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
574: She’s Got Legs
F around & find out; eggs, legs & self driving cars; Alex Jones; Meta, OnlyFans bribes & Within; what's the ROI for 1.2 billion & 38 users; the Metaverse is getting legs; more NFT & crypto news; Rivi…
01:08:10 |
Sat 15 Oct 2022
573: Firing On Zero Cylinders
Getting hit by a Tesla at Whole Foods; Deepcake; Elon's wild Twitter week, TeslaBot Prime; Kim K pays up for crypto pump-and-dump; Bitcoin, climate change & personal impact; Coinbase allows buys, una…
01:18:45 |
Sat 08 Oct 2022
572: I Like It, Except When It Sucks
Why haven't you deleted TikTok yet; Google search gets immersive; Apple Pay Later coming... later; why we aren't going EV or even hybrid yet; space news makes tech cool again; Meta brings the NFTs an…
01:26:04 |
Sat 01 Oct 2022
571: Furry Stormtrooper
Patreon & MASH; TikTok treats celebrities not just like us; everyone's getting fined - Uber, Meta & Morgan Stanley; Deep Space Whine; Constantine sequel; Scanners remake; Apple TV+ upcoming projects;…
01:08:39 |
Sat 24 Sep 2022
570: Allegedly
Patreon drama ramps up, considerably - allegedly; Amazon accelerates robotics; Twitter's innovation vs Meta's; this week in Musk; Adobe's weird Figma play antitrust cough; Starbucks rewards NFTs; Mer…
00:54:51 |
Fri 16 Sep 2022
569: It’s Not Easy Being Green
Meta's new fine, data black box, and dissolution of "Responsible Innovation" team; DOJ antitrust action against Google could hurt Apple; more iPhones than Androids in the US for the first time; Tim C…
01:06:14 |
Sat 10 Sep 2022
568: Muskadamus
FBI warns about DeFi; SEC after crypto; Facebook supports NFTs while trading tanks; Metaverse standards; blinking pants MetaHTML; Nvidia top AI chip dog; Snap layoffs; Substack reins in spending & pe…
00:47:40 |
Fri 02 Sep 2022
567: House of Dragon Boobs
MoviePass, if at first, you don't succeed; Musk, absurdly broad & overly burdensome; crypto games; virtual rappers; stealing Project Titan; bitcoin mining, data centers & a global energy crisis; Neur…
00:48:44 |
Sat 27 Aug 2022
566: Down the Metahole
Technology no one wants: palm scanners, the Metaverse, NFTs & crypto; buying real art; Apple's return to work, hiring freeze, Maps & looking into tripling it's ad revenue; Neumann's back, again; figh…
01:19:03 |
Sat 20 Aug 2022
565: Jason Blart: Mall Cop
Incompetencies; magnets on a stick; tennis elbow & fitness; go ahead and drink the rain in Spain; CHIPS is a go; Cuban does good & bad; Amazon's solutions without problems; Facebook still can't remov…
01:13:50 |
Sat 13 Aug 2022
564: Blame It On the Rain
Earth no longer has drinkable rain; Goodreads; Pickleball elbow; Twitter goes after Musk; the week in grift - Ponzi schemes, hacks, regulatory lies, "preemptive" theft, oh my; Meta's Super live strea…
00:56:32 |
Sat 06 Aug 2022
563: Cracker Barrel Enthusiast
Hot, Hot, Hot; Google fires engineer that claimed AI was sentient; Shkreli, Cracker Barrel enthusiast & ponzi schemer, is back; ghosted politician wants to make ghosting a crime; Senate grills Apple,…
00:49:31 |
Sat 30 Jul 2022
562: It’s Fuego Out There
A rare in-person show; space news; piracy is good, so are eggs; Millennium Tower keeps sinking; TikTok job cuts; Twitter trial moves forward; Russian & Chinese fines on big tech; Microsoft hard pass …
01:10:32 |
Sat 23 Jul 2022
561: Magnet On a Stick
Back from vacation; borrowing for crypto; saving lives; speed news recap: YouTube trailers, Apple & Ive, Microsoft layoffs, Instagram & TikTok for search, Nothing phone, political email spam, GameSto…
01:04:03 |
Sat 16 Jul 2022
559: Black Box of Fools
Breaking News! TikTok, COVID & coked-up shrimp; ad-targeting problems; Metaverse Standards Forum; designer clothes in the Metaverse; Tesla racial abuse; TikTok US data moved to Oracle; Twitter brings…
01:14:14 |
Sat 25 Jun 2022
558: I Chat Therefore I Am (Not)
Crypto-crash; grifters gonna grift; Google chat-bot building system builds a really good chatbot, not an AI; how not to get people to track your jet; Uber & Lyft lose in Massachusetts; smart license …
01:10:52 |
Sat 18 Jun 2022
557: Vanna Screwed Up
Pamping the Twetch redesign; NFTs are dead; more crypto lawsuits & investigations; Starbucks shuts down unionized location; Amazon VP pushes sellers to oppose bill good for Amazon; Microsoft cleans u…
01:02:43 |
Sat 11 Jun 2022
556: Leaning Out
More crypto fails; Sheryl Sandberg leans out of the Metaverse; PayPal & other tech firms tighten their belts, lay off workers; Amazon stops in-app purchases on Android; Jonas Brothers launch Scriber …
01:03:05 |
Fri 03 Jun 2022
555: Zuck Bucks on Black
More cyypto & NFT fails; proper gambling with class action cash; Uber won, we lose; Amazon delivery partners accident prone; Starlink for RVs; Adam Neumann is back with a new scam; Meta sharing data …
01:15:05 |
Fri 27 May 2022
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