In the face of a global pandemic, the duo discusses working from home and how streaming will help us stay connected. Then, once people are able to travel again, everyone will need to know which paranormal hotspots are best, so their Google reviews are… reviewed.

Links:

• Apple Announces WWDC 2020 Will Be a Digital-Only Event Set to Take Place in June - MacRumors
• Real-world and virtual stars to race in special Esports event - The Race
• Gen Z Is Leading a New Wave of Internet Piracy - VICE
• Sylvia Browne predicted the Coronavirus. : Paranormal
• Did Self-Described Psychic Sylvia Browne 'Predict' the Coronavirus?
• This Is the Real Estate Magnate Who Bought Skinwalker Ranch, a UFO Hotspot - VICE

This week: Brian and Angelo discuss Twitter's recent issue with employees covertly stealing user data, Flywheel + Peloton + Internet of Things = :(, Blue Apron's downward trajectory, hearty buffet talk and "Mad" Mike Hughes' recent passing.

In the paranormal segment, they take a look at the mysterious M-Triangle region of Russia (purported to be an alien hot spot) and also discuss one of the strangest UFO cases to come out of the country.

Links:

• How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated Twitter
• Flywheel owners found out that their bikes were bricked through Peloton
• How Blue Apron Became a Massive $2 Billion Disaster
• A Daredevil Flat-Earther Died After Attempting To Launch Himself 5,000 Feet With A Homemade Rocket
• All Gas No Brakes - Flat Earth Conference
• Perm Anomalous Zone: Unusual And Mysterious Phenomena In The M-Triangle
• A Bizarre Anomalous Zone in the Wilds of Russia
• Russia's Area 51 - The M -Triangle, is a Fascinating Place
• Молёбская аномальная зона (Wiki Russia's M-Triangle Article)
• U.F.O. Landing Is Fact, Not Fantasy, the Russians Insist

This week we learn that your mouse clicks are tracked, Netflix has taken things down because of “the man,” E-Sports is on the rise, and the right way to complain about the Apple MacBook keyboard is the win an Oscar and then talk about how terrible it is backstage. Then, in the paranormal segment, the Canadian Government had opened up access to hundreds of scanned documents of UFO reports. Yay Canada!

Links:

• Almost Every Website You Visit Records Exactly How Your Mouse Moves
• Exclusive: Netflix reveals its 9 government takedown requests - Axios
• Texas K-12 esports teams explode in popularity ahead of this week’s school tech convention | KXAN.com
• Taika Waititi slams Apple’s MacBook keyboards after winning first Oscar - The Verge
• Canada's UFOs: The search for the unknown - Library and Archives Canada
• Ufology Research: British Ministry of Defence announcement
• Alien territory: the rise of UFO tourism | National Geographic

Do you use evil tech? Yes. Have you given out your DNA? Maybe. Why is iPad multitasking so awkward? Because. Can you record a Grammy award winning album in your bedroom? Yes you can. Would you stay in an Atari hotel? Sure. Can you spin a wheel to come across great paranormal stories? Your favourite duo does just that, and they discuss ghosts, ufos in pop culture, and a big muddy monster. Also: Angelo gives an update on the haunted house he mentioned in the previous episodes.

Links:

• The Evil List: Which tech companies are doing the most harm?
• Accurate DNA Test For Diet, Fitness, Health & Wellness - DNAfit
• Daring Fireball: The iPad Awkwardly Turns 10
• Accidental Tech Podcast: 363: The Floor is Lava
• Atari video game hotel coming to Phoenix with seven more planned
• Billie Eilish proved anyone can access Grammy-winning gear | Engadget
• Hollywood's UFO Stories Are Becoming Way More Realistic - VICE
• I Worked On A Paranormal Reality Show, But What I Saw Off Camera Really Terrified Me | HuffPost
• Strange sightings in Little Egypt: Do cryptids live in Southern Illinois? | Local News | thesouthern.com
• Murphysboro Mud Monster | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom

This week, the duo looks at how TikTok is what the cool kids are doing, so of course Brian got an account. Angelo needs to shut out the world, so his AirPods Pro are great. Brian explains how an archived site about Celine Dion fan dreams reveals a lot about the old internet, and Angelo provides some tech tips on dealing spam robocalls. In the paranormal segment, Brian brings an article about the therapeutic qualities of paranormal experiences, and Angelo comes to the realization that most paranormal experiences use the same psychology as magic tricks, which leads to Brian confronting Angelo about his skepticism.

Links:

• What Celine Dion–Fan Dreams Say About the Early Internet - The Atlantic
• Reasons not to scoff at ghosts, visions and near-death experiences | Aeon Ideas
• Pulls the Head off a Chicken: Fearless | David Blaine - YouTube

In this bonus episode, Brian invites his wife Stephanie on to talk about the phenomenon of the reality TV series The Circle. The duo discusses their history vis-a-vis identity and the internet as well as dating in the digital age. Beware spoilers!

Special Guest: Steph W..

It’s a new episode for a new year, as Brian and Angelo discuss AirPods, the old internet, and how Netflix does not seem to understand how long it takes to watch a movie. In the paranormal segment, Angelo brings a developing ghost story to the show, and the duo discuss the intersection of belief and the paranormal.

Links:

• Twitch
• The Old Internet Died And We Watched And Did Nothing
• You watched a movie for two minutes? Netflix considers that a "view"
• How Canada's military reacted to seeing Pokemon Go players trespassing on its bases | CBC News
• The CIA, NSA and Pokémon Go | Network World
• I live with a ghost who likes AC/DC : Paranormal
• Does Belief Draw Things Toward You? : Paranormal
• Why Some People See Ghosts and Other Apparitions | Psychology Today Canada

Remember when we all thought that the Y2K bug was going to kill us all? You don't? Well, Brian and Angelo are here to remind you. They're also going to remind you that two years after the revelations of the New York Times UFO article, there's still no disclosure and the government is scaling back some of the things they said about UFOs. It's a Christmas Double Density for all... and a happy New Year too.

Links:

• The weird, wonderful world of Y2K survival guides
• Families Don’t Use Landlines Anymore - The Atlantic
• In The 2010s, We All Became Alienated By Technology
• Thousands of Government UFO Reports Now Available at Canadian University | Live Science
• The Pentagon Corrects Record on “Secret UFO Program” - The Black Vault
• Why Won't They Believe Me?: Four of us saw the saucer! TWICE!: Mr. Barry Koplen: 9781503016033: Amazon.com: Books

This week, Angelo and Brian have a look at China and Marvel movies, Amazon invading our homes, and why an image from a 1972 issue of Playboy is used to test images. The paranormal segment has a look at Brian’s deep dive into rods. So. Many. Rods. Make sure to stay tuned until the very end!

Links:

• Marvel is censoring films for China, and you probably didn't even notice - CNET
• Don't Buy Anyone a Ring Camera
• A Nude ‘Playboy’ Photo Has Been a Mainstay in Testing Tech for Decades
• Loren Coleman on Twitter: Jose Escamilla
• ET, You've Got Mail | Skeptical Inquirer
• What’s up with “rods,” the mysterious insects that can be seen only on video? – The Straight Dope
• News 9 Investigates The Phenomenon Of RODS - News 9
• UFO - Ufology - Flying Rods of Jose Escamilla
• The Mysterious Rods - UFO Evidence
• What is the difference between progressive and interlaced Scanning? | Lights Film School
• 2001 National Press Club 2-Hour DVD – Sirius Disclosure
• Air Rods | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
• AmSky - The Rods Hoax

Angelo got to give Disney+ a try and he thinks it's great, Apple finally realized their butterfly keyboards are not great, and Brian is excited about the Justice League Snyder cut. In the paranormal segment, the duo has a look at some of the tools that ghost hunters use to capture video and sound, and what the problems with those tools are.

Links:

• Billboards Love Streaming Wars Because That’s Where Ads End Up - Bloomberg
• MacBook Pro teardown confirms the new keyboard is basically just the old, good keyboard - The Verge
• Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck call for Zack Snyder cut of Justice League to be released | EW.com
• My wife and I witnessed a ghost on the Kinect. : Paranormal
• Ghosts in the machine? Using the Kinect to hunt for spirits - Polygon
• The Broken Technology of Ghost Hunting - The Atlantic
• The Panasonic RR-DR60 IC Recorder an EVP Legend No Longer. |