Podcast Episodes

When Did Google Stop Being a Search Company?

For a couple of years in Google's early history, it was a real search company. But that would change in 2000 as Google would embrace advertising. Lea…

2 years, 1 month ago

Tech News: Power-Hungry AI and Malicious Toothbrushes

Sam Altman of OpenAI wants to see a huge investment in new semiconductor fabrication plants to support AI implementations. The FTC hopes to reverse t…

2 years, 1 month ago

Pivot to Video

Back in 2015, Facebook made a claim that would lead advertisers and content creators to shift focus to online video. There was one problem -- the cla…

2 years, 1 month ago

A Small Episode About Big Data

What does Big Data actually mean? How has the science of Big Data changed recently? What are the potential benefits and pitfalls of Big Data? 

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2 years, 2 months ago

Tech News: US Senate Grills Big Tech CEOs

The Senate Judiciary Committee met with CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg with accusations that their companies are actively causing harm to children, and th…

2 years, 2 months ago

HOVERCRAFT!!!

Who invented the hovercraft? What happened to all the hovercraft that used to provide transportation options in the UK? How do they work? We look int…

2 years, 2 months ago

Operating Systems that Time Forgot

Sometimes, an operating system has served its purpose and it's time to go live on a farm. We take a look at some operating systems that are no longer…

2 years, 2 months ago

Tech News: The Political War Against Social Media

From New York City to the state of Florida, politicians are getting serious as they face off against social media companies like Meta TikTok. Plus, w…

2 years, 2 months ago

Moving Around in VR

An interesting set of challenges crop up when you want to translate movements in a physical space to a virtual one. How do you keep people safe? How …

2 years, 2 months ago

AI at CES 2024

At this year's CES, several trends revealed themselves among the exhibitors. But none were more prevalent than the incorporation of artificial intell…

2 years, 2 months ago