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High Frame Rates and the Soap Opera Effect
Why do some films shot in higher frame rates look so weird? We explore the history of the 24 frames per second standard, the filmmakers who are pushi…
2 years, 5 months ago
Tech News: Tesla and Meta Investors are Not the Same
Several tech companies held Q1 earnings calls this week, with wildly different reactions from investors. Tesla profits are down, but investor hopes a…
2 years, 5 months ago
The US Passes the Anti-TikTok Bill
The thing I said probably wouldn't happened did happen -- the US Senate voted in favor of a bill that will force the Chinese company ByteDance to div…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Broken Arrow Episode
Officially, the United States has lost nuclear weapons in six incidents in which the nation couldn't retrieve or destroy them. We look at these six i…
2 years, 5 months ago
Tech News: Anti TikTok Bill Inches Closer to Becoming Law
Some tweaks to the bill that would require TikTok parent company to divest itself of the app or face a US-wide ban could be closer to becoming a law.…
2 years, 5 months ago
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…
2 years, 5 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…
2 years, 5 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…
2 years, 5 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 …
2 years, 5 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…
2 years, 5 months ago