Self-taught Novice

This week in a shock move criticised by many, the Central Bank of Nigeria banned all crypto transactions. The boys in this episode discuss at length, what this might mean for a country that was only beginning to fully take advantage of cryptocurrency and Africa's biggest crypto trader by volume. Additionally, news of Nigeria failing to meet standards for Pfizer emergency vaccine doses as well as chatter about the new app ; CLUBHOUSE taking exclusive audio content to a different level is looked at in this episode.

It's been quite the week on Wallstreet and in tech. Retail investors wreak havoc on hedge funds having short positions on stocks like AMC, Gamestop, Nokia and Blackberry, forcing them to bleed out billions in just days and Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are sparring over who gets to place satellites into orbit. As always the boys try to cut out the noise on these stories in this episode.

In this episode of STN the boys discuss purchase decisions when getting a laptop. They look at operating systems, RAM sizes, memory and whether or not you need a dedicated GPU.

In this episode of STN, Eli joins the boys as they discuss some of the week's biggest stories like EgyptAir partnering Ghana Gov't to create a new national carrier, AOC going on twitch to encourage people to register and vote, the new all electric Supertruck from Hummer with a "crab mode" and the US government's lawsuit against Google.

In this episode of STN, the boys talk Apple event, Facebook's surprising plan to completely political ads, Slack introducing stories feature for users working from home, Microsoft Edge stepping up the browser wars against Chrome with some exciting new features and PS5 trademark debacle in India makes headlines.

It's the big 50! In this episode of STN, it's a full house as the boys are joined by some pioneering members of the team that made it all possible. They talk about everything. From the early days of the company, podcast , big projects and experiences all in commemoration of half a century of published audio content.

In this episode, the boys give special attention to these local stories in technology. Government collaborates big with Huawei to construct 2000 rural star sites for remote parts of the country, NSS acquires drones for personnel to bolster production on their farms and DVLA chalks up their improved operational capacity to investment in technology.

In this episode of STN, the boys discuss Amazon doubling down on consumer hardware innovation by releasing new game-changing tech for the home together with the surprise LUNA announcement , its latest foray into the cloud gaming space. Microsoft Outlook goes kaput for hours globally and also latest forecasts show that Samsung is set to take an unassailable lead over Huawei in the upcoming future.

With social media almost replacing basic communication, we find ourselves in a world where tech companies who are owners of these platforms are in a unique position to censor speech and decide who can and cannot be heard which is beginning to worry alot of people. In this episode, the boys discuss their thoughts on censorship and free speech with special emphasis on Joe Rogan getting cancelled.

Continuing from the previous episode, the boys discuss the merits and demerits of using both operating systems. They were joined by Douglas Adjei-Frempah. This episode's audio is not the best because of a change in equipment.

In this episode of STN, the boys talk about their experiences using both Android and iOS from a utilitarian perspective and also MTN has been in the news recently about their NCA SMP categorization, that's also discussed in this episode.

In this episode, the boys talk on a series of issues centered around MTN running away from taxes by selling a stake in one of their subsidiary businesses, TikTok escaping Trump's wrath by selling to Oracle. Fake Products are Now popping up more frequently on Amazon causing distrust for the company; Same with the fake reviews. Apple just had their September event; they released new products, IOS 14 but no iPhone.

Perhaps it's about time we own our tech infrastructure and kept our data locally? In this episode of STN the boys delve into the much ignored area of digital and data sovereignty in Africa and Ghana especially in the age of digital economy and geopolitical tensions.

Imagine for a moment an internet where YouTube isn't the default place for video content. Well visit (peteyvid.com) and you'll see just that. Craig J. Stadler talks to the boys about his alternative video search engine trying redefine censorship and user data privacy.

Maybe it's about time we tuned out all the noise and really used the internet more intentionally? In this episode of STN, the talk is about digital minimalism in an age of information overflow and the knowledge economy, the clout chasing craze and Dartey's newly discovered book that talks about the very interesting concept of Essentialism and the pursuit of Less in Life.

In this episode, the boys discuss Kevin Mayer's stepping down as CEO of embattled tech giant TIKTOK US after less than a 100 days in charge, Elon Musk's outdooring of Neuralink and also the sinister but silent threat of malware on budget-friendly TECNO phones from China targeted towards the African market.

The case of cybersecurity, E-commerce dynamics, the scourge of cancel culture in a politically-correct society and pressure of social media platforms like Twitter getting to people's heads is all discussed by the boys in this episode.

All the major tech stories are discussed by boys. From Cupertino's ongoing feud with Epic games and WordPress, Spotify's royalty rates, Netflix's PR disaster to the much talked about Kantanka EV.

In this episode, Silas joins the boys as they talk about Fortnite's Apple and Google ban, the forced sale of Tiktok, AirBnB's silent IPO plans along with other big tech stories for the week.

Back with a bang! After taking a couple weeks off, STN resumes with the boys reviewing the previous season's episodes and discussing the plans ahead for the upcoming one.