Nerd Factor 15

By Andy Blume

An Australian-based podcast that brings you the week's tech, gadget, entertainment and pop-culture news in around 15 minutes. No babble and no nonsense.... more

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How many episodes does Nerd Factor 15 have?

The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.

Nerd Factor 15 episodes:

May 02, 2021 Episode 49: ... and thanks for all the fish.
Episode 49 - Sunday 2nd May 2021

This is the final episode of Nerd Factor 15. Thank you to everyone who has listened to and supported the podcast over the past year.

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April 25, 2021Episode 48: 5G spectrum auction winners announced, Apple's Spring Loaded event round-up, Discord walks away from sale talks and The Bill might return as a reboot
Episode 48 - Sunday 25th April 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
ACMA announces 5G spectrum winners
Kmart to introduce robots to help stock control
Apple "Spring Loaded" event round-up
Discord reportedly walks away from sale negotiations
Google briefly loses control of .ar domain
Popular TV series The Bill may see a reboot
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17min
April 18, 2021Episode 47: Federal Court finds Google misled consumers, Menulog will trial minimum wage for couriers, Discord to block NSFW content and Apple's Spring Loaded event
Episode 47 - Sunday 18th April 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
Federal Court finds Google misled consumers over location data
Menulog to offer minimum wage and superannuation in trial
This week's data breach: Swinburne University
Discord to block NSFW content on iOS devices
Apple's "Spring Loaded" April event
Microsoft launch new Surface Laptop 4 range
NHS COVID-19 app update blocked by Apple and Google
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16min
April 11, 2021Episode 46: Dutton sues social media users, LinkedIn user data dump found online, Yahoo Answers to close and Picard S2 teaser trailer
Episode 46 - Sunday 11th April 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
Peter Dutton sues Twitter users for defamatory comments
Trials begin for emergency services broadband network
Vodafone suffers major nationwide outage
Dump containing data of 500m LinkedIn users appears online
Yahoo Answers to close
Teaser trailer for Star Trek Picard S2 drops
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17min
April 04, 2021Episode 45: Nine Network victim of cyber attack, NSW begins Opal multi-modal trial, WWDC goes online again and Ubiquiti breach worse than announced
Episode 45 - Sunday 4th April 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
Nine Network and APH fall victim to cyberattacks
NSW begins multi-modal Opal Card trial
2019 dump of Facebook user details leaked online
Apple announce WWDC 2021 to be held online
Ubiquiti data breach worse than reported: whistleblower
US Strategic Command's cryptic tweet
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17min
March 29, 2021Episode 44: Telstra to split into four divisions, Microsoft might be buying Discord, Turing to appear on £50 note and vale Jessica Walter
Episode 44 - Sunday 28th March 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
Telstra to split into four separate entities
AEC examine options for automated voter verification
Microsoft reportedly in talks to buy Discord
Alan Turing honoured on £50 pound note
Vale Jessica Walter
Vale George Segal
ACMA powers questioned by senate committee
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18min
March 21, 2021Episode 43: Google review defamation case blocked, Google drops developer commission, Instagram for kids and a court bans Garamond
Episode 43 - Sunday 21st March 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
Zarah Garde-Wilson faces setback in Google review defamation case
Melbourne hospital subject to cyber attack
Google drops developer commission to 15%
Instagram plans to build a kids-only version
Google bring live captioning to web-based audio
US court updates rules surrounding acceptable fonts
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17min
March 15, 2021Episode 42: HealthEngine to run COVID-19 vaccination platform, PayPal announces BNPL service and OVH data centre fire
Episode 42 - Sunday 14th March 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
HealthEngine chosen to run COVID-19 vaccination platform
Epic Games launch legal action against Google
PayPal announce new buy-now-pay-later scheme
Vocus Group receive takeover offer
Major fire at OVH data center
Netflix tests feature to prevent password sharing
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17min
March 07, 2021Episode 41: CommBank joins CDR scheme, Apple Watch ECG approval and serious Exchange exploits found
Episode 41 - Sunday 7th March 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
CommBank gains full CDR accreditation
New features available to Telstra MVNOs
Apple Watch gains Australian ECG approval
UK watchdog launches investigation into Apple
Serious vulnerabilities found in Microsoft Exchange installations
New Amazon app icon likened to Hitler
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16min
February 28, 2021Episode 40: Australian news returns to Facebook, online safety amendment enters Parliament, Twitter announces Super Follows and new tracking protection in Firefox
Episode 40 - Sunday 28th February 2021

This week on Nerd Factor 15:
Facebook restores Australian news content
New industry code to tackle fake news
Online safety bill amendment enters Parliament
Twitter confirms launch of paid content feature
Firefox 86 brings new cookie tracking protection
Illinois lawmaker proposes violent game sale restrictions
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18min

FAQs about Nerd Factor 15:

How many episodes does Nerd Factor 15 have?

The podcast currently has 49 episodes available.