January 4, 2020

The Weekly Whatever: New year, new war

Woodpecker engineering

• HP SSDs have a firmware bug causing them to lose all data after exactly 32768 hours of operation. 6,500 Swedish police computers wipe themselves.

Dystopia technologica

• Amazon Alexa showerhead inexplicably lacks camera.

For science!

• Scientists put tiny satellite-connected top hats on alligators.

Sick, sad world

• Reporter learns she has won the lottery, quits live on air, then discovers her share of the winnings is about $5500.

• Things we got stuck in our butts in 2019.

• Antiques Roadshow expert drinks 180-year-old urine, rusty nails and human hair.

Extreme awesome

• Pug hired to make alien noises for video game.

Schadenfreude Saturday

• Alex Jones ordered to pay over $100,000 in contempt of court ruling before his trial has even started.