Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Matthew Gault talks every week to Motherboard reporters about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Viral Science Video That Will Save the World or Do Nothing At All
Room-temperature superconductors are here! Maybe! Look, science is a liar sometimes, especially in the internet age. Motherboard science reporter Becky Ferreira is here to help us parse the truth from fiction of LK-99. It’s either one of the biggest science stories of our entire lives or … just another science hoax.
Later in the show, Joseph Cox is stopping by to tell us about another group of researchers who’ve uncovered a backdoor in police radios.
Stories discussed in this episode:
DIY Scientists and Institutions Are Racing to Replicate the Room-Temperature Superconductor
Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Police and Military Radios
Defense Lawyers Push Judge to Reveal Secret Country that Helped FBI Wiretap the World
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