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Taming the Dopamine Beast Finding Balance in a World of Endless Possibilities

Taming the Dopamine Beast Finding Balance in a World of Endless Possibilities

Episode · · 01:08

Welcome to the Mind Matters podcast. I’m your host. Do you ever feel restless or always chasing more? According to Michael Long in his book Taming the Molecule of More, dopamine is t...

Nvidia CEO Declares US Chip Controls on China a Misfire as Domestic Competitors Rise

Nvidia CEO Declares US Chip Controls on China a Misfire as Domestic Competitors Rise

Episode · · 01:21

Hello and welcome to today’s tech briefing. I’m your host, and here’s the story: Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang says U.S. chip controls on China have backfired. These rules, aimed at limi...

Navigating Company Change How to Safeguard Your Career During Uncertainty

Navigating Company Change How to Safeguard Your Career During Uncertainty

Episode · · 01:16

Welcome to Work Better, I’m your host, Anna Burgess Yang. Today, we’re talking about how to protect yourself during a company upheaval—layoffs, restructuring, new leadership or strat...

Discovering Chengdu: The Rise of China's Happiest City

Discovering Chengdu: The Rise of China's Happiest City

Episode · · 01:37

Welcome back to Urban Pulse. Today, we’re exploring why everyone seems to be moving to Chengdu, China’s fastest-growing city. Once derided as a haven for slackers, Chengdu has surged...

Transforming Lives One Chair at a Time: The Green Chair Project's Inspiring Fundraiser

Transforming Lives One Chair at a Time: The Green Chair Project's Inspiring Fundraiser

Episode · · 01:05

Hello and welcome to Tales from the Tar Heel Traveler. I’m your host, and today we’re shining a spotlight on the Green Chair Project in Raleigh. This remarkable initiative “takes in ...

The Rise of Self-Hosting: Why More People Are Taking Control of Their Digital Lives

The Rise of Self-Hosting: Why More People Are Taking Control of Their Digital Lives

Episode · · 01:27

Hello and welcome to Tech Brief. Today, we’re diving into why self-hosting is having a moment, thanks to insights from Ethan Sholly of selfh.st. Sholly started by helping friends str...

Mastering the Art of Coordination in Distributed Systems with Grokking Concurrency

Mastering the Art of Coordination in Distributed Systems with Grokking Concurrency

Episode · · 01:18

Hello and welcome to Book Overflow. Today, we’re covering “Coordination in Distributed Systems” from Kirill Bobrov’s Grokking Concurrency. “In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter a...

Convert with Confidence: Discovering the Power of Vert File Conversion Tool

Convert with Confidence: Discovering the Power of Vert File Conversion Tool

Episode · · 01:07

Hello and welcome to Quick Tech Podcast, I’m your host. Today we’re looking at Vert, a secure, browser-based file conversion tool. Vert is open source and can convert the most common...

Legacy in the Garden The Unmatched Value of My Grandmother's Felco 2 Pruners

Legacy in the Garden The Unmatched Value of My Grandmother's Felco 2 Pruners

Episode · · 01:07

Welcome to Garden Stories. Today I’m talking about the single best tool I’ve ever owned: my grandmother’s 30-year-old Felco 2 pruners. She earned her Master Gardener certificate and ...

Mastering Real-Time Backups with Syncthing for Seamless File Syncing

Mastering Real-Time Backups with Syncthing for Seamless File Syncing

Episode · · 01:06

Welcome to today’s one-minute tech tip. I’m your host, and today we’re talking about using Syncthing for real-time backups. As Lawrence Systems puts it, “Syncthing is like rsync but ...

Transform Your Walks into Workouts with Peloton’s Guided Classes

Transform Your Walks into Workouts with Peloton’s Guided Classes

Episode · · 01:19

Welcome to Fit Finds in a Minute. I’m your host. Today, let’s talk about Peloton’s guided walk workouts—even if you don’t own a treadmill. As Lifehacker’s Lindsey Ellefson admits, sh...

Unleashing Creativity: Elgato's Stream Deck Everywhere Transforms Your Devices into Control Powerhouses

Unleashing Creativity: Elgato's Stream Deck Everywhere Transforms Your Devices into Control Powerhouses

Episode · · 01:34

Hello and welcome to Tech Bytes. Today, we’re talking about Elgato’s big reveal from Computex 2025: “Stream Deck Everywhere.” This new initiative promises to let you “turn your own d...

Reach for Greatness: The Best Grabber Tools Reviewed by Tool Talk

Reach for Greatness: The Best Grabber Tools Reviewed by Tool Talk

Episode · · 01:10

Hello and welcome to Tool Talk. Today we’re diving into The Wirecutter’s roundup of the best grabber tools for anyone who needs a little extra reach. After testing six grabbers side ...

Transforming Your E-Reader Into a Distraction-Free Writing Oasis

Transforming Your E-Reader Into a Distraction-Free Writing Oasis

Episode · · 00:56

Hello and welcome to Tiny Tech Talks. Today I’m excited to share how Lifehacker deputy editor Joel Cunningham turned his Boox Palma e-reader into a distraction-free writing machine. ...

The Great Book Hoax: How AI Fabricated a Summer Reading List for 2025

The Great Book Hoax: How AI Fabricated a Summer Reading List for 2025

Episode · · 01:25

Hello and welcome. Today we’re talking about a summer reading list that never was. On Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times printed an advertorial supplement claiming to recommend fifteen ne...

The Rise and Fall of Builderai From Billion-Dollar Dream to Insolvency

The Rise and Fall of Builderai From Billion-Dollar Dream to Insolvency

Episode · · 01:16

Welcome back to TechCrunch Today. In our top story, AI software startup Builder.ai—formerly known as Engineer.ai—has entered insolvency proceedings and is appointing an administrator...

The Great Flattening How Tech Giants Are Restructuring for Speed and Innovation

The Great Flattening How Tech Giants Are Restructuring for Speed and Innovation

Episode · · 01:14

Welcome back to Business Brief, I’m your host. Today, we’re talking about what analysts are calling “the great flattening.” Major tech companies from Amazon to Meta are cutting layer...

Breaking the Chains: HEY Email Service Triumphs Over Apple's Revenue Grab

Breaking the Chains: HEY Email Service Triumphs Over Apple's Revenue Grab

Episode · · 01:19

Hello and welcome to The Tech Brief. Today’s top story: HEY, the subscription email service from Basecamp, is finally for sale on the iPhone in the US. Founder David Heinemeier Hanss...

Summer Reading for the Thoughtful: JPMorgan Chase's Bold Selections for 2025

Summer Reading for the Thoughtful: JPMorgan Chase's Bold Selections for 2025

Episode · · 01:05

Welcome back to Book Briefs. Today, we’re diving into JPMorgan Chase’s 26th annual Summer Reading List—except this isn’t your usual stack of beach paperbacks. Think less “hot girl su...

Is the GoPro Your Ultimate Travel Companion or Just a Pocket-Sized Adventure Defender?

Is the GoPro Your Ultimate Travel Companion or Just a Pocket-Sized Adventure Defender?

Episode · · 01:17

Today we're asking: Is a GoPro a good travel camera? GoPros are tiny—you can slip one into your pocket—and “extremely durable,” built for adventures. They’re waterproof, shockproof, ...

AI and the Art of Illusion How Industrial Light & Magic Blends Tradition with Technology

AI and the Art of Illusion How Industrial Light & Magic Blends Tradition with Technology

Episode · · 01:25

Hello and welcome to today’s episode, where we explore how Industrial Light & Magic has embraced AI just like any other tool. Back in 1993, ILM stunned Spielberg with a computer-gene...

Swifter and Smarter: How Cultured Code Transformed Things 3 with Swift

Swifter and Smarter: How Cultured Code Transformed Things 3 with Swift

Episode · · 01:16

Welcome back to Mac Minute. Today we’re diving into how Cultured Code rebuilt its Things 3 cloud system using Apple’s Swift language. According to the company, the transition “occurr...

Decoding Developer Disasters: The Mystery of the FFFFFFFF Constant

Decoding Developer Disasters: The Mystery of the FFFFFFFF Constant

Episode · · 01:23

Hello and welcome to One-Minute Tech WTF. Today we’re looking at “What the FFFFFFFF,” a Resident Line from The Daily WTF by Remy Porter. As Remy puts it, “Computers were a mistake, w...

Tales from No Man's Land: Exploring Endurance and Resistance in The Book of Records

Tales from No Man's Land: Exploring Endurance and Resistance in The Book of Records

Episode · · 01:01

Welcome to Book Briefs. Today we explore The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien. In a novel inspired by Hannah Arendt’s insight—“One can’t say how life is, how chance or fate deals w...

Bringing Light to Life: Transforming Office Spaces with Natural Daylight Strategies

Bringing Light to Life: Transforming Office Spaces with Natural Daylight Strategies

Episode · · 01:11

Hello, I’m your host, and today we’re shining a light on a big problem in modern offices: too many workspaces are trapped in the dark, driving up energy costs and sapping employee we...

The Rise of Google AI and the Decline of Small Publishers in the New Search Era

The Rise of Google AI and the Decline of Small Publishers in the New Search Era

Episode · · 01:18

Welcome to today’s episode. Google’s March 2024 core update—its largest ever—promised to cut spam and AI-generated content by 40 percent. Instead, small publishers watched clicks eva...

Inside the High-Stakes World of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency

Inside the High-Stakes World of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency

Episode · · 01:02

Imagine interviewing at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE—the team he assembled to “axe the federal workforce.” According to WIRED, the application kicks off with ...

The Unconventional Playbook of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson: Love Ambition and Age Gaps in the Spotlight

The Unconventional Playbook of Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson: Love Ambition and Age Gaps in the Spotlight

Episode · · 01:25

Hello and welcome to a one-minute sports spotlight. Bill Belichick, the 73-year-old Hall of Fame coach now leading North Carolina’s football program, has sparked headlines—for all t...

Stream Deck Everywhere Revolutionizing Creative Control for All

Stream Deck Everywhere Revolutionizing Creative Control for All

Episode · · 01:35

Welcome back to Tech Spotlight. Today we’re talking about Elgato’s new “Stream Deck Everywhere” strategy, announced at Computex. Elgato general manager Julian Fest says, “With these ...

The Invisible Phone Phenomenon Exploring TikTok's Latest Craze

The Invisible Phone Phenomenon Exploring TikTok's Latest Craze

Episode · · 01:04

Today we’re unpacking TikTok’s ‘invisible phone’ craze. TikTok user CatGPT shared a clip of a woman in line, seemingly scrolling on a completely transparent phone. The caption read, ...