Pain In The Techus

Jeff and Nick talk about the misinformation and confusion surrounding 5G and its nationwide rollout. Hold on to your hats because this one gets pretty wonky. There's also some talk about the concern surrounding Huawei radios being used for 5G deployment and what that would mean for the US to have them in place. Let's be honest, it gets a little political and it gets into areas we aren't super comfortable with, so here's a bunch of resources that we used to talk about these topics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G_NR  https://www.howtogeek.com/428337/not-all-5g-is-equal-millimeter-wave-low-band-and-mid-band-explained/ https://hamradioschool.com/t0c07-rf-burn/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/technology/who-owns-huawei.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies And now, without further ado. Please enjoy.

Jeff, Nick, and Guest Nate Webb talk about what it takes to stay safe online, protect one's data at home, and how to manage 500 passwords.

Jeff and Nick talk about some of the things that actually inspired this show. Sometimes you just need to vent about the technology that has somehow made things worse.

Nick and Jeff talk about video games today. Botched releases, value for money, and bad steam updates are all given the full treatment.

Nick and Jeff discuss a Massachusetts "right to repair" law that has gotten car manufacturers (especially Tesla) all up in a tizzy.

Jeff and Nick talk about Net Neutrality and what its demise at the hands of Ajit Pai and the Trump FCC mean for the future of the internet --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Nick and Jeff talk about the various streaming services available, what that means for all of us, and kind of just ramble for another 20 minutes. We're baaaaaaack

Nick and Jeff are at it again. Starting 12/2, there are going to be new episodes in the feed. Until then, please enjoy some of the classics that we're regurgitating just because we can. 

This week on Pain in the Techus, Nick and Jeff talk about Bitcoin and what cryptocurrency is, how it's "mined," and the difficulty of using it in the real world. They also explore the bug that was discovered in LastPass recently as well as new information about real world use of the new Ryzen CPUs!

This week Nick and Jeff discuss the Wikileaks Vault 7 leak, what it actually means in terms of its impact, and what you can do to keep your products from being vulnerable. We also explore the best ways to do passwords...and what not to do.

This week Jeff and Nick talk about all of the different payment methods of the future including the EMV chips that we're already using, the mobile payments we're starting to use, and the consolidation of payment methods that we may have in the future.

This week Nick and Jeff talk about all of the big announcements so far at MWC and then discuss the impact made by AMD with their new Ryzen processors