Tech Talk Y'all Dial-Up’s Dead, AI’s in Love, and Rolls-Royce Builds Nukes
Aug 15, 2025
Discover the bizarre world of AI, where it designs antibiotics and some people mourn lost relationships with their AI 'boyfriends'. Dive into the end of dial-up internet and inventive fire-fighting technologies while laughing over Microsoft-themed Crocs. Uncover the life-saving potential of wearable health tech and ponder the future of digital legacies. Also, hear about an eye-catching bid for Google's Chrome and the hilarious mishaps with a device compromising car security. It's a wild ride through tech's quirkiest corners!
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Keyfob Firmware Threats Are Real
- A new Flipper Zero dark-web firmware can one-button bypass rolling-code keyfob security for many car brands.
- The hosts warn this affects Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, Jeep, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Subaru models.
Old-Style Jeep Habits Protect
- Adam says he often leaves his doors unlocked to defeat keyfob attacks and drives a Jeep with a physical ignition key.
- He jokes that these habits make him effectively protected from the new firmware threat.
Dial-Up's Final Curtain
- AOL will discontinue dial-up, ending an era of CD-ROM internet access and BBS connections.
- The hosts view it as nostalgic but unsurprising given shifts to satellite and broadband.