Out of Commission

Tractor-hailing could help farmers not only get more crop yields but better bank loans too, and airponics could make your airplane food better than what you eat at home. Plus Microsoft's attempt to secure our Smart Home future. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Patrick Be.ja  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just because Mobile World Congress has been cancelled it doesn't mean there aren't phones that need announcing. Plus new GPU info on Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Series X and new search box for Google? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

David Ginsberg - Host and Producer of "In Touch With iOS" podcast explains how he manages to use a tablet as his main everyday computing device. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, David Ginsburg, Len Peralta  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Apple is considering letting users set third-party web browser and email defaults in iOS. Is this a win for consumers? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Popular image manipulation tool Photoshop turns 30. We examine the various developments in Adobe's breakout application through time. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Critics attack Samsung's Galaxy Z foldable phone, Dutch man runs dairy from barge and Space X wants to put you in orbit, for a price! Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Joe  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says harmful content on social media should have a regulation framework between traditional media and a telco, Google plans to shutdown Google Station, and Redbox launches a free ad-supported live TV service.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Which collaborative messaging platform works best in a corporate environment; Slack or Teams? Rob Dunewood is here to break it down for us. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In light of the failure of the app at the Iowa Caucus Nevada will instead use a tool pre-installed on iPads that are not connected to the Internet. Unlike the Iowa app, the Nevada iPad tool will only be used in the room to collate those numbers. Will this method work better than the Iowa Caucus app? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Activision Blizzard is removing its games from the Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming service, including Overwatch, WoW, and the Call of Duty series. What can Nvidia do and does this bode well for GeForce Now? Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Samsung Unpacked 2020 rolls out new phone reveals and product announcements. We unpack the info-dump and explain what you should know. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oscar Award Winner Taika Waititi called on the WGA to get Apple to fix its keyboards. "Apple needs to fix those keyboards. they are impossible to write on — they’ve gotten worse. Is he right?  Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Charlotte Henry  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Looking to upgrade to a new laptop this year? Before you do listen to what Patrick Norton has to say about your options on today's show. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Len Peralta, Roger Chang  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Clearview AI, offers image recognition to law enforcement agencies based on a database of 3 billion images scraped from social media and online platforms. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That argued it had a "First Amendment" right to access data in the public domain. Is he right and just what are the legalities around harvesting images online? Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Denis Shiryaev has upscaled the film classic "L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat: a 50-second silent movie of a train pulling into a station. Using DAIN and Topaz Labs' Gigapixel AI, he has transformed the original blurry footage into a 4K 60FPS clip.  Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.