Batteries Not Included | Protecting yourself from Facebook
This week, Darrin continues to examine the fallout of the Facebook data scandal, what you can do to protect yourself, and how to do...
Batteries Not Included | Atari’s back
This week, Darrin blows the dust off your old cartridges and previews the new Atari VCS console. Yes, a new Atari gaming console in...
Batteries Not Included | Your vacuum, the spy
This week, Darrin tackles the question that everyone has asked themselves at least once:
"Is my Roomba, or another brand of robot vacuum, spying on...
Batteries Not Included | GUEST: Tommy Tallarico
This week, Darrin speaks with Tommy Tallarico, one of the most influential names in the video game industry and basically the biggest reason most...
Batteries Not Included | The violent video game debate
This week's episode focuses on the ongoing debate over whether or not violent video games cause things like mass shootings. Darrin says they don't,...
Batteries Not Included | 5G, Black Panther, and growing teeth
This week's episode is all about telling you what the upcoming 5G cellular service means for your smartphone, a look at how scientists are...
Batteries Not Included | Amazon vs UPS
This week's podcast is a special one, as it's also the first full-length episode of the On-Air version of the show!
Darrin takes a look...
Batteries Not Included | A computer for your eyes
This week, Darrin takes a look at Vaunt, a new wearable device from Intel that beams your smartphone directly into your eyes. Using lasers.
Got...
Batteries Not Included | How drones could save our forests
This week, Darrin talks about a new initiative to have drones plant trees, which could help humanity counter the 6-billion deficit between how many...
Batteries Not Included | Nintendo’s crazy cardboard idea
Nintendo has announced "LABO," a series of DIY kits that allow kids - and the young at heart - to assemble some creative and...
Batteries Not Included | Apple’s Tax and Job plans
This week, Darrin talks about Apple's plans to create thousands of jobs (yay!) and repay millions of dollars worth of taxes that they've avoided...
Batteries Not Included | CES 2018
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is taking place this week in Las Vegas. Darrin has already found three gadgets he can't live without... or...
Batteries Not Included | iLawsuit
This week, Darrin looks at a lawsuit that has popped up after Apple admitted they slowed down older models of the iPhone whenever they...
Batteries Not Included | Best video games of 2017
Darrin's a big fan of video games, so he dedicated three podcast entries toward the video games that he felt were the best of...
Batteries Not Included | Star Wars vs “Microtransactions”
This week, Darrin takes a look at what is seemingly a good Star Wars game, given a terrible reputation by a choice made by...
Batteries Not Included | 2017 Gift Guide
It's almost time to start shopping for the holidays, but perhaps you don't know just what to get the tech-loving people in your life.
Luckily,...
Batteries Not Included | Game Developer Casey O’ Donnell
This week, Darrin speaks with Casey O' Donnell, who has worked on titles like Guitar Hero and Spider-Man 3, about an upcoming lecture at...
Batteries Not Included | Cutting the Cord, Part 2
This week, Darrin continues his search for a solution to the rising prices of cable and satellite TV, focusing on video-on-demand services.
Find the previous...
Batteries Not Included | Cutting the Cord
With more and more services moving to the Internet, is it only a matter of time before people start dropping Cable TV for streaming...
Batteries Not Included | Are “loot boxes” actually gambling?
This week, Darrin weighs in on a topic that's been growing in prominence among video game fans: loot boxes.
Are they harmless fun ways to...