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I will argue in favor of a new economic system based on principles of free and opensource, non-profit and non-proprietary technology. This is in contrast to our current capitalist economic paradigm.

Here I will talk about why I believe Cryptocurrencies are not the future of currencies. I will also examine the claims of better privacy and security.

Social media is a huge part of our lives but at what point does it become an addiction?

Here I will talk about the many different ways you can fight against online censorship and stand up to the tech giants

Onlyfans recently announced that they will be banning sexually explicit content and I share my thoughts about it.

In this episode, I will discuss the AMD 6600XT GPU for 1080p gaming, the recently released official mastodon app, elon musk takes shots at apple for their app store fees, safari's lack of do not track global privacy settings, sweatshop working conditions at tech repair facility, google play store privacy labels, and lutris' support of the epic games store.

I am joined today by Braillyn, who runs the Librefree.me opensource blog, to discuss how we got into opensource, why we support it, and our hopes and concerns about its future.

In this episode, I will discuss the windows 11 leak, facebook extending the Trump ban for another two years, facebook's plans to release a smartwatch, Apple's stance on sideloading apps on ios, Twitch banning Amouranth and Indiefoxx, Jingpad linux tablet crowdfunding campaign, and steam play proton 6.3-5.

In this episode, I will discuss the newly announced AMD and Nvidia CPU's and GPU's, DLSS for steam proton, valve's upcoming game console, linux apps on chrome OS, OBS 27 with Wayland support, Glimpse going in hiatus, System76's new keyboard release, and the newly announced Tuxedo linux laptop.

In this episode, I will discuss ISPs spending millions on fake comments against net neutrality, liveleak shutting down, Google has demands for Roku, Apple using Itch.io against Epic, upcoming ubuntu touch release, the newly announced Starlabs laptop, and big pharma using your data on facebook for marketing.

In this episode, I will discuss the announcement of the JingPad A1 ARM based linux tablet, the upcoming Pop OS COSMIC Desktop Environment, Metro Exodus released for linux, Firefox 88, Google's losing location history court battle, carriers kill RCS, Parler relaunches on ios.

In this episode, I will discuss Elon Musk's neuralink video, iMessage locking users to android, facebook not revealing leaked online accounts, twitch's updated TOS regarding offline behavior, a new worm affecting windows and linux computers, mesa's RADV drivers offering 30% performance boost, more linux support on Apple M1 devices and Rust low level support coming to android

In this episode, I will discuss the official release of GNOME 40, the new PinePhone Beta Edition, Richard Stallman’s return to FSF, Rust on the linux kernel, Tesla accepting Bitcoin payments, Apple’s preinstalled apps option in Russia, Metro Exodus and Total War: Rome Remastered to be released natively on linux.

In this episode, I will discuss the new updates to Ubuntu Touch, System76’s AMD powered laptop goes on sale, Twitter’s plans for an undo tweets feature, Facebook’s plans for an Instagram for kids app, Youtube’s copyright warning system, China’s Tesla privacy concerns, TikTok advertising tracking workarounds.

In this episode, I will discuss the new system76 Thelio desktop, the newly announced laptops by Tuxedo Computers, 7-Zip to be released for linux, Bitwarden's new file sharing service, VKD3D raytracing, and facebook's antitrust lawsuit.

In this episode, I take a look at the Massive hack on the gab social network, Youtube's plans to unban Trump when threat of violence has decreased, Ubuntu to use the google backed flutter UI framework, /e/ OS releasing phones in the U.S and Canada, Facebook's plan to unban political advertisements, AMD's announcement of the RX 6700XT, the linux 5.12 data corruption bug, Valve ends development of card game Artifact.

In this episode, I take a look at the Twitter’s newly announced super follow subscriptions, valve forced to share game sales records, Minnesota and Arizona bills to allow third party app stores, facebook reversing their ban on Australian news, California’s net neutrality law, Firefox 86 cookies protection, Take Two Interactive shuts down GTA reverse engineering efforts and Valheim’s continued success.

In this episode, I take a look at the new mockups for upcoming gnome software redesign, Pinephone's default OS, the newly announced Plasma 5.21, Apple subpoenas Valve, North Dakota's app store bill, Parler is back online and Google fire's another AI ethics researcher.

In this episode of Geotech Talks, I take a look at the newly announced official Mastodon app, the upcoming firefox design updates, tesla buying $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, microsoft's classic nintendo games extensions blunder, google testing dark mode, and System76's open source keyboard.

In this first episode of Geotech Talks, I take a look at an upcoming OpenPower SOC, an ipad inspired linux distro, the new ubuntu installer currently in the works, Microsoft disabling donations for politicians, Valve getting sued for infringement and Google shutting down their Stadia game studio.

In this introductory episode, I talk about my vision for the podcast and announce that I will also be streaming through twitch and other platforms.