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Episode 70: It's time for our 2022 CES special, a snapshot of some of the hottest PC and Gaming Tech, oh and we have new music!

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Episode 69: It's time for return of the WTR, Money in Silicon, New Chips, Huawei leaks, Meta gets another telling off, TikTok food?, Apple plans for end of the sim card

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Episode 68: It's time for a look back at the big stories and tech of 2021 and forward to 2022!

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Episode 67: It's time for Apple AR/VR hirings, All hold on EPIC case, 5G Flight worries, PS Now plans for iOS and where is Universal Control, plus we want an iMac Pro

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Episode 66: It's time for Ubiquiti extortion woes, Snap(pier) Dragons, BYPL Edge, Apple worries about iPhone demands, FTC looks to kill ARM deal and it's the RTX40 you really want

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Episode 65: It's time for 5G fears, Delayed Licences, Default Password bans, All change at Twitter, Giphy gotta sell, Clarity boost and Panasonic security woes!

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Episode 64: It's time for Self Repair, Haptic hurts, Win10 goes yearly, Ford Chips, MediaTek rockets, Apple slaps NSO, and Tile sells out

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Episode 63: It's time for FBI email hijinks, Digital ID woes, No FCC licences for Huawei, Homekit concerns, Nuvia's new ARM CPU's, Intel debug mode and a toaster or phone!

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Episode 62: It's time for a visit to the Alder Lake, Arc GPU specs, Sideloading bad news, DJI drone bonanza, Forza 5, Finch and the Tech Rant Rumor Mill!

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Episode 61: It's time for MS in the money, Apple's pricy AR/VR headset, Meta changes, Crashing Apples, Mastadon gets tough and Army of Thieves over the Dune!

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Episode 60: It's time for Sky Glass, Android RCS, new i5s, More FABs, Trumps SPAC (and fail), Facebook renames and High Power Macs and much more!

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Episode 59: It's time for an Unleashing of Macs, M1 goes Pro and to the Max, HomePods get a lick of paint, Monterey gets a go and still no Minis, but wait a cloth! and we catch up on the EPIC appeal!

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Episode 58: It's time for (a small apology) - Visa hacks, Trump sues(again), Google Bank is dead, and no1 on Bing, Virgin Galactic to boldly go, Foundation and a Free Guy and no OLED for iPad

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Episode 57: It's time for all the new Surface(s), All hail USB-C, Apple Watch secret signals, REvil keys, Holes in Apple, Edge goes Console and Pixel 6 peeks out

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Episode 56: It's time for Social Ray-Bans, EPIC ruling and appeals, Tick Tock times up, Alchemist fresh from TSMC and rumours a plenty for iPhone14 and M1X Watch8

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Episode 55: It's time for California Streaming and the return of the iPhone (13) and whats this a new iPad Mini, plus the Watch 7 or should that be 6.1

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Episode 54: It's time for Apple to take a RISC-V, 7yrs of updates for the EU, Virgin clipped wings, SMIC goes giga(fab), FB copies Snap, iPhones a-plenty on the 14th and now MSFS grounds Top Gun

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Episode 53: It's time for Classical overtures, TSMC prices, Tim Cook payday, App stores changes, Windows 11 woes, and plenty of rumours

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Episode 52: It's time for a look back at one year of the WTR, Nvidia ARM deal looks shaky, Google eyed up EPIC, Razer had a (mouse)hole, Apple Double Agents and XBOX gets XCloud!

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Episode 51: It's time for Stormy seas with MSFT and AZN, Bezos really wants to go to the moon, Apple sues again, Hacker steals and gives back money! Accenture gets lockbit and Intel opens the ARC

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Episode 50: It's time for new PSVR, Disney does Westworld, Google mulled EPIC, Another super expensive Mario, MSFT + Spotify and Lamborghini looks to the 1970's

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Episode 49: It's time for Big money bonanza, 1Password tops $2bn, Windows 11 drops its first beta, Windows365 is how much, and sorry Jeff NASA says no, plus we Snipe some contracts

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Episode 48: It's time for replacement 3090's, Kayesa get the key, DJI good or bad, Jeff Amazon offers NASA big bucks, plus all the rumours on iPhone 14, Duo2 and RTX-40 series!

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Episode 47: It's time for Windows in the cloud, China seeks all the exploits, Netflix's goes to the arcade, Amazon breaks GPU's and Billionaires go to infinity and beyond, oh and Steam drop the Deck!

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Episode 46: It's time for the US vs Google, Zelda and Mario big bucks, more Kayesa (Security) woes, new iPad Minis (maybe) and Microsoft Trick-or-treat(bot), and the War of Tomorrow is here

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Episode 45: It's time for Resident REvil and PrintNightmare, all change at Amazon, Hot(home)pods, TikTok told no for tracking and we (3d)print all the things!

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Episode 44: It's time for New Windows, MSFT value rocketing, Sony wants to crossplay, Apple scared of sideloading and VR ADs hits a bump

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Episode 43: It's time for Mobile data overflows, TSMC and the shrinking chips, Peloton hits a exploit bump, those pesky VR ads and Windows turns it to 11

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Episode 42: It's time for one (EU) wallet to rule them all, GPUs go DLSS, Intel ARM's up, Norton mines ETH, Harmony for Huawei and Trump goes offline!

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Episode 41: It's time for the WWDC2021 roundup or is that the Craig Federighi show? iOS 15, iPadOS 15 and Mac goes to Monterey -it's all new!

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Episode 40: It's time for Mac bashing, Gesturing to AR, more Silicon woes, Nvidia wows, EPIC roundup, HIBP opens up and Bond shops at Amazon!

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Episode 39: It's time for EPIC case updates, Apple Lossless (maybe), Eufy issues, HoloLens for the people, Prime goes big with MGM and Zombies + Robots!

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Episode 38: It's time for broken WhatsApp, Apple goes all-in on Modems, IBM says no chips, Steam Lawsuits, MWC no-shows, PSVR Next-gen and no Apple will not make a console

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Episode 37: It's time for insecure routers, FCC hot water, Trumps social failure, No tracking please, Apple cards for all, Sony high prices and bye Sennheiser

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Episode 36: It’s time for the EPIC court case and its off with a bang, UK Gov wants IOT security and spare (tech) parts, Sony cross(not) play, what another FB leak and no lost AirTags!

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Episode 35: It’s time for Apples Spring Loaded Event review, we get all the colours (well 7) for iMacs, supercharged M1 powered iPads, AirTags, new Apple TV remote (and Apple TV4K), oh its purple?!

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Episode 34: It’s time for Intel to up a gear, Sony sees the value in Epic (which is burning cash!), Samsung goes Quantum, Apple Spring loaded previews, Kuo predicts the future of iPhone and Disco SE4

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Episode 33: It’s time for the latest round of Epic V Apple, Covid Privacy issues, no 'Droid iMessage, Samsung assimilates your iPhone, Pixel Watches teased, Apple does MTV, MSFT buys Nuance - Q

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Episode 32: It’s time for Google SoC’s, the Silicon wars heats up, Apple needs charging, Virtual Build (again), Big money Mario, LG exit stage left and Kong bashes Godzilla and we get minions!

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Episode 31: It's time for Intels big plans, Oh no more Exchange hacks, Rough and Ready Apple Watches, Cheap(ish) AirTags, Lego goes to Space, It's Total War in Rome(again) and Ever Given in MSFS!

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Episode 30: It's time for Russian iPhones, iOS looks to Android for Security, Privacy, Privacy and more Privacy, Blizzard payoff, Google goes Fuschia and Intel readying the HPG, whilst we play all the

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Episode 29: It's time for hacked limiters, Chrome Birthday cake, Are we off to MWC, no backdown on Huawei, welcome to our (amazon) robot overlords, and the Homepod is dead, long live the Homepod!

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Episode 28: It's time for chips and more chips, Exchange in a world of hurt, Airlines in a panic, Rich Hackers, McAfee in hot water, No AirTag stalking and wrecking some cars!

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Episode 27: It's time to let the intern be in charge, LastPass tracking, Samsung long term love, Apple gets its Steam (data), Lets buy all the companies, M1 smashing SSD's and Sony's Twisted Metal!

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Episode 26: It's time for an Epic update, Apple turns the Valve, More Chrome less Mac, Android 12 teases devs, Nvidia goes mining, M1 gets Malware and we go Monster Hunting

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Episode 25: It's time for 'Biden our time on Tik Tok, iOS 14.5 feature party, Privacy is key but do you want a Google Business phone along with those app updates, Lastpass nerfs itself and what city i

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Episode 24: It's time for Masked unlocks, Fitness casting, health-check for your wallet, iCloud Passwords here and then gone, Stadia concerns and we all go to Greenland, plus logging that flight!

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Episode 23: It's time for Extended Free trials, iOS VM's, Walking and Watches, no more Loons, HomePod reviews and Bond or Agent 47?

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Episode 22 - It's time for return of the Pat, No more touching the bar, Virtual CES, flying cars and rolling phones, plus 47 is back

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Episode 21 - It's time for the return of the Weekly Tech Rant, Trump isn't finished with China, RIP Flash, Lawsuits a plenty, Apple AR and Tile for a tag, plus the Midnight Sky!

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Episode 20: It's time for a look back at the year, podcast plans and new tech for 2010 (ho-ho-ho)

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Episode 19: It's time for old tech woes, Uber offloads, Super Apple CPU, Speedy Celerons, Cyber[bug] 2077 and return Indy + ObiWan!

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Episode 18: It's time for Snappier Dragons, More Apple releases (or not), a Latte from Redmond and Slacking seems to pay off, plus a cheap cable fixes all woes!

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Episode 17: It's time for Turkeys in the US, Broadband rural woes, iPads for Guns, Fruit Redesigns and revisits to WoW!

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Episode 16: It's time for Huawei to return, or not! Is Intel Broken, more M1 Speedtests, Stolen Fruit and Xbox experiences! Oh and Karl is back!

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Episode 15: It’s time for One More Thing, M1 super Silicon, Big Sur heads for shore, Series X splashes down and oh TikTok needs an answer

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Episode 14: It’s time for Googles VPN, Electronic Licences, Apple bloat and Airpower doomed [again], Full sized Pi, Voxel chaos and we Seek the Truth!

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Episode 13: It’s time for BleedingTooth, COVID app improvements and bugs, Plex or Jelly[fin] and a dose of Quadros + Cyberpunks. Plus is that Bond and an Apple?

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Episode 12: It’s time for Hi Speed Phones in many different sizes, we mini (even the Homepod), we Max and there also Pro! But still no Tags or Studio Cans..!Oh did you know it has 5G!

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Episode 11: It's time for another Apple Event, AMD splashes the cash, Nvidia holds fast, Amazon cans Crucible and we hit Warp speed!

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Episode 10: It's time for Smart heating, Vader in VR and Windows gets a Sidecar and Mario pops in!

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Episode 9: It's Post Apple, the 13th for Phones? Redmond rebrands, Devs back in the Nest, Bethesda sold and we are Left for Dead (again)!

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Episode 8: Time Flies for Apple as we take a look at the latest tech in our first Apple Event special!

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Episode 7: It's Godzilla in San Fran, Nvidia gets a new ARM, Time flies for Apple and is this the final Tock for TikTok!

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Episode 6: It's Space Lasers, AI-powered Maps and Medieval love triangles plus some old school skateboard action!

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Episode 5: It's Epic with Walmart, Triller and TikTok! COD for big bucks and the new King GPU!

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Episode 4: Oracle and now Kanye - Tiktok is hot property, Oculus backlash and Apple news!

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Episode 3: Epic goes to war with Apple + Google. Sony, Cars and Virtual U-Turn!

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Episode 2: Tiktok, Trump and Microsoft (or is that Twitter) plus some SeaQuest!

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