Charged Tech Podcast

This week on Charged, we discuss the fall and ultimate demise of SoundCloud as the news rolls in that it's laid off 40 percent of its employees in a bid to stay afloat. Also on the agenda: Waymo dropping many of its claims against Uber, why Tesla miiiight be a little overvalued, and how Photobucket (which is somehow still around) accidentally killed half the web. Show notes at chargedpodcast.com. (I'm aware of the irony of saying that SoundCloud won't make it when this exact track is hosted on SoundCloud, yup).

This week on Charged, we talk at length about why the European Union's antitrust ruling that means Google will need to pay €2.42B, could be unfair. And more discussion on Binary Capital, Facebook hitting 2 billion active users \*and\* the epic story of Owen's stolen bike. Show notes at chargedpodcast.com

This week on Charged, much discussion about Uber’s embattled CEO, Travis Kalanack, who has resigned from the company. And, Amazon’s getting into the grocery game, cryptocurrencies and a bunch of discussion about sexual harassment in the industry following a powerful report in The Information. Notes at chargedpodcast.com

This week, John and Owen tackle one big hairy topic: Apple's enormous developer event. We talk about the future of computing, and how the iPad plays into that, Apple's first take on a smart home speaker, AR and Google's push into adblocking. Jump right into the show, and then grab the notes at chargedpodcast.com

OK, Bitcoin and Ethereum are all the rage right now, but are they really worth considering? John and Owen discuss Bitcoin, and cryptocurrency at length, Uber's ongoing woes in self-driving cars and some big advances in machine learning. More at chargedpodcast.com.

This week, John and Owen talk about the ransomware infecting the world, and how avoiding patching Windows is the worst thing you can do. That, and Snap's awful Q1 earnings results, the Improbable $500M investment round, Uber vs Waymo goes to the next level, plus much much more. Enjoy!

This week on Charged Podcast, John and Owen are in the same room! We talk about Uber's damaging New York Times profile, how normal data collection really is for these companies, their endless lawsuit with Waymo and how rolling back Title II could ruin the internet (or save it, depending on who you ask). Show notes at chargedpodcast.com.

If I told you Apple had enough money to buy a bank, healthcare company, car company and get into autonomous vehicles all with money left over, would you believe me? Well, it does: with more than $200 billion lying around, what is Apple saving for? We discuss that, the implications of the company getting into self-driving cars, and how Uber's self-driving car could die. On top of that, a huge discussion about the NSA's capabilities, and what a recent hacking tool dump means for you. Show notes at chargedpodcast.com

Elon Musk has a new company that hopes to wire your brain up to a computer to give you a fighting chance against AI — is that a good idea? How do we avoid creating a world where there's those who are "computer enhanced" and those who aren't? It's a big, heavy discussion about the future of humans putting computers in their bodies, and a whole bunch of other great topics, like why teens don't use the web, if Tesla is overvalued or not and more. Show notes soon at chargedpodcast.com.

What does Augmented Reality and a mysterious Apple social app have in common? That Apple is suddenly interested in being “cool” with the teens. That, and Uber’s big mess, Twitter’s rumoured paid plan, how America plans to sell your browser history and more. Get stuck into the show notes at chargedpodcast.com.