TechStuff

What are patents for? How long do they last? And what's a patent troll? We give a quick overview about patents and why they're such a big deal in tech. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www...

19 Jan 202220min

We're on the eve of AT&T and Verizon switching on their C-Band 5G networks and several airlines warn that the tech could cause a "catastrophic event" in the form of delays and cancellations. What's go...

18 Jan 202238min

The semiconductor chip shortage continues to be a huge problem for multiple industries around the world and has brought new attention to Taiwan, the manufacturing capital of semiconductors. But how di...

17 Jan 202244min

What are the six simple machines and why are they so important? Joe McCormick joins the show to explain. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/lis...

15 Jan 202242min

The tech news today is filled with stories about lawsuits and scams, from Apple paying employees for the time they spent being searched to Kim Kardashian getting name dropped in a lawsuit about an all...

14 Jan 202233min

What are/were content farms, and what conditions allowed them to flourish? And what changed? From junk articles to clickbait, we look at how web sites would try to gamify the system to get more views....

12 Jan 202237min

A law in South Korea forces Apple and Google to offer alternatives to their respective in-app payment systems. A former Amazon employee will testify to lawmakers that the company's employee review sys...

11 Jan 202231min

Digital Rights Management has a bad reputation. Is it earned? (Yes, yes it is). We look at the history and evolution of DRM and why critics say it's broken. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:...

10 Jan 202243min