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NVIDIA's CEO is caught in a honeypot scandal with global AI power plays hanging in the balance, just as data centers come under fire from both voters and lawmakers across the US. From the abrupt end of the Tesla Cybertruck to hackers weaponizing smart fridges, this week's episode dives into the messy, hilarious, and sometimes alarming ways future tech is colliding with real-world consequences.

• Tesla Cybertruck canned after recalls, plunging sales, and controversy

• Remembering Aaron Swartz and the ethics of open access

• Academic journals, research paywalls, and access challenges

• Voters across US reject data centers in local elections

• Apple debuts pricey OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros

• BYD, Chinese cars, and the end of US auto dominance

• France's top literary prize rocked by AI-assisted novel controversy

• NVIDIA CEO ensnared in alleged Chinese intelligence honeypot probe

• Data center power demands spark silent vs noisy turbine debate

• Global refrigerator hacks spoil food, expose IoT vulnerabilities

• FAA finally ditches floppy disks for national air traffic control

• Allyn's rig and Padre's Fanttik Caffein 11 Portable Coffee Maker! https://link.amazon/B0gOz4i8Z (affiliate link)

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Allyn Malventano, Iain Thomson, and David Hewlett

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In this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a question from Bruce, who has just moved into a new home with an ASUS AX6600 XT8 AiMesh system on wired Ethernet backhaul plus two pre-installed Araknis access points, and wants to know how to combine them under a single Wi-Fi network name and manage device handoff between the two brands, or whether switching the ASUS nodes to access point mode would be the better approach.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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This week we start out with the critical OpenSSH bug, where some systems let you log in with any password over 256 characters. Then there's the end of the 7.4 merge window, a really exciting Linux release slated for the holidays, and boasting the biggest single version changeset in the kernel's history. OpenAI has found nearly a thousand vulnerabilities in the kernel, GOG Galaxy is officially coming to Linux, OpenShot releases 4.1, and Asahi Linux is making progress and some big changes to the project. For tips we have ccrypt for file encryption and decryption, rmlint for finding unneeded files, gio for lots of things including emptying the trash, and ebook-polish for cleaning up your EPUBs. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4iE8Wsb and have a great week!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie, Rob Campbell, and Ken McDonald

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Robots have, and always will, be the first to go to the dark and scary places in space. For many years, Dr. Jim Green oversaw these missions for NASA as their Chief Scientist. He joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of planetary exploration. Jim has always been passionate about NASA's science programs and believes we're quite likely to find life off-Earth in the near future. Join us!



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NASA Unveils New X-70 Fractal X-Plane with Reconfigurable Tech

Earth Gains Temporary "Mini Moon" Asteroid 2026 QQ8

NASA Hosts First-Ever Max Power Air Show Highlighting Space Innovation

Deep Space Nine's Iconic "Trials and Tribble-ations" Episode Turns 30

Main Topic: Planetary Exploration, Science Funding, and Planetary Defense With Dr. Jim Green

Top Unexplored Targets: Sending a Submarine to Europa's Ocean

How Political Changes Affect NASA's Budget and Science Programs

Mars Sample Return: Obstacles, Funding Challenges, and Possible Human Exploration Synergy

Science Communication: Relating New Discoveries to Everyday Life and Public Engagement

JPL's "7 Minutes of Terror" and Changing Outreach Strategies

Building Support for Planetary Defense and the DART Mission

Black Swan Events: How Earth is Threatened by Rare, High-Speed Oort Cloud Comets

Innovative Approaches to Science Education through the Metaverse and Outreach

Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik

Guest: Dr. Jim Green

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Google's new policy for the use of its AI products with K-12 accounts. A SpaceX phone service? The aftermath of the largest crypto theft at Binance. And how the "agentic web" is being welcomed by some websites.

Google is switching off its AI tools for K-12 accounts unless schools opt in, but schools that opt out will lose access to Google Search.

A report from The Washington Post shows that Elon Musk is seeking a way for network access to start a phone service with SpaceX and is reportedly pursuing EchoStar, Boost Mobile's parent company, after being rejected by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile.

Taking a look at how Binance survived the biggest crypto theft on record, about $6.3 billion, which its incident report traces to a month-long North Korean campaign that included a tampered Homebrew installer and a fake job interview.

And MIT Technology Review took a look at the "agentic web," showing AI agents from Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic being welcomed by some sites and blocked by others, such as Amazon shutting out Meta's Muse.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

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