Bud's Weekly Geek-out

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Zoner Alex e-mailed Bud asking about handheld consoles. Bud said, 'hold my root beer.' =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . vert.sh is a slick and simple way to convert files (images/audio/video/documents) right within your browser. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a soundwave-powered fire extinguisher was invented in 2015. Where is it now? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Duolingo's at it again, wiping their IG and TikTok content. But is it to distract us from their decision to replace human contracters with AI? =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a clever hack for inflight Wifi, plus Bud's offline travel tips. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . zippers, of all things, are having technology built onto them. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . ChatGPT o3 is really good at a sort of reverse location lookup, determining where in the world a photo was taken by its elements. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . it's bear season, and we're in bear country. Please don't wear those fancy noise-cancelling headphones! =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The political texts are coming. Here's how to deal with them. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud gleefully and feverishly recaps and reacts to Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The Accessible Games Initiative (as you might guess from the name) is here to bring gaming to everyone it can. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Ashly Burch, voice and performance capture of Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn, responds to an AI Aloy Sony spun up. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Oscar-winning animated film Flow was created completely in open-source free software. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The Uncensored Library contains banned reporting from countries without freedom of the media . . . and it can be found in Minecraft. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Asus is releasing a ''fragrance mouse.'' =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Brenda Lee's 1958 song Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree has been rereleased in Spanish, in her own voice, thanks to responsibly-trained AI. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . want Google to stop returning AI search results? Swear at it. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the saga of the Pebble ePaper smartwatch (2012–2016) opens a new chapter in 2025. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . North Van's Arc'teryx has collaborated on what are basically bionic pants! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . recapping of some weird and wonderful things from CES 2025. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Meta's updated policies now allow racial slurs and gender discrimination on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . looks like Paypal's coupon-finding browser extension Honey has been revealed as a double scam. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . some great tips on keeping you and your family safe from AI scams. =) webmeister Bud https://www.TheZone.fm/2024/12/18/geekout-deepfake-codeword/

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . car manufacturers are finally starting to DIAL back the touchscreens in cars in favour of physical buttons. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Esquimalt firefighters will get PFAS-free turnout gear. Less cancer-causing chemicals FTW! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . viral video shows a little robot ''kidnapping'' six larger robots, but it's not the robot uprising quite yet. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . there's a new scambaiter in town. Her name is Daisy, she's a sweet old bitty with all the time in the world to waste scammers time, and she's AI. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . iPhones are mysteriously rebooting. Turns out, they're securing themselves against intruders. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is dead. Long live Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp COMPLETE. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . right to repair, the DMCA, and McFlurries collide for a story of hacking ice cream. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . new smartphone/hearing aid compability standards are in force in the states. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Nintendo's new hardware dropped! And it's . . . an alarm clock? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Hello Kitty will appear as 32 different types of algae to highlight its importance to a sustainable future. Plus, cute. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . BC earthquake warnings will now go directly to your phone. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Google's new NotebookLM makes a frighteningly-realistic podcast of your text input. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . researchers at Cornell University have given a robot body to a mushroom. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . AI-powered traffic cameras are on the lookout for dangerous drivers, and they've caught some DOOZIES. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a California startup wants to sell nighttime sun with space mirrors. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Nintendo Museum has been given its first official preview. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the latest innovation in diabetes treatments is smart insulin. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Logitech might have plans for a subscription-based forever mouse in the future... =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . geeking out about the VERY Paris Olympic medals. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a recap of the CrowdStrike IT outage. What happened, why it was such a pain, and why we shouldn't panic about it. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Ticketmaster's having a TIME, what with its data breach AND its ''non-transferable'' tickets being recreated and resold. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Nike is killing the app for its Adapt BB power lacing sneakers. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the EU is working toward a Digital Identity Wallet to replace a driver's license, passport, prescriptions, and more. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . three geeky stories of accessibility improvements. Yay! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . WWDC wrapped last week, and I half-review it, and half-laugh at how Apple has to rename EVERYTHING. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout