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Bud's Weekly Geek-out
Hosted by The Zone @ 91-3 · EN
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. =)
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Commodore Callback 8020
4d ago00:05:00Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Commodore Callback 8020 is a not-smart, not-dumb, modern-guts/retro-design flip phone with no AI, no social media, and no browser, to keep you in the moment. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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Bud's Weekly Geek-out! 20260617 (679) - Google's AI liability
2w ago00:04:03Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a German court has found Google directly liable for its AI summaries, and can't fall back on "users can check for themselves" to absolve itself of hallucinations. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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Bill C-22 (no privacy for you!)
3w ago00:05:10Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . weirdly, Canada is trying to pass Bill C-22 giving law enforcement access to our metadata. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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Protect Our Games
4w ago00:04:02Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Protect Our Games Act aims to preserve access to online games even after companies stop supporting them, bless. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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CRTC Broadcasting Act modernization
May 2700:04:23Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the CRTC has set new rules to modernize the Broadcasting Act, prioritizing Canadian content and angering large streamers. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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Nintendo news
May 1300:04:20Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Star Fox is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, but so is a price hike. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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Toyota computer chair (and the Esquimalt Atom Smashers)
May 600:05:00Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . we have an update on the Esquimalt Atom Smashers, and talk about a $3,500 computer chair that comes straight from a car. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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Flock Around
Apr 2900:05:51Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . sure, Flock Around is a super-fun, super-accessible friendslop birdwatching game, but did you know its developer is based in Victoria? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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DualShot Recorder
Apr 2200:05:30Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a wildly popular and wildly useful new app that lets you shoot in portrait AND landscape at the same time! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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AI councillor
Apr 1500:04:45Tap to summarizeToday on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . local councillor deepfakes self to highlight ease of creation at the local political level. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout
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