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Exploring the Stylish and Functional Cougar Airface Eco Mid-Tower Case

Exploring the Stylish and Functional Cougar Airface Eco Mid-Tower Case

Episode · · 01:54

Hello and welcome to PC Brief. Today we’re looking at Cougar’s Airface Eco, a mid-tower case that pairs a “bubbly front aesthetic” with practical airflow. Those large circular holes ...

Honoring John Brenkus the Visionary Who Merged Science with Sport

Honoring John Brenkus the Visionary Who Merged Science with Sport

Episode · · 01:19

Today we remember John Brenkus, the dynamic creator and host of the Emmy-winning show Sport Science. Since its debut on Fox Sports Network in 2007 and later on ESPN, Brenkus merged t...

Breaking Free from Orthosomnia The Dangerous Obsession with Perfect Sleep Tracking

Breaking Free from Orthosomnia The Dangerous Obsession with Perfect Sleep Tracking

Episode · · 01:14

Welcome back to Sleep Sense, where tonight we’re talking about a hidden downside of tracking our sleep. Thanks to fitbits, rings and bedroom sensors, more than a third of Americans n...

Navigating the AI Landscape: Apple's ChatGPT Contender and the Future of Siri

Navigating the AI Landscape: Apple's ChatGPT Contender and the Future of Siri

Episode · · 01:14

Hello and welcome to this Tech Minute. Today we’re talking about Apple’s ChatGPT rival and the uncertain future of Siri. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is internally tes...

Journey to the Edge of Life: Exploring Death and the Afterlife with Sebastian Junger

Journey to the Edge of Life: Exploring Death and the Afterlife with Sebastian Junger

Episode · · 01:00

Welcome to The Gray Area. I’m your host. Today, we explore what it feels like to die with Sebastian Junger, author of In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an...

Mastering the Art of Moving with One-Minute Move Hacks

Mastering the Art of Moving with One-Minute Move Hacks

Episode · · 01:13

Welcome to One-Minute Move Hacks, where we share The Verge staff’s top tools to make your next move a breeze. First up, grab thick-tipped Sharpies to label boxes “Shelve,” “Store,” o...

Decluttering Before a Move: How to Spark Joy and Ease the Transition

Decluttering Before a Move: How to Spark Joy and Ease the Transition

Episode · · 00:56

Welcome to today’s episode. “Moving sucks,” as Jay Peters reminds us, but he’s found that decluttering can make the process a lot smoother. When he and his wife downsized from a one-...

The Search Revolution Unveiled: How Google Transformed Information Accessibility

The Search Revolution Unveiled: How Google Transformed Information Accessibility

Episode · · 01:01

Welcome back to Book Overflow. Today we’re diving into the first third of Steven Levy’s In The Plex, where Carter and Nathan explore how two Stanford PhD students, Larry Page and Ser...

AI in Academia The New Frontier of Collaborative Learning

AI in Academia The New Frontier of Collaborative Learning

Episode · · 01:18

Welcome back to “Beyond the Essay,” where we explore how technology reshapes learning. Today, we dive into a surprising shift in college humanities classes: students openly using AI ...

Unlocking the Secrets of Sleep: Expert Tips for a Restful Night

Unlocking the Secrets of Sleep: Expert Tips for a Restful Night

Episode · · 01:03

Welcome to Today’s Insight. I’m your host, and today we’re diving into the science of sleep with Professor Russell Foster from Oxford. Foster reminds us, “Circadian rhythms are our i...

Political Palate A Taste of Butterworths and the Flavor of D C Culture

Political Palate A Taste of Butterworths and the Flavor of D C Culture

Episode · · 01:11

Welcome to D.C. Dish, I’m your host, Sarah Collins. Today we’re talking about Butterworth’s, the buzzy Trump-friendly French bistro on Capitol Hill that Robert Draper calls “the depl...

When Hardware Meets Power Tools: The IT Nightmare of a Drilling Disaster

When Hardware Meets Power Tools: The IT Nightmare of a Drilling Disaster

Episode · · 01:09

Hello and welcome to Tech Minute. Today, we’ve got a story that sounds like the punchline of a bad joke: an IT administrator walked into his company’s datacenter armed not with backu...

Conspiracy Theories in the Spotlight: The Rise of Alternative Realities in Political Discourse

Conspiracy Theories in the Spotlight: The Rise of Alternative Realities in Political Discourse

Episode · · 01:08

Hello and welcome to today’s news brief. Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump shared an extraordinary conspiracy theory on his Truth Social platform. He reposted a fringe ...

Building an iPhone in America The Trillion Dollar Dilemma

Building an iPhone in America The Trillion Dollar Dilemma

Episode · · 01:02

Welcome to The Tech Minute. Today, we’re diving into Scott Galloway and Patrick McGee’s breakdown of what it would take to build an iPhone in the U.S. First, the big kicker: labor. “...

Navigating the Crossroads of Education and Security: The Impact of Visa Policy on Chinese Students in America

Navigating the Crossroads of Education and Security: The Impact of Visa Policy on Chinese Students in America

Episode · · 01:00

Welcome to our daily news brief. I’m your host. Today, the Trump administration claims some Chinese students “exploit” U.S. universities, announcing plans to revoke a record number o...

Navigating Uncertainty: Indian Students Confronting Visa Challenges in the Pursuit of American Education

Navigating Uncertainty: Indian Students Confronting Visa Challenges in the Pursuit of American Education

Episode · · 01:32

Today on our podcast: Indian students dreaming of American campuses now find themselves in limbo. After a decision to pause student‐visa interviews and expand social media screening,...

Why Privacy Advocates Love Apple TV The Shield Against Smart TV Tracking

Why Privacy Advocates Love Apple TV The Shield Against Smart TV Tracking

Episode · · 01:22

Hello and welcome to Privacy Pulse—your one minute dive into digital privacy. Today we’re breaking down why privacy advocates swear by Apple TV boxes. Whenever smart TVs ratchet up t...

Chill Out and Power Up with the Nice Rocc Your Ultimate Muscle Recovery Tool

Chill Out and Power Up with the Nice Rocc Your Ultimate Muscle Recovery Tool

Episode · · 01:10

On today’s episode, we’re diving into the Nice Rocc, a $975 handheld palm-cooling device designed to accelerate muscle recovery and boost performance. Using electronic cooling based ...

Navigating Workplace Silence and Quoting Jobs Like a Pro

Navigating Workplace Silence and Quoting Jobs Like a Pro

Episode · · 01:20

Welcome to the Tested Podcast. I’m your host, and today we’re diving into a common workplace snag: Why Being Quiet at Work Could Be a Problem. In a recent live stream, Adam Savage po...

Bill Clinton Reflects on Democracy and Leadership in a Tumultuous Era

Bill Clinton Reflects on Democracy and Leadership in a Tumultuous Era

Episode · · 01:18

Hello and welcome. In a wide-ranging CBS Sunday Morning interview, former President Bill Clinton spoke with Tracy Smith about what he sees as President Trump’s most alarming moves—an...

Musk's Mission: The Bold Gamble of Government Efficiency Under Trump

Musk's Mission: The Bold Gamble of Government Efficiency Under Trump

Episode · · 01:06

Hello and welcome to today’s episode. Since joining the Trump administration with what was described as a “mandate to shrink government,” Elon Musk—often called the “world’s richest ...

From Zero to Hero: Mastering TrueNAS Scale in One Hour

From Zero to Hero: Mastering TrueNAS Scale in One Hour

Episode · · 00:59

Welcome back to Hardware Haven—“It’s been a while,” but today we’re diving into a complete TrueNAS Scale setup from zero to hero. First, head to piavpn.com/hardwarehaven for 83 perce...

From Coders to Warehouse Workers: The Dark Side of AI in Amazon's Software Engineering

From Coders to Warehouse Workers: The Dark Side of AI in Amazon's Software Engineering

Episode · · 01:25

Welcome to TechBrief, I’m your host. Today, we’re talking about how AI is turning Amazon’s software engineers into the equivalent of warehouse workers. As Cory Doctorow explains in P...

Mastering Multi-Cursor Magic in Visual Studio Code

Mastering Multi-Cursor Magic in Visual Studio Code

Episode · · 01:09

Hello and welcome to the Code Minute podcast. Today we’re diving into Visual Studio Code’s multi-cursor editing feature, which lets you place more than one cursor in your file to edi...

Transform Your Code in Seconds with Prettier in Visual Studio Code

Transform Your Code in Seconds with Prettier in Visual Studio Code

Episode · · 01:19

Welcome to Code Corner, where we save you time and sanity with practical developer tips. Today we’re tackling the pain of manual code formatting in Visual Studio Code. As the article...

Mastering Indentation in VS Code for Cleaner Code and Better Collaboration

Mastering Indentation in VS Code for Cleaner Code and Better Collaboration

Episode · · 01:34

Hello and welcome to the It’s FOSS podcast. Today we’re tackling a simple but powerful feature in VS Code: indentation. As the article reminds us, “Indentation is how code is visuall...

Unlocking the Future of AI with MCP Servers Explained

Unlocking the Future of AI with MCP Servers Explained

Episode · · 01:06

Welcome back to the show. Today we’re diving into MCP servers—yes, I’ll admit, “it took me way longer than I’d like to admit to wrap my head around MCP servers.” So what are they? MC...

Revamping Your Linux Experience: Seven Modern Alternatives to Man Pages

Revamping Your Linux Experience: Seven Modern Alternatives to Man Pages

Episode · · 01:24

Welcome back to Better Linux Tips, I’m your host, and today we’re exploring seven fresh alternatives to the classic man pages. First up is Qman, “a modern manual page viewer with nav...

Navigating the AI Boom: Dell's $14.4 Billion Backlog and the Future of Infrastructure

Navigating the AI Boom: Dell's $14.4 Billion Backlog and the Future of Infrastructure

Episode · · 01:16

Welcome to Tech Briefing. Dell has just confirmed a $14.4 billion backlog of AI-optimized servers, but warns that AI infrastructure projects are “lumpy and nonlinear.” Vice chair and...

NASA Leadership Crisis: Trump Administration's Bold Move Amid Budget Cuts and Political Turmoil

NASA Leadership Crisis: Trump Administration's Bold Move Amid Budget Cuts and Political Turmoil

Episode · · 01:33

Hello and welcome to Space Briefing. In a stunning turn, the Trump administration has pulled Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA, reportedly because he wasn’t politically loyal ...