times. here to discuss the right going viral is the editor of boing boing.net. sam, the old adages out of the frying pan into the gun range. no, it s not at all. what did you make of ted cruz? i mean, i think he learned a little bit from joni ernst in terms of the gun range. i think, look and pigs. and pigs, right, as in the bacon. i also think it s a way to show that easy guess cool in those circles. and it s almost like a good old segment with the tonight show except now you don t have to sit through while the host makes fun of you. you get to do your one joke-off. but i m not convinced that he s trying to differentiate himself to those people who like him and trump, right? this is very texas opposed to maybe let s say new york. right. so i think there s some value for them there.
qvc. it is not about covering the latest gadgets and gizmos. if it were, i wouldn t be the guy to guest host it tonight. but the announcement from apple is a different thing. and it was hailed as an iphone or ipad moment. this is a new luxury version of the watch which is fitted with super durable, 18 karat apple gold, if that s really a thing. it goes for $10,000. i didn t know watches were being worn any more. it s hard for me to understand importance of a development like this. seriously, this is what i picture when i think of apple s designers at work. it s completely foreign to me, which is why i m bringing in a specialist. co-editor of boing boing.net.
science effect science fiction world, you talk about the rise of the robots. you re backing, you are condensing more and more purposes into a smaller and smaller thing that now we re going to be wearing, apparently. i do look at it and i think this is the mark to becoming a row bots. relax, steve. it s going to be fun. it s a smaller device so you won t get in troubling as much for diverting your attention away. i think the idea is to get the device out of the way and make the communication experience better. i m going back to wall-mounted clocks. wear a grandfather clock on your wrist. co editor of boing boing
insider at sony and had a big, bad grudge against the company. others have said that the fbi said it followed to determine that this was north korea, those paths seem way too easy to follow and brightly lit. maybe this is someone just wanting to make it look like it s north korea in order to cover their own tracks. i don t know. and you don t know. but the fbi says it knows. today the president of the united states said on that basis he s preparing an international retaliation against north korea because of it. here s the thing though. what if it s not north korea? is there good reason to doubt that? do we have good reason not to doubt it? joining us now is technology and culture writer and e editor at boing boing.net. it s a treat to be back, happy holidays. i appreciate it. you are smarter about these things than i am by a mile. how hard is it to figure out the
good morning. i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. we ve got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now we re hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. we ll get you detailed. and wikipedia and other websites going partially dark. right after midnight that happened. they re protesting anti-piracy bills. that s google right there. if you thought that all s fair in love and war and even the fringes of war, the u.s. and pakistan are having trouble right now. pakistan has said to the united states, you know that special envoy you sent us? send them back. we don t want them. weem get to the details. mitt romney reports that he pays about a 15% tax rate. how do you fe