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HTML, VR, TOTP, AI, OS, EVE & TOSY.  Tons of acronyms, technologies, operating systems, security and one cool frisbee.  

Michael and Michael start things off with a article about how the Governor of Missouri reacted at a press conference when a journalist reported that personal information was contained in the HTML source of an official Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website.  Check out the link in the show notes for some of the interesting responses from developers, the press, security and privacy advocates to the Governor’s comments.  This spurred a conversation about the Internet being compared to a series of tubes.

In VR and training news, Accenture bets big with Oculus, reportedly acquiring 60,000 units of the Facebook-powered headsets.  As these headsets require a Facebook ID to function, the co-hosts ponder whether this means there will be a corporate or private Facebook cloud, or if this means that the users will sign in with their own Facebook IDs.  

In AI news, there are reports of people living on/near 15th Avenue in San Francisco, which has been inundated with self-driving cars recently.  Because of SFO’s “Slow Streets” structure, which discourage through traffic on certain designated streets, autonomous cars are diverted just like regular drivers are, and sometimes need to make a u-turn.  This reminds Michael M of the Mini Motorways game on Apple Arcade. 

Security features once more in this episode, this time with a story dealing with two factor authentication that does not rely on SMS texts.  TOTP (Time-based One-Time Passwords) are now supported by iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and Safari 15 in macOS.  Check out the referenced TidBits article below to learn all about how easy it is to enable such two factor authentication.  

Articles on the latest from Palm (earbuds), Windows 11 gaming optimization, EVE Online made available natively on macOS round out the news.  The episode closes with a remembrance of Ruthie Tompson who made her mark on animation in a big way, and a Kickstarter campaign for an AI & LED powered frisbee.

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Thanks for listening!

Selected Links

Mashable article: Confused governor says looking at webpage’s HTML is criminal hacking — https://mashable.com/article/missouri-governor-mike-parson-reporter-html-hacking

Virtual Reality World Tech article: Accenture acquires 60,000 Oculus Quest 2 headsets for training — https://vrworldtech.com/2021/10/15/accenture-acquires-60000-oculus-quest-2-headsets-for-training/ 

The Times article: Streets of San Francisco stump Google self-driving cars — https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/streets-san-francisco-stump-google-self-driving-cars-z9t6x2k0f 

NPR article: Self-driving Waymo cars gather in a San Francisco neighborhood, confusing residents —