TechStuff

Meta sees Twitter’s struggles as an opportunity and has launched Threads. Meanwhile, services like Mastodon, Bluesky and Hive Social have attracted former Twitter users seeking [Read more]

What is AR and how does it work? Learn about augmented reality’s history and future! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twitter upsets lots of users with strange changes in process. Meta launches its Twitter competitor Threads. France passes a surveillance law that can turn a [Read more]

What is carbon fiber? What makes it special? Is it really stronger than steel? And what are some good (and maybe bad) applications for carbon [Read more]

Where does the color come from in fireworks? How are those giant displays choreographed? We conclude our discussion on fireworks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do fireworks work? From the basics to fully choreographed displays, we take a look at the tech of making stuff go boom. See omnystudio.com/listener [Read more]

Shannon Morse and Jonathan continue their conversation about some of the worst hacking scenes in Hollywood history and how with a little adjustment they could [Read more]

In this classic episode from 2009, Chris and Jonathan talk about 3-D glasses, awful movies from the 1980s, and whether or not 3D would become [Read more]

Intel and AMD have a common history, but each company has gone its own way in chip design. Why are Intel chips and AMD chips [Read more]

What makes an 8-bit system different from a 16-bit system? Or a 64-bit system? We look at what this actually means, and how a small [Read more]