Summary: <p>Four(ish) stories (and a couple of tech product/service recommendations) for your listening pleasure. We cover autonomous big rigs (and why Sanjay has dumped Uber), underwater data centers, the house of cards of a startup, and the location of the impending intergalactic alien invasion.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! </a> </li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Embark’s self-driving truck is ready to assist human drivers | TechCrunch" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/24/embarks-self-driving-truck-is-ready-to-assist-human-drivers/">Embark’s self-driving truck is ready to assist human drivers | TechCrunch</a></li> <li><a title="Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber">Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler</a></li> <li><a title="Want an Energy-Efficient Data Center? Build It Underwater - IEEE Spectrum" rel="nofollow" href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/want-an-energyefficient-data-center-build-it-underwater">Want an Energy-Efficient Data Center? Build It Underwater - IEEE Spectrum</a></li> <li><a title="Theranos: The House of Cards That Elizabeth Holmes Built" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/289444">Theranos: The House of Cards That Elizabeth Holmes Built</a></li> <li><a title="Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star - CNN.com" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/22/world/new-exoplanets-discovery-nasa/index.html#">Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star - CNN.com</a></li> </ul>
