Tech Tales

The Ouya home console tried to bring smartphone gaming back to the TV, and when it was revealed in 2012, it quickly became the most successful Kickstarter project in history. Two years later, it was discontinued.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Katie Janzen.

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Videos:

• https://youtu.be/U39L4mEyIRc

• https://youtu.be/-SzXpo8VjYs

• http://youtu.be/Es-okjDMAbI

Sources:

• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U39L4mEyIRc

• https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/ouyas-big-day

• https://www.wired.com/2012/07/ouya-ceo-qa/

• https://blackfridayarchive.com/ad/walmart-2011/page-8

• https://ouya.world/t/ouya-collectors-guide/61/3

• https://www.pcmag.com/news/ouya-teams-with-amazon-gamestop-for-june-release

• https://www.pcmag.com/news/first-ouya-consoles-shipping-to-backers

• https://www.pcmag.com/news/ouya-to-release-a-new-console-every-year

• https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/ouya

• https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-ouya-review

• https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/26/ouya-review

• https://www.pcmag.com/news/ouya-crashes-e3-organizers-call-cops

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ouya-launches-new-black-console-with-twice-the-memory/

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/get-an-ouya-game-console-and-5-game-credit-for-59-99-shipped/

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ouya-apologizes-to-kickstarter-supporters-offers-13-credit/

• https://www.wired.com/2013/09/kickstarter-scandal-ouya/

• https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/22/4547000/ouya-gamers-reportedly-sticking-with-free-games

• https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/7/5478198/the-indie-game-console-may-already-be-dead

• https://www.razer.com/newsroom/product-news/razer-acquires-ouya-software-assets

• https://www.engadget.com/2015-07-28-ouya-razer-indie-games-money.html

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/razer-will-pull-the-plug-on-ouya-gaming-console-on-june-25/

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/ouya-offers-all-access-pass-to-800-games-for-59-99/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:02:00 Microconsoles

0:06:08 Ouya Launch

0:29:15 E3 2013

0:34:50 Release & Reviews

0:43:42 Updates & Controversies

0:55:23 Ouya Shuts Down

1:00:34 Outro

Watch Tron Ares: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-ares

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa. Outro music is the Function Control Deck theme from TRON 2.0.

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Sources:

• https://deadline.com/2025/08/disney-dwayne-johnson-deepfake-moana-ai-generated-tron-ares-1236478167/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140821165028/http://collider.com/tron-3-sequel-details-joseph-kosinski/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20171110174404/http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/03/tron-3-filmed-vancouver-fall/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180840/https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/disney-cancels-tron-3-following-the-disappointment-of-tomorrowland-263287/

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jared-leto-tron-ares-box-office-1236401068/

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tron-reboot-jared-leto-circling-lead-role-new-disney-film-982575/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/tron/comments/1o3hqb9/i_just_found_out_that_my_photo_manipulation_is_in/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:55 Production

0:07:40 The Movie

1:32:06 Reception

1:35:05 Outro

Microsoft Kin was a phone platform "designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives," but was deemed a failure before it even launched. Two Kin phones finally arrived in May 2010, and two months later, the entire platform was shelved.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.

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Videos:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscAwANF684

• https://www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-kin-basement-party

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwyb7kwlL44

Sources:

• https://news.microsoft.com/source/2010/04/12/microsoft-ushers-in-the-next-generation-of-the-social-phone-with-kin-a-new-windows-phone/

• https://www.engadget.com/2010-07-02-life-and-death-of-microsoft-kin-the-inside-story.html

• https://web.archive.org/web/20201023040414/https://gigaom.com/2008/02/12/how-much-did-microsoft-pay-for-danger-find-out-here/

• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-25-microsofts-robbie-bach-j-allard-leaving-as-part-of-broader-sha.html

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022801/http://www.crn.com/software/217300212

• https://www.theregister.com/2010/04/19/microsoft_kin_ad_boob/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2010/01/05Apples-App-Store-Downloads-Top-Three-Billion/

• https://www.wired.com/2010/05/pr-microsft-kin/

• https://www.engadget.com/2010-05-05-kin-one-and-two-review.html

• https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Microsoft-KIN-ONE-and-TWO-Review_id2442

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100702062008/http://gizmodo.com/5576764/microsoft-kills-kin

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110113123732/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20009013-56.html

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813082650/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20023398-75.html

• https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/9/17335634/microsoft-jon-friedman-courier-kin-ultra-mobile-pcs-spot-build-2018

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:10 Development

0:08:42 The Launch

0:18:31 The Reviews

0:26:39 Kin's Death

0:35:46 Outro

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Watch Pirates of Silicon Valley: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pirates-of-silicon-valley

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Katie Janzen.

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Videos:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nfgRf2A0Tc

• https://archive.org/details/1999-07-21-macworld-new-york-keynote

Sources:

• https://fortune.com/2011/10/07/noah-wyle-on-playing-steve-jobs/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/18bhme/comment/c8ddpwq

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120420071253/https://kensegall.com/blog/2012/04/noah-wyle-and-steve-jobs-moment-of-truth/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:52 Movie Discussion

0:36:14 Steve Jobs and Noah Wyle

0:42:56 Outro

Swiss watch company Swatch came up with a new way to tell time in 1998, known as "Internet Time" or ".beats time." It led to an international controversy over advertising, radio frequencies, and Russia's Mir space station.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs.

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Watches:

• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/webmaster-ii-sqb101c/SQB101C.html

• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/great-australian-byte-sqz100/SQZ100.html

• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/webstream-green-yqs1001ag/YQS1001AG.html

• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/moon-or-beat-iv-yfs4010/YFS4010.html

• https://www.swatch.com/en-en/sonic-the-hedgehog-sqk101/SQK101.html

Sources:

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/swatch-wont-take-apple-to-court-over-iwatch-trademark/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37350870

• https://www.wnyc.org/story/tldr-15-internet-time/

• https://www.wired.com/1998/12/time-for-a-change/

• https://news.mit.edu/1998/summit-1118

• https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_2000-02-24:_Sega_and_Swatch_Team_Up:_Two_Major_Players_Meet_in_Cyberspace

• https://lpcwiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Ericsson_T20

• https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/14/lost-in-space-en

• https://www.wired.com/1999/04/spam-thats-out-of-this-world/

• https://web.archive.org/web/19991110070006/http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/physio/amsat-france/Press-rel-05.htm

• https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sputnik-40.htm

• https://www.pso-world.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=883

• https://web.archive.org/web/20010215002746/http://hamradio-online.com/1999/apr/arrl-swatch.html

• https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-swatch-beatnik-can/170703674/

• https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=25685

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:27 Swatch & Internet Time

0:07:50 The Watches

0:16:44 Adoption of Internet Time

0:20:05 Sputnik 99

0:36:18 Swatch vs. Apple

0:38:00 Outro

The WanaCry ransomware quickly spread to hundreds of thousands of Windows systems on May 12, 2017, impacting everything from car manufacturing to hospitals. A few hours later, it was stopped by a cybersecurity researcher.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.

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Video:

• https://youtu.be/S70zd_ysZag

Sources:

• https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/

• https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/ransomware/wannacry-ransomware/

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cambrian-college-ransomware-hack-1.4093634

• https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-hit-by-wannacry-virus-fears-it-could-cripple-some-jet-production/

• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/13/cyber-attack-hits-german-train-stations-hackers-target-deutsche/

• https://apnews.com/article/36406e3cebe34b148f1fd9bbe6205ace

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-honda-cyberattack-idUSKBN19C0EI/

• https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/case-study-wannacry-attack/

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt

• https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/

• https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/03/researcher-who-stopped-wannacry-ransomware-detained-in-us

• https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-us-authorities-tracked-down-the-north-korean-hacker-behind-wannacry/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:54 EternalBlue & Marcus Hutchins

0:09:39 WannaCry Attack

0:25:10 The Aftermath

0:38:04 Outro

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, helping guide the country through the Civil War and advocated for an end to slavery. Nearly 100 years later, he was resurrected as a robot for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Mason Conrad.

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Videos & Photos:

• https://youtu.be/mvfjvBO2l2Y?t=138

• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Audio-Animatronic_(42346731335).jpg

Sources:

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-emporia-gazette-electric-robots/154380075/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110717093240/http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/070709_NF_FEAT_StoryofHall.html

• https://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2014/04/disney-history-institute-celebrates.html

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-edwardsville-intelligencer-disney-de/154344993/

• https://archive.org/details/IllinoisLandOfLincolnIllinoisPavilionInformationNewYorkWorldsFair19641965/mode/1up

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-live-lincoln-created-by-d/154516626/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-tattler-disneys-lincoln-star-at-fai/154518175/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-news-journal-lincoln-at-1964/154519665/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-review-of-lincoln-figur/154520514/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/mt-vernon-register-news-electronic-abe/154523531/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvfjvBO2l2Y

• https://d23.com/reliving-one-mans-dream-in-this-walt-disney-world-attraction/

• https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/31/disneyland-blinkin-lincoln-animatronic-used-to-go-crazy-and-smash-his-chair-in-a-robotic-fit/

• https://www.newspapers.com/article/freeport-journal-standard-animated-abe-l/154552579/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:01:26 Abraham Lincoln

0:06:08 Building Robot Lincoln

0:20:25 The 1964 World’s Fair

0:22:33 Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln

0:29:08 Reactions to Robot Lincoln

0:38:07 Lincoln at Disneyland

0:41:10 Outro

Watch Tron Legacy: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-2-0

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa.

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Videos:

• https://youtu.be/e1dHhktFLPs

Sources:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20010418103554/http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2301037%2C00.html

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dHhktFLPs

• https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jeff-bridges-returning-tron-3-1235985702/

• https://screenrant.com/tron-legacy-behind-the-scenes/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020458/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40548535/ns/today-entertainment/t/tron-legacy-reverse-ages-jeff-bridges

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:41 Production

0:04:27 Flashback & CGI Jeff Bridges

0:14:16 ENCOM & The Grid

0:31:54 The music

0:34:31 Quorra

0:40:38 The dinner

0:48:01 End of Line Club

0:53:33 Solar Sailer

0:59:23 The Rectifier

1:10:16 The portal

1:15:31 Final thoughts

1:20:16 Outro

Apple helped develop PowerPC processors as competition against Intel in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s, the architecture was falling behind. Apple's switch to Intel x86 processors revived its Mac computers, kicked off the Hackintosh era, and made AMD jealous.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs.

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Videos:

• https://archive.org/details/wwdc-2005

Sources:

• https://lowendmac.com/1998/powerpc-vs-pentium-ii-escargot/

• https://lowendmac.com/2014/cpus-powerpc-604-and-604e/

• https://lowendmac.com/2015/cpus-powerpc-g5/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/06/23Apple-Unleashes-the-Worlds-Fastest-Personal-Computer-the-Power-Mac-G5/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2004/06/09Apple-Unveils-New-Power-Mac-G5-Line/

• https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-on-g5-powerbook-not-so-fast/

• https://www.macworld.com/article/174337/pbg5-2.html

• https://www.cnet.com/science/amd-says-intel-only-deal-struck-at-apple-in-2005/

• https://www.macstories.net/stories/this-is-not-a-product-the-apple-developer-transition-kit/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Unveils-New-iMac-with-Intel-Core-Duo-Processor/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/02/28Apple-Unveils-Mac-mini-with-Intel-Core-Duo/

• https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,261038,261270

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Introduces-MacBook-Pro/

• https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/12/santa-rosa-macbook-review/

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/08/macpro/

• https://www.macworld.com/article/666300/15-inch-macbook-pro-2006-review.html

• https://www.wired.com/2005/08/mac-hacks-allow-os-x-on-pcs-2/

• https://www.anandtech.com/show/7204/ibm-offers-power-technology-for-licensing-forms-openpower-consortium

• https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/17/ibm_t7nm_power10/

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro

0:00:48 The PowerPC era

0:12:00 The Intel announcement

0:23:01 Apple Developer Transition Kit

0:26:03 The Intel Macs

0:35:51 The reviews

0:40:34 Hackintosh PCs

0:44:49 AMD's complaints

0:47:36 Farewell to PowerPC

0:50:28 PowerPC after Apple

0:53:16 Outro