EVs are a growing presence on highways and streets. But how should emergency responders treat them when they’re involved in an accident? Bodie Grimm from the Kilowatt EV podcast shares his thoughts. And as the demand for EVs grows, their production is increasingly coming from non-tra...
2022-11-28 22:42:56 +0000 UTC View Post
EVs are a growing presence on highways and streets. But how should emergency responders treat them when they’re involved in an accident? Bodie Grimm from the Kilowatt EV podcast shares his thoughts. And as the demand for EVs grows, their production is increasingly coming from non-traditional auto-manufacturing countries. Plus Mike Orcutt from the MIT Technology Review believes a sci-fi blockc...
2022-11-28 22:24:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Recent tech layoffs have made big news in recent weeks. But what’s behind the layoff moves and what can workers expect to find as they look for new work? Plus GPU shipments fell 25.1% in Q3 compared to last year. What’s behind the drop? And Meta announced Cicero, an AI that they sa...
2022-11-23 22:45:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Recent tech layoffs have made big news in recent weeks. But what’s behind the layoff moves and what can workers expect to find as they look for new work? Plus GPU shipments fell 25.1% in Q3 compared to last year. What’s behind the drop? And Meta announced Cicero, an AI that they say can achieve human-level performance in the strategic board game Diplomacy.
Who Is Your Bias Wre...
2022-11-23 22:24:43 +0000 UTC View Post
As AI gets more sophisticated the scientists who’ve developed them are at a loss on how they exactly work. We ask data scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy to explain what’s going on and what it says about the limitations of AI.
Will I Need Math For This? - GDI 4401 starts at ...
2022-11-22 22:43:40 +0000 UTC View Post
As AI gets more sophisticated the scientists who’ve developed them are at a loss on how they exactly work. We ask data scientist Andrea Jones-Rooy to explain what’s going on and what it says about the limitations of AI.
Will I Need Math For This? - GDI 4401 starts at 31:13
Math talk takes over. What type of math do you use in your regular life? Do you remember ...
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TV selection has never been better but how do you know you’re getting the best deal? Robert Heron is here with his picks for best Holiday shopping deals on TVs. Plus move over foldable LCD screens and make way for LG’s stretchable displays! And Wired’s Omar L. Gallaga wrote a story ca...
TV selection has never been better but how do you know you’re getting the best deal? Robert Heron is here with his picks for best Holiday shopping deals on TVs. Plus move over foldable LCD screens and make way for LG’s stretchable displays! And Wired’s Omar L. Gallaga wrote a story called “It’s Time to Make 3D TVs a Thing Again”. Is there a big enough demand for 3D TVs or is it an a...
2022-11-21 22:14:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Still having trouble figuring out what to get that home theater/audio geek in your life for the Holidays? Patrick is here with his gift picks. We interview well-known video game accessibility consultant Steve Saylor on what goes into making video gaming accessible to those with disabil...
2022-11-18 22:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Still having trouble figuring out what to get that home theater/audio geek in your life for the Holidays? Patrick is here with his gift picks. We interview well-known video game accessibility consultant Steve Saylor on what goes into making video gaming accessible to those with disabilities. And what’s the latest on the going ons at Twitter.
Ensuite and Unsweet Hotel Stories - G...
2022-11-18 22:31:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Pew Research Center released survey data on how teens use and perceive social media. The Verge has an article up about The Browser Company’s Arc browser and their productivity approach to browsing. And we delve into a story about University of Florida computer science professor Juan ...
2022-11-17 22:51:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Pew Research Center released survey data on how teens use and perceive social media. The Verge has an article up about The Browser Company’s Arc browser and their productivity approach to browsing. And we delve into a story about University of Florida computer science professor Juan Gilbert who’s developing an unhackable electronic voting machine.
What's A Prune? - GDI 4398 st...
2022-11-17 22:26:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom explains the need and use case for CUDA software and hardware and why that may matter to you.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Full episode transcript:
I was shopping for a graphics card and I noticed one had a lot of CUDA cores
But another one didn’t have any CUDA cores at all
What’s a CUDA core? Can I live without it?
Confused? Don’t be
Let’s ...
2022-11-17 15:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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Alphabet’s Mineral project has partnership with berry grower Driscoll to monitor the condition of its crops. Motherboard has a story on how local libraries are launching their own local streaming music services. And what's the latest on the state of chip supplies.
Pickles, P...
2022-11-16 22:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Alphabet’s Mineral project has partnership with berry grower Driscoll to monitor the condition of its crops. Motherboard has a story on how local libraries are launching their own local streaming music services. And what's the latest on the state of chip supplies.
Pickles, Ponies, & Pizza - GDI 4397 starts at 31:45
What was the greatest show on Earth? A...
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A security researcher ran across a vulnerability on Android Pixel phones that could allow an attacker to easily bypass a lock screen with just a few steps. This is how it works: The attacker could input the wrong fingerprint 3 times which would disable the biometric authentication option. Aft...
2022-11-16 19:02:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Shannon gives us the details on MediaTek’s latest flagship SoC. Mastodon, the open source software for people to self-host their own social networks, has garnered increased interest as people look to abandon Twitter. We explain how it works and what you need to do to use it. And as t...
2022-11-15 22:43:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Shannon gives us the details on MediaTek’s latest flagship SoC. Mastodon, the open source software for people to self-host their own social networks, has garnered increased interest as people look to abandon Twitter. We explain how it works and what you need to do to use it. And as the EU investigates Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard eyes fall on the availability of C...
2022-11-15 22:23:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The Holiday Shopping season is here and Trisha Hershberger has gift ideas to fit any video gaming need and budget. And there’s a trend of folks using dating apps to make platonic relationships and it's giving rise to startups who specialize in connecting people for friendships. Plus ...
2022-11-14 22:45:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The Holiday Shopping season is here and Trisha Hershberger has gift ideas to fit any video gaming need and budget. And there’s a trend of folks using dating apps to make platonic relationships and it's giving rise to startups who specialize in connecting people for friendships. Plus Malaysia built a work from home paradise. How has it worked out so far and what can other destinations learn? 2022-11-14 22:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Sony, Canon, Fuji, and OM-System all release cameras, but where's Nikon? Film is finally growing for real this time. And what's a picture worth?
Hosted by Rich Stroffolino and Anthony Lemos
Show notes 2022-11-11 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Waymo passes another hurdle in California, Airly is monitoring the air we breathe, and what’s really happening with FTX and why does it matter?
Verify Your Steaks - GDI 4394 starts at 33:17
The FTX discussion continues. Do you remember the game show, Pas...
Waymo passes another hurdle in California, Airly is monitoring the air we breathe, and what’s really happening with FTX and why does it matter?
Verify Your Steaks - GDI 4394 starts at 33:16
The FTX discussion continues. Do you remember the game show, Password? What was your favorite game show? The pyramid is getting bigger. Commercial talk takes over. Do you reme...
Tom discusses the origins and proliferation of the most commonly used word in any language.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Episode transcript:
I’m OK
You’re OK
But why do we say OK?
Confused? It’s OK. Let’s help you know a little more about the word OK.
If you want to start a new language that isn't English or Mandarin and get most of the people in the ...
2022-11-10 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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AMD’s RDNA 3 powered Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT hit the shelves next month. Are they worth waiting for and should you even consider them? Plus Meta is laying off 13% of its workforce or about 11,000 people. Is this a sign of a bigger issue at the social media giant? And Security resea...
AMD’s RDNA 3 powered Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT hit the shelves next month. Are they worth waiting for and should you even consider them? Plus Meta is laying off 13% of its workforce or about 11,000 people. Is this a sign of a bigger issue at the social media giant? And Security researchers found evidence that several of Apple’s first-party apps seem to report data even with iPhone anal...
2022-11-09 22:20:26 +0000 UTC View PostTwo major vulnerabilities in OpenSSL have been patched after they were initially discovered and reported by the Polar Bear cybersecurity group and an independent security researcher. The first of these, CVE-2022-3602, was reported privately by Polar Bear during an audit they did of OpenS...
2022-11-09 17:31:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Microsoft might be testing the idea of placing ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu. YouTube Shorts– YouTube’s TikTok-like feature– had 1.5 billion users a month who watched 30 billion videos a month as of the beginning of the year according to YouTube product manager Todd Sherman in...
2022-11-08 22:49:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Microsoft might be testing the idea of placing ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu. YouTube Shorts– YouTube’s TikTok-like feature– had 1.5 billion users a month who watched 30 billion videos a month as of the beginning of the year according to YouTube product manager Todd Sherman in a Verge story. Is this the future for YouTube? And Wired posted a story “TikTok’s Greatest Asset Isn’t I...
2022-11-08 22:24:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Apple has plans for Siri from making its activation phrase snappier to integrating it into third-party products. How plausible are the effects of cosmic radiation on our electronics and do we need to pay more attention to it? And Airbnb is planning to make its pricing more transparent ...
2022-11-07 22:44:29 +0000 UTC View Post