What's Tech?
We live in the future, where drones skim the sky, corporations enter the space race, and smart watches track our every movement. But how? And why? What's Tech invites experts to explain the technology bit by bit, in clear, brief, enjoyable audio nuggets. These days, technology is everywhere. Let's make sense of what's around us. The series finale aired December 6th, 2016.
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- <p>We live in the future, where drones skim the sky, corporations enter the space race, and smart watches track our every movement. But how? And why? What's Tech invites experts to explain the technology bit by bit, in clear, brief, enjoyable audio nuggets. These days, technology is everywhere. Let's make sense of what's around us. The series finale aired December 6th, 2016.</p>
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- 🇬🇧 English
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- 2024-05-09 17:55
- last episode published
- 2016-12-06 18:12
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- 7.62 days
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- The Verge
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- What's Tech?
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- chris.plante@theverge.com (What's Tech?)
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- 88
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- Technology
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2016-12-06 | When I started at The Verge in 2014, I needed an excuse to learn about technology. My background was in covering video games, television, and pop culture, and I lacked the basic cognitive functions to hold a phone above my head without dropping it on m... | |
| 2016-11-16 |
What are Snapchat Spectacles, and do I have to be a teen to wear them? Snapchat Spectacles, the mysterious and incredibly hyped hardware from Snap, Inc., have arrived. Vending machines for the video camera sunglasses are springing up around the country, first in California and Oklahoma, and who knows where else next. Ve... |
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| 2016-10-25 | In the early 2000s, the digital photography revolution made it possible for miniaturized camera hardware and image sensors to be packed into cell phones without adding a significant amount of weight. Then the iPhone was announced. As the smartphone war... | |
| 2016-10-19 | Over the past couple years web security has become a staple of the nightly news. The stories usually hinge on government leaks, foreign hackers, or web encryption. There’s menacing subtext that practically everything put online is vulnerable to “cyber... | |
| 2016-10-13 | Our most sacred and special task as human beings is to document our own existence with a single-minded dedication. That's why we have massive iCloud photo libraries, 15GB of video of that really cool Springsteen concert on our phones, Instagram account... | |
| 2016-10-06 |
How immersive haunted houses and participatory plays are making Halloween scarier Here at The Verge, we love Halloween and everything about it. Horror movies, non-horror seasonal movies, seasonal beverages, seasonal bots, this Pumpkin Guy, horrifying makeup tutorials, poop-shaped candy — bring it on. In particular, we love to be sca... |
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| 2016-09-20 |
Why smartphone batteries explode, and why they may get worse Samsung has officially recalled the Galaxy Note 7 worldwide, after more than 90 of the large smartphones in the US overheated due to defective batteries. Overheating is, in this case, an understatement, as some owners have claimed their smartphones out... |
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| 2016-09-13 |
How Snapchat’s goofy faces made everyone comfortable with selfies I didn’t take many selfies until I downloaded Snapchat. But like so many people I’ve fallen in love with lenses, the optional tools that make my face look like a dog or an emoji or an advertisement for junk food. Now, a day doesn’t go by that I don’t m... |
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| 2016-09-08 |
The good and bad news of the Earth-sized planet Proxima Centauri b Late last month, news broke of the exoplanet Proxima Centauri b. Orbiting the closest star to our Solar System, there’s a lot to love about Proxima b since it shares a few key traits with our own home planet. But before we start making intergalactic ... |
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| 2016-08-30 |
A few simple tech tips for living in a dorm or a New York apartment |