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Hey, you wanna hear something weird? Us too! You might have noticed tech is getting a bit dull, stale and dystopian…but there’s so much fun, cool and just plain weird tech out there. So we’re gonna share it with each other - and you. Hosted by technology journalists Rae Johnston (Gizmodo Australia, Queens of the Drone Age, SBS) and Tegan Jones (Gizmodo Australia, SmartCompany, Queens of the Drone Age).
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GeekWire

GeekWire

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GeekWire brings you the week's latest technology news, trends and insights, covering the world of technology from our home base in Seattle. Our regular news podcast features commentary and analysis from our editors and reporters, plus interviews with special guests.
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Tech Talk Y'all

Edgewise Media

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Tech Talk Y'all is a weekly technology news show covering what has happened this week in tech, with hosts Sanjay Parekh and Adam Walker. Sanjay and Adam talk about technology, weird and wacky tech news, and make weekly tech recommendations (a fan favorite). Depending on your level of humor, episodes may or may not be funny (but they definitely are).
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The Show with Sam & Joe

Sam Antonioli & Joseph Birdsong

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A totes casual podcast in which Sam Antonioli and Joseph Birdsong talk about entertainment, tech, weird news, music, and life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Vergecast

The Verge

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The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s expert staffers in an exploration of how gadgets and software affect our lives – and which ones you should bring into yours.
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Windows Weekly is about more than Windows. Veteran Microsoft insiders Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell join Leo for a deep dive into the most valuable company in the world. From consumer to enterprise, AI to Xbox, Windows Weekly is the only Microsoft podcast you'll ever need. Records live every Wednesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
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We talk about what's happening in Data & AI every week (well, most weeks). No buzzword bingo or marketing fluff—just honest conversations about the tech that's changing everything. Sometimes we go off on weird tangents about programming languages, tech/startup life, or whatever shiny object caught our attention. Whether you're knee-deep in code or just curious about AI, come hang out with us!
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Promoguy Talk Pills Podcast where we dive into topics like Tech, AI, digital marketing, and business. Don't miss out on the insights and tips shared by industry experts in this marketing podcast!
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Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.
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In Think Like a Game Designer, award-winning designer and Stone Blade Entertainment CEO Justin Gary speaks with world-class game designers and creative experts from various industries. Each episode deconstructs the creative process, offering insights into the art of game design and the broader cultural, technological, and business influences shaping a myriad of creative mediums. Join us for actionable advice and unique perspectives that will enrich your understanding of what it means to be c ...
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This is a monthly entertainment podcast hosted by Dan & Danny. Listen in as we talk about whatever we want & give our not Totally Broken Opinions on stuff like Movies-TV-Quizzes-Ai-Games-The Internets Weird Side-Tech-Business & more. Videos on our YouTube Channel Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/TBOPOD Email: [email protected] Host links: https://linktr.ee/frankcomstein Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Water Cooled Potato

John & Kevin

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Water Cooled Potato is your guide to the absurd and obsolete tech of the past, present and future. John and Kevin discuss a different piece of useless, obsolete or just plain weird tech. Due to John constantly disappearing, we will upload when we're able to. This podcast can be found on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, and Spotify. Email us at [email protected] If you'd like to support us on Patreon visit: www.patreon.com/watercooledpotato
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Intentionally Blank

Brandon Sanderson & Dan Wells

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Join bestselling authors Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells as they search for the perfect podcast name and talk about the weird things they love—such as food heists, the perfect popcorn salt, and whether any art can truly be perfect. Listen for commentary on movies, TV shows, books, video games, and wherever else their conversation leads them.
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Risky Business

Patrick Gray

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Risky Business is a weekly information security podcast featuring news and in-depth interviews with industry luminaries. Launched in February 2007, Risky Business is a must-listen digest for information security pros. With a running time of approximately 50-60 minutes, Risky Business is pacy; a security podcast without the waffle.
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Where's The Future?

Brandt Krueger & Will Curran

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Where’s The Future? Podcast (WTF) is your weekly guide to the technology shaping how we’ll live, work, and play. Hosted by Will Curran and Brandt Krueger, we explore the cutting edge of smart home innovation, electric vehicles, AI breakthroughs, phones, wearables, Apple tech, and AR/VR/XR experiences. Plus, the future-weird ideas that make you say... “WTF?” We decode complex tech into real-world insights, share hands-on reviews, and talk with innovators building tomorrow’s tools today. Wheth ...
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At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week. For advertising opportunities please email [email protected] We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcY ...
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Join mathematician Professor Hannah Fry and science creator Michael Stevens (Vsauce) as they dig into the weird scientific questions that often go unexplored. Welcome to The Rest Is Science, a show that sits in the fascinating space between what we think we know, and what we actually know. Why do we assume we understand things like time, randomness, or even gravity? Once you start questioning these familiar ideas, reality becomes astonishingly strange and completely fragile. Whether you're a ...
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Tech Wars

Courier Mail

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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson is an award-winning gadget obsessive and proud Android user. She is also News Corp Australia's technology editor. Rod Chester is an iOS guy, obsessed with iPhone photography and also a technology journalist for News Corp. They get along ... sometimes.
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The Game Masters

The Tech Buzz Gaming and Gamer Ahmer

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The Game Masters podcast is a video and audio podcast about all things gaming. We like to think we have a lot of different content as we don’t talk a lot of news. We talk about things to help YOU become Game Masters!
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Loi Dunk

Barbara & Teja Arboleda

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All good + No problem = Loi Dunk. Barbara and Teja bring lighthearted humor and fun facts for uncertain times. Media, technology, weird news, geeky stuff, comedy. New name, same us! (Formerly Date Night and Living Forward.)
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THE MONTAGE is the companion podcast to the online magazine MONTAG.WTF – about how weird future tech will change the way we live, and where technology means unusual ideas, not shiny new objects. Launched by getGrover.com in March 2017, MONTAG is a magazine that explores where new technology is taking us as a society. If technology is shifting at an unprecedented rate, what does that change mean on a human level? MONATG is by Grover, where you can rent the latest tech products at a fraction o ...
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This show is in the top 1% of podcasts globally and the top Elder Scrolls audio podcast. The Elder Scrolls universe (Skyrim, Oblivion, ESO, Morrowind, Daggerfall, Arena) explained. From the nature of creation to the "gods" (Aedra & Daedra), races, characters, quests, history of world events, religions, weird metaphysics, everything is explored. This podcast is the best way to start filling in the blanks of your knowledge about the series. Wondering about where to start? For more creation sto ...
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Knick Knack News

Knick Knack News

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Want to know who won the airplane interior design awards last week? Curious about how tardigrades can survive in space? Want to know what bears have been up to lately? We have all the details! We are Alex and Anthony - two engineers who back in 2018 realized something was missing. Headline news was hitting us over the head with political stories over and over again, and while we wanted to stay informed, we felt the news was overwhelming. We couldn’t find a news podcast that fit what we were ...
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Beyond

IGN & Geek Media

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For decades, PlayStation consoles have brought incredible games and unforgettable stories to millions of gamers— and Beyond has been there every step of the way. Join passionate PlayStation experts Max Scoville, Brian Altano, Jada Griffin, and Akeem Lawanson for witty, insightful analysis of the latest PlayStation news, must-play games, and everything coming to PlayStation 5. Whether you're a die-hard fan or new to the world of PlayStation, Beyond is your ultimate PlayStation podcast. Beyond ...
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Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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Want to hear something weird about a sandwich made from solar panels? 👀 WHO ARE WE? Weird Tech is a Weird Tech Media production and a proud member of the iHeart Network. 🎙️ Hosts: Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones 💻 Edited by Sam Blacker from the Podcast Butler 🎵 Music: More Than A Game by ColorFilm Music 🔔 FOLLOW US: YouTube Instagram TikTok Twitter/X …
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This week: Jeff Bezos is back in startup mode (sort of) with Project Prometheus — a $6.2 billion AI-for-the-physical-world venture that instantly became one of the most talked-about new companies in tech. We dig into what his return to the CEO title really means, why the company’s location is still a mystery, and how this echoes the era when Bezos …
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Raycast is an unusual app with an unusual amount of access: it's a launcher and application platform that can directly interact with all the files and apps on your computer. Raycast didn't start as an AI-centric product, but Thomas Paul Mann, the company's co-founder and CEO, thinks AI is the key to making Raycast even better. For this episode, the…
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Send us a text Dive into the strangest and most entertaining side of artificial intelligence! In today’s episode, we break down the weirdest AI news of the week and bring you ironic AI interviews that reveal the bizarre, funny, and unexpected moments happening in the tech world right now. From unusual AI breakthroughs to hilarious machine-generated…
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1:25:12 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hot sauce and vitamins lost in the mail, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, vegan meal, Flip 7, office light, Trailer Park, Clint Eagar “Abstracts” postmodern prints, The Beatles Anthology, Morristown Pinball Wizard, Surf’s Up, building furniture, fiber optics, Jack White, a…
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Send us a text Weird news! Protein is the hottest nutrient right now. Some think there's no such thing as enough. But a protein bar designed to give you cancer? Barbara and Teja think that's a step too far. Then there's the head scratcher. What happens when a Waymo gets a ticket? Guess the police need some guidance on that one. #weirdnews #comedy #…
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Each year, the Ig Nobel Prizes recognize scientific research that first makes you laugh, then makes you think. For instance, researchers who investigated the pizza preferences of lizards on the island of Togo. Or a man who kept track of his fingernail growth for 35 years. As is Thanksgiving tradition, we’re sharing highlights from this year’s Ig No…
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Budapest Major has begun, and in this episode, we're talking all the big topics: tech issues, elimination humiliation ritual, "dogs**t" CS quality, FaZe and GL horrible form, and Stage 2 preview. Last but not least, gla1ve retires. 0:00 - Intro 4:10 - Why so early? Recent news 6:01 - gla1ve retires 14:38 - gla1ve’s coach ambition 22:01 - HEROIC rum…
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This week on the podcast we go over our reviews of the InWin Prism (White) Case and the EPOMAKER RT85 Mechanical Keyboard. We also discuss the rising cost of DRAM and how the will affect the PC industry, more information on the Steam Machine, some Black Friday news, and more!By ThinkComputers Weekly Tech Podcast
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A good workout can make you feel triumphant. And even if that isn’t your relationship with exercise, you’ve probably heard that working out can lift your mood, fight depression, and make you more resilient when life knocks back. But why exactly does exercise improve mental health? Is it all about those endorphins? Does the type or duration of a wor…
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PICO-8 is a software-based gaming console for making, sharing, and playing small games with a retro aesthetic. It emulates the look and feel of 8-bit consoles, providing limited color palettes, screen resolutions, and memory constraints. The PICO-8 dev environment uses Lua and is focused on being accessible to developers while offering depth for co…
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Pavan Davuluri only spoke at one Ignite 2025 session, and it did not deserve the hate he got. But what did he really say? Copilot is a front-end for apps and cloud AI services, agents are background processes. Apps in Windows need to become programmatic so AI and agents can control them. You are in control. You being IT and the user. These experien…
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What happens when humanity dares to shout a cosmic “hello”? Could it help alien civilisations decode human mathematics, our DNA, the blueprints of who we are? And why did we blast the 3-trillion-watt message into the stars in the first place…only to never try anything like it again? This is the story of the Arecibo message. Welcome to The Rest Is S…
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When you think of Thanksgiving, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? Family? Friends? Folklore? The parts of your life that fill you with gratitude? Well, here at Intentionally Blank, we turn our minds to Taylor Swift and how Thanksgiving dinners tell us what "Era" of her career we are! Brandon and Dan embrace their inner Swifties, now a…
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With the holidays fast approaching and Black Friday just around the corner (or later this week if you're reading this when the episode releases) its finally that most wonderful time of the year where you can buy a bunch of games you didnt get a chance to play for dirt cheap. Brian and Max have compiled a list of recent PlayStation releases that are…
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It’s a wonderful time of the year: squash, pumpkin, and gourd season. But how do those giant, award-winning pumpkins grow so big? And what’s the difference between a gourd and a squash? In a conversation from 2023, Ira talks with Dr. Chris Hernandez, director of the University of New Hampshire’s squash, pumpkin, and melon breeding program to explor…
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(01:29) - Jeff Bezos reportedly launches new AI startup with himself as CEO (05:45) - WTFPL – Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License (11:31) - Gemini 3: Introducing the latest Gemini AI model from Google (26:31) - New EU Chat Control Proposal Moves Forward – Privacy Experts See a Dangerous Backdoor (32:09) - Europe is scaling back its landmark…
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The Adventures of Dr. Franken, otherwise known as a justification to watch the new Frankenstein for the show, arrives on TADPOG shores! We mix is up in order to keep Nicole guess with our order of operations and discuss Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein right out of the gate. Then we discuss plenty of Stephen King, … Continue reading → The post Ep.…
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2:09:18 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009), decades, new TV, Onsug personality Peter Bernard passed away last month, 209, The Midnight Citizen concludes with episode 300, Dopapod, Amarok by Mike Oldfield (1990), endings, the dripping faucet, next day, Are We Not Drawn Onwa…
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In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Salesforce partner Gainsight has customer data stolen Crowdstrike fires insider who gave hackers screenshots of internal systems Australian Parliament turns off wifi and bluetooth in fear of of visiting Chinese bigwigs Shai-Hulud npm/Github worm is b…
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בפרק של היום פגשתי את נטלי קוריץ, AI Expert, ודיברנו על שינויים ארגוניים שמהפכת ה GenAI מביאה איתה. מה כל כך מיוחד בטכנולוגיה הזאת שהיא לא יורדת מסדר היום, שכולם כל הזמן מרוכזים בה ושהיא מטריגה המון שינויים? ראינו איך הגדרות התפקידים הקלאסיות, בייחוד בדאטה סיינס, השתנו ומה משתנה בתהליכי הפיתוח בעבודה עם GenAI. כדי להכניס מוצר מבוסס GenAI נדרשות הגד…
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Pre-show: Marco bought a new toy ATP Diamond Dogs: Talk Me Out of It II Bryan’s toot pen.tips Paperlike 3 Paperlike Pencil Tips Follow-up: macOS Tahoe 26.2 β3 seems to fix Electon slowdown (per shamelectron) Gurman says “not so fast, my friend” Gaming in ARM Anti-cheat complications (via Tyler) Windows 11 on ARM (via David Gaw) OpenAI Egg update In…
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Now that we are set on breaking into The Slab we gotta come up with a plan! Fortunately, we think we may have an inside source. But their help may not come cheap and Screech may not want to the hefty price. The adventure continues with Screech Echo (Mike Bachmann), Selene Von Esper (Jennifer Cheek), R'Oarc (Nika Howard), T'Chuck (Tim Lanning), and …
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Have you ever gotten to the end of, say, a jar of peanut butter and wondered if it should go in trash or recycling? If it’s worth rinsing out? And where will it actually end up? Journalist Alexander Clapp had those same questions, and went to great lengths to answer them—visiting five continents to chronicle how our trash travels. Along the way, he…
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Doom has seemingly been ported to every electronic device imaginable, including picture frames, lamps, and coffee machines. The meme of “it runs Doom” has become so widespread that it spawned the r/itrunsdoom sub-Reddit. Recently, Doom made headlines again for being ported to TypeScript. The project involved representing Doom entirely in TypeScript…
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It's a holiday week for many of us, which means a lot of Turkey Trots and a lot of TV. We have something for both in this episode! First, Nick Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic and author of the new book, The Running Ground, joins the show to talk about his lifelong journey as a runner, and all the tech — from smartwatch to shoes to custom GPTs — h…
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What's the real value in AI tools — and what separates those who use them well from those who don't? Sam Ransbotham, professor of business analytics at Boston College and host of the "Me, Myself and AI" podcast from MIT Sloan Management Review, compares notes with GeekWire Podcast host Todd Bishop in a two-part collaboration between the shows. On t…
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What is gravity, really? Why do objects pull towards each other at all? And if Einstein 'fixed' Newton’s theory, why does gravity remain one of science’s biggest unsolved mysteries? A clumsy trip into a lamppost leads Michael and Hannah into a whirlwind tour of our changing understanding of gravity, from falling apples and making wormholes for ants…
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Is lava water, and could we have a delicious hot cup of it? Is ice really a rock, and not water? And, the age old question, is water wet? From the minerals that shape the taste of our favourite drinks, to the tiny isotopes that reveal where a person, or whale, has travelled, Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens reveal the hidden life of H₂O. Al…
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Twenty years ago, a young oncologist started journaling to process his experience treating cancer patients. That cathartic act became the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Fifteen years after the book was published, how has our understanding of preventing and treating cancer changed? Host Flora Lichtman…
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Hey everyone, it's Nilay. It’s been great being back in the Decoder chair this fall, and we’ve got a bunch of great episodes coming up to round out the year. But the production team is off this week for the holiday, so today, we’re going to share this episode of The Gray Area with you. This time, host Sean Illing is talking to data scientist Hannah…
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In this episode, we dive into NASA’s first test flight of the ultra-quiet X-59 supersonic jet, explore the futuristic Phantom transparent 4K monitor, and break down World Labs’ breakthrough 3D world-modeling AI. We also cover TypeScript’s unexpected rise in the... Read More The post From NASA’s X-59 to Humanoid Workers: The Future Is Getting Weird …
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How have the armor types and materials changed from Arena to Skyrim? Let's find out. Check out Retro Recall! https://www.youtube.com/@RetroRecallShow Patreon: https://patreon.com/elderscrollslorecast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ElderScrollsLorecast Twitch: twitch.tv/robotsradio Talk TES with us! Discord: discord.gg/JXKfVhM Bluesky: https://bs…
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Vine was the original short-form video platform, and pioneered so many of the ideas we now take for granted in reels and TikToks. It was a cultural engine whose executives clashed with the creators who made it famous, before everybody decamped for other platforms. Marina Galperina, Sarah Jeong and Mia Sato join David Pierce to revisit their favorit…
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Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Claude’s Cyber Shadow: Inside Anthropic’s Claim of AI-Driven Espionage and Rising Doubts Anthropic details how it measures Claude’s wokeness OpenAI says it’s fixed ChatGPT’s em dash problem LinkedIn is making it easier to search for people with AI Exclusive: Maryland taps AI for housing…
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Send us a text A few decades ago, Barbara and Teja would read entire issues of Inc. Magazine while waiting for their slow, screechy 14.4 modem to connect them to a wild, uncharted land called 'The Internet'. Now? Barbara has created her own custom GPT—a personalized AI that can crank out first drafts for technical and marketing text in seconds. The…
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