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Rerun: Firestarter Jul 05, 2021

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How were matches invented? From toxic chemicals to pee science, we learn about matches. And a fictional character stops by to irritate our host.

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TechStuff Classic: How Clothes Dryers Work Jul 02, 2021

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Clothes dryers have evolved from precarious, fire-bellied devices to the increasingly green machines we know today. We cover the history of dryer tech, plus the newest innovations and NASA-funded research. And, of course, explain how they work.

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Tech News: Give Me Liberty And Give Me Tech Jul 01, 2021

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The FCC cracks down on spoofing. Google has a digital COVID card. And companies that make autonomous vehicles in the US must report all major accidents moving forward. All this and more.

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Tech Glossary: From SEO to Y2K Jun 30, 2021

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We've reached the end of our primer on tech acronyms and initialisms (for now). In this episode, learn about search engine optimization, what an SSID is, why you should pick WPA over WEP and what Y2K was all about.

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Tech News: The Algorithms are Against Us Jun 29, 2021

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In today's news episode, we learn how one YouTube algorithm banned a legitimate channel and how over at Amazon an algorithm can fire employees. Plus ISPs and Netflix go to battle in South Korea and Apple has an extreme solution to information leaks.

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Tech Glossary: From PCB to SaaS Jun 28, 2021

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What's a PCB? What makes an RTF? What the heck is SaaS? We continue to demystify the acronyms and initialisms common in tech circles.

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TechStuff Classic: How Planetariums Work Jun 25, 2021

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What goes into making a planetarium work and where did they come from?

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Tech News: The Mystery of McAfee Jun 24, 2021

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John McAfee, the founder of McAfee Antivirus, was found dead in a jail cell in Spain after a court ruled he would be extradited to the US for tax evasion. We look at his life, plus stories about Amazon throwing out hundreds of thousands of products each month and how a change at Google might mean millions of links will go dead.

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Tech Glossary: From ISDN to P2P Jun 24, 2021

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What does MPEG stand for? What does MIDI do? And are P2P networks inherently bad? We learn some more tech initialisms and acronyms.

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Tech News: When tech, politics and money meet Jun 22, 2021

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We got ourselves some Hubble Trouble. The US House of Representatives isn't a fan of SpaceX and Blue Origin. And cryptocurrencies keep taking a beating.

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