Wrecked By Tech
149 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -A weekly Canadian tech conversation with professional nerds Riley, Marc, and Dan. If you're a tech geek in Canada, you've come to the right place.
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Episode 150: Episode 150: The Last One
November 06, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 63 MBWe've been doing this show for three years, but after (almost) 150 episodes, we've decided to call it quits. Thank you very much for listening, even if this is just your first episode. If it's not, thank you even more. If you still want to be around while we talk tech — and you want to participate in the conversation — we have a Slack channel you can join! Email me at [email protected] and I'll add you in. Our best advice will never change: tech yourself before you wreck yourself. Lov...
Episode 147: AI shopping carts and the Pixel 4
October 24, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBIn this week's episode, we tell you about Dan's fancy new mouse, a NordVPN hack, a new type of shopping cart Sobeys is piloting in Oakville, Ontario, a bunch of updates on the Pixel 4, and the latest going on with Tesla after their earnings call. Also featured: a big announcement at the end of the show.
Episode 146: Everything we didn't already know about the Google Pixel 4
October 16, 2019 10:30 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBI GOT A FRESH PIPING HOT ORDER OF SHOW NOTES FOR YA: Google Pixel 4 event 2019: Pixel Buds, Pixelbook, and everything Google announced (https://www.cnet.com/news/google-pixel-4-event-2019-pixel-buds-pixelbook-go-and-everything-google-announced/) Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL hands-on preview: The very best of Google (https://www.androidcentral.com/google-pixel-4-preview) Here's why Google isn't launching the Pixel 4 and 4 XL in India (https://www.androidcentral.com/why-google-not-launching-pi...
Episode 145: A new Essential phone, a Blizzard walkout, and some Google leaks
October 10, 2019 10:00 - 12 minutes - 6.93 MBIn this week's episode, we (read: Riley) will tell you about a new Essential phone Andy Rubin announced on Twitter, a walkout at the Blizzard headquarters in California, a new feature on Google Assistant smart speakers, a man who was charged with mischief after calling 911 too many times, a police officer who got injured by a distracted driver, some unfortunate Calgary data about scooters, and the latest leaks about the Google event next week.
Episode 144: Microsoft was very exciting this week
October 03, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 31.3 MBIn this week's episode, we'll tell you all about the Microsoft Surface event on October 2. We also talk about a major Canadian tech acquisition and why you shouldn't key a Tesla.
Episode 143: Amazon unveils its latest bag of goodies
September 26, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBImma just leave these shownotes riiight here: Everything Announced at the Amazon Fall 2019 Event - Android Central (https://www.androidcentral.com/everything-announced-amazons-fall-2019-event) Huawei Mate 30 looks to be a phone with great hardware that is pretty much useless outside of china (https://www.androidcentral.com/huawei-mate-30-pro-review) Xiaomi does it AGAIN with the Mi Mix Alpha — a phone with a screen that wraps all the way around the edge to the back… but why? (https://www.andr...
Episode 142: A new streaming service and a fancy new patent
September 19, 2019 10:00 - 43 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this week's episode, we wait out Techtober announcements by discussing a new NBCUniversal streaming service, a Microsoft patent, a new Facebook partnership with RayBan, a super duper exciting feature in Android (or at least Riley thinks so), Facebook's new streaming box, and Dan's experience with Apple Arcade so far.
Episode 141: Fall 2019 Apple event
September 12, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBTake a wild guess about what we're talking about this episode. Hint: it's not actually fruit. We'll run through our thoughts on the new products (and the launch event itself) and a few newsy tidbits for you before that.
Episode 140: Stop texting your children while they're in class
September 05, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 MBIn this week's episode we'll tell you about two Canadian schools trying to deal with phones in the classroom, a proposal to put control of nukes with AI systems, a fine Transport Canada handed out to a rogue drone operator, a fine Google got for ads on YouTube Kids, the promise and heartbreak of RCS, how French police hijacked a botnet to kill a virus, and more. Also touched on: Jack Dorsey's Twitter hack, USB4 (and how confusing that is), a designer backpack with touch controls, and a new F...
Episode 139: Non-rainforest Amazon news
August 29, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBIn this week's episode, we'll tell you about a Saskatoon writer who's dumping all his Facebook friends — and then calling them about it, how Googling "Amazon fire" only got tech results for lots of people (instead of rainforest results), about a big Microsoft event coming in October, and how the US Federal Aviation Administration has outlawed drones with weapons on them. We also dive deep into a Wall Street Journal investigation into Amazon kids' toys and how they can be dangerous, and Apple'...
Episode 138: A Very Special Episode
August 22, 2019 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBThis week, on a very special episode of Wrecked By Tech, Marc discusses the latest news about Disney+ coming to Canada and other big happenings in the world of movies. Then he dives into a story of — wait this can’t be right — misinformation being spread on social media? No way! Speed Round: IFTTT warns its Nest users not to migrate to Google accounts (https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/20/20813465/how-to-use-ifttt-works-with-nest) Exclusive: Fearing data privacy issues, Google cuts some Andro...
Episode 137: Bad Lightning cables and hectic biometrics
August 15, 2019 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBIn this week, we'll tell you about an Android widget that's gone by the wayside, Huawei's new operating system, the new creator options for Instagram filters, a major breach in extremely common biometric security software, how easy it is to hack an iPhone Lightning cable, some Huawei technicians who helped African governments spy on political opponents, a smart oven that "turned itself on" at night, and a robotic tongue some Scottish scientists made to distinguish between whiskies.
Episode 136: We Samsung you a song
August 08, 2019 10:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBIn this week's episode we'll tell you about an E3 data leak, the death of loot boxes as we know them, a Microsoft Skype security issue, and all the news from the Samsung Unpacked 2019 event.
Episode 135: Capital One hack: the 2019 privacy hellscape continues
August 01, 2019 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBIn this week's episode, we'll tell you about the Capital one hack, the next OPPO flagship phone, how Apple contractors are regularly listening to confidential conversations, Microsoft's groovy new tool for searching documents, a free defense against ransomware, a new bill that could change the face of the Internet, and how Facebook wants to read your mind. Speed round: - Google Nest is giving away 100,000 free Home Minis to people with paralysis - The Google Pixel 4 will have radar and face u...
Episode 134: Canada's Huawei to the danger zone
July 25, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this week's episode, we'll tell you about: the Call of Duty Mobile Android beta in Canada the Apple Watch Series 4 ECG app in Canada EA Access on PS4 in Canada OpenTable adding delivery in — you guessed it — Canada DoorDash's apology for garbage tipping practices how DJ Khaled is Apple Music's first "artist in residence" We'll also tell you about how Huawei is trying to get back in Canada's good books, Samsung's latest PR about the Galaxy fold, a service that cancels your free trials for y...
Episode 133: Should you use FaceApp?
July 18, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this week's episode we'll give you the rundown on FaceApp, a viral app that can age you younger or older using AI, Google's latest data breach, Deepfakes and how scary they've gotten, Elon Musk's new thing, the Neuralink, Facebook's Cambridge Analytica fine, and the incipient podcast wars.
Episode 132: A tech smorgasbord
July 11, 2019 10:30 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this week's episode, Riley and Dan tell you about a vulnerability in Mac conferencing app Zoom, a new Nintendo product, updates to Instagram we actually like, a refresher to the MacBook lineup, and Dr. Mario World for iOS. Speed round: - Apple's Texas Hold'em iOS game is back after years of no updates - Sony wants you to remember all your old tech with a 40th anniversary video for Walkman - the Raspberry Pi 4 doesn't work with all USB-C cables - Trump legally can't block Twitter users
Episode 131: Scooters and spies
July 04, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this week's episode we'll tell you about Bird Scooters coming to Canada, what CSIS says about election tampering, a game Cambridge scientists developed to help pick out fake news, how China forces tourists to be spied on, and how easy many common apps make it for domestic abusers to cyberstalk their victims. Speed round: - The EU is mandating EVs make noise under a certain speed or when reversing - Twitter's going to put warning labels on Trump tweets - Amazon keeps your Alexa voice record...
Episode 130: We get angry about gas powered vehicles
June 27, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBThis week we're going to talk about the state of EVs and gas powered vehicles, the days of MySpace (and how they weren't as picture-perfect as we thought), and talk some interesting phone news. Speed round: - Google's done making Pixel Slates, or tablets of any kind - Raspberry Pi 4 is out now - Shopify will now let 800,000+ businesses chat directly with customers through iMessage - Wirecutter reviewed Keurig machines and their advice is just don't buy one
Episode 129: Do snitches get stitches? La Liga's National Narc Network
June 20, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBIn this week's episode we talk about former RIM CEO Jim Balsillie's thoughts on data (hint: it's bombastic), the BC government's new e-bike incentive, the La Liga soccer (football?) app's secret spying/snitching technique, Google's legitimate push to RCS in Europe, Samsung's smart TV antivirus tweet, a Tesla truck made by a famous YouTuber, EA's stance on loot boxes, and Facebook's cryptocurrency. Speed round: - Miller Lite made a beer can controller for some reason - Best Buy can repair Appl...
How Stadia actually works: an apology
June 15, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 2.18 MBOur last episode had details about Stadia that were incorrect. We are (read: Riley is) sorry for the misinformation.
Episode 128: Unlimited Canadian Data, Pixel 4, and E3
June 13, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBIn this week's episode we tell you about a great new Canadian data plan you can get, a bunch of leaks about the Pixel 4, some things that excited us about E3, and a new bite-sized streaming service (sigh). Speed round: - Netflix Canada partnered with three Indigenous screen organizations - PUBG is hilariously different in China - The Verge reviewed the Samsung Space Monitor and it's only alright - Tom Hanks made a delightful appearance at CES in 2009 and it's hilarious
Episode 127: Dub dub, or WWDC 2019
June 06, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThis week we'll run down everything from Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), including new software and hardware announcements. If you feel like diving deeper, links to the relevant places on Apple's website are below.
Episode 126: Broadcast laws and your unsafe data
May 30, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBIn this week's episode we'll tell you about what the big companies are lobbying for in the new CRTC broadcast standards, how Facebook is pissing off Canada and the rest of the world's governments, a new iPod Touch, and a ton of unfortunate news about your personal data. Sorry. Speed round: - SD association lets Huawei back in - a Flipboard hack compromised email addresses, passwords, and usernames - expect to see Apple Maps cars in Canada soon - Amazon shipped some guy a phone that wasn't eve...
Episode 125: This whole Huawei fiasco
May 23, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBIn this week's episode we'll tell you about everything that's going on with Huawei, Tesla's latest strike against the autopilot program, and Apple's latest MacBook announcement. Also our weekly bad Facebook news. Speed Round: - Health Canada approved the Apple Watch ECG app, so it's launching soon - Canadians pay 25% more on phone plans than Americans - Pixel 3a and 3aXL phones are randomly shutting down (yay) - there's a Juicero for soap now, apparently - Steam Chat is live on iOS - Google r...
Episode 124: OnePlus 7, an AI that can write, and Canada's stance on Internet trolling
May 16, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBIn this week's episode, we talk about a Canadian-made AI that can write, a Supreme Court of Canada decision that penalizes racist trolls, the OnePlus 7 announcements, Adobe legal drama, facial recognition law in San Francisco, and Google's new ad plan. The latest in "everyone hates Facebook:" an op-ed by someone who knows Mark Zuckerberg says they should break it up, and how Facebook's censorship algorithms can thwart law enforcement efforts. Speed round: - the GM plant in Ontario is going to...
Episode 123: Google I/O, some Microsoft Build, and 3-D printed houses
May 09, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBIn this week's episode we take you through one interesting happening from Microsoft Build (their developer conference), all the major news from the Google I/O keynote, and tell you about a Vancouver man who thinks he can 3-D print houses. Speed Round: - Vancouver has a salad vending machine - A dude swallowed an AirPod and it still worked after he pooped it out - a YouTuber hacked a Roomba to scream when it hits something - PSA: if you've got a Dell computer, get rid of SupportAssist or patch...
Episode 122: Canadian government: YouTube and texts aren't real ads
May 02, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBIn this week's episode we tell you about a law that won't bode well for the upcoming Canadian federal elections and all the latest news from Facebook F8. Speed round: - A small Ontario town just took Bitcoin for property tax payments - The sweet folding Samsung monitor is available in Canada now - you can now pre-order Valve's upcoming VR headset, the Index, for $1000 USD - that Energizer phone with a huge battery flopped real, real bad - there's gonna be a live action Sonic movie and boy doe...
Episode 121: Delete the McDonald's app
April 25, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBFollow us on Twitter: Riley (twitter.com/rileydmcdonald) | Dan (twitter.com/danbetcher)| Marc (twitter.com/spacelagace) In this week's episode we tell you why the Samsung Galaxy Fold broke, how much Marc loves his Huawei P30 Pro, why you should probably delete the McDonald's app from your iPhone, a Supreme Court of Canada ruling about "capturing criminal electronic messages," a brain implant that could restore speech to those unable to talk, a browser that pays you to watch ads, and Tesla's ...
Episode 120: EV incentives and why you shouldn't buy a Galaxy Fold
April 18, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBIn this week's episode, Marc and Riley talk about a new government EV incentive, a new Microsoft product, YouTube's fact-checking algorithm and its latest misstep, the Galaxy Fold (and what a mess it is just two days after being released to reviewers), leaks and censorship on Twitter, and more Facebook shenanigans. Speed round: - Saskatchewan police to use social media monitoring to prevent people going missing - BC judge rules driving with two headphones in is distracted driving and carries ...
Episode 119: How to buy Reddit results, Model 3 cameras, and Netflix vs. Apple
April 11, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 38 MBIn this week's episode, we talk about Amazon's satellite internet idea, how to buy Reddit results, why the Model 3 has a camera in the rearview, Netflix not working with AirPlay anymore, Apple's next processor, the IKEA/Sonos collaboration, and Google's (now defunct) AI ethics board. Speed round: - Microsoft is bundling Game Pass and Xbox Live - 14% of Netflix users share passwords - You can get a free Google Home Mini with a Spotify Premium subscription - Microsoft says you don't need to sa...
Episode 118: Tesla hacks & why Marc's getting a Huawei P30 Pro
April 04, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBIn this week's episode, we talk about the information hackers can get from your totaled (or rented) Tesla, why Marc is getting a Huawei P30 Pro, and the three latest reasons to be mad at Facebook. Speed round: - an influx of people buying Endgame tickets crashed theatre websites/servers/apps across North America - A Samsung subsidiary created a flower vase that doubles as a throwable fire extinguisher - Apple cancelled AirPower - Lenovo filed a patent for super weird-looking foldables - Valve...
Episode 117: The Apple event and the Huawei event
March 27, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 39.6 MBIn this week's episode, the guys take you through all the fun stuff from Apple's "show time" March 25 event and a brief-but-thorough rundown of the Huawei event the day after. Speed Round: - The CRA's online tax hub was down for about a day - Fido's going to charge you $10 if you call them for something you can solve yourself - IKEA is delaying their smart blinds because of a firmware update - Google is putting doodle animations in the search widget of some of their Pixel phones - Opera for A...
Episode 116: Google Stadia and gaming in the cloud
March 21, 2019 10:00 - 57 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this week's episode, Dan and Marc give you a detailed rundown of the newly announced Google Stadia service and what it could mean for gaming, internet speeds, and lunchtime LAN parties. Speed round: - Dropbox is cutting the number of devices you can use on their free plans - Canada's 2019 budget pledged more than $400 million to promote zero-emission vehicles - There's a new iPad Air and iPad Mini and they're way better - There's also a new iMac with 2x the performance - Apple lowered the...
Episode 115: Apple rumours and Google hardware cuts
March 14, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBIn this week's episode, Marc and Riley talk about the Tesla "price drop," Apple's next event, the Amazon-Eero deal closing, Google's slash of the Pixelbook/Pixel Slate team, Russian cops with AR headsets, and FamilyTreeDNA's new opt-out for FBI snooping. Speed round: - The Android Q beta is now available on all Pixel devices - Ontario's banning cell phones in classrooms starting next school year - BlackBerry is creating a US subsidiary to cozy up even more to government there - The Galaxy S10...
Episode 114: A Tesla price drop, a Telus health chatbot, and a sweet new camera app
March 07, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBThis week Dan and Riley tell you about the Tesla Canadian price drop (and when the next model will be unveiled), the CRTC's wireless market review, a new Telus health app/chatbot, the four new Fitbit products, Corning's latest work on bendable glass, Volvo's choice to limit the top speet of their cars, two of the latest reasons to be mad at Facebook, a cool new computational photography app for iPhone, and the next USB standard. Speed round: - Instant Pot, the smash-hit Canadian kitchen gadge...
Episode 113: The Samsung Event, MWC, and Facebook moderation
February 28, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBIn this week's episode, Dan, Marc, and Riley talk about the Canadian smart glasses company that the government gave a loan to (and wants the money back), the Samsung Unpacked event we just missed last week, a bunch of fun things being released/teased at MWC, the horrendous conditions American Facebook moderators have to go through, and much more. Speed round: - Nest Secure had a microphone all along, can now be a Google Assistant device - Apple News monetization strategy is "abysmal" and "atr...
Episode 112: Mobile Amber Alerts, electric cars, and Apple rumours
February 20, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 36.8 MBThis week Marc and Riley talk about the Ontario Amber Alert that made its way to a number of Canadian cell phones, an Ontario MPP who wants Right to Repair in Canada, Twitter's practice of not actually deleting DMs, Amazon's investment in Rivian, Petro Canada's commitment to make a fast-charge EV corridor across Canada, the UK researchers hoping to train AI on a database of hands to combat child pornography, and all the Apple rumours we know so far. Speed round: - Staples will give you a gift...
Episode 111: Amazon news and the foreign Twitter trolls interfering with Canadian politics
February 14, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBIn this week's episode, Dan, Marc, and Riley talk about Crave's new price hike, a CBC investigation of Twitter pot-stirring by Russian and Iranian trolls, the Canadian government's advertising priorities, Jeff Bezos' blackmail allegations, a Marie-Kondo-inspired Twitter tool, Germany's laws on Facebook's business model, Amazon's NYHQ, Amazon's purchase of Eero, more apps abusing Apple's Enterprise Certificates, self-driving car performance numbers (and Apple's ranking in them), Apple's Italia...
Episode 110: Crypto investments that died with a broker and the FBI's home genetics partner
February 07, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBIn this week's episode, Dan and Riley cover 5G development in Canada (with or without Huawei), how a dead CEO's air gap lost $190 million in investor bitcoin, a 14-year-old's bug bounty for finding the FaceTime bug, the penalties (and whether we think they're okay) for industrial espionage, more self-lacing shoes, the FBI's partnership with a home genetics company, Spotify's acquisition of Gimlet Media, Elon Musk's latest "for the good of the people" statement, and Peter Thiel's latest invest...
Episode 109: More reasons to hate Facebook and why you should IMMEDIATELY update your iPhone
January 31, 2019 18:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBIn this week's episode, Dan and Marc talk about a really bad FaceTime bug that allows people to spy on you before you answer (update your phone!), a really bizarre and cryptic Google I/O "announcement," several more reasons to dislike Facebook (including openly ripping off children and parents, blocking ad transparency tools, merging the backend of all their messaging services, and tracking teenagers via a VPN that spies on them), and an island in the Galapagos that's using poison-dropping dr...
Episode 108: The #tenyearchallenge conspiracy theory and some other snappy news
January 24, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 37.1 MBIn this week's episode, Marc and Riley talk about Xiaomi's foldable phone teaser, the new-and-maybe-exciting RAZR revival, Spotify's artist blocking feature, the potential for a Google Pixel Watch, the #tenyearchallenge and what it could mean for AI training, Facebook's imminent foray into petitions, and Chrome remote desktop features. Speed round: - A guy was convicted of two murders based on Garmin smartwatch data - Microsoft is announcing HoloLens 2 at MWA next month - Apple is accepting "...
Episode 107: Bing's porn problem, cops searching phones, and the biggest divorce in tech
January 17, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBIn this week's episode, the guys tell you about Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos' divorce (and the unfortunate way people are talking about it), scary ad tech that knows who you are, Bing surfacing (and recommending) child porn, Canadian search laws when cops have your cell phone, and Nike's upcoming self-lacing shoes (yes, you can actually buy them). Speed round: - next gen Wi-Fi is coming, but probably next year - the next iPhone might have three cameras - support for Windows 7 ends in one year - ...
Episode 106: Some insane CES snippets
January 10, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBThis week Dan, Marc, and Riley talk about approximately one one-millionth of the CES news thus far, including new brands of TV supporting AirPlay (and how that news crashed Roku stock), an Apple ad trolling other companies about data security, The Verge's assertion iMessage should, for moral reasons, be on Android, Apple maybe supporting RCS, LG's roll-up TV, Sony's 98-inch 8K TV, and Tile's partnership with chipmakers and bluetooth standards. Hey! We also have a subreddit now! Check it out h...
Episode 105: Year in Review - All the dumbest tech stuff from 2018
December 31, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBThis episode Dan, Marc, and Riley record in the same room — FOR THE FIRST TIME — to discuss the funniest/stupidest/scariest tech topics of the year. Happy New Year! Let's hope 2019 is just as insane.
Episode 104: Bent iPads and broken dreams
December 20, 2018 11:00 - 35 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week Dan and Riley talk about Riley's shiny new Pixel 3, Canada's anti-spam laws and their effects on cease and desist letters from Hollywood, the CRTC's "low-cost" data-only plans, and Apple's bent iPads. Speed round: - Razer is making an Xbox One keyboard and mouse - Forbes broke into a bunch of Android phones with a 3D-printed head - Facebook screwed up again - Home Alone with a Google Home
Episode 103: We'll be right back
December 12, 2018 11:00 - 6 minutes - 3.62 MBThis week Riley takes you through a few tidbits all by his lonesome, including an incident with bear spray at Amazon, a court injunction banning iPhone sales in China, Google+ shutting down four months early, GoPro's plans to move some manufacturing to the US, changes to the digital LSAT, and Microsoft Edge's fancy new Chromium features.
Episode 102: Executive arrests, customer data leaks, and changing web standards
December 08, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBThis week Dan and Marc talk about the Huawei CFO's Canadian arrest, a massive data leak from Bethesda, PewDiePie's quest to stay king of the hill at YouTube, Microsoft's new Chromium-based browser, and Google's murder of Allo. Speed round: - Police caught a drunk guy using Tesla autopilot to get him home - Robot janitors are coming to Walmart in the US - Bose made AR sunglasses - New scams exploit the fingerprint scanner on iPhones - Samsung used a DSLR photo for marketing... again - Instagra...
Episode 101: Hotels get hacked, men are terrible, and influencers are gullible
December 01, 2018 11:00 - 51 minutes - 29.7 MBThis week Marc and Riley discuss the Marriott hotel hack (it's big), an ad campaign showing how often men grope women in clubs, Japan's mandatory shutter sound on phones, Payless' publicity stunt that fooled influencers into thinking it was boutique, and Shaw's wonderful new internet speeds. Speed round: - LTE is faster than WiFi in 33 countries - Amazon put unwanted sponsored products into baby registries - The price of Netflix is going up in Canada - Apple Music is coming to Echo devices - ...
Episode 100: Europe is killing internet video
November 24, 2018 11:00 - 53 minutes - 30.5 MBReunited and it feels so good! All three of us are back for our 100th episode, where we talk about a new European law that threatens video content worldwide, another inexplicable pair of Spectacles from Snap Inc., Amazon's HQ2 bid benefitting Toronto, and Instagram's attempt to de-emphasize follower count. Speed round: -TwelveSouth has a picture frame that can charge your phone - Cards Against Humanity is doing another Black Friday thing that's insane - Canadians are more polite than American...