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It's almost summer, so what better time to consider the various ways you can save money booking a vacation? We also have some tips to help you avoid being scammed by unscrupulous Airbnb owners. This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Sells 10 Million Copies We've got these tips and explainers: Why Is Your Phone Charger Getting Hot? How to Book Cheap Flights Through a VPN How to Spot and Avoid Airbnb Scams How to Use Google to Plan a Vacation We finish the show with the following recommendations: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania on Disney Plus Chat-GPT plugins Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

Steam Deck gets the plaudits it deserves, the new Zelda game breaks review records, and we tell you all about playing games on Netflix in this week's Really Useful Podcast, the tech podcast for technophobes. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

Our weekly tech podcast looks at the news that Windows 10 is now on its last version, and why you might not want a smart TV. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.

You've seen the ads and you've heard the stories. Can you really make money online - and should you? Some people make their living online. But can you make money through websites and YouTube, or filling in forms? Is freelancing the answer--or does it come with its own problems? Really Useful Podcast host Christian Cawley has been freelancing since the mid-2000s, and working full-time as a freelancer since 2010. Cohost Ben Stegner has also freelanced over the years. They bring their knowledge of making money online and avoiding scams to this week's show. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.

Has Elon Musk gone too far with the new Twitter verification program? And what did police find when they raided Mullvad VPN? We've got the answers to these questions and a list of the best free PC games. PLUS: how do mechanical keyboards work, and do you need one? Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. Find the shownotes at MakeUseOf.

In this week's tech podcast for technophobes, we look at the latest news and warn you about a frightening new telephone scam. We also check what Elon Musk has been up to in the past week. Did he ever launch that cologne? This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: HBO Max Renamed to "Max" Why NPR and PBS Quit Twitter  Elon Musk BBC Interview We've got these tips and explainers: How AI Voice Generators Have Become a New Security Threat What Is Your Router's WPS Button For? We finish the show with the following recommendations: 70mai Dash Cam Omni Anbernic RG35XX Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. 

This week's podcast brings you a collection of in-depth explainers, which will show you how AI can (or cannot) create jokes, a look at the earliest portable computers, and the ways in which VPNs have evolved and improved. This week, we bring you the following tech explainers, tips, and tricks: Can AI Make Us Laugh? Early Portable Computers How VPNs Have Evolved Christian Cawley, Gavin Phillips, and Ben Stegner host this week's podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey, @gavinspavin, and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.

Our weekly tech podcast for technophobes brings you the latest tech news that will affect you and some tips and tricks to help you get better results from your electronics. For this week's show, we asked ChatGPT to help out with outlining and even writing the show. Here's a bit more information on how we used ChatGPT to script the podcast. This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: ChatGPT banned in Italy over privacy concerns Twitter's blue ticks disappear as Musk attacks NY Times Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago The Mother of All Demos We've got these explainers: Can All Ransomware Be Decrypted? How to Fix Games That Won't Work in Windows Reasons to Use Office Online/Microsoft 365 We finish the show with the following recommendations: RoomGPT Booom AI Quiz HelloTalk Christian Cawley hosts this week's podcast, and is joined by Ben Stegner. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. 

This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: Twitter Removing Legacy Verified Blue Checks Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Hacked, Promotes Crypto Scams Amazon Expands Fire TV Lineup We've got these tips and explainers: The Biggest Problems With OpenAI and ChatGPT Can Trojans Replicate Themselves? We finish the show with the following recommendations: Dockcase Explorer Edition Sim Racing Cheaters Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.

This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: New Twitter Scam Targets Online Banking Customers With Retweets Fake ChatGPT Chrome Extension Steals Facebook Logins OpenAI Launches ChatGPT 4 Meta Verified Launches in USA Meta Drops NFT Support in Facebook and Instagram We've got this ChatGPT-4 explainer: Differences Between ChatGPT 3.5 and ChatGPT 4 We finish the show with the following recommendations: Samsung 43-inch Q60B QLED HDR TV Duelyst II on Steam Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host the tech podcast for technophobes. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player.

You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: MiniDisc Connected to Nintendo Wii U Proton VPN Launches Browser Extension Acronis Denies Large Data Breach We've got these tips and explainers: What Is Snake Keylogger? How to Change Your Email Address There Is No ChatGPT Windows Client We finish the show with the following recommendations: Firewalla Purple SE Final ZE8000 earbuds Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

The Nintendo Switch is six years old this month. Released on March 3rd, 2017, the versatile game console has proved hugely successful, becoming home not just to Nintendo Switch games, but also titles from Nintendo's back catalog. In this special edition of the Really Useful Podcast, we look at how the Switch has proved so popular, and look at why it is still the console to buy for group and solo gaming. Why You Should Still Buy a Nintendo Switch in 2023 Change the Default Controls on GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo Switch Nintendo Wii U Consoles Dying The Games That Made the Nintendo Switch a Success How to Connect a Nintendo Switch to Your TV Without a Dock How to Record Gameplay Videos on the Nintendo Switch Yes, the Nintendo Switch Has Achievements  We finish with these recommendations: Game Boy Advance Library Boomerang Fu Christian Cawley and Ben Stegner host this week's podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics.

Beware emoji financial advice! We take a look at perhaps the craziest tech news ever, attempt to decipher Spotify's latest NFT flirtation, explore digital currencies, and find out if ChatGPT will steal your job. We've also got some tips for keeping your robot vacuum clean. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: Federal Judge Rules That Emojis Count as Financial Advice Spotify Partners With NFT Projects to Test NFT-Locked Curated Playlists Activision Hack Exposes Employee and Game Data We've got these tips and explainers: Digital Currency vs. Cryptocurrency: What's the Difference? Reasons Why You Should Buy a Steam Deck Dock Tips to Prolong Your Robot Vacuum's Lifespan The Types of Jobs Most at Risk From AI We finish the show with the following recommendations: "Weird Al" Yankovic's Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour Scrawl Online Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: Samsung to Revive Fan Edition Phones with Galaxy S23 FE Oppo Reno8 Pro 5G Review Instagram Launches Broadcast Channels Meta Plans Paid Verification Badge for Facebook and Instagram We've got these explainers: How VPNs Have Evolved How to Connect an Android Phone to a TV Christian Cawley hosts this week's podcast, and is joined by Ben Stegner. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics.

Everyone is talking about ChatGPT and generative AI (that is, artificial intelligence than can "create" texts, art, music, and even video). But what can you do with it? Is it a big deal that will change your life? This week's Really Useful Podcast focuses exclusively on ChatGPT, why this AI system is making headlines, and the best ways to use it. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. This week, we chat about the following AI tech news: Google Launching Bard AI to Compete With ChatGPT We've got these generative AI and ChatGPT explainers: How ChatGPT Became the Fastest Growing App Ever Things You Can Do With ChatGPT AI-created VPN article vs. AI-drafted VPN article Generate Video AI from a Text Prompt Online AI Chat Companions Best Alternatives to ChatGPT We finish the show with the following recommendations: Steam Deck (again!) Nacon MG-X smartphone game controller Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: T-Mobile Breach Leads to Google Fi Data Theft  ICE Breaker Malware Targets Gambling Sites and Patrons Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Specs Announced This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: What We Found After Using Google Fi How to Identify and Find Deleted YouTube Videos We've also got these recommendations: Black Mountain Pick  Air Fryer Office Chair Christian Cawley and Ben Stegner host this week's podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics.

This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: New Cryptocurrency Scam Uncovered, Targets Shiba Inu  Tesla Cybertruck Delays Confirmed By Musk Massive T-Mobile Data Breach Affects 37 Million Customers Meta Unblocks Donald Trump's Instagram and Facebook Accounts We've got these tips and tricks: How Much RAM Does Your Smartphone Need? Best Parental Control Apps for Phones and Tablets We finish the show with the following recommendations: GoldenEye 007 making-of documentary Factorio on Steam  Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: Apple's New HomePod Self-repair Your Samsung Galaxy S22 New Sony Walkman Unveiled We've got this list of top Windows apps to install on a new PC: Must Have Applications to Install on a Windows PC We finish the show with the following recommendations: Championship Soccer Super Arcade Football Evercade EXP handheld retro gaming console Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

You've seen the name "CES" in the papers and on TV reports, but what is it all about, really? Why do technology journalists attend every year, and what are big companies like Samsung, Lenovo, etc. doing there? You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. ShownotesThis week, we chat wholly about CES and refer to the following reports: Best New EVs at CES 2023 Weird and Wacky Products at CES 2023 Health and Wellness Products at CES 2023 Best Laptops at CES 2023 Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

If you've considered switching from Android to an iPhone, this is the podcast for you. We discuss everything, from a rationale for switching, how to get the best deal, the ease (or otherwise) of migrating data, and the importance of having AppleCare+. There is also news about Meta's latest fine from the European Union, political ads hitting Twitter, and the new Android Auto release. You can subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Audible, Player FM, or copy the RSS feed into your podcast player. This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: Major Android Auto Update Available Meta Fined 400 Million Euros for Privacy Breaches Political Ads Are Returning to Twitter We've got these Android to iPhone switching links: Why You Should Switch from Android to iPhone Ways to Save Money on a New iPhone Why You Might Buy an iPhone Direct from Apple How Long Do iPhones Last? iPhone vs. Pixel - Which Is Better? How to Transfer Contacts from Android to iPhone We've also got these recommendations:  Neon White Cask Punchcoal Cigar Box Guitar from J. N Guitars Christian Cawley and Ben Stegner host this week's podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics.