Qubits Cause Podcast Cancer

Miles is getting sheep, Lyle cuts grass with a scythe, Aussies share a great brain cancer study, podcasts are popular, game reviewer gaming the YouTube Content ID, and more geek news of the week.

Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn’t Listening

Promotion within iTunes, which is still one of the only reliable ways to build an audience, particularly for a new show, is decided by a small team that fields pitches and does its own outreach. Interviews with people inside and outside the company make it clear that Apple

A 29-Year Study Has Found No Link Between Brain Cancer and Cellphones

The study examines the incidence of brain cancer in the Australian population between 1982 to 2013. The study pitted the prevalence of mobile phones among the population

Game Critic Uses Brilliant Workaround For YouTube's Copyright Bullshit 

The problem is, Content ID is often abused by YouTubers who try to lay claim to footage that isn

User ratings are unreliable, and we fail to account for that

User ratings are often a good way to make choices about a purchase, but they come with some inherent weaknesses. For a start, they suffer badly

IBM opens first quantum computer cloud

On Wednesday, IBM scientists will make a quantum computer available to the public as a cloud service for the first time.

Though the cloud service is geared mostly toward scientists and students, anyone interested in this strange new computer will be able to give it a try, Jerry Chow, one of the scientists leading the project, tells Business Insider.

The IBM Quantum Experience represents the birth of quantum cloud computing, offering students, researchers, and general science enthusiasts hands-on access to IBM

The End of Prison Visitation

You may have heard of the


Episode 19 of the 16th season.