Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
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Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
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Spark 170 – January 29 & February 1, 2012
27 January 2012 5:34 PM | 10 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Venus slowdown puzzles planetary scientists
- McGuinty backs Wi-Fi in schools
- GPS-jamming U.S. broadband network halted
- Online privacy erosion dismays critics
- U.S. weighs steep nuclear arms cuts
- Electric cars can handle Canadian winter
- Environment group testifies on charities' tax status
- Online surveillance bill targets child porn: Toews
- Zynga reports $435M US loss
- Groups to take Ottawa to court over vanishing sage grouse
crowdsourcing Archive
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Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
Posted on February 3, 2012 | 4 CommentsThis week on Spark - Get out your history books! We’ll find out why the internet may be ready for its Magna Carta moment. How to deal with the convergence of public freedom and private governance online, and what we need to do to protect the internet as a positive force. -
Spark 164 – December 4 & 7, 2011
Posted on December 2, 2011 | 18 CommentsThis week on Spark - Hackers on the moon, shaking things up in computer science, and translating the entire web into every major language, using nothing but volunteers. -
Full Interview: Luis von Ahn on Duolingo
Posted on November 30, 2011 | 15 CommentsYou may not know Luis von Ahn by name, but if you’re online, you’ve almost certainly encountered his work. Luis invented CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA — those squiggly words and letters... -
![Credibility, FOMO, and Retrieval. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/spark_20110522_65211.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Tweet-Cloud-1.jpg "Spark 149 – May 22 & 25, 2011")
Spark 149 – May 22 & 25, 2011
Posted on May 20, 2011 | 7 CommentsCredibility, FOMO, and Retrieval. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/spark_20110522_65211.mp3|width=160] -
Do You Have Privacy Questions for Facebook?
Posted on May 21, 2010 | 7 CommentsOn next week’s show, I’ll be speaking to a representative from Facebook. We’d like to talk about people’s privacy concerns, particularly in light of the recent changes Facebook has put...