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Tech talk with everyday skepticism.
Radio Star FM "Zoopastas" tehnoloģiju rubrika treats technology as radio conversation: loose, current, skeptical, and rooted in ordinary life. Recent episodes move from foldable Samsung phones and Apple laptops to Waze voices, Spotify AI, school phone bans, robotic mowers, and customs rules for imported gadgets.
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Radio Star FM "Zoopastas" tehnoloģiju rubrika is a Latvian radio technology segment built around lively studio conversation and recurring check-ins with Kristaps Skutelis. It moves fast. The show is not trying to sound like a formal tech briefing, and that is the point. Product news arrives through jokes, interruptions, personal examples, and quick tests of what a device or feature might mean in real life. Recent episodes spend time with Samsung foldables, Galaxy watches, Apple laptops, Nothing headphones, smart TVs, mobile data habits, Waze voices, Spotify features, Proton services, and AI tools. The conversations often begin somewhere casual, then tighten around a practical question. Would a smaller foldable phone actually feel useful? Is a novelty navigation voice funny after one trip? Does an entry-level Apple laptop make sense for school-age users? Can AI-made film or music hold interest if the idea still feels borrowed? That blend of curiosity and doubt gives the segment its shape. It is interested in gadgets, but it is just as interested in behavior around gadgets. School phone bans become a parenting and classroom discussion. Self-checkout age verification turns into a small story about Smart-ID and buying restricted drinks. Robotic lawn mowers lead to animal safety, pet behavior, and the limits of home automation. Travel shopping, import rules, Japan tax refunds, and device compatibility become part of the same practical map. The show also has a local ear. Latvian mobile data use, city cycling and scooter safety, retailer experiences, and familiar apps sit beside Apple, Samsung, NASA, Spotify, OpenAI, and FIFA-branded hardware. AI is a recurring pressure point, treated neither as magic nor as a joke. It is examined through playlists, learning tools, image and film creation, workplace products, and public lectures about brains and artificial intelligence. The tone stays conversational, occasionally amused, and often skeptical in a useful way. For listeners who want tech news filtered through everyday life, it offers a compact, human, and current rhythm.
Made for: Best for Latvian-speaking listeners who follow consumer tech, apps, AI, and digital policy but prefer conversational radio energy over formal analysis. It suits people who want gadget news connected to driving, school, shopping, work, pets, and family routines.
What sets it apart: The segment stands out by making big platform and device stories feel local and lived-in. It treats technology as something that interrupts normal life, not as a clean parade of launches and specifications.
Iknedēļas tehnoloģiju jaunumi radio Star FM ēterā kopā ar Baibu Sipenieci Gavari un Jāni Romanovski.
Waze's boy-band directions are the on-ramp to the technology briefing your group chat forgot.
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Stylish headphones, hedgehogs, and NotebookLM keep this tech chat moving.
Nothing Headphone A gets a practical, hands-on look here, with the sound put through Vivaldi, Dead Can Dance, Jay-Z, and Metallica. The battery is said to last up to five days, and the design is treated as something meant to look good, not just do the job.
A practical look at outsourced IT maintenance, from triage to around-the-clock coverage.
The discussion frames IT maintenance as a practical choice about where responsibility should sit, with the service partner stepping in when one in-house administrator is no longer enough.
Commerce strategy for the changing shelf.
Host Jack Rhysider narrates true hacking, breach, and privacy stories from the people involved.
David Pierce and Verge staffers cover AI industry news, gadgets, and tech policy weekly.
Long-form interviews on AI coding agents, infrastructure, and security, plus a recurring SED News roundup.
Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
Star FM "Zoopasta" #663 covers Apple and OpenAI's reported gadget collaboration with designer Johnny Ive.
Kristaps Skutelis previews Samsung foldables, Google's August Pixel launch, and a possible September foldable iPhone.
Apple ceļ MacBook un iPad cenas par 100–200 eiro mākslīgā intelekta atmiņas čipu pieprasījuma dēļ.
Kristaps Kutels joins the studio and starts with a hands-on look at Nothing Headphone A.
This episode discusses NASA's recent hiring of astronauts for the Artemis missions, focusing on plans to fly around the moon and addressing conspiracy theories about lunar exploration.
The hosts discuss technology issues including phone installations, automatic time zones, and the new Samsung Galaxy S26 series enabling data transfer to iPhones via AirDrop.
This episode discusses how psychiatrists in Silicon Valley view autism spectrum diagnoses as a concentration of talented individuals rather than an illness, exploring its historical and contemporary implications.
The hosts discuss the new Apple MacBook Neo, its features, price, and potential impact on school youth in Latvia.
This episode features an interview with Aigars Nords, a key figure in the Riga Marathon, discussing the technological advancements, particularly timing chips, that have revolutionized marathon organization and participant tracking.
Kristaps Kutelis is in studio with Datacom Service Group Director Ingus Mikuda.
This episode discusses how to save and efficiently use solar energy by storing it in batteries and converting it to electricity with Enefit, focusing on green energy and electric vehicle charging.
This episode features an interview with Anna Anderson, a key figure in Latvia's startup scene who founded Riga Tech Girls to help women learn tech skills and change lives.
This episode discusses Latvia's new cyber security regulations and their implications for businesses, featuring an interview with a Data.com product development specialist.