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Rerun: TechStuff Lights Some Fireworks Jul 04, 2022

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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: High Tech Farming Jul 01, 2022

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Agriculture has come a long way since the invention of the plow. Learn about how high-tech gadgets are revolutionizing agriculture!

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Tech News: How Roe vs Wade Decision Affects Tech Jun 30, 2022

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A controversial ruling by the US Supreme Court has had a big impact on the country as a whole and the tech industry is no exception. Plus, one FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores. And Major League Baseball might be fed up with human umpires.

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How Flash Drives Work Jun 29, 2022

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By listener request, here's an episode about flash drives and flash memory. What makes it different from RAM and hard drives? How does it store information?

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Smart Talks with IBM: Building Trustworthy AI: A Holistic Approach Jun 28, 2022

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Advocating for artificial intelligence to be built and deployed ethically is no longer just a compliance issue but more of a business imperative. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Dr. Laurie Santos, host of The Happiness Lab, and Phaedra Boinodiris, Trust in AI Practice Leader within IBM Consulting. Phaedra’s team at IBM is creatively tackling the global need to build trustworthy AI by approaching the challenge holistically, implementing design thinking to address problems before they arise.

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Patents and Inventors Not Getting Their Due Jun 27, 2022

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Sometimes, the folks who invent important (or at least popular) tech end up being left out when it's time to collect the cash. We look at invention, ingenuity, patents and profit in this episode.

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TechStuff Classic: What's My Address? Jun 24, 2022

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The URL is a handy way to navigate to a specific web page. But where did it come from? How does it work and why are they almost always in English?

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Fw Thinking: Your Body as a Computer Interface Jun 23, 2022

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Could the future of electronics be the human body? We explore efforts to turn your body into a technological interface.

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Rerun: Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work Jun 22, 2022

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In the world of cryptocurrency, there's a need for algorithms to create a consensus for validating transactions. Bitcoin uses Proof of Work. Ethereum 2.0 will use Proof of Stake. What the heck is the difference?

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Tech News: Cloudflare Outage Disrupts the Internet Jun 21, 2022

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An outage in Cloudflare's content delivery network disrupts multiple services across the Internet. Plus, Meta shows off some mixed reality headset prototypes, former Tesla employees sue Tesla, and South Korea successfully puts a satellite into orbit.

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