Charged Tech Podcast

Charged Tech Podcast

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Charged Tech Podcast episodes

  • Wedding, but Make It Animal Crossing

     Frederique, Owen, and Zach talk tech. This episode, we covered:

    • The Facebook review process for Instagram effects,
    • SuperHi's Spark AR tutorial,
    • Owen's latest Chrome extension,
    • Catalyst on YouTube,
    • Snap Camera for desktop,
    • Quibi,
    • iPad Pro keyboard case,
    • Elevation Lab's iPad easel,
    • Contact tracing hackathon in the Netherlands,
    • COVID-19 tracking in the U.S. by Palantir,
    • Facebook ads coming to WhatsApp, and
    • A wedding in Animal Crossing.
    • Join us in Discord and leave us a voice message!
      • 1 hr 14 min
    • The Wheels on the Mac Pro Go Round and...

      Frederique, Owen, and Zach chat about

      • The new iPhone SE,
      • United layoffs after a bailout,
      • Booking.com asks for assistance, but pays little taxes,
      • Expensive Mac Pro wheels,
      • App downloads increase during lockdown,
      • Google Classroom "cheating",
      • Project Loon, and
      • Contact Tracing.
      • Join us in Discord and leave us a voice message!
        • 1 hr 1 min
      • npm: New Horizons
        Frederique, Owen, and Zach talk about the latest in tech and how it's shaping the world around us. This week:
        Apple buys Dark Sky, 
        Microsoft Teams is growing fast, 
        Microsoft Teams for Family and Friends,
        Playstation delaying game launches, 
        Zoom is the worst,
        Facebook Portal TV out of stock,
        T-Mobile buys Sprint,
        Zoombombing,
        Microsoft Editor,
        Notion raises $50M,
        GitHub buys npm,
        Bill Gates leaves Microsoft board,
        Animal Crossing craze,
        Control, and
        Join us in Discord and leave us a voice message!
        1 hr 3 min
      • Data Caps Were Fake All Along

        NOTE: This episode was recorded on 13 March, 2020. As the global situation of COVID-19 continues to evolve rapidly, some content in this episode is likely out of date already and some content was edited out post-recording. Please turn to your local government and health officials for the latest information.

        • Stripe supporting Nazi payments (Twitter thread),
        • Sounder.fm raises $1.8M,
        • Spotify buying the Ringer,
        • Zach reminisces over Revision3,
        • Owen is going to write about his Surface Pro X on OneZero,
        • Shopify is giving employees $1,000 for working from home,
        • AT&T data caps pulled,
        • Be cautious of Zoom's privacy policy, and
        • Long finger Jenga.
        • Join us in Discord and leave us a voice message!
          • 1 hr 3 min
        • Charged joins the Libra Association

          NOTE: This episode was recorded on 28 February, 2020. As the global situation of COVID-19 continues to evolve rapidly, some content in this episode is likely out of date already and some content was edited out post-recording. Please turn to your local government and health officials for the latest information.

          • Owen fed Mika (or at least tried to) with an IoT device,
          • $ZOOM Shares Double Amid Coronavirus Concerns. But Investors Mistakenly Bet on the Wrong Company,
          • Shopify joins the Libra Association,
          • iPad trackpad rumors,
          • Our new moon,
          • Activision pulls out of GeForce Now, and
          • Live plow map for Toronto: PlowTO.
          • Join us in Discord and leave us a voice message!
            • 35 min
          • Payday Moans

            Frederique, Owen, and Zach talk tech! Including:

            • John Gruber does a racist,
            • Payday loans from Patreon,
            • HQ Trivia's saga,
            • Bezos Earth Fund,
            • Watch the making of this episode on YouTube,
            • Patreon's pricing change,
            • Kickstarter Union,
            • Follow Mike Monteiro,
            • Watch American Factory,
            • Don't watch Goop Lab,
            • Twitter employees caught spying for Saudi Arabia, and
            • Reset: The teens tricking Instagram.
            • Join us in Discord and leave us a voice message!
              • 51 min
            • Be-caucus I Said So

              Frederique, Owen, and Zach talk tech and:

              • Goldman Sachs' new rule: At least 1 woman on the board or you can't go public,
              • Zach's other podcast, Bézier,
              • The Iowa Caucus app,
              • We live-streamed the recording of this episode on YouTube,
              • Owen's Pixelbook Go, and
              • Dieter's Surface Pro X video.
              • Join us in Discord and leave us a voice message!
                • 1 hr 7 min
              • Not My Forténite

                Frederique and Owen chat about:

                • Fortnite influencer, Ninja, now sold as a skin,
                • Microsoft is going carbon negative,
                • Owen recommends Kotn ethical clothing,
                • Wikipedia is back online in Turkey after two years,
                • Facebook's really bad boomer tweets,
                • And stick around after the outro music for an editor's note from Zach.
                • Join us in Discord and leave a voice message!
                  • 54 min

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                Cut through the technology news noise and hear about only the stuff that matters, and what it means. Join your hosts Owen, Frederique and Zach every week to get the lowdown on the biggest stories –…