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.
https://archive.org/download/techgrumps-3.34-chat-gpt-is-not-my-wingman/Techgrumps%203.34%20-%20ChatGPT%20is%20not%20my%20wingman%20v2.mp3
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/