

Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
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.
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Jun 17, 2016 • 1h 29min
164: NerdWatch 2016!
WWDC; Napster’s back; Microsoft’s LinkedIn & Twitter’s Soundcloud folly; telecoms want love, too; internet makes you dumb; Swedes go cashless; Olli & Watson; Russian DMC hack; gadgets in naughty places; we come around to VR & AR, Smashmouth & Guy Fieri. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/164
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Jun 10, 2016 • 1h 25min
163: Da Da Da
What makes a song? Silicon Valley of hardware; 3d printing hype; Atari pivots; sports tech; scrubbing google for Hillary & #fataxl; hacking Zuckerberg; Oklahoma is not OK; Viva la France; Emoji bacon; The Americans; Gibson’s Jesus 2; all aboot Atlas Obscura. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/163
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Jun 3, 2016 • 1h 11min
162: Tronc in the Trunk
Gates on AI, Stephenson; Musk on neural lace; Troncin’ it; Periscope’s lynch mobs; Facebook ads & deep text; Uber brings back indentured servitude; Daltrey done with new music; Top Gear, Rouge One in trouble; Star Trek swimsuits; Holy Caffeine Batman! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/162
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May 27, 2016 • 1h 4min
161: Everything We Know Is Wrong
Gig economy, robots & hijacking people's minds; logo heat mapping; Thiel vs Gawker; Uber monitors your battery, won't use info, wink wink; pwned checker; nuclear floppies; Gen-X'rs vs Millennials; competitive vaping. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/161
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May 20, 2016 • 1h 17min
160: Get your drone off my wall!
Hamburgers everywhere; Tesla takes on touts; Amazon takes over; home automation not worth it; .blog; the death of class action lawsuits; LinkedIn hack; Babelfish; Kapture; Intuit sucks; conspiracy morons; deep thoughts by the Geeks; our law of reboots. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/160
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May 13, 2016 • 53min
159: The Text Pistols
Austin takes a stand against Uber, Lyft, Apple invests in Didi Chuxing; Parsey McParseface; Web brutalism; Facebook news curation; Twitter & Dataminr spy but not for the government; Rule 41; The Grand Tour; Peachy Printer building houses; Drink ’Murica! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/159
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May 6, 2016 • 1h 2min
158: It's Neat!
The grumps are back in the saddle; bots in the wild; Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Tinder & Facebook shenanigans; Apple Music steals music, Reznor to the rescue; OpenAI; BeautifulPeople hacked; Tilt Brush; ResetPlug; Twin Peaks cast; Star Trek is back; Oldchella! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/158
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Apr 22, 2016 • 51min
157: U.S.S. Irony
Dig if you will, this podcast; big GOG news; drone attack; science replication crisis; suing Kanye; get to know your new cash; Comcast kills the box; Alphabet rewards negative realities; Twilight Zone returns as a choose your own adventure; black holes! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/157
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Apr 15, 2016 • 1h 14min
156: I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha
Bots, bots & bots; Tesla's real innovation; Apple ends allowances; augmented reality caffeine environments; no texting in AMC; Homeland Security hates Quicktime; blocklisting Sweden; the IllumiBowl; Star Wars history; the worst Kickstarter, ever; BEES! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/156
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Apr 8, 2016 • 1h 10min
155: Let Them Eat Cake
Panama Papers & Wordpress security; AirBnb's revisionist history; NFL no longer tax exempt; buy a failing business; the 1099 economy; the singularity is not near; 3d printing coolness; robot naughty bits; bots, bots & more bots; spies in the skies! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/155
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