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From catapults to ballista, we explore the world of siege engines. Which ones were real? Which are fantasy? And how did they work?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Okt 202342min

Last April, National Public Radio (NPR) closed out its Twitter accounts. Six months later, NPR leadership says that the impact to NPR has been negligible. Could this mean more organizations will say g...

12 Okt 202339min

Intelligence researchers lament that X has become so rife with disinformation that there's no good way to use it while tracking tumultuous events like the war in Israel. The FCC is gearing up for a fi...

10 Okt 202338min

Back in 2020, we did a three-part series on the history of Ubisoft. What's been going on since then? And what's the story behind the troubled development of the pirate-themed game Skull & Bones?See om...

9 Okt 202352min

From humble beginnings to massive success, we follow the rest of the id Software story. When did the founders leave and why? And what's going on there now?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

6 Okt 202347min

In an episode with perhaps the most SEO-friendly title in TechStuff history, we learn about how someone used an AI-generated version of YouTuber MrBeast to advertise a scammy deal, how the FTC alleges...

5 Okt 202333min

A slightly sick Jonathan is back to talk about some past winners of the Ig Nobel Prize. Learn about how a wasabi-spraying alarm could save lives, how an inventor planned to recreate a classic cartoon ...

4 Okt 202338min

Open-source innovation is the future of AI. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford discuss the open-source AI community with Jeff Boudier, head of product and growth...

3 Okt 202331min