This time ChatGPT is helping you date, while just dating you too. When will this thing just go away? Also local cyberattacks and Android getting a bit fruity (if the fruit is an Apple).

Grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, David “Andy” Eastman, and Wendy Grossman.

Techgrumps 3.34

• Local council cyberattacks
  • https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526106/Annual-costs-of-Hackney-ransomware-attack-exceed-12m
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2w43ry5lo
• Planes patches
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp9d28p74o
• The iOS of Android and the problems
  • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/google-will-let-android-power-users-bypass-upcoming-sideloading-restrictions/
  • https://keepandroidopen.org/
• GraphineOS blocked in France?
  • https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france
• The Rise of ChatGPT as an AI Dating Coach in 2025
  • https://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/a68999668/chatgpt-ai-dating-coach-trend-interview-2025/
• AOBs
  • Look out for a new podcast with Ian & Jess
  • Notes on being a man by Scott Galloway
    • https://bookwyrm.social/book/2149836/s/notes-on-being-a-man
  • Drift Zero DJ – DJ hackday in 2026?
    • https://driftdj.com/
  • NEO’s new $20,000 robot servant that has to be operated by a remote human
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2025/10/29/this-20000-neo-robot-will-clean-your-home-but-theres-a-catch-and-its-kind-of-terrifying/