Ever Had Extra Virgin Olive Oil? Odds Are High You Haven’t.

This is it folks, the last episode of 2023; and we have bad news for you listener, you may likely have never had the pleasure of tasting real extra virgin olive oil.  Surely you’re asking yourself “how can this be possible?”

Over the past 40ish years, olive oil has become known by another name: liquid gold.  It’s so popular and good for us that everyone from father-and-son grifters to the mafia is dressing up anything from seed oil to lamp oil (!!) and selling it as extra virgin olive oil.  Some people will give you a list of what to look for, which unfortunately doesn’t really ensure you’re getting the good stuff.  As it turns out, the only way you can truly ensure you are getting real, legit olive oil is to look for a certain stamp of approval, one that might surprise you.

But before that: yet another Tesla story (a small one, we promise), Epic wins their Google App Store fight, push notifications get a little bit safer, more lawyers use AI poorly, and VW returns to buttons - how it should be.

Tesla knew some of its parts had high failure rates but reportedly blamed drivers anyway

Epic wins!  Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight

Beeper Mini, the app that gives Android users blue bubbles on iMessage, is back in operation after Apple’s attempt to shut it down

Apple will no longer give police users’ push notification data without a warrant

Michael Cohen’s lawyer cited three fake cases in possible AI-fueled screwup

Volkswagen is returning to physical buttons instead of touch controls

Emerging trends in olive oil fraud and possible countermeasures

Is your olive oil legal? Theft and fraud rampant across the Mediterranean

How To Shop And Eat Better In The Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Crisis

Police in Europe Break Up Network Selling Illegal Horse Meat

68,000 Gallons of ‘Unfit’ Olive Oil Seized by Italy and Spain

OOCC

Mandatory Testing

Food fight over olive oil sparks larger debate about the California brand

Assembly Bill No. 535

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