666: The Episode of the Beast
Description
Fun 666 Facts; Notebook AI follow up; Moviepass fraud; 23andMe settlement, disappearing board; Elon's deleted tweet; AI laws in California; Trump cryptocurrency; Amazon returns to work 5 days a week; new Moderna cancer vaccine; Rebel Ridge; The Grand Tour's last ride; Jane's Addiction & the Cure; social media posting apps; iOS 18; Apple frustrations; Snap's Spectacles; Echoes of Extinction; In My Time of Dying; OnlyBots; iPhone deliveries; more Overcast; pagers & walkie-talkie speculations; licensing your voice for AI; Cards Against Humanity sues Elon.
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FOLLOW UP
Former MoviePass CEO reportedly pleads guilty to securities fraud
IN THE NEWS
23andMe will pay $30 million to settle 2023 data breach lawsuit
23andMe independent directors quit board over unsatisfactory buyout plan from CEO
Elon Musk Deletes Tweet That Asked Why No One Is Trying to Assassinate Biden and Harris
Gov. Newsom Signs Union-Championed A.I. Bills at SAG-AFTRA Plaza
Here is what's illegal under California's 8 (and counting) new AI laws
Creator of fake Kamala Harris video Musk boosted sues Calif. over deepfake laws
Trump jumps into cryptocurrency, appears to know nothing about it
Here’s how Google will start helping you figure out which images are AI generated
Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week
Moderna’s ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Human Trial Data
MEDIA CANDY
Help I’m genuinely invested in the Gordon Ramsey AI cooking series
The Grand Tour: One for the Road
‘Time Bandits’ Canceled By Apple TV+ After 1 Season
APPS & DOODADS
iOS 18: Here’s the list of iPhone models compatible with the update
iOS and iPadOS 18: The MacStories Review By Federico Viticci
iOS 18.1 public beta 1 now available with Apple Intelligence features
Instagram tightens restrictions on teen use, putting parents in control
Snap’s new Spectacles inch closer to compelling AR
Californians can now add their driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet
AT THE LIBRARY
Echoes of Extinction by D. Ward Cornell
In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger
Not Till We Are Lost Bobiverse Book 5 by Dennis E. Taylor
The Subprime AI Crisis by Edward Zitron
THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE
Pagers Explode in Lebanon, Injuring Hundreds of Members of Hezbollah
Walkie-Talkies Explode in Lebanon as Part of a Second Wave of Attacks
CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY SUES ELON MUSK FOR 15 MILLION DOLLARS
OUTRO
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