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Nerd Factor 15 episodes
- 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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3 min - Episode 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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17 min - Episode 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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16 min - Episode 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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17 min - Episode 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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17 min - Episode 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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18 min - Episode 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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17 min - Episode 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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17 min - Episode 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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16 min - Episode 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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About Nerd Factor 15
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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.