Podcasts by The Ars Technicast
The Ars Technicast is the official podcast from Ars Technica, where we bring you you the latest in the worlds of computing, technology, science, and everything else in between. Ars publishes original news and reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech and the many ways it's helping us enjoy our world.
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Ars Technicast Special Edition: The Role of Open Systems in Connecting The Joint Force from 2021-02-01T11:00
In the second part of this two-part special edition of the Ars Technicast, we talk to Northrop Grumman's Richard Sullivan about the role of open systems in connecting what’s referred to as the "Joi...
ListenArs Technicast Special Edition: The Internet of Military Things from 2021-01-21T15:00
For at least a couple of decades, the US Department of Defense has been trying to make the tools we use to fight battles more like the tools we use in peacetime with more connectivity, more data, a...
ListenArs Technicast Special Edition: The Internet of Military Things from 2021-01-21T15:00
For at least a couple of decades, the US Department of Defense has been trying to make the tools we use to fight battles more like the tools we use in peacetime with more connectivity, more data, a...
ListenArs Technicast Special 1.3: Adversarial AI from 2020-02-27T12:00
Join Ars Technica editors Sean Gallagher and Lee Hutchinson in this special AI-focused edition of the Ars Technicast, produced in cooperation with Darktrace. In this last of three episodes, we talk...
ListenArs Technicast Special 1.2: Insider Threats from 2020-02-20T12:00
Join Ars Technica editors Sean Gallagher and Lee Hutchinson in this special AI-focused edition of the Ars Technicast, produced in cooperation with Darktrace. In this second of three episodes, we ta...
ListenArs Technicast Special 1.1: AI in Sports from 2020-02-13T12:00
Join Ars Technica editors Sean Gallagher and Lee Hutchinson in this special AI-focused edition of the Ars Technicast, produced in cooperation with Darktrace. In this first of three episodes, we tal...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #13.4: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 4 of 4 from 2019-06-20T16:00
Today we’re presenting the fourth and final installment of my conversation with Naval Ravikant about existential risks. The theme of today’s installment: there’s hope. Yes, really! If there’s one t...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #13.3: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 3 of 4 from 2019-06-19T16:00
Today we’re presenting the third installment of my conversation with Naval Ravikant about existential risks. In this segment, Naval and I move on from yesterday’s topic of AI risk to the dangers in...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #13.2: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 2 of 4 from 2019-06-18T16:00
Today we’re presenting the second installment of my conversation with Naval Ravikant about existential risks. Today, we focus on that time-honored Hollywood staple—super AI risk. Learn more about y...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #13.1: Rob Reid and Naval Ravikant, 1 of 4 from 2019-06-17T16:00
This week’s guest is Naval Ravikant. Naval is a renowned angel investor and entrepreneur. But our topic this week is something quite a bit darker than entrepreneurial finance. Specifically, it’s ex...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #12.3: Rob Reid and Sarah Parcak, 3 of 3 from 2018-11-02T16:00
Today we present the third and final installment of my interview with Sarah Parcak, a prominent founding figuring the emerging field of astroarchaeology. Most of today’s installment concerns a crow...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #12.2: Rob Reid and Sarah Parcak, 2 of 3 from 2018-11-01T16:00
Today we’re presenting the second installment of my interview with Sarah Parcak, a prominent founding figuring the emerging field of astroarchaeology. Sarah’s team may just have pinpointed a long-l...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #12.1: Rob Reid and Sarah Parcak, 1 of 3 from 2018-10-31T16:00
This week my guest is Sarah Parcak, a co-founder of the emerging field of astroarchaeology, which enlists satellite imagery to identify ancient, undiscovered sites on our home planet. Sarah’s work ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #11.3: Rob Reid and Chris Anderson, 3 of 3 from 2018-10-25T16:00
Today we present the third and final installment of my interview with Chris Anderson. Today’s episode starts in the greener pastures that Chris’s startup, 3DR, found after Chinese behemoth DJI anni...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #11.2: Rob Reid and Chris Anderson, 2 of 3 from 2018-10-24T16:00
Today we’re presenting the second installment of my wide-ranging interview with Chris Anderson. He was Wired magazine’s editor-in-chief for twelve years, and then started one of the most influentia...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #11.1: Rob Reid and Chris Anderson, 1 of 3 from 2018-10-23T16:00
Our guest is Chris Anderson, who was the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine for twelve years—until he did something quite unusual for an editor and started a high-profile, venture-backed startup, 3D...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #10.4: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 4 of 4 from 2018-10-19T16:00
We open today’s conversation talking about bioterrorism. Because that’s not uplifting enough, we then move on the dangers a super AI could present in certain worst-case scenarios. The final part of...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #10.3: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 3 of 4 from 2018-10-18T16:00
Today, we start off discussing Sam’s first bestselling book, The End of Faith. It was inspired by September 11th attacks. Having recently spent ten years on his own self-styled spiritual journey, “...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #10.2: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 2 of 4 from 2018-10-17T16:00
In today’s installment, we discuss some of the experiences that shaped Sam's perspectives. As a freshman at Stanford (where he and I happened to overlap as undergraduates), he recalls being irked b...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #10.1: Rob Reid and Sam Harris, 1 of 4 from 2018-10-16T16:00
This week my guest is Sam Harris: a neuroscientist turned bestselling author turned podcasting colossus. Sam has described his job as “thinking in public.” The uniqueness of Sam’s perspective is ev...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #9.3: Rob Reid and Adam Gazzaley, 3 of 3 from 2018-10-12T16:00
The main topic today is consciousness. Adam has his own rather eclectic take on this mysterious force and presence. The final chunk of the podcast is a conversation between me and podcasting supers...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #9.2: Rob Reid and Adam Gazzaley, 2 of 3 from 2018-10-11T16:00
Adam and I open today’s installment discussing techniques that mad scientists like him can use thwack the brain (legally, and safely, of course), so as to increase its neuroplasticity. We then talk...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #9.1: Rob Reid and Adam Gazzaley, 1 of 3 from 2018-10-10T16:00
This week, we’re serializing another episode of the After On Podcast here on Ars. Our guest is UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley, who runs one of the largest academic neuroscience labs on the West ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #8.1: Rob Reid and Don Hoffman, 3 of 3 from 2018-10-04T16:00
UC Irvine quantitative psychologist Don Hoffman presents his wildly counterintuitive theory on the nature of reality. We kick off today talking about what’s widely referred to as "the hard problem ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #8.1: Rob Reid and Don Hoffman, 2 of 3 from 2018-10-03T16:00
Don and I open this episode by discussing his take on space-time. He refutes that the notion that space itself existed at all before consciousness. Don essentially believes that if you’re alone in ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #8.1: Rob Reid and Don Hoffman, 1 of 3 from 2018-10-02T16:00
Today’s guest is UC Irvine quantitative psychologist Don Hoffman. In today’s installment, he lays the foundation of this wildly contrarian worldview. An ardent Darwinist, Don argues that evolution...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #7.3: Rob Reid and Tim O’Reilly, 3 of 3 from 2018-08-02T16:00
In today’s installment, Tim rejects the fashionable forecast that automation will eradicate all human jobs next week. Being closer than most of us to Jeff Bezos, he knows a thing or three about ope...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #7.2: Rob Reid and Tim O’Reilly, 2 of 3 from 2018-08-01T16:00
Tim and I start off today talking about "The Whole Internet User’s Guide&Catalog," which he published in 1992. And yup—that’s a two at the end of that number. Jumping forward many years, Tim tells ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #7.1: Rob Reid and Tim O’Reilly, 1 of 3 from 2018-07-31T16:00
Our guest is tech’s preeminent publisher and top prognosticator Tim O’Reilly. O’Reilly Media has published a huge share of our world’s top books for as long as I’ve been around – even as it led the...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #6.2: Rob Reid and Daniel Kraft, 2 of 2 from 2018-07-25T16:00
Today, we build on the amazing results Google attained with its experimental eye scan study, and consider the unlikely things that might one day be meaningful early-warning markers for health probl...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #6.1: Rob Reid and Daniel Kraft, 1 of 2 from 2018-07-24T16:00
Our guest is pediatric oncologist and medical futurist Daniel Kraft. We begin today discussing Daniel’s background and Singularity University itself. We then delve into the world of advanced quanti...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #5.3: Rob Reid and Robert Green, 3 of 3 from 2018-07-19T16:00
Today we open with an heartening story about an infant who went through one of Robert’s studies, and may have picked up fifteen IQ points as a direct result (this is neither a metaphor nor an exagg...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #5.2: Rob Reid and Robert Green, 2 of 3 from 2018-07-18T16:00
Today we present the second installment of my interview with medical geneticist Robert Green, about the promise and pitfalls that could lie in reading out your full genome. In this installment, we ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #5.1: Rob Reid and Robert Green, 1 of 3 from 2018-07-17T16:00
My guest this week is a medical geneticist Robert Green, and our topic is the promise and peril that could come from reading your full genome. Whole-genome sequencing will soon become a mass phenom...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #4.3: Rob Reid and Stephen Webb, 3 of 3 from 2018-07-13T16:00
Today we present the third and final installment of my interview British astronomer Stephen Webb on the subject of Fermi’s paradox. we open by talking about some of the amazing instruments and proj...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #4.2: Rob Reid and Stephen Webb, 2 of 3 from 2018-07-12T16:00
Today we present the second installment of my interview British astronomer Stephen Webb on the subject of Fermi’s paradox. We open by talking about the second category of solutions to the paradox. ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #4.1: Rob Reid and Stephen Webb, 1 of 3 from 2018-07-10T17:07:52
This week we ponder Fermi's Paradox with British astronomer Stephen Webb. This is the question of why can’t we detect any signs of intelligent alien life when we look to the skies. No signs of astr...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #3.2: Rob Reid and Mary Lou Jepsen, 2 of 2 from 2018-06-29T16:00
Today we open by talking about some astounding work of UC Berkeley neuroscientist Jack Gallant—in which he trained an AI system to infer what test subjects were viewing on a video screen just by wa...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #3.1: Rob Reid and Mary Lou Jepsen, 1 of 2 from 2018-06-28T16:00
This week my guest is a holographer, a one-time academic, a former CTO of Oculus, and a present-day entrepreneur named Mary Lou Jepsen. We open today’s installment discussing the roots of Mary Lou’...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #2.3: Rob Reid and Rodney Brooks, 3 of 3 from 2018-06-22T16:00
We start today’s installment with the very cliffhanger sentence yesterday’s installment ended with: Rodney saying “Yeah, let’s talk about deep learning.” This leads to an argument similar to yester...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #2.2: Rob Reid and Rodney Brooks, 2 of 3 from 2018-06-21T16:00
We start with the new robotic era that dawned when Rethink Robotics launched its Baxter robot. Baxter and its successor, Sawyer, shifted the industry. We then consider the ancient legacy equipment ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #2.1: Rob Reid and Rodney Brooks, 1 of 3 from 2018-06-20T16:00
Today’s segment introduces guest Rodney Brooke and includes a discussion of the rigid segregation between human workers and robots that reigned in almost all factories until recently. Brooks starte...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #3: Rob Reid and George Church, 3 of 3 from 2018-06-14T16:00
We start today’s installment by discussing an audacious project to resurrect the wooly mammoth—or at least certain of its genes, which allowed it to thrive in frigid regions. From mammoths, George ...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #2: Rob Reid and George Church, 2 of 3 from 2018-06-13T16:00
We begin today’s installment with a discussion of the strengths and shortcomings of the CRISPR gene-editing technique, which George co-invented. Though CRISPR is a great improvement on the nine tec...
ListenArs Technicast Experimental #1: Rob Reid and George Church, 1 of 3 from 2018-06-12T16:00
Genomicist George Church talks about his disappointment with the Human Genome Project. He argues that his field’s true golden age began right after the Genome Project ended, and is now building ext...
ListenArs Technica Live #21: The tech boom and the fate of democracy from 2018-04-18T19:43:09
Right now the U.S. tech economy is booming, but what will be the long-term effects of automation and AI? Are robots about to steal our jobs? Will Facebook throw the next election? Is social democra...
ListenArs Live Episode 16: The Silicon Valley equality crisis from 2017-08-22T15:36:04
Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talk to Catherine Bracy, founder of the TechEquity Collaborative, about Silicon Valley's equality issues and how to make the tech industry work for e...
ListenArs Live Episode 15: Military drones and whistleblowers from 2017-07-25T02:53:17
Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talk to Lisa Ling, former military drone tech and whistleblower about the dilemmas of drone warfare and surveillance, and also her experience as a wh...
ListenArs Live Episode 14: Government environmental data rescue from 2017-06-28T00:39:38
Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Joe Mullin talk to Lindsey Dillon, UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies Professor and chair of the EDGI (Environmental Data&Governance Initiative) steering committe...
ListenArs Live Episode 13: Blowing stuff up online from 2017-05-24T14:11:31
What's it like to poke, prod, and blow up stuff for a living? Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar talked with Norman Chan, the editor of Tested, Adam Savage's website and YouTube channe...
ListenArs Live Episode 12: tech, the feds, and criminal defense from 2017-04-25T19:08:33
Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar and David Kravetz talk with criminal defense attorney Mark Jaffe about his cases with Aurenheimer, Lostutter, and Matthew Keys in front of a live audience in Oakland, C...
ListenArs Live Episode 11: Climate change from 2017-03-22T20:23:58
Ars Technica's Annalee Newitztalks with Paleoclimatologist Lynn Ingram about climate change in front of a live audience in Oakland, CA. Recorded at Awaken Cafe in Oakland, CA on March 15, 2017. Lea...
ListenArs Live Episode 10: tech, security and immigration from 2017-02-23T16:02:47
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar and Annal...
ListenArs Live Episode 9: Sex Toys from 2017-01-25T17:00
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. Ars Technica's Cyrus Farivar and Annal...
ListenArs Live Episode 8: Information security from 2016-11-25T21:40:13
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. Ars Technica's Dan Goodin and Annalee ...
ListenArs Live Episode 7: The future of human space travel from 2016-11-24T02:32:03
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Annale...
ListenArs Live Episode 6: Taking on patent trolls from 2016-11-23T18:23:12
Ars Technica's Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar met in front of a live audience at Longitude bar in Oakland, CA and spoke with Lee Cheng, Chief Legal Officer of Newegg, Inc. about how to fight pate...
ListenArs Live Episode 5: Diversity in Tech from 2016-11-22T00:48:57
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Cyrus ...
ListenArs Live Episode 4: When science meets science fiction from 2016-11-21T16:07:36
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude,Oakland's premier tiki bar.In this episode, Ars Technica's Annalee N...
ListenArs Live Episode 3: Online Harassment from 2016-11-20T01:37:59
What if we treated online harassment the same way we treat spam? Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, ...
ListenArs Live Episode 2: Surveillance from 2016-11-18T23:48:09
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Ars Technica's Annalee...
ListenArs Live Episode 1: The history of meat and butchery from 2016-11-17T14:46:13
Ars Technica's podcast continues with a series of live discussions about today's science, tech and culture recorded at Longitude, Oakland's premier tiki bar. In this episode, Annalee Newitz and Cyr...
ListenTeaser: Listen to Decrypted, our new Mr. Robot podcast from 2016-07-11T12:00
Mr. Robot, USA's cybersecurity and hacking drama, is a favorite within the Ars Technica Slack/IRC channels. So for the summer, we'll be following along with the series on our new podcast—Decrypted....
ListenArs Technicast, Ep. 38: So, an Xbox One and a PS4 walk into a room... from 2013-11-22T18:00
This year saw an event that only happens every six or seven years, on average: two major gaming consoles released at just about the same time. The PS4 has just released, and the Xbox One launches o...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 37: Maybe you should have read the book from 2013-11-08T18:26
Now that we’re closing in on the last few months of the year, movie season ramps up again as Hollywood releases some of its biggest films to close out the year. Just before Halloween, Cesar caught ...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 36: How much is software worth anyway? from 2013-10-25T16:35
In this week’s episode, we take a couple of steps back from the announcement by Apple to look at current pricing strategies and models for some of the giants in computing. Co-hosts Social Editor Ce...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 35: We step out into Gravity's space from 2013-10-12T12:00
Spoiler Alert: In this episode, we go into detail about some key plot points from the film Gravity. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ve been forewarned. Senior Reviews Editor Lee Hutchinson still h...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 34: Can SteamOS squeeze into your living room? from 2013-09-27T14:00
In this episode, Gaming Editor Kyle visited the show to talk about the SteamOS announcement this week. It’s big news, because a SteamOS could mean that gamers could have more choices when it comes ...
ListenArs Technicast, Ep. 33: What we talk about when we talk about iPhones from 2013-09-13T13:48
On Tuesday Apple announced two new versions of its iPhone line: the colorful 5c (a sleeker revamp of features in the current iPhone 5) and the higher-end iPhone 5s, which includes a finger print sc...
ListenArs Technicast, Ep. 32: A discussion of the NSA, Snowden and reform from 2013-08-16T16:00
In this episode Ars Tech Policy Editor Joe Mullin joins hosts Social Editor Cesar Torres and Ars Writer Casey Johnston to talk about Ars Technica’s coverage of NSA and leaker Edward Snowden, who i...
ListenArs Technicast Ep. 31: Nexus 7, Chromecast, and the Google+ conspiracy from 2013-07-26T14:23
Earlier this week, Google’s breakfast event, the tech giant announced several new products and services, including Chromecast, a competitor to Apple TV, as well as the refreshed Nexus 7 tablet, whi...
ListenArs Technicast Episode 30: How to ruin a NASA capsule with a sandwich from 2013-07-12T16:06
In this episode we talk about NASA in light of next week’s 44th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. We are excited to welcome special guest Amy Shira Teitel, who specializes in writing about...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 29 – Microsoft's 180 on DRM makesus do a double take from 2013-06-21T19:18
In this episode of the Technicast, we set out to take a look back at the announcements we covered at E3 last week. Gaming Editor Kyle Orland and Senior Products Specialist Andrew Cunningham were on...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 28–WWDC rumors and what's missing from them from 2013-06-07T17:43
While the Internet’s saturating itself like a wet sponge with rumors about what Apple has in store for iOS at the World Wide Developers conference, the Ars Technicast is staying dry and packing its...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 27–Will the revolution be 3D-printed? from 2013-05-24T15:56
In this episode we debate the issue of 3D printers and the patterns and designs available to make handgun components. We shed some light on the previous coverage we have written here at Ars Technic...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 26–Summer movie season is here: Engage! from 2013-05-09T20:37
Now that you can watch a movie on your laptop, tablet, or even your phone, the cinema has a lot of new options to compete against. The cinema is not dead, but it sure is evolving. Many of us at Ars...
ListenArs Technicast Episode 25 – Would you like some social media with your news? from 2013-04-25T17:51
Nowadays, when a big story breaks, one of the first places that people go to for information are social sites. Reactions on social media have become part of the headlines themselves, as social netw...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 24 – Is it time to move into our Facebook Home? from 2013-04-12T18:04
Facebook announced Facebook Home last week, and they want users to get really cozy. So cozy that your friends' news feed updates will take over the screen of the phone, putting Facebook interaction...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 23 – Ghosts of online services we abandoned from 2013-03-29T16:38
Over the years, some of us have left behind online services. In some cases, we closed out the account, and in others, it languished in the graveyard of the Internet. Today, we talk about the ghosts...
ListenArs Tecnicast, Episode 22 – Tech horror stories from 2013-03-15T16:53
Most computer and gadget owners have lived through the nightmares of failed hard drives, fried circuits, cracked screens and other horror tales. Here at the Ars Technicast, we have had our own shar...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 21 – And then we met the PS4 from 2013-02-27T18:49
Sure, a little bit of mystery is not a bad thing. Mystery helps us feel a bit of anticipation, and in the case of Sony, they are teasing us with the PlayStation 4, the follow-up to the Playstation ...
ListenArs Technicast Episode 20 – Lifestyles of the digital and automated from 2013-02-15T15:07:25
Automation has long been relegated to the nerd realm and the home tinkerer. Back in 2008 we reviewed automated thermostats like the Ecobee, and the Ars OpenForum also discussed it. Fast forward to ...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 19 – Video games of the FUTURE Future future... from 2013-02-01T15:52
According to our gaming editor Kyle Orland, video games are in a real transition point. Nintendo just released the Wii U, its next generation console, but many of us are speculating about what’s to...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 18: CES – Tales from the trenches from 2013-01-17T15:26
CES 2013, that giant, tangled web of a consumer electronic show, concluded last week, and the Ars Technica crew was there to cover it. But now that it’s over, we took some time to think about what ...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 17: Deconstructing The Hobbit from 2012-12-21T15:17:40
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey finally arrived a week ago. For fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, the new film could be the best adaptation ever—or perhaps a movie that has lost the tone of the source mate...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 16: Pick your favorite gaming platform – console or PC? from 2012-12-07T15:24
This week we discuss PC vs. console gaming, Which platform holds the crown? Gaming Editor Kyle Orland and Reviews Editor Lee Hutchinson talk about their dedication to each platform. Thouygh gamers...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 15: Read any Darwin lately? from 2012-11-21T17:29
Why is it that so many people have not read Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species? This seminal work of science and literature has been one of the most influential and hotly debated works of the moder...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 14 – Why the Microsoft Surface tablet doesn't hit the mark from 2012-11-09T15:21:52
This week, Microsoft Editor Peter Bright shares his honest opinions on what the Microsoft Surface lacks, and why. There’s niggling small details that don’t make the cut, and there’s some big proble...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 13 – iPad mini-me, can you complete me? from 2012-10-26T13:52
This week in the Ars Technicast we talk about the iPad mini, which Apple announced earlier this week, along with an update to the larger iPad. Senior Apple Editor Jacqui Cheng, who liveblogged the ...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 12 – Wham, bam, we talk Internet scams from 2012-10-12T14:28:55
In this episode of the Ars Technicast we talk about the fine art of the scam. Recently, Deputy Editor Nate Anderson and Ars Senior Writer Jon Brodkin wrote about the ways in which Internet scammers...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 11: Our all-time favorite video game villains from 2012-09-29T18:45:14
Muua-ha-ha-ha! What makes for an amazing and iconic video game villain? Is it looks, evil laughter, or a singularly creepy name? Following the success of our previous podcast episode, “Our most me...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 10 – Who are the most memorable video game characters? from 2012-09-14T15:12
Video game characters have been with us for decades, and many have evolved into household names. That list of characters includes Pac-Man, Mario, Samus, Sonic the Heddgehog, and many more. But what...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 9 – How the Internet changed my meatspace from 2012-08-29T16:52
Though not all of us Ars Technica editors were introduced to the Internet at the same time, there’s no doubt that it has an effect on our social interactions everyday. In fact, some our social inte...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 8 – Life after being hacked: dealing with the fallout from 2012-08-17T14:32
The enticing promise of cloud computing is one plays on our human desire for convenience. Your data, which can include photos, music, health records –– in essence, your digital life –– is hosted i...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 7 – Don't mess with my desk from 2012-08-03T14:43
A desk is more than just a place to sit and work. For many of us, it’s a whole way of life. On this episode of the Ars Technicast, we share details about our own desk setups. We discuss ergonomics,...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 6 – Music from 2012-07-19T16:28
In this week’s episode we get up close and personal with music. Ryan and Jacqui trade stories about using digital upright pianos and evaluate the quality of their sound. We also discuss iPad apps u...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 5 - Retro gaming from 2012-07-05T17:36
This week we’re dedicating our show to retro gaming. As we discussed the games of our youth, we discovered that we’re still in love with many of those early games. Gaming editor Kyle Orland joins S...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 4 – The science and the fiction of Prometheus from 2012-06-21T15:49
This week we devote the show to science fiction, and in particular Ridley Scott’s new film Prometheus. Warning: This show is extremely spoiler heavy, so if you don’t want to know details about the ...
ListenArs Technicast, Episode 3 — Summer travel and gadgets from 2012-05-25T16:00
This week we are dedicating our show to summer travel and gadgets. What kind of gadgets do you bring when you travel for work, and which ones do you bring when you're on vacation? Host and Senior A...
ListenThe Ars Technicast Episode 2 | Internet: Huh, yeah, what is it good for? from 2012-05-10T19:36
In this week's episode we take a retrospective look at the Internet and discuss the impact it has made in each one of us. We started our discussion as a response to Paul Miller's current experiment...
ListenArs Technicast Episode 1 | The Singularity from 2012-04-25T17:04
Welcome to the debut episode of the Ars Technicast, where we bring you you the latest in the worlds of computing, technology, science, and everything else in between. On this week’s show, our host,...
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