Geekdays

In a world where our slippers park themselves and our sattelites bring us hope and unity, there are people seriously trying to shut down self-driving cars and drones. Won’t somebody think of the children?

Show notes and links:

* Space Gets an Artificial Star. Astronomers Ask: Do We Need More? (nytimes.com)

* Labor Teamsters want to ban UPS from using drones, driverless vehicles (cnbc.com)

* This link has no title (theverge.com)

* Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases | Technology (theguardian.com)

* Nissan has developed slippers that ‘park’ themselves, because why not? – BGR (bgr.com)

It’s a day late, but with all the musical features we have to offer today – one of which challenges Breki’s ability to touch the high notes – we hope you’re okay with that.

Show notes and links:

* Burger King Fries FCC in ‘Whopper Neutrality’ Ad (geek.com)

* Detonating Landmines Is Better for the Environment Than Deactivating Them, Research Suggests (gizmodo.com)

* You can preorder Elon Musk’s new flamethrower (thenextweb.com)

* Doomsday Clock moved to just two minutes to ‘apocalypse’ (bbc.com)

* The Humanity Star could become ‘the brightest thing in the night sky’ (mashable.com)

We should have a candlelight vigil for the right of celebrities to use their faces as they see fit instead of being used in fake porn before breaking their hips in Canada … Or Australia. Same, same, really.

Show notes and links:

* How It Works – Hip’Air by Helite (hip-air.com)

* This airbag for your hip could help save seniors (mashable.com)

* There’s still a piece of Canada stuck to Australia (popsci.com)

* Fake celebrity porn is blowing up on Reddit, thanks to artificial intelligence (theverge.com)

* PSA: Biting Your iPhone Battery Is Dumb | News & Opinion (pcmag.com)

* An Alabama town held a candlelight vigil for a Taco Bell after it went up in flames (mashable.com)

Okay, Google, drone me some chicken, I’ve got some Internet time to catch up on!

Show notes and links:

* “Ok Google, read my book”… Introducing audiobooks on Google Play (blog.google)

* Somehow, the Director of Red Sparrow Doesn’t See Comparisons to Marvel’s Black Widow (gizmodo.com)

* KFC wings now come in a DIY drone box because 2018 (mashable.com)

* You spend nearly a whole day each week on the internet (cnet.com)

* Consensus view now appears to be to guide children’s screen-time, not limit it (9to5google.com)

* Hawaii governor forgot his Twitter password during false alarm scare (mashable.com)

One migraine later, time to record Geekdays!

Show notes and links:

* A Drone Just Saved the Lives of Two Teenage Boys in Australia (gizmodo.com)

* Spaceflight startup Rocket Lab sends its Electron rocket to orbit for the first time (theverge.com)

* This link has no title (theverge.com)

* Boing Boing blog sued over Playboy centrefolds link (bbc.com)

* This link has no title (digitaltrends.com)

What even is this? An episode of the regular length published on the regular time with al the regular trimmings? … That’s … irregular.

Show notes and links:

* You Can Now Send iMessages on Android, as Long as You Have a Mac (lifehacker.com)

* This link has no title (recode.net)

* People Are Realizing That Straws Suck (earther.com)

* A New Jersey suburb wants to fine you $200 for driving through during rush hour (cnn.com)

* PornHub had a spike in traffic after Hawaii missile alert all clear (mashable.com)

We missed an episode, so we’re back with another one of those double features. Enjoy!

Show notes and links:

* This link has no title (popsci.com)

* Job Alert: How Would You Like to Babysit Robots? (wired.com)

* Nintendo’s bringing DIY robots and more to the Switch using cardboard (techcrunch.com)

* Using An Orange to Fool Tesla’s Autopilot Is Probably a Really Bad Idea (vice.com)

* Swedish contraceptive app Natural Cycles blamed for string of unwanted pregnancies (standard.co.uk)

* Is China Really Planning to Destroy Space Junk With Lasers? (gizmodo.com)

* Google’s art selfies aren’t available in Illinois. Here’s why. (chicagotribune.com)

* Mysterious 16th century epidemic that almost wiped out Mexico finally identified (sciencealert.com)

* Dark and Light Side versions of ‘The Last Jedi’ are a thing — but not in the U.S. (mashable.com)

* Dictionary declares “milkshake duck” its word of the year, thus ending the term’s usefulness (avclub.com)

Do not hold in that sneeze. DO NOT DO IT. For the love of Elon, do not hold in that sneeze! Let it go, let it go, let it go! It’s better out than in!

Show notes and links:

* OnePlus site was reportedly hacked to steal credit card details (thenextweb.com)

* Reports of credit card fraud pile up from OnePlus customers (arstechnica.com)

* This Is Why You Should Never Hold in a Sneeze (gizmodo.com)

* Why won’t the #BackwardsBooks trend die? (mashable.com)

* iOS App Store will be bigger than entire worldwide movie industry sometime this year (9to5mac.com)

* KFC Introduces ‘Bitcoin Bucket,’ a Cryptocurrency Meal Deal (fortune.com)

It is as I’ve always suspected. Of all the tech companies out there, it was always Netflix that struck me as most likely to be a necromancer.

Show notes and links:

* NASA Team First to Demonstrate X-ray Navigation in Space (nasa.gov)

* Netflix Grows Its Own Human Bodies at CES (geek.com)

* It wasn’t easy being green for these mysterious children in 12th-century England (avclub.com)

* Do Nothing – Professional Slacker Job Listing (apartmenttherapy.com)

* Entertainment dominates Wikipedia’s most popular pages – Axios (axios.com)

Hey, look! It’s another one of those double features, making up for lost time and trying to assuage the guilt I feel when my planning just doesn’t seem to work out and I fall asleep in front of the computer, exhausted and not in a good place at all and I probably shouldn’t be making light of this considering I’ve had two stress-related breakdowns already but hey it’s just a podcast what harm can it do really ha ha ha okay, I should be going to bed now.

Show notes and links:

* Astronauts Are Hotter in Space (discovermagazine.com)

* Why Do We Even Wear Pants?  (discovermagazine.com)

* This 15-foot tall mech weighs 8,000 lbs and can run 20 mph (techcrunch.com)

* The Kevin speaker from Mitipi helps ward off burglars with light and sound (cnet.com)

* 7 spiders named after ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Lord of the Rings,’ and more (mashable.com)

* Did the First Animals Live in a World Without Oxygen? | Daily Planet (airspacemag.com)

* Soofa’s Sign is a 21st century smart bulletin board (engadget.com)

* Uber had a secret program that froze company computers if the police raided an office – BGR (bgr.com)

* Meet MiniBrew, a counter-top brewery for making any type of beer at home (thenextweb.com)