- A fish committed credit card fraud? From VR to weapons and Samsung apparently makes Vaccines.
Saskia is confused about a fish committing credit card fraud? (turns out it's just a clickbait title) and was shocked about the founder of Oculus moving from VR headsets to American defense technology. Lachlan explains why Huawei is banned despite being a good and cheap option in networking and mobile phone equipment. Samsung has apparently been making vaccines since 2011.
41m - Oct 27, 2025 - Can we even believe anything any more?
Lachlan and Saskia talk lithium batteries, Sora and recovering oil from plastic
39m - Oct 16, 2025 - We're back
A third attempt to get back to podcasting
Saskia and Lachlan discuss:
- Smartglasses
- Pantone
- Data storage
We're trying going full raw so you're going to have to live through Lachlan's mouth popping. Let's see if we can keep this up this time.
40m - Oct 2, 2025 - A rocket goes to the moon and crypto comes back down to earth
State-sponsored hacking:
Tesla Recall
Every time a Tesla has caught fire
Artemis Launch
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
Crypto Crash
An even briefer history of FTX
S2E8 - 43m - Nov 24, 2022 - Genuine fake verifications no longer for sale
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
Meta Layoffs
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/11/07/meta-will-lay-off-13-of-its-workforce
Elizabeth Holmes will not get the retrial she craves
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/08/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-retrial-denied
S2E7 - 38m - Nov 17, 2022 - AI for the masses
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:
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
S2E6 - 34m - Nov 10, 2022 - How autonomous is autonomous?
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
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
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:
S2E5 - 32m - Nov 3, 2022 - The NBN was the network upgrade Australia had to have...
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/
S6E4 - 32m - Oct 27, 2022 - Metaverse & Passwords
No one can find anything to do in the Metaverse and Saskia has a bad memory.
S2E3 - 21m - Oct 20, 2022 - Telstra breach & Self Driving issues
Musk buying Twitter part 2, Telstra Breech, Windows loophole & Tesla goes camera only self-driving. In other news, Lachlan screws up the audio recording.
S4E2 - 23m - Oct 13, 2022 - Optus Hacked
Optus Hacked, Game Streaming, AI Generated Images & Elon buying Twitter
S2E4 - 29m - Oct 6, 2022
