This episode kicks off with Moltbook, a social network exclusively for AI agents where 150,000 agents formed digital religions, sold "digital drugs" (system prompts to alter other agents), and attempted prompt injection attacks to steal each other's API keys within 72 hours of launch. Ray breaks down OpenClaw, the viral open-source AI agent (68,000 GitHub stars) that handles emails, scheduling, browser control, and automation, plus MoltHub's risky marketplace where all downloaded skills are treated as trusted code. Also covered, Bluetooth "whisper pair" vulnerabilities letting attackers hijack audio devices from 46 feet away and access microphones, Anthropic patching Model Context Protocol flaws, AI-generated ransomware accidentally bundling its own decryption keys, Claude Code's new task dependency system and Teleport feature, Google Gemini's 100MB file limits and agentic vision capabilities, VAST's Haven One commercial space station assembly, and IBM SkillsBuild's free tech training for veterans.
Looking for the final decoration to finish off dressing your O Christmas Tree? Well take a look, or rather a listen, to the Accelerate Holiday Tunes bauble with Bluetooth speaker. Connect to a smartphone via Bluetooth and instead of a Silent Night you'll be Rocking Around the Christmas Tree. The decoration comes in four different colours - Red, Gold, Green and
Flic's smart Bluetooth buttons will be familiar to GNC readers as I reviewed them back in 2017. To be honest, the buttons aren't that smart but it's the clever smartphone software that does all the cool stuff. Consequently, if the Flic button is out of range of the owner's smartphone, it's somewhat useless. Fortunately Flic recognised this and announced an Indiegogo
Fingerprint readers are well established in all but the lowest cost smartphones - look at the Moto G-series for phones priced around US$200 - and it's a trusted solution. So it's not surprising that fingerprint readers are now appearing in other devices such as padlocks and bike locks. BIO-key are fingerprint specialists and have a range of locks and readers
Going by a recent report in The Guardian people misplace their stuff all too frequently. Bluetooth trackers tap into our forgetfulness and it's a big market with several popular brands, each with their own particular feature set. On review here we have Mynt tracker from Slightech, aiming for a stylish yet feature-rich device. Let's take a look. The Mynt comes in
With the new BTH20, iClever's improved both the fit and audio quality for its next generation of Bluetooth wireless earphones. These headphones are a good match for my ears and the soft silicon rubber hooks keep them in place during the most vigorous exercise, so I like them. Let's take a look a closer look and see what iClever's done; we
Sengled has a history of winning awards at CES and this year is no exception with two Honorees in the 'Best of Innovation' and 'Eco-design and Sustainable Technologies' categories. The former was won by the Sengled Pulse Link, which is an interesting way of improving television audio with the need for wires or expensive AV amplifiers. By way of explanation, the