Pi Day gets its due; Y Combinator marks 20 years of “disruption”; Americans lose $12.5B to scams thanks to AI and social media; Deliveroo posts a profit but still tanks on Wall Street; Twitter’s security remains a joke; Pinterest steals user content for AI; and a rogue developer gets busted for a kill switch scheme. Severance Season 2 costs $20M per episode; Ted Lasso returns despite ending; Waymo’s driverless taxis rack up parking tickets; and Apple plans to turn AirPods into live translators. Meanwhile, the FCC launches a National Security Council, the U.S. housing agency flirts with crypto, and hermit crabs show better teamwork than Big Tech. Sponsors: DeleteMe - Head over to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use the code "GOG" for 20% off. Private Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month. SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!! 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password Show notes at https://gog.show/688 FOLLOW UP It's Pi Day. The Man Behind The American Oligarchy IN THE NEWS Deliveroo turns first annual profit FTC says Americans lost $12.5B to scams last year Consumer Reports finds popular voice cloning tools lack safeguards The FCC is creating a new Council for National Security within the agency DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ staffers amid ongoing federal cuts Judge Calls DOGE Firings a ‘Sham, 20 Plagues Y Combinator Unleashed on the World Over the Last 20 Years ‘We Are Witnessing a New Brain Drain’ as Scientists Flee America for France Elon Musk claims bad actors in Ukraine are behind “massive“ X cyberattack The Real Reason Twitter Went Down Developer convicted for “kill switch” code Pinterest to Train AI Models on User Content U.S. Housing Agency Considers Launching Crypto Experiment Waymo was slapped with nearly 600 parking tickets Are We Inside a Black Hole? MEDIA CANDY Severance is laughing at you Somehow, Severance season 2 cost an enormous $20 million per episode Eddy Cue and Ben Stiller interview each other about Severance Paradise The White Lotus Black Mirror: Season 7 | Official Trailer Ted Lasso Returning for Season 4 Apple Music Classical expands to the web Aphex Twin Curates a Massive 191-Song Playlist Playlist - Music selected by Aphex Twin for Supreme. Matt Pinfield Comes Out of a Coma After Suffering Massive Stroke APPS & DOODADS AudioShake Launches Breakthrough AI Model to Separate Overlapping Voices Zoom PodTrak P2 Apple reportedly plans to add a live-translation feature to AirPods 'Don't let your kids be on Roblox', Roblox CEO tells parents AT THE LIBRARY Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams Meta is trying to silence a former executive THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE Dave Bittner The CyberWire Only Malware in the Building Gravity Falls Baiting A Romance Fraudster Hermit Crabs: Conga Line Cooperation See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
