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It's not AI; NFT price crash; don't forget those taxes; Chrome was a memory hog; Deliveroo crashes in London IPO; bad April Fool's jokes by Deliveroo & Volts, I mean Volkswagen; Supreme Court rules in favor of Google over Oracle; Amazon, Google returning to offices; 23andMe's SPAC; John Woo's Monkey Master; Godzilla vs Kong; Star Trek news; cutting edge iMacs; Apple Arcade+; Roadie memoirs; Star Wars news; not-breaking Facebook leak news; malware hidden in cheat codes; own your website before sending out the press release; more 80s tunes; don't stop believing, you've gotta have faith, relax!

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Stop Calling Everything AI, Machine-Learning Pioneer Says

NFT Price Crash Stirs Debate on Whether Stimulus-Led Fad Is Over

‘Silent crash’ as price floors collapse across NFT space

Crypto-art investors could face a surprise on tax day since NFTs can lead to a hefty tax bill

NFTs Weren’t Supposed to End Like This

Google proved me right, Chrome was a bloated memory hog

IN THE NEWS

Deliveroo drags on the LSE at £3.31, down 15% on its £3.90 pricing; closes down 44% on debut at £2.87

Amazon-backed Deliveroo crashes in London IPO

Deliveroo April Fools’ joke backfires in France

Forget Voltswagen, Volkswagen is the real April Fool

Supreme Court rules in Google’s favor in Oracle copyright case

Amazon says it expects some employees to return to the office this summer, most will return in fall

Frustrated Amazon employees rip on the company for encouraging them to come back to the office

Google to welcome some employees back to office in April.

Why It’s Taking So Darn Long to Figure Out Who Won Amazon’s Union Vote

We read all 323 pages of 23andMe’s SPAC filing. Here are the 5 biggest obstacles it faces ahead of its public debut.

Scientists show you can collect DNA from the air

MEDIA CANDY

John Woo Producing and Maybe Directing Stan Lee’s ‘Monkey Master’ Marvel Story

Godzilla vs. Kong

Coded Bias

Star Trek: Discovery | Season 4 Teaser | Paramount+

Star Trek: Prodigy Debuts Their Captain Janeway

Woman In Motion | Official Trailer | Paramount+

Star Trek: Picard | Season 2 Teaser | Paramount+

The Umbrella Academy on Netflix

The Umbrella Academy on Comixology

The Last Blockbuster

Why your brain loves closed captioning

APPS & DOODADS

HoloLens for 120,000 Army personnel: Microsoft inks $21.9 billion deal

Apple expands Apple Arcade with classic App Store games

Flight Control

Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad

iwatch Charger 3 in 1 Cable car Charging Compatible USB Type-c iPhone ipad Portable Travel Wireless Fast Charging Cord Compatible for Apple Watch Series 6 5 4 3 2 1(3.9 ft)

AT THE LIBRARY

Memoir of a Roadie: Axl Said I Made a Great Cup of Tea… Scott Weiland Liked the Carpenters… & Ozzy Drinks Rosé. by Joel Miller

Marte’s Reviews – The Alchemist

So I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and it’s bad…

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Recorded Future

Ahmed Best Confirms Jar-Jar Binks Will Not Be in the ‘Obi-Wan’ Series

ILM shows off the new Stagecraft LED wall used for season 2 of ‘The Mandalorian’

Personal data for 533 million Facebook users leaks on the web

The latest malware hiding in video game cheat codes

Check You Own The Website Before You Send Out The Press Release

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

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