Teaching My Wife About Tech: Recent Episodes
Saskia
Each week Saskia brings 4 interesting tech news stories and many, many questions. Lachlan tries to answer them and not get shouty.
State-sponsored hacking:
White hat
Grey hat
Black hat
No hat
Cyberwarfare by Russia
Cyberwarfare by China
Tesla Recall
Tesla Power Steering Fault
Every time a Tesla has caught fire
Artemis Launch
Artemis (Greek Mythology)
NASA Statement
The official live stream
NASA Official Catalogue of all man-made moon debris (Current as of 2012, soon to have more stuff!)
Official NASA Timeline of the Aremis program
Predictions of timeline
Crypto Crash
A brief history of Mt Gox
An even briefer history of FTX
More stability in the market can only be a good thing
Bitcoin carbon footprint
Etherium
Ethereum Gas Price Explanation
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Australian Data Breach Laws:
NSW Proposes stricter data breach reporting requirements for Government agencies
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-10/nsw-government-data-protection-bill/101637140
The current Australian data breach notification laws
https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/data-breaches/what-is-a-notifiable-data-breach
Twitter verification... Went well...
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/9/23450289/twitter-impersonators-official-mario-musk-jesus-valve
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/musks-twitter-chaos-tosses-outrageous-insulin-pricing-into-the-spotlight/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/twitter-quietly-drops-8-paid-verification-tricking-people-not-ok-musk-says/
Meta Layoffs
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/11/07/meta-will-lay-off-13-of-its-workforce
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-06/twitter-now-asks-some-fired-workers-to-please-come-back
Elizabeth Holmes will not get the retrial she craves
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/08/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-retrial-denied
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You may have used a screen recorder, but what if it was indexed by an AI? Elon Musk has money, why does he want your $8? What does it mean when everyone has access to deep fakes? Can you solve climate change with a big beam of microwave energy?
1: That's a terrible idea 2: Does it matter what he wants it for, millions will give him it. 3: That's another terrible idea. 4: No.
You should still listen to the podcast anyway!
Rewind AI:
https://www.rewind.ai/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/new-mac-app-wants-to-record-everything-you-do-so-you-can-rewind-it-later/
Twitter $8 verification:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/1/23435092/elon-musk-twitter-blue-verification-cost-ads-search
TikTok AI voices
https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/tiktok-new-voice-filter-memes-movies.html
Solar farms in space
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62636746
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Tesla's lawyers would like you to stop calling their self-driving cars "self-driving cars". 3D-printed houses won't melt. Lachlan can't remember the phrase "Kessler Syndrome". The podcast takes a turn into r/wallstreetbets territory and Saskia finds out that Lachlan's job has an expiry date.
Show links:
Autonomous Vehicles
Feds open investigation into Tesla's Autopilot claims
Drivers woefully overestimate hands-free driver tech, study shows
Society of Automotive Engineers Self Driving Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicle
The simplified version of the Levels of Self Driving
3D Printing Houses
3D-printed homes, cabin accommodation plans forge ahead in Dubbo
Space Junk:
The International Space Station had to move to dodge space junk
NASA Statement on Space Debris
The University of Texas "Orbital Space Debris" Tracker
Kessler Syndrome
Google's Share Price:
Google profits plummet 27 percent in Q3 2022 earnings report
Meta’s value plunges more than $65 billion amid falling sales, rising costs
Automation in IT Support:
DevOps
The amazing Sherlock Holmes... AI Support bot which Lachlan has dealt with many times and is, to put it mildly, incredibly convincing.
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Can we go one week without reporting a data breach in Australia? Should you replace your HD TV? Should we put our dog in the other room when recording? The answers are Not yet, No & Probably. So here are 32 minutes of some other questions. Join us live on Thursday evenings! https://www.tiktok.com/@ithelpdesk_tmwat
Show links:
Find out if you can upgrade your FTTN to FTTP nbn.com.au/fttpupgrade.
Medibank Private Hackers https://www.itnews.com.au/news/medibanks-alleged-attackers-threaten-data-release-extortion-586705
Uber Ads https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/19/dont-worry-uber-will-find-a-way-to-advertise-to-you/
Apple discontinue the Apple TV HD https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/rip-apple-tv-hd-apple-went-all-in-on-4k-yesterday/
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Musk buying Twitter part 2, Telstra Breech, Windows loophole & Tesla goes camera only self-driving. In other news, Lachlan screws up the audio recording.