Podcasts by Boys of Tech

Boys of Tech

New Zealand's longest running tech podcast. An engaging and entertaining round-table discussion on the latest technology news from around the world hosted by Edwin Hermann and a selection of other regular panelists. Informative and sometimes provocative, this show is sure to provide new insights and make you think. A section of the show focuses on technology news from New Zealand.

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Boys of Tech 383: They hold their cards close to their chest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Second sighting of possible Apple vehicle, Google looking to take on Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud, self-driving Tesla crashes in Beijing, New Zealand researchers develop rice cooker that runs ...

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Boys of Tech 382: People wandering around almost like zombies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Faroe Islands have sheep view instead of Street View, Pokémon Go is the game that has captured the world, the PokeGone extension for Chrome, Fiat Chrysler offers money for finding bugs.

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Boys of Tech 381: Trolling the FBI from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Norway may ban fossil-fuel cars by 2025, Larry Page rumoured to be secretly funding a flying car start-up company, Anonymous hacker breaks into ISIS supporter's Twitter account, Kevin Mitnick is co...

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Boys of Tech 380: Audio emojis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The ethical dilemmas of self-driving cars, Apple had considered buying Netflix, the Holy Bible has been translated into Emoji.

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Boys of Tech 379: A really horrible experience from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Firefox more popular than Internet Explorer and Edge combined, a hypersonic jet that could fly from London to Sydney in 2 hours, the future of the Blu-ray format, Uber's self-driving taxi, trademar...

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Boys of Tech 378: Autumnal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Street View catches Google's car speeding, people upset by Google's search results in black, PCs and tablets on the decline.

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Boys of Tech 377: iPhone 5C devices from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Windows 95 can run on the Apple Watch, choosing the right words to boost your eBay sales, how to correctly pluralise Apple product names, the top phone manufacturers, how the San Bernardino iPhone ...

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Boys of Tech 376: A 3-D printed concrete castle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A translator from sign language into spoken word, the sound of your skull as biometric data, rumours that Apple is testing self-driving technology, a 3-D printed concrete castle.

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Boys of Tech 375: The start of the slippery slope from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The FBI obtains data on the San Bernadino cellphone, the US government needs data from another iPhone, new technology to help determine cellphone use in vehicle accidents, claims that ANZ bank is s...

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Boys of Tech 374: Singular for bacteria from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How Samsung and Apple phones handle being submerged in water and dropped onto hard surfaces, Dick Smith will live on as an online brand, a bacterium that can break down PET plastic.

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Boys of Tech 373: I’d love to be a beta tester from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Inventor of email dies aged 74, drones that autonomously follow you, the National Day of Unplugging.

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Boys of Tech 372: Squeaky clean from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Google's self-driving car no longer has a clean driving record, Apple achieves a small victory in its case against the FBI.

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Boys of Tech 371: Handing over the keys to the ranch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

FBI asks Apple to create software to help brute force a suspect's iPhone, Qantas to introduce free wireless Internet access on all domestic flights, ambulance called after request via Reddit.

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Boys of Tech 370: No one’s that desperate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Nissan's self-parking office chairs, guilty plea from man who shot down drone, Google's latest Android ad mocks Apple, the iOS 1970 bug.

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Boys of Tech 369: They’ve got bad data, we don’t have any data from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Twitter suspends 125,000 accounts linked with terrorism, Facebook analysis reveals 3.6 degrees of separation, Toyota to drop the Scion brand.

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Boys of Tech 368: A senior network engineer who can also scuba dive from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Microsoft to trial an underwater data centre, Apple is no longer the world's most valuable company.

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Boys of Tech 367: Round the bays from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Haptic feedback technology in vehicles, Microsoft's concept app makes it difficult to snooze.

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Boys of Tech 366: Journey through the Nevada Desert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

CES booth raided by US marshals and stock confiscated, programming a drone to land autonomously on a moving vehicle, Germany gets Google, Facebook and Twitter to agree on removing hate speech, hack...

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Boys of Tech 365: We did it from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Facebook ditches Flash for video, mobile browsing to surpass desktop browsing by the end of 2016, technology to prevent truck drivers from falling asleep at the wheel, The Beatles now available fro...

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Boys of Tech 364: Only four sleeps to go from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

US law requires drone owners to register their drones, draft legislation in California would ban completely autonomous vehicles, TechRadar puts five smartphones to the test, pre-paid duty free orde...

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Boys of Tech 363: I probably won't be able to ever afford an Audi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hoverboards catching fire and exploding, Audi's latest smart headlight technology, Hyperloop Technologies to build a high speed transport prototype, New Zealand broadband prices likely to face an i...

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Boys of Tech 362: Philanthropic adventure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

BBC experiment with personalised movies, Zuckerberg to give away 99% of his Facebook shares, Christmas tree lights could be interfering with your wireless connection, crowdsourcing the hunt for Afr...

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Boys of Tech 361: Waitangi from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Software pirate avoids legal proceedings by creating an anti-piracy video, the Raspberry Pi Zero sells out in less than 24 hours, New Zealand scientists develop stretchy rubber keyboard.

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Boys of Tech 360: It was brown initially from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Countries torn over whether to retain leap seconds, the last of the Zune ecosystem has closed, New Zealand firm leading the way with renewable plastics.

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Boys of Tech 359: It’s in Japanese from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Police pull over Google self-driving vehicle, new aircraft tracking system to be near real-time, Hyundai's augmented reality owner's manual.

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Boys of Tech 358: A very pretty toilet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Amazon to open a physical store in Seattle, Twitter adopts Facebook terminology, NASA is recruiting astronauts.

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Boys of Tech 357: A petrol-powered iPhone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Researchers develop a new lithium-air battery with energy density comparable to petrol, talking technology in vehicles can be a distraction, Motobot is the Yamaha robot that can autonomously ride a...

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Boys of Tech 356: Don't believe everything you see on YouTube from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Google releases YouTube Red, China is to build the world's largest particle accelerator, a comet emitting alcohol equivalent to 500 bottles of wine per second.

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Boys of Tech 355: Tim Cook on stage dropping the latest iPhone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Teenager allegedly hacks into personal email account belonging to CIA director, Nike's self-lacing shoes to go on sale next year, mystery behind Facebook app draining iPhone batteries, Apple's pate...

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Boys of Tech 354: A wind-off from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Remotely disabling a drone, smart device lets you know when you need to go to the loo, a life-sized caravan made out of Lego, Steve Ballmer buys a 4 per cent stake in Twitter, New York city to tria...

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Boys of Tech 353: Prevented the accident from being prevented from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Man briefly owns the google.com domain name, accidents involving driverless vehicles.

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Boys of Tech 352: Take you for a ride from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Robot taxies coming to Japan in 2016, Microsoft releases Skype translator for Windows desktop users, Microsoft responds to Windows 10 spying claims, Twitter considers extending 140 character limit.

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Boys of Tech 351: Is a need that no-one knows about actually a need? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Richard Dawkins questions Ahmed Mohammed's integrity, Apple Watch saves man's life, Apple has been Rick-rolling us on their website.

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Boys of Tech 350: Not-so-interesting things from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Facebook and NASA reach out to teenager whose homemade clock sparked a police callout, secure chip can self-destruct remotely on demand, Facebook to introduce a Dislike button, Apple releases an An...

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Boys of Tech 349: eYes! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jeanette Manu and Don Ettles talk to us about their hilarious eYes video that went viral, the SCiO hand-held molecular sensor on Kickstarter, Microsoft presents at Apple's September event.

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Boys of Tech 348: Dropped the drop shadow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Google has revamped its logo, Paypal launches Paypal Me, Uber hires Chrysler hackers.

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Boys of Tech 347: Twisters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Brian Krebs may have a lead on the Ashley Madison hack, high frame rate may well become a standard for cinemas, privacy concerns over Windows 10 parental controls, concerns that actions in Windows ...

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Boys of Tech 346: The number of atoms in the universe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Bounty placed on Ashley Madison hackers, IPv4 addresses increase in value.

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Boys of Tech 345: Haxxed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Software that judges the quality of your digital photos, Corvette hacked via SMS messages, the Ohm car battery, Google now one of several Alphabet companies.

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Boys of Tech 344: The chew cast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Android flaw exposes fingerprint data, Fiat Chrysler may have known about security risk for over a year, security flaw in Bind has potentially big consequences, privilege escalation flaw discovered...

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Boys of Tech 343: Jazz fingers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Microsoft patents new way of unlocking a phone, Microsoft will charge for ad-free version of Solitaire, Kim Dotcom warns against trusting Mega.

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Boys of Tech 342: A big signs up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stagefright vulnerability puts almost all Android devices at risk, Sydney to get world's first e-ink traffic signs, Windows 10 limits the number of applications reachable via the start menu.

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Boys of Tech 341: Spellbound from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hackers demonstrate ability to hack a vehicle remotely via a mobile phone, the Commodore computer that has been controlling heating for a number of US schools since the 1980s.

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Boys of Tech 340: It’s all about the now from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Neil Young pulls music from stream services over quality concerns, archiving every tweet proves difficult for US Library of Congress, keeping your phone charged in an emergency using a candle and w...

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Boys of Tech 339: Standard poppable bubble wrap from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Sony denies rumours it will exit the smartphone business, 3D printed flute attains microtonal notes, Casio to introduce its first smartwatch, bubble wrap that cannot be popped, calls to ban the use...

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Boys of Tech 338: 30 seconds from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Google introduces undo send feature, code found in Chromium can be used to eavesdrop, the Samsung Safety Truck.

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Boys of Tech 337: Autoplague from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Microsoft corrects the myth that people running pirated versions of Windows will receive a free upgrade to Windows 10, Apple's free 30-day music streaming trial upsets artists, autoplay to come to ...

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Boys of Tech 336: Awkward from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Oculus Rift comes bundled with Xbox controller, computer algorithm to detect influences in paintings, WWDC announcement that Apple Pay to launch in the UK, Apple announces maps for transit, sma...

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Boys of Tech 335: Their burning torches and their pitchforks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The 8-character bug that can brick Skype, Apple makes a stand against data collection, drones used to catch exam cheats, technology and art combine to produce a mirror that shows your reflection in...

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Boys of Tech 334: If the GCSB in New Zealand gave us an operating system from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Woman throws out an Apple 1 computer worth $200,000, Russian government plans to develop its own mobile operating system, mining Twitter data for early warning, Apple rumoured to be announcing a mu...

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