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The Brink Plays Games With Sega Jun 20, 2022

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It was once a powerful video game company that many thought would challenge Nintendo for dominance. So what happened to Sega to make it fall so far?

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TechStuff Classic: Techs Top Rivalries Jun 17, 2022

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All's fair in love and tech, so they say. In this episode, we look back on some of the famous rivalries in technology.

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Tech News: Did Samsung Fudge TV Benchmark Tests? Jun 16, 2022

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TV reviewers suspect that Samsung is using a cheating algorithm to boost TV benchmark scores. Is Tesla's Autopilot dangerous? And did Chinese scientists really pick up an alien radio signal?

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The Obligatory “Is E3 Dead?” Episode – 2022 Edition Jun 15, 2022

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For years, E3 served as the video game industry's platform to promote video games and video game hardware. But some setbacks, including canceled shows due to COVID, lead to the question: is E3 dead?

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Tech News: Microsoft Says Goodbye to Internet Explorer Jun 14, 2022

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This week, we're seeing Microsoft's browser Internet Explorer come to an end as Google pulls the plug (officially) on Google Talk. Plus we learn about Apples second-generation mixed reality hardware even before the company announces the first one, and more!

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Is the Google AI sentient? Jun 13, 2022

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A Google engineer was suspended after sharing a document suggesting that Google's LaMDA conversation model may be sentient. But if a machine was sentient, how could we tell? What does the Turing Test have to do with it? And can machines think?

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TechStuff Classic: A Stingray Operation Jun 10, 2022

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What are Stingrays and how are they used in surveillance? Jonathan brings in the guys from Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to find out.

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Tech News: Twitter Refuses to Hand Over Data to US Government Jun 09, 2022

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The committee investigating the January 6th insurrection reportedly wants Twitter to hand over more internal communications about what folks in the company knew about the planned event. Tesla is facing some opposition for its required office attendance in Germany. And the James Webb Space Telescope gets hit by a micrometeoroid.

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Rerun: What is an algorithm? Jun 08, 2022

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The word algorithm pops up a lot in tech discussions, but what the heck is an algorithm? From learning about an Arabic genius to discovering a way to figure out what day of the week falls on any given date, we look at algorithms.

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Tech News: Twitter and Tesla and Elon, Oh My! Jun 07, 2022

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We get an update on Elon Musk and his quest to own or walk away from Twitter. We also learn what Apple unveiled at WWDC 2022. And we hear about an AI-piloted ship crossing the Atlantic.

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