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Category5 Technology TV

Weekly live digital TV show with Robbie Ferguson focused on topics of interest to tech minds. Ask your questions and get live answers. Recipient of 2014 and 2017 Top 100 Tech Podcasters award.

Retro Gaming in 2018 on a Pi 3 B+

  • Episode 552
  • April 18, 2018
  • 142

With the release of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ as well as RetroPie 4.4, it's time to look at DIY retro gaming again! We'll assemble the ultimate stylish retro gaming machine (a throwback to the NES) and give Mario Kart 64 a try to see if the new Pi with the new distro will outperform the retro gaming systems of just a few years ago.

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The Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and the Future of Finances

  • Apr 11, 2018
  • 786

Pi vs. Pi, Giant Hand Hairs and Bad Soldering Joints

  • Apr 4, 2018
  • 4,488

Facebook, a Pi B+ and Backups

  • Mar 28, 2018
  • 8,166

STEM Education for Girls with a Clever Doll

  • Mar 21, 2018
  • 4,709

Pi Day

  • Mar 14, 2018
  • 2,325

The Category5.TV Newsroom

A weekly tech-centric news broadcast with a Linux bias (Part of Category5 Technology TV).

Top Stories for the Week of April 11, 2018

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  • If you thought the Raspberry Pi was a small computer, this will blow your mind: IBM just unveiled the “world’s smallest computer,” and it measures just 1mm by 1mm.
  • The mind-reading AlterEgo headset communicates with Alexa . . . through telepathy?
  • Retro programmers may need to reconsider using the Linux beep command as an activity or progress alert.
  • Apple plans to replace Intel chips and will use its own custom Mac chips beginning in 2020.
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Top Stories for the Week of April 4, 2018

  • 1,240
  • The FCC has approved SpaceX's plan to launch nearly 4,500 broadband satellites.
  • Fed up with Facebook data-slurping? Firefox has a cunning plan.
  • The patches Microsoft released for Meltdown in Windows 7 actually made the operating system LESS secure. You'll want to install the March update right away . . . if you can avoid broken networking.
  • Last year's Pokemon Go Fest was a disaster for the game's developers, Niantic. The company has now settled a class action suit that was filed as a result, for almost $1.6 million.
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Top Stories for the Week of March 28, 2018

  • 1,311
  • SpaceX and Tesla have deleted their Facebook pages.
  • Intel has announced it is “discontinuing” the “Intel Graphics Update Tool for Linux.” But it may not be why you think!
  • Watch what you say while using Microsoft products. The company's new service agreement says it can punish you for using "offensive language."
  • Because VR is so demanding, hardware makers have issued “Recommended” or “VR Ready” guidelines to help customers understand what kind of hardware they need for a good VR experience.
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Top Stories for the Week of March 21, 2018

  • 1,403
  • Within less than two decades it will be cheaper to operate robots in US-based factories than to hire workers in Africa, a new report warns.
  • US cities are starting to crack down on commercial crypto-mining due to the heavy load it puts on their power grid.
  • A new air taxi service financially backed by Google cofounder, Larry Page, is set to take off in New Zealand, thanks to an agreement announced last week.
  • In Texas, tucked behind a house for the wealthy, there may lie some hope for the significantly less fortunate.
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Top Stories for the Week of March 14, 2018

  • 269
  • Elon Musk, a man prone to ludicrous deadlines, has birthed yet another: test flights of his Mars spaceship next year.
  • A drone owner has been charged with starting a fire that destroyed 300 acres of grassland in a national forest in Arizona.
  • In a shocking revelation, criminals prove to be untrustworthy: A new study shows that less than half of ransomware targets who pay up, actually get their files back.
  • Researchers have found that they were able to infect robots with ransomware. In the real world, such attacks could be highly damaging to businesses if robotic security isn't addressed.
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Top Stories for the Week of March 7, 2018

  • 1,416
  • The world's first commercial, floating, offshore wind farm, called Hywind, started sending electricity to the grid last October. Since then, the six-turbine, 30 megawatt installation has been working really well. In fact, Hywind has had a 65-percent capacity factor over the last three months according to Statoil (the Norwegian mega-corporation that built the wind farm off the coast of Scotland).
  • A new technique is abusing poorly-secured servers and fueling record-breaking denial-of-service attacks—along with notes demanding the targets pay hefty ransoms if they want the debilitating flood of junk traffic to stop.
  • Levi Strauss is introducing a digitizing technique that uses lasers to ethically create designs on its jeans in place of manual labor.
  • The Law Commission in the UK is to conduct a study into British driving laws with the aim of making sure humans can still be blamed for road accidents caused by driverless cars—as well as criminalising hackers who target autonomous vehicles.
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New Every Day

Join Jenn Wagar and Carrie Webb as they sit down for a heart-to-heart discussion each week, addressing many of the issues Christians face in their day to day lives, and building your faith and focus through relevant conversation.

Conversation with a Ghanaian Pastor

  • Episode 143
  • April 6, 2018
  • 42

As Season 3 comes to a close, Carrie travels to the West African nation of Ghana where she sits down for a one-on-one discussion with local pastor, Paul Ayeni, to learn how the ministry there differs from what we're used to half a world away.

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Prison Break - Part 4

  • Mar 30, 2018
  • 1,175

Prison Break - Part 3

  • Mar 23, 2018
  • 1,186

Prison Break - Part 2

  • Mar 16, 2018
  • 1,203

Prison Break - Part 1

  • Mar 2, 2018
  • 1,264

The Pixel Shadow

Minetest (The Free Minecraft Alternative) runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, and we'll show you how to play.

Discovering Xanadu

  • Episode 24
  • April 23, 2017
  • 5,092

A mysterious teleportation gate hidden deep beneath BaldNerd's dome whisks BaldNerd and MangleFox70 away to the strange, unknown land of the Xanadu, where the locals are able to eat bananas and corn, bounce around in a massive soccer field and take a minecart ride through the depths of the underworld.

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The Mysterious Room

  • Apr 9, 2017
  • 3,136

Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 4)

  • Apr 1, 2017
  • 4,158

Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 3)

  • Mar 19, 2017
  • 7,825

Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 2)

  • Mar 11, 2017
  • 6,583

Immersive Nature Sounds

Relax, study or work with peaceful natural sounds recorded in 360 VR.

Bonus Episode: 12 Hours Gentle Thunderstorm 3D Nature Sounds for Sleep, Study or Tinnitus Relief

A Calm Storm

Rain on the Lake in Cottage Country

Green Frogs in Mayers Marsh

Waves on Kempenfelt Bay

Bird Song of Happy Canaries

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