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SouthGeek News

Donovan Adkisson & Ben Rehberg, with Samuel Lewis

Join Southern IT experts Donovan Adkisson and Ben Rehberg, along with occasional guest speakers, as they break down the latest in technology in a straightforward, relatable way for everyday listeners. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/southgeek-news--6576669/support.

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6:08

SGN Quick Takes for December 8, 2025

SouthGeek News ·

2025/12/08

LINKSThe Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back | WIREDThe Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit Show | WIREDCrucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead | The VergeRAM prices are exploding — here's why and everything you need to know about surviving RAMageddon | Tom's GuideBuying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It’s Always Needed: An Identity | WIREDThe Longest Solar Eclipse for 100 Years Is

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6:27

SGN Quick Takes for December 2, 2025

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2025/12/02

LINKSICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants | Brennan Center for JusticeAmazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone incident in TexasGoogle’s new hurricane model was breathtakingly good this season - Ars TechnicaGoogle to invest $40 billion in new data centers in TexasAmazon to spend up to $50 billion on AI services for U.S. governmentSeagate achieves a whopping 6.9TB storage capacity per platter in its laboratory — 55TB to 69TB hard drives now physically possible | Tom's

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8:21

SGN Quick Takes for November 25, 2025

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2025/11/25

LINKSPranksters Re-Created a Working Version of Jeffrey Epstein’s Gmail Inbox | WIREDActivists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE | WIREDUS Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American Drivers | WIREDBluesky daily active users fall sharply following Trump election victory | Fox BusinessSmartphone Lifespan Report 2025: How Long Do Americans Really Keep Their Phones?Figure humanoid robots retire bruised after 11 months of work at BMWFord to start selling certified used cars on Amazon -

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7:11

SGN Quick Takes for November 21, 2025

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2025/11/21

LINKSCloudflare hit by outage affecting Global Network servicesDOJ accuses US ransomware negotiators of launching their own ransomware attacks | TechCrunchPhison CEO confirms NAND prices have more than doubled and will continue to rise, all 2026 production already sold out — SSDs facing pricing apocalypse throughout 2027 | Tom's HardwareT-Mobile refreshes 5G Home Internet service with new tiers and Wi-Fi 7 gateways — new $70 plan includes Hulu and Paramount+ subscriptions | Tom's HardwarePC hobbyist

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1:42

An Important Announcement from SouthGeek News!

SouthGeek News ·

2025/11/21

Well, howdy there, SouthGeek News listeners!We've got a quick little announcement for y'all before we turn off the mics today. The time has come for us to take a well-deserved break, so we'll be going on hiatus for the remainder of the holiday season. Lord knows we need it!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/southgeek-news--6576669/support.Where to Find Us:SouthGeekNews.comLeave a voicemail: VoicecastDonovan: SocialsSam: tscn.tv // @tscnsam on socialsBen: Instagram

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6:14

SGN Quick Takes for November 19, 2025

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2025/11/19

LINKSYouTube Music is finally testing the long-requested playlist search featureYouTube TV’s Agreement With Disney Includes An Important Provision Most People Are Ignoring | CinemablendThe ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming | WIREDGemini 3 Is Here—and Google Says It Will Make Search Smarter | WIREDApple just delayed the iPhone Air 2, report says - 9to5MacUltrasonic device dramatically speeds harvesting of water from the air | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw

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6:32

SGN Quick Takes for November 15, 2025

SouthGeek News ·

2025/11/15

Links:Innovative paint cools homes and harvests fresh water from airGoogle’s new hurricane model was breathtakingly good this season - Ars TechnicaFrustrated ex-Microsoft engineer explains why Windows sucks - NeowinGoogle sues cybercrime group behind E-ZPass, USPS text phishing scamsFrom Wisconsin to Atlanta: Microsoft connects datacenters to build its first AI superfactory - SourceAMD continues to chip away at Intel's X86 market share — company now sells over 25% of all x86 chips and powers 33% of

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87:14

The Vacuum That Knew Too Much

SouthGeek News ·

2025/10/30

Welcome back to SouthGeek News, where we talk tech with a drawl and a dose of common sense! In this week’s episode (October 29, 2025), Donovan, Ben, and Samuel saddle up for another round of geekery, southern humor, and a few good-natured rants about the state of technology — and humanity.This episode kicks off with Samuel diving headfirst into Sora, the new AI video social platform that’s got the internet buzzing. He’s having a ball remixing videos, while Donovan and Ben shake their heads like two

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84:40

The Goblin, the Drone, and the Wi-Fi Router Walk Into...

SouthGeek News ·

2025/10/16

In this week’s SouthGeek News, the guys dive deep into tech, AI, aliens, and all things absurdly geeky. Donovan’s upgrading networks like a mad scientist, Ben’s turning his studio into a low-budget EDM lab, and Sam’s exploring Fallout 76 because apparently the apocalypse is more relaxing than real life. They geek out over Wi-Fi 8 (“faster, but not that fast”), real estate agents using AI to catfish homebuyers, and Georgia Tech launching drones that’ll “respond in 90 seconds or less—whether you

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65:22

Scarlett Johansson.exe Has Entered the Chat

SouthGeek News ·

2025/10/02

Donovan and Ben hold down the fort without Sam, who’s apparently still wrestling zoo alligators. Ben drops a hard drive (RIP 10TB of forgotten MP3s), debates whether $1,300 iPads are just overpriced sketchpads, and confesses his Bitcoin stash started as free Monero mining. Donovan rants about Windows 11 upgrades, registry hacks, and Microsoft’s uncanny ability to make File Explorer even worse.The duo also roast Amazon’s latest “who asked for this?” gadgets, DoorDash’s delivery robots frying in the

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94:30

Pumpkin Spice Pro Max

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2025/09/18

This week on SouthGeek News, the gang dives headfirst into the holiday creep—yes, it’s already pumpkins, turkeys, and Christmas lights all battling for shelf space at Lowe’s. Donovan shares how his house has become a year-round “holiday tree zone” while Ben and Sam confess their own festive quirks (spoiler: seven Christmas trees might be too many). Sam plugs his new voice-acting project Everly Heights Tales, which sounds like if Parks and Rec and Twilight Zone had a baby and raised it in Ohio

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123:13

Fiber Good, Starlink Dumb

SouthGeek News ·

2025/08/21

This week on SouthGeek News, the crew goes full nerd. Samuel dives headfirst into “building a second brain” with Notion and the PARA method—because apparently one brain isn’t enough when you’re juggling classes, jokes, and memory gaps. Ben battles Proxmox and GRUB with GPT’s help, proving that even Linux admins occasionally pray to the AI gods. Donovan and Tyler reminisce about running enterprise-style phone systems on Intel Atoms (yes, really), before diving into the absurdity of subscription-based

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91:40

Tech We Can’t Quit (But Might Complain About)

SouthGeek News ·

2025/08/07

After an extended hiatus (because life, DNS, and jury duty happen), Donovan, Ben, and Samuel return with a jam-packed episode full of geekery, Amazon horror stories, and deep philosophical questions like: “Do you have a butt?” This week, the trio dives into:🧻 ChatGPT Haikus from Hell – A 2600 Magazine piece turns the Terms of Service from Big Tech into poetry that hits a little too hard.💨 Amazon’s Nose Knows – Donovan’s air purifier screams “ODOR,” but Amazon cancels his filter order faster than

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0:43

We're on Hiatus Until the End of July

SouthGeek News ·

2025/07/10

The show is on hiatus until the end of July.Thanks!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/southgeek-news--6576669/support.

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69:08

Grok, Telegram, and Other Things You Won’t Use

SouthGeek News ·

2025/06/12

This week on SouthGeek News, we’re not entirely sure which episode number this is (19-ish?), but Donovan and Ben bravely press on without Samuel, who’s out for this one. The guys kick things off with a recap of Apple’s WWDC, where Apple Intelligence still isn’t quite intelligent, iOS 26 looks suspiciously like Windows Vista with Liquid Glass, and the iPad continues its identity crisis as a wannabe MacBook. Ben also discovers the joy of trying to find the Do Not Disturb button on a Mac—because

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143:23

I Get Rich. You Die.

SouthGeek News ·

2025/05/29

This episode marks a milestone—our first with four hosts—and naturally, things spiral into glorious tech chaos, mountain tales, and existential dread about encryption. Tyler returns from a mountain cabin in Gatlinburg where the Wi-Fi was literally duct-taped to a stick, proving once again that satellite internet is just hope with lag. Donovan descends into full-blown network madness trying to understand why HP laptops refuse to connect to Wi-Fi unless you bribe them with a separate SSID and some

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108:47

Don’t Ask What Your Social Media Can Do for You…

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2025/05/16

In this episode of SouthGeek News, Donovan, Ben, and Samuel dive headfirst into the absurd and the technical, starting with a cash drawer that connects via Ethernet—because apparently, your money needs its own IP address now. Samuel goes full tabletop nerd, wrangling the chaotic card sprawl of Munchkin into a collector's box roughly the size of a microwave, while also recommending a book called How Minds Change, which argues that screaming facts at people is a great way to make them never, ever

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98:32

Forgetting to Silence the Truck

SouthGeek News ·

2025/05/02

In Episode 16 of SouthGeek News, Donovan and Ben are joined once again by guest co-host Samuel Lewis for a wide-ranging and often hilarious dive into the week’s tech, life, and pop culture happenings. Sam kicks things off by sharing his deep love for Disney Dreamlight Valley, especially the latest Alice in Wonderland update that adds fan-favorite characters and surprisingly emotional storylines to the whimsical life sim. Ben talks about surviving a wild week that included long commutes, a solo

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100:18

It's So Secret, I Have No Idea What I'm Doing

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2025/04/18

Episode 15 of SouthGeek News kicks off with Donovan and Ben catching up on their recent tech trials and domestic adventures. Ben dives into ongoing frustrations with sluggish Hyper-V VMs running on a weak RAID 5 setup and discusses experimenting with open-source surveillance tools like Shinobi and ZoneMinder, both of which fall short of expectations. Donovan shares his own camera setup woes, eventually conceding that consumer-grade NVRs like Lorex might be the way to go. They swap updates about

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120:08

The Only CAPTCHA You Should Copy-Paste is ‘Nope’

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2025/03/21

In this episode, the hosts dive into various tech topics, starting with Samuel’s experience as a beta tester for the Bee wearable AI assistant, a device designed to summarize conversations and transcribe notes in real-time. He shares how it has helped him with podcasting and studying, despite its early-stage quirks. He also introduces Brick, a physical device that locks down distractions on an iPhone by utilizing Apple's Screen Time settings, requiring users to physically tap it to unlock access to

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