The WanaCry ransomware quickly spread to hundreds of thousands of Windows systems on May 12, 2017, impacting everything from car manufacturing to hospitals. A few hours later, it was stopped by a cybersecurity researcher.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.

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Video:

• https://youtu.be/S70zd_ysZag

Sources:

• https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/

• https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/ransomware/wannacry-ransomware/

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cambrian-college-ransomware-hack-1.4093634

• https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-hit-by-wannacry-virus-fears-it-could-cripple-some-jet-production/

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/13/cyber-attack-hits-german-train-stations-hackers-target-deutsche/

• https://apnews.com/article/36406e3cebe34b148f1fd9bbe6205ace

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-honda-cyberattack-idUSKBN19C0EI/

• https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/case-study-wannacry-attack/

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt

• https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/

• https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/03/researcher-who-stopped-wannacry-ransomware-detained-in-us

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-us-authorities-tracked-down-the-north-korean-hacker-behind-wannacry/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:54 EternalBlue & Marcus Hutchins

0:09:39 WannaCry Attack

0:25:10 The Aftermath

0:38:04 Outro

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, helping guide the country through the Civil War and advocated for an end to slavery. Nearly 100 years later, he was resurrected as a robot for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Mason Conrad.

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• https://youtu.be/mvfjvBO2l2Y?t=138

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Audio-Animatronic_(42346731335).jpg

Sources:

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-emporia-gazette-electric-robots/154380075/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110717093240/http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/070709_NF_FEAT_StoryofHall.html

• https://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2014/04/disney-history-institute-celebrates.html

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-edwardsville-intelligencer-disney-de/154344993/

• https://archive.org/details/IllinoisLandOfLincolnIllinoisPavilionInformationNewYorkWorldsFair19641965/mode/1up

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-live-lincoln-created-by-d/154516626/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-tattler-disneys-lincoln-star-at-fai/154518175/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-news-journal-lincoln-at-1964/154519665/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-review-of-lincoln-figur/154520514/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/mt-vernon-register-news-electronic-abe/154523531/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvfjvBO2l2Y

• https://d23.com/reliving-one-mans-dream-in-this-walt-disney-world-attraction/

• https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/31/disneyland-blinkin-lincoln-animatronic-used-to-go-crazy-and-smash-his-chair-in-a-robotic-fit/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/freeport-journal-standard-animated-abe-l/154552579/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:26 Abraham Lincoln

0:06:08 Building Robot Lincoln

0:20:25 The 1964 World’s Fair

0:22:33 Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln

0:29:08 Reactions to Robot Lincoln

0:38:07 Lincoln at Disneyland

0:41:10 Outro

Watch Tron Legacy: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-2-0

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa.

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• https://youtu.be/e1dHhktFLPs

Sources:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20010418103554/http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2301037%2C00.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dHhktFLPs

• https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jeff-bridges-returning-tron-3-1235985702/

• https://screenrant.com/tron-legacy-behind-the-scenes/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020458/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40548535/ns/today-entertainment/t/tron-legacy-reverse-ages-jeff-bridges

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:41 Production

0:04:27 Flashback & CGI Jeff Bridges

0:14:16 ENCOM & The Grid

0:31:54 The music

0:34:31 Quorra

0:40:38 The dinner

0:48:01 End of Line Club

0:53:33 Solar Sailer

0:59:23 The Rectifier

1:10:16 The portal

1:15:31 Final thoughts

1:20:16 Outro

Apple helped develop PowerPC processors as competition against Intel in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s, the architecture was falling behind. Apple's switch to Intel x86 processors revived its Mac computers, kicked off the Hackintosh era, and made AMD jealous.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs.

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Videos:

• https://archive.org/details/wwdc-2005

Sources:

• https://lowendmac.com/1998/powerpc-vs-pentium-ii-escargot/

• https://lowendmac.com/2014/cpus-powerpc-604-and-604e/

• https://lowendmac.com/2015/cpus-powerpc-g5/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/06/23Apple-Unleashes-the-Worlds-Fastest-Personal-Computer-the-Power-Mac-G5/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2004/06/09Apple-Unveils-New-Power-Mac-G5-Line/

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-on-g5-powerbook-not-so-fast/

• https://www.macworld.com/article/174337/pbg5-2.html

• https://www.cnet.com/science/amd-says-intel-only-deal-struck-at-apple-in-2005/

• https://www.macstories.net/stories/this-is-not-a-product-the-apple-developer-transition-kit/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Unveils-New-iMac-with-Intel-Core-Duo-Processor/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/02/28Apple-Unveils-Mac-mini-with-Intel-Core-Duo/

• https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,261038,261270

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Introduces-MacBook-Pro/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/12/santa-rosa-macbook-review/

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/08/macpro/

• https://www.macworld.com/article/666300/15-inch-macbook-pro-2006-review.html

• https://www.wired.com/2005/08/mac-hacks-allow-os-x-on-pcs-2/

• https://www.anandtech.com/show/7204/ibm-offers-power-technology-for-licensing-forms-openpower-consortium

• https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/17/ibm_t7nm_power10/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:48 The PowerPC era

0:12:00 The Intel announcement

0:23:01 Apple Developer Transition Kit

0:26:03 The Intel Macs

0:35:51 The reviews

0:40:34 Hackintosh PCs

0:44:49 AMD's complaints

0:47:36 Farewell to PowerPC

0:50:28 PowerPC after Apple

0:53:16 Outro

Google introduced AMP in 2015 as a solution for slow and unresponsive mobile websites. It didn't go well.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Adam Conway.

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Sources:

• https://www.uky.edu/~jclark/mas355/WAP.PDF

• https://developers.secure.facebook.com/blog/post/2015/09/22/instant-articles-from-CMS/

• https://buffer.com/library/facebook-instant-articles/

• https://blog.google/products/search/introducing-accelerated-mobile-pages/

• https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591

• https://www.axios.com/2022/10/14/meta-facebook-ending-support-instant-articles

• https://searchengineland.com/amp-top-stories-now-live-243314

• https://searchengineland.com/google-opens-amp-firehose-259569

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ha00dSGKmjoEh2mRiG8FIA5sJ1KihTuZe-AXX1r8P-8/edit?usp=sharing

• https://www.theregister.com/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/

• https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591

• https://www.theverge.com/23711172/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-search-publishers-lawsuit

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:37 The early mobile web

0:08:55 Facebook Instant Articles

0:12:09 Google AMP

0:24:13 Everyone hates AMP

0:38:07 The post-AMP web

0:47:26 Outro

Watch Tron: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-1

Making of Tron documentary: https://youtu.be/sbgHMrLPQrE

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa.

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The Intellivision arrived in 1979 as an exciting new game console, and almost 40 years later, Tommy Tallarico picked up the rights and began work on a sequel. The Intellivision Amico aimed to bring family fun back to living room gaming, but it didn't go well.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Evan Hirsh.

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Videos:

• https://youtu.be/5bhMdhcdfMY

• https://youtu.be/m-p7p3jasbY?t=841

Sources:

• https://www.mobygames.com/company/1435/intellivision-productions-inc/

• https://venturebeat.com/games/intellivsion-lives-tommy-tallarico-will-relaunch-1980s-console/

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-new-intellivision-amico-console-aims-to-revive-family-videogames/

• https://www.gamezone.com/originals/why-was-earthworm-jim-for-the-psp-canceled/

• https://venturebeat.com/games/intellivision-takes-more-than-10000-vip-edition-preorders-for-amico-console-in-a-few-days/

• https://kotaku.com/the-new-gaming-console-thats-become-a-giant-car-crash-1847699027

• https://www.gamesindustry.biz/intellivision-amico-delayed-to-april-2021

• https://republic.com/intellivision-amico

• https://web.archive.org/web/20210701025946/https://twitter.com/ConVito/status/1410340382270017545

• https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/06/what-the-hecks-an-intellivision-amico-consoles-leaky-dev-portal-offers-hints/

• https://screenrant.com/intellivision-amico-report-legal-threats-ceo/

• https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/intellivision-amico-game-lands-tommy-tallarico-in-hot-water

• https://www.eurogamer.net/intellivision-cuts-fundraising-campaign-for-amico-short-setting-alarm-bells-ringing

• https://www.reddit.com/r/Intellivision_Amico/comments/13gka8f/11_months_of_philfoolery_and_kicking_the_can/

• https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/debt-stricken-intellivision-asks-for-more-funds-to-last-past-july/

• https://intellivision.com/press-releases/intellivision-update-may-2023

CyanogenMod started as a custom build of Android for one smartphone, and quickly grew into an operating system spanning hundreds of devices. With the corporate backing of Microsoft and partnerships with OEMs, it seemed unstoppable... until it wasn't.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.

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Sources:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090529101257/http://forum.xda-developers.com:80/showthread.php?t=518851

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100207180125/http://www.cyanogenmod.com/about

• https://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/17/custom-rom-review-cyanogenmod-for-the-nexus-one/

• https://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/17/custom-rom-review-cyanogenmod-for-the-nexus-one/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160711211620/http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/a_new_chapter

• https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/18/cyanogen-mod-7m-benchmark/

• https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/15/5241970/oppo-n1-with-cyanogenmod-review

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/open-source-android-startup-raises-80m-with-help-from-twitter/

• https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cyanogen-spurns-google-acquisition-interest-seeks-1-billion-valuation

• https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/18/7241755/cyanogens-next-stop-is-india

• https://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/16/oneplus-has-been-ordered-to-stop-selling-the-oneplus-one-in-india-after-legal-action-by-micromax/

• https://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/19/emails-from-indian-court-docs-show-cyanogen-oneplus-relationship-ended-poorly-cyanogen-ceo-is-kind-of-a-jerk/

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2015/03/23/meet-cyanogen-the-startup-that-wants-to-steal-android-from-google-2/

• https://www.businessinsider.com/cyanogen-ceo-kirt-mcmaster-interview-mods-virtual-reality-smartphones-2016-2

• https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/01/steve-kondik-blames-kirt-mcmaster-for-cyanogen-incs-failure-cyanogenmod-to-reorganize-and-regroup/

• https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/16/8427381/cyanogen-microsoft-partnership-apps-services-bundle

• https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/14/9323131/microsoft-cortana-cyanogen-os

• https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/10/kirt-mcmaster-out-as-cyanogen-inc-ceo-gets-eric-schmidted-to-executive-chairman/

• https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/13/cyanogen-inc-rebrands-cyngn-autonomous-tech-company/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20181116144621/https://www.xda-developers.com/nintendo-approached-cyanogen-to-partner-for-the-switch-cyanogen-refused/

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The Apple II in 1977 was the computer that made Apple into a successful company, and in 1986, the upgraded 16-bit Apple IIGS hit store shelves. Even though it was an impressive computer, it was overshadowed by the new Macintosh line.

Correction: Ninjaforce contributed graphics and sounds for Wolfenstein 3D on the Apple IIGS, but not the coding.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Lucas Bastos. Outro song is "Apple II Forever" by Apple.

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Sources:

• https://archive.org/details/inCider_1986-09/page/n15/mode/2up

• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-28-fi-11827-story.html

• https://lowendmac.com/2015/the-apple-iigs-apples-home-computer-for-1986/

• https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah10/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-apples-giant-leap-was-a/127184118/

• https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah15

• https://books.google.com/books?id=zC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false

• http://www.apple-iigs.info/histoire.php

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/07/11/long-suffering-apple-ii-users-finally-get-new-software/c3db2be8-57f0-4132-bba8-e01e790b6bad/

• https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah11/