A weekly podcast by your friends in tech
With more and more of our lives being lived online, the way we represent ourselves in digital spaces is becoming more complex. While many of us have been using avatars and connecting with online representation for years, the looming metaverses of the future raises an array of important questions. Is it okay to wander around [...]
In this catch up, Rad tells the Queens about her recent trip to Coonabarabran, NSW, to check out the Huntsman Telescope - the first (and only!) of its kind in the southern hemisphere (which you could technically built yourself for a cool $30k). She also got to take a Canon R7 mirrorless camera with her, [...]
Apps are great, except for when they're not. And some are just downright dodgy. So in this ep the Queens put some unethical apps under the microscope - such as Noom - as well as some of the practices that have allowed them to stay live and make money on the App Store and Google [...]
The Queens are bestowing quite the mixed bag on y'all this week. Rad reviews the very fancy SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless headset, which comes with not one but two swappable batteries. And on the gaming front, Rae checks out wholesome farm and witchy sim Wylde Flowers. Meanwhile, Tegan takes issue with BMW announcing a [...]
In the wake of the Roe vs Wade being overturned there has been renewed discussion around data security and privacy. So the Queens talk some of the things you can do to keep your phone and computer data more secure - from VPNs and end-to-end encryption to signal blocking Faraday bags for your device. They [...]
In this episode Rad and Tegan are left to their own devices, quite literally. Tegan breathes heavily over the brand new flagship Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones while Rad takes a look at the much smaller Sony LinkBuds S - the ones without the hole in them. Rad also adds to her Vibe Kingdom with the Philips [...]
It's time to get haunted, folks. In this episode the Queens go on a tour of one of Australia's most haunted locations - the Q Station at Manly. Armed with some ghost hunting tech and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, they try their hardest to record a ghost without actually bringing one home. This episode [...]
In this episode the Queens are delving into fitness tech, going beyond just exercise tracking. They chat about accelerometer and GPS tech and how analytics and vitals monitoring brought Tegan and Rad peace of mind during Covid. Amanda also looks at sleep tracking while Rae swears she isn't possessed. This episode is sponsored by Whoop. [...]
Another week, another gadget chat! In this episode Tegan gets the fancy new Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 in her ear holes. Meanwhile Rad compares two wireless charger bluetooth speaker combos - the Laser Fabric and Tivoli Revive. Amanda also shares her latest Facebook Marketplace find - an 11 year old steam cleaner - and [...]
The Queens are chocker block full of gadgets this week! Rad and Tegan have been trying the new baby iPhone SE (2022) and argue in favour of small phones while Rae falls in love with a new red PlayStation 5 console cover. Meanwhile, Amanda uses a Mitsubishi dehumidifier after her house flooded and Tegan takes [...]
Queens of the Drone Age 