The tech lash & the evil list; yet another new streaming service, Peacock; living in a subscription world; Twitter’s hashtag problem; Star Wars scripts; facial recognition warning; hope for being forgotten by AI; Deepfake detectors; all your phones are belong to us; furry fun on Twitter; Osmo; Zero f coins; bring back Macintosh; check your email before your Fruit Loops.

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Show Notes

FOLLOW UP

A top Away executive quit on the same day the startup’s embattled founder said she was returning as CEO

YouTube’s big changes to ads on children’s content is hitting creator revenue by as much as 50%, says a CEO who helps manage 4,300 channels

IN THE NEWS

The Evil List

Against the Cult of Apple

Google to phase out user-agent strings in Chrome

Peacock, NBC’s new streaming service, won’t have Baby Yoda. But it will have ads.

Facebook canceled two original Watch series

We’re Living in a Subscriptions World. Here’s How to Navigate It.

#NeverWarren and Twitter’s hashtag problem

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

The original ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ script leaked, and it’s so much better than the actual movie

A LOOK AT THE STAR WARS EPISODE IX: DUEL OF THE FATES SCREENPLAY – ROBSERVATIONS S2 #317

AOC WARNS THAT FACIAL RECOGNITION IS “REAL-LIFE ‘BLACK MIRROR’”

Researchers Can Make AI Forget You

SenseTime researchers create a benchmark to test face forgery detectors

Search warrant suggests FBI pulled data from a locked iPhone 11 Pro Max

Scottish Police bought a fleet of devices for smartphone data-mining

Fursuit Fridays

APPS & DOODADS

Osmo

DJI Osmo Mobile 3

Zero Fucks Coins Allow You To Literally Give Zero Fucks

BRIC-A-BRAC

The Few Remaining Uses of the Word “Macintosh”

How to Work From Home and Actually Get Stuff Done

The Egyptian pyramids may align with an ancient north star. NASA scientists found that star undergoes never-before-seen eclipses.

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 inductees announced

30 Grumpy Old Geek Jason DeFillippo

Calm the Beast 23: THE GLADIATOR AND THE GEEK