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Kalanick's Temple of Bros; self-driving divisions sold off; chia-bros; Elon being Elon; Tesla's ass-detecting technology; words matter, it's not an autopilot; Hyundai invests in Ottopia, people AI; Turkish crypto founder feels with $2 bn; people like drone deliveries; Facebook is a Bitche; don't mess with Cloudflare; Captain Fantastic; Berenstain Abbey; Mortal Kombat 2021; Nobody; Hulu's marketing genius; Scott Galloway; Anthony Bourdain; Terry Pratchett; Pentagon sells of IP addresses; Signal founder versus Cellebrite; delivery drivers jamming Ring cameras; My God, It’s Full of Vulns. This week we’re sponsored by Sunday. Visit getsunday.com/gog to get $20 off your custom lawn plan at checkout! This episode is brought to you by Hover. For 10% off your first order head over to hover.com/gog and get your domain on! This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox. Go to ButcherBox.com/gog OR enter promo code gog at checkout. Show notes at https://gog.show/504 FOLLOW UP Travis Kalanick’s stealth $5 billion startup, CloudKitchens, is Uber all over again, ruled by a ‘temple of bros,’ insiders say Uber and Lyft asked Congress to bail out their drivers. Now they can’t get enough drivers to come back to work. Toyota subsidiary acquires Lyft self-driving division for $550M IN THE NEWS The Most Disturbing Part of the Latest Tesla Crash The 2nd victim in the Tesla crash in Texas has been named. Elon Musk and police still don’t agree if the car was driving itself. Consumer Reports proved that a Tesla will drive with nobody behind the wheel following fatal crash Watch Consumer Reports trick Tesla’s Autopilot system Tesla claims someone was in the driver’s seat in deadly Texas crash Tesla admits its Full Self-Driving technology is a Level 2 system The 6 Levels of Vehicle Autonomy Explained Hyundai invests in teleoperations startup Ottopia as part of $9M round TESLA KEEPS “SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES” WHEN IT SEES STOP SIGN ON BILLBOARD Turkish crypto founder flees with reported $2 bn Venmo just put crypto access in the palm of everyone’s hand Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Plummet As U.S. Treasury Rumor Spreads When the Drone Is in Your Backyard Facebook takes down official page for French town called Bitche Project Jengo Redux: Cloudflare’s Prior Art Search Bounty Returns MEDIA CANDY Captain Fantastic ‘Downton Abbey 2’ Hitting Theaters in December With Original Cast Returning The Space Between Raised by YouTube Why did you kill me? Mortal Kombat 2021 Nobody LeVar Burton Has Officially Been Tapped to Guest Host ‘Jeopardy!’ for Season 37 Hulu Plus Attracted Many of its First 2 Million Subscribers From Pirate Sites Music Antenna APPS & DOODADS Apple Watch 6 Brydge Dock for MBP 16“ New 12.9-inch iPad Pro doesn’t support the previous Magic Keyboard See a Satellite Tonight Star Walk 2 Facebook is building its own in-app podcast player Facebook introduces a new miniplayer that streams Spotify within the Facebook app AT THE LIBRARY Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity by Scott Galloway World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever The Shakespeare Codex (Modern Plays) by Terry Pratchett adapted by Stephen Briggs SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Recorded Future Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life The Big Pentagon Internet Mystery Now Partially Solved Signal Founder Cracks Cellebrite Phone Hacking Device, Finds It Full Of Vulns Are delivery drivers jamming Ring cameras? Star Wars Stormtroopers on the move Daniel Kaminsky, Internet Security Savior, Dies at 42 CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS AdoramaXP See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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