TechStuff Classic: High Tech Farming
Agriculture has come a long way since the invention of the plow. Learn about how high-tech gadgets are revolutionizing agriculture! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min
TechStuff
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
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Tech News: How Roe vs Wade Decision Affects Tech
A controversial ruling by the US Supreme Court has had a big impact on the country as a whole and the tech industry is no exception. Plus, one FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores. And Major League Baseball might be fed up with human umpires. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 30, 2022•28 min
How Flash Drives Work
By listener request, here's an episode about flash drives and flash memory. What makes it different from RAM and hard drives? How does it store information? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 29, 2022•33 min
Smart Talks with IBM: Building Trustworthy AI: A Holistic Approach
Advocating for artificial intelligence to be built and deployed ethically is no longer just a compliance issue but more of a business imperative. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Dr. Laurie Santos, host of The Happiness Lab, and Phaedra Boinodiris, Trust in AI Practice Leader within IBM Consulting. Phaedra’s team at IBM is creatively tackling the global need to build trustworthy AI by approaching the challenge holistically, implementing design th...
Jun 28, 2022•28 min
Patents and Inventors Not Getting Their Due
Sometimes, the folks who invent important (or at least popular) tech end up being left out when it's time to collect the cash. We look at invention, ingenuity, patents and profit in this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 27, 2022•40 min
TechStuff Classic: What's My Address?
The URL is a handy way to navigate to a specific web page. But where did it come from? How does it work and why are they almost always in English? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 24, 2022•37 min
Fw Thinking: Your Body as a Computer Interface
Could the future of electronics be the human body? We explore efforts to turn your body into a technological interface. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Rerun: Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work
In the world of cryptocurrency, there's a need for algorithms to create a consensus for validating transactions. Bitcoin uses Proof of Work. Ethereum 2.0 will use Proof of Stake. What the heck is the difference? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min
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 21, 2022•14 min
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 20, 2022•38 min
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 17, 2022•45 min
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 16, 2022•30 min
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 15, 2022•35 min
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 14, 2022•19 min
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 13, 2022•48 min
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 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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 09, 2022•29 min
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.
Jun 08, 2022•50 min
Tech News: Twitter and Tesla and Elon, Oh My!
We get an update on Elon Musk and his quest to own or walk away from Twitter. We also learn what Apple unveiled at WWDC 2022. And we hear about an AI-piloted ship crossing the Atlantic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 07, 2022•17 min
Rerun: Machine Learning 101
Why is it so hard to define concepts like artificial intelligence and machine learning? What do those even mean? And how does it work? We take a very high level look at AI and machine learning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 06, 2022•51 min
TechStuff Classic: DARPA Robotics Challenge Review
What did the teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge have to do? Who won? And what does this mean for the future of robotics? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 03, 2022•37 min
Rerun: The Epic Epic vs Apple Battle
Apple is facing pressure from regulatory agencies around the world to allow developers to use payment systems outside of Apple's own. You could say the battle with Epic is where that got started. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 02, 2022•51 min
The Rise and Fall of Onkyo
By listener request, we learn about the history of the Onkyo company and brand. From its humble beginnings in 1946 to the declaration of bankruptcy in 2022, we learn how this company fit into the hi-fi audio equipment landscape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 01, 2022•56 min
Home Lending Pal: Disrupting the Mortgage Industry with Cloud and AI
Historically, there have been cultural biases that have complicated the home buying process and made home ownership difficult. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm takes on this subject with Jacob Goldstein, host of What’s Your Problem?, and Bryan Young and Steven Better, the co-founders of Home Lending Pal. These two visionaries are using IBM technology including AI, blockchain and cloud to create a home loan process that’s more transparent, secure, and equitable.This is a paid adve...
May 31, 2022•33 min
Chilling Out with the Coolest Cooler, an episode of Business on the Brink
It's Memorial Day in the United States, and so we're on holiday. We're bringing to you an episode from Business on the Brink back in 2019, where Ariel and I chat about a famous Kickstarter Campaign that ultimately led to frustration and disappointment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 30, 2022•52 min
TechStuff Classic: The Basic Components of Electronics
It's time for Electronics 101. What are the basic components of electronic circuits and what do they do? Jonathan explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 27, 2022•40 min
New Smart Talks with IBM Season Coming Soon
Smart Talks with IBM returns May 31. This season, host Malcolm Gladwell and a team of correspondents from Pushkin Industries meet with New Creators who are creatively applying technology in business to drive change. This is a paid advertisement from IBM. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 27, 2022•2 min
Tech in the Great Outdoors
We often think of technology as stuff that keeps us sitting at home, wired to our phones or computers or game systems. But there's an entire world of technology designed to inspire you to get outside and go exploring. We look at how tech can play a part in getting back to nature. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 26, 2022•32 min
TechStuff Talkback: Does Tesla's Full Self Driving work as advertised?
Listener Greg used the Talkback feature on the iHeartRadio app to ask an interesting question: does Full Self Driving do what Tesla says it does? We take a look at the capabilities and limitations of Full Self Driving and ask tough questions like "Who is responsible when a Tesla crashes while in Full Self Driving mode?" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 25, 2022•18 min
Tech News: Zuckerberg Gets Sued
The Attorney General for Washington DC has sued Mark Zuckerberg over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Airbnb shuts down rentals in China. And a Florida law that would allow politicians to sue social networks over content moderation remains blocked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 24, 2022•30 min
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