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Behind every innovation is a new kind of power. TechStuff unpacks how technology reshapes influence, creativity, and control, from Silicon Valley’s rising moguls to the cultural forces they create. Because tech is the new religion, economy, and entertainment, all at once.
Each week, Oz Woloshyn and the brightest minds covering tech dig into the weird, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways technology, AI, and the internet shape our daily lives. From AI and social media to privacy, digital burnout, and the creator economy, they ask how all this innovation is changing who we are, how we work, love, and make meaning.
Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone’s Googling: whether AI will replace us, how social media is affecting our kids, and what it all says about us.
Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com
Each week, Oz Woloshyn and the brightest minds covering tech dig into the weird, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways technology, AI, and the internet shape our daily lives. From AI and social media to privacy, digital burnout, and the creator economy, they ask how all this innovation is changing who we are, how we work, love, and make meaning.
Smart talk, strange stories, and the questions everyone’s Googling: whether AI will replace us, how social media is affecting our kids, and what it all says about us.
Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com
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Sep 13, 2023 • 39min
Simplicable's Fundamental Principles of Technology
A blog site called Simplicable outlines several "fundamental principles" of technology. We take a look at a few of them, talk about what they mean, and how they relate not just to tech but how we incorporate tech into our lives.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 12, 2023 • 21min
Tech News: Google's Matter of Anti-Trust
Today, the US Department of Justice begins its anti-trust case against Google. Should it matter if Google commands more than 90% of the web search market share? Plus, a cybersecurity issue creates a huge headache for MGM Resorts and a former Apple employee brings RICO charges against the company.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 11, 2023 • 42min
Did AI Write This?
Figuring out if artificial intelligence wrote a block of text can be tricky. Some companies have created tools that claim to determine if text was likely the product of a human author or AI. But as we have learned, these tools aren't reliable. What makes it so difficult to tell who wrote what?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 8, 2023 • 50min
TechStuff Classic: TechStuff Goes Transmitter Hunting - Part Two
Joe McCormick and Jonathan continue their discussion about radio waves, transmitters and radio direction finding. How can you locate a transmitter and what is fox hunting?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 7, 2023 • 36min
Tech News: A Perfect Storm Led to Microsoft's Big Breach
Microsoft's big breach due to vulnerabilities in system validation process. AI in content creation and music, including AI-generated music controversy. Benefits of therapy, wellness hotels, free zoster vaccine. Concerns about sexualized AI-generated content and need for stricter regulations.
Sep 6, 2023 • 36min
What is USENET?
Before the World Wide Web, savvy computer users were flocking to USENET to participate in discussions on everything from the latest advance in computing to the worst jokes you could imagine. USENET is still around today. So what the heck is it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 5, 2023 • 33min
Smart Talks with IBM - AI for Business: Multiplying the impact of AI
As businesses adopt AI, a new era of problem-solving, innovation, and creative decision-making can be brought to scale. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Goldstein explore the future of AI in enterprise business AI for business with Kareem Yusuf, senior vice president of product management and growth for IBM software. They discuss the advent of foundation models, how AI can transform data storage and decision-making, and how next-generation AI platforms like watsonx from IBM can empower businesses to use AI at scale. This is a paid advertisement from IBM.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 4, 2023 • 50min
Rerun: The Robots Are Coming for Your Job!
The podcast explores the impact of robots in industrial manufacturing, the origin of sabotage and its relation to worker protests, the origin of the word 'robot' and its social implications, the creation of human-like robots and early industrial robotics, and the origins of robots and the rise of industrial automation.
Sep 1, 2023 • 39min
TechStuff Classic: TechStuff Goes Transmitter Hunting - Part One
Joe McCormick and Jonathan continue their discussion about radio waves, transmitters and radio direction finding. How can you locate a transmitter and what is fox hunting?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 31, 2023 • 20min
Tech News: Meta Ignores its Oversight Board
Meta's Oversight Board recommended that the company suspend a Cambodian leader's account, but the company has declined to acquiesce to the request. Plus, X is rolling out some new features soon, Google is ending a subscription service and Sony is preparing to charge gamers more for PlayStation Plus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
