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Rerun: TechStuff Lights Some Fireworks Jul 03, 2023

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How do fireworks work? From the basics to fully choreographed displays, we take a look at the tech of making stuff go boom.

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TechStuff Classic: The Worst Hacking Scenes from Hollywood, Part Two Jul 01, 2023

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Shannon Morse and Jonathan continue their conversation about some of the worst hacking scenes in Hollywood history and how with a little adjustment they could be more accurate.

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RERUN: How 3-D Glasses Work Jun 30, 2023

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In this classic episode from 2009, Chris and Jonathan talk about 3-D glasses, awful movies from the 1980s, and whether or not 3D would become the future of television. (Narrator's voice: It did not).

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TechStuff Tidbits: What's the difference between Intel and AMD CPUs? Jun 28, 2023

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Intel and AMD have a common history, but each company has gone its own way in chip design. Why are Intel chips and AMD chips not compatible? And is there one type of chip that's better than all the rest?

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TechStuff Tidbits: A Bit about Bits Jun 27, 2023

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What makes an 8-bit system different from a 16-bit system? Or a 64-bit system? We look at what this actually means, and how a small jump in bits results in a huge jump in the number of values those bits can represent.

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TechStuff Tidbits: Logic Gates and Headache Medication Jun 26, 2023

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Jonathan is loopy, but he's also logical. Or he tries to be. Between pop culture references and dad jokes, Jonathan explains what logic gates are and how they work.

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TechStuff Classic: The Worst Hacking Scenes from Hollywood Jun 23, 2023

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Hacking isn't as glamorous or exciting as movies and television make it seem. Shannon Morse joins the show to talk about the worst examples of hacking in films and TV.

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Tech News: Musk vs Zuckerberg in a Cage Match??? Jun 22, 2023

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Elon Musk called out Mark Zuckerberg to fight in a cage match, and Zuckerberg said he's down for it. Will we get a billionaire on billionaire beatdown? Probably not, but it's fun to talk about. Plus, Amazon faces scrutiny on two different fronts and Reddit chaos continues.

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TechStuff Tidbits: What does CPU architecture actually mean? Jun 21, 2023

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What are the components that make up a CPU? What does it mean if a manufacturer used a 5 nm process to fabricate a chip? And is a multi-core processor always better than a single-core processor?

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Redditors Select John Oliver as Symbol of Revolution Jun 20, 2023

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Thousands of subreddits continue to protest Reddit leaders' decisions to change API rules, and they have chosen the image of John Oliver to serve as protest. Plus Apple tells employees not to use chatbots and the EU makes some new rules for device manufacturers that will require big changes.

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