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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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Apr 14, 2022 • 47min
TechStuff Tidbits: Format Wars
This tidbits episode rapidly got out of hand. We take a look at big format wars in history and why they are important. We also look at how format wars can cause confusion and frustration for consumers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 12, 2022 • 34min
Tech News: Twitter's Board Won't Be Musky
Elon Musk won't be joining Twitter's Board of Directors after all. Plus, what happens when cops pull over a driverless car? And we learn about a gorilla who is spending too much time looking at smartphones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 11, 2022 • 30min
Rerun: TechStuff Samples Some Raspberry Pi
What is the Raspberry Pi? Who came up with the idea? What can the Raspberry Pi do? Listen in as your favorite tech gurus break down Raspberry Pi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 8, 2022 • 50min
TechStuff Classic: A Series of Tubes Part One
How do pneumatic tubes work? Lauren Vogelbaum joins the show to talk about the physics and history of pneumatic tube systems.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 7, 2022 • 20min
Tech News: Meta Still Wants to Make Zuck Bucks
Meta ditched Diem but still plans to introduce a digital currency that employees call "Zuck Bucks." Some of Mark Zuckerberg's employees refer to him as the "Eye of Sauron" and somehow he doesn't think that's a bad thing. And we hear about a lawsuit that claims IBM fudged numbers on its revenue filings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 6, 2022 • 19min
TechStuff Tidbits: The Terahertz Gap
Take a close look at the electromagnetic spectrum and you'll notice there's a span of frequencies we don't seem to use very much. Why is that?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 5, 2022 • 36min
Tech News: Exploring the Amazon (News)
Employees at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island pass a vote to unionize. Elon Musk becomes Twitter's newest board member. And scientists have created a new message to tell aliens where to find us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 4, 2022 • 47min
Using Tech for Good with Baratunde Thurston
Advocate, technologist and comedian Baratunde Thurston joins the show to talk about his podcast How to Citizen and how, with a little work, we can make tech live up to its potential as a tool for positive social change.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 1, 2022 • 1h 8min
TechStuff Classic: How Steganography Works
How can you hide a message so that no one knows you're even communicating? Use steganography! Ariel Kasten joins the show to talk about the art of hiding messages.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 31, 2022 • 32min
Tech News: Big Tech, Big Problems
Today's news covers a lot of important problems cropping up around Big Tech, from anticompetitive practices to deceptive lobbying strategies to the spread of misinformation on social networking platforms. Plus learn how researchers were able to hack into a Canadian broadcast satellite.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
