Episode 248: Edwin Kwan: D-Link Wi-Fi Device Vulnerable to Command Injection Attack; Katy Craig: Google Goes Passwordless; Hillary Coover: FDA Adapting to AI: Balancing Innovation and Safety; Marcel Brown: This Day, October 11th, in Tech History

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Marcel Brown: October 11, 1887. Dorr Eugene Felt is granted the second of two patents on his comptometer, the first practical and commercially successful key-driven, mechanical calculator. Various comptometers were in continuous production from 1887 to the mid 1970s.

Edwin Kwan: A popular D-Link WiFi range extender device is susceptible to remote command injection, and there is currently no fix available. The researchers reached out to D-Link to report the flaw in May 2023, but despite multiple follow ups, did not receive any replies.

Katy Craig:  Google is taking a significant step towards enhancing online security by making 'passkeys' the default login method on its platforms. Passkeys are digital credentials stored on a user's device, eliminating the need to remember passwords and offering a more secure alternative.

Hillary Coover: Can the FDA keep pace with the rapidly evolving world of AI in healthcare? As developers incorporate more advanced AI systems with human-like outputs, debates around FDA regulation are going to intensify.