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  December 2, 2021

  Smart Talks with IBM and Malcolm Gladwell - What does the future of sustainability look like for your company and your customers?

  Today, consumers, businesses and governments are united in their sense of urgency about the sustainability of the planet. But how do we go about achieving it? In this episode of Smart Talks, Malcolm talks to Marc Rolfe, Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Partners Ecosystem Success at SAP, and Jason Kelley, General Manager, IBM Strategic Partners, about how strategic partnerships between companies can create a larger industry shift toward sustainability.

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  December 1, 2021

  Will LHR tech solve the graphics card shortage problem?

  A listener asked what's the difference between LHR and non-LHR graphics cards. Who knew it would turn into a full discussion on crypto mining, hash values and how companies are trying to make sure that gamers get their hands on graphics cards?

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  November 30, 2021

  Tech News: Twitter Gets a New CEO

  Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter's CEO again. Former Google employees sue Google for being evil. And the FBI considers encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and iMessage to be "the most permissive" when it comes to investigations. Plus more!

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  November 30, 2021

  BitTorrent and The Pirate Bay

  The Pirate Bay turned 18 this year. We look at file sharing, copyright issues, corporate assets and the pirates who advocate for a free Internet. It's a big ol' mess and we're going to sort it out.

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  November 26, 2021

  TechStuff Classic: TechStuff Tackles Typewriters

  Special guest Holly Frey joins the show to talk about typewriters. What's their history and what's the real scoop behind the QWERTY keyboard?

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  November 25, 2021

  Rerun: The History of Cyber Monday

  When did the trend of Cyber Monday begin? We take a look at the history of one of the Internet's biggest annual events.

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  November 25, 2021

  The Dark Side of Video Game Cheaters

  From trying to scam their way onto high score leaderboards to using hacks to run rampant in online multiplayer games, we look at how cheaters have tried to take the easy way toward video game legend status.

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  November 23, 2021

  Tech News: NASA Plays Galactic Billiards With Asteroid

  NASA launches a spacecraft that will collide with an asteroid, but on purpose. Also, Facebook executives allegedly prevented researchers from improving algorithms to limit the spread of hate speech. And Texas invites bitcoin miners to settle down, but can the state's power grid handle the load?

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  November 22, 2021

  A Brief History of Cheating in Video Games

  From the famous Konami code to the Doom modders, we look at some of the early examples of cheat codes and cheat devices in video games.

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  November 19, 2021

  Rerun: The GE of Today

  Tragedies and financial crises turned what used to be General Electric's strengths into liabilities. In this episode, we learn how the once dominant company began to struggle and why some think its heading for insolvency.

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  November 18, 2021

  How a human-centered approach is building trustworthy AI.

  Creating trust and transparency in AI isn’t just a business requirement, it’s a social responsibility. In this episode of Smart Talks, Malcolm talks to Christina Montgomery, IBM's Chief Privacy Officer and AI Ethics Board Co-Chair, and Dr. Seth Dobrin, Global Chief AI Officer, about IBM’s approach to AI and how it’s helping businesses transform the way they work with AI systems that are fair and address bias so AI can benefit everyone, not just a few. This is a paid advertisement from IBM.

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  November 17, 2021

  Rerun: GE and the House that Jack Built

  After World War II, General Electric would grow rapidly to the point of bloat. Then a man named Jack Welch took over as CEO and made some big changes. What was Welch's legacy?

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  November 16, 2021

  Rerun: GE Through World War II

  In its first few decades, General Electric would grow into an enormous company with incredible influence in the United States. In this episode, we see how that played out leading up to and through World War II.

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  November 15, 2021

  Rerun: The Founding of G&E

  General Electric has been around for more than 100 years. It's recently been in a bit of a slump. How did this company get started?

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  November 12, 2021

  TechStuff Classic: Taking a Ride in an Ambulance

  What is ambulance technology all about? Ben Bowlin joins the show to explore this listener-suggested topic.

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  November 11, 2021

  Tech News: Flying Taxis and Metaverses in South Korea

  South Korea is barging into the future with a municipal metaverse for Seoul and an air traffic control system for flying taxis. Plus an update on Elon Musk selling Tesla stock, why it's still hard to buy a PlayStation 5 and how a brain computer interface project interprets imaginary handwriting.

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  November 11, 2021

  Futures That Never Were

  Science fiction writers have predicted numerous things that came true. But then there are those who have predicted stuff that didn't quite work out the way they imagined. This episode is dedicated to them.

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  November 9, 2021

  Tech News: Freedom From Algorithms

  A proposed law in the US would make companies like Facebook give users an alternative to algorithmic-generated news feeds. The DoJ goes after ransomware hackers. And we've got news about Nintendo's next video game console (kind of).

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  November 8, 2021

  More of the Worst Cars of All Time

  We round out a totally-not-definitive list of bad cars with entries like the Trident, the Aztek and the Hummer H2. Plus the scandal of Dieselgate and cars that were meant to fly or swim.

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  November 5, 2021

  The Worst Cars of All Time

  It's time to talk about some cars that, for one reason or another, people love to hate. So from the Pinto to the Trabant, join us as we look at cars that were lemons, cost too much or doomed a company to bankruptcy.

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