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It's Time to Light the Lights
How do theatrical lighting control systems work? From early attempts to automate lighting through mechanical systems to sleek computer-controlled rig…
1 year, 11 months ago
TechStuff Classic: TechStuff Shreds on the Electric Guitar
While Jonathan works on a new episode about stage lighting systems, take a listen to this classic episode in which he and his old cohost Chris Pollet…
1 year, 11 months ago
Tech News: Crime, Punishment, and Generative AI
Our news stories today include SBF filing an appeal on his recent sentencing, a UK court denies Apple's request to dismiss a huge lawsuit and Microso…
1 year, 11 months ago
Smart Talks with IBM - The Power of Collaboration: How IBM Teams Up with Microsoft
Entire industries are being reshaped around the new capabilities of generative AI. In this special
bonus episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Tim Harford …
1 year, 11 months ago
Faking a DMCA Takedown to Boost Search Rankings
Journalist Ernie Smith got an odd DMCA takedown notice for a picture he included in his tech newsletter. It turns out that the notice was a ploy to t…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Sad Tale of Virtual Boy
The Nintendo Virtual Boy was one of the company's infamous flops, but why? Why did the system fail so hard that Nintendo killed it off after just one…
1 year, 11 months ago
Tech News: The FCC Will Vote in Favor of Net Neutrality. Again.
Net neutrality goes through another flip in the flip-flop history with the FCC announcing it plans to vote to reinstate some of the rules established…
2 years ago
My Test Image is the Centerfold
My blood runs cold, my computer memory has just been sold -- my test image is the centerfold! Today, we look at the story of the "Lenna image," a sca…
2 years ago
Corporate Espionage in the Tech Sector
Sometimes, folks want to take a short cut. And sometimes that shortcut is illegal. This episode is about companies, managers, employees and others wh…
2 years ago
Tech News: TikTok Strikes Back, AI Poses Threats, and Butts!
TikTok is turning up the heat on the US Senate to get a proposed bill that would ban the service tossed out. The US government announces new policies…
2 years ago