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CYBER

Space Junk, Taiwan, and War at a Nuclear Power Plant

CYBER

VICE

Tech News, News & Politics, Technology, News

4645 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A lot of stuff happened on the internet this week. Strange orbs fell from the sky and landed in Mexico. Thousands watched online as Nancy Pelosi’s plane slowly made its way to Taiwan. And the International Atomic Energy Agency called out Russia for making Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant a front in its war in Ukraine.


It’s a grab bag episode of Cyber and we’re gonna get into it all with Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler.


Stories discussed in this episode:


Fighting Around Europe’s Largest Power Plant Is ‘Out of Control,’ UN’s Nuke Chief Warns


How Online Flight Trackers Have Helped People Follow Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, and Russian Oligarchs’ Private Flights


Space Junk Crashing All Over the World, Upsetting Everyone


Mysterious Metallic Orb Falls on Mexico, May Contain ‘Valuable Information,’ Meteorologist Says


We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live during the week. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Tadden, it's got the code it's going to launch.

0:10.2

It's a unit system.

0:12.6

I know this.

0:14.6

It's how all the files of the whole park.

0:16.8

It tells you everything.

0:18.6

Sir, he's uploading the virus.

0:21.3

Eagle One. The package is being delivered.

0:26.3

Hello, out there on the internet.

0:29.1

I am Matthew Galt, and this is cyber.

0:31.9

You know, a lot of stuff happened on the internet this week.

0:34.1

Strange or one strange orb,

0:36.9

fell from the sky and landed one strange orb, rather, fell from the sky and landed

0:39.1

in Mexico. Thousands watched online as Nancy Pelosi's plane slowly made its way to Taiwan, and

0:45.1

the International Atomic Energy Agency called out Russia for making Europe's biggest nuclear

0:49.3

power plant a front in its war in Ukraine. It's a grab-back episode of cyber this week, and we're going to get it all.

0:55.7

We're going to get into all of it with Motherboard Editor-in-Chief, Jason, Kebler.

1:00.2

Jason, thank you so much for once again coming on to the show and walking us through everything

1:05.0

that's going on.

1:05.6

I had to beg and plead.

1:07.1

What's a, what's a guy got to do to get on the show these days? I said, well, I guess we could have you on since you're in charge, maybe.

1:17.2

It's nepotism in action.

1:19.1

It is, it is.

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