Allan Jude joins us for a FreeBSD birthday special edition of Tech Talk. We also discuss the privacy win for US mobiles, some history and future hopes for Intel's dedicated GPU Larrabee, and that time Allan's town lost power.Special Gue

Tech Talk Today 280

May 24th, 2018 28m 59s

It's Google's turn to receive the Facebook treatment. In a series of rapid fire leaks, lawsuits, and PR blunders we re-cap Google's awful bad week.Plus MoviePass's desperate grab for data seems to be going bust, and IBM warns

Tech Talk Today 279

May 17th, 2018 24m 28s

Nearly all mobile carriers are caught selling your location and the story gets twisted. The senate votes to overturn the net neutrality repeal but there's a long way to go. OnePlus 6's specs are out, and how some guy heated his bath wat

Tech Talk Today 278

May 14th, 2018 22m 17s

A critical PGP and S/MIME bug is in the wild, EasyMesh promises standards Wifi Mesh networks, Zuck's in the sites, and Bittorrent Inc gets a rename. Plus the return of a classic!Sponsored By:Digital Ocean: Smash our promo code heresthethi

Tech Talk Today 277

May 10th, 2018 38m 32s

The world is freaking out about Google Duplex, new features coming to Google Photos we like and Android P promises to improve your "well being".Plus Apple deals a blow to GrayKey, our Kickstarter of the week, and sending ultra sonic commands

Tech Talk Today 276

May 7th, 2018 28m

The fight for Net Neutrality is back on, we round up the news from Build 2018, and get impressed by Tesla's barnacle purge.Plus we have a question for you, and more!Sponsored By:Digital Ocean: Smash our promo code heresthething after you

Tech Talk Today 275

May 3rd, 2018 32m 2s

Pocket Casts gets acquired, and we worry about "big podcasting" pushing for more data collection, Cambridge Analytical is filing for bankruptcy, and Amazon is playing hardball.Plus a brilliant Kickstarter of the week, some picks of the week,

Tech Talk Today 274

Apr 24th, 2018 26m 36s

Windows 10 users are getting a big update, but we're a little unimpressed, the tragic story of Eric Lundgren, someone is trying to extort GrayShift, and scientist have buckets with living pig brains.Also - how GEDmatch was helpful in bust

Tech Talk Today 273

Apr 19th, 2018 23m 36s

Google suffers from the Telegram ban, Valve is back in the business of making games, and Amazon has a top secret robot.Plus the puzzle that was hidden in Windows years ago, and a new project that aims to be a Wikipedia for Terms of Service ag

Tech Talk Today 272

Apr 19th, 2018 31m 26s

Telegram's battle of the ban continues, and AWS and Google Cloud become targets. Reddit is growing like crazy, which worries us a bit, and Microsoft loses their multi-year legal fight with the US Government.And why autonomous boats might

Tech Talk Today 271

Apr 16th, 2018 25m 51s

Tesla blames robots for their recent setbacks, Russia starts to block Telegram, Pandora discovers Podcasts, and a new design is coming to Gmail.Plus the fascinating audio isolation AI Google's developed, and leaked memos!Sponsored By:Ting

Episode 270: Season of Change

Mar 26th, 2018 27m 58s

The push for encryption backdoors is back on, why Valve has 1,700 CPU's working non-stop, and the big Netflix move Apple is about to pull.Then we'll cover a study that shows just one percent of Reddit users cause 75 percent of the dra

Episode 269: The Slice Age

Mar 23rd, 2018 33m 30s

Facebook gets punched in the face all week long, Amazon has drones that can smell fear, Telegram is ordered to hand over the keys, and some crazy folk want to make ketchup slices.Plus the huge space station that's falling to earth, we tal

Episode 268: Unethical Data Experiment

Mar 19th, 2018 23m 36s

Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data was a 'grossly unethical experiment' coming to light thanks to a whistleblower. We'll play his story, and discuss what they did with the data. Plus Google, Target, and Walmart's u

Episode 267: Google - Conspiracy Fighter

Mar 11th, 2018 30m 42s

Google's got a solution to all those crazy conspiracy YouTube videos. There's just one major problem... Plus Geek Squad's cozy relationship with the FBI, Intel's hardware fix for Spectre is closer than you thought, and what th

Episode 266: Their Ubuntu Breakup

Mar 9th, 2018 10m

It starts with a bang! System76 shares their side of the Unity desktop breakup, its brutal and honest. It's just the first day of SCALE16x, and it's shaping up to be the biggest yet.Then McAfee buys TunnelBear, Netflix shares some da

Episode 265: The California Shakes

Mar 8th, 2018 12m 46s

California is ripping our rig apart, its the final big push to SCALE after four days on the road and we're determined to make it. We meet up with some friends, get our geek on, and conquer the road.Plus tech headlines, and more.Sponsored

Episode 264: Parking Lot Podcaster

Mar 5th, 2018 9m 50s

My first check-in from the road to SCALE, some quick headlines, and the start to the big adventure. Plus the Telegram outage, Google's good news, and more.Sponsored By:Linux Academy: Sign up with a free 7 day trial when you visit: linuxa

Episode 263: Amazon's Plan for World Domination

Mar 2nd, 2018 16m 52s

Amazon's purchase of Ring reveals their deeper ambitious intentions for your home. And it goes way beyond package delivery. Plus Google's Slack competitor launches, Spotify's secrets revealed, and why 96.5% of YouTubers will fail.

Episode 262: Can We Get This Right?

Feb 26th, 2018 18m 23s

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And that's just what we've been doing for the last five years, and we still haven't gotten it right. The big adventure is just 10 days away, and this time we're going in with a

Episode 261: The Launch

Feb 19th, 2018 20m 41s

Elon Musk bet the future of SpaceX on the Falcon Heavy launch. On Thursday SpaceX launched a pair of prototype satellites intended to form the basis for Starlink, a constellation of satellites that are designed to beam broadband internet down t

Episode 260: Your Personal Google Stalker | TTT 260

Sep 19th, 2016 29m 22s

In what might be the final Tech Talk Today, we discuss the continuing saga of exploding phones, the lows & highs of the iPhone 7, Google’s new apps, Logitech's new buy & Valve's ban hammer.Plus our Kickstarter of the week & an important produ

Episode 259: Satisfy your Fidgeting | TTT 259

Sep 12th, 2016 35m 22s

Mario while you eat a hamburger, Note 7’s catching fire, Blue Hydra, a Stingray exposé & Netflix goes to war against data caps.

Episode 258: Play Wolfe | TTT 258

Aug 30th, 2016 45m 54s

Another round of hack attacks, Apple could be hit with a major tax bill, Nexus’ devices get a big assist & SETI has observed a “strong” signal that may originate from a Sun-like star.Plus a striking Kickstarter of the week!

Episode 257: Internet for your Things | TTT 257

Aug 23rd, 2016 38m 17s

Was the NSA really hacked? Then some reflecting on Blackhat & Apple’s fight with the FBI in light of the recent leaks. Plus our first hands on with Android 7.0 Nougat & a Kickstarter of the week that’ll give you a real boost.