
167 episodes

The Really Useful Podcast Christian Cawley
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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Struggling with your tech? Don't understand what's going on in social media? Just want to use your phone, tablet, laptop, or even your TV without losing your grip?
We're here to help you out!
Our team of inspirational technology writers are ready with words of encouragement to help you through any problem you're facing with your PC, social media account, home theater, whatever!
Want to get to grips with your tech? Hit play!
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New Twitter Scam, Meta Verified Launches, and ChatGPT-4 Explained
This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters:
New Twitter Scam Targets Online Banking Customers With Retweets
Fake ChatGPT Chrome Extension Steals Facebook Logins
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT 4
Meta Verified Launches in USA
Meta Drops NFT Support in Facebook and Instagram
We've got this ChatGPT-4 explainer:
Differences Between ChatGPT 3.5 and ChatGPT 4We finish the show with the following recommendations:
Samsung 43-inch Q60B QLED HDR TV
Duelyst II on Steam
Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host the tech podcast for technophobes. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.
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Proton VPN Browser Extension, How to Change Your Email Address, and ChatGPT Windows App Is Fake
You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.
This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters:
MiniDisc Connected to Nintendo Wii U
Proton VPN Launches Browser Extension
Acronis Denies Large Data Breach
We've got these tips and explainers:
What Is Snake Keylogger?
How to Change Your Email Address
There Is No ChatGPT Windows Client
We finish the show with the following recommendations:
Firewalla Purple SE
Final ZE8000 earbuds
Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics. -
The Nintendo Switch Is 6 Years Old! Celebrating the Popular Game Console
The Nintendo Switch is six years old this month. Released on March 3rd, 2017, the versatile game console has proved hugely successful, becoming home not just to Nintendo Switch games, but also titles from Nintendo's back catalog.
In this special edition of the Really Useful Podcast, we look at how the Switch has proved so popular, and look at why it is still the console to buy for group and solo gaming.
Why You Should Still Buy a Nintendo Switch in 2023
Change the Default Controls on GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Wii U Consoles Dying
The Games That Made the Nintendo Switch a Success
How to Connect a Nintendo Switch to Your TV Without a Dock
How to Record Gameplay Videos on the Nintendo Switch
Yes, the Nintendo Switch Has Achievements
We finish with these recommendations:
Game Boy Advance Library
Boomerang Fu
Christian Cawley and Ben Stegner host this week's podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics. -
Emojis Are Financial Advice, Activision Hacked, and Will ChatGPT-Powered AI Steal Your Job?
Beware emoji financial advice! We take a look at perhaps the craziest tech news ever, attempt to decipher Spotify's latest NFT flirtation, explore digital currencies, and find out if ChatGPT will steal your job. We've also got some tips for keeping your robot vacuum clean.
You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.
This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters:
Federal Judge Rules That Emojis Count as Financial Advice
Spotify Partners With NFT Projects to Test NFT-Locked Curated Playlists
Activision Hack Exposes Employee and Game Data
We've got these tips and explainers:
Digital Currency vs. Cryptocurrency: What's the Difference?
Reasons Why You Should Buy a Steam Deck Dock
Tips to Prolong Your Robot Vacuum's Lifespan
The Types of Jobs Most at Risk From AI
We finish the show with the following recommendations:
"Weird Al" Yankovic's Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour
Scrawl Online
Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics. -
Meta's Facebook Verification, How VPNs Evolved, and Connect an Android Phone to Your TV
You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.
This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters:
Samsung to Revive Fan Edition Phones with Galaxy S23 FE
Oppo Reno8 Pro 5G Review
Instagram Launches Broadcast Channels
Meta Plans Paid Verification Badge for Facebook and Instagram
We've got these explainers:
How VPNs Have Evolved
How to Connect an Android Phone to a TV
Christian Cawley hosts this week's podcast, and is joined by Ben Stegner. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics. -
What Is ChatGPT and What Can You Do With Generative AI?
Everyone is talking about ChatGPT and generative AI (that is, artificial intelligence than can "create" texts, art, music, and even video). But what can you do with it? Is it a big deal that will change your life? This week's Really Useful Podcast focuses exclusively on ChatGPT, why this AI system is making headlines, and the best ways to use it.
You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.
This week, we chat about the following AI tech news:
Google Launching Bard AI to Compete With ChatGPTWe've got these generative AI and ChatGPT explainers:
How ChatGPT Became the Fastest Growing App Ever
Things You Can Do With ChatGPT
AI-created VPN article vs. AI-drafted VPN article
Generate Video AI from a Text Prompt
Online AI Chat Companions
Best Alternatives to ChatGPT
We finish the show with the following recommendations:
Steam Deck (again!)
Nacon MG-X smartphone game controller
Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.
Customer Reviews
Interesting
Helps explain a lot of things clearly
Really really useful stuff
I like this podcast as they get on with the job without wittering on about cats.
Seriously though, this is a nice idea for a podcast, highlighting the tech stuff that affects everyone (social media, cloud storage, privacy) and talking about it in simple terms, with some useful ideas thrown in to help you use tech better.
Useful and entertaining
Useful material and well presented - relaxed and informal but without the silly banter that spoils so many podcasts