Quote from Steve Vingua on August 25, 2021, 7:36 am

In this episode we recap the nerd news of the week to include the new trailer for Spiderman: No Way Home, Dune, and our thoughts on What If.  In tech, we discuss the latest hack against the state department, the Chevy Bolt recall, and the Tesla Bot.

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• Spiderman trailer released
• What-if
• ‘Dune’ Runtime Revealed by Denis Villeneuve
  • https://collider.com/how-long-is-dune-2021/ 
• CNBC: FTC files new antitrust complaint against Facebook.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/ftc-files-new-antitrust-complaint-against-facebook.html
• Ars Technica: FTC: Facebook was bad at business, so it “illegally bought or buried” competition.
  • https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/08/facebook-illegally-bought-or-buried-competition-ftc-says-in-refiled-lawsuit/
• Elon announces the Tesla Bot
  • https://www.ign.com/articles/tesla-bot-elon-musk-humanoid-robots-next-year-2022?utm_source=twitter&fbclid=IwAR2-8JHU8zpJWX9mnBBDSKnglv5Ib1DhFlxs3OyehTgKQEYdt-Zu4vhO8Q4 
• Reuters: U.S. State Department recently hit by a cyber attack -Fox News.
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-state-department-recently-hit-by-cyber-attack-fox-news-2021-08-21/
• GM recalls every Chevy Bolt ever made, blames LG for faulty batteries
  • https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/08/gm-recalls-every-chevy-bolt-ever-made-blames-lg-for-faulty-batteries/?fbclid=IwAR1y64RenI15_fF2PPNZA3ZSla9HlTKeW4JEyJS6uOPu4pBJnMZNBIJ6wBw 
• Samsung Can Remotely Disable Any of Its TVs Worldwide
  • https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-can-remotely-disable-any-of-its-tvs-worldwide