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Tech News: Amoral Algorithms and Anticompetitive App Stores
Former president Donald Trump files legal complaints against YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. More than 30 states say that the Google App store is "mon…
4 years, 8 months ago
A Conversation with Iyaz Akhtar
Iyaz Akhtar joins the show to talk about his career in tech, his friendship with Jonathan and what it's like to have your finger on the pulse of the …
4 years, 8 months ago
Tech News: India Cracks Down on Twitter
The government in India says that Twitter could be held liable for illegal material posted to the network. The "King of Bitcoin" is under arrest. And…
4 years, 8 months ago
Rerun: Firestarter
How were matches invented? From toxic chemicals to pee science, we learn about matches. And a fictional character stops by to irritate our host.
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4 years, 8 months ago
TechStuff Classic: How Clothes Dryers Work
Clothes dryers have evolved from precarious, fire-bellied devices to the increasingly green machines we know today. We cover the history of dryer tec…
4 years, 9 months ago
Tech News: Give Me Liberty And Give Me Tech
The FCC cracks down on spoofing. Google has a digital COVID card. And companies that make autonomous vehicles in the US must report all major acciden…
4 years, 9 months ago
Tech Glossary: From SEO to Y2K
We've reached the end of our primer on tech acronyms and initialisms (for now). In this episode, learn about search engine optimization, what an SSID…
4 years, 9 months ago
Tech News: The Algorithms are Against Us
In today's news episode, we learn how one YouTube algorithm banned a legitimate channel and how over at Amazon an algorithm can fire employees. Plus …
4 years, 9 months ago
Tech Glossary: From PCB to SaaS
What's a PCB? What makes an RTF? What the heck is SaaS? We continue to demystify the acronyms and initialisms common in tech circles.
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4 years, 9 months ago
TechStuff Classic: How Planetariums Work
What goes into making a planetarium work and where did they come from?
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