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A show where nerd culture intersects with society. We weekly cover nerd news discussing the latest in movies, games, space, tech and more. Our interview shows focus on amazing nerds and their work.
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
This week we discuss the latest in entertainment and tech news. We recap the Oscars and give our opinions on the Falcon and Winter Soldier as well as Mortal Kombat. In tech news we discuss a crypto exchange founder disappearing with $2billion in assets, electric vehicles, exoskeletons, and a new digital privacy law.
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- Oscar's list
- Mortal Kombat
- Crypto Exchange Founder Disappears with $2 Billion
- New privacy laws seeks to make the purchasing of data by law enforcement illegal
- 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ Debuts, Heralding an All-Electric Future
- Futurism: Scientists Hook Neural Interface to Powered Exoskeleton.
- Ars Technica: Apple’s ransomware mess is the future of online extortion.
- SciTechDaily: NASA's Perseverance Rover Produces Oxygen on Mars – Key “First” for Human Exploration of the Red Planet.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
This week we discuss the latest in entertainment and tech news. We explain why we just don’t care about the Oscars this year. In tech we discuss the questionable tactics used by the FBI and there is a major microchip shortage taking place. In space news we discuss the Blue Origin test flight, SpaceX being awarded the $2.9 billion lunar lander contract, and Mars news.
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- Oscars
- IGN: Zack Snyder's Justice League - Official Trilogy Trailer (2021) Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot.
- BleepingComputer: FBI nuked web shells from hacked Exchange Servers without telling owners.
- CNET: Domino's pizzas now delivered with autonomous cars in Houston.
- Edward Snowden's NFT sold for $5.5 million at auction for charity
- Discord to Reportedly Stay Independent, Ends Talks with Microsoft
- The Verge: Chip manufacturer TSMC warns shortages could continue through 2022.
- The Verge: Two people killed in fiery Tesla crash with no one driving.
- GeekWire: ‘It’s time’: Jeff Bezos hails Blue Origin’s fiery rehearsal for crewed suborbital spaceflight.
- SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander
- CNBC: SpaceX reportedly beats Bezos' Blue Origin in NASA contest to build astronaut lunar lander.
- GN: Experts are Split on Whether Mars Astronauts Should Eat Dead Crew Members.
- Futurism: NASA Takes Emergency Action to Save Dying Mars Lander.
- CNN : Mars helicopter Ingenuity successfully completed its historic first flight.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
The Nerd Cantina has defeated all challengers to become the champions of the Take a Knee for Marvel vs DC Character Madness tournament. In this episode we discuss the latest in streaming and movie news. In tech news we discuss the #twitchmonkey and Neuralink’s progress. We also discuss some updates to the Ripple vs SEC lawsuit and some SpaceX news.
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- Yahoo News: Netflix scores streaming rights to new top Sony films.
- WarnerMedia’s CEO says that in 2022 his movies will debut in theaters before they stream
- Paramount Delays Top Gun: Maverick, Mission Impossible 7, and More Film Release Dates
- Ubisoft Acquires GameBlocks to Help Spot Cheats in Online Games
- CNET: Elon Musk's Neuralink reveals monkey playing Pong with brain implant.
- The Next Web: A wireless brain-computer interface has been successfully tested on humans for the first time.
- Popular Mechanics: This Is the First Fusion Power Plant to Generate Net Electricity.
- Decrypt: Ripple Wins Ruling to Expose SEC Docs on Bitcoin, Ethereum.
- CNBC: Beta hopes its electric vertical aircraft deal with UPS validates this new mode of transport.
- Yahoo Entertainment: Elon Musk confirms that SpaceX is done trying to catch its rocket components.
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
In this episode we discuss the latest in nerd news. We give our review of Godzilla vs Kong and the newly revealed cast for the Disney+ series Kenobi. Netflix spends over $450 million to buy the rights to the Knives Out sequels. In tech news the large Facebook data breach from 2019 has reemerged online for free and Microsoft wins a big government contract to bring AR to soldiers. We also go over the Mars rover helicopter and SpaceX’s latest explosion.
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- Take a Knee Character Madness
- Godzilla vs. Kong Smashes Pandemic Record for Opening Weekend Box Office Debut
- IGN: Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Cast Revealed, Starts Shooting in April.
- Variety: Netflix Buys ‘Knives Out’ Sequels for $450 Million.
- CBS News: Game Over: China arrests 10, says it's busted the world's biggest video game cheating ring.
- Futurism: Man Downloads Wrong App, Losing $600,000 in Bitcoin.
- Bloomberg: Facebook Data on 533 Million Users Reemerges Online for Free.
- Amazon recruited Twitter accounts to defend them online
- Engadget: Microsoft wins 10-year contract supplying AR tech to the US Army.
- The Verge: NASA’s Mars rover drops off Ingenuity helicopter ahead of historic flight.
- CNET: SpaceX Starship SN11 test flight soars high and explodes in the fog.
https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-starship-sn11-test-flight-tuesday-flies-high-explodes-in-the-fog/
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
In this Cantina Conversation Megan McCarthy-Biank interviews Luke Cunningham, the author of the newly released book LEO, Inventor Extraordinaire. They have a great conversation on his career path and writing and getting this book published.
Read Megan’s complete review at https://thenerdcantina.com/leo-inventor-extraordinaire-by-luke-cunningham-book-review/
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Links to authors pages and books discussed in this episode:
Luke Cunningham
LEO, Inventor Extraordinaire (April 6 Book Release)
Website: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3300000/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lukexcunningham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leo.inventor.extraordinaire/
Link to purchase:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085X6MV19/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
In this episode we discuss the latest in nerd news. We provide our thoughts on the start of the animated series Invincible and the new movie Nobody. Warner Media confirms that there will be no Ayer cut of the Suicide Squad and that they will not be restoring the Snyderverse. Black Widow prepares for a Disney+ and theatrical release along with a list of other Disney movies. In tech we cover the Google anti-hacking team shutting down governmental counter-intelligence operations and the potential Microsoft purchase of Discord.
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- Invincible
- Nobody Review
- ComingSoon.net: WB Shuts Down Suicide Squad Ayer Cut & Restoring The SnyderVerse.
- ComingSoon.net: Black Widow Moves to Disney+ & Theaters Day-and-Date!.
- Xbox Live Rebrand is Official, New Name Revealed
- Microsoft in Talks to Buy Discord for More Than $10 Billion
- Google’s top security teams unilaterally shut down a counterterrorism operation
- Upcoming UFO report will be 'difficult to explain,' former national intelligence official says
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
In this episode we are celebrating 2 years of the Nerd Cantina Show. We are also providing our take on the week in nerd news starting with the Justice League Snyder Cut review, the Oscars nominations, and some video game news. In tech news we discuss Tesla being banned by the Chinese government and some problems with the Tesla full self driving beta test. We also give our opinion on a deepfaked twitter account and some robot news.
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- 2 years
- Snyder Cut Review
- Deadline: Oscar Nominations: The Complete List.
- DC Increases Price Of Monthly Batman Comic, And Others, To $6 Each
- PlayStation Buys Evo Fighting Game Championship Series, Announces 2021 Event Dates, Nintendo Comments
- Futurism: Neuralink Co-Founder: "We're Gonna Need a Better Term Than 'Video Game'".
- Fox News: Tesla 'fires' Full Self-Driving testers, reveals what in-car camera does.
- CNBC: Chinese military reportedly restricts use of Tesla cars among personnel.
- Teen hacker agrees to 3 years in prison for Twitter Bitcoin scam
- Futurism: Young Female Twitter Star Turns Out to Be 50-Year-Old Man Using Deepfakes.
- 5G-Powered Robotic Arm Needles World’s First Remote Tattoo in Real-Time
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
In this week’s show we discuss the early accidental release of the Snyder Cut, DC is warning their artists against selling NFTs, and a Looney Tunes character is cancelled. The Bethesda and Microsoft deal is settled and immediately there are some benefits to XBox gamers. In tech news we give our thoughts on a new deepfake detection tool and a new Google lawsuit from their tracking of data on incognito browsers. We also provide an update to the Microsoft hack and discuss the latest in space news.
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- Zack Snyder's Justice League accidentally debuts early for some HBO Max users
- CoinDesk: Batman Is Ours Alone to Exploit. DC Comics Warns Against Using Its Characters in NFTs - CoinDesk.
- ‘Rape Culture’ Looney Tunes Character Reportedly Erased From ‘Space Jam’ Sequel
- Hollywood Reporter: 'The Boys' Spinoff Casts Two Leads, Nears Series Order.
- Engadget: A YouTuber crammed 'Tenet' onto Game Boy Advance cartridges out of spite.
- The Verge: Microsoft completes Bethesda acquisition, promises some Xbox and PC exclusives.
- SciTechDaily: New Deepfake Spotting Tool Proves 94% Effective – Here’s the Secret of Its Success.
- Woman allegedly made deepfakes to kick rivals off daughter's cheerleading squad
- Google will face lawsuit over Incognito mode tracking (updated)
- CBS News: "Hack everybody you can": What to know about the massive Microsoft Exchange breach.
- Ars Technica: Russia turns away from NASA, says it will work with China on a Moon base.
- Boing Boing: Space Force has an operational weapon, and there's no going back.
- CNBC: Elon Musk has officially been made the 'Technoking of Tesla'.
- Ars Technica: SpaceX reveals the grand extent of its starport plans in South Texas.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
In this week’s show we provide our spoiler-free thoughts on the end of the Wandavision series. There are some new details on a Terminator animated series and Sony discontinues the movies and TV sales within the PlayStation store. In tech we discuss the expansion of the full self-driving beta and Space X’s latest explosion. We debate on the value of NFTs and go over some details about the Microsoft hack.
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- Wandavision
- Terminator Anime Series Coming to Netflix From The Batman Co-Writer
- Sony to Discontinue PlayStation Store Movie and TV Purchases and Rentals
- The Verge: Grimes sold $6 million worth of digital art as NFTs.
- Tesla full self driving beta
- WIRED: Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims.
- Ars Technica: Tens of thousands of US organizations hit in ongoing Microsoft Exchange hack.
- Daily Mail: SpaceX's Starship SN10 EXPLODES on the launch pad just minutes after making a soft landing.
- World’s First Space Hotel With Bars And Cinema To Start Construction For 2027 Opening
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
In this Cantina Conversation Megan talks to authors Ehsan and Shakil Ahmad. Their debut novel Wild Sun and the sequel Wild Sun: Unbound are both available for purchase now.
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Links to authors pages and books discussed in this episode:
Website: https://thewildsun.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheAhmadBros/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAhmadBros
Links to purchase:
Wild Sun
Wild Sun: Unbound
https://www.amazon.com/Unbound-Wild-Sun-Ehsan-Ahmad/dp/1949671135/