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.
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, the hosts discuss the Apple Watch, social platforms, consumer technology, television, and franchise news. They also cover genealogy data in a criminal investigation, smart speaker security, AI, and...
Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss Los Angeles scooters, technology news, subscriptions, and personal data. They also cover television and music, respond to listener feedback about security and artificial intelligence, and...
In this all-Q&A episode, Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss privacy, security, streaming services, and the social effects of technology. Listener questions and feedback also lead to conversations about Facebook, blockchain,...
This episode of Grumpy Old Geeks covers platform dependence, Facebook privacy, artificial intelligence, and technology business news. The hosts also discuss their devices and media, account security, autonomous vehicles, and listener...
In this episode, the hosts discuss online privacy, technology news, entertainment, security incidents, and listener feedback. Topics range from Bird scooters and Facebook’s data practices to song royalties, old websites, and satellite...
Jason DeFillippo is joined by Dave Bittner while Brian Schulmeister is away for a family illness. They discuss an Uber autonomous vehicle's fatal collision, Facebook data and Cambridge Analytica, blockchain content, technology products,...
In episode 251 of Grumpy Old Geeks, the hosts discuss space launches, transportation, online platforms, security, privacy, and digital media. Dave Bittner joins the discussion of the Equifax breach and secure phones, and the episode ends...
Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister mark the 250th episode of Grumpy Old Geeks with discussions of online platforms, privacy, media and technology. Dave Bittner joins the security segment, and the hosts close with listener feedback...
In this episode, the hosts discuss the effects of platform decisions on publishers, workers and users, alongside technology and security news. They also cover new devices, entertainment, listener messages and baseball. They criticize...
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss gig work, online platforms, connected devices, and privacy. They also cover entertainment, biohacking, listener feedback, and podcast reviews. The hosts...
This episode covers a disputed dog DNA result, a school shooting, and technology and business news. The hosts also discuss data ethics, entertainment, security stories with Dave Bittner, and listener feedback. Jason DeFillippo disputes a...
In this episode, the hosts discuss social media, online publishing, technology businesses, entertainment, and security. They also answer listener messages, read reviews, and remember John Mahoney and John Perry Barlow. Jason DeFillippo...
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, the hosts discuss personal updates, cryptocurrency, technology companies, online manipulation, and Facebook. They also review media and books, examine security and privacy stories, and respond to...
In episode 244, Brian Schulmeister and Jason DeFillippo move from personal updates to technology, privacy, and entertainment. Dave Bittner joins them for a discussion of cybersecurity, and the hosts later respond to listener feedback and...
Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss consumer technology, online platforms, privacy and entertainment. The episode moves from a new puppy and delivery problems to digital records, security stories, television and music. Jason...