This week on the show, I talk about how Mt. Gox found some of the missing Bitcoins, which isn’t as unbelievable as it may seem, how the California DMV might have compromised your credit cards, and a 1,000 mph car. This among the academic exercise of Netflix as a P2P distribution model, and my attempt to wane reporting on the NSA and information spying.
Mt.Gox Suddenly finds $115M in bitcoin
Turkey institutes IP level ban on Twitter
NSA Spied on Chinese Government & Networking Firm
NSA speaks at a TED conference
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/the-nsa-invited-to-ted-takes-a-swipe-at-snowden/
Credit Card breach at California DMV
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/sources-credit-card-breach-at-california-dmv/
Netflix and a switch to P2P video service
http://gigaom.com/2014/03/21/what-if-netflix-switched-to-p2p-for-video-streaming/
Intel’s Latest Processor Announcements
Science News:
Dust kept CO2 down historically
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/03/dust-in-the-wind-helped-bring-down-co2-in-the-past/
Bloodhound SSC building a 1000mph car
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/03/bloodhound-ssc/
Fern Fossils
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/03/spectacular-fossil-fern-reveals-jurassic-era-chromosomes/