Tech Reformation

This week we discuss Movies Anywhere, problems with viral outrage & the global need for Christian media. Join us! Give: Donate to hurricane relief efforts through Samaritan's Purse. Topics Derek: Movies Anywhere Craig: The problem with viral outrage - Wired Tank: Japanese Christian Media How Mormons are winning the internet - The Gospel Coalition Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

This week we discuss the claim that atheism is growing thanks to the internet and chat about self censorship. Join us! Give: Donate to hurricane relief efforts through Samaritan's Purse. Topics Ben: Are people leaving churches because of the internet? – YouTube Craig: Self censorship online - Engadget Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

This week, Derek is joined by Alex Humphrey from Rugged Marriage to talk about Google's Pixel 2 event, as well as tips for how not to get hacked. Give: Donate to hurricane relief efforts through Samaritan's Purse. Topics Google Event Official event video Pixel 2 event in 19 min - The Verge Google is tryharding at phones - The Verge How not to get hacked (sorta) Antivirus - Malwarebytes or Windows 10 Defender Ad-Blocker - uBlock Origin Uninstall Adobe Reader (use Chrome) Uninstall Flash (use Chrome) Turn on Auto-Updates Password Safe - LastPass or 1Password Should I remove it? What if you are hacked? File your taxes early. Get Identity Theft insurance - Zander Freeze your credit (good luck!) Thanks to Alex Humphrey for joining us this week! Follow him on Twitter Listen to Rugged Marriage! Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend

This week, we welcome David Mikucki from Helvetic: A Podcast to help us talk about parental controls, Twitter's character growth, and how technology influences our view of elders. Give: Donate to hurricane relief efforts through Samaritan's Purse. Topics Tank: Google’s parental control software – TechCrunch Ben: Twitter doubles the character limit from 140 to 280 David: A Quote from Carl Trueman’s The Creedal Imperative –– The rapidly changing pace of technology makes older people more dependant on younger people (to explain things) than in the past. Does this affect how we view older people and history? "Closely related to the role of science in cultivating an attitude that downgrades the importance of the past is that of technology. A simple example should make this point clear. My mother lives in an old weaver’s cottage in the Cotswolds. In what is now her living room, there is a stone fireplace and, in that fireplace, there are a series of small holes, roughly an inch in diameter, now plugged with

In the pipeline this week: London bans Uber, Twitter uses Einstein to promote its take on peace & we discuss the Equifax hack. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Craig: London puts a ban on Uber – The Guardian Ben: Twitter’s take on world peace – Twitter Derek: The Equifax hack - The New York Times Customers encouraged to visit fake site after data breach - NPR Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

This week we covered the latest Apple announcements, Derek disagreed with someone on the internet and we talked about stewardship and our motives as Christian consumers. Join us and share this episode with a friend! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Which new iPhone (if any) should you get? – The New York Times Apple iPhone X event supercut - The Verge Someone doesn’t want the iPhone X and Derek responds – TechCrunch The iPhone won't fulfill your dreams - The Babylon Bee Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

In Episode 92 we discuss whether or not technology is 'magic', look at public perceptions of atheists and talk about subscriptions. Join us! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Ben: Is technology magic? Technology isn't magic; why Clarke's third law has always bugged me - Gizmodo Derek: A new study says people think atheists are bad - Gizmodo Tank: Is a subscription payment model good? - Medium Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

In this episode we talk about inclusive/'accessible' design, discuss DNA data storage and reflect on the 'good old days' of Flash. Sponsor: Valley Vintage Shop - Soaps, balms and oils made the vintage way. Use code "TECH" for 10% off! Topics Ben: Inclusive Design aka Design for All - Gimlet Media Craig: Microsoft has a plan to add DNA data storage to its cloud - MIT Technology Review Derek: Flash is officially dead - Gizmodo Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

This week we talk missional communities, the ethics & implications of internet censorship, and 7 negative effects of the iPhone. Join us and share this episode with a friend! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Tank: A community on mission - Kotaku Derek: Should tech companies be banning sites they interpret as "hateful"? - Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cloudflare Ben: 7 ways the iPhone has made life worse - CNN Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

This week we depart from our new format and take a deep dive into the 'anti-diversity' Google memo. Join us! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topic: The 'Anti-diversity' Google Memo Read the entire memo in full - Gizmodo “Why I Was Fired by Google” by James Damore – Wall Street Journal A Google manufacturing robot believes humans are biologically unfit to have jobs in tech - McSweeney's The New/Old Way Our Culture Pressures Us to Conform - Tim Challies One columnist even thinks “Sundar Pichai should resign” - The New York Times Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

In this episode we discuss the new iPhone design, how to avoid getting hacked & new technology that could help in the fight against abortion. Sponsor: Valley Vintage Shop - Soaps, balms and oils made the vintage way. Use code "TECH" for 10% off! Topics Derek: Apple leaks design of new iPhone - Six Colours Ben: How to not get hacked - Hackable? Craig: Technology that could threaten abortion - Gizmodo Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

In Episode 86 we discuss the future of QR codes, Elon Musk's understanding of AI & a church's decision to help startups by hosting an entrepreneurship conference. Listen in! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Craig: The Curious Comeback of the Dreaded QR Code - Wired Derek: Elon Musk and AI regulation - TechCrunch Ben: What Would Jesus Disrupt? - Bloomberg Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

In Episode 85 we discuss the ethical implications of automating your own job, consider the possibility of official regulation of cyber security measures across the internet and talk about an early issue with Samsung's new voice assistant, Bixby. Listen in and then join the conversation in our Slack team! Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Ben: Is secretly automating your own job unethical? - StackExchange Craig: The only way to stop another WannaCry is with regulations - Engadget Derek: Bixby's sexist descriptor tags - The Verge Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

In Episode 84 we consider the almost-cyborgian nature of the third thumb, as well as chatting about cookies, wasted tech, and some quick thoughts on the net neutrality action day held on July 12, 2017. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Derek: The Third Thumb - The Verge Ben: Internet Cookies & Privacy Mozilla’s IRL Podcast, Episode 1 - Mozilla What is a cookie? - YouTube Tank: Wasting Money on Tech - TechCrunch Craig: How the Internet Showed up for Net Neutrality - Wired Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Zuck's comments on Facebook as church, the technology we can live without, and should we complain about Nintendo. Join us for the Tech Reformation. Sponsor: Valley Vintage Shop - Soaps, balms and oils made the vintage way. Use code "TECH" for 10% off! Topics Ben: Can Facebook be your church? Zuckerberg: Facebook can be your church – Sky News 9 Marks Church Membership, Jonathan Leeman – Amazon The ‘Church’ of Facebook? – The Gospel Coalition Derek: The technology we love but can easily live without Tank: Should we complain about Nintendo - Kotaku Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Follow us on Twitter: @techreformation Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Review us on Apple Podcasts and recommend us on Overcast! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Ever studied online? Do young men play too many video games? Who should be Apple's next visionary & what is Derek's secret? Tune in as we discuss all this in Episode 82 of the Tech Reformation podcast. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics Tank: Are online courses the future? - TechCrunch Ben: Expect more from young men - Desiring God Derek: Binky Craig: Apple's new (hypothetical) visionary Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Tweet at us on Twitter @techreformation! Review us on iTunes and recommend us on Overcast, or even better, share this episode with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

Ben and Derek, and Chris and Alex from Rugged Marriage teamed up this week to talk about the morality of technology at large, and whether technology is either neutral or moral. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for reformed theology enthusiasts! Show Notes Rugged Marriage Podcast Rugged Marriage Episode 104: Is Technology Neutral Towards Your Marriage? Tech Reformation Episode 40: Tech Neutrality Tech Reformation Episode 53: Inanimate Milk Ways to Contact Us Rugged Marriage Facebook Group Rugged Marriage Twitter Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Shout out at us on Twitter at @techreformation! Review us on iTunes and recommend us on Overcast, or even better - share Tech Reformation with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

This week Apple did a thing (or six), so Ben and Derek recorded a special episode to give their thoughts on WWDC 2017. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics: WWDC WWDC 2017 Keynote WWDC in 7 minutes - MacRumors The Talk Show: Ep. 193, Live From WWDC 2017 ARKit Tweet XKCD on Machine Learning Twitter poll for who won the slap bet Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Tweet at us on Twitter @techreformation! Review us on iTunes and recommend us on Overcast, or even better, share this episode with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

In Episode 79, Ben breaks the rules by bringing two topics, Derek is intrigued by the Essential phone and Craig raises the topic of a new, decentralized internet. Sponsor: Valley Vintage Shop - Soaps, balms and oils made the vintage way. Use code "TECH" for 10% off! Topics Derek: Essential phone Ben: Sundar Pichai's closing comments at Google I/O 2017 - YouTube Billy Graham's TED Talk on technology Craig: A new, decentralized internet - Wired Ben: shai linne is creating lyrical theology - Patreon Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Tweet at us on Twitter @techreformation! Review us on iTunes and recommend us on Overcast, or even better, share this episode with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!

This week we talk about anti-aging applications of AI, the WannaCry outbreak and whether clickbait counts as deception. Sponsor: Missional Wear - the gift shop for Reformed theology enthusiasts! Topics: Craig: Medical applications of AI/machine learning from Google I/O - YouTube, 19-25 min mark Derek: The WannaCry ransomware attack and the NSA - Gizmodo Tank: Is clickbait deception? - TechCrunch Ways to Contact Us Connect with us in Slack: slack.techreformation.com Visit our website to search for past shows and topics Tweet at us on Twitter @techreformation! Review us on iTunes and recommend us on Overcast, or even better, share this episode with a friend! Music used by special permission of Matthew Parker. Check him out on SoundCloud and iTunes!