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Tech News: Did Samsung Fudge TV Benchmark Tests?
TV reviewers suspect that Samsung is using a cheating algorithm to boost TV benchmark scores. Is Tesla's Autopilot dangerous? And did Chinese scienti…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Obligatory “Is E3 Dead?” Episode – 2022 Edition
For years, E3 served as the video game industry's platform to promote video games and video game hardware. But some setbacks, including canceled show…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tech News: Microsoft Says Goodbye to Internet Explorer
This week, we're seeing Microsoft's browser Internet Explorer come to an end as Google pulls the plug (officially) on Google Talk. Plus we learn abou…
4 years, 3 months ago
Is the Google AI sentient?
A Google engineer was suspended after sharing a document suggesting that Google's LaMDA conversation model may be sentient. But if a machine was sent…
4 years, 3 months ago
TechStuff Classic: A Stingray Operation
What are Stingrays and how are they used in surveillance? Jonathan brings in the guys from Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to find out.
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4 years, 3 months ago
Tech News: Twitter Refuses to Hand Over Data to US Government
The committee investigating the January 6th insurrection reportedly wants Twitter to hand over more internal communications about what folks in the c…
4 years, 3 months ago
Rerun: What is an algorithm?
The word algorithm pops up a lot in tech discussions, but what the heck is an algorithm? From learning about an Arabic genius to discovering a way to…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tech News: Twitter and Tesla and Elon, Oh My!
We get an update on Elon Musk and his quest to own or walk away from Twitter. We also learn what Apple unveiled at WWDC 2022. And we hear about an AI…
4 years, 3 months ago
Rerun: Machine Learning 101
Why is it so hard to define concepts like artificial intelligence and machine learning? What do those even mean? And how does it work? We take a very…
4 years, 3 months ago
TechStuff Classic: DARPA Robotics Challenge Review
What did the teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge have to do? Who won? And what does this mean for the future of robotics?
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4 years, 3 months ago