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From hacked French refrigerators igniting fires to a massive OpenSSH authentication bug hiding in plain sight for a decade, this week's stories expose how lapses in basic security ripple into chaos—and why AI is now both a weapon and shield.

TA surprising announcement regarding SpinRite.

What is being "AI-pilled" and how does it happen.

OpenAI just released GPT-6 Cyber. What does that mean.

An irresponsible hacker published 30+ N-Able 0-days.

700 French refrigerators hacked. What's next.

Lots of listener feedback about the Cloudflare tunneling solution, Voyager 1, true hardware drive encryption, the random number 4 and the amount of debris in orbit

Then we look at a 10-year old serious SSH authentication bug (that's kinda wonderful)

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1104-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Siri AI is now accessible for developers. The quality issues with the iPhone Duo may actually come down to bad parts. And the original iPod went on sale 25 years ago today.

Apple begins opening Siri AI to developers.

Apple CEO presses software chief to pursue more ambitious AI strategy.

iPhone Duo hinge issue down to bad parts, not bad design.

iPhone 18 Pro review: Camera quality and other upgrades mean I can't go back to the cheaper iPhones after this.

2026 iPad mini review: Maximizing the mini.

The original iPod went on sale 25 years ago today.

About the illuminated Apple logo on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display.

Fake Homebrew installer linked to record-breaking $6.3 billion Binance heist.

Christopher Nolan's Interstellar is getting a LEGO set.

Picks of the Week

Andy's Pick: Patrick Stewart's "A Christmas Carol"

Doc's Pick: RigMap

Matthew's Picks: Xbox Nano Controller, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, and the ESP32 powered Mac 128k

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko

Guests: Doc Rock and Matthew Cassinelli

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NVIDIA's CEO is caught in a honeypot scandal with global AI power plays hanging in the balance, just as data centers come under fire from both voters and lawmakers across the US. From the abrupt end of the Tesla Cybertruck to hackers weaponizing smart fridges, this week's episode dives into the messy, hilarious, and sometimes alarming ways future tech is colliding with real-world consequences.

• Tesla Cybertruck canned after recalls, plunging sales, and controversy

• Remembering Aaron Swartz and the ethics of open access

• Academic journals, research paywalls, and access challenges

• Voters across US reject data centers in local elections

• Apple debuts pricey OLED touchscreen MacBook Pros

• BYD, Chinese cars, and the end of US auto dominance

• France's top literary prize rocked by AI-assisted novel controversy

• NVIDIA CEO ensnared in alleged Chinese intelligence honeypot probe

• Data center power demands spark silent vs noisy turbine debate

• Global refrigerator hacks spoil food, expose IoT vulnerabilities

• FAA finally ditches floppy disks for national air traffic control

• Allyn's rig and Padre's Fanttik Cafein 11 Portable Coffee Maker! https://link.amazon/B0gOz4i8Z (affiliate link)

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Allyn Malventano, Iain Thomson, and David Hewlett

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In this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a question from Bruce, who has just moved into a new home with an ASUS AX6600 XT8 AiMesh system on wired Ethernet backhaul plus two pre-installed Araknis access points, and wants to know how to combine them under a single Wi-Fi network name and manage device handoff between the two brands, or whether switching the ASUS nodes to access point mode would be the better approach.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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This week we start out with the critical OpenSSH bug, where some systems let you log in with any password over 256 characters. Then there's the end of the 7.4 merge window, a really exciting Linux release slated for the holidays, and boasting the biggest single version changeset in the kernel's history. OpenAI has found nearly a thousand vulnerabilities in the kernel, GOG Galaxy is officially coming to Linux, OpenShot releases 4.1, and Asahi Linux is making progress and some big changes to the project. For tips we have ccrypt for file encryption and decryption, rmlint for finding unneeded files, gio for lots of things including emptying the trash, and ebook-polish for cleaning up your EPUBs. The show notes are at https://bit.ly/4iE8Wsb and have a great week!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie, Rob Campbell, and Ken McDonald

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