Old's Cool — A Retro Tech Podcast

2899 reasons Apple made a touchscreen Mac

On this week's show, Stephen and Daniel discuss Apple in all its current messy glory. The company has just released a spate of products, from the mature and dependable iP

Frankenstein's Palm V

On this week's show, Stephen and Daniel talk fall's stacked gaming lineup, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake, and Switch Sports Resor

How to make it in digital media if you're not an AI agent

On this week's episode, Stephen and Daniel discuss the downfall of niche digital media in light of Android Central's shutdown and the reshaping of the media landscape in

We're so back

The boys are back in town (literally and figuratively) after some much-needed R&R. This week marks season 2 of Old's Cool (why? why not) and Stephen and Daniel talk about

Talking to myself

On this week's episode, Stephen and Daniel make up for lost time (sorry for the missed week — life got in the way) by diving into the week's latest news, including the in

We're not in the Luddite Crew, we're just old school

On this week's show, Stephen and Daniel review the new Pixel 11 series and talk about Google's place in the smartphone market. Daniel is a lot warmer on the Pixel 11 than

Pixel peeping Google's smartphone business

In this week's show, Stephen and Daniel dive into Google's Pixel 11 launch, a successful release that happened right next to the biggest shakeup to its org chart in years

The shape of the future

After a week off, Stephen and Daniel review the new Samsung Galaxy Fold 8 and burn Daniel's terrible taste in DIY phone cases. Plus, the latest AI scandals and trends. S

Samsung and Apple are blowing the phone market wide open — again

On this episode, Stephen and Daniel dive into Samsung's recent Unpacked event where it launched the Galaxy Z Fold 8 series. What makes the new Fold 8 so interesting, and

Sam Altman's all good, very bad week

This week, Stephen and Daniel recount OpenAI's highs (GPT 5.6's success) and lows (being sued by Apple) over the past week. Plus, Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro is delayed and

Copy! That! Floppy!

On this week's show, Stephen and Daniel talk about archiving floppy discs in a digital age; the newest AI models from OpenAI, Meta, and others; Sony's old school Vaio lap

Napoleon would've loved AI

This week, Stephen and Daniel celebrate Independence Day the only way they know how: talking about an alternative history where Napoleon defeated the English at Waterloo.

The death of cheap tech

On this week's show, Stephen and Daniel talk about how the rise of AI is killing cheap tech, and that may not be entirely a bad thing (though it's still mostly a bad thin

The proper way to cash in on nostalgia

This week, Stephen and Daniel compare their delicate wrists while showing off the Pebble Time 2, and debate nostalgia projects done right versus *very* wrong. Plus, can

Retro games and a brand new Siri

This week, Stephen and Daniel chat through their favorite childhood games, consoles, and controllers, and share what they think are the best games of all time. Then, in

AI may be the only way to save obsolete tech

This week, Stephen and Daniel dive into the choppy waters of AI writing, and whether it's ever OK to consume AI-made media. And how AI-based coding tools may be the only

Friction-maxxing and the rebirth of physical media

On this week's show, Stephen and Daniel dive into their childhoods full tape decks and portable CD players, their shared love of MiniDiscs, and how today's rise of fricti

I'm a Pisces and you're a Gemini (model)

This week on the show, we dive into the many, many announcements from Google I/O 2026, including new Gemini models, how ads will inevitably end up in Google's AI products

The Googlebook can't be real, can it?

This week on the show, Stephen and Daniel dive into wonderful world of Google's Android Show, where they discuss the Googlebook; Android 17's Agentic AI transformation; a

AI can't solve your laziness problem

In this week's episode, Stephen and Daniel delve into the evolution of fitness trackers by looking at the Fitbit Air; Google’s new universal AI-powered health platform; a