digitalSoup - A Hilariously Geeky Podcast

It’s a holiday sized helping of digitalSoup this week as the guys cover everything from the OnePlus 5T phone, the largest digital camera in the world and backflipping robots all before getting into a great discussion about smartwatches for kids and the pros and cons of owning versus subscribing your software. Of course no Soup is complete without a dash of movie and gaming talk, a little Justice League and Animal Crossing fit the bill this week, and a mesmerizing weekly garnish will, as always, leave you geek hunger satisfied! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: I pass before the sun, but leave no shadow. What am I? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends!   Don’t forget to try to Stump the Soup   Star Wars Battlefront 2 backs down The pressure put on by fans became too hot, now it’s a game of finger pointing as Disney/LucasFilm and EA try to blame each other for the outrageous microtransactions. But of course the internet goes too far by sending death threats to game developers.   iPhone X patched and ready for the cold...maybe While the pleas for our #AppleCiderDongle went unanswered it seems Apple may have patched up the iPhone X and has fixed the cold unresponsive screen issue.   OnePlus 5T Anyone know much about this phone that is getting great reviews? For Android lovers it could give you the ultimate bang for the buck.   Robot doing backflips In a move to show robotics getting more awesome, check out the latest with a robot comfortably doing plyometric moves, jumps and backflips.     Largest digital camera in the world No this isn’t the next big selfie camera, this one is made to photograph space and may have some pretty awesome implications in the further study of “Parts Unknown” https://www.lsst.org   Smartwaches for kids, should they be banned? German officials feel they should be destroyed and banned because they are a huge safety risk and also an illegal spying device that can record people without their knowledge.   DISCUSSION: Owning Vs. Leasing Software What are the advantages and disadvantages of leasing software (subscription based software like Office 365, Photoshop CC etc.) vs. owning the software outright?   Justice League struggles at the box office Coming in with a total of $96 million it seems people aren’t sold on DC after the success of Wonder Woman. But is it a result of the movie or a result of timing?   Harrison Ford-Always the hero Be it as Indiana Jones, Han Solo or just himself, it seems Harrison Ford just can’t stop himself from being a hero!   Animal Crossing coming to iOS and Android Launching this week, the popular game from Nintendo is set to hit the mobile market and likely proceed to suck up huge quantities of time for many players.   The Weekly Garnish Wave Cinemagraphs In a mesmerizing style, you need to check out the photography and cinemagraphs made of some massive waves. Seriously, you’ll be staring at these for hours and feeling completely satisfied doing it.     Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

The kitchen is stocked this week with irritating news from EA Star Wars Battlefront 2, XBox One X crashing on release and the iPhone X hates the cold. Also, YouTube gets tough, is your flash drive secure and Amazon secures a Lord of the Rings deal of the day! This week the digitalSoup is beefy like The Rock and goes best with a nice hot #AppleCiderDongle! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: I go in hard. I come out soft. You blow me hard. What am I? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends!   Don’t forget to try to Stump the Soup   Is your flash drive encrypted? We frequently talk about data security.  This should include any and all removable media.  What are some methods of keeping your flash drive away from prying eyes?   Amazon also may be dipping their toes into the world of cryptocurrency.   Is Amazon taking over everything?   Some Xbox One X users experiencing the “Black Screen of Death” Many new owners are reporting that their Xbox One X is affected by frequent black screen issues. This problem affects all games, it is not specific to a certain title.   iPhone X doesn't like the cold It seems that fancy new screen isn’t a fan of cool temps.   Email scammers have a new enemy If you feel so inclined, have some fun at the expense of email scammers. But do so at your own risk.   Youtube Cracking Down on Inappropriate Content Aimed at Kids Youtube is making an effort to protect your child’s innocence.   Suicide Squad 2 May Introduce Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson may finally get his introduction into the DC universe, with Black Adam rumored to be part of Suicide Squad 2   Bright Will Smith plays Fantasy Cop   American Idol is rising again! ABC said on Tuesday morning on “Good Morning America’’ that it would revive the former Fox hit sometime during the 2017-18 television season.   Lord of the Rings...The TV Series? Apparently Amazon and Warner Bros have agreed to a multi season deal for an original Lord of the Rings series. Said to focus on events taking place before The Fellowship of the Ring, the question is….what will it be about? The Hobbit storyline or the years of relative peace in Middle Earth The Weekly Garnish (don’t forget the garnish music!!!!!) Batman:Gotham By Gaslight What if Batman was set in Victorian Era Gotham and Batman was squaring off against Jack the Ripper? A new animated series based off the popular Elseworlds run from back in 1989 is set to be released in 2018.     Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

Welcome back to the kitchen where the guys cover some major ground, starting with the new Razer phone, a new video camera option and a whole bunch of gaming news. Plus a great list for all of you Stranger Things fans and a great app for mobile photo and video editing. The pantry is fully stocked and the Soup is ready, we hope you’re hungry! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: A man wants to enter an exclusive club, but he doesn't know the password. Another man walks to the door and the doorman says 12, the man says 6, and is let in. Another man walks up and the doorman says 6, the man says 3, and is let in. Thinking he had heard enough, he walks up to the door and the doorman says 10, he says 5, and he isn't let in. What should he have said? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends!   Razer Phone now official With powerful specs one would expect from the PC Gaming giants at Razer, could this be the next big competitor to Apple/Samsung or just another “Also Ran”?   Judge Blocks Ring Security System Well that’s not good! Ring has a new solution that ties together cameras, lights and doorbells.  However, ADT is suing them claiming it’s their intellectual property.  A judge has blocked the sale until the dispute is resolved. Check out Episode 034 : The Ultimate Camera Phone, Home Security System, and Slice of Pi” to hear our conversation with an expert on home security systems!   Man Shoots Professional Commercial to Sell His Girlfriend’s ‘96 Honda Accord Astoundingly, the bids have reached over 6 figures!   Rylo This new video camera from some of the people behind Instagram and Hyperlapse could be the next big thing with action cameras. They make some big claims at a decent price point, but can they hold up and deliver the goods?   WoW Classic Kicking off Blizzcon 2017, Blizzard announced the return of the “Vanilla” servers in what is being called WoW Classic. If you miss the early days spent grinding away in WoW, sounds like soon Blizzard will let you relive your favorite times!   Nintendo Switch games not fitting on the device! LA Noire is the latest game for the Nintendo Switch that will not fit on the device. Switch fans that pick up this game will instead of to purchase a separate microSD card just for the game. With this not being the first time this has happened, Nintendo is now having to make it clear which games will and will not fit since the release of NBA 2K18. Seems like a serious shortcoming for the system, or is it a sign of things to come for all systems as games get larger and larger?   Nintendo Switch Monopoly Woes Much like the real version of Monopoly, it seems the Nintendo Switch version that was just released also takes forever…but when you release the new Mario at about the same time, which by all accounts is pretty amazing, who is playing Monopoly instead of Mario?! Gamestop going the rental route? With plans announced to set up a 6 month subscription rental route, what does the future hold for retail gaming stores?   Amazon Retro Zone Tapping into the current popularity around retro gaming, Amazon has debuted it’s very own Retro Zone where you can do everything from grab mobile game ports of classics, buy retro gaming inspired clothing and collectibles and more.   Into Stranger Things? Watch these also! A great list from Time Magazine for fans that are into Stranger Things and want to see more TV and Movie programming in a similar style. The Weekly Garnish VSCO X One of the most popular photo apps, VSCO Cam, gets an upgrade with new film looks and the ability to apply your favorite VSCO looks to your video.   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher     Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

  In this week’s special Halloween episode, Adam weaves a tapestry of odd, creepy, bizarre, scary, or funny tales from the world wide web. ----more---- Weekly Riddle: What answer can you never honestly answer yes to? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends!   Alexa on Sonos! Usually Dave, back in Episode 019 : Siri on a Rampage, made a sweet prediction that now is becoming a reality!   Follow-Up:  ZAR X did the trick for Jason’s corrupt picture woes!   DARK TALES INTRO   10 Creepy Internet Mysteries   Go listen to the Sextortion Episode for a great listener submitted internet horror story. The Weekly Garnish Energizer Performance Metal LED Flashlight with Digital Focus & HD Optics Massive 1300 Lumens and runs on 6 AA batteries, plus a high and low power setting, an emergency strobe setting and also a digital focus feature letting you switch from a flood to spotlight setting, possibly the best flashlight $29 can buy!   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

In what may be one of the most wide ranging shows in terms of topics the guys whip up some fun with stories about the new Adobe Updates to the Photoshop & Lightroom CC programs, Jason has a catastrophic failure with some data, scientists in Australia make a potentially massive discovery and what show would be complete without some great movie and tv discussion about Thor: Ragnarok, The Punisher, and Stranger Things Season 2! Plus, Adam brings some sweet outdoors tech that really may be an absolute necessity for your gear bag during the Weekly Garnish so join us in the kitchen for an all new episode of digitalSoup, the most satisfying meal you’ll have all week! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be institutionalized. "Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub. Then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub." Okay, here's your test: 1. Would you use the spoon? 2. Would you use the teacup? 3. Would you use the bucket? "Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would choose the bucket, as it is larger than the spoon." What was the director's response? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends! Adobe upgrades Lightroom and PhotoshopAt the Adobe Max event, Adobe announced some pretty substantial updates to their popular Lightroom and Photoshop programs, including ending the stand alone version of Lightroom and announcing a second all cloud based version of Lightroom for access to all of your photos across any device.   Jim Impersonates Dwight   I’m Back!A new kickstarter campaign out for an interesting product designed to add a digital photo back to your old 35mm film cameras. Is it interesting, would you want to use it or do you think “WTF is the point!”?   New 2D material created with huge implications Scientists in Australia have discovered a process to create a new two dimensional material that has never been seen in nature before. This material is literally no thicker than a couple of atoms and has some potentially huge implications in the world of tech.   The MacMini isn’t dead just yet According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, just because it hasn’t been updated in forever it’s not dead yet. Check the link above for the full article but in multiple places he has responded to customers and made statements about the MacMini having an important place in their product lineup going forward.   Get Windscribe for life for just $49! I've been using Windscribe for about a year and had been fantastic and does everything I want a VPN to do.  Normally a subscription service ($22.49 for 3 years and $39.99 for 5 years) now is the time to get it for life for just $49.   Thor: Ragnarok Look we’ve talked about this movie a lot over the last few months, seriously trying to count how often makes my head Thor, but now reviewers are getting a chance to watch it and the word is….it’s pretty freaking awesome! It’s getting over 98% favorable scores on Rotten Tomatoes and the word on the street is that Marvel has done something completely different with this film! Of course, I’m sure we’ve all seen it by now but enjoy the final trailer once more before the movie comes out Nov. 3rd!   The Punisher gets a date and a new trailer After being mysterious and coy about the release date and then being pushed back due to the tragic shooting in Las Vegas, we finally have a date for the Netflix series to arrive! The big news, it’s going toe to toe, sort of, with The Justice League on November 17th! The new trailer is amazing as well! (It even features Metallica’s ‘One’)   Stranger Things Season 2 We mentioned it briefly in the episode of shame last week but this Friday, Oct. 27th Season 2 of Stranger Things will drop on Netflix. It looks amazing but don’t take our word for it, check out the final trailer and see for yourself!   UD nabs some new PS3 games We talked about it briefly on our episode of shame last week, but in case you couldn’t make it through it, UD grabbed a few PS3 games recently. GTA V , Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition and NHL Legacy Edition(NHL 16)  But the new NHL game had him thinking about the best hockey video games of all time so he put up a brand new article on digitalsouppodcast.com going over his thoughts on the 8 best hockey video games of all time! Be sure to check it out! The Weekly Garnish Nite Ize - The Figure 9 Adam brings us some awesome outdoors tech in a fantastic gadget that will make your life exponentially easier!   GHOSTBUSTERS GIVEAWAY- -Follow the digitalSoup Facebook page -Like and Share the giveaway post -Leave a comment on the post saying you’d like to be entered and maybe share your favorite Ghostbusters movie moment! -Winner will be announced on the 10/31 Halloween Episode!   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

In a very special bonus episode your favorite geeks travel back in time to give you a taste of what digitalSoup would have been like had they been doing a show back in the eighties! It’s an awesome decade when the WWF was king, CD’s were new tech and the biggest movies were starring Stallone and Michael J Fox. Buckle up because we’re taking the kitchen back to 1985 in this time traveling bonus episode to make a vintage batch of digitalSoup! ----more----TECHNOLOGY NEWS With things continuing to change faster than the world has ever seen we’ve had a ton of new technological advancements! This stuff is seriously mind blowing dude!   Symbolics.com With something they are calling a domain name, the company Symbolics Corporation has apparently registered the very first .com domain name. Is that pronounced “Period Com” or “Dot Com”? Big news because up until now we’ve only really seen the .edu domains for educational insitutions. This internet thing seems interesting but maybe a little gimmicky.   Compact DiscsNow these have been around for a bit but they are kind of expensive still. I saw at Radio Shack they had a Compact Disc Digital Audio Player and it comes in at about $400 but for the amazing sound quality it may be worth it! They are even coming out with some portable compact disc players called a discman so you can take your music with you!The band Dire Straits and their album Brothers in Arms, which includes of course their massive hit song Money for Nothing, is the first band/album to sell 1 million copies on CD alone! Of course other artists are on the CD train with David Bowie making history as the first artist to convert his entire catalog to CD. That’s 15 albums plus his 4 greatest hits albums.   Steve Jobs Big news as he quit Apple this past September. Is this the end for Apple? Will the be able to hold on as a company without him?   Microsoft just released Windows 1.0 In an attempt to compete with Apple, Microsoft has released their new Windows line. But it just doesn’t seem like it’s going to work. MOVIE NEWSIt’s been a great year for movies, in fact so good that we thought we’d talk about some of our favorites as we near the end of the year! From Goonies and Back to the Future to Rambo and Rocky sequels it’s been a super rad year at the theater!Back to the Future Rambo: First Blood Part II Rocky IV Goonies Cocoon Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment A View To a Kill Clue   COMIC’S NEWSUD has a few interesting things he’s been reading including some new books and even a new comic strip that is super fun!Calvin & Hobbes Created by Bill Watterson, this new strip just debuted in November, but it’s so much fun! It’s about a young boy named Calvin  and his stuffed animal tiger named Hobbes. What’s fun is that to Calvin, Hobbes is a real tiger and his best friend. But to the rest of the world Hobbes is just a stuffed animal. Really a cool comic strip that’s often very funny!Crisis on Infinite Earths This series from DC Comics is pretty messed up and seems to be a way for DC to try to reset and streamline 50 years of continuity issues from their comics. Seems like they are trying to wipe out the whole idea of the multiverse but what is crazy it that they seem to be hinting that there could be some pretty major deaths to characters coming, such as Barry Allen/The Flash and even possibly Supergirl!   Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesA small independant comic book company has this new book out called The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! A really awesome story where four turtles and a rat are mutated by some sort of radioactive material and the turtles become Ninjas trained by the rat. Seems to actually be pretty heavily inspired by the Daredevil character but really an awesome premise that will hopefully stick around with more issues.   The Weekly Garnish Nintendo Entertainment System In October the Nintendo Entertainment System saw a very limited release starting in markets like New York City. This new game system is set to compete with Atari for home gaming and looks pretty awesome! It has a gun accessory they call the Zapper Light Gun as well as a robot accessory called R.O.B. which stands for Robot Accessory Buddy! It’s launching with 17 different games available which include 10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Golf, Gyromite, Hogan’s Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Pinball, Soccer, Stack-Up, Tennis, Wild Gunman, Wrecking Crew, and Super Mario Bros.   GHOSTBUSTERS GIVEAWAY- -Follow the digitalSoup Facebook page -Like and Share the giveaway post -Leave a comment on the post saying you’d like to be entered and maybe share your favorite Ghostbusters movie moment! -Winner will be announced on the 10/31 Halloween Episode!   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

We welcome in a very special guest and longtime friend of the show, Mac Sokulski from the Shutter Time with Sid and Mac photography podcast! This episode gets a little longer than usual as we cover a huge range of topics, from Microsoft killing off some of its product lines and  Instagram now working on your desktop, to the petition to see Superman’s Mustache! Of course we have a whole bunch of new movie trailers that have hit plus we even give you a great resource for all sorts of Halloween DIY Projects to get your Halloween on! Oh, how could we forget, we actually have a SECOND special guest making a couple appearances, the one and only Captain Poland! Plus we’ve got a digitalSoup first, we are doing a GIVEAWAY! You don’t want to miss this one! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: I am the ruler of shovels, I have a double. I am as thin as a knife, I have a wife. What am I? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends! Windows 10 Mobile is dead! There has been speculation for a while now but Joe Belfiore,  Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Windows has confirmed it will be ending all but minor bug and security fixes for it’s struggling platform.  Meanwhile, Microsoft is rumored to be working on a new "mobile" device codenamed Andromeda, that will launch next year with a version of Windows 10 built with Microsoft's new "Windows Core OS" platform.  Will current hardware be compatible with Windows Core OS or will you need a new phone?   Microsoft also killing off Groove Music Service The streaming service is being replaced by a deal with Spotify as of December 31st as Microsoft continues to retire more of it’s services and divisions. How long until Microsoft just decides to sell off completely to another company?   Who says you need a great graphics card to play some good games?Check out this list of some of the top picks in pc gaming for players that don’t have a high end gaming system but still want to have some gaming fun!   Finally, you can upload directly to Instagram from your Windows or Mac desktop! This is awesome news for anyone who doesn’t do all their photo editing on their phone.  Now instead of editing a photo on your PC, jumping through a zillion hoops to get the photos from your pc to your phone and then to Instagram, you can just use the Windowed app on your PC.   Was The Google Home Mini planning on spying on you? A defect in the touch sensor has been causing the first run of Google’s mini to constantly record it’s surroundings. Imagine if this hadn’t been discovered before shipping?   Petition to “Bring Back the ‘stache!” As reported Henry Cavill was filming Paramount Pictures “Mission Impossible 6” when Warner Bros. order reshoots for “Justice League.”  In MI:6 Henry sports a mustache which, since under contract, he could not shave until production had completed on MI:6.  Warner Bros. had to digitally remove the Superstache for the reshoots and now the people are petitioning to get the raw footage release with a unshaved Sup.  But, this isn’t the first Superman movie Henry had a mustache in, check out this un-edited trailer for Batman Vs. Superman! Victor Garber leaving “Legends of Tomorrow” UD speculated on it and now it has come true, but not for the reason he had thought.  Garber, who plays one half of hero Firestorm will be leaving at the completion of Season 3.  He is returning to Broadway January 2018 for the revival of “Hello Dolly.”  What does this mean for Firestorm?   NEW TRAILERS FOR THE WEEK It’s new trailer city this week, from Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Justice League to Stranger Things, New Mutants, Black Panther and even a teaser trailer for the next season of The X-Files, this was absolutely a HUGE week for new trailers to hit the interwebs.   The Weekly Garnish Awesome DIY Halloween Ideas! From the best power tools to use for extreme pumpkin carving to how to make fake blood and guts for your Halloween party, this awesome collection of ideas and articles from Popular Mechanics has got you covered!   GHOSTBUSTERS GIVEAWAY -Follow the digitalSoup Facebook page -Like and Share the giveaway post -Leave a comment on the post saying you’d like to be entered and maybe share your favorite Ghostbusters movie moment!   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

Could there be life on Mars? Is the iPhone 8 set to take Samsung's battery issue title? It’s a fast moving week covering a lot of ground including some pretty bold claims from Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018, some expensive boneheaded moves with domain names and news from the Google Pixel 2 event. Don’t worry, no digitalSoup episode would be complete without some great laughs and discussion around movies, this week it’s Harrison Ford in the news.  We even take a walk down memory lane and look at some tech that flopped hard but may have just been ahead of it’s time! What are you waiting for, dig in! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: White Bird, featherless, flyin’ out o’ paradise, flyin’ over sea and land, dyin’ in my hand. What is it? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends!   There be water on Mars! With the recent discovery that there is more ice/water on Mars than originally thought, will this make future Mars missions a bit easier since they may have a water source there instead of bringing their own? Does that mean there can be life on Mars and does this make things easier for Elon Musk and his SpaceX program as they still plan to send humans to Mars in 7 years?     iPhone 8 Plus splitting open from charging A real concern or is this a random occurrence? Will these reported battery issues take the heat off of Samsung and their flaming batteries and put it squarely on Apple?   Adobe Announces Elements 2018 Looks like they are bringing in some interesting upgrades to the Photoshop Elements line, but is it worth the money when you can get the Photography CC bundle from Adobe for $10/month?   How forgetting to renew a domain name cost 3 million dollars A Utah based telco company neglected to renew its domain name in 2016 resulting in a complete outage of relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech-disabled people.  As a result, the FCC fined them $3,000,000.  Oops.  Here are some of the biggest domain expirations in history! Also, does anyone have $2600 so Jason can get his old domain,  nostalgiagaming.com, back?   News from the Google Event From the Pixel 2 to the new voice for the home assistant, this was a very hyped event from Google. Did they fall flat or is the excitement worth it regarding the announcements? Plus, Walmart screwed it all up by leaking the Google Home Mini and possibly the new Pixel phone on it’s website a day early! Tech that flopped but was really ahead of it’s time This fun article from digitaltrends.com reminds us that not all tech that flops when it hits the marketplace is bad, it may just be ahead of it’s time!   Harrison Ford Movies - Ranked!With Blade Runner 2049 hitting theaters now, we chat about some of our favorite Harrison Ford movies of all time and maybe some that we didn’t like! Also, have you seen the movie still image from a scene in which Harrison Ford accidentally punches Ryan Gosling for real on set?! SO FUNNY! The Weekly Garnish Stranger Things: The GameWith Season Two of Stranger Things ready to drop at the end of October, a brand new game has dropped for free on the App Store and Google Play store FOR FREE. It’s a throwback to the 80’s action adventure games and as of now they have no Freemium or microtransactions so go enjoy it! Plus they are teasing a mysterious update on the release date of Season Two hitting Netflix!   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

Joining us this week to geek out is a very special guest from the Against the Grain podcast, Mr. Cody  Priebe! We talk about the iPhone 8 Plus and its photo capabilities, classic gaming with the Commodore 64, CCleaner not so clean and getting worse and of course some fun movie talk including Nightwing, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and of course the Terminator news! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends!   iPhone 8 discussion with Cody Priebe Cody is a friend of the show, photographer and fellow podcaster with his photography show Against the Grain. You can find his photography work over at his Website, which includes a great blog post about the iPhone 8 Camera Review. Of course you can also find him on Twitter and Instagram. iPhone 8 Plus video sample Fantastic video sample of the capabilities of the iPhone 8 Plus 4K video from Matteo Bertoli Visuals   The Commodore 64 Mini coming in 2018 With all the classic consoles rising from the dead to pry money from our hands it was just a matter of time before a classic computer followed suit!  It was retail for $70 and even though it has a keyboard it is not functional … but … you can hook up a USB keyboard and really program on the commuter.  It will come will come with 64 games installed.   CCleaner Infection More Severe Than Thought, Targeted Microsoft, Google, Samsung Even more bad news for users of CCleaner.  We now know the attack was worse than initially thought. The CCleaner malware could be used to deliver a second-stage payload that would run on local systems and perform various tasks. This isn’t an unusual malware feature, but researchers didn’t think the capability had been used in this case. We now know that it was, and that some of the internet’s biggest players were targeted. http://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-alternatives-to-ccleaner   Nightwing Movie Still Doesn’t Have The Title Character Cast CinemaBlend reported that director Chris McKay tweeted last tuesday about the Nightwing spot still not being filled.  He commented that they need to “... find the perfect person.”   X-Men: The Dark Phoenix The new movie is in production and while not a ton is known about what the actual storyline will be or how closely it will follow the comics, Actress Olivia Munn who plays Psylocke has let it slip that this film will be a two parter. Fans of course react in the usual way, by trolling each other over the internet in a total split on if this is good news or not!   Terminator Sequel in 2019 James Cameron Producing, Deadpool’s Tim Miller to direct and it looks like the plan is to make this a sequel/reboot of the franchise, much like Star Wars did with The Force Awakens. Reportedly both Arnie and Linda Hamilton will be featured in the film as well.   Double Your Tweets, Double Your Fun Twitter will be doubling the amount of characters you will be able to tweet.  You now have 280 characters to get your message through.  Will it help Trump seem more Presidential?   Amazon Hardware Event News With everything from a new FireTV complete with HDR/4K capabilities, the new Echo Spot to even the small $20 Echo Buttons, Amazon has decided they needed to remind everyone that Alexa is still the most used device out there! Are these new announcements enough to make you want to finally get in the game with a smart home? The Echo Connect directly answers the threat from Google Mini Home and the phone calling capabilities. The Weekly Garnish Itcher: Your entertainment assistant Tired of scrolling the Netflix feed trying to decide on just the right movie to watch? Want to find some new music or a new book to read but don’t know where to start? This new app just may be the golden ticket to entertainment goodness!   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

The guys ring in their 40th episode by looking back at some of the tech innovations and geek happenings from 40 years ago, umm Star Wars anybody?! They also touch base on news from Amazon and Google both having new smart home devices on the horizon, will Nintendo get in bed with Netflix and of course some fun movie news to finish up the turning 40 celebration! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: Lovely and Round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the pale darkness, A ladies delight. **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends! CCleaner the latest software to get hacked It never seems to end as this time CCleaner by Avast has been exposed to malware by hackers. Netflix coming to the Nintendo Switch? Based on some reports, it seems like Netlix may be headed to the Nintendo Switch. But fans of the Nintendo handheld are split on if this is good or not. What do you think Souper Friends?   40 years ago the tech world was changing Taking a look back at what sort of tech was out there 40 years ago, 1977. It’s actually a pretty big year for tech, gadgets and geekery!   Amazon’s latest tablet is also an Echo? With the announcement of the new Fire HD 10. Amazon has added the hands free voice services of Alexa to their latest tablet. At around the $200 mark, is this new tablet a viable alternative to the highly acclaimed iPad?Amazon is also looking at Smart GlassesSee what I did there, “looking” at “Smart Glasses”. Anyways, it seems that Amazon wants a piece of that sweet Google Glass Pie. Though as of now they aren’t looking at a screen for the glasses, simply a bone conducted Alexa voice assistant built right in.   The Google Home Mini IF this ends up being a real thing, which we’ll know soon since Google is set to announce it in early October, Google will be doing their best to take a potentially serious bite out of Amazon’s bottom line. Blasting through some movie and tv talk, the guys discuss the new Tomb Raider trailer set to release in 2018, an intense looking survival movie called The Mountain Between Us starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslett, The Punisher dropping sometime soon, but Netflix is being tight lipped about it and of course the new Star Trek series that just debuted along with The Orville. The Weekly Garnish The hype for Thor 3 : Ragnarok continues with a terrific new trailer done by The Nerdist as a complete 1987 version of what this movie trailer would have looked like in the 80’s.   Kung FuryAnother super fun 80’s style short film that you really should go enjoy if you haven’t already!   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

Adam brings some great topics on Kaspersky getting booted to the curb and some new password guidelines followed up by a fantastic listener call about being a victim of sextortion. It’s a heavy call but we follow it up with a lot of fun chatting about the new iPhone news, NES classic re-release and South Park messes with Alexa. Plus don’t forget to check out the Hurricane Harvey Victims - Podcast Pack to help raise money and score a bonus exclusive episode of digitalSoup you won’t hear anywhere else! The link is below in the show notes!----more---- Weekly Riddle: I am a five letter word and I am a fruit. Take the first letter out and I am a crime, take out the first and second letter and I am an animal, take out the first and last letter and I am a type of music. What am I? Answer at the end of the episode!   Federal Government Boots Kaspersky to the Curb The Department of Homeland Security has officially banned Kaspersky from being used in Federal agencies effective immediately, citing security concerns over the company's possible ties to the Russian government.  Federal agencies have 30 days to identify any Kaspersky products in use, 60 days to come up with a plan to remove and replace the products, and 90 days to implement.  They want this out fast!   NIST (United States National Institute for Standards and Technology) Password Recommendations Changing Interesting new recommendations could actually make passwords stronger…. And EASIER to remember! LastPass  KEEPASS   Sextortion - Listener voice mail Be careful out there on the internet! https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-what-is-sextortion/view If you believe you’re a victim of sextortion, or know someone else who is, call your local FBI office or toll-free at 1-800-CALL-FBI.   Hurrican Harvey Victims - Podcast Pack Everyone who pledges $10 to this campaign will receive a link to download the pack, which contains exclusive episodes from 48 shows, and proceeds go to help Hurrican Harvey Victims. Great cause that digitalSoup is thrilled to be a part of.   iPhone 8 bleh … bring on iPhone X! (X or 10?) Apple steals it’s own thunder from the iPhone 8 by announcing the iPhone X (10?).  Lots of great features, some standouts:  FaceID, 64-bit 6-Cores, Animojis, 5.8” Super Retina Display OLED, Augmented Reality, dual 12MP cameras   Nintendo re-releasing NES Classic Edition in summer 2018! Many sites are reporting that Nintendo has heard the cries of the people and will be re-releasing the NES Classic Console during the summer of 2018.  Good news for those who missed out the first time but does that mean we WON’T be seeing an N64 Classic Edition next year?!? AtGames Portable Gaming Consoles With the popularity of the mini SNES and NES classic, the AtGames company may have another inexpensive solution to your classic gaming needs!   South Park Alexa fun! In their own fun way, the cast of South Park reminds us that we maybe shouldn’t have our Amazon Echo devices too close to the TV! The Weekly Garnish   My Study Life Since school is back in full swing we have a great app for you to check out to help keep track of your classes, assignments, tasks and more! Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

Has Equifax hung it’s customers out to dry with the recent hack? Nintendo urges customers not to overpay for Mini SNES Classic, do you believe them? iPhones shooting covers for TIME magazine, say what now? Will Facebook make a move to become the next Netflix? The guys talk about all of this and a whole bunch more so pull up a chair join in this week’s digitalSoup conversation! ----more----Weekly Riddle: Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures, the first of all letters, Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring before you the name of an eminent king. Answer at the end of the episode!   Massive hack of Equifax Leaves millions at riskIn July the huge credit agency was hacked, with millions of people having their social security numbers, addresses, possible credit card info and more exposed. Why is it just being reported now in September? With controversy swirling, what are the real risks and implications for the general public.   The Solar Eclipse … A Serial Killer Of Lenses! Lens Rentals posted images of all their lenses they rented out to customers who decided to take pictures of the solar eclipse and returned the equipment destroyed.  Don’t forget, digitalSoup warned you about this!   Photographer Shoots 12 covers for TIME Magazine...on an iPhone Interesting article about TIME magazine commissioned photographer Luisa Dorr to make portraits of 46 women who are changing the world. Does this mean we should all abandon our real cameras for those on our mobile phones?   Nintendo Urges us not to overpay Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, has spoken in an interview with The Financial Times recently and stated that Nintendo did not manipulate the pre-orders of the Mini SNES Classic. In the same interview he urged customers not to pay anymore than the $80 asking price when buying from an auction site because they will have plenty of supply when the game console hits the shelves. Do we believe him or is this just Nintendo trying to put out the flames from angry customers that are giving up on even caring about Nintendo? Rockstar Games updating LA Noire This November this classic 1940’s era detective game will get a facelift and re-release on new consoles. What do you guys remember of this game?   MoviePass If you watch a lot of movies could this be the way to go? At $10/month is this the way theaters will try to combat the streaming services like Netflix/Hulu/Amazon and all the rest?   Wonder Woman 2 director is now officially locked As expected, Patty Jenkins has been locked in to direct the sequel to this summer’s box office smash hit. Was there really any question?   Facebook the new Netflix? With more and more hints dropping that Facebook is wanting to get into the original video content game, think of how they replaced the “Videos” button with the “Watch” tab, a recent Wall Street Journal article claims Facebook may be willing to invest as much as $1 Billion into a push for original video content to rival Netflix and Amazon. The real question is, does anyone really want it?   The ‘Revengers’ The latest trailer, a TV spot, for Thor:Ragnarok has dropped and we get a new name for the team of Hulk, Thor, Loki and Valkyrie.   The Weekly Garnish  iHome iBT12SC Rechargeable Flask Shaped Bluetooth Stereo Speaker Great little bluetooth speaker to use on the go. Usually Dave picked one up recently, listen in to hear what he has to say about it! Click the link above if you want to grab one for yourself! Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

It’s an episode filled with tangents and wide ranging topics, from CrashPlan and Backblaze backup news to more games taking advantage of mobile AR tech, including The Walking Dead and Star Wars. Plus Usually Dave spills the beans on the No Peek 365 Photography Challenge he is taking part in and what the heck is all this buttfumes.com talk?  ----more---- Weekly Riddle:This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs or throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it? Answer at the end of the episode!   Crashplan exits consumer backup game With the news that CrashPlan was pulling out of the consumer backup service game a lot of people were panicking. Meanwhile Backblaze absolutely killed it with a terrific social media blitz and may have cleaned house.   Walking Dead meet Pokemon Go: Called The Walking Dead: Our World, this new mobile game for iOS and Android looks to take the zombie killing fun that fans of the show love and mash it up with the augmented reality mobile gaming concept from Pokemon Go. There’s no release date just yet, but will you be lining up to slay zombies and try to survive when it hits the app stores?   Star Wars: Jedi Challenges Speaking of AR games, you wanna be a Jedi master and have light saber duels with some of the biggest Jedi and Sith villains in the Star Wars universe?   A real life Dr. Frankenstein. An Italian Neurosurgeon named Sergio Canvero is claiming that next fall in China he is going to complete a Full Body Transplant, swapping heads on real human bodies, in a procedure dubbed as HEAVEN. HEAVEN is short for Head Anastomosis Venture. This is some scary sh*t!   Dave started a “NO PEEK 365 Film Photography” Challenge The Weekly Garnish Cash By Square Incredibly simple way to send cash instantly to anyone, anywhere. Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

The movie industry is in a constant state of reboots and remakes, but what are the Origin stories you actually want to see? How secure do you feel online? Have you ever tried some RetroPie? In this episode the guys tackle some news about Funko getting hacked on Twitter, some great info about how VPN’s work and then the main topic, the guys DIVE INTO their Top Five movie character Origin stories that they actually want to see!  ----more---- Weekly Riddle:An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?Answer at the end of the episode! The Funko Pop Twitter account is hacked by pirates of a specific kind. Friday afternoon UD was browsing Twitter and saw a series of hilarious messages being posted by the Funko Twitter account. Hacked or poor taste in marketing a new product?   Are VPNs Only For Pirates? Arr!  Why use a VPN?  There are many reasons and it's not just to hide some nefarious online activities.   VPNs We Have Used https://windscribe.com/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ VPN Research: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/vpn-section/   TouchPal Is Evil (and how I destroyed it) A recent TouchPal update brought with it lock screen ads, banners ads, floating bubble ads that, when you try to swipe it off the screen would install software.  Three phone wipes later I figured out how to defeat it!   The Weekly Garnish Jason’s first two Raspberry Pie/RetroPie videos available on our YouTube channel. OR Right on our website here!Video One: Unboxing Video Two: The Build   Want to set up your very own RetroPie kit? Hit the links below to grab the gear and be sure to share your experience with us right here at digitalSoup by hitting the “Contact” button up above! Vilros Raspberry Pi 3 Retro Gaming Kid – http://amzn.to/2wyhlbM Super Tinytendo Case – http://amzn.to/2xBA6b5 Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher   Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com

Have we hit peak Marvel saturation? Is it worth watermarking your photos? Would you trust an app as your only source of contraception? The digitalSoup crew tackle all of that and so much more, including the new Essential Phone, some sad Deadpool 2 news and a new release of the original Starcraft that’s been remastered for your gaming pleasure! Stay hungry Souper Friends because the digitalSoup is on! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me When I have flown. Answer at the end of the episode!   The new ESSENTIAL PHONEIs this new Android based phone going to be as it claims, the essential new android phone everyone must have or is it just too ambitious for its own good?   An app as birth control? A smartphone app called Natural Cycles has now been certified as a medical device for contraception in Europe. How does it work, will it be certified here in the US next and most importantly, could you ever trust a smartphone app in this situation? Photographers that use watermarks, Google says beware!Google has shown how easy it is to remove your visible watermark from your images as well as a way to “trick” those automated systems from working correctly.   Deadpool 2 tragedy Stunt-Woman dies in motorcycle accident on set.   Marvel movie and TV news: With The Defenders released last friday, a new teaser for The Punisher hitting YouTube and even another trailer for Thor:Ragnarok (Yes it’s an International Trailer) are we still excited about these movies and these universes or have we hit a bit of “Peak Marvel Saturation”?   Starcraft Remastered goes Live (and Battle.net is back) Call your Korean buddies, Starcraft is back and looking better than ever! The Weekly Garnish Numark DJ2GO2 It’s the smallest full-featured DJ controller on the market. Designed to fit across a standard laptop, the DJ2GO2 is built to not take up any additional space during a performance or practice. Last Day on Earth: Survival - Last Day on Earth is a FREE MMORPG zombie shooter survival and strategy game, where all survivors are driven by one target: stay alive and survive as long as you can in this post apocalypse game and shoot walking dead zombies.  It plays like Ark: Survival Evolved with zombies.   Music Credit Intro Background Music: The Run by Kai Engel. licensed under an Attribution License.   Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think.  You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup.  We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!!   What the guys are doing outside the podcast:   Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru            jason@digitalsouppodcast.com   Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape            adam@digitalsouppodcast.com   Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/            dave@digitalsouppodcast.com