Eric tidies and Jon may have two hives. A US Army soldier is arrested in relation to the AT&T breach last year, scam compounds are using Starlink, and a huge info stealer dump loaded into HIBP. For fun we have the next step in cloning a mammoth ... gene edited mice, and potential genetic factors in how Greenland sharks live for more than 400 years.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 9:07 - Followup
• 14:27 - Scam Compounds + Starlink
• 20:32 - 23 Billion Rows
• 29:09 - Woolly Mammoth Mouse
• 32:38 - Greenland Sharks

Eric finishes a magic puzzle and Jon checks in on his bees. GitHub hosts GitVenom while a TraderTraitor "borrows" more cryptocurrency. Apple drops its Advanced Data Protection in the UK but not because it wanted to. Eric finds fun things to print and Jon watches Gaia disappear.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 11:12 - GitVenom
• 15:54 - TraderTraitor
• 18:59 - Apple ADP in the UK
• 23:38 - 3D Printing NASA
• 26:00 - Gaia is Done

Eric on the road, Captain America, Power Drama, and Civ7 impressions. Do we need an American Salt Typhoon? Does Argentina need to pump & dump crypto? Maybe we should all eat some frozen custard and make sure to recycle (our car batteries).

• 0:00 - Intro
• 14:29 - Hack Back?
• 19:53 - Meme Coin Drama
• 24:27 - Frozen Custard
• 27:32 - Units Matter

Eric is on a roadtrip, Jon watched the Super Bowl. Mozilla is still using a partner not aligned to their values. Google updated their AI principles. Mandiant posts about Cybercrime. Its always DNS, oops, I mean S3 Buckets. Neutrino detection is a thing and Civilization VII is out!

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 8:38 - Mozilla Win-Win
• 10:41 - Google's Updated AI Principles
• 11:37 - Mandiant Blog Post
• 16:37 - S3 Buckets
• 20:47 - Energetic Neutrinos
• 23:45 - Civ VII is Out!

Eric has a mysteriously good interaction with Government, and Jon says goodbye to the Explorer. The US Copyright Agency publishes reports about AI and copyright, and Google publishes a report about misuse of Gemini by bad actors. For fun we have the Magic Puzzle Company and the benefits (for Astrolab) and consequences of having Astrobotic's first moon landing fail last year.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 12:19 - No Copyright for You (AI)
• 17:03 - Gemini Misuse
• 25:55 - Magic Puzzles
• 30:18 - Astrobotic + Astrolab

Eric has no memory while Jon recounts his iPad replacement travails. DeepSeek garners unwanted attention while Change Healthcare leaks your data. The Bennu asteroid reveals the building blocks of life (aka carbon) and Endurance's history is explored.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 14:14 - DeepSeek Attention
• 18:00 - Change Healthcare Breach
• 21:54 - Bennu Asteroid Results
• 27:26 - Haunting Endurance Photos

Eric tidies the nest and Jon putters about. Stackoverflow down to 2009 question volume and Texas sues Allstate for their data collection and use practices. Hubble's 10 year compilation of the Andromeda galaxy, and regenerative agriculture restoring arid lands in Africa.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 12:19 - Stack Overflow Decline
• 21:08 - (Illegal?) Insurance Analytics
• 30:48 - Megapixel Andromeda
• 34:24 - Regenerative Agriculture

Eric finishes* painting, gets Paramount+ for "free" and construes adventures in 3D printing. Jon builds shields and drives a lot. TikTok's clock runs out while Scholastic entertains a bored hacker. Is it the Ad Industry or the Surveillance Industry or is there a difference? Here comes the Woolly Mammoth and Mars rises over the Moon.

Eric sends his kids back to school, and both Eric and Jon attend the last Harry Potter Oregon Symphony performance. HTTP is (evidently) still a (big) thing, and a roundup of the new Mac malware discovered in 2024. Los Angeles fires are still raging (donate to the Red Cross to help). For fun we have a startup that wants to bury its plant a mile underground, and scientists discovered the volcano that erupted in 1831 and wreaked havoc.

• 0:00 - Intro
• 13:49 - Open Port Chronicles
• 21:13 - 2024 Mac Malware Roundup
• 32:05 - Buried Nuclear Startup
• 36:39 - LA Fires Red Cross Response
• 38:01 - Volcano Mystery Solved

Happy New Year! Jon explains "Y2K" to his children, Eric continues to check off small projects around the house. NASA's Parker Probe is alive! Eric translates a VW data leak article from German and then gets side tracked by the new VW Buzz while Jon admires the Karmann Ghia before chatting about hacked Chrome extensions. For fun, Eric talks Thorium and Jon shares what's new on Public Domain Day!

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 7:40 - Parker Probe is alive!
• 8:39 - Dude, I Know Where Your Car Is
• 13:54 - Karmann Ghia
• 15:24 - Chrome Extension Attack
• 21:49 - Thorium Reactor
• 26:02 - Public Domain Day