Wrecked By Tech

Episode 72: Elon Musk made a flamethrower (Apple and Google did some stuff too)


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In this week's episode we talk about a Canadian Senate report that calls us "ill-prepared" for self-driving vehicles; Strava data that may have exposed several secret military bases; the Google Clips Camera; the HomePod; Elon Musk's no-joke, real-life, you-can-pay-money-to-buy flamethrower; and Facebook's latest AI research that aims to make assistants more human.

Speed round:

-The Room: Old Sins is now out on iOS (it's awesome)
-AI porn has given way to... Nic Cage's face on everything?
-Tom Hanks will play Mr. Rogers in a biopic
-Bell is trying to censor the Internet — sign the petition: https://act.openmedia.org/BellNAFTA

Links:

  • Canada is 'ill-prepared' for the future of automated cars: Senate report | Mobilesyrup
  • Fitness devices may reveal sensitive info about soldiers' locations | CBC News
  • U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging | The Washington Post
  • Google Clips – Wireless Smart Camera | Google Store
  • HomePod | Apple
  • Flamethrower | The Boring Company
  • California politician will seek sale ban on Elon Musk’s Boring Company flamethrower | The Verge
  • Facebook is trying to teach chatbots how to chit-chat | The Verge
  • The Room: Old Sins on the App Store
  • The people making fake AI porn have been temporarily distracted by Nicolas Cage | The Verge
  • Tom Hanks to Play Mr. Rogers in ‘You Are My Friend’ | Variety
  • Don't Let Bell Censor Our Internet | OpenMedia
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Wrecked By TechBy Riley McDonald