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#38: Dumbest Idea Ever
January 18th, 2018 · 57 minutes
We discuss the top trends at CES 2018 with two survivors of the show, plus Facebook makes big news feed changes, Apple brings money home, and networking is harder than it looks.
#37: Robot, Hold My Beer
January 11th, 2018 · 60 minutes
It's CES week, so there's a lot to talk about in the world of voice assistants, robots that may not be robots, cars, impractical televisions, smart bathrooms, and more.
#36: Discomfortday
January 4th, 2018 · 54 minutes
A new year brings big tech news stories, including a huge security flaw in almost every microprocessor out there, and Apple doing damage control with a discounted iPhone battery replacement program.
#35: Let Deadpool Be Deadpool
December 21st, 2017 · 62 minutes
Disney has set shockwaves through the media world with its proposed purchase of Fox. What does it mean for streaming services like Hulu and Netflix, not to mention whatever Apple is up to? How can Bart Simpson and Mickey Mouse coexist under one brand?
#34: Regrets...
December 14th, 2017 · 56 minutes
A former Facebook executive bemoans the world he helped create, and Patreon goes back on its controversial change in how it collects money. In lighter news, Stephen is looking at a 21st-century Clapper and Jason is ordering an iMac Pro.
#33: Consensual Mass Hallucination
December 7th, 2017 · 55 minutes
Microsoft returns to ARM with Windows 10 running on Qualcomm chips, Amazon and Google get into a slap fight (while Prime Video sneaks on to the Apple TV), and Bitcoin continues to rise into the stratosphere.
#32: A Particular Robot Vacuum
November 30th, 2017 · 43 minutes
We're recovering from Black Friday and Cyber Monday with two members of the Wirecutter staff and talking about what cities are doing to woo Amazon's HQ2 and Net Neutrality.
#31: Year of Experimentation
November 22nd, 2017 · 52 minutes
It's a holiday in the United States, so we've gone international this week. We discuss 2017's flagship smartphones and their various compromises, American biases in the tech industry, and whether tech makes good gifts.
#30: Knowing Yourself
November 16th, 2017 · 54 minutes
Wearable tech that can make us healthier or save our lives, a potential renewal of the debate of government access to encrypted data, and how Facebook knows everything about you even if you're not on Facebook.
#29: Mosquito to a Light
November 9th, 2017 · 53 minutes
2017's flagship smartphones are all out, and the dust is starting to settle. In the desert, driverless vehicles are taking to public roads with mixed luck. And Snap works to dig itself out of bad quarterly results.