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TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about Tech Stuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers).
Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.
TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.
We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.
Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com
Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.
TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.
We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.
Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com
Episodes
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Jun 21, 2022 • 14min
Tech News: Cloudflare Outage Disrupts the Internet
An outage in Cloudflare's content delivery network disrupts multiple services across the Internet. Plus, Meta shows off some mixed reality headset prototypes, former Tesla employees sue Tesla, and South Korea successfully puts a satellite into orbit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 20, 2022 • 38min
The Brink Plays Games With Sega
It was once a powerful video game company that many thought would challenge Nintendo for dominance. So what happened to Sega to make it fall so far?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 17, 2022 • 45min
TechStuff Classic: Techs Top Rivalries
All's fair in love and tech, so they say. In this episode, we look back on some of the famous rivalries in technology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 16, 2022 • 30min
Tech News: Did Samsung Fudge TV Benchmark Tests?
TV reviewers suspect that Samsung is using a cheating algorithm to boost TV benchmark scores. Is Tesla's Autopilot dangerous? And did Chinese scientists really pick up an alien radio signal?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 15, 2022 • 35min
The Obligatory “Is E3 Dead?” Episode – 2022 Edition
For years, E3 served as the video game industry's platform to promote video games and video game hardware. But some setbacks, including canceled shows due to COVID, lead to the question: is E3 dead?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 14, 2022 • 19min
Tech News: Microsoft Says Goodbye to Internet Explorer
This week, we're seeing Microsoft's browser Internet Explorer come to an end as Google pulls the plug (officially) on Google Talk. Plus we learn about Apples second-generation mixed reality hardware even before the company announces the first one, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 13, 2022 • 48min
Is the Google AI sentient?
A Google engineer was suspended after sharing a document suggesting that Google's LaMDA conversation model may be sentient. But if a machine was sentient, how could we tell? What does the Turing Test have to do with it? And can machines think?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 10, 2022 • 1h 1min
TechStuff Classic: A Stingray Operation
What are Stingrays and how are they used in surveillance? Jonathan brings in the guys from Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 9, 2022 • 29min
Tech News: Twitter Refuses to Hand Over Data to US Government
The committee investigating the January 6th insurrection reportedly wants Twitter to hand over more internal communications about what folks in the company knew about the planned event. Tesla is facing some opposition for its required office attendance in Germany. And the James Webb Space Telescope gets hit by a micrometeoroid.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 8, 2022 • 50min
Rerun: What is an algorithm?
The word algorithm pops up a lot in tech discussions, but what the heck is an algorithm? From learning about an Arabic genius to discovering a way to figure out what day of the week falls on any given date, we look at algorithms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
