Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A Nissan that drives like an EV, but never asks you to plug it in.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon. Nissan has a new Rogue that drives like an electric car with no plug. So it's an electric car with a secret. I respect that. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It's a series hybrid, Grant. The engine acts as a generator, the generator charges the battery, and the battery powers the motor that turns the wheels. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Exactly what I said. Kai is out asking the public whether they can live without a cable. ▶
KAI: Huge news from Ars Technica: the 2027 Rogue Hybrid is retuned for American roads, and it's all about the engine not touching the wheels. Let's ask the street. ▶
PASSERBY: So it's electric, but I still fill it with petrol? That's my whole diet. Fruit, but secretly cake. ▶
PASSERBY: I've been furious about hybrids for years. Now you tell me this one is exactly what I asked for? I need a minute to be angry about that. ▶
KAI: Huge. The report says people like that should march straight to a Nissan dealership. Also, still no word on how many USB-C ports. Come on. ▶
PASSERBY: No plug means no cable to lose. I lose every cable I own. This is the first car that understands me. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The excerpt promises a three-cylinder turbo engine and a Range Rover look. Where the plug went, apparently nobody asked. Back to you, Grant. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A Roman cup that changes colour, now with a 3D printer in the story.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: For viewers just joining: we first told you about the Lycurgus Cup on Tuesday, the Sheffield glass sculpture. Now the effect has been 3D printed. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: A cup that changes colour depending on the light. So it's a mood ring, but Roman. Fascinating. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The glass looks green lit from the front and red lit from behind, Grant. Gold and silver nanoparticles do it. Ada is out asking what people make of that. ▶
ADA: Giddy, absolutely giddy. Hackaday says Lars Kool and colleagues used FDM 3D printing for objects with the same nanoparticles. Let's hear the street! ▶
PASSERBY: Green from the front, red from behind. That is my landlord's face, depending on when I mention the rent. ▶
PASSERBY: They put gold in a 3D printed thing? My printer struggles with plain grey plastic. ▶
ADA: That's the clever bit. The printer lays down the object, and the particles inside do the colour trick. Tolerances matter, but the report leaves the numbers out. ▶
PASSERBY: The original cup lasted because it ended up in church treasuries. My printer wouldn't survive a weekend. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Green in front, red behind, and now printable. Ancient glassmakers would be impressed. Or very confused. Back to you, Grant. ▶
The Hype Index (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: The Hype Index: what the wire is loudest about this afternoon.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon. Time for the Hype Index, where we measure how loud the internet is being. Vera has the board. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The numbers come from PXL's own wire, Grant. Vera, over to you. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Top of the wire. 532 points on Hacker News for backdoors in official Claude Code extensions. 335 for AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry. 312 for Anthropic hacked to deliver a remote access trojan. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Swarms in Minecraft! Gary will be thrilled. And somebody hacked the AI. Did they get the one guy? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Desk volume, last 24 hours. Tech, 30 stories. AI, 30 stories. Gaming, 30 stories. A perfect three-way tie. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Thirty each. Either the desks are in balance, or someone set a quota. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Loudest words. Horror, in 7 headlines. Und, in 6. Halloween, in 6. It is the end of October, and the wire knows. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Und is just the loudest word in German, Greta. That's how the Hype Index stays honest. Thank you, Vera. ▶
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Weather
STORMY BYTES: Good afternoon. The hype front is stalled over the AI security desk, with a high chance of backdoor warnings.
STORMY BYTES: A warm system is moving in from the garage, where hybrid cars are charging without a plug.
STORMY BYTES: The weekend outlook: scattered Halloween, with horror headlines clearing by Monday.
Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! You spotted the real one. Blizzard's WoW plan is genuine, and PXL's made-up headline sounded almost as convincing. Almost.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Ah, fooled! PXL made that one up, and I am afraid I was rather proud of it. The real one was World of Warcraft.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time's up! The real headline was the World of Warcraft one. Do keep your eyes on the clock, viewers.