Summary: <p>In this Episode: </p> <ul> <li>Testing finds flaws with car electronic car safety systems</li> <li>Tesla weighs taking company private, but no decisions made yet</li> <li>SEC looking into Tesla after Elon Musk's tweets, reports say </li> <li>German start-up trials solar car that can charge as you drive</li> <li>Sorry, But Starbucks Will Not Be Accepting Bitcoin </li> <li>West Virginia to introduce mobile phone voting for midterm elections</li> <li>Pentagon tells troops: Turn off fitness tracker GPS when you head to warzones</li> </ul> <p>Weird and Wacky Tech: </p> <ul> <li>Piping Botnet - Turning Green Technology into a Water Disaster</li> <li>Hacker swipes Snapchat's source code, publishes it on GitHub</li> <li>Security flaws let hackers hit in-flight and at sea WiFi</li> </ul> <p>Tech Recommendations:<br><br> Sanjay - <a href="https://www.tineye.com/" rel="nofollow">TinEye</a><br> Adam - <a href="https://www.grammarly.com/" rel="nofollow">Grammarly</a><br> Seth - <a href="http://www.bobbyapp.co/" rel="nofollow">Bobby</a><br> Shannon - <a href="https://inthemoment.io/" rel="nofollow">Moment</a> </p> <p>Ad music from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes. <br> Weird and Wacky theme music from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit.</p><p>Special Guest: Seth Radman.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul> <li> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tenrocket.com/">Ten Rocket</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tenrocket.com/">Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. </a> </li> <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="Testing finds flaws with car electronic car safety systems" rel="nofollow" href="https://apnews.com/272679c796294701b5d19078faa72059/Testing-finds-flaws-with-car-electronic-car-safety-systems">Testing finds flaws with car electronic car safety systems</a></li> <li><a title="Tesla weighs taking company private, but no decisions made yet" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/07/tesla-stock-jumps-on-musks-tweet-that-he-is-considering-taking-compan.html">Tesla weighs taking company private, but no decisions made yet</a></li> <li><a title="SEC looking into Tesla after Elon Musk's tweets, reports say - Roadshow" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/sec-inquiry-tesla-elon-musk-tweets-report/">SEC looking into Tesla after Elon Musk's tweets, reports say - Roadshow</a></li> <li><a title="German start-up trials solar car that can charge as you drive | Reuters" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-solarcar/german-start-up-trials-solar-car-that-can-charge-as-you-drive-idUSKBN1KS105">German start-up trials solar car that can charge as you drive | Reuters</a></li> <li><a title="Sorry, But Starbucks Will Not Be Accepting Bitcoin - Motherboard" rel="nofollow" href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43pq8p/starbucks-will-not-be-accepting-bitcoin?utm_campaign=152aa73dff-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_07_04_25&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MIT+Technology+Review&utm_term=0_997ed6f472-152aa73dff-156861417">Sorry, But Starbucks Will Not Be Accepting Bitcoin - Motherboard</a></li> <li><a title="West Virginia to introduce mobile phone voting for midterm elections" rel="nofollow" href="https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/06/technology/mobile-voting-west-virginia-voatz/index.html?utm_source=MIT+Technology+Review&utm_campaign=152aa73dff-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_07_04_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_997ed6f472-152aa73dff-156861417">West Virginia to introduce mobile phone voting for midterm elections</a></li> <li><a title="Pentagon tells troops: Turn off fitness tracker GPS when you head to warzones | Ars Technica" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/08/pentagon-tells-troops-turn-off-the-fitness-trackers-when-you-head-to-warzones/">Pentagon tells troops: Turn off fitness tracker GPS when you head to warzones | Ars Technica</a></li> <li><a title="[1808.02131] Piping Botnet - Turning Green Technology into a Water Disaster" rel="nofollow" href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.02131">[1808.02131] Piping Botnet - Turning Green Technology into a Water Disaster</a></li> <li><a title="Hacker swipes Snapchat's source code, publishes it on GitHub" rel="nofollow" href="https://thenextweb.com/security/2018/08/07/hacker-swipes-snapchats-source-code-publishes-it-on-github/">Hacker swipes Snapchat's source code, publishes it on GitHub</a></li> <li><a title="Here's the Internal Report Proving the FCC Made Up a Cyberattack" rel="nofollow" href="https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-internal-report-proving-the-fcc-made-up-a-cyb-1828166991">Here's the Internal Report Proving the FCC Made Up a Cyberattack</a></li> <li><a title="Security flaws let hackers hit in-flight and at sea WiFi - Axios" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.axios.com/security-flaws-satcom-satellite-airplanes-wifi-hacking-aae9a6f5-1494-4934-9641-3d4607ae8a2d.html">Security flaws let hackers hit in-flight and at sea WiFi - Axios</a></li> </ul>
