Summary: <p>Security firm Duo showed its research at the Ekoparty security conference that demonstrates how the firmware on a large number of Macs isn't getting any updates, either due to a lack of updates being offered by Apple, or due to a silently failing update procedure.</p><p>Sources tell TechCrunch that Google is working on a home assistant with a touch screen, like the Amazon Show. This would explain why they cut off Amazon's access to YouTube this week.</p><p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that it has signed a contract to bring the world's largest lithium ion battery to South Australia with a 100-day deadline, lest the battery be completely free.</p><p>Also at the International Astronautical Congress, Musk announced his grand plans to get to mars in giant reusable space ships...in the next five years.</p><p>Plus, Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica is here to talk about his SNES, Cuphead, and Loot.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/megan-morrone">Megan Morrone</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jason-howell">Jason Howell</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/samred" target="_blank">Sam Machkovech</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today">https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today</a>.</p><p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a> for the bandwidth for this show.</p>
