A weekly podcast by your friends in tech
Happy Boxing Day, mates! As a special holiday treat, Rae and Rad recorded a cheeky extra 2022 episode for y'all. Rae returns to the Apple AirPods Pro to talk about a surprising function - helping with her hearing. Meanwhile Rad takes a run at the Samsung 32-inch Odyssey Neo G85B Curved QLED UHD Gaming Monitor. [...]
iOS 16 is now officially here! So this week Tegan (who has cheekily been using it since the dev beta) runs through her top 3 features so far. And if you're wondering about the iPhone 14, the Queens got their hands on a few models so stay tuned for our review in the near future. [...]
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 [...]
This episode Rae very legally tests a Unagi electric scooter while Rad and Amanda try two Samsung products that aren't the Galaxy S22: the Samsung Freestyle projector and the Odyssey G7 monitor. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/239-queens-of-the-drone-age-80153356 Show Notes More on the Unagi electric scooterAlso the laws around e-scooters are complicated and vary between statesLast year the transport minister [...]
In this episode the Queens take a look at some of the weirdest and coolest tech at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). No spoilers but what if invisible headphones, a terrifying digitised face mask and a nibbling plush toy? And it absolutely gets worse. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/239-queens-of-the-drone-age-80153356 Show Notes We love Bob the DishwasherInvisibles headphones wtf?Okay [...]
The Queens are back for their second year and you're very welcome. They catch up on what they've been up to, including some fancy smart speakers, indie game Lake, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE and the Roccat torch microphone. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/239-queens-of-the-drone-age-80153356 Show Notes More on the fancy Jays S-Living One speaker Rad reviewedTegan's full review of [...]
Something must be in the water because this week the Queens have some gadget beef. And boy are they displeased. Rae describes her frustration with Google Nest Cams while Tegan is emotionally scarred by the Microsoft Surface Go 3. Fortunately, Rad has been having a pretty good time with latest foldy boy, the Samsung Galaxy [...]
The Queens have been extra busy this week! Amanda has been up late watching the Dota 2 International, Rad has been using a new cycling app and Tegan has been playing with the new Nintendo Switch OLED. Meanwhile Rae has blessed her household with her first microwave in a decade. This episode was sponsored by [...]
This week the Queens get in the bin to talk e-waste. What are big companies like Apple and Samsung are doing about the growing problem and hungry little microorganisms might be able to help. Meanwhile, Rae tries the new Facebook x Ray-Ban smart glasses and Tegan plays with a new De'Longhi manual coffee machine. This [...]
This week the Queens explore retro-futurism, including a 'house of the future' from 1950s Disneyland, electro-shock haircuts, Lunar Olympics and what the 1890s thought VR cycling might look like. But before going back to the future, Rae gets excited over a bacteria-killing earbuds case, Rad gets real specific about the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and [...]
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