Latest Green tech Podcast Episodes
Episode 37: Microsoft wants Bing to replace Google, Oxfam in suspected data breach, Jeff Bezos steps down from Amazon and vale Cpt Sir Tom Moore
Nerd Factor 15 - February 07, 2021 02:00 - 19 minutesEpisode 37 - Sunday 7th February 2021 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Microsoft wants Bing to replace Google NBNCo pauses HFC activations Melbourne real time train loading data now available Oxfam Australia in suspected major data breach Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO ABC’s The Newsreader in...
Sustainable Development Technology Canada's Role in Cleantech Funding
Alacrity Cleantech Talks - February 05, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating-Peter Van Der Gracht, senior advisor at Alacrity Canada, talks to Rustam Sengupta of SDTC about how the federal government agency helps support innovative Canadian cleantech companies -comparing activity of the fund in 2019 versus 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic first started -emergency fundi...
Episode 36: Reddit takes on hedge funds, Google to stop tracking iOS users, General Motors to move to all-EV fleet and vale Cloris Leachman
Nerd Factor 15 - January 31, 2021 12:00 - 18 minutesEpisode 36 - Sunday 31st January 2021 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Australian eSafety Commissioner wants tighter social media regulation Reddit takes on Wall Street Google to stop tracking iOS users General Motors plans to move to all-EV fleet Serious vulnerability found in Linux tool Ras...
Marketing in Cleantech with First Light Technologies and Ocean Diagnostics
Alacrity Cleantech Talks - January 28, 2021 16:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating-Mike Williams, Alacrity Digital Marketing Bootcamp facilitator and CEO of Jetstream Digital Agency, talks to Sean Bourquin of First Light Technologies and Ashleigh Erwin of Ocean Diagnostics about how their companies approach marketing in the cleantech space -how these two companies are develo...
Environmental Justice
Pod Zero - January 26, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPod Zero is a Pop-up Podcast created for climate week. This episode explores environmental justice or how the climate crisis will make things worse for the already disenfranchised. our guests are Peggy Shepard of We Act for Environmental Justice, Dr. Via Ietef aka DJ Cavem, and comedian Roy Wood ...
Episode 35: Kogan fined for spam law breach, ACT offer free EV rego, RasPi Pico launched and vale Larry King
Nerd Factor 15 - January 24, 2021 04:00 - 18 minutesEpisode 35 - Sunday 24th January 2021 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Kogan fined for breach of spam laws Google and Facebook threaten to exit Australia over media code ACT to offer free EV registration and other green incentives Raspberry Pi Pico launched Twitter sued over explicit child exp...
Episode 34: Google tests excluding news from search results, Parler dropped from AWS, users abandon WhatsApp and Solomon Islands plan to block Facebook dropped
Nerd Factor 15 - January 17, 2021 04:00 - 17 minutesEpisode 34 - Sunday 17th January 2021 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Google experiments with removing news from search results Tyro Payments suffer two-week EFTPOS terminal outage Parler dropped from AWS platform and user content scraped Users flock to Signal and Telegram after WhatsApp priva...
Monitoring Our Oceans with Ocean Diagnostics and MarineLabs
Alacrity Cleantech Talks - January 12, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating-Peter Van Der Gracht, senior advisor at Alacrity Canada, talks to Dean Wenahm of Ocean Diagnostics and Scott Beatty of MarineLabs about their ocean technologies -hear about how the companies use bluetech to helps us learn more about our oceans and coastlines, along with the impact that human ...
Heating Up The VOTE
Pod Zero - January 11, 2021 16:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChuck Nice explores why STEM students, of all people, tend to vote less than other students. Students already vote in paltry numbers, and STEM students turnout less than any others. Chuck talks to Rollie Williams (Grad Student Columbia Unversity), Dr. Heather Berlin (Neuroscientist at Mt. Sinai M...
Episode 33: Ambulance patient data published online, SOS sent with drone help, Trump permabanned everywhere and Apple in early talks for car production
Nerd Factor 15 - January 09, 2021 23:00 - 16 minutesEpisode 33 - 10th January 2021 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Ambulance Tasmania patient information published online FNQ SOS message sent using drone assistance Trump permabanned from, well, everywhere Apple rumoured to be pushing ahead with EV vehicle Apple reverse decision to remove Amphe...
Episode 32: Adobe Flash Player is dead, Ticketmaster fined for competitor hack and Cyberpunk 2077 devs sued
Nerd Factor 15 - January 03, 2021 04:00 - 10 minutesEpisode 32 - 3rd January 2021 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Adobe Flash Player is officially dead Ticketmaster fined $US10m after competitor hacking Apple pulls underground party planning app Cyberpunk 2077 developers sued over shoddy game release We welcome your feedback! Visit https://ner...
Episode 31: Tyro Payments agree to spam enforcement action, Facebook go hard over iOS privacy, Make Twitter Passwords Strong Again and Cyberpunk 2077 players eligible for refunds
Nerd Factor 15 - December 20, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutesEpisode 31 - 20th December 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Tyro Payments agree to spam enforcement action Google suffers widespread global outage Facebook is still unhappy with Apple's iOS privacy controls Apple refuses to refund $16,000 in-app purchase Make Twitter Passwords Strong Agai...
How Plugzio and Audette Use Energy Consumption and Efficiency to Build Their Platforms
Alacrity Cleantech Talks - December 16, 2020 18:22 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating-Peter Van Der Gracht, senior advisor at Alacrity Canada, talks to Mohammad Akhlaghi of Plugzio and Christopher Naismith of Audette about their platforms and how they make use of energy consumption data -what is a day in the life of an entrepreneur like and what are some of the surprises that h...
Episode 30: Flight Centre’s privacy breach, Vic Govt’s voucher site crashes, AWS announces Melbourne region and Apple’s new AirPods Max
Nerd Factor 15 - December 13, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutesEpisode 30 - 13th December 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Flight Centre leaked personal information of 7,000 customers Kogan fined $350,000 for misleading conduct Vic Govt's voucher website crashes under heavy load AWS to open new Melbourne region Apple launch new AirPods Max Samsung t...
Origen Air Tackles Indoor Air Quality
Alacrity Cleantech Talks - December 08, 2020 00:02 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating-Peter Van Der Gracht, senior advisor at Alacrity Canada, talks to Susan Blanchet and Andrew Crawford of Origen Air about their company and operations in the cleantech sector -origin story of the company; why Susan left her law career to join forces with serial entrepreneur, Andrew -business m...
Episode 29: Australia’s new surveillance laws, Sydney wants electric buses by 2030, Facebook’s UK media deal and new films to stream on HBO Max
Nerd Factor 15 - December 06, 2020 05:00 - 15 minutesEpisode 29 - 6th December 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: New surveillance legislation introduced to Parliament NBN providing free technology upgrade quotes Sydney's 2030 plan for all-electric bus fleet Ola rumoured to be planning Australian exit Facebook agrees to UK media deals Warner...
Episode 28: ABC & SBS included in draft media code, Vic Govt launch contact tracing platform, PayPal upsets Aussie traders and content quotas proposed for SVOD services
Nerd Factor 15 - November 29, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutesEpisode 28 - 29th November 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: ABC & SBS included in draft media code changes Vic Govt launch new COVID-19 contact tracing platform Vic Govt budget allocates dollarydoos to IT and tech initiatives Sydney hedge fund collapses after malware attack PayPal adds ad...
Investing in the Cleantech Sector
Alacrity Cleantech Talks - November 24, 2020 23:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating-Peter Van Der Gracht, senior advisor at Alacrity Canada, talks to Sarah Appelbaum of Pangaea Ventures and Kathryn Wortsman of Amplify Capital about investing in the cleantech sector -investment sweet spots, early-stage and later-stage investing -the criteria for investing in a Series A round ...
Episode 27: ASX suspends trading after botched software update, Epic v Apple comes to Australia, GitHub restores youtube-dl and Nine departs Willoughby
Nerd Factor 15 - November 22, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutesEpisode 27 - 22nd November 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: ASX closes after software update problems Good and bad news for EV owners Epic v Apple fight comes to Australia Apple offers discounted commissions to developers Firefox brings HTTPS-only option GitHub restores youtube-dl projec...
Episode 26: Year 12 students locked out of electronic exam, Apple’s M1 chip, the return of Little Bobby Tables and vale Alex Trebek
Nerd Factor 15 - November 15, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutesEpisode 26 - 15th November 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Year 12 students locked out of electronic exam NSW gets tough on COVID-19 contact tracing Online dashcam footage results in legal action The first Apple Silicon devices announced Apple suffers setback in Epic Games lawsuit The r...
Episode 25: Tesla battery coming to Victoria, Qantas moving to customer self-service, Proctorio abuses DMCA process and vale John Sessions
Nerd Factor 15 - November 08, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutesEpisode 25 -8th November 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Giant Tesla battery coming to Victoria Trivago loses court appeal, misled consumers Qantas moves to self-service model The Raspberry Pi 400 is here Proctorio files DMCA request in response to critical tweets Netflix tests a linear...
Women in Cleantech; A Day in the Life of Three CEOs
Alacrity Cleantech Talks - November 05, 2020 18:18 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating-Julie Angus interviews Melanie McClare and Susan Blanchet, two fellow female CEOs operating in the Canadian cleantech space about their experiences as women in positions of leadership -cleantech as a supportive environment for women leading companies, becoming CEOs of their companies -COVID19...
Episode 24: ACMA asks for more regulatory powers, Uber wants to photograph your licence, Zoom offers full encryption and a delayed game brings death threats
Nerd Factor 15 - November 01, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutesEpisode 24 - 1st November 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: ACMA wants more power to regulate the telco industry Melbourne council involved in PII breach NSW introduces short-term accommodation regulations Uber wants to photograph your licence TIO quarterly report shows increase in custome...
Episode 23: Australia needs its own social network, TPG's new Felix brand, Google hit with antitrust suit and Quibi closes after six months
Nerd Factor 15 - October 25, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutesEpisode 23 - 25th October 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Australia needs its own social network Opal smart cards go digital in NSW trial TPG announces new Felix mobile brand Google hit with DOJ antitrust lawsuit Uber and Lyft lose Californian court appeal That's one small step for 4G ....
Episode 22: Murdoch petition brings down APH website, democracy sausages delivered by drone, British Airways fined £20m after hack and ST:DSC renewed for fourth season
Nerd Factor 15 - October 18, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutesEpisode 22 - 18th October 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Kevin Rudd's petition brings down APH website Google News Showcase not coming to Australia any time soon Democracy sausages delivered by drone Aussie Broadband officially lists on the ASX British Airways fined £20m after website h...
Episode 21 (Special): Apple October 2020 Event Wrap Up
Nerd Factor 15 - October 13, 2020 21:00 - 8 minutesEpisode 21 - 14th October 2020 Apple October 2020 Event Special In this edition of Nerd Factor 15: iPhone 12 iPhone 12 Mini iPhone 12 Pro / Pro Max HomePod Mini We welcome your feedback! Visit https://nerdfactor15.net.au/ to share your thoughts. You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter a...
Episode 20: Woolworths open automated fulfilment centre, Apple's T2 chip has a serious flaw, US Congress tech monopoly report and The West Wing returns for election special
Nerd Factor 15 - October 11, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutesEpisode 20 - 11th October 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Coles supermarkets close nationwide with registers down, down Woolworths opens new automated fulfilment warehouse Victoria tests real-time public transport load reporting Facebook, Twitter & TikTok moderate posts hoping for Trump's...
Episode 19: Viagogo fined $7m for deceptive conduct, DFAT can't use email properly, New Pixel 5G handsets and kid's shows could disappear from TV
Nerd Factor 15 - October 04, 2020 07:00 - 16 minutesEpisode 19 - 4th October 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Ticket reseller Viagogo fined $7m for misleading conduct DFAT sends out an email; shenanigans ensue Google drops $1bn on News Showcase service Uber win London court challenge for licence renewal New Pixel handsets, Chromecast and N...
Episode 18: NBN to receive major upgrades, MyGovID exploit discovered, Microsoft buys ZeniMax Media and another TikTok & WeChat update
Nerd Factor 15 - September 27, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutesEpisode 18 - 27th September 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: NBN upgrades to bring 1Gbps connections to majority of users MyGovID authentication susceptible to attacks Microsoft buys gaming company ZeniMax Media Microsoft Windows source code leaked online 1Password now offering virtual cr...
Episode 17: Labor want ABC & SBS to benefit from media regulations, Tony Abbott prefers a window seat, Trump's TikTok tantrum & Sony announces PS5 pricing and dates
Nerd Factor 15 - September 20, 2020 05:00 - 15 minutesEpisode 17 - 20th September 2020 This week on Nerd Factor 15: Labor want ABC & SBS to benefit from proposed media regulations Tony Abbott shares boarding pass on Instagram; shenanigans ensue Telstra testing a new program to block phishing texts TikTok to be banned in the US as Oracle looks ...
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