Episode 429
A Robot Named Carol and a Very Lucky Pig
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In this episode:
Robots & Medicine
- Humanoid Robots Just Performed Live Surgery for the First Time Ever
- First Robotic Single-Port Mastectomy in the U.S. by a Robot Named "Carol"
Data, Privacy & Surveillance
- Scott McNealy: "You Have Zero Privacy Anyway. Get Over It"
- WNBA Players Scored a Historic Labor Contract — With One Big Caveat
- Nearly a Million Passports and Photo IDs Left Unprotected Online
- Papa Johns Can Predict When Your Fridge Is Empty
Policy, Platforms & Society
- UK Plans Default Midnight Social Media Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds
- Netflix May Add Always-On Channels. That's Just Cable.
- Brown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to Cheat
- Finland's Last Analogue Landline Phones Go Silent After 150 Years
Science, Space & the Frontier
- FCC Approves Orbital Space Mirrors; First Test Satellites Launch This Year
- Hard but Lightweight "Bio-Metal" Discovered in Sea Worm Jaws
- How to Hide from Killer Drones
Weird and Wacky
- Autonomous Flying Umbrella Follows and Shields Users from Rain and Sunlight
- The Uniqlo T-Shirt with an Obfuscated Bash Script on the Back
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Knockoff
- Adam - Granola
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