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beauTECHfication – Experiment Week 5085

Ever wondered how a beauty app knows your exact skin tone, or why it took until 2017 for most brands to realize people come in more than 12 shades? Our pilot episode decodes the likely tech behind BoldHue’s color-matching technology, debugs the cultural earthquake that was Fenty ... Show More

19m 34s

Aug 17

Robb Dunewood’s Second Brain – Part 2 – DTNS WEEKEND

Robb Dunewood follows up to answer questions about the tools and procedures he uses for his “Second Brain.” MP3 Download Readwise Referral Link (Helps Robb, helps you) https://readwise.io/i/robb36 Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte https://amzn.to/4fLs59N Evernote https://eve ... Show More

28m 52s

Aug 16

Why Is My Phone Battery So Small? – DTNS WEEKEND

BigJim tells us about battery shipping rules and why they are keeping your phone’s battery capacity from getting larger. MP3 Download Follow us on Bluesky, Mastodon, X Instgram, Threads, YouTube and Twitch Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS ad-free. A special thanks to al ... Show More

19m 3s

Dec 2022

512: Owned With a P

Pre-show: Past-Marco made poor life choices, and today-Marco paid the price Follow-up: Mastodon instances and federation Hive Social is going… well, it’s not really going actually Sharrow 👍 Merlin is vindicated; it’s a real thing 👎 …but it’s not exactly a “share arrow”. But it ... Show More

1h 56m

Apr 2024

Emulators are taking over the App Store

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss third-party iPhone app stores, game emulators, Google Android and hardware team restructuring, the latest TikTok news, and more. Further reading: Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe The free ... Show More

1h 34m

Oct 2024

Shocker: The Pixel 9a Has Leaked

This week, Marques, Andrew, and David sit down to discuss everything from the WordPress drama to the new Linus Tech Tips screwdriver. First, David fills everyone in on what's been happening with WordPress before talking about Juno for YouTube (a video player app for the Apple Vis ... Show More

1h 20m

May 2024

SN 972: Passkeys: A Shattered Dream? - IoT Default Passwords, Passkeys

GCHQ: No more default passwords for consumer IoT devices! What happened with Chrome and 3rd-party cookies? Race conditions and multi-threading GM "accidentally" enrolled millions into "OnStar Smart Driver +" program Steve recommends Ryk Brown's "Frontiers Saga" SpinRite update Pa ... Show More

2h 11m

Nov 2024

SN 999: AI Vulnerability Discovery - RT's AI TV Hosts, Windows 10 Updates

Google's record-breaking fine by Russia. (How many 0's is that?) RT's editor-in-chief admits that their TV hosts are AI-generated. Windows 10 security updates set to end next October... or are they? When a good Chrome extension goes bad. Windows .RDP launch config files. What cou ... Show More

1h 53m

Sep 2024

821: Is Tauri the Electron Killer?

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Daniel Thompson-Yvetot about Tauri. They dive into what Tauri is, the motivations behind its development, its open-source ecosystem, use cases, and more. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 02:01 What is Tauri? 02:59 What’s new i ... Show More

54m 34s

Dec 2024

Late Night Linux – Episode 314

It’s our 2024 review of Linux and open source news including the end of Linux on Mars, the xz backdoor, great stuff from GNOME and KDE, the WordPress fiasco, why the idea of decentralised social media started to catch on, Raspberry Pi’s IPO, and the inevitable Mozilla doom and gl ... Show More

31m 40s

Dec 2024

SN 1005: 6-Day Certificates? Why? - Android Anti-Tracking, MFA lLogin Bypass, BIMI

Is AI the Wizard of Oz? Or is it more? Microsoft's long standing effective MFA login bypass. Is TPM 2.0 not required after all for Windows 11? Meet 14 North Korean IT workers who made $88 million from the West. Android updates its Bluetooth tracking with anti-tracking. The NPM pa ... Show More

2h 24m

Aug 2024

Google: Breaking Laws and Killing Chromecasts

A lot happened this week! First, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about NVIDIA scraping YouTube videos before jumping into a new iOS feature that lets you get rid of ads on websites. Then, it's all about Google. David goes over the new Google TV and Nest thermostat before talking ... Show More

1h 31m

TechTV Scrapbook: Adam Sessler – Experim...