Amazon fires 14,000 to “embrace AI”; Meta torches billions; Elon recalls Cybertrucks and builds Grokipedia; Microsoft wins OpenAI’s trillion-dollar lottery; Spotify’s still fascist; Grammarly rebrands, Affinity sells out, and Apple’s adding ads to Maps—welcome to the age of Enshittification.

Corporate overlords are ushering in an "infrastructure of meaningless" with AI, automation, and tech that enables scams and creepiness; thankfully, there's still great TV (Gen V, Slow Horses, The Diplomat) to help us cope while we save up for our Tilly Hat; R.I.P. Soft Cell's Dave Ball, and may the sweet scent of spirit duplicator ink forever grace our memories.

As California tries to regulate AI companion chatbots, the inventor of "Vibe Coding" admits the practice is "net unhelpful"; Elon Musk's companies demonstrate continued disregard for rules while a crypto kingpin meets a cinematic end; Windows 10 is slated for obsolescence, and Wi-Fi 8 is already on the horizon; the guys give a huge recommendation for the Gen V series.

The Grumpy Old Geeks delve into government hypocrisy and corporate incompetence as Open AI/Nvidia/AMD are just one massive bubble of floating money; an app to track ICE agents was pulled, only for ICE to make its own surveillance team; Taylor Swift got caught using AI slop for a new album promo; Rivian still hates Apple Car Play; the Echo Show is a constant ad screen; and Peter Cawdron's new book is an unwanted tribute to Kurt Vonnegut.

The world is collapsing under the weight of AI, fake outrage, and inevitable lawsuits; all movies now have "old movie pacing"; please send money so we can keep complaining.

TikTok diplomacy drags on; Amazon pays up; Palantir sells butt shorts; AI is both savior and Antichrist; YouTube flirts with misinformation rehab; Disney jacks up prices; furries ride the Metro.

The internet continues its chaotic march with a TikTok deal looming and LimeWire buying Fyre Fest; layoffs are hitting AI companies across the board, including Google and Elon's xAI, while new age verification laws threaten app stores and online platforms; nudists are feuding with SpaceX, and fans are turning on Elon over his recent antics, leading to a Tesla engineer's spectacular resignation and an NHTSA investigation into Tesla's faulty doors; we're catching up on Foundation S3 and Upload, enjoying the nostalgia of Freaky Friday, and looking forward to The Witcher S4 and a new Lilith Fair documentary, all while dealing with mediocre iOS updates, Meta's dystopian tech, and the surprising success of the Carrot App musical; meanwhile, we're diving into books on meditation, reality, and stand-up comedy, lamenting the demise of Publishers Clearing House winners, and mourning the retirement of Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw and the passing of Robert Redford.

This week on Grumpy Old Geeks, we dissect the digital dystopia where Tesla's market share tanks and Elon loses his richest-man crown; AI copyright lawsuits abound, from Anthropic's rejected settlement to Apple's alleged pirated book use, while Google admits the open web is dying and pushes ads into AI answers; meanwhile, Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey reunite for army tech, Meta whistleblowers spill child safety secrets, and AI-generated content and programming woes plague the tech landscape, culminating in a discussion of MTV's aging audience, AI-powered music, and a pettable Poké Ball Tamagotchi that we all secretly want.

The internet's still busted and AI-driven chaos (from creepy chatbots to automated crime) is running rampant; Elon Musk continues his dystopian clown show with crashing Teslas, trillion-dollar dreams, and questionable Neuralink brain surgeries; all while old-school tech and media offer a fleeting distraction from the ongoing absurdity.

AI is a litigious, safety-challenged mess of bad math and questionable content; tech giants are making dubious business moves, hiking prices, and fostering toxic workplaces; and our entertainment landscape is a chaotic blend of cancellations, remakes, and drone-delivered burritos, proving the future is just as janky as the past.

The great AI delusion is upon us as corporate pilots fail and Wall Street panics, while we also dissect the latest tech grifts from Volkswagen, Robinhood, and the ever-litigious Elon Musk.

This week the geeks wade through the wreckage of modern tech, from the Tesla Diner's instant failure and the disastrous GPT-5 launch that created an army of digital mourners; they mock the billionaire class for building apocalypse bunkers while their AIs feud over who is more full of it; they pour one out for the end of AOL Dial-Up's iconic screech; and find solace in analog escapes like a thousand-dollar Lego Death Star and premium Star Wars playing cards, fully embracing their new Grumpy Old Gardener identities.

On this episode of Grumpy Old Geeks: AI takes over everything from driving to therapy to music, often with hilarious and alarming results; big tech shuffles the deck with layoffs and questionable product choices; and we dive into some media and apps that might actually be worth your time.

Jason and Dave Bittner dive into a chaotic week of digital disasters and generational despair; from Gen X angst and Tom Lehrer tributes to dating app doxxings, AI-trained-on-porn scandals, and Tesla-fueled neighborhood nightmares; it’s a snark-filled sprint through cyber screwups, social absurdities, and furry-adjacent federal failings.

This week, the Grumpy Old Geeks cover Elon Musk's absurd diner and "disadvantaged" multi-billion dollar startup; the worsening AI bubble, complete with hallucinated features and faked medical studies; the latest in crypto scams and misguided legislation; a media roundup including "Spinal Tap" in 4K and AI-generated songs on Spotify; and somber closing shout-outs to several recently departed celebrities.

This week, the Geeks dive into the AI dumpster fire as Nvidia's CEO admits his fear, Elon Musk aims for a cosmic religion, and Elmo's X account gets hacked. They also cover Tesla's desperate sales tactics, Jack Dorsey's bizarre new app, and the surprisingly decent new trailers for 'Mortal Kombat II' and 'Tron: Ares'.

This week, the infamous Fyre Fest dumpster fire continues as Billy McFarland hawks the brand's remains on eBay. We dive into the latest AI-powered chaos, from Tesla's self-crashing robotaxis to Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot going full Nazi—which is, of course, being immediately installed in Teslas. Plus, we explore how you can hack McDonald's with the password ‘123456’. But it's not all doom and gloom; we also celebrate the return of Murderbot, check out trailers for Neuromancer and The Running Man, and review the fantastic new documentaries on Jim Henson and The Beach Boys. We then go hands-on with the latest iPhone game emulators, turning our phones into the ultimate retro gaming machines. Finally, we build a fully functional web app in just two hours using AI-assisted coding... and realize just how utterly screwed the next generation of developers really is.

ICE raids and FuckLAPD.com highlight America’s surveillance circus; a Norwegian tourist gets booted over a JD Vance meme; Big Balls lands at Social Security; Tesla robotaxis need adult supervision; judges can’t decide if AI training is fair use or just theft; YouTube debuts an AI Slop button; Russell Crowe joins Highlander while Bourdain Day becomes a thing he’d hate; Windows finally kills the Blue Screen of Death; and Dave Bittner drops by to nerd out on malware, retro consoles, and Star Wars cartography.

Trump punts the TikTok ban again; Tesla mows down dummies and dumps Cybertrucks like yard sale junk; AI kills jobs, fries budgets, and melts brains; Microsoft and Wikipedia pump the brakes; Altman wants your electricity; crypto kidnappers bail on a broke influencer; bankruptcy spikes in the Bay; the internet swears with style; Liam Neeson makes the Naked Gun reboot awesome; and Dr. Demento exits stage left after 55 bizarre years.

We light a candle for legends and torch bad takes; Molly White says truth still matters as apathy and flaming Waymos rise; “No Kings” protests erupt while Elon licks Trump’s boots; Uber reinvents the worse bus, Tesla delays again, and Meta builds Skynet-lite; Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, Shopify goes full stablecoin, and Trump launches a chatbot because of course he does; Foundation returns, Spaceballs gets a sequel, and Zaslav continues his slow collapse; finally, we salute the fallen—Sly, Brian, Ananda, Douglas, and Bill—Grumpy style.