• Episode 661
  • August 26, 2020

What would you do with the world's fastest Internet connection?

A team of engineers have set a new world record internet speed with a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a second. That's 178 million megabits a second. At that speed, it would be possible to download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. Yes, please.

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  • Episode 661
  • August 26, 2020

Hands-free driving could be made legal on UK roads by spring

The UK government has said hands-free driving could be legal by spring next year. The Department for Transport has issued a call for evidence into automated lane keeping systems.

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  • Episode 661
  • August 26, 2020

A hyperloop may be coming to Alberta, Canada

Albertans could be among the first Canadians to travel by high-speed pods between cities, after the government of Alberta signed an agreement with Canadian transportation tech company TransPod to develop and test a high-speed hyperloop between Edmonton and Calgary.

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  • Episode 660
  • August 12, 2020

cPanel Users Beware

A clever phishing scam is targeting cPanel users with a fake security advisory alerting them of critical vulnerabilities in their web hosting management panel.

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  • Episode 660
  • August 12, 2020

Android's Phone-Powered Earthquake Detection and Alert System

Google is creating a worldwide, Android phone-powered earthquake alert system. The first part of that system rolled out Tuesday. If you opt in, the accelerometer in your Android phone will become one data point for an algorithm designed to detect earthquakes. Eventually, that system will automatically send warnings to people who could be impacted. But could it be a coordinated exploit just waiting to happen?

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  • Episode 660
  • August 12, 2020

Teen Spent $20,000 on Twitch Donations With Mom's Debit Card: Now Grounded

A teenage Twitch viewer sent $19,870 USD to several streamers using his mother’s debit card over the course of two weeks. The teen’s mother found the charges toward the card between June 14 to June 30, claiming “years of savings” were taken from her account over a two-week period. She says these donations went to popular streamers on the platform. How can this be prevented with modern Debit cards carrying the Visa or MasterCard logo?

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  • Episode 660
  • August 12, 2020

Toshiba shuts the lid on laptops after 35 years

It's official: Japanese giant Toshiba has sold its final stake in the personal computer maker Dynabook, which means the firm no longer has a connection with making PCs or laptops. Sharp bought 80% of Toshiba's personal computing arm in 2018 for $36m (£27m), and has now bought the remaining shares, Toshiba said in a statement.

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  • Episode 660
  • August 12, 2020

Ceres asteroid crater provides evidence of sub-surface ocean

The results of a major exploration mission showed Monday that the dwarf planet Ceres—long believed to be a barren space rock—is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface. Maria Cristina De Sanctis from the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy says of the discovery, "I’m extremely excited to find some evidence of liquid water, together with the fact that this body has a lot of minerals very interesting for the formation of life. It’s a good combination of chemical compounds that help in forming biological molecules."

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  • Episode 659
  • July 15, 2020

Lego and Nintendo are making a Lego NES

The collaboration between Lego and Nintendo will go beyond the Lego Super Mario series of play sets set to launch in August. Lego is also making a brick-based version of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System.

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  • Episode 659
  • July 15, 2020

ALERT: Windows DNS service vulnerability allows hackers to take over network

Dubbed SigRed, the vulnerability resides in Windows DNS in all Windows Server versions from 2003 to 2019. By sending maliciously formed queries, attackers can execute code that gains domain administrator rights and, from there, take control of an entire network. Microsoft is urgently advising Windows server customers to patch SigRed before attackers exploit it and take control.

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