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TEH Podcast

Tech from an Enthusiast Point of View
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Episodes

TEH 071: Australia – Where Today is Tomorrow

A guest from down-under. 1963 computer speech demo. Viruses as expensive art. The death of iTunes. Bad IoT things happen when clouds go down. Breach of the week - Aussie edition. Happy 10th birthday (but does anyone use?) Bing! Show Notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/71

Jun 04, 20191 hr 2 min

TEH 070: Elephant Never Forgets

New Episode: Wandering Earth. Two-factor authentication vindicated. SpaceX's recent Starlink launch and seeing the satellites. And STFUber! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh70

May 28, 201959 min

TEH 069: Rainy Days and Mondays

New Episode: SciFi, SVG, Microsoft Edge for ...Mac? Two-factor authentication does work. And can Adobe sue you for using an old version of its software? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/69

May 21, 20191 hr 1 min

TEH 068: I Disagree With Your Disagreement

New Episode: Traveling with cell phones. Can politicians (legally) block people from their social media feeds? Linux coming to Windows?! And fake meat: how good is it, really? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh68

May 14, 20191 hr 2 min

TEH 067: A Man Goes on a Journey, and a Stranger Comes to Town

In This Episode: Infocom on Github. Amazon and Google kiss and make up. The SpaceX "anomaly". Microsoft "loses control"?! And how to detect hidden surveillance cameras with your phone. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh67

Apr 23, 20191 hr 3 min

TEH 066: Get Your Kicks on Episode 66

In This Episode: Facebook gives back (a little!) Domain names, Falcon Heavy, and ...CAT scan malware?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh66

Apr 16, 201957 min

TEH 065: Take Me Out to the Thumb Drive

In This Episode: GPS's "Y2K" was about as eventful as Y2K (but with one interesting failure). 2001 (the movie), U2s (the plane), and tech in sports. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh65

Apr 09, 201957 min

TEH 064: Distributed Preservation of Services Attack

In This Episode: Meet us in Denver tonight. BASIC. The Internet Archive sucks up Google+ (in a hurry!) Office Depot is busted in fraud scheme. Space junk. And will Apple News+ help, or hurt, the publishing industry? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh64

Apr 02, 20191 hr 7 min

TEH 063: 500 Channels …$10 Each

In This Episode: Listeners invited to Meetup in Denver. Apple's big announcements. The hottest chat app for teens is.... AT&T's "5G" still isn't. Robocalls. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh63

Mar 26, 20191 hr 2 min

TEH 062: What Time Is It?

In This Episode: Who needs the Internet to send Bitcoin when you can do it via ham radio? Might twice-yearly time changes be going out ...soon? (We hope so!) Apple closing some of its stores — to fight patent trolls?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh62

Mar 12, 201957 min

TEH 061: Reboot Your Boots

In This Episode: GPS's "Y2K" is coming. More on digital camera ISO settings. Ever-improving SD cards. Password-less logins. And excuse me, but your smart shoes have crashed. And no, we didn't pre-plan that ending. :-) Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh61

Mar 05, 20191 hr 8 min

TEH 60: Google’s Stupid and They Do Stupid Stuff

In This Episode: Several examples of Google doing absolutely incredibly stupid things, like blaming content creators for what Google itself puts into their content. Plus: AMP pages, foldable phones, and is the "ISO Rating" setting on digital cameras "fake"? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh60

Feb 26, 20191 hr 7 min

TEH 059: One Remote to Rule Them All

In This Episode: AI is now creating realistic people. Truly universal remotes. It's now possible to get human help from Google (but yagotta pay -- a little! -- for it). It's not amazing that an old computer works. Old and moldy: autonomous cars; New and exciting: autonomous ...bicycles?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh59

Feb 19, 20191 hr 4 min

TEH 058: Relatively Normal to Aggressive Usage

In This Episode: Using a password vault is not enough: you need something else too.... How Randy was convinced to upgrade his computer from Win 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. Hard drive (the spinning kind's) reliability. That's right: USB cables can be weaponized. AT&T sued for saying its phones are "5G" now. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh58

Feb 12, 201959 min

TEH 057: We See the Light!

In This Episode: The incredible advances in LED lighting. Come to a MeetUp with us! How to lose $137 million in cryptocurrency. Can electric airplanes help fix pilot shortages? Lookaline URLs, AI-generated spices, and Apple slaps Facebook. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh57

Feb 05, 20191 hr

TEH 056: We’re All Going to Die! (Or Live, or Whatever)

In This Episode: Super Mario 45 RPM records?! (Yes!) It's National Data Privacy Day. Should you still use 2FA to secure your logins? (Yes!) New FaceTime bug. Do you Twitch while you sleep? Samsung promises to be more environmentally aware. And the NSA is watching. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh56

Jan 29, 201959 min

TEH 055: Stop Judging Kevin

In This Episode: This week we go to the dogs. Bulging batteries. Massive email/password breach: what to DO about it? (Not much!) Can robots "love" us? (Eh.) The end of robocalls? (Maybe!) And does "screen time" really "change kids' brains?" Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh55

Jan 22, 20191 hr 4 min

TEH 054: Level Up Your Battlestation

In This Episode: New computers, and old languages. The Earth's shifting magnetic fields are screwing up GPS (sort of). The U.S. government shutdown is affecting .gov web sites for an interesting reason. Pixels on your wall. Tesla says "Pwn Us". Can the police make you unlock your phone? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh54

Jan 15, 201955 min

TEH 053: The Mechanical Clock Enthusiast Hour

In This Episode: OK, not an hour on clocks, but some! Timepieces, new monitors, and streaming TV (oh my!) Plotters, pens, and Bandersnatch! And space is grabbing our attention lately, with Ultima Thule and the moon. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh53

Jan 08, 201957 min
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