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Weekly tech news with hardware-level skepticism.
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F5 Live: Refreshing Technology covers the week’s consumer tech news with a live, conversational rhythm. Recent episodes move from Windows on ARM and laptop repairability to Xbox rumors, streaming ads, AI copyright rulings, and platform lawsuits.
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About F5 Live: Refreshing Technology (Audio)
F5 Live: Refreshing Technology is a weekly tech roundup with the cadence of a live studio conversation. It covers big platform stories, but it does not stay at press-release altitude for long. A segment might start with Apple ignoring a court order, Meta defending acquisitions, or streaming companies leaning into AI ads. Then it can pivot into the practical consequences for users, developers, gamers, and hardware buyers. The show’s strongest mode is informed tech chatter with receipts from lived experience. Windows on ARM, Linux software support, accessory software compatibility, and SteamOS all become part of a larger discussion about what platforms can actually sustain. Hardware talk gets specific. Recent episodes compare laptop weight, screen color, ports, battery claims, repairability, RAM upgrades, SSD access, and AI performance metrics. The hosts are comfortable questioning marketing language while still leaving room for genuine improvement. Gaming is another recurring anchor, especially around Xbox, Steam, handheld PCs, launchers, and subscription interfaces. AI shows up from several angles: local workloads, copyright rulings, AI social networks, creative tools, and ad systems. Legal and policy stories also matter, including lawsuits, search disputes, liability questions, and streaming levies. The tone is plainspoken and lightly skeptical. It can be technical, but it usually stays grounded in what a normal buyer, viewer, or player would notice. The live format gives the show some looseness, including community prompts, product-review teases, event coverage, and occasional housekeeping about where the audience can watch. It is best for listeners who want a wide tech-news sweep with enough detail to be useful. It is less about hot takes than pattern recognition: what companies are signaling, what products are promising, and what might actually matter once the hype clears.
Made for: For tech followers who track gadgets, gaming, AI, platforms, and media policy, and who appreciate practical details alongside industry headlines.
What sets it apart: The show pairs broad weekly tech news with hands-on hardware context, live audience interaction, and event coverage. It treats platform rumors, product claims, and legal fights as connected parts of the same consumer tech ecosystem.
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Hosted by Scott Ertz and Avram Piltch, F5 Live: Refreshing Technology is a livecast covering the worlds of gadgets, gaming, internet, and media. Each weekly show airs live on Sunday nights at 9p eastern time at http://www.f5live.tv/joinus, allowing the audience to chat with the hosts live on the air and ask questions about the topics discussed on the show. After each episode goes off the air, the audio and video are then uploaded and are available for download through any number of services by Monday morning. The crew also travels the country to cover special events and conventions from the International CES to Star Wars: Celebration. Special shows air throughout the week of the events and c…
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
F5 Live connects technology headlines to the hardware details, privacy consequences, and compatibility problems that shape how products actually work.
F5 Live: Refreshing Technology (Audio) turns a broad technology-news rundown into a conversation about what industry moves mean in practice. Scott Ertz and Avram Piltch move comfortably between corporate disputes and consumer hardware, connecting Apple's court fight, Meta's…
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- the screen numbers and repairability details before you get attached to a laptop
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Episodes
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December 19, 2022 - Episode 639
·1h 53m - 2
The Rising Costs of Technology: Price and Privacy - Episode 674
·1h 45m - 3
Future Tech Spotlight: Delivery, Gaming, and AI's Legal Frontier | Episode 673
·1h 36m - 4
Tech Turmoil & Triumphs: From Sonos Stumbles to Alexa+ Awesomeness - Episode 672
·2h 8m - 5
Nuclear Revival to AI Social Networks: Tech’s Latest Frontiers - Episode 671
·1h 39m - 6
Breaking Down the Big Tech Battles - Episode 670
·1h 48m - 7
Tech Turbulence: From Cooking Apps to Court Battles - Episode 669
·1h 47m - 8
The Complete Meltdown of Computers Around the World - Episode 668
·1h 51m - 9
The End of the Road for Devices and Security - Episode 667
·1h 35m - 10
Streaming Sports and AI Spying - Episode 666
·1h 47m - 11
Failures and Bannings - Episode 665
·1h 54m - 12
Tech Dreams: Death and Rebirth - Episode 664
·1h 55m - 13
Lawsuits and Shutdowns Abound - Episode 663
·1h 56m - 14
Layoffs, Lies, and Mergers - Episode 662
·1h 48m - 15
Truth and Consequence - Episode 661
·1h 47m - 16
The Ever-Changing Modern World - Episode 660
·1h 39m - 17
Failed Project and New Beginnings - Episode 659
·1h 46m - 18
Rough Beginnings and Ends - Episode 658
·1h 49m - 19
New Products and Legal Battles - Episode 657
·1h 46m - 20
Strikes and Lawsuits Affecting Your Life - Episode 656
·1h 54m - 21
The Results of Bad Decision-Making - Episode 655
·2h 1m - 22
September 10, 2023 - Episode 654
·1h 52m - 23
September 4, 2023 - Episode 653
·1h 47m - 24
August 13, 2023 - Episode 652
·2h 6m - 25
July 16, 2023 - Episode 651
·1h 38m - 26
July 9, 2023 - Episode 650
·2h - 27
June 11, 2023 - Episode 649
·2h 7m - 28
June 4, 2023 - Episode 648
·1h 48m - 29
May 23, 2023 - Episode 647
·1h 33m - 30
May 1, 2023 - Episode 646
·1h 50m - 31
April 23, 2023 - Episode 645
·1h 47m - 32
April 17, 2023 - Episode 644
·1h 44m - 33
April 2, 2023 - Episode 643
·1h 46m - 34
March 5, 2023 - Episode 642
·1h 50m - 35
February 5, 2023 - Episode 641
·1h 37m - 36
January 29, 2023 - Episode 640
·2h 10m - 37
Market Dominance and User Privacy - Episode 675
·1h 15m - 38
December 4, 2022 - Episode 638
·1h 43m - 39
November 20, 2022 - Episode 637
·1h 45m - 40
November 13, 2022 - Episode 636
·1h 56m - 41
October 23, 2022 - Episode 635
·1h 14m - 42
October 16, 2022 - Episode 634
·1h 23m - 43
October 9, 2022 - Episode 633
·1h 5m - 44
September 18, 2022 - Episode 632
·1h 13m - 45
August 28, 2022 - Episode 631
·1h 42m - 46
August 21, 2022 - Episode 630
·1h 35m - 47
August 14, 2022 - Episode 629
·1h 58m - 48
August 7, 2022 - Episode 628
·1h 38m - 49
August 2, 2022 - Episode 627
·1h 18m - 50
July 17, 2022 - Episode 626
·1h 25m - 51
June 26, 2022 - Episode 625
·1h 17m - 52
June 13, 2022 - Episode 624
·1h 32m - 53
June 5, 2022 - Episode 623
·1h 49m - 54
April 24, 2022 - Episode 622
·1h 52m - 55
April 3, 2022 - Episode 621
·1h 30m - 56
March 27, 2022 - Episode 620
·1h 36m - 57
March 6, 2022 - Episode 618
·1h 32m - 58
February 6, 2022 - Episode 617
·1h 38m - 59
January 16, 2022 - Episode 615
·1h 25m - 60
December 19, 2021 - Episode 614
·1h 30m - 61
December 14, 2021 - Episode 613
·1h 25m - 62
December 6, 2021 - Episode 612
·1h 45m - 63
November 21, 2021 - Episode 611
·1h 22m - 64
November 14, 2021 - Episode 610
·1h 44m - 65
November 7, 2021 - Episode 609
·1h 19m - 66
October 31, 2021 - Episode 608
·1h 30m - 67
October 25, 2021 - Episode 607
·1h 31m - 68
October 19, 2021 - Episode 606
·1h 23m - 69
October 11, 2021 - Episode 605
·1h 24m - 70
September 27, 2021 - Episode 604
·1h 32m - 71
September 5, 2021 - Episode 603
·1h 24m - 72
August 22, 2021 Episode 602
·1h 28m - 73
August 15, 2021 - Episode 601
·1h 24m - 74
August 1, 2021 - Episode 600
·1h 27m - 75
July 18, 2021 - Episode 599
·1h 45m - 76
July 12, 2021 - Episode 598
·1h 34m - 77
June 27, 2021 - Episode 597
·1h 54m - 78
June 6, 2021 - Episode 596
·1h 15m - 79
May 30, 2021 - Episode 595
·1h 21m - 80
May 16, 2021 - Episode 594
·1h 20m - 81
May 2, 2021 - Episode 593
·1h 22m - 82
April 18, 2021 - Episode 592
·1h 21m - 83
March 28, 2021 - Episode 591
·1h 40m - 84
March 21, 2021 - Episode 590
·1h 22m - 85
March 7, 2021 - Episode 589
·1h 31m - 86
February 21, 2021 - Episode 588
·1h 33m - 87
February 14, 2021 - Episode 587
·1h 36m - 88
January 31, 2021 - Episode 586
·1h 28m - 89
January 24, 2021 - Episode 585
·1h 33m - 90
CES 2021 Pre-Show - Episode 584
·1h 31m - 91
December 20, 2020 - Episode 583
·1h 31m - 92
December 13, 2020 - Episode 582
·1h 34m - 93
December 6, 2020 - Episode 581
·1h 37m - 94
December 2, 2020 - Episode 580
·1h 19m - 95
November 15, 2020 - Episode 579
·1h 40m - 96
November 1, 2020 - Episode 578
·1h 17m - 97
October 25, 2020 - Episode 577
·1h 44m - 98
October 11, 2020 - Episode 576
·1h 34m - 99
March 14, 2022 - Episode 619
A weekly live tech news show covering gadgets, gaming, internet, and media, with audience interaction.
·1h 12m - 100
January 23, 2022 - Episode 616
This episode covers Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, the IRS using biometric data, and YouTube's push for original content.
·1h 27m - 101
Market Dominance and User Privacy - Episode 675
Hidden gemValve said the Steam breach exposed only expired two-factor texts, making the leak effectively useless.
May 18, 2025·1h 15m·2 clips - 102
The Rising Costs of Technology: Price and Privacy - Episode 674
Hidden gemWindows Recall rolls out to Windows insiders after nearly a year, and Abram Pilch says his tests found it still captured Social Security numbers, passwords, and PDF fields.
Apr 13, 2025·1h 45m·2 clips - 103
Future Tech Spotlight: Delivery, Gaming, and AI's Legal Frontier | Episode 673
Episode 673 of F5 Live: Refreshing Technology, recorded March 23rd 2025, is a consumer tech news roundup hosted by Scott and Avram covering five stories.
Mar 23, 2025·1h 36m·5 clips - 104
Tech Turmoil & Triumphs: From Sonos Stumbles to Alexa+ Awesomeness - Episode 672
Mar 16, 2025·2h 8m - 105
Nuclear Revival to AI Social Networks: Tech’s Latest Frontiers - Episode 671
Episode 671 of F5 Live: Refreshing Technology, recorded September 22nd 2024, covers Microsoft's deal to reopen Three Mile Island's Unit 1 reactor to power its AI data centers by 2028, the environmental cost of AI (three bottles of water per 100 words of GPT-4 output, energy usage now exceeding all of crypto history), and Intel's Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V architecture which permanently caps laptop RAM at 32GB by embedding memory on the chip.
Sep 22, 2024·1h 39m·5 clips - 106
Breaking Down the Big Tech Battles - Episode 670
Hidden gemLenovo's ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 hit "21 hours and 3 minutes" on a web-browsing battery test.
Sep 1, 2024·1h 48m·2 clips - 107
Tech Turbulence: From Cooking Apps to Court Battles - Episode 669
F5 Live episode 669 opens with ANOVA charging new accounts $2 monthly or $10 annually for remote sous-vide app features.
Aug 18, 2024·1h 47m·2 clips - 108
The Complete Meltdown of Computers Around the World - Episode 668
F5 Live episode 668 opens with a CrowdStrike outage teaser and examines FCC phone-unlocking rules alongside web hosting.
Jul 21, 2024·1h 51m·2 clips - 109
The End of the Road for Devices and Security - Episode 667
F5 Live episode 667, dated July 7, 2024, covers Amazon ending its Astro robot project and Avram Pilch testing Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs.
Jul 7, 2024·1h 35m·2 clips - 110
Streaming Sports and AI Spying - Episode 666
Hidden gemOn F5 Live episode 666, Abram Pilch and Scott examine AI-related privacy concerns and Google's rollout of AI Overviews in the United States.
May 19, 2024·1h 47m·2 clips - 111
Failures and Bannings - Episode 665
Apple reportedly cut Vision Pro shipments after stores sold roughly two or three units weekly, far below Apple’s expectations.
Apr 28, 2024·1h 54m·2 clips - 112
Tech Dreams: Death and Rebirth - Episode 664
Apr 14, 2024·1h 55m - 113
Lawsuits and Shutdowns Abound - Episode 663
Mar 17, 2024·1h 56m - 114
Layoffs, Lies, and Mergers - Episode 662
Mar 3, 2024·1h 48m - 115
Truth and Consequence - Episode 661
Feb 4, 2024·1h 47m - 116
The Ever-Changing Modern World - Episode 660
Dec 18, 2023·1h 39m - 117
Failed Project and New Beginnings - Episode 659
Dec 3, 2023·1h 46m - 118
Rough Beginnings and Ends - Episode 658
Nov 12, 2023·1h 49m - 119
New Products and Legal Battles - Episode 657
Nov 5, 2023·1h 46m - 120
Strikes and Lawsuits Affecting Your Life - Episode 656
Oct 1, 2023·1h 54m - 121
The Results of Bad Decision-Making - Episode 655
Sep 19, 2023·2h 1m - 122
September 10, 2023 - Episode 654
Sep 10, 2023·1h 52m - 123
September 4, 2023 - Episode 653
Sep 4, 2023·1h 47m - 124
August 13, 2023 - Episode 652
Aug 13, 2023·2h 6m - 125
July 16, 2023 - Episode 651
Jul 16, 2023·1h 38m - 126
July 9, 2023 - Episode 650
Jul 9, 2023·2h - 127
June 11, 2023 - Episode 649
Jun 11, 2023·2h 7m - 128
June 4, 2023 - Episode 648
Jun 4, 2023·1h 48m - 129
May 23, 2023 - Episode 647
May 23, 2023·1h 33m - 130
May 1, 2023 - Episode 646
May 1, 2023·1h 50m - 131
April 23, 2023 - Episode 645
Apr 23, 2023·1h 47m - 132
April 17, 2023 - Episode 644
Apr 17, 2023·1h 44m - 133
April 2, 2023 - Episode 643
Apr 2, 2023·1h 46m - 134
March 5, 2023 - Episode 642
Mar 5, 2023·1h 50m - 135
February 5, 2023 - Episode 641
Feb 5, 2023·1h 37m - 136
January 29, 2023 - Episode 640
Jan 29, 2023·2h 10m - 137
December 19, 2022 - Episode 639
Dec 19, 2022·1h 53m - 138
December 4, 2022 - Episode 638
Dec 4, 2022·1h 43m - 139
November 20, 2022 - Episode 637
Nov 20, 2022·1h 45m - 140
November 13, 2022 - Episode 636
Nov 13, 2022·1h 56m - 141
October 23, 2022 - Episode 635
A weekly tech news roundup covering Elon Musk's job cuts, Parler filing, and a first-generation iPhone sold for over $39,000.
Oct 23, 2022·1h 14m - 142
October 16, 2022 - Episode 634
A weekly live tech news show covering stories about Elon Musk selling perfume, Netflix setting up in New Jersey, and Apple withholding benefits from union workers.
Oct 17, 2022·1h 23m - 143
October 9, 2022 - Episode 633
A weekly live tech news show covering stories about Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and Kim Kardashian.
Oct 12, 2022·1h 5m - 144
September 18, 2022 - Episode 632
A weekly live tech news show covering EVGA dropping NVIDIA, Nintendo adding N64 games, Uber's security issues, and Amazon's NFL deal.
Sep 18, 2022·1h 13m - 145
August 28, 2022 - Episode 631
Aug 28, 2022·1h 42m - 146
August 21, 2022 - Episode 630
Aug 21, 2022·1h 35m - 147
August 14, 2022 - Episode 629
Aug 17, 2022·1h 58m - 148
August 7, 2022 - Episode 628
Aug 7, 2022·1h 38m - 149
August 2, 2022 - Episode 627
A weekly live tech news show covering new chips from Arizona, TikTok's gaming push, and Instagram changes.
Aug 2, 2022·1h 18m - 150
July 17, 2022 - Episode 626
This episode covers tech news including PlayStation Stars, Celsius controversy, and potential Microsoft acquisition of Netflix.
Jul 17, 2022·1h 25m