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.
This episode of Grumpy Old Geeks covers a global Windows outage linked to CrowdStrike, technology news, AI developments, and recent film and television. The hosts also discuss software updates, camera power options, and dark patterns in...
In episode 656, Grumpy Old Geeks discusses privacy requests, technology and media news, and changes to apps and online services. The speakers also talk about recent viewing, an e-bike commute, and an extended attempt to power an outdoor...
In episode 655, Grumpy Old Geeks discusses technology policy, AI, online media, and entertainment. Topics range from allegations about Perplexity AI’s web scraping to Google’s greenhouse gas emissions, recent films and television, and the...
Grumpy Old Geeks episode 654 covers identity verification risks, electric vehicle incidents, cryptocurrency scams, and the use of AI in publishing and creative work. The hosts also discuss entertainment, consumer technology, books, and...
This episode covers technology policy, company news, entertainment, and consumer devices. The speakers also discuss electric bicycles and a home security camera project that became more complicated than planned. Meta’s process for objecting...
In episode 652, Grumpy Old Geeks discusses AI claims and tools, technology news, piracy, entertainment, and software subscriptions. The hosts later review books and The Acolyte with Dave Bittner, then talk about theme parks and driving. A...
This episode covers technology and privacy news, including the Humane AI Pin charging case warning, Google’s reduced use of AI Overviews, and concerns about Windows Recall. The hosts also discuss AI safety, social media and advertising...
Episode 650 covers problems with Google AI Overviews, technology company news, media, and digital services. The hosts also discuss the Ewok line, nostalgia, Bats Day at Disneyland, and Richard Sherman. The hosts discuss inaccurate Google AI...
In episode 649, Grumpy Old Geeks discusses AI-generated content, technology news, recent films and television, and new software features. The conversation later turns to Star Wars, Star Trek, snakes, and clouds. The hosts discuss...
In this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks, the hosts discuss workplace policies, AI products, changes to the web, and transportation services. They also cover films, television, streaming, apps, books, and a range of pop culture topics with guest...
In episode 647 of Grumpy Old Geeks, the hosts discuss medical device problems, technology industry news, entertainment, and AI tools. They also consider how chatbots and generative AI may affect social connections and creative work....
Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss technology news, entertainment and reading before guest Dave Bittner joins them to discuss local AI tools. They test language models’ knowledge of Grumpy Old Geeks, then turn to vision...
Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss technology regulation, platform policies, AI applications, and streaming media. The episode also covers recent shows and films, consumer devices, a lottery win, and personal updates. Jason...
In episode 644, Jason DeFillippo and Brian Schulmeister discuss technology news, entertainment, books, and new devices. Topics include broadband labels, social platforms, AI, the Humane AI Pin, AI-generated music, and an Apple Vision Pro...
The hosts discuss Gmail’s twentieth anniversary, Google’s handling of Incognito data, and a practical use of ChatGPT for coding. They cover AI in evidence and public services, retail automation, workplace and technology news, then turn to...