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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

[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 children. Unprecedented. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud reviews Princess Peach: Showtime!, her first starring role since 2005. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

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 Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . after unceasing rumours about Xbox games coming to PS5 & Switch, Xbox will set the record straight. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a company lost $35M CAD in a first-of-its-kind videoconferencing deepfake scam. =( webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The Week in Geek #15: failed robot vacuum acquisitions, game layoffs, and moon lander success. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . gen Zs are covering their noses in family photos, and parents are making it a thing. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bud's annual recap of the weird announcements of CES. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . 23andMe keeps it classy after a data breach by a) blaming its users for recycling passwords and b) trying to convince its users not to sue. =/ webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . A rundown of some apps Bud loves which could hopefully make your digital life more efficient. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . gaming cheaters are being handed bans wrapped up as Christmas presents! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . one of the first chatbots ever created scored better than some modern AI in a recent Turing test. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Xbox's Game Pass on the Switch? On PlayStation? They said it, but not so fast . . . =( webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a documentary about MuchMusic just came out, and it's awesome. But a cease and desist might keep you from seeing it. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . in some shocking corporate tech news, OpenAI fired its CEO, its president then quit, and over 700 employees threatened to follow suit. AI DRAMA. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . NASA+ is a new FREE streaming service with live events, documentaries, historical footage, and kid-friendly options. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a new personal drone (not a jetpack) is on the market, and it sounds cool/terrifying. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the Vancouver developer behind the Marvel Contest of Champions mobile game developed a First Nations hero named Chee'ilth, and she'll be a playable character at the end of the month. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Project Primrose aims to make your clothing change from white to chrome in an instant. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . an OSINT-skilled TikTok user went viral doxxing other users...WITH CONSENT. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Anguilla, a tiny British territory in the Caribbean, is making BANK with their top-level domain, .AI. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . LEGO has had to abandon making bricks from recycled bottles. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Unity, the engine behind over 750,000 games, decided to suddenly add a fee to developers per install of their games. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . two stories about China: how it's tanking Apple shares, and its new AI, Ernie. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Who's been buying up tens of thousands of acres of land, for hundreds of millions of dollars, to make a new city near San Francisco? Tech billionaires, it seems. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . they're putting microchips in parmesan to prove their authenticity. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, is stepping back from recording character voices for Nintendo. =( webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . the cool Canadian company behind wristband concert tech being used by everyone from Coldplay to T-Swift. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . You can already get a calculator, metronone, dice roller, and more without leaving Google. Now, Google can help you grammar check that sentence in one easy step. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a Swiss gent made the unrepairable AirPods Pro case repairable, and the earth cried out with joy. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Twitter is now X. Why the change? What does it mean? Does anybody still care? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . CIRA — the Canadian Internet Registration Authority — has gotten into...stock photography? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Threads is the new Twitter-like kid on the block. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . a new contender has entered the scambaiter team: ChatGPT! Here to waste ALL the scammers' time. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Receive a smartwatch you didn't order? Don't switch it on. =O webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Facebook is now cutting off 5% Canadians from news content in protest of Bill C-18. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Apple's fancy shmancy ski goggles — Vision Pro — are here, but who are they really for? =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Discover Tectoria is this Friday, it's free, and it highlights why tech is Victoria's #1 industry. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Today, Bud learns that solar panels ON WATER are a thing. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I like it. =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Bill C-11 — the Canadian Online Streaming Act — is now law, but...what in tarnation is it actually gonna do? =0 webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . researchers are testing smartphone tactility with tiny little under-screen air pumps! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout

Today on Bud's #WeeklyGeekOut . . . Ant-Man is now available on Disney+ with ASL interpretation. Let's talk accessibility! =) webmeister Bud Listen and get more details at TheZone.fm/geekout