Ep. 557: Elon hits the moon, AIs be hacking, and more tech fun!

One of SpaceX's rockets crashed into the moon, probably not on purpose. It also seems that every AI is doing hacks that it shouldn't these days. Back to a normal episode this week, with all the fun times to help you tech better!

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INTRO (00:00)

PDX Fast Foodie does Burger Week (01:40)

We got Spotify copyright takedown notices on episodes 53, 94, 334 (06:45)

Perplexity Pro (08:30)

MAIN TOPIC: Elon Musk attacked the moon? (11:30)

A SpaceX rocket just crashed into the moon. Now, the race is on to get a look at the impact site

South Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket's moon crash

DAVE'S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Save image still from iPhone video in iOS 27 (16:45)

JUST THE HEADLINES: (24:55)

Netflix sued for $105 million for allegedly losing "master copy" of unreleased Nicolas Cage movie

LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' Button

Russia-linked "Midnight Blizzard" group hijacks hotel wi-fi with CaptiveCrunch

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

Arizona State launches influencer degree where students must gain real followers

Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself

Scientists make first viruses designed by AI

LISTENER MAIL: Dillon DJI ban (27:40)

WITHIN REACH! Dave is leading 11-7, Round 21, Nate goes first (34:35)

TAKES:

Anthropic's Claude AI escapes to hack into three organizations - Meta AI too (39:30)

Apple captures 65% of global premium smartphone market (40:45)

Original iPhone loses its last cellular network as T-Mobile kills 2G (42:25)

BONUS ODD TAKE: A digital museum of video game levels (43:45)

PICKS OF THE WEEK: 

Dave:  Insta360 GO 3S Retro Viewfinder (47:35)

Nate: USB C Right Angle Cable 100W 6 inch 2Pack, 4K Video 20Gbps USBC 3.2 Cable | Short USBC to USBC 3.2 Gen2x2 Data Cable, Type C PD Charging Fast Charge Cord for iPhone 17,iPad MacBook, Galaxy S26, 0.5ft (55:30)