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Beginning with the news round, featuring the UK government's secret order for a backdoor to Apple's iCloud, AI comes up again with a new contender making waves and with another enraging users. We do …

We're back with a news round recording made in July 2024, covering Musk and newly awarded billions, Adobe's Ts and Cs regarding AI, Microsoft Copilot+ Recall feature. and Apple's stirrings with ChatG…

In this episode, Dan and Shaz look at the announcements made at the Apple "Let Loose" event, the pricing and a particular fallout. Everyone's doing it, so we would like to share our opinion on it, to…

Today is a bit of a rant day. We revisit some interesting news what with Tesla issues and range anxiety. There's also Microsoft's continued advertising experiments, leading to talks about ditching it…

We're back and finally got this recording produced. In this episode we've got a loooot of catching up to do... starting with a potential success story for Google's RCS, but not for the reasons you th…

The Radio Bros revisit some news and then based on recent-ish news regarding on-demand video streaming, Shaz reveals his efforts to get free television. But it does come at a cost.

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This episode is a little different. We thought we'd try a little news roundup. Then Shaz shares a change in his fondness for gadgets.

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• (y! news) Northumbria Police: Drones ready to 'catch cr…

Dan recalls a prediction to do with iPhone and USB Type C, Shaz has a new gadget, and then they talk about some gaming shenanigans.

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• (Consumer Reports) iPhone 15 Pro Max Passes CR's Drop Tes…

Starting with a rant of new-ish behaviour of delivery drivers, the RadioBros a quick dip into the world of supermarket loyalty schemes and what the potential tradeoff is. Then sharing interesting dis…

Yes! We admit it. We're lazy. The latest episode is overdue and Shaz asked AI to create a script on quantum computing. The results were, well... we'd let you be the judge of that.

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• Financial…

• BBC: BT to cut 55,000 jobs with up to a fifth replaced by …

What's a Radio Bros episode without a rant? Boring. Website designs are nice but do they come at a usability cost. There's also discussion around getting off the cloud. Then we finally unbottled our …

It all started with this Hyundai ad. So, Shaz asks would you talk to your phone assistant in public like an idiot, and then experiences shenanigans with his. Dan eloquently rants about the darn freem…

Shaz summarises his web browser experiment with Vivaldi. Then we discuss  concept phones after seeing OnePlus's recent concept of liquid cooling, while risking an argument against MKHB (sorry!). On t…

An apologetically late episode this. However, the shenanigans continue. Now that Apple has announced more devices based on the M2 chip, we look at the trade-in values. Then we revisit phones again, b…

Shaz has lost his voice, so it's up to Dan to share seasons greetings.

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In this episode we look at the dilemmas of the online world. From security checks when onboarding into a new job, more Musk-related shenanigans with Twitter, extra music for Amazon Prime subscribers,…

Interesting news regarding cloud gaming. Plus, Apple can't stay out of the news can they? 

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• MacRumours: No chance of RCS on iPhone
• Wired: Google Stadia Shutting Down
• Game Rant: Netflix Streami…

In this episode the Radio Bros are joined by another Dan. This Dan specialises in cybersecurity and let's say this interview is an eye opener, from talking about his project with IoT and staying safe…

The RadioBros tread through the various 'analytical' technologies that track your activities. Starting from cookies it gets a little scary, but some tools are presented that help. Then there's that t…