Tom Cruise is right; a verified internet; TikTok turns on MLMs; beam me up, Quantum Scotty; AI co-pilots; Apple EV car & breakthrough batteries coming “soon”; Roy Clark’s pants are down; Star Wars corner; RAM to WI-FI breaking air-gapped systems; HBO finally makes a deal with Roku; the Expanse; the Grand Tour; Star Trek Discovery; the Stand; Disney+; Queen’s Gambit; Bee Gees & Beatles; Jason on Penn’s Sunday School; struggling with the Laundry Files; Firefox UNFCK; Space Force Guardians; feedback; have a great holiday (going nowhere & seeing nobody).
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Show Notes
IN THE NEWS
I Begrudgingly Admit That Tom Cruise Is Right
Pornhub Is Just the Latest Example of the Move Toward a Verified Internet
The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs
Researchers Have Achieved Sustained Long-Distance Quantum Teleportation
Exclusive: AI Just Controlled a Military Plane for the First Time Ever
Apple will reportedly start building an EV with a ‘breakthrough’ battery in 2024
SECURITY HAH!
National Christmas Tree Lighting
Jeremy Bulloch, the Man Behind Boba Fett, Has Died
Boba Fett show heading to Disney Plus in 2021
Academics turn RAM into Wi-Fi cards to steal data from air-gapped systems
Police in Pasadena, Long Beach pledged not to send license plate data to ICE. They shared it anyway
Man really did hack Trump’s Twitter account by guessing password, ‘maga2020!,’ Dutch prosecutors say
MEDIA CANDY
HBO Max Seals Deal With Roku, Making Streaming Distribution Footprint Complete
The COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Felony
The Grand Tour: A Massive Hunt
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
The Beatles: Get Back | A Sneak Peek
Penn’s Sunday School Episode 666!
AT THE LIBRARY
Dead Lies Dreaming (Laundry Files Book 10) by Charlie Stross
MORON OF THE WEEK
Firefox tweet announcing the UNFCK the Internet Campaign
Space Force Personnel Get New Name: Guardians
‘New York Times’ Retracts Core Of Hit Podcast Series ‘Caliphate’ On ISIS
FEEDBACK LOOP
Police spy: ‘I thought, how would they feel about their son’s name being used’
Gizmodo Australia: Drone Giant DJI Added to U.S. Blacklist.
British HOTEL BOOKING WEBSITE IoT Hack
A song that sums up 2020 perfectly.
you may want to view the top comment + that user’s bio.
Das ewige Lied-Silent Night – Der Film offizieller Trailer
Huawei: Uighur surveillance fears lead PR exec to quit
Fake GOP Leaders Are Selling CBD Oil On Parler
No receipts required for some Canadians filing under Microsoft’s class-action lawsuit
