Allison interviews Gabi Iorio, Director of Global Marketing and Sales at Hyper, about a couple of their new products: an SSD4 enclosure and a haptic trackpad. The HyperDrive Next USB4 SSD Enclosure is compatible with M.2 NVMe SSDs and supports 40Gps transfer speeds. Constructed with 100% recycled aluminum, it has an IP55 rating and provides […]
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CES 2026: Strutt Smart Personal Everyday Vehicle EV1
Allison interviews Tony Hong, Founder and CEO of Strutt, about their smart personal everyday vehicle, the EV1. The EV1 is a modern, four-wheeled battery-powered mobility scooter with a black padded seat and backrest, elevated armrests with integrated controls, and a compact, sturdy base. It has thick tires with suspension, a foot platform, and a sleek, […]
Continue readingCES 2026: NWRF Safe Battery Disposal Campaign
Allison interviews Genevieve O’Sullivan from the National Waste & Recycling Foundation (NWRF) about their new campaign, which encourages consumers to dispose of batteries safely. Woodsy Owl, credited for promoting the slogan, “Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute!” in the 1970s, has returned from a hiatus to help promote this campaign for the National Waste & Recycling […]
Continue readingHow Did I So Badly Bork Last Week’s Show?
If your podcatching client grabbed the NosillaCast feed between 6:18 PM and 10:55 PM Pacific Time last Sunday night, the 18th of January, you will have noticed that I made a dog’s dinner out of the audio. I thought you might like to learn exactly how I borked it up so badly, and what it […]
Continue readingCES 2026: On Sprinkler Lawn & Garden Smart Sprinkler
Allison interviews Anthony Riou from On Group about the On Sprinkler, a compact and portable smart sprinkler system controlled using a mobile app. On Sprinkler is designed to sprinkle irregularly shaped yards and gardens. The sprinkler device is stationary and has a gimbaled head that swivels in azimuth and a nozzle that rotates in elevation, […]
Continue readingCES 2026: Withings Body Scan 2 Smart Scale
Allison interviews Caroline Lagarde, Product Manager from Withings, about the Body Scan 2, their latest smart scale. Withings considers Body Scan 2 as more than just a smart scale, but instead a connected health station due to the numerous biomarkers it measures. The Body Scan 2 has a built-in handle that is connected to the […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 18 January 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Some context for a story we covered many times in 2025: Amazon blocked 1,800 employment attempts by North Korean agents — cyberinsider.com/… Yet another reason to steer clear of VS Code forks: VSCode IDE […]
Continue readingSpelunking Hidden Applications on macOS — Panel Editor
When I explained to you how I mind mapped all of System Settings for macOS 26, I stumbled across some applications hidden in macOS that I’d never seen before. I explained that while I knew about those in /Applications/Utilities (which some folks may not have realized were there), I’d found some buried even deeper. I […]
Continue readingCES 2026: Birdfy Smart Bird Feeders
Allison interviews Prima Shi, Chief Marketing Officer of Birdfy, about their array of currently available smart bird feeders and fountains, along with the yet-to-be-released Hum Bloom smart hummingbird feeder. Prima shows the Hum Bloom, Birdfy’s newest smart hummingbird feeder. It is the world’s first hummingbird feeder that provides 4K/120fps video as well as high-resolution photos. […]
Continue readingCES 2026: Aerleum Synthetic Fuels Made From Air
Allison interviews Steven Bardey from Aerleum about their hardware and processes that convert chemicals found in ordinary air to usable fuels. Using a mockup, Steven explained how an Aerleum reactor can take CO2 out of the air and combine it with green hydrogen (H2) to make methanol. The cost of producing methanol using the Aerleum […]
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