Episode 124: Finger Guns Are The Best - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

from 2020-03-02T11:00

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In this episode:




  • The Computer Scientist Responsible for Cut, Copy, and Paste, Has Passed Away

  • Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs

  • AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria

  • 'They lied to us': Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder

  • Tesla Teardown Scares Competitors: ‘We Cannot Do This’

  • Hackers can trick a Tesla into accelerating by 50 miles per hour

  • Flywheel owners found out that their bikes were bricked through Peloton

  • Apple may let people pick alternative default apps on the iPhone, marking a radical change of philosophy

  • Samsung blasts Galaxy phones worldwide with weird ‘1’ notification

  • MIT Spinoff WaveSense’s Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving



Weird and Wacky:




  • Musician performs while surgeons remove brain tumour

  • 62-year-old former Marine sets Guinness World Record by holding plank for over 8 hours



Tech Rec:




  • Sanjay - Cloudflare ESNI Checker

  • Adam - Marco Polo

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