Episode 352
Double Decker Tech Dose: Hurricanes, Ice Cream, and AI
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In this episode:
- Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mines critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing
- Hurricane Helene takes out 370 cell towers; 103 on backup power
- Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Restart to Power Microsoft AI
- You can get an at-home flu ‘shot’ starting next year
- Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleging trespassing near Texas border
- Uber Caught Overcharging? How Having Credits in Your Account Might Be Costing You
- Biden proposes banning Chinese vehicles, 'connected car' technology from US roads
- California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars
- "That's crazy" - Fans react as tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee launches $50 per year wallpaper app for iOS and Android
- Here’s how much Disney Plus will charge to share your password
- Disney+ Is Cracking Down on Password Sharing, but Here’s How to Do It Anyway
- Your mom can now set you Fortnite time limits
- Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too
- OpenAI Raises $6.6 Billion in Funding at $157 Billion Valuation
- Meta acquires the Threads.com domain name
- Meta fined $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
- Space startup seeks to solve solar power's daylight problem
Weird and Wacky:
- Everyone's making fun of Tesla's photos of a Cybertruck parking lot
- Warlord Straight Out of "Mad Max" Says Elon Musk Remotely Shut Down His Cybertruck
- Finally, A Flying Car(t) - The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere
- Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate
- College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time
- Stolen Ferrari worth $575,000 was found by tracking the owner’s AirPods
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