New episode! @corbin.io, @tallshmo.com, and @zwander.dev return to discuss Tron Ares (2025) and a shared disdain for Jared Leto.

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YouTube: youtu.be/4kZNTihC-bA

Jeff Bridges in Tron: Ares

The next episode will be a Movie Club discussion for Tron: Ares! If you want a spoiler-free experience, watch the movie before the episode is published later in March.

Where to watch: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tro...

Enjoy this Microsoft Kin advertisement from 2010 discussed in the episode! Microsoft officially apologized for this commercial because it was "encouraging sexting," according to Consumer Reports.

Source: www.lightpress.tv/microsoft-ki...

New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss Microsoft Kin, the Windows Phone spinoff that went from launch to death in two months.

YouTube: youtu.be/IFkWKKxZEIU

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...

DOOM for the 3DO In August 1995, software developer Rebecca Ann Heineman was tasked with bringing the super-popular DOOM first-person shooter to the fledgling 3DO game console. What followed was a disastrous combinati

The Tech Tales episode on the DOOM port to the 3DO, which was primarily developed by Heineman:

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

Rebecca Heineman, the video game developer and comics artist you might remember from our Doom 3DO episode, needs help paying for cancer treatments.

Please consider donating and sharing the fundraiser if you can!

Techathon: Starting September 27, 2025 Charity livestream by the tech community, supporting Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).

I'll be joining Techathon.live this Saturday, I hope to see you there!

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Techathon: Starting September 27, 2025 Charity livestream by the tech community, supporting Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).

Techathon 2025 is this Saturday, September 27th, 2025! I'll be raising money for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with a bunch of tech journalists, creators, and other cool people.

We're gonna play games and talk about tech stuff for 12 HOURS. Get ready!

Techathon: Starting September 27, 2025 Charity livestream by the tech community, supporting Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières).

Get ready for Techathon 2025! Corbin, some Tech Tales guests, and other tech folks will be raising money for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on a livestream this Saturday, September 27th, 2025.

Movie poster for Pirates of Silicon Valley with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

New episode! @corbin.io, @zwander.dev, and @347online.me discuss Pirates of Silicon Valley, the 1999 docu-drama about the rise of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...

YouTube: youtu.be/-Ylhbm24a0Y

Steve Wozniak inserted into the original Macintosh desktop, pointing to a folder icon.

Last reminder to watch Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) before the Movie Club episode goes live next week!

Where to watch: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pir...

Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Paul Allen, and others looking at the original Macintosh, with Steve Jobs behind the computer.

The next Movie Club episode will be Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), starring Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates! Watch the movie now before the episode airs next week.

Where to watch: www.justwatch.com/us/movie/pir...

Tech Tales art with "Year Four" subtitle. In the background is the Windows XP logo, Sputnik satellite, and robotic Abraham Lincoln.

Tech Tales is four years old today! This past year, the show had three episodes, over 5K plays on audio platforms, and over 5K views on YouTube. More episodes are on the way, but thanks for sticking around!

Listen to the Year Four playlist: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...

RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac His work set the direction of modern computer interfaces, and much more Obit  Bill Atkinson, widely acclaimed as perhaps the most brilliant computer programmer ever, has succumbed to pancreatic cancer at 74.…

RIP: Bill Atkinson, co-creator of Apple Lisa and Mac

The ".beat" logo over a picture of the Earth from space and a Sputnik satellite.

New episode! @corbin.io and @codytoombs.bsky.social discuss ".beat" Internet Time, a new way of telling time from the 1990s, and how it led to an international incident over radio frequencies and Russia's Mir space station.

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...

YouTube: youtu.be/pEfNs67rjc4

New episode tomorrow!

Windows XP logo with a lock icon.

New episode! @corbin.io and @tallshmo.com discuss the WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled hundreds of thousands of Windows systems in just a few hours.

SoundCloud: https://buff.ly/4grUO31

YouTube: https://buff.ly/3ZTB5Sz

65% new listeners this year on Spotify

Thanks for listening in 2024! #SpotifyWrapped

A lifelike robot with a mechanical body and a human-like face stands under dim lighting.

New episode! @corbin.io and Mason discuss the robotic Abraham Lincoln created for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

SoundCloud: https://buff.ly/3zf8Nc3

YouTube: https://buff.ly/3TlQqZH

New episode coming tomorrow!

New episode next week!

"The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty..."

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Please consider leaving a review for Tech Tales on Apple Podcasts! It can help us reach more listeners.

Tech Tales: Year Three Today, my podcast Tech Tales is three years old. I've had a lot of fun making the show this past year, and it has continued to grow and improve. There were eight Tech Tales episodes this past year,...

Tech Tales is now three years old! Thanks for listening and sharing the show this past year. ❤️

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New episode! @corbin.io, Zach, and Joe return to discuss the 2010 film Tron: Legacy. Bio-digital jazz, man.

YouTube: youtu.be/er1sTpGoEmM

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/techtalespod...

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