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Tech News: Airlines Warn 5G Could Lead to "Catastrophic Event" Jan 18, 2022

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We're on the eve of AT&T and Verizon switching on their C-Band 5G networks and several airlines warn that the tech could cause a "catastrophic event" in the form of delays and cancellations. What's going on? Plus HUGE news about Activision Blizzard and more.

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Why are so many semiconductor chips made in Taiwan? Jan 17, 2022

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The semiconductor chip shortage continues to be a huge problem for multiple industries around the world and has brought new attention to Taiwan, the manufacturing capital of semiconductors. But how did it get that way?

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TechStuff Classic: The Six Simple Machines Jan 15, 2022

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What are the six simple machines and why are they so important? Joe McCormick joins the show to explain.

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Tech News: Scams and Lawsuits Jan 14, 2022

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The tech news today is filled with stories about lawsuits and scams, from Apple paying employees for the time they spent being searched to Kim Kardashian getting name dropped in a lawsuit about an alleged cryptocurrency scam. Plus, Disney files an interesting (and potentially creepy) patent.

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TechStuff Tidbits: Content Farms and Clickbait Jan 12, 2022

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What are/were content farms, and what conditions allowed them to flourish? And what changed? From junk articles to clickbait, we look at how web sites would try to gamify the system to get more views.

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South Korea Gets Tough With Apple and Google Jan 11, 2022

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A law in South Korea forces Apple and Google to offer alternatives to their respective in-app payment systems. A former Amazon employee will testify to lawmakers that the company's employee review system is incomprehensible. And Razer changes up how it markets its new Zephyr masks.

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The DRM Episode Jan 10, 2022

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Digital Rights Management has a bad reputation. Is it earned? (Yes, yes it is). We look at the history and evolution of DRM and why critics say it's broken.

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TechStuff Classic: What is a Common Carrier? Jan 07, 2022

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The FCC Chairman has proposed reclassifying ISPs as common carriers under Title II. Wait, what does that mean? Jonathan explains.

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Tech News: CES 2022 Roundup and More Jan 07, 2022

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I talk about some of the stuff coming out of CES that I found interesting. Plus we hear about Google alienating its employees and get a story on an NFT art heist.

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TechStuff Tidbits: Why is there no universal voltage? Jan 06, 2022

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Travel the world and you'll discover that you will need some special gear to plug in your electronics as you go from place to place. Plugs, outlets and even voltages vary around the world. We're going to talk about why.

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