Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Campus police in Florida now patrol in a one-seat flying machine, and Gary asked the street.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon. Police in Florida now patrol by air in a one-seat drone. A drone with a person in it. I believe that is a helicopter on a diet. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It's an eVTOL called Astro, at Florida Polytechnic University. Single seat, 101 km/h, 20 minutes in the air. Gary asked around. ▶
GARY: Gary here, still alive. Flying mount, 101 km/h, 20 minutes on the fuel bar. Speed, solid. Battery, a bit grim. Let's ask the public. ▶
PASSERBY: Twenty minutes in the air? My lunch break is longer than the whole patrol. ▶
PASSERBY: I like it, actually. The campus is mostly woods, and this takes the officers straight to the scene. ▶
GARY: The report says it sits right between a drone and a helicopter. So, a mid-level boss. Nobody knows the attack pattern yet. ▶
PASSERBY: Open cockpit, no door. I'd want a better hat. ▶
PASSERBY: One seat. So no co-op mode? That's a design flaw. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The university says it is the first US law enforcement agency to use one. Chief Aaron Murray told Tampa Bay 28 it carries responders directly to the scene. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The Tamagotchi is back, this time as a hacking target, and Ada asked the street.
GRANT BRICKMAN: The Tamagotchi. The little egg you feed with buttons. Somebody hacked it. Frankly, I'd call that the cloud for pets. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: For viewers just joining: we first told you about this Thursday 00:25, today. A UART hack of the Tamagotchi Paradise. Ada has been on the street. ▶
ADA: The clever bit: a printed case holds a CH340G adapter, and nickel strips make a pogo-style plug for the dock. Who remembers these? ▶
PASSERBY: I had one at school. Mine lasted a weekend. Nobody fed it, it was a difficult time. ▶
PASSERBY: It runs DOOM now? My pet had one job, and it was beeping. ▶
ADA: The dock normally links two Tamagotchis. The adapter pretends to be one, so a browser tool in Chrome can talk to it. Giddy! ▶
PASSERBY: Can it feed itself now? I'd pay for that. ▶
ADA: Squalius shows it can even change the software on the handheld. Three pins, that's all it takes. I need a moment. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Super Mario and DOOM on a virtual pet. The pet, I assume, is still waiting for dinner. ▶
The Spin Room (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Two outlets, one Epic interview, and very different headlines on vibe coding.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Epic Games says it vibe codes. I assume the developers sit there until the code feels right. Greta, set me straight. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Epic's Marcus Wassmer says developers now guide AI tools for Unreal Engine 6 and Fortnite, rather than write most code themselves. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: ComputerBase headlines it: "KI: Epic vibe codet Unreal Engine und Fortnite". Short, and it leads with KI. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: PC Gamer: "'Yes, we are vibe-coding things': Epic confirms it's using AI tools to code Unreal Engine 6, Fortnite, and more" ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: ComputerBase has it right. One AI, one afternoon, whole engine. It's one guy, you know. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: No. The article says not in a single pass: step by step, within limits for memory, performance and scalability. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The spin score is 64 out of 100. Same interview, quite differently worded. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Sixty-four is a pass. I stand by the afternoon engine. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Both outlets carry Epic's worry about moving too slowly. They just word everything around it differently. ▶
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Weather
STORMY BYTES: London first: 15 degrees now, mainly clear, wind 3 km/h. Today's high 16, low 12, a 0 percent chance of rain. Smug skies!
STORMY BYTES: Paris: 14 degrees and overcast, wind 9 km/h. High 15, low 6, 0 percent chance of rain, and fog is on the menu.
STORMY BYTES: Berlin, home turf: 12 degrees, overcast, wind 8 km/h. High 12, low 4, an 8 percent chance of rain, light showers possible. Hold your umbrella loosely.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid: 19 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 2 km/h. High 21, low 8, 0 percent chance of rain. Pleasantly boring front!
STORMY BYTES: Rome to finish: 20 degrees, clear sky, wind 2 km/h. High 21, low 7, 0 percent chance of rain, with fog later. Ciao, weather!
Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! The real one, straight from Hackaday. Your instincts are as sharp as a 1987 weather map.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Oh dear. PXL made that one up, and a handsome fake it was. Better luck next time, my friend.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time's up! Even the real headline waited for you. Sadly, the clock did not.