It’s Episode Thirty-Five of Season-Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Martin Wimpress and Paul Tansom are connected and speaking to your brain.

We are four, made whole by a new guest presenter.

In this week’s show:

* We discuss the news:

* Security firm Bishop Fox have claimed that they successfully hijacked an implantable medical device

* Mercedez-Benz has said that its driverless cars will prioritise safety of the occupants in an accident

* The first commercial shipment has been made by a self-driving lorry

* Microsoft has announced that it will raise business prices by up to 22% in the UK

* Sweden has banned general use of cameras on drones

* The iPod is 15 years old

* We discuss the community news:

* Ubuntu 16.10 has been released, along with all the flavours

* Ubuntu Budgie Remix 16.10 has been Released

* Ubuntu 17.04 is named “Zesty Zapus”

* A security vulnerability involving an unkempt bovine

* Canonical has announced live kernel patching for Ubuntu

* Happy 12th birthday to Ubuntu!

* Happy 20th birthday to KDE!

* Artist Mohamed A. Latheef has made an Ubuntu Timeline Wallpaper, showing the progression of Ubuntu’s default wallpaper throughout the years

* The Prime Indicator Plus app indicator makes it easier to switch between Intel and Nvidia graphics and so will GNOME 3.24

* We mention some events:

* Ubuntu Online Summit – November 15th – 16th 2016

* Paris Open Source Summit 2016 – 16-17 November 2016 – Paris, France

* UbuCon Europe – 18-20 November 2016 – Unperfekthaus, Essen, Germany

* FOSDEM 2017 – 4-5 February 2017 – Brussels, Belgium

* We also discussed getting an