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TechStuff

TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about Tech Stuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers).  Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.  TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.  We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.  Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com

  1. 58 MIN AGO

    The Story: Ask Lots of Questions w/ Meredith Whittaker

    Meredith Whittaker is the president of the Signal Foundation and serves on its board of directors. She is also the co-founder of NYU’s AI Now Institute. Whittaker got her start at Google, where she worked for 13 years until resigning in 2019 after she helped organize the Google Walkouts. She speaks with Oz about learning on the job, championing data privacy and being awarded the Helmut Schmidt Future Prize for “her commitment to the development of AI technology oriented towards the common good.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    43 min

  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    Week In Tech: DeepSeek Freak Out

    Is China winning the AI race? This week in the News Roundup, the story that roiled US stock markets on Monday – DeepSeek. Oz and producer Eliza Dennis unpack the hype. On TechSupport with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler, how human ingenuity continues to subvert tech. We hear how one coder has decided to entrap AI web crawlers. And finally, Oz digs into our love affair with personal data in When Did This Become a Thing? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min

  3. 29 JAN

    The Story: Mars, Asterisk w/ Nathaniel Rich

    Nathaniel Rich is a novelist, essayist and writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. Rich sits down with Oz to talk about his essay, “Can Humans Endure the Psychological Torment of Mars?” The piece explores NASA's CHAPEA (“Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog”) mission, a simulation meant to test a major challenge of Mars missions – isolation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    48 min

  4. 28 JAN

    Smart Talks with IBM: How Infrastructure is Powering the Age of AI

    In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell speaks with Ric Lewis, IBM’s Senior Vice President of Infrastructure.  They discuss how hardware capability has enabled the matrix math required to run large language models. Furthermore, they delve into some creative examples of how to put AI to work: from your bank to your local coffee shop.  Ric underscores the importance of infrastructure in unlocking the potential of AI, helping businesses harness their data to drive transformative outcomes.   This is a paid advertisement from IBM. The conversations on this podcast don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.   Visit us at https://ibm.com/smarttalks   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    56 min

  5. 24 JAN

    Week in Tech: Broval Office

    Is AI charging you different prices for groceries than your roommate? This week, Oz and Karah bring you a news roundup featuring a look at surveillance pricing and the rise of AI companies eager to work with the U.S. military. On TechSupport with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler, the hosts dive into last weekend's temporary TikTok ban and why Mark Zuckerberg didn’t want it to end. And finally we get to the bottom of why so many PayPal alumni are showing up on our newsfeeds this week in When Did This Become a Thing? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    35 min

  6. 22 JAN

    The Story: Vibe Shift in the Valley w/ Jessica Lessin

    Jessica Lessin is the founder and CEO of The Information, a media company that’s a trusted source for tech readers and tech leaders. She’s reported on the industry for almost two decades and is deeply familiar with the culture shifts in Silicon Valley. Lessin sits down with Oz to discuss these trends, including tech titans appealing to the new Trump administration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    33 min

  7. 17 JAN

    Week in Tech: Dox, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels

    Are you sharing misleading Instagram stories? This week, Oz and Karah bring you a news roundup including a ChatGPT-powered gun and a free app that’s keeping people informed about the LA wildfires. On TechSupport with 404 Media’s Joseph Cox, they get to the bottom of why a group of hackers have become so fond of U-Haul user data; and a look at when the world split into digital natives and digital immigrants…and when it might split again. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    35 min

  8. 15 JAN

    The Story: How to be a (Rational!) Techno-Enthusiast w/ Nicholas Thompson

    Nicholas Thompson is the former editor-in-chief of Wired and current CEO of The Atlantic. There, he negotiated a controversial partnership with OpenAI that The Atlantic’s newsroom referred to as “a devil’s bargain.” In his free time, he uses AI to help himself run faster and write better. Through it all, he maintains a worldview perhaps best described as “techno-enthusiasm.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    37 min
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TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about Tech Stuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers).  Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.  TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.  We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.  Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com

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