Bud's Weekly Geek-out
Wednesdays at 7:20 am, our resident geek, webmeister Bud, geeks out about the latest geekery in the world, from gadgets to apps to pop culture, and enlightens Dylan & Jason in The Morning Zone. =)
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
EU Digital Identity Wallet
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
geeky accessibility
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . three geeky stories of accessibility improvements. Yay! =) webmeister Bud
WWDC
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
anti-phishing floods
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a group of highschoolers are fighting phishing by flooding fake login sites with fake login information. =) webmeister Bud
Monkey C Interactive Artcade
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Monkey C Interactive Artcade (from the people who brought you the interactive railings at Bastion Square) is now open downtown for all of your mutant music mac…
shystery Samsung scheme
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Samsung demands that your phone be destroyed if you bring it in for repair, and there are non-Samsung parts inside. =/ webmeister Bud
eBike (Ghost)busters
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . new tech is coming to the UK police to disable suspected stolen electric bikes/scooters with a line-of-site EMP. =) webmeister Bud
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game company decisions
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Four stories of interesting decisions by game developers and publishers. =) webmeister Bud
Eye for AI
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Do you have an eye for AI-generated misinformation? Bud took a simple quiz, and you can, too! =) webmeister Bud
London Drugs
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . London Drugs has had to close its stores after a cyberattack. Let's learn from that. =O webmeister Bud
Boston Dynamics' electric Atlas
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Boston Dynamics Atlas bipedal robot is back, and electric, with 360º rotating limbs and head. Thanks, I hate it. =O webmeister Bud
schoolboard social suits
[Sorry I somehow forgot to publish this geek-out!]
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . four Ontario school boards have sued the makers of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok, for harms done to …
the browser wars continue
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the browser wars continue, with a new paid (enterprise) version of Chrome, and *Privacy Not Included from the makers of Firefox. =) webmeister Bud
xz Utils - disaster averted
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a Microsoft developer accidentally discovered a backdoor in a Linux program that could've compromised millions of machines. =O webmeister Bud
Princess Peach-Showtime
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud reviews Princess Peach: Showtime!, her first starring role since 2005. =) webmeister Bud
BMW i5 Flow Nostokana
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . BMW's third E Ink car in as many years pays tribute to the first art car painted by a woman: South Africa's Dr. Esther Mahlangu. =) webmeister Bud
fun with AI chatbots
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . AI chatbots are having a TIME right now. Here are some interesting stories about what they're coming up with. =) webmeister Bud
LockBit kept data it promised to delete
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . surprise, surprise! Turns out ransomware operators DON'T delete your data if you pay them! So don't pay them. =/ webmeister Bud
age verification for porn in Canada
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . age verification for porn in Canada could be a disaster. Meta, of all companies, might have the solution. =O webmeister Bud
no more rice phone?
Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . should you put your wet phone into a bag of rice? New advice from Apple suggests no. =O webmeister Bud