59 episodes

Hacker Slacker is a tech news podcast by two college students, Jacob Peddicord and Andre Garivay. We talk about news, productivity, and interview interesting people.

Hacker Slacker Jacob Peddicord

    • Technology
    • 5.0 • 6 Ratings

Hacker Slacker is a tech news podcast by two college students, Jacob Peddicord and Andre Garivay. We talk about news, productivity, and interview interesting people.

    59: Seattle Summer Wrap-up with Sheng-Jie Lim

    59: Seattle Summer Wrap-up with Sheng-Jie Lim

    Today, we wrap up our summers in Seattle with our classmate and fellow intern Sheng-Jie Lim.



    Trigger Warning (Gun Violence, White Nationalism): 15:37-18:46



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    • 59 min
    58: Another Big News Week

    58: Another Big News Week

    This week, we discuss a plethora of tech news.



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    • 1 hr 6 min
    57: Apple Hardware Design

    57: Apple Hardware Design

    Today, we discuss the history of Apple's hardware design, what it's like now, and what the future could hold.



    Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @hackerspod, send us an email at hackerslackerpod@gmail.com, or send us an Anchor Voice Message through the Anchor app!

    • 1 hr 29 min
    56: Governments and Facial Recognition Technology

    56: Governments and Facial Recognition Technology

    Today, we discuss the use of facial recognition and tracking technology by governments and how the biases involved with it can lead to dangerous places.



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    • 1 hr 4 min
    55: Ananya Paul

    55: Ananya Paul

    - QuidrigaCX News
    https://www.coindesk.com/quadrigacx-ceo-set-up-fake-crypto-exchange-accounts-with-customer-funds
    - Raspberry Pi 4 Announced
    https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/23/the-raspberry-pi-foundation-unveils-the-raspberry-pi-4/
    - Apple Aquires Drive AI
    https://www.axios.com/apple-buy-driveai-753da17d-60fe-44f9-84ff-1d2d82cd0b81.html
    - Apple to employ 2000 people in Seattle
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/tech/apple-seattle-jobs/index.html
    - Ananya Paul's Site
    https://manification10.github.io/portfolio/

    • 45 min
    54: Libra (Facebook Coin)

    54: Libra (Facebook Coin)

    In this episode we talk about Facebooks entrance into the global currency market. Not that that is a market that exists. This should be interesting.

    Google Donates $1B for 20,000 bay area homes
    - https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/1-billion-investment-bay-area-housing/
    CIA used smart TVs to spy
    - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qbq5x/the-cia-spied-on-people-through-their-smart-tvs-leaked-documents-reveal
    New Ming Chi Quo Rumors
    - https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/17/5-4-inch-and-6-7-inch-iphones-2020-kuo/
    Truckla
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKv_N0IDS2A
    Google Kills Tablets
    - https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/20/18693399/google-abandoning-tablets-pixel-slate-failure

    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

Kaifaust ,

Discovered on October

I came here from October app and listened to “Product Hunt Breakout list” which got me hooked. Good listen.

1234/89 ,

Hey I’m biased

Yea, I’m his dad but in all honesty, I find the discussion and topics interesting and very timely. Really like the new longer format with the interviews, keep it up! Would love to hear you also include tech entrepreneurs in the Midwest within the format.

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