Bad Voltage

3x67: in which Jono and Stuart (but sadly not Jeremy who couldn't make it!) get stuck into Crowdstrike and Reddit's latest attempt to make money badvoltage.org/3x67 youtube.com/watch?v=HVJaWZ…

3x66: in which we return! With some in-depth discussion about Tiktok and tech regulation, squirrels nestling in your Tesla and what that means for their market share, and Microsoft Recall being... recalled badvoltage.org/3x66 youtube.com/watch?v=Zu5vHw…

3x65: our predictions for the remainder of 2024! Some surprises, and some things that everyone knows we're going to say, but... there's lots of excitement to come in this year. Some of which we really hope does not happen... badvoltage.org/3x65/ youtu.be/QipXTgr8Oj4

3x64: in which in traditional Xmas style we look back on our predictions for 2024 and Jono whines about half points. More successfully than usual this year, admittedly. Have a happy holiday season! We’ll be back in the new year. badvoltage.org/3x64 youtu.be/Jl2X2AA9QvY

3x63: featuring air taxis in New York, US presidential hopefuls proposals to ban anonymity, and Microsoft Teams 3d VR meetings! badvoltage.org/3x63 youtube.com/watch?v=Opzgg1…

3x62: a dive into the (semi-)recent trend of finding new ways for creators to get paid. It's a relatively new innovation for platforms to encourage payments and share revenue with creators. Or is it? And... will it work? badvoltage.org/3x62 youtube.com/watch?v=wCMchT…

3x61: we revisit Room 101, where we get to condemn various terrible things to the outer darkness and never have to deal with them again. Assuming we can convince the others, that is. Including a rather controversial one... youtube.com/watch?v=Q1f9IM… badvoltage.org/3x61

3x60: GPTBot has come to crawl it all, robots.txt, MDN embrace and then back away from LLMs, Apple's new VR headset, social media, and incognito tracking badvoltage.org/3x60/ youtube.com/watch?v=8RbKjj…

3x59: in which we discuss ad-supported services and subscriptions. Have ads gone away, or started to? Are social media now pivoting to something else? And are Patreon and sponsorships mostly a boon for small creators? badvoltage.org/3x59 youtube.com/watch?v=0g_CaQ…

3x58: on concerns about LLMs (or "AI"). There are lots (and lots) of concerns about recent innovations in AI, and we're going through some of them. Creativity, stolen content, jobs, lies, bias... let's get into it! youtu.be/AUjWSoF1FRI badvoltage.org/3x58

3x57: Microsoft Teams being hugely popular (well, hugely used); people calling for AI slowdown; the US banning Tiktok; Google search adding info verification badvoltage.org/3x57 youtu.be/9K2Ef45yOzU

3x56, featuring Twitter Blue, Meta Verified: the social networks go premium. Is it going to work? Also: the FBI recommend that everyone uses an ad-blocker, Salesforce and Matthew McConaughey, LastPass hacks badvoltage.org/3x56 youtube.com/watch?v=4pXtUe…

3x55: the long-threatened show about Mastodon! What's it all about? What's it trying to be? And are we there? (Yes. Yes we are, now.) badvoltage.org/3x55 youtube.com/watch?v=v95Gxd…

3x54: our predictions for 2023! Including thoughts on Twitter, Apple, finances, Meta, Tiktok, Mastodon, AI, Bing, and a whole bunch of other stuff. What are your own predictions for what'll happen this year? badvoltage.org/3x54 youtube.com/watch?v=XmX7qy…

3x53: we take a look back at our predictions for this year and review how we did. Surprisingly... not as badly as last year... How did you do by comparison? We'll see you in 2023! badvoltage.org/3x53 youtube.com/watch?v=EXSUMs…

3x52: Twitter and its new owner, tech layoffs and recessions, FTX (which is not RTX), and the chances of being hit by a meteor youtube.com/watch?v=SJMkWu… badvoltage.org/3x52

3x51: we take a look at the announcements from Meta Connect, about what's coming up in the world of VR (and AR, and mixed reality), with special guest Adam Lorimer! badvoltage.org/3x51 youtube.com/watch?v=5-1LXe…

3x50: featuring the adventure of venture capital, competition-winning AI art, supposedly smart watches, no Stuart, Nokia, and special guest star @ericabrescia! youtube.com/watch?v=keycpn… badvoltage.org/3x50

3x49: meat discoveries IN SPACE, music on floppies, Doom on everything, AI-generated lies, SCALE 19x, Amazon, Apple, VR, psychedelics, and client-side translations in Firefox with Bergamot badvoltage.org/3x49 youtube.com/watch?v=bcuBbp…

3x48: we discuss Brave, the web browser, and in particular their business model. How do you get the money to develop a browser? Brave seem to have tried a number of approaches: we'll dig into them. badvoltage.org/3x48 youtube.com/watch?v=fRhqwi…