Advanced Geekery with David Gewirtz

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May 2026

Google’s creepy video clones, OpenAI’s un-strippable watermarks, and why traditional app security is dead.
Plus, a very cool lift device, a waterlogged Egyptian tomb, how Cuban mechanics keep those 1950s cars going, and what email felt like in the 1980s.
Stop signing unfair contracts, AI analyzes video, free Anthropic training courses
Plus, badass Swedish King Gustav, how we spend our free time, switching to plug-in solar power, and written English made it to Europe centuries earlier…
How we test AI, protect yourself from the Canvas breach, and agentic coding myths
Plus, how Matchbox cars are made, when woodworking became a hobby, building an agentic AI strategy, and an over-the-top power strip.
Photoshop's AI rotate tool, ChatGPT's Images 2.0 slams Nano Banana and redesigns my UI
Plus, a new Pixel pic, a questionable power drill add-on, more Christopher Walken, a giant robot warehouse, DOS goes open source, and Claude adds a new…

April 2026

I test ChatGPT Images 2.0 and GPT-5.5, Google goes to cyberwar, and more AI releases
Plus, a new David video, Adrian drives a bulldozer for ZDNET, an Iron Age trumpet, and the Soviets take over Apple TV+
AI website builders don't suck anymore, a Codex desktop update, and a new David video
Plus, tips for making your LinkedIn profile stand out, a tiny gear rack, mutant Chernobyl fungus, and why towels have stripes
An AI Manhattan Project, my vibe coding setup, and a useful Harbor Freight hack
Plus, history of hobby shops, the earliest American settlement is in Oregon, and what if the tech industry evolved differently?
Gmail AI does something cool, a new free model from Google, and are IDEs obsolete?
Plus, how to save gas money, giant eggs found under volcanoes, a new Darwin Award candidate, and what your poop schedule says about you.

March 2026

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