Glassdoor adds real names to accounts without consent; AI news ro…
01:05:43 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
640: A Minute of Silence
11 years & nothing's changed; IG impersonators & weird animal video creepiness; Apple restores Epic, for now; TikTok ban bill passes House but will most likely die in Senate; X usage declines, launch…
00:49:36 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
639: TikTok MotherF#C&3R!
Cybertruck vs. sign; the UK loves short weeks; US wants TikTok ban while TikTok frets; Meta's support sucks; Apple fined $2B; Musk sues OpenAI; Klarna's AI job fears; Twitter execs sue Musk; NFTs see…
01:25:27 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
638: Dave’s Lumber Yard
AI's unintended consequences; chat bots; pink slips in podcasting, Playstation, Electronic Arts & Fisker; Tesla racism class action lawsuit; Apple pivots away from an electric car; TikTok's tussle wi…
01:14:54 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
637: Outragery!
Let's game the system; Rivian layoffs; Air Canada's chatbot lied; Twitter didn't violate data security because they ignored Musk orders; Science Corner: smartwatches & rings don't measure blood sugar…
01:09:19 |
Sat 24 Feb 2024
636: Verified Terrorists
Layoffs at Paramount, Instacart & Mozilla; Musk must testify in SEC investigation of Twitter takeover; Tesla driver not sure if he killed pedestrians because he was on autopilot; crowd burns Waymo ca…
01:02:38 |
Sat 17 Feb 2024
635: Optical Vortex
Science should be taken seriously; Read Write Own; layoffs at Snap, Microsoft, Grammarly & Warner Music Group; Americans going back into credit card debt; Amazon new AWS charge; Google's confusing Ge…
01:23:31 |
Sat 10 Feb 2024
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