Riley and Casey explore technology and society in rural communities. Today's focus: Arts, Culture & Digital Storytelling.

NEWS ROUNDUP: We break down [TechRadar] Google unveils new ‘vibe design’ tool to help anyone design a high-fidelity UI using natural language and [Business Insider] This 16-year-old refused a $300,000 offer to drop out of high school and now runs his own AI company, plus 1 more stories, and explore what these developments mean for communities like ours.

RURAL CONNECTIONS: Deep dive on Arts, Culture & Digital Storytelling Topics include: broadband, AI, infrastructure, funding, pilot project.

Hosts: Riley (Tech optimist with an engineering background) and Casey (Community-first skeptic of tech promises).

Sources discussed:

• TechRadar: [TechRadar] Google unveils new ‘vibe design’ tool to help an...
• Business Insider: [Business Insider] This 16-year-old refused a $300,000 offer...
• How-To Geek: [How-To Geek] Microsoft just killed triangle-by-triangle ray...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Comox Hells Angels trial faces stay ...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Williams Lake Lions Club hosts Clubs...
• Quesnel Cariboo Observer: [Quesnel Cariboo Observer] PHOTOS: Sidney dive reveals years...
• Business Insider: [Business Insider] As a nonprofit-focused software company, ...
• Quartz: [Quartz] Schools are putting AI in classrooms before they kn...

Additional sources provided:

• TechRadar: [TechRadar] Three high-risk AI vulnerabilities discovered in...
• Williams Lake Tribune: [Williams Lake Tribune] Iain Black endorsed for Conservative...
• Business Insider: [Business Insider] Andrej Karpathy says he's using his Jense...
• Quartz: [Quartz] Uber and Rivian are teaming up for a big robotaxi p...
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Building a Laser-Driven Photoacoustic Speaker
• How-To Geek: [How-To Geek] Homelab projects to try this weekend (March 20
• Hackaday: [Hackaday] Building an LC Meter with a Franklin Oscillator
• Toms Guide: [Toms Guide] I gave my favorite pocketable mini PC an instan...
• NYT Top Stories: [NYT Top Stories] U.N. Climate Report Finds Growing Energy I...
• ScienceAlert: [ScienceAlert] Magnetic Fluid Injected Into The Heart May Pr...
• New Atlas: [New Atlas] Off-grid micro house fits everything you need in...
• XDA Developers: [XDA Developers] I built a $15 ESP32 display that lets me mo...
• Gizmodo: [Gizmodo] Tech Employees Are Reportedly Being Evaluated by H...
• TechRadar: [TechRadar] Why stolen credentials continue to work even whe...
• TechRadar: [TechRadar] NymVPN's latest update brings crucial anti-censo...

Credits
Theme Song: Cariboo Signals by Suno
Content Curation & Script: Claude (Anthropic)
Script Review Model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
TTS Voices: OpenAI TTS API
Cover Art: ChatGPT (OpenAI)
Podcast Coordination: Erich Zirnhelt
© 2026 Erich Zirnhelt. Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.