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Who was Dennis Ritchie? Why did Ritchie create the C programming language? What is the story of Ritchie’s involvement with UNIX? In this episode, Jonathan [Read more]

Picking up where we left off, this episode about AMD looks at its more recent history and how it has played a role in tech. [Read more]

Listener Stephen asked that I cover AMD a long time ago, and so this is the start of that company’s history. We explore the founding [Read more]

What is a solid state drive? How are they different from magnetic storage devices? How do SSDs erase data? Join Jonathan and Chris as they [Read more]

Virtual machines open up a lot of options for information infrastructure. Where did the idea come from and how did it evolve over time? Learn [Read more]

Oz and Karah from Sleepwalkers join the show to talk about how different parts of the world are looking at developing, regulating and legislating artificial [Read more]

What is a supercomputer? What was the first supercomputer? How fast is the fastest supercomputer? In this episode, Chris and Jonathan add up the facts [Read more]

Oz and Karah of the Sleepwalkers podcast join the show to talk about artificial intelligence, the challenges we face and some of the misconceptions around [Read more]

What are the physics behind flight? We demystify the concept of lift and explain how many sources get the explanation wrong. Learn more about your [Read more]

How do pain rays work? What is the Portal Denial System? How does the Taser shotgun shell work? Join Jonathan and Chris as they introduce [Read more]