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Twitter wants to bring its case against Elon Musk's refusal to go through with his acquisition of the company, and it wants that case to happen in September. Musk argues that the case should be pushed to February of next year. Plus we learn about another Russia fining Google, Apple being sued for being anticompetitive (again) and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jony Ive, the genius designer who helped redefine Apple's identity, has recently cut ties with the company. Here we learn about his origins and journey to Apple during the company's most chaotic era. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could technology let us live forever? Stuff You Should Know's Josh Clark joins the show to talk about the possibility of digital immortality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apple and Jony Ive's design company have chosen not to extend a contract, meaning for the first time in 30 years Apple will be without Ive's influence in design. Also, more than 500 women sue Uber over the violence they experienced from drivers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is the preservation of video games such a complicated mess? And what's the big deal with preserving them in the first place? We look at how enthusiasts and historians are trying to find ways to prevent old games from being forgotten. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lobbyist who formerly worked for Uber has dumped more than 100,000 internal documents recording various questionable practices Uber used between 2013 and 2017. It's worse than what we thought. Also, are you ready to pay a subscription fee to access your car's options? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2014, TechStuff did The Twitter Story, but a lot has happened in the following 8 years. We look at what has happened to the company, including its current mess involving Elon Musk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is the history of the sword? What are they made from and what is an alloy? Special guest Ariel Kasten joins the show to talk about pointy things. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Intelligence and law enforcement agencies warn that hackers from China and North Korea are causing massive problems. A former Facebook employee claims the company is able to undelete user data despite claiming otherwise. And is the video game industry in for a bad year? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Kris Straub uploaded a creepy animated short to YouTube in 2018, he indicated that it was for audiences 18 and older. So why did YouTube's AI overrule Straub to say the video is suitable for kids? We look at COPPA and how it has affected YouTube. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where does the color come from in fireworks? How are those giant displays choreographed? We conclude our discussion on fireworks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do fireworks work? From the basics to fully choreographed displays, we take a look at the tech of making stuff go boom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Agriculture has come a long way since the invention of the plow. Learn about how high-tech gadgets are revolutionizing agriculture! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A controversial ruling by the US Supreme Court has had a big impact on the country as a whole and the tech industry is no exception. Plus, one FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores. And Major League Baseball might be fed up with human umpires. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

By listener request, here's an episode about flash drives and flash memory. What makes it different from RAM and hard drives? How does it store information? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advocating for artificial intelligence to be built and deployed ethically is no longer just a compliance issue but more of a business imperative. In this episode of Smart Talks with IBM, Malcolm Gladwell takes on this topic with Dr. Laurie Santos, host of The Happiness Lab, and Phaedra Boinodiris, Trust in AI Practice Leader within IBM Consulting. Phaedra’s team at IBM is creatively tackling the g...

Sometimes, the folks who invent important (or at least popular) tech end up being left out when it's time to collect the cash. We look at invention, ingenuity, patents and profit in this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The URL is a handy way to navigate to a specific web page. But where did it come from? How does it work and why are they almost always in English? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could the future of electronics be the human body? We explore efforts to turn your body into a technological interface. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the world of cryptocurrency, there's a need for algorithms to create a consensus for validating transactions. Bitcoin uses Proof of Work. Ethereum 2.0 will use Proof of Stake. What the heck is the difference? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An outage in Cloudflare's content delivery network disrupts multiple services across the Internet. Plus, Meta shows off some mixed reality headset prototypes, former Tesla employees sue Tesla, and South Korea successfully puts a satellite into orbit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was once a powerful video game company that many thought would challenge Nintendo for dominance. So what happened to Sega to make it fall so far? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All's fair in love and tech, so they say. In this episode, we look back on some of the famous rivalries in technology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

TV reviewers suspect that Samsung is using a cheating algorithm to boost TV benchmark scores. Is Tesla's Autopilot dangerous? And did Chinese scientists really pick up an alien radio signal? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, E3 served as the video game industry's platform to promote video games and video game hardware. But some setbacks, including canceled shows due to COVID, lead to the question: is E3 dead? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.