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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.
Pocophone F1: A Low Cost Phone with High-End Features
- Episode 595
- February 13, 2019
- 525
Taking a risk on a refurbished smartphone proved disastrous for Robbie, so this time he took a different approach as a budget-minded phone shopper and picked up a Xiaomi Pocophone F1. We'll get into the box this week on Category5 TV and take the low-cost phone for a spin. Sasha also updates us on her mixed-environment word processing woes at work, and we have your week's top tech news.
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Software-Free Encrypted Flash Drive
- Feb 6, 2019
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New PINE64 Products in 2019
- Jan 30, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence in 2019
- Jan 23, 2019
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Wyze Cams and an ODROID C2
- Jan 16, 2019
- 5,553
Smart Home Surveillance and 4K Video Editing Magic
- Jan 9, 2019
- 6,980
Raspberry Pi as a Development Web Server - Part 2
- Episode 433
- January 5, 2016
- 753,431
We continue setting up our Pi web server with PHP and a strong Linux firewall (CSF/LFD). We also get things going on deploying MariaDB, but haven't quite got there yet. On GIMP Tips, we look at creating gradients and how to make the edges super-smooth.
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Making Windows 8/8.1 Look and Feel Like Windows 7
- Nov 12, 2013
- 753,228
Creating a Promotional Poster in GIMP
- Jan 12, 2016
- 737,957
Zorin OS 11 - Linux for Windows Users
- Jan 19, 2016
- 729,221
LED Bulbs, Fitness Through Tech and Making Kids Fly
- Jan 26, 2016
- 703,764
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 February 6, 2019
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- A consumer DNA testing company has given the FBI access to its two million profiles
- Microsoft plans to expand Xbox Live to other platforms, including Nintendo Switch and mobile.
- Google’s new Chrome Extension automatically checks that your passwords are still secure
- Google's new Android apps could help your hearing
Top Stories for the Week of January 30, 2019
- 279
- The Rasperry Pi Foundation has updated its Compute Module with better thermals, an updated application processor and more flash memory.
- Facebook has revealed plans to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
- Apple says it’s banning Facebook’s research app that collects users’ personal information
- IBM hopes 1 million faces will help fight bias in facial recognition
Top Stories for the Week of January 23, 2019
- 1,260
- GDPR is already making an example of Google: they've been fined 50 million euros over ads.
- A massive list of compromised accounts has been leaked -- to the tune of 773 MILLION accounts -- and the Have I Been Pwned service got their hands on it.
- Google Hangouts begins wind-down this year, but service will live on in Chat and Meet spinoffs
- Microsoft has begun beta testing Windows 10 patches with actual beta testers.
Top Stories for the Week of January 16, 2019
- 1,229
- A recently discovered ransomware group has netted almost $4 million since August by adopting a “big game hunting” strategy
- Qualcomm's patent lawsuit against Apple has been dismissed as groundless by a court in Mannheim, Germany.
- YouTube clips that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing “pranks” have been banned from the platform.
- Nike has launched self-lacing trainers, which fit themselves to the shape of the foot and are controlled via a smartphone.
Top Stories for the Week of January 9, 2019
- 1,313
- Apple has been ordered to remove some iPhone models from its stores in Germany over a patent dispute with chip giant Qualcomm.
- Windows 10 Home edition will finally let you turn off automatic updates.
- AI could reduce the tech in your smartphone
- A hidden world in the NES ‘Legend of Zelda’ was just uncovered ... 30 years later
Top Stories for the Week of January 2, 2019
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- Several US newspapers suffered major printing and delivery disruptions on Saturday following a cyber-attack.
- India will ban ecommerce companies such as Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart from selling products from companies in which they have an equity interest.
- The first autonomous freight train network is fully operational.
- Elon Musk claims to be "on track" for a 2026 Mars colony mission – and reveals who will be on board the first trips.
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New Every Day
Join Jeff Weston and Pastor Lawrence Crews as they sit down for a practical heart to heart conversation each week exploring everyday life as a Christian in today's society.
Eternity to Eternity: Understanding Hell
- Episode 175
- December 7, 2018
- 221
This week Lawrence welcomes special guest Craig Pitts, author of Eternity to Eternity before a live audience. In our discussion on Hades, we'll come to understand hell, and what it actually means to spend eternity there.
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Talkback #2 - God's Grace, Marijuana, and Being Bored for Eternity
- Nov 30, 2018
- 1,417
Talkback #1 - Church and Unanswered Prayer
- Nov 23, 2018
- 1,409
Happy Thanksgiving
- Nov 16, 2018
- 1,427
Acronyms and the Christian Walk
- Nov 9, 2018
- 1,438
The Authority of The Word of God
- Episode 21
- September 4, 2015
- 340,736
Being an effective witness for Christ starts with one truth: the Bible is the infallible Word of Almighty God. Join Carrie Webb, along with her father and guest, Rob Webb, as we explore the divine nature of the Word of God.
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Jesus' Claims to Deity
- Sep 11, 2015
- 339,211
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 2
- Aug 28, 2015
- 339,124
Mental Illness & Jesus: Part 1
- Aug 21, 2015
- 337,738
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- Sep 18, 2015
- 336,666
The Pixel Shadow
Minetest (The Free Minecraft Alternative) runs on Linux, Mac and Windows, and we'll show you how to play.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate with Piranha Plant DLC
- Episode 26
- February 3, 2019
- 117
The new Piranha Plant DLC is out, and Mortimer (Zech), Daddo (Robbie) and Blackout (Liam) play Super Smash Bros Ultimate, featuring the new Piranha Plant downloadable content.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - TPS Let's Play Nintendo Switch
- Jan 1, 2019
- 362
Discovering Xanadu
- Apr 23, 2017
- 5,682
The Mysterious Room
- Apr 9, 2017
- 3,515
Surviving TPS-Domes with BaldNerd (Part 4)
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4,473
The Basic Survival House in Minetest
- Episode 1
- December 6, 2015
- 149,562
On the first episode of #thepixelshadow we'll get things started with the basics of Minetest with a simple goal: to build a house using nothing but resources which we've chopped down, dug up or crafted in survival mode! Here are the main topics of this episode: - Mining wood and stone. - Crafting wood sticks. - How to make wooden planks. - Crafting a furnace. - Smelting glass from sand. - Granting fast and fly privileges. - Making a pickaxe. - Crafting fancy doors using VanessaE's Home Decor mod. - Crafting a storage chest. - Crafting ladders. - Crafting a survival house. Hope you enjoy the show! Please give us a thumbs up, subscribe and share!
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- Jan 3, 2016
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VanessaE's Public "Creative Building" Server in Minetest
- Jan 10, 2016
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Protect Your Structures in Minetest
- Jan 17, 2016
- 143,039
Our First Build Battle
- Jan 24, 2016
- 138,598
Immersive Nature Sounds
Relax, study or work with peaceful natural sounds recorded in 360 VR.
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