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Show Notes:
- Eight mental health apps for seniors
- 12:46–Anna Wintour and SBF
- 17:18–DJI Pocket 3
- 18:18–Tesla Q3
- 23:50–Data theft is now the biggest worry for IT techs
- 20:09–A rare Nintendo 64 controller selling for around $1200
- 20:52–Humata AI
- 09:49–FEMA’s national emergency alert
- 22:02–October’s annual eclipse
- Space Force
- 11:10–Apple and X
- 23:50–Zelda player awarded with a $10,000 gold trophy
- 24:41–Two objects merging in space into 1
- 08:46–A paid ad-free version of TikTok
- 25:11–NASA’s New Horizons probe
- 25:53–NSA and the AI Security Center
- 26:57–Tom Hanks
- 27:52–X Corp is suing
- 28:42–AI Deep Fakes
- 29:22–Meta and AI
- 06:23–Microsoft’s CEO and Google’s mobile search argument
- 30:25–Chromebook Plus
- 31:02–Humane and its AI pin
- 31:46–A billionaire investor interested in a deal with X
- 32:15–Businesses are spending thousands on unnecessary software
- 32:40–This weird sneaker PC is on sale
- 33:52–Robot ‘Monster Wolves’
- 34:48–The Royal Family website targeted
- Apple is working on a fix
- 36:27–A Lyft driver takes off with a cat
Here is a summary of the key points from the Geek News Central podcast episode:
- TikTok is reportedly testing a paid, ad-free version of its app for $4.99 per month. This comes as TikTok tries to diversify revenue streams beyond ads.
- FEMA will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System on phones, TVs and radios this Wednesday. The test cannot be opted out of.
- Apple has stopped offering customer support for issues with third-party apps, instead referring users to general support pages.
- A rare Nintendo 64 controller is expected to sell for around $1,200 at auction due to its collectible status.
- Tesla announced it produced over 430,000 vehicles in Q3 2022, a 25% increase year-over-year but below Wall Street targets.
- Data theft is now the biggest worry for IT admins, surpassing ransomware in a recent survey.
- NASA’s Hubble telescope photographed two galaxies in the process of merging 465 million light years away.
- Tom Hanks called out a dental ad for using an AI-generated deepfake of him without permission.
- Meta admitted it uses billions of public Instagram posts to train its AI systems. This may lead to legal battles over content rights.
- AI-generated deepfakes were used to spread disinformation in Slovakia’s recent elections.
- A Nintendo 64 controller from 1998 sold for $1,200 at auction due to its rare color variant.
- Apple says iPhone 15 overheating issues were due to an iOS bug and some third-party apps overloading the system. Fixes are rolling out.
- A Lyft driver allegedly drove off with a passenger’s cat, leading to a search effort before the cat was found days later.
- Politicians in Poland are pushing the EU to move faster on adopting digital IDs that could be stored in mobile apps.
- NASA’s New Horizons probe, which did a Pluto flyby in 2015, has been granted a mission extension to 2029.
- The NSA has opened an AI Security Center to try to maintain US leadership in AI development for national security.
- Investor Bill Ackman said he would be “absolutely” interested in a deal with Elon Musk’s Twitter. His fund just raised $1.5 billion.
- Humane, a startup by ex-Apple executives, previewed its AI Pin wearable assistant at Paris Fashion Week ahead of a November 9th unveiling.
- Tom Hanks called out a dental ad for using an AI-generated deepfake of him without permission.