Bud's Weekly Geek-out

Bud's Weekly Geek-out

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Bud's Weekly Geek-out episodes

  • Boston Dynamics' electric Atlas

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Boston Dynamics Atlas bipedal robot is back, and electric, with 360º rotating limbs and head. Thanks, I hate it. =O webmeister Bud

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    6 min
  • schoolboard social suits

    [Sorry I somehow forgot to publish this geek-out!]

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . four Ontario school boards have sued the makers of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok, for harms done to children. Unprecedented. =O webmeister Bud

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    6 min
  • the browser wars continue

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the browser wars continue, with a new paid (enterprise) version of Chrome, and *Privacy Not Included from the makers of Firefox. =) webmeister Bud

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    6 min
  • xz Utils - disaster averted

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a Microsoft developer accidentally discovered a backdoor in a Linux program that could've compromised millions of machines. =O webmeister Bud

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    7 min
  • Princess Peach-Showtime

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud reviews Princess Peach: Showtime!, her first starring role since 2005. =) webmeister Bud

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    4 min
  • BMW i5 Flow Nostokana

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . BMW's third E Ink car in as many years pays tribute to the first art car painted by a woman: South Africa's Dr. Esther Mahlangu. =) webmeister Bud

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    5 min
  • fun with AI chatbots

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . AI chatbots are having a TIME right now. Here are some interesting stories about what they're coming up with. =) webmeister Bud

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    6 min
  • LockBit kept data it promised to delete

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . surprise, surprise! Turns out ransomware operators DON'T delete your data if you pay them! So don't pay them. =/ webmeister Bud

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    7 min
  • age verification for porn in Canada

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . age verification for porn in Canada could be a disaster. Meta, of all companies, might have the solution. =O webmeister Bud

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    7 min
  • no more rice phone?

    Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . should you put your wet phone into a bag of rice? New advice from Apple suggests no. =O webmeister Bud

    Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

    4 min

About Bud's Weekly Geek-out

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Wednesdays at 7:15 am, our resident geek, webmeister Bud, geeks out about the latest geekery in the world, from gadgets to apps to pop culture, and enlightens Pol & Jenny in The Morning Zone.…