Would you buy a boat or a midcentury sideboard from your high school pals? Because Oz’s alma mater has opened an exclusive online marketplace for just this purpose! This week, Oz spins a yarn about Kitkat, the San Francisco cat killed by a Waymo. Locals are furious. Karah fills us in on Blued and Finka, the gay dating apps being censored by the Chinese government. Tech bros are obsessed with building statues, the FBI tries to unmask the owner of a popular internet archiving site, and we check out a flight app that could make your holiday travel more data-driven, if not less hectic. Finally, on Chat and Me, we talk about Kim Kardashian’s use of Chat—and whether it’s really her friend.  

Additional Reading: 
Eton’s old boy network app is like eBay for ex-prime ministers - The Times UK 
Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat. - The New York Times 
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order - WIRED 
FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site - Ars Technica 
The Smartest Fliers Use This App to Survive America’s Travel Hell - WSJ 
America’s Tech Rich Is Obsessed with Building Giant Statues - Bloomberg

Would you buy a boat or a midcentury sideboard from your high school pals? Because Oz&rsquo;s alma mater has opened an exclusive online marketplace for just this purpose! This week, Oz spins a yarn about Kitkat, the San Francisco cat killed by a Waymo. Locals are furious. Karah fills us in on Blued and Finka, the gay dating apps being censored by the Chinese government. Tech bros are obsessed with building statues, the FBI tries to unmask the owner of a popular internet archiving site, and we check out a flight app that could make your holiday travel more data-driven, if not less hectic. Finally, on Chat and Me, we talk about Kim Kardashian&rsquo;s use of Chat&mdash;and whether it&rsquo;s really her friend.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Additional Reading:&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/etons-old-boy-network-app-is-like-ebay-for-ex-prime-ministers-gl3x68zhq">Eton&rsquo;s old boy network app is like eBay for ex-prime ministers - The Times UK</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/waymo-san-francisco-kit-kat.html">Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat. - The New York Times</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/apple-removes-gay-dating-apps-china-app-store/">Apple Pulls China&rsquo;s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order - WIRED</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/fbi-subpoena-tries-to-unmask-mysterious-founder-of-archive-today/">FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site - Ars Technica</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/flighty-app-flight-cancellations-delays-900a8aad?st=hKDKk8&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share">The Smartest Fliers Use This App to Survive America&rsquo;s Travel Hell - WSJ</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-17/america-s-tech-right-is-obsessed-with-building-giant-statues?utm_medium=cpc_social&amp;utm_source=linkedin&amp;utm_campaign=BLOM_ENG_WEEKLYX_CONOA_LK_SO_WTRF_PROXXXXXXX_AFFIN_00XXXXCPC_2PRE_XXXX_INJOBSRINTIMG_XXXXX_CONOA_XXXEN_LINKOA_GIA1_CU_EN_JP_SCSISQU&amp;li_fat_id=bce05b30-8030-4f49-bd7d-e51646744da9">America&rsquo;s Tech Rich Is Obsessed with Building Giant Statues - Bloomberg</a></li>
</ul>

TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about Tech Stuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers). 

Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us. 

TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture. 

We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions. 

Get in touch here: techstuffpodcast@gmail.com

TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about Tech Stuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers).&nbsp;
Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.&nbsp;
TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.&nbsp;
We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.&nbsp;
Get in touch here:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:techstuffpodcast@gmail.com" data-stringify-link="mailto:techstuffpodcast@gmail.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent" aria-haspopup="menu">techstuffpodcast@gmail.com</a>

TechStuff

TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about TechStuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers) 

Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us. 

TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture. 

We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions. 

 

TechStuff is getting a system update. Everything you love about TechStuff now twice the bandwidth with new hosts, Oz Woloshyn (Sleepwalkers) and Karah Preiss (Sleepwalkers)&nbsp;
Oz and Karah bring humour and wit to the table as they break down what's happening in tech...and what it says about us.&nbsp;
TechStuff is the podcast where technology meets culture.&nbsp;
We speak to the folks building the future to understand what tomorrow will look like and how our technology is changing us: how we live, how we love, how we work and even how we die. With a healthy dose of drama, too, as tech titans clash over their interstellar ambitions.&nbsp;
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