Episode 124: Finger Guns Are The Best

In this episode:

• The Computer Scientist Responsible for Cut, Copy, and Paste, Has Passed Away
• Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs
• AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria
• 'They lied to us': Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder
• Tesla Teardown Scares Competitors: ‘We Cannot Do This’
• Hackers can trick a Tesla into accelerating by 50 miles per hour
• Flywheel owners found out that their bikes were bricked through Peloton
• Apple may let people pick alternative default apps on the iPhone, marking a radical change of philosophy
• Samsung blasts Galaxy phones worldwide with weird ‘1’ notification
• MIT Spinoff WaveSense’s Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving

Weird and Wacky:

• Musician performs while surgeons remove brain tumour
• 62-year-old former Marine sets Guinness World Record by holding plank for over 8 hours

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Cloudflare ESNI Checker
• Adam - Marco Polo

Links:

• The Computer Scientist Responsible for Cut, Copy, and Paste, Has Passed Away
• Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs | Ars Technica
• AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria
• 'They lied to us': Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder
• Tesla Teardown Scares Competitors: 'We Cannot Do This' - ExtremeTech
• Flywheel owners found out that their bikes were bricked through Peloton - The Verge
• Hackers can trick a Tesla into accelerating by 50 miles per hour - MIT Technology Review
• Samsung blasts Galaxy phones worldwide with weird ‘1’ notification - The Verge
• MIT's Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving - ExtremeTech