Not A Thing!

Episode 211 House of Representatives GOP members look to limit photos and video from chambers. The US sanctions Russia for meddling in electoral affairs. The CRTC (Canada’s FCC) claims high speed internet as an essential resource. An X-Prize is being sought for a real Tricorder. The price of solar is going down. In France a […]

Episode 210 British police mug suspect to access unlocked phone. Thieves can guess credit card number details in minutes. Amazon unveils cashier-less grocery store. Trend alert – Rage Rooms for taking out anger on physical things. 800 scientists sign open letter to Trump on climate change. The Elysium project opens source of legacy WoW servers. […]

Episode 209 Hacker ransoms MUNI in San Francisco. The Mirai botnet is now over 400,000 nodes and is available for rent for DDoS attacks. Google’s Deepmind is better at reading lips than a person. Google and Blizzard are collaborating to train the Deepmind AI on Starcraft. SpaceX is looking to launch 3x the number of […]

Episode 208 A Very Special Episode of the podcast. We talked a lot about the Election. Highly recommended to watch the season finale of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. We had a lot to say, and it was mostly a cathartic show. We hope to be somewhat back to normal next week. Bonus link: […]

Episode 207 Ads may use ultrasound to link your devices. A Dr. Seuss and Star Trek mashup gets a Cease and Desist order. During testing NASA’s Scout system for detecting asteroids finds one. Spinach can be used to detect explosives. IBM’s Watson AI agrees with oncologists (non-paywalled link here). Male birth control goes though a […]

Episode 206 One in two (that’s like every other person) is potentially in a police facial recognition database. A proposed sanctuary for whales in the South Atlantic was blocked. Iceland intends to drill 5km to liquid magma for geothermal energy. Sweden bans camera drones in public places. Uber purchased self-driving truck company Otto which made […]

Episode 205 There’s now a robot that does pushups and sweats. Does being compelled to unlock a phone violate the 4th and 5th Amendments? Bill Belichick and others in the NFL are done with the MS Surface tablets. Tesla to include self-driving hardware (but not yet software) in all production cars. Mercedes has taken a […]

Episode 204 The NFL bans gifs from the teams and players. Argentina advocates e-voting but also advocates making auditing those votes illegal. In the wave of creepy clown news, McDonald’s moves to reduce Ronald McDonald’s presence. Tyson Foods buys a 5% stake in veggie burger company Beyond Meat. Silkworms fed carbon nanotubes weave super-silk that […]

Episode 203 California standardizes so its police departments use a statewide, open source, use-of-force incident database. Elon Musk unveils very grand plans to send people to Mars a hundred at a time. NASA announces plumes of liquid (maybe water) on Europa, a moon of Jupiter. A 2 mile beer pipeline is the first of its […]

Episode 202 LA cops use a bomb disposal robot to grab a suspect’s shotgun to end a standoff. Wells Fargo Bank admits 5300 fired for creating 2 million fake accounts. Woman sues smart sex-toy company We-Vibe for collecting usage data about their sex toys. The Chinese space agency admits the Tiangong space station is in […]

Episode 201 Brendan’s voice gave out, so we had back on Uday Gajendar (http://udanium.com/pro/home/ and @udanium on twitter and on medium) We had a great time catching up on his exploits in consulting, self reflection, startups, jazz, experiments, prototypes, job culture, discipline, funemployment, and tequila. Spoiler Alert: Yes, we dropped a Max Headroom reference. The […]

Episode 200: Coming To America We made it to 200. Whoever would have thought. We recorded this in person (a first in a while), and we recorded with guest Jørgen also in person now that he’s here in America with us Spoiler Alert: We don’t look a day older than 100 episodes.

Episode 199 We were not aware there was a uniform for Podcast Co-Hosts. Because it’s Not A Thing. At first there was a signal from outer space…then SETI and others said it wasn’t. California’s bill to end Daylight Saving Time dies in the state senate. Facebook’s algorithm to find and show users “Trending” news finds […]

Episode 198 It’s our (shhh) Two Hundredth Episode (counting the 000th and 12b episodes) – but it’s still labeled 198. It’s the Animal Style Fries 200th Episode. We say THANKYOU… which for a short while was a trademark dispute for CitiGroup and AT&T. Kalashnikov opens a lifestyle and firearm replica store at the Moscow Airport. […]

Episode 197 Not one cop volunteers in Boston for the body camera pilot program. Univision to buy Gawker media in wake of losing their lawsuit with Hulk Hogan. Animators for the movie Sausage Party explain its cheapness with mandatory unpaid overtime. Hacking group The Shadow Brokers claims to have hacked the Equation Group which is […]

Episode 196 Update: China is actually building a bus that will straddle traffic. (Also, great headline. It’s a Thing!) Update: Instead of 3d printing a finger, law enforcement got away with a 2d inkjet print with conductive ink. Florida leads the nation (in infectious diseases) by having the first cases of Zika in the continental […]

Episode 195 Maybe Bitcoin isn’t money according to a Florida judge. The US Olympic Committee wants to restrict using their hashtags. The NBA pulls the All-Star game from North Carolina. The MIT Media Lab announces a prize for Disobedience. Scientists want to shoot Prairie dogs with peanut butter snacks from drones. Porn website Redtube wants […]

Episode 194 The EFF is suing the Federal Government to remove DRM. Farmers aren’t allowed to work on their own tractors because of DRM. One can buy fingerprints to use biometric features without using your actual fingerprints. Cops 3d-print a finger to unlock a phone. A Knightscope security bot runs over a toddler. Dallas police […]

Episode 193 We have a special guest, Jørgen Holst (@jorgenism) and we’re talking about Universal Basic Income! The original story about Foxconn jobs replaced with automation that touched off our research. That led us to a discussion of China’s Minimum Income Guarantee. Shortly after we heard about the vote in Switzerland. That url from basicincome.org […]

Episode 192 Boston Dynamics has a new, even more scary robot dog. The Air Force has created an AI that can dogfight and win against humans. The DoNotPay app is an AI chatbot lawyer that helps fight parking tickets. California is putting recreational marijuana on the November ballot. There’s a way to watch TV at […]