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TechStuff Classic: TechStuff is Under Siege
From catapults to ballista, we explore the world of siege engines. Which ones were real? Which are fantasy? And how did they work?
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2 years, 5 months ago
Tech News: NPR Says X Isn't Worth It
Last April, National Public Radio (NPR) closed out its Twitter accounts. Six months later, NPR leadership says that the impact to NPR has been neglig…
2 years, 5 months ago
Tech News: X Marks the Spot (For Disinformation)
Intelligence researchers lament that X has become so rife with disinformation that there's no good way to use it while tracking tumultuous events lik…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ubisoft and the Skull & Bones Debacle
Back in 2020, we did a three-part series on the history of Ubisoft. What's been going on since then? And what's the story behind the troubled develop…
2 years, 5 months ago
TechStuff Classic: The id Software Story Part Two
From humble beginnings to massive success, we follow the rest of the id Software story. When did the founders leave and why? And what's going on ther…
2 years, 6 months ago
Tech News: MrBeast Gets Deepfaked On TikTok
In an episode with perhaps the most SEO-friendly title in TechStuff history, we learn about how someone used an AI-generated version of YouTuber MrBe…
2 years, 6 months ago
More of the Ig Nobel Prize Winners
A slightly sick Jonathan is back to talk about some past winners of the Ig Nobel Prize. Learn about how a wasabi-spraying alarm could save lives, how…
2 years, 6 months ago
Smart Talks with IBM - Hugging Face and watsonx: Why Open Source Is the Future of AI in Business
Open-source innovation is the future of AI. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford discuss the open-source AI comm…
2 years, 6 months ago
Rerun: Data Preservation and Destruction
It's hard to hold onto information. Paradoxically, it can also be hard to get rid of it. In this episode, we look at why long-term data preservation …
2 years, 6 months ago
TechStuff Classic: The id Software Story Part One
They made games like Doom and Quake, but where did id Software come from? In this episode, we explore the origins of a major name in computer games.
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2 years, 6 months ago