Geekdays

Show notes and links: Disney+ app and worldwide rollout plans revealed (engadget.com) Facebook’s latest mishap involves bizarre messages printed on Oculus controllers – BGR (bgr.com) Every video game reference in Carolina Panthers 2019 NFL schedule video (polygon.com) Bloomberg - Are you a robot? (bloomberg.com) Foxconn and the village: the $10B factory deal that turned one small Wisconsin town upside down (theverge.com) Wisconsin Is Fighting to Renegotiate Its Foxconn Deal (vice.com) The People Keeping Bees on Paris's Most Famous Landmarks (atlasobscura.com) Thousands of Bees Living on Notre Dame’s Roof Survived the Fire (vice.com)

Another week, another headache. Isn't that how the expression goes? No? Another week, another bug-infested hell-hole for us to crawl out of? No? Dang it; I'm supposed to know this one. Another week, another florg driddy fnoop dardidae laminosa. ... Okay, now I'm either having a stroke or reliving a past life. Is this thing even on? Show notes and links: Amazon shoppers misled by 'bundled' star-ratings and reviews | Technology (theguardian.com) Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware (vice.com) Grindr defeats appeal over harassment on gay dating app (reuters.com) Kaspersky Lab Will Now Alert Users to 'Stalkerware' Used In Domestic Abuse (vice.com) New Nintendo Switch controller lets you ditch mobile apps for Fortnite chat (update) (polygon.com) Labo VR modes come to 'Super Mario Odyssey' and 'Breath of the Wild' (engadget.com) College students allegedly scammed Apple out of nearly $1M in iPhone replacements (theverge.com) Cats Actually Understand When You Say Their Name, Study Finds (vice.com)

Now, this episode might be about the week that started on April first, but we make not a single reference to April Fools or the jokes told by the Internet At Large on said day. Instead, it's all about Apple, Body Parts, Garfield Phones and Human Engineering. Also, ... COME ON! Show notes and links: Should I stand or walk for an efficient ride? (theconversation.com) The severed feet found on beaches near Seattle and Vancouver, explained (vox.com) Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years (yahoo.com) This Strange Quirk in Your Brain Could Explain Why You Can 'Hear' Silent Gifs (sciencealert.com) Here’s why Apple is saying Spotify is suing songwriters (theverge.com) Apple Arcade wants to slay the free-to-play monster iOS helped create (theverge.com) Internal Documents Show Apple Is Capable of Implementing Right to Repair Legislation (vice.com)

"It's been a while", he said, remembering how often in the past he had spoken those very same words. "I come bearing news. News of the geeky variety. News to astonish and amuse; words to educate and entertain." The words sounded hollow in his ears and he hoped nobody would hear the falseness in his tone. He was neither educational nor entertaining. At best, he spoke in trivia and puns, the lowest forms of both wisdom and comedy. But he smiled on, hoping that somebody would find some benefit in his efforts. That would make it all worth it - if just one person smiled. Show notes and links: : Games :: NES :: Paste (pastemagazine.com) GMS: Hubble Treasure Trove Sonification (nasa.gov) Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior In a ‘Risk’ Database (vice.com) Ice cores reveal huge solar storm struck Earth around 660 BC – Physics World (physicsworld.com) This link has no title (indiegogo.com)

Show notes and links: Twitter says it’s building a feature that lets you hide replies to your tweets (theverge.com) YouTube CEO: Disabling comments on minor videos was 'trade-off' for child safety (cnet.com) A Child Explains Why He Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Playroom (vice.com) Bowser will replace Reggie Fils-Aimé as Nintendo of America president (arstechnica.com) Rumor: Microsoft Bringing Game Pass And Published Titles To Switch (gameinformer.com) Americans Are Literally Flushing Canada’s Forests Down the Toilet (vice.com)

It seems every episode begins with an excuse for why we're late, so here goes... Sorry about this; I really thought we'd be on time this time around! We had our lineup of stories ready on Saturday, Breki had done his initial read-through on Sunday and was happy with how everything looked, but - come Monday - he started getting a nasty cold and couldn't do his read... So, until we've perfected the artificial intelligences that will replace him, that kind of a thing is pretty much a showstopper. Anyway, we're back on track and here's the episode for this past week! Show notes and links: An AI that writes convincing prose risks mass-producing fake news (technologyreview.com) This Website Uses AI to Generate the Faces of People Who Don't Exist (vice.com) This Person Does Not Exist (thispersondoesnotexist.com) Behold, the Facebook phishing scam that could dupe even vigilant users (arstechnica.com) With the best air pressure sensor ever on Mars, scientists find a mystery (arstechnica.com) Samsung’s foldable phone is the $1,980 Galaxy Fold (theverge.com)

We're late, I know, but like anything good in your life - we're worth waiting for. Yeah, we're that confident in ourselves and the quality of our show that we're going to go out on a limb and say that even when we release an episode almost in time for next week's episode, you're still going to enjoy it. ... Please don't tell us we're wrong about our inflated self-confidence? Show notes and links: Troubled Bitcoin trader QuadrigaCX takes another bizarre turn (vancouversun.com) Is This Your USB Stick Found Buried in Seal Poop? Scientists Want to Know (sciencealert.com) Target changes app after KARE 11 investigation (kare11.com) YouTube announces it will no longer recommend conspiracy videos (nbcnews.com)

It's another week, so we have another episode of Geekdays. Enjoy the stories and figure out how Jeff handles things when the time machine breaks down. Show notes and links: Online Piracy Can Be Good for Business, Researchers Find (vice.com) Hulu will soon show users ads when videos are paused (theverge.com) Netflix usage surpassed cable and satellite TV for the first time in 2018 – BGR (bgr.com) Mastering Jenga taught this robot real-world physics (engadget.com) Digital exchange loses $137 million as founder takes passwords to the grave (arstechnica.com) NASA Discovered a ‘Disturbing’ Glacier Hole Two-Thirds the Size of Manhattan (vice.com)

Another week, another delayed episode. Sorry to those of you who caught this on the Coffee With Jeff feed earlier, looks like we made a mistake in publication and put it in the wrong place. Show notes and links: Doomsday Clock frozen at two minutes to apocalypse (bbc.com) The mystery tracks being 'forced' on Spotify users (bbc.com) Amazon made a vest to keep robots from pummeling humans (engadget.com) KFC Announces Major Plastics Pledge, Achievement Of Antibiotics Goal (forbes.com)

While we can't boast the same beautiful transition from poo to peep like in last week's show, we do have several things that speak for the consumption of this auditory geek-themed news programming. Most notably, of course, is that Breki ... "Sings". Kind of. Show notes and links: Massive Collection #1 Breach Exposes 773 Million Emails (gizmodo.com) Fortnite made $2.4 billion in 2018 as free-to-play and mobile games dominated the market (techspot.com) Fortnite V-Bucks Used by Criminals for Money Laundering Schemes (digitaltrends.com) Twins get some 'mystifying' results when they put 5 DNA ancestry kits to the test (cbc.ca) The Government’s Secret UFO Program Funded Research on Wormholes and Extra Dimensions (vice.com)

This week's episode starts with poops and ends with peeps. We couldn't have planned it better even if we tried. Show notes and links: Poop research might get a more polite name (theverge.com) People older than 65 share the most fake news, a new study finds (theverge.com) Olay's electromagnetic face wand turns skincare into a mobile game (engadget.com) Costco sells out of 27-lb. bucket of mac and cheese (usatoday.com) Peeps-flavored coffee creamer does, in fact, taste like Peeps (mashable.com)

Oh, hi. I'm Breki. You might remember me from the last time I made a joke like this. Show notes and links: This link has no title (phys.org) Bizarre 'dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe – what my research suggests (theconversation.com) The lies Comcast allegedly told customers to hide full cost of service (arstechnica.com) AI-equipped cameras will spot poachers in Africa before they can kill (theverge.com) Google's Year in Search - Google Trends (g.co) Worst passwords of 2018 revealed, '123456' retains top spot (techspot.com)

Sorry for the missing week, but here we go! Show notes and links: This link has no title (adweek.com) Six people swallowed LEGOs and pored through their own poo for science (arstechnica.com) Scientists Have Found The Funniest Words in The English Language (sciencealert.com) This link has no title (news.com.au) Here's the Truth Behind a NASA Document on Aliens Visiting Earth (livescience.com) 2 Milly files a lawsuit against Fortnite maker Epic Games over dance move – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

It's that time of year - things are slowing down as people begin to wind down before Christmas, but we're not at the point where all of the major releases for the Christmas season are coming out... In other words, a perfect time for stories about wombat poop, global warming and scanning the human body ... with technology! Show notes and links: A Scanner That Can See Inside The Entire Human Body at Once Just Took Its First Images (sciencealert.com) We Finally Know How Wombats Produce Their Distinctly Cube-Shaped Poop (gizmodo.com) Surging Seas: Risk Zone Map (climatecentral.org) Greenhouse Gas Levels at Record High, UN Report Warns (vice.com) Controversial spraying method aims to curb global warming (wivb.com) This link has no title (cnn.com) This tiny Oreo record player is the most delicious gift of the season (mashable.com)

How embarrassing. I'd recorded this episode and prepared the shownotes, but forgotten to publish it. It wasn't until I realized that Geekdays wasn't showing up in my own feed that I realized that I hadn't actually published it... So here it is, better late than never! Show notes and links: This link has no title (cnn.com) Former NASA administrator says Lunar Gateway is “a stupid architecture” (arstechnica.com) Police Think Amazon's Alexa May Have Witnessed a Double Murder (people.com) PlayStation is skipping E3 2019 (theverge.com) Microsoft is said to be building an Xbox with no disc drive (cnet.com) Nintendo dashes hopes of an N64 Classic (theverge.com)

A bit late, but it's worth it. I promise. Show notes and links: Stan Lee - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) The Vast Majority of YouTube Users Hit the Site for How-to Videos (digitaltrends.com) Remnants of Earth's Oldest Dirt May Have Been Found in Greenland (gizmodo.com) Threatin's Fake Fanbase Fails To Show Up For European Tour (stereogum.com)

Another week, another Geekdays. Sometimes I wonder if we should rename the show now that we're weekly. The old gimmick was that we publish on weekdays, hence Geekdays. But now that we publish weekly, maybe the show should be called Geekly instead? ... Only, that sounds like a terrible "Web 2.0" name and I'm sure the domain name geek.ly is already taken... Show notes and links: 'Test tube trees': An insurance policy against extinction? (bbc.com) Lime and Segway Can't Agree Over Alleged Flaming Scooters (gizmodo.com) KFC Gives $11,000 to Parents Who Named Baby After Colonel Sanders (people.com) Mario Segale, Inspiration For Nintendo's Hero Plumber, Has Died : NPR (npr.org)

While we do manage to start this show with a semblance of theme and topic, it rapidly devolves into ... not that. Show notes and links: Here’s what’s really going on in red planet ‘explosion’ IMAGES — RT World News (rt.com) Boba Fett spin-off Star Wars movie is no longer happening, apparently (mashable.com) We might be able to rate future films with a sniff test, study says (arstechnica.com) California strikes deal with FCC to delay state net neutrality law (theverge.com) 'The Blowjob Paper:' Scientists Processed 109 Hours of Oral Sex to Develop an AI that Sucks Dick (vice.com) A new Pokémon Go clone lets players collect Catholic saints instead of monsters (theverge.com)

We're back with another episode, presenting you with the hard-hitting facts about NASA, Apple, Bloomberg, eBay, Amazon, and - of course - Taco Bell. Enjoy! Show notes and links: NASA Unveils 21 New Constellations Invisible to The Naked Eye (sciencealert.com) "

We're finally back from our hiatus! Sorry it took so long, but we're going to make up for it! Twice the excitment! Twice the fluctuation in pitch in Breki's voice! Twice the amount of unsuitable sexual references! Twice the amount of Tom! ... No, wait, sorry. Still just the one Tom. Show notes and links: 4K upgrades could be coming soon to Google Play Movies, and they might be free (androidcentral.com) Is Your Orgasm Face The Same as Your Pain Face? Researchers Ask The Ultimate Question (sciencealert.com) Astronomers Wonder: Can Moons Have Moons? (gizmodo.com) This link has no title (knowyourmeme.com) A hospital made a Spotify playlist of hot jams to help you perform CPR (mashable.com) a.) Confirm additional reporting is coming b.) Announce the articles are under review c.) Retract the articles in entirety" (twitter.com) The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories (vice.com) 'Be careful what you read' (cnbc.com) What Businessweek got wrong about Apple (apple.com) Elon Musk plunges Tesla into Nevada’s housing problems (rgj.com) Elon Musk's Tesla files for a trademark of 'Teslaquila' (cnbc.com)

It's another Geekdays - but it's also the last Geekdays you'll be hearing in a while. After this one, we're taking the rest of September off. And this has nothing to do with the rumors that the Health and Safety people heard our writers shouting from the basement when they were doing a routine inspection... Despite the efforts that we put into soundproofing that place so that we wouldn't have to hear them ... Amazing, really. Anyway - it has nothing at all to do with that. Show notes and links: Balloons Are Bad—Should We Ban Them? (gizmodo.com) Woman: My iPhone was seized at border, then imaged—feds must now delete data (arstechnica.com) New facial recognition security system used in US airports identifies first imposter (techspot.com) The Monstrous 'Fatbergs' Lurking Below Cities Might Have a Surprisingly Important Benefit (sciencealert.com)

It almost didn't happen - but then it happened! A new episode of Geekdays, for your listening pleasure! Show notes and links: HBO's Watchmen Is Coming in 2019 (gizmodo.com) End of the Rainbow? New Map Scale Is More Readable by People Who Are Color Blind (scientificamerican.com) Blue light from phone screens accelerates blindness, study finds | Society (theguardian.com) The Drive-Thru Speaker at a Dunkin' Donuts Broke. So Employees Did Something Truly Brilliant (inc.com)

Sorry about the lost week! I wish there was some way we could make it up to you that isn't just ... being on time and doing six stories as we've promised all along. But hey, hopefully we'll be better at that. Maybe. You know - if fate wills it, etc. Show notes and links: Superbugs Are Growing More Resistant to Hand Sanitizer, Scientists Warn (sciencealert.com) Condoms shouldn't be washed or reused, according to CDC (businessinsider.com) Massive study finds nearly no increase to diversity in popular films (mashable.com) Activists aren't happy after Facebook removes phony protest rally (thenextweb.com) This tweet contains an entirely playable, retro-style arcade game (theverge.com) Confirmed: Fortnite on Android will drive its bus past Google’s 30% cut [Updated] (arstechnica.com)

It's another late episode, but if you're waiting for something good; you're never let down when an episode of Geekdays appears in your inbox. And don't worry - we're getting back on track with the schedule soon enough, as work in other spheres of our lives is finally settling down. Show notes and links: Tommy Hilfiger tracks, rewards you for wearing its smart clothes (engadget.com) Orlando Bloom stops play twice to scold audience member he thinks is using an iPad (9to5mac.com) Google Says It Will Stop Android Phones From Suggesting "My Face" When Users Type "Sit On" (buzzfeednews.com) Terms of Service Violation (bloomberg.com) The future of search-and-rescue robots might be centaur, not human (theverge.com)

Late. Late as all heck, I know. But I have an excuse. A real, honest-to-goodness kind of excuse. Show notes and links: The 21st Century Internet Act aims to enshrine net neutrality in law – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) Discovery of 14,000-Year-Old Toast Suggests Bread Can Be Added to Paleo Diet (gizmodo.com) U.S. Army develops algorithm that shows how to get ‘optimal alertness’ from caffeine (bigthink.com) Should Your Family Be Able to Inherit Your Facebook Messages? (gizmodo.com) 3D-printed gun lawsuit ends after 3+ years—in gun publisher’s favor (arstechnica.com) KFC Just Showed a Brilliant Understanding of Customers That Must Have Made Competitors Kick Themselves (inc.com)

Sorry about the delay on this one, it got stuck in the publication queue and didn't get into the feed for some reason. But here it is, better late than never! Show notes and links: Nintendo reportedly closes 'unpatchable' flaw in new Switch units (engadget.com) Walmart's Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns (buzzfeed.com) California mall owner's license plate readers send info to ICE (updated) (engadget.com) Scientists have developed the world's first full-color, 3D X-rays (mashable.com) There Is Now Just One Blockbuster Left in the US (gizmodo.com)

We're on Facebook, we're on Google, we're in your machine learning artificial intelligences - but most of all, we're in space trying to avoid the most annoying sound on Earth. Show notes and links: Facebook finds Independence document 'racist' (bbc.co.uk) Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your Gmail (theverge.com) IBM to release world’s largest facial dataset for studying AI bias (ibm.com) Facial recognition software is not ready for use by law enforcement – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) 'I was shocked it was so easy': ​meet the professor who says facial recognition ​​can tell if you're gay | Technology (theguardian.com) Most Annoying Sound on Earth Finally Explained by Science | National Geographic (youtube.com) Amazon Shipments to the Moon May Be Possible by 2023 (geek.com) We Have More Evidence That Two Earth-Like Exoplanets Have Stable Climates And Seasons Just Like Us (sciencealert.com)

Facebook, streaming music, Facebook, Playstation ... and a Hawaiian love song for a comet. Show notes and links: Facebook patent turns phone mics on to record reactions to ads (engadget.com) Independent record labels get boost from streaming music services (reuters.com) Facebook's 'keyword snooze' hides phrases from your News Feed for 30 days (venturebeat.com) Sony admits PS4 has a cross-play problem, tries to offer hope (cnet.com) First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed Boost (nasa.gov) Astronomers Have Figured Out Why Venus Has a Mysterious Bulge in Its Atmosphere (sciencealert.com)

Netflix accounts, video game consoles, life in space. If this isn't your average episode of Geekdays, then I don't know what is. Show notes and links: Here are the People We're Most Commonly Borrowing a Netflix Login From (exstreamist.com) Netflix's approval among Republicans has declined in 2018: Survey (businessinsider.com) PlayStation 4 Was the Best Selling Console for May 2018 (ign.com) Why Is Nintendo's Switch So Successful? It's All About The Marketing (forbes.com) Xbox One won't get VR support after all (techradar.com) Xbox’s next exclusive is an American Girl doll set (polygon.com) Striped displays aren't a defect, here's why they occur (androidauthority.com) Supreme Court Says Cops Need to Get a Warrant to Get Your Phone Location Data (vice.com) Cops Are Confident iPhone Hackers Have Found a Workaround to Apple’s New Security Feature (vice.com) Apple commits to blocking iPhone unlockers used by police (cultofmac.com) Amazon has discontinued the Mayday button on its Fire tablets (thenextweb.com) New Model Predicts That We're Probably the Only Advanced Civilization in the Observable Universe (universetoday.com)

Another week, another Geekdays. It's funny how those two things go hand in hand. It's almost hard to imagine one without the other. Do you think that weeks would stop happening if Geekdays were to stop happening? Is this show responsible for us having weeks? I don't know ... And I'm scared to find out. Show notes and links: Spanish soccer league app spied on fans to catch pirate broadcasts (engadget.com) Hi rez images from NASA's 1967/8 Lunar Orbiters were withheld to hide US spying capabilities / Boing Boing (boingboing.net) Recovery of Lost Apollo Data Has Solved a 40-Year-Old Mystery on The 'Moon Warming' (sciencealert.com) SleepScore App Aims to Take Your Slumber to New Depths (digitaltrends.com) Bob Ross can mellow you out through a mobile app (engadget.com) Gotti has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and the reviews are priceless (mashable.com)

It's another technically challenged week, so my apologies for this coming out later than normal! Show notes and links: California Weed Dispensaries Can Legally Sell Customer Information to Data Brokers (vice.com) Apple Is Testing a Feature That Could Kill Police iPhone Unlockers (vice.com) iOS 12's Biggest Upgrade: An End to Planned Obsolescence Conspiracy Theories (vice.com) Drones taught to spot violent behavior in crowds using AI (theverge.com) macOS Mojave brings Dark Mode, enhanced privacy, HomeKit, and more to the Mac (appleinsider.com) MIT scientists created a “psychopath” AI by feeding it violent content from Reddit (avclub.com) New report finds no evidence that having sex with robots is healthy (washingtonpost.com)

I don't think I have to promote this show more than saying the following: Angelina Jolie. Sex in space. Pooping in space. Govenment surveillance. This may or may not be the same story (it's not), but it's going to be a good one! Show notes and links: Papua New Guinea Is Banning Facebook For A Month (buzzfeed.com) Scientists invented a real-life flux capacitor, but not for time travel (engadget.com) FCC asks Amazon and eBay to stop selling fake pay TV boxes – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) ‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security (politico.com) DHS found evidence of cell phone spying near White House (arstechnica.com) IMSI-catcher - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) NASA astronaut reveals how complicated it is to poop in space – BGR (bgr.com) Sex on Mars is going to be risky, but it could create a new human subspecies – BGR (bgr.com)

It's another week! That means another Geekdays! With Time Travel, dead celebrities in advertisement, and yet another data intrusion. Show notes and links: Browsing The Internet at Work May Not Make You Less Productive, Says Study (sciencealert.com) Teen-monitoring app TeenSafe leaks thousands of user IDs and passwords (theverge.com) Stephen Hawking's Memorial Service Will Be Open to Time Travelers (extremetech.com) Hitler not alive on the moon, study confirms (syracuse.com) McDonald’s claims Big Mac ad isn’t about Prince, offended fans roll eyes | Local Current Blog (thecurrent.org)

Another week, another geekdays. Sorry about us being a day late again, I was really hoping we could avoid this trend now that we were going weekly, but sometimes tech will throw the weirdest little hurdles in your way when you least expect them to. Oh, and here's the trailer for Future World. Doesn't this just look like the best worst movie of the year already? I've just got to see this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPwl5EUe8Gc Show notes and links: Aliens May Well Exist in a Parallel Universe, New Studies Find (livescience.com) This link has no title (digitaltrends.com) Elon Musk details his plan to rid LA of traffic with $1 rides on the Boring Co. ‘Loop’ – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) Twitter (twitter.com) Boring Company flamethrower shipments to start in two weeks (engadget.com) YouTube Music and Premium: Everything you need to know about Google's new streaming subscriptions (venturebeat.com) Spotify still features R. Kelly merch, despite new policies against sex offenders (mashable.com) Apple Music Competitor Tidal Allegedly Months Behind on Royalty Payments (macrumors.com) X-ray Laser Heats Water to 180,000 Degrees in Trillionth of a Second (digitaltrends.com) 24K gold chicken wings are NYC's latest weird food craze (cnn.com)

Another week, another Geekday. Unfortunately, Breki had a migraine during the recording and was forced to do most of it with his eyes shut. In a dark room. Wearing sunglasses. So if you find it lacking - that's the reason why. Show notes and links: Niantic recruiting Pokémon GO players to create AR map of the world (9to5mac.com) Nintendo Switch won’t have a Virtual Console (engadget.com) Marvel Studios' Original Iron Man Armor Appears to Have Been Stolen (gizmodo.com) Scientists Didn't Invent a Star Trek 'Cloaking Device,' But What They Did Is Still Neat (gizmodo.com) A Burger King Just Asked Wendy's to Prom (people.com) Burger King just showed how valuable Instagram stories are for brands (mashable.com)

It's another week, another Geekdays. Another Weekly Geek. Geekly week. Whatever the case may be, it's monday, and we have a new episode for you! Show notes and links: Tesla posts record $710m net loss as it struggles to produce Model 3 cars | Technology (theguardian.com) The Pentagon is working on a radio wave weapon that stops a speeding car in its tracks – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) West Virginia candidate distorts reality in campaign ad (yahoo.com) Google Play Newsstand (google.com) Japanese Buddhist temple hosts funeral for 100 Sony Aibo robot dogs (mashable.com) An engineer modded a drone to rescue this puppy (theverge.com) Man admits to breaking into Pasadena Taco Bell to eat taco shells, police say – Pasadena Star News (pasadenastarnews.com)

It's our second show in the weekly format, and - more importantly - episode 800. I'm still kind of confused about that number. How did we get ever get it up that high? Did I accidentally skip a few hundred at some point along the way? It doesn't sound reasonable to have recorded eight hundred episodes of anything, let alone a podcast that spent most of its run being a daily show... ... Still, no matter how I look at the data, it all comes back the same - this is the eight hundreth episode of our show... And that's got to count for something, right? Show notes and links: Unstoppable exploit in Nintendo Switch opens door to homebrew and piracy – TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) Nintendo Switch drives staggering 500 percent profit jump (theverge.com) What's Wrong With Growing Blobs of Brain Tissue? (theatlantic.com) Photos claim to show redesigned iPhone SE 2 with glass back for wireless charging, headphone jack remains (9to5mac.com) Domino's Launches 3 Vegan Pizzas in the Netherlands (onegreenplanet.org) The story behind those Domino's Pizza Rolex watches (yahoo.com) This “Mutant Enzyme” Breaks Down Plastic | Smart News (smithsonianmag.com) First full penis transplant completed in soldier at Johns Hopkins (businessinsider.com)

Yes, my friend, we are back! Geekdays, the daily show turned weekly, back with a vengeance. This week, we've got stories about exploding ants, French toasat Chalupas, breath-holding and the tale of The Hacker Who Could. To top it all off, Jeff brings us a story from fifty-one years ago today - and we've got a new bumper theme for a beloved old friend on the show... So - dig in, enjoy, and please; mind your step when you're passing the ant hill. Show notes and links: Infinity War' posters are hiding free tickets behind them (mashable.com) Larger Spleens Help Bajau “Sea Nomads” Dive (nationalgeographic.com) New Species of ‘Exploding Ant’ Discovered in Borneo (gizmodo.com) Teen Allegedly Behind CIA, FBI Breaches: 'They're Trying to Ruin My Life.' (vice.com) Teenage Hackers Say They've Doxed More Than 2,000 Government Employees (vice.com) Teen Hackers: A '5-Year-Old' Could Have Hacked into CIA Director's Emails (vice.com) Teen Who Hacked Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Gets Sentenced to 2 Years of Prison (vice.com) This link has no title (digitaltrends.com) Amazon Prime incorporating Whole Foods' rewards customers (cnet.com) Taco Bell Is Testing a French Toast Chalupa (eater.com) This link has no title (bizjournals.com)

The final daily show of Geekdays. It's a solemn and dignified moment - so naturally we talk about how coffee causes cancer, how Korean universities are building killer machines and how Dunkin Donuts needs to rethink the distribution methods of their new food tests. Show notes and links: A Third Of Millennials Believe The Earth Is Flat (unilad.co.uk) No, one-third of millennials don't actually think Earth is flat (sciencealert.com) California needs to stop saying everything causes cancer (popsci.com) AI experts are boycotting a top university over research on killer robots (sciencealert.com) A librarian discovered the secret codes used by elderly library-goers (mashable.com) Dunkin' Donuts tests 'Donut Fries,' but you'll have to fly to Boston to get them (mashable.com)

Thursdays... We'll never have Thursdays together ever again. Think of all the great things we've shared on Thursdays. The love. The passion. The thrills. The poop jokes. Think of the many times we ... ooh, look, a new trailer for that movie I'm looking forward to. Show notes and links: Report: Google considering launching a mid-range Pixel phone this summer (arstechnica.com) The ISS will replace its 17-year-old printer this week (engadget.com) Twitch streamer gives a young gamer the most heartwarming pep talk after losing (mashable.com) Cambridge Analytica may have had Facebook data from 87 million people (recode.net) Mysterious bowhead whales found singing over 180 different songs (mashable.com)

It's the day before the day before the end of all good things. So we have a story about how to kill mosquitos! Show notes and links: There's A Previously Undiscovered Organ in Your Body, And It Could Explain How Cancer Spreads (futurism.com) What If Your Blood Was Deadly to Mosquitoes? (discovermagazine.com) US suspects cellphone spying devices in DC (apnews.com) 'Stranger Things' is coming to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights (mashable.com) ESPN+ will launch on April 12th for $4.99 per month (theverge.com)

We've got some good news and some bad news on this show ... But we also have the end of a long-running series on "where will it crash", as well as a toilet-cleaning-home-automation-bot, so there's always that... Show notes and links: Apple could drop Intel chips from Macs by 2020 - Axios (axios.com) There's a hidden spacecraft dump in the middle of the ocean (sciencealert.com) Tiangong-1: Defunct China space lab comes down over South Pacific (bbc.com) #Flu - Scientific American (scientificamerican.com) 'Where's Waldo?' is hiding in Google Maps for April Fool's Day (mashable.com) Potty Training: Meet The World's First Toilet-Cleaning Robot (nocamels.com)