Podcast

Stranded Astronauts Set to Return #1687

Lead Story: The Geek News Central Podcast lead story, three American and two Russian astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for almost a year are preparing to return to Earth. Their prolonged stay, six months beyond their scheduled…

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Todd Cochrane
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Elon Musk

Zuckerberg Dismisses Musk For Avoiding Cage Match

The long-hyped possibility of a cage match between tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk appears to be no more, after Zuckerberg dismissed Musk for allegedly delaying their anticipated showdown in the ring, NBC News reported. “I think we can…

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JenThorpe
video

Illinois Passes First Law Protecting Children Of Influencers

A new Illinois law is now the first in the country designed to protect the earnings of children who are social media influencers or who appear in their parents’ social media content, Insider reported. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the…

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JenThorpe
Legal

U.S. Judge Sends FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried To Jail

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced wunderkind whose cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX imploded last November, will go from house arrest at his parents’ home to jail, a judge has ordered ahead of his trial on fraud charges, Rolling Stone reported. In a…

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JenThorpe
Music

Music Labels Sue Internet Archive Over Digitized Record Collection

Rolling Stone reported that Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Capitol, and other record labels filed a copyright lawsuit on Friday against the Internet Archive, founder Brewster Kahle, and others over the organization’s “Great 78 Project,” accusing them of behaving…

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JenThorpe
Podcast

Google’s Enhances Online Safety Tools #1686

Today’s Lead Story: Google is introducing enhanced online safety and privacy tool. They’ve improved the “Results about you” tool, which alerts users when their personal contact info appears on Google Search, allowing for easy removal. They’re also launching a SafeSearch…

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Todd Cochrane
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