Podcasts by TEH Podcast
Tech from an Enthusiast Point of View
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TEH 156: Music and MP3s. Lost iPhones. Recording software adventures. from 2022-02-16T19:57:01
Music and MP3s. Lost iPhones. Recording software adventures.
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TEH 155: Ranting on spam, Return to Streaming Music, and NFTs from 2022-02-09T19:20:58
Ranting on spam, Return to Streaming Music, and NFTs
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TEH 154: Spotify tech. Can we balance stories? Censorship, audio quality and payment. Wordle Shoulda’s. from 2022-02-02T17:51:40
Spotify tech. Can we balance stories? Censorship, audio quality and payment. Wordle Shoulda's.
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TEH 153: Addictive lights, Alexa and Siri battles, Falling planes, Blizzard and Metaverse from 2022-01-20T22:57:02
Addictive lights, Alexa and Siri battles, falling planes, Blizzard and Metaverse
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TEH 152: Fires, TV dilemma, Y2K again, Launching Games, Covid app fails. from 2022-01-05T20:08:08
Fires, TV dilemma, Y2K again, Launching Games, Covid app fails
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TEH 151: Is NFT an opportunity or a scam? From Magic public keys to digital Beanie Babies. from 2021-12-30T22:09:34
Is NFT an opportunity or a scam? From Magic public keys to digital Beanie Babies.
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TEH 150: Unmagic numbers, Televisions, Universal controls, Unused innovations, Elon love/hate from 2021-12-15T18:34:08
Unmagic numbers, televisions, Universal controls, Unused innovations, Elon love/hate
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TEH 149: Painting Windows, Get a job hackers! AWS outage, Security camera tech from 2021-12-08T21:56:12
Painting Windows, Get a job hackers! AWS outage, Security camera tech
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TEH 148: Updates on updates, Imagining virtual reality, Science and journalism from 2021-12-01T17:44:48
Updates on updates, Imagining virtual reality, Science and journalism
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TEH 147: Tech updates continue, weird conferences and Metaverse games from 2021-11-17T18:52:38
Tech updates continue, weird conferences and Metaverse games
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TEH 146: Believe the smart people, new OS, broken computers and smaller wallets from 2021-11-03T19:13:44
New Apple OS, Broken computers, Smaller Wallets, Two factor authentication... believe the smart people.
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TEH 145: New Apple announcements to things that just don’t work. from 2021-10-27T17:34:31
From new Apple announcements to things that just don't work.
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TEH 143: Apple’s new geekiness, Windows TPM, advances in security from 2021-09-22T12:44:16
Apple's new geekiness, Windows TPM, advances in security
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TEH 142: How do we produce so much content? (the secrets) from 2021-09-08T18:40:28
How do we produce so much content? (the secrets)
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TEH 141: Backups, archives and possibly Pluto from 2021-09-02T18:54:20
Backups, archives and possibly Pluto
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TEH 140: From beds to routers (with ransom attacks in between) from 2021-08-18T18:37:37
From beds to routers (with ransom attacks in between)
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TEH 139: Summer travels, tech in the Olympics, Apple controversy and Windows 365 from 2021-08-11T21:20:18
Summer travels, tech in the Olympics, Apple controvercy and Windows 365
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TEH 138: Summer musings, Space and Algorithms from 2021-07-21T18:43:10
Summer musings, Space and Algorithms
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TEH 136: Updates and bugs are more complicated than you think from 2021-06-09T18:08:29
Updates and bugs are more complicated than you think
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TEH 135: What do we really own? Has tech changed it? from 2021-06-03T04:09:05
What do we really own? Has tech changed it?
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TEH 134: Ransomware, Pipelines and Tech from 2021-05-20T17:25:35
Ransomware, Pipelines and Tech
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TEH 133: Software subscriptions – good or bad? from 2021-05-06T23:25:40
What about those software subscriptions? How they do good, how they drive us crazy.
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TEH 132: What’s new with Apple… chips, screens, trackers. from 2021-04-28T18:39:10
What's new with Apple... chips, screens, trackers.
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TEH 131: Spammers are Phishing for you! from 2021-04-07T20:25:46
When spammers are out phishing, they are phishing for you!
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TEH 130: Adventure Time! Dealing with Change from 2021-03-24T18:26:24
Dealing with change and making it an adventure.
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TEH 129: Bitcoins – Enthusiastic Tech Take on Crypto Currency from 2021-03-10T19:29:30
Bitcoins - Enthusuastic Tech Take on Crypto Currency
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TEH 128: How (and why) a bookstore took down a controversial website. from 2021-02-24T17:58:35
How (and why) a bookstore took down a controversial website.
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TEH 126: Leo’s Origin Story from 2021-02-04T19:50:21
Leo's Origin Story: from Geeky to Microsoft to Ask Leo!
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TEH 125: The Practical Guide To VPNs from 2021-01-27T20:00:46
The Practical Guide To VPNs: What is it? Should you? Shouldn't you? What else you can do.
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TEH 124: Cool future gadgets out now at CES, good reading and board games. from 2021-01-20T21:30:23
Cool future gadgets out now at CES, good reading and board games.
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TEH 123: Forgot space! Tech supply chain. RIP to Flash. Karate and Roku. from 2021-01-06T18:59:50
Forgot space! Big hack. Taking the supply chain for granted. RIP to Flash. How many websites are enough? Karate and Roku.
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TEH 122: How well tech worked, Vaccine technology, Science is trending, Gargoles, Chip revolutions and Predictions from 2020-12-30T20:09:26
How well tech worked in 2020 (despite), Tech infrastructure got here just in time. Vaccine technology meets the times. Data measures truth. Science is trending. Giving and gargoles. Computing chip ...
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TEH 121: Apple delivers, battery life, Google’s memory glitch, privacy panic, security vs. privacy, free pdf and recording tips. from 2020-12-16T20:07:37
Apple delivers quickly, happy battery life, Google's memory glitch, privacy panic, security vs. privacy, free pdf and recording tips.
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TEH 120: Launches and crashes, expensive headphones, back to a Macbook Air, battery life and techie childhood memories from 2020-12-10T19:08:51
Tech launches and crashes, expensive headphones that work on planes (if we could go), back to a Macbook Air, appreciating battery life and techie childhood memories.
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TEH 119: Thanksgiving(ish) edition, Social Media competition, Space Odyssey in the desert, and going from telegraph to Zoom from 2020-11-26T00:07:19
Social media features compete, how to find your thing, Space Odyssey in the desert, evolution of communication from telegraph to Zoom, pretty Newsletter and wait for that Mac.
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TEH 118: Zippy new Mac, SpaceX launches with Baby Yoda, Pharmacy takeovers, after Covid and young politics. from 2020-11-18T19:34:01
Zippy new Mac, SpaceX launches with Baby Yoda, Pharmacy takeovers, after Covid and young politics.
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TEH 117: New Mac coming! Recording tech tricks, re-reading science fiction, and Tiktok. from 2020-11-11T23:40:13
New Apple chips, high power and high efficiency, adventures in recording, software matters, re-reading science fiction (yep, it was sexist), changing passwords and Tiktok.
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TEH 116: Dueling disasters, updates working, fixing our homes for zooming, self driving and punctuation. from 2020-10-28T18:48:16
Dueling disasters. Surprise! Microsoft update just works! How will work from home change us? Fixing our homes for zooming. Even introverts are starting to miss people... reminiscent of Issac Asimov.
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TEH 115: The Social Dilemma Dilemma From the Tech Side from 2020-10-21T16:58:43
Social Dilemma (of course they are targeting), it's probably more boring than we think, and is there a way to create the right pressure on social media sites?
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TEH 114: Apple surprises, Prime Days, batteries, and crushing things for fun. from 2020-10-14T22:37:56
Apple surprises, small is good again. Comparison shopping on Prime Days. Amazon Basic is... basic. Getting and recharging batteries. A real book! (How leadership matters) and Watch things get crushed.
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TEH 113: Phone size change. Is 5G growing? Monopolies, Airpods, Power Tools and Emojis from 2020-10-08T17:59:38
Phone sizes change again. Is 5G growing? Monopolies, Airpods, cool Power Tools are back, Emojis (with amazing detail) and basic protection.
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TEH 112: Getting wet and staying dry, off grid adventures, new Apple releases, Grandpad tablets. from 2020-09-30T20:17:39
Off grid adventures, Apple announcements, keeping dry in rain and river, and creating tablets for seniors.
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TEH 111: Fires, Networks, Selling on eBay, Real-law video game battles, and cool shows from 2020-09-09T19:32:19
Fires, Networks, Selling on eBay, Real-law video game battles, and (of course) some cool shows.
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TEH 110: The XY Problem, Asking Good Questions, a Big Glitch and Virtual Psychotherapy. from 2020-08-26T19:22:41
The XY Problem. Asking the wrong question doesn't give the right answer. A Big Glitch. Streaming service interfaces. Virtual fundraising and making presentations.
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TEH 109: New Mac, updating Apps, mail in voting, browsing with your head. from 2020-08-19T20:16:53
New Mac, updating Apps, mail in voting, browsing with your head
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TEH 108: Terabytes in an envelope, computer values, space geeks and cartoons. from 2020-08-05T17:14:15
Drive speeds and new computers, exercising that order button, surprised at USB 3 speeds, 10 Terabytes in an envelope, and a good week for space geeks and cartoons.
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TEH 107: Snoopy apps, phone number paranoia, spam, online shopping competition and more fighting nuns. from 2020-07-22T18:23:04
Should we worry about clipboards and phone numbers? Looking at spam, online shopping competition, LastPass phishing, and more Warrior Nuns.
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TEH 106: Nesting a big house, CLICK THIS HEADLINE! cool movies and a short ad-block rant from 2020-07-17T00:33:52
Lunch on Zoom, surfing so good it's out to the trash cans, catastrophes that are not, alone in the wilderness (with technology), some more Nordic Noir, and some preaching about ad-blockers
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TEH 105: Microsoft vs. Apple stores. Theaters, Malls and Balloons for the future. More Pandemic shows and Post its. from 2020-07-09T19:07:52
Corgi legs, Microsoft and Apple stores. Theaters, Malls and Balloons in the future. Movies and shows for your Pandemic watching pleasure. Post it notes are cool.
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TEH 104: ARM chips, CamLink problems, New Games and Multiple Passwords from 2020-06-24T21:46:01
Apple's announcements, many innovations around the new ARM chip, CamLink not quite making the grade, playing some new games and analyzing passwords.
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TEH 103: Back and forth with Dropbox. Taming Facebook. Robot dogs, and more fun TV shows. from 2020-06-17T23:56:19
Back and forth with Dropbox and turning it into cloud storage. Taming Facebook. Robot dogs, and more fun TV shows.
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TEH 102: Tech terms may need a change, getting more battery life, and a new Apple processor. from 2020-06-11T20:17:37
Tech terminology, camera battery life, does new Apple processor really make easier easy? Science fiction and organs for entertainment.
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TEH 101: Cool rockets and TV shows, getting interrupted electronically, and wiping computers. from 2020-06-04T19:21:45
Spacex live was awesome! Out to dinner in the parking lot. What to watch on TV. Should we wipe a computer? And don't steal a phone.
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TEH 100: The gang is back with greenscreens, space launches and internet archiving from 2020-05-27T20:53:03
The gang of five is back -- prepping for space launch, playing with greenscreens, hankering over new cameras and helping archive the digital world.
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TEH 099: PTSD from yuck, no headphone jacks, techie camera adjustments, empty airports from 2020-05-21T04:24:38
PTSD from internet sludge, Why are they taking away headphone jacks? Techie adjustments to cameras and what about airports these days!
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TEH 098: Wrong food, space docking, radio email, crazy emojis, and more… from 2020-05-13T21:25:52
Getting the wrong food in every possible way, Docking in space, Email by radio, and why wrong things don't get fixed.
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TEH 097: Wi-Fi extenders, playing games and movies, setting up your video field, editing and more from 2020-05-06T21:22
Extend your WIFI to the yard, play games and meet with friends, what's going to happen with movies, setting up those cameras, and how increased bandwidth makes our lives easier.
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TEH 096: To trace or not to trace? Bad dreams, online security and Spotlight. from 2020-04-29T18:23:40
Contact tracing with privacy, replacing a Macbook with Google, domain controversy, online safety, and more...
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TEH 095: Poop, tracing protest domains, space launches, and video fatigue from 2020-04-23T17:53:03
Can poop save us? Are we tired of looking at ourselves and should we be tracing protest domains? -- what it all means for information trust.
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TEH 094: Social Zoom, location tracking, long distance sandwiches, and hopeful graphiti from 2020-04-15T22:19:17
Tracking viral infections on cell phones, baseball game games, spelling sports, great binge shows, and homeless in a pandemic.
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TEH 093: The Masked Bandit Version (and low-tech howling) from 2020-04-08T18:13:34
In This Episode: The tech world quickly upgrades to online ordering for pickup, free education and every kind of human connection. We now have talk shows without audiences to neighborhood howling.
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TEH 092: Entertainment, home connection, and changing tech (what happened to Skype?) from 2020-04-01T18:35:46
We talk about changing names, sharing on a Mac (or is that Sharon?), connection software, digital sharing in a time of quarantine, and copyright issues that arise.
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TEH 091: Furniture stores make masks, sharing with kids, and a break for new computers! from 2020-03-25T17:44:12
Furniture stores make masks, sharing with kids, and a break for new computers!
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TEH 090: Technology and Social Distancing with Pizza Delivery from 2020-03-18T19:29:10
Helping local businesses by frequenting restaurant takeout. How technology is keeping people in touch - with a thanks for recent increases in bandwidth! Teaching aids, good flix, and let yourself b...
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TEH 089: Blood and browsing connections. Tinder tells us what it’s like in China from 2020-03-11T19:14:20
A health crises we can fix, how technology opens up a window into life with the Corona virus, and contemplating how much dirty stuff we touch.
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TEH 088: Real Viruses and How Old Games Die from 2020-03-04T17:25:44
Leo speaks from the epicenter of the Corona virus outbreak and Gary tries to figure out how to archive old games that won't play without flash... and finally, bye bye Mr. Robot.
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TEH 087: Regulated chargers, microphones, and installs as easy as Apple from 2020-02-27T04:54:43
Scrutinizing the security of submit buttons, what Europe is doing about charging, and Win10 installs are getting as easy as Apple.
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TEH 086 – Huge drives, Bibles and Who’s Watching? from 2020-02-19T19:35:51
Using software to transcribe audios and look at photos; what might be coming out of your doorbell -- and how many Bibles are in "huge"?
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TEH 085: Politics, Privacy, Podcasts, and a Mythic Quest from 2020-02-13T20:44:06
How social media is managing miss-information online during an election year, managing the privacy of your credit card number, easy listening to podcasts, ways to watch ApppleTV and more.
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TEH 084: Caucus Ruckus from 2020-02-07T01:00:08
New computer and the fateful Iowa Caucus app! Show Notes: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh84
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TEH 083: Back and Better Than Ever — Edge? from 2020-01-31T23:31:49
We're back, just a little tweaked. Something's clearly frozen over because Edge is good now. Apple’s privacy push is actually working. 1960s Lunar Orbiter images, saved from loss, are amazing. Plus...
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TEH 082: Literally Literally Means Literally from 2019-10-03T02:56:24
In This Episode: Live on silicon from an Undisclosed Location in the TEH Tower! New Tesla updates in self-driving and audio streaming. How we all know each other. Windows 10X. Show Notes: https://T...
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TEH 081: To Be Continued… from 2019-09-24T02:30:11
Kevin's new puppy. Gary's new iPhone. Apple Arcade and whether only 100 is really any different than the "top" 100. We briefly discuss a quantum computing breakthrough that maybe both true and not ...
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TEH 080: Now In 3D! from 2019-09-17T03:00:13
In This Episode: Kevin's blowing his AV budget. Leo spent time behind the camera. Gary follows up on last week's Apple announcement, and is eagerly awaiting a new iPhone. Netflix is losing more tha...
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TEH 079: This is a Test; This is Only a Test from 2019-09-10T02:59:20
Thunder & lightning (very very frightening!), vintage computers in German, what to expect from the next Apple event (or not), Notepad and other apps(we hope?) moving to the Microsoft Store, Windows...
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TEH 078: We’re All Under Constant Attack from 2019-08-20T02:17:29
A week with Apple Card. Discontinued vodka. 78 RPM vinyl, and the potential for laser record players. Bill Nye sells out while Mac Book sells Surface. Server security: everything connected to the i...
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TEH 077: Windows is Boring from 2019-08-13T02:31:41
Mr. Pick's operating system. Gary builds his own course site and gets an Apple card. Ask Leo! turns 16. The origins of "Upper Case". Ransomware strikes digital cameras? A simple cable that can hack...
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TEH 076: Seeing is Not Believing from 2019-07-30T02:50:28
Adobe's AI for detecting photoshop alteration leads to a discussion on deepfake video, implications on society, and what, if anything, can be done. Elon Musk posts an awesome video of a booster ret...
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TEH 075: It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature! from 2019-07-16T02:57:38
Dogs falling of cliffs, GPS systems failing, the Zoom privacy issue that wasn't really an issue at all, different ways of recording the podcast, using AI to make it look like you're looking at the ...
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TEH 074: Look Both Ways Before You Download from 2019-07-02T03:08:44
Mac versus PC detente. The TV in Gary's bathroom, driven by Raspberry Pi. Living off the grid. Conspiracies live! Backing up the podcast. News sources. Sony Walkman is 40 years old. CrescentCore ma...
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TEH 073: Flame-Roasted Boosters from 2019-06-25T03:41:40
Counterfeit books. 25 years of thinking. The (only) Tesla truck. Google calendar spam (and overblown headlines). The "cost" of Facebook privacy. Hacking JPL. Launching Falcon Heavy. And a look back...
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TEH 072: Sign in with Who? from 2019-06-18T02:40:39
Neal Stephenson's latest. Downloading entire websites. Connectivity while travelling is getting easier. "Sign in With Apple", and the pros and cons and privacy of letting a third party like Apple (...
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TEH 071: Australia – Where Today is Tomorrow from 2019-06-04T03:20:34
A guest from down-under. 1963 computer speech demo. Viruses as expensive art. The death of iTunes. Bad IoT things happen when clouds go down. Breach of the week - Aussie edition. Happy 10th birthda...
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TEH 070: Elephant Never Forgets from 2019-05-28T03:29:01
New Episode: Wandering Earth. Two-factor authentication vindicated. SpaceX's recent Starlink launch and seeing the satellites. And STFUber! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh70
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TEH 069: Rainy Days and Mondays from 2019-05-21T04:19:29
New Episode: SciFi, SVG, Microsoft Edge for ...Mac? Two-factor authentication does work. And can Adobe sue you for using an old version of its software? Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/69
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TEH 068: I Disagree With Your Disagreement from 2019-05-14T02:30:42
New Episode: Traveling with cell phones. Can politicians (legally) block people from their social media feeds? Linux coming to Windows?! And fake meat: how good is it, really? Show Page: https://T...
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TEH 067: A Man Goes on a Journey, and a Stranger Comes to Town from 2019-04-23T02:50:28
In This Episode: Infocom on Github. Amazon and Google kiss and make up. The SpaceX "anomaly". Microsoft "loses control"?! And how to detect hidden surveillance cameras with your phone. Show Page: h...
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TEH 066: Get Your Kicks on Episode 66 from 2019-04-16T02:50:41
In This Episode: Facebook gives back (a little!) Domain names, Falcon Heavy, and ...CAT scan malware?! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh66
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TEH 065: Take Me Out to the Thumb Drive from 2019-04-09T04:35:01
In This Episode: GPS's "Y2K" was about as eventful as Y2K (but with one interesting failure). 2001 (the movie), U2s (the plane), and tech in sports. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh65
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TEH 064: Distributed Preservation of Services Attack from 2019-04-02T17:40:24
In This Episode: Meet us in Denver tonight. BASIC. The Internet Archive sucks up Google+ (in a hurry!) Office Depot is busted in fraud scheme. Space junk. And will Apple News+ help, or hurt, the pu...
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TEH 063: 500 Channels …$10 Each from 2019-03-26T03:56:58
In This Episode: Listeners invited to Meetup in Denver. Apple's big announcements. The hottest chat app for teens is.... AT&T's "5G" still isn't. Robocalls. Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/teh63
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TEH 062: What Time Is It? from 2019-03-12T03:00:23
In This Episode: Who needs the Internet to send Bitcoin when you can do it via ham radio? Might twice-yearly time changes be going out ...soon? (We hope so!) Apple closing some of its stores — to f...
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TEH 061: Reboot Your Boots from 2019-03-05T03:48:27
In This Episode: GPS's "Y2K" is coming. More on digital camera ISO settings. Ever-improving SD cards. Password-less logins. And excuse me, but your smart shoes have crashed. And no, we didn't pre-p...
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TEH 60: Google’s Stupid and They Do Stupid Stuff from 2019-02-26T04:44:12
In This Episode: Several examples of Google doing absolutely incredibly stupid things, like blaming content creators for what Google itself puts into their content. Plus: AMP pages, foldable phones...
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TEH 059: One Remote to Rule Them All from 2019-02-19T03:57:33
In This Episode: AI is now creating realistic people. Truly universal remotes. It's now possible to get human help from Google (but yagotta pay -- a little! -- for it). It's not amazing that an old...
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TEH 058: Relatively Normal to Aggressive Usage from 2019-02-12T04:35:51
In This Episode: Using a password vault is not enough: you need something else too.... How Randy was convinced to upgrade his computer from Win 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. Hard drive (the spinning kin...
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TEH 057: We See the Light! from 2019-02-05T04:03:43
In This Episode: The incredible advances in LED lighting. Come to a MeetUp with us! How to lose $137 million in cryptocurrency. Can electric airplanes help fix pilot shortages? Lookaline URLs, AI-g...
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TEH 056: We’re All Going to Die! (Or Live, or Whatever) from 2019-01-29T04:36:29
In This Episode: Super Mario 45 RPM records?! (Yes!) It's National Data Privacy Day. Should you still use 2FA to secure your logins? (Yes!) New FaceTime bug. Do you Twitch while you sleep? Samsung ...
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TEH 055: Stop Judging Kevin from 2019-01-22T04:56:23
In This Episode: This week we go to the dogs. Bulging batteries. Massive email/password breach: what to DO about it? (Not much!) Can robots "love" us? (Eh.) The end of robocalls? (Maybe!) And does ...
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TEH 054: Level Up Your Battlestation from 2019-01-15T04:25:14
In This Episode: New computers, and old languages. The Earth's shifting magnetic fields are screwing up GPS (sort of). The U.S. government shutdown is affecting .gov web sites for an interesting re...
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TEH 053: The Mechanical Clock Enthusiast Hour from 2019-01-08T04:31:14
In This Episode: OK, not an hour on clocks, but some! Timepieces, new monitors, and streaming TV (oh my!) Plotters, pens, and Bandersnatch! And space is grabbing our attention lately, with Ultima T...
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TEH 052: Ladies and Gentlemen, Voyager 2 has Left the Heliosphere from 2018-12-11T03:56
In This Episode: What does it mean that Voyager 2 has left the heliosphere? Google+ is really, really dying. So, apparently, is Tumblr. And at least the older ScanSnaps. And the Microsoft Edge brow...
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TEH 051: Paper Spam: Coming to a Printer Near You? from 2018-12-04T04:21:37
In This Episode: The Marriott breach: should the executives go to jail? 5G (not?) coming to a phone near you. Can spammers print messages to your Internet-connected printer? (Maybe!) An unlikely iP...
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TEH 050: Floppies in Space from 2018-11-27T04:42:29
In This Episode: TEH starts its second year! Landing on Mars. Son of Spectre. Hacking CPAP machines to better treat sleep apnea. Astronaut finds a cache of old floppy disks. Is Apple's App Store an...
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TEH 049: We Deserve Better from 2018-11-13T03:52:02
In This Episode: Google again steps up as the Internet Police. Is Bitlocker the problem, or the solution? Fuzzbots to the rescue? Can you be arrested for remotely wiping your cell phone? (Yes!) Jum...
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TEH 048: A Taxing Situation from 2018-11-06T03:20:10
In This Episode: Election coverage goes increasingly high tech. "Ballot selfies" are illegal in some states. Drone swarms will soon be deployed in search & rescue emergencies. The burden on small b...
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TEH 047: This Cloud Thing — We Should Do Something With That from 2018-10-30T03:36:51
In This Episode: IBM: trying to stay relevant? New copyright rules means you can fix your own phone, and...! The Hubble Space Telescope, no CAPTCHA in ReCAPTCHA? Bitcoin's electricity draw, and Fac...
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TEH 046: Start The Podcast Over, We Ruined It from 2018-10-23T02:20:03
New Episode: Relief from Robocalls is coming. Will your next ID be implanted? Exploring planet Mercury. Might Elon Musk tweet for ...eternity?! Media player vulnerabilities. Show Page: https://TEHp...
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TEH 045: A Million Ways to Stream from 2018-10-16T04:07:54
In This Episode: Paul Allen, Do Millennials donate blood? PHP 5.x going away, yet millions of sites still use it. Cheap backup drives, and Winamp is coming back! Show Page: https://TEHpodcast.com/t...
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TEH 044: The Announcer’s Test from 2018-10-10T02:53:36
In This Episode: We cover two definite NOT breaches of the Week: Google+ and Chinese Chips. The problematic Windows 10 October Update. Parents might want to check their local Sex Offender Registry ...
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TEH 043: Don’t Be Evil …Forever! from 2018-10-02T03:05:14
In This Episode: Google dumped its "Don't Be Evil" promise years ago, but can a new idea to "decentralize the web" work, and keep its promise forever? The Facebook breach affects more than your Fac...
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TEH 042: You Don’t Own That from 2018-09-25T02:30:46
New Episode: Big changes coming to music copyrights. Google backpedals on WWW. Android turns 10. Do you answer your phone if you don't know who's calling? Scrabble is OK with EW. Show Page: https:/...
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TEH 041: Don’t Copyright My Loot Box from 2018-09-18T03:45:42
In This Episode: Update on the Brazilian State Museum fire: social media to the rescue! Another month, another new EU law: copyright -- will it affect those outside the EU? Game “Loot Boxes”: is th...
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TEH 040: Something Random Floated In From Japan from 2018-09-11T04:09:37
In This Episode: Google is trying to "kill off" the www. (and the m.) in URLs. The Ocean Cleanup project has a huge job ahead of it. Microsoft plans to implement a "monthly charge" for Windows 7 su...
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TEH 039: Going to the Dogs from 2018-09-04T03:19:18
In This Episode: If Google is "fooled" by insecure network-based security, can any of us be fully confident in such devices? Digitizing museums: Can you back up history? (Yes! And we should.) Sony'...
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TEH 038: Your Face Rings a Bell from 2018-08-28T03:28:53
In This Episode: Scanner OCR software may be uploading your documents to the cloud -- and showing them to anyone who knows where to look. U.S. airports are starting to get facial recognition softwa...
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TEH 037: Listening Devices *Everywhere* from 2018-08-21T03:51:45
In This Episode: Routers are in the news again: how to ensure your router is as safe as possible. Do Netflix and other streaming services want you to stop sharing your password? And maybe user revi...
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TEH 036: The 3-Point Test from 2018-08-14T03:38:23
In This Episode: How to tell if click-bait stories are worth paying attention to. Amazon Web Services accidentally reveals GoDaddy internal "trade secret" documents. New AI finds who was overlooked...
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TEH 035: Unnecessary, Mean-Spirited, and Harmful from 2018-08-07T06:17:26
In This Episode: Using Dropbox for backups. Is two-factor authentication too weak to use? (No!) Scores of Android apps had malware -- but it's not a problem because.... New exploit in WPA2. SpaceX ...
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TEH 034: Scotty! Beam Me Up from 2018-07-31T04:01
In This Episode: Sure, give prison inmates tablets and online access -- what could go wrong? Hacking attendees at a cybercurrency conference nets $5 million. Dropbox gets bigger. Star Trek sound ef...
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TEH 033: I Am Root! from 2018-07-24T02:49:16
In This Episode: It doesn't have to be a "data breach" to be a real screwup, so how to protect yourself? Corgis, Coffee and Vodka, oh my! British Airways screws up the concept of privacy. Cisco scr...
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TEH 032: Vienna Waits for You from 2018-07-17T03:59:24
In This Episode: Macy's department store chain totally flubs the Breach of the Week. Did Obama "lose" 2 million Twitter followers (nope). Gboard adds ...Morse Code input?! Man jailed for refusing t...
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TEH 031: What a Gas from 2018-07-10T03:43:50
In This Episode: Scanning junk mail, hackers get free gas, hospital pager systems expose private data, what is Plugspreading? Siri Shortcuts may bring coding back to typical users, Wikipedia protes...
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TEH 030: Virtual Pollution from 2018-07-03T15:07:39
In This Episode: Yes, steam engines are tech, and this week's special guest host shows her chops with them. Breach of the Week: your information can be lost even if you don't do business with a com...
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TEH 029: Get Off My Lawn, Punk from 2018-06-26T03:52:37
In This Episode: We discuss two major tech rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Twitter "Smytes" a bunch of tech companies. Electric scooter wars. It's a bad idea to try stealing an Internet domain a...
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TEH 028: Padlocks Need Security? from 2018-06-19T04:04:47
In This Episode: The advantage of being in Europe if there's a credit card breach (and there was). The world's worst $99 IoT padlock. iPhones don't tell 911 your location when you have an emergency...
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TEH 027: Git With The Program from 2018-06-12T05:14:06
In This Episode: Microsoft pays a boatload of money for GitHub: will that affect open source software? We bring in a guest to talk about it. Now that Net Neutrality is officially repealed, now what...
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TEH 026: Please Take Your Assigned Seat from 2018-05-29T03:35:11
In This Episode: The FBI wants you to reboot your router — but is that enough? (The REAL story is how they know about this.) No, Amazon’s Alexa isn’t sending everything you say to others. Star Wars...
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TEH 025: Help Me Obi Wan Kenobi, You’re Our Only Hope from 2018-05-22T03:17:32
In This Episode: Now everybody knows where you (and your kids!) are -- an extra-concerning Breach of the Week for parents. Google slapping web sites that are "Not Secure" ...even when they don't ne...
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TEH 024: Everything Really Was Everywhere from 2018-05-15T04:14:15
In This Episode: Traveling with tech. Three Breaches of the Week. Do hobby bloggers have to comply with the EU's new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)? That's a definite ...maybe. And the d...
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TEH 023: Connect THIS, Facebook from 2018-05-08T04:11:40
In This Episode: Facebook helps people connect (awww!) ...including radicals like ISIS terrorists. Breach(es) of the Week involve Dasan routers, 7Zip, and Drupal-powered web sites. Verizon plans mo...
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TEH 022: Mongo Only Pawn in Game of Life from 2018-05-01T03:11:13
In This Episode: Blue Origin successfully test-launches -- and lands -- their New Shepherd rocket and human-capable capsule. The latest Breach of the Week should have Bezop cryptocurrency investors...
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TEH 021: Remote Detonator from 2018-04-24T06:13:26
In This Episode: Playing with PLATO. Travel technology. Scraping the S3 bucket. SmugMug smug about buying Flickr. Warranty NOT void if removed. Things not to name your WiFi hotspot. Show Page: http...
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TEH 020: Breaking Up (with Cable) is Easy to Do from 2018-04-17T03:39:32
In This Episode: Cutting the cable/satellite cord. Amazon plagiarism and Createspace hacking. Alexa light switches, Cribbage, and TaskRabbit (oh my!) Alert sirens are too hackable. Another free DNS...
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TEH 019: This is a RAID from 2018-04-10T04:36:02
In This Episode: Think your backups are safe because you have a big RAID drive pack? Think again. Another week, another data breach ...or five. Ransomware targets 911 centers. Renewable energy meet...
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TEH 018: Breach of the Week from 2018-04-03T03:28:25
In This Episode: Ready Player One! There's a good way for a company to handle a data breach, and there's a bad way -- and this week, there was an example of each. The latest in Space. And if Apple ...
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TEH 017: Facebook (Pro, Con, & In Between) from 2018-03-27T04:45:37
In This Episode: Facebook has been hit with a lot of bad press lately, and we discuss whether you should be worried about your privacy. Should you #DeleteFacebook? SpaceX and Tesla did. And new low...
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TEH 016: The Linux of Colleges from 2018-03-20T03:47:33
In This Episode: The Eero Wi-Fi home system. Self-driving Uber kills pedestrian. University of Arizona tries to determine which students may drop out. The Atari VCS console that may or may not one ...
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TEH 015: From the Secret Lair from 2018-03-13T04:52:58
In This Episode: The four hosts get together in person to record this episode. We can't tell you where we are, but Dick Cheney was our waiter. We talked on a wide variety of subjects, from voice re...
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TEH 014: Occam and Hanlon’s Razor Fight from 2018-03-06T04:51:24
In This Episode: The "Sonic Attacks" on U.S. diplomats in Cuba may be solved -- and if they're right, could we be seeing more of the problem? Will a "doorbell camera" help solve the package theft p...
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TEH 013: The Next Scam is Already Out There from 2018-02-27T06:00:11
In This Episode: You can share (presumably with trusted people) your exact location, built-in with Google Maps, or with other apps. Is Google helping music pirates -- and profiting from linking to ...
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TEH 012: Google, Elon Musk, Google, and Elon Musk from 2018-02-20T06:02:26
In This Episode: We chat about changes in Google's Chrome browser that users like, changes in Google Image Search that users hate, and Hyperloop and SpaceX and Starlink (oh my!) Plus: will postcard...
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TEH 011: Giant 3D TV Screens …in the Sky?! from 2018-02-13T06:27:40
The Falcon Heavy launch: why put a Tesla up, and the engineering of the whole thing. Google tells webmasters they "have to" make their sites secure (https) by July, or there will be trouble (and wh...
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TEH 010: In How Many Pieces will Falcon Heavy Land? from 2018-02-06T06:05:28
In This Episode: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is scheduled for its first flight tomorrow, and attempt to soft-land all three rocket cores: will it land in three pieces, or millions? Amazon has set up some...
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TEH 009: Skynet’s Self-Awareness is Behind Schedule from 2018-01-30T04:22:17
In This Episode: Will the U.S. government nationalize the 5G network? Probably not. Celebs/politicians buy Twitter followers to look more important. How to tell Google to stop showing you ads and a...
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TEH 008: Go to Amazon from 2018-01-23T05:36:52
In This Episode: Amazon's Go store in Seattle is open to the public, and you can take stuff and walk out. Facebook is going to try crowd-sourcing its news bias. A startup called Cargo is making it ...
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TEH 007: The Hawaii Fiasco (and Other Expensive Things) from 2018-01-16T04:18:19
In This Episode: What happened in Hawaii (ballistic missiles incoming, oh my!) was more of a tech problem than human error. Changes in Facebook's news feed (again?) The "Internet Sales Tax" goes ba...
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TEH 006: Having a Meltdown over Spectre from 2018-01-09T05:23:05
In This Episode: Scare headlines over new exploits that will result in all your passwords and credit card numbers being swiped by Bad Guys? Maybe not. Same with the password manager autofill "probl...
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TEH 005: Make Sure Your Bugs Are Current from 2017-12-18T04:49:29
In This Episode: Should you follow Computerworld's advice and "Make sure Windows Auto Update is turned off"? (No!) Patreon's mighty back-pedaling: is it enough damage control, and what will non-tec...
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TEH 004: Say ‘Please’ to Alexa, et al. from 2017-12-11T07:49:54
In This Episode: Patreon changes how they charge contributors, and everyone is mad. Amazon and Google feud over Chromecast not being allowed in the Amazon store. Google serves up video answers from...
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TEH 003: The Chatbot Will See You Now from 2017-12-04T03:49:48
In This Episode: The Macintosh "Root Password" problems, and the scare-tactic headlines. Why Windows isn't "about to get a game-changing feature" despite a clickbait headline. Can chatbots help det...
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TEH 002: You’re Being Followed from 2017-11-27T04:25:13
In This Episode: Why it's a bad idea to search Google to get to a web site, rather than just go to that web site. Amazon scoops up HALF of online "Black Friday" purchases -- and revealed its top se...
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TEH 001: I For One Welcome Our New A.I. Overlords from 2017-11-20T21:24:04
In This Episode: A laughable review of the new Kindle Oasis. Twitter goes 280. New “Quad9” DNS server protects against malware. Proposed ATSC 3.0 TV standard. The fragmentation of streaming for TV ...
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