646: Thanks, Gary! - Video

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 privacy complaints; Amazon ad revenue big leap, wonder why; blockchain's real use case; ludicrously hard-core at Tesla; Lord of the Rings returns to theaters; Dune Part 2; The Bad Batch series finale; Fallout; UMG artists return to TikTok; Walmart selling IRL items to kids in Roblox; Snapchat will let you edit chats, if you pay; Bluesky ads GIFs; short sci-fi fiction with Amazon; Essentialism; AI wrappers; Gary's valuable GOG contributions; vision issues; stay on target, stay on target!


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FOLLOW UP


Kagi (https://kagi.com/)


TURNS OUT THAT EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE SORA DEMO... WASN’T EXACTLY MADE WITH SORA (https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-sora-demo)






IN THE NEWS


FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/fcc-fines-major-u-s-wireless-carriers-for-selling-customer-location-data/)


Social media companies have too much political power, 78% of Americans say in Pew survey (https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/social-media-companies-political-power-pew-survey/)


Biden Signed the TikTok Ban. What's Next for TikTok Users? (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/biden-signed-tiktok-ban-whats-next-tiktok-users)


Customers say Meta’s ad-buying AI blows through budgets in a matter of hours (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/customers-say-metas-ad-buying-ai-blows-through-budgets-in-a-matter-of-hours/)


A researcher is suing Meta for the right to ‘turn off’ Facebook’s news feed (https://www.engadget.com/a-researcher-is-suing-meta-for-the-right-to-turn-off-facebooks-news-feed-210344993.html)


OpenAI hit with another privacy complaint over ChatGPT’s love of making stuff up (https://www.engadget.com/openai-hit-with-another-privacy-complaint-over-chatgpts-love-of-making-stuff-up-162250335.html)


Amazon Q1 Ad Revenue Leaps 24% to $11.8 Billion, Lifted by Prime Video (https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/amazon-q1-2024-earnings-ad-revenue-prime-video-1235987171/)


Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison (https://www.engadget.com/binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison-205550299.html)


A Vast New Data Set Could Supercharge the AI Hunt for Crypto Money Laundering (https://www.wired.com/story/ai-crypto-tracing-model-money-laundering/)


Elon Musk loses at Supreme Court in case over “funding secured” tweets (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/elon-musk-loses-at-supreme-court-in-case-over-funding-secured-tweets/)


Tesla is reportedly getting 'absolutely hard core' about more layoffs, according to Elon Musk (https://www.engadget.com/tesla-is-reportedly-getting-absolutely-hard-core-about-more-layoffs-according-to-elon-musk-151635645.html)


OnlyFans hits UK regulator's radar for age-verification failures around porn access (https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/uk-regulator-investigates-onlyfans-for-age-verification-failures-around-porn-access/)






MEDIA CANDY


Lord of the Rings Trilogy to Return to Theaters this Summer, Extended and Remastered (https://consequence.net/2024/04/lord-of-the-rings-theaters-summer-2024/)


Dune Part 2 (https://www.dunemovie.net)


The Bad Batch - Series Finale (https://www.disneyplus.com/series/star-wars-the-bad-batch/4gMliqFxxqXC)


Fallout (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN4HV16N)


Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/roku-ad-push-continues-with-plans-to-put-video-ads-in-os-home-screen/)


Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and other Universal artists return to TikTok (https://www.engadget.com/olivia-rodrigo-drake-and-other-universal-artists-return-to-tiktok-094057811.html)


Watch the Powerful First Trailer for Lee Miller Biopic Starring Kate Winslet (https://petapixel.com/2024/05/02/watch-the-powerful-first-trailer-for-lee-miller-biopic-starr...