Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 13m
Activity Declining
Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
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Exclusively upbeat news from the world’s forests, hills and meadows, with a sprinkling of digital minimalism, AI & startups.

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Startups and Brands You Didn't Know Were European 🇪🇺

Jan 03, 2026 25m

The internet runs on European inventions. MySQL powers Facebook, Linux runs 96% of supercomputers, Bluetooth connects your headphones, and MP3 changed the music industry – all created in Sweden,…

Why tech giants sacrifice children for growth

Nov 29, 2025 22m

From Roblox’s CEO calling child predators an “opportunity” to Meta’s internal research showing Instagram harms teen girls, a pattern emerges across every major platform: companies know their products…

Special: The Man Who Predicted the 2008 Crash, Now Warns About Nvidia and Palantir. And Maybe He's Right.

Nov 09, 2025 17m

Imagine this: You’re sitting in an office, studying numbers that nobody cares about, and gradually discovering that the entire world is going to hell. Everyone around you is making millions,…

Bytes & Backpacks #125 🦌

Nov 02, 2025 21m

I ordered a robot to take care of us at home. Does it still sound like science fiction? It can collect laundry, do the washing, empty the dishwasher, tend the garden, fetch beer from the fridge...…

Special Issue: What could the AI assistant of the future look like? 🤖

Jul 19, 2025 14m

I spent a long time thinking about how to share with you what a future wearable device might look like—a pendant, glasses, connected to your phone and other personal gadgets—powered by artificial…

Special Issue: Digital drugs in our children's pockets 💊

Jul 06, 2025 12m

Do you know what cigarette companies in the 1950s, Las Vegas casinos, and your favorite mobile game or social network have in common? They all use the same psychological tricks to keep you hooked.…

Bytes & Backpacks #117 🏖️

Jul 01, 2025 34m

AI continues to dramatically shake up the entire world. It's one of the few technologies that's developing directly for everyday users. Unlike the internet or apps, it didn't emerge from government,…

Bytes & Backpacks #116 ☀️

Jun 15, 2025 8m

Business & Technology 👨‍💻* They claimed to have a tool that could program brilliantly, but then it turned out that instead of smart AI, they employed hundreds of Indians who quickly fulfilled…

S1E115 Bytes & Backpacks #115 ☄️

Jun 01, 2025 13m

Jony Ive, one of the world's greatest design legends, the man behind the iPod, iPhone, iMac, and AirPods, "met with Sam Altman in a San Francisco café" (CEO of OpenAI) and they agreed to create the…

S114E1 Bytes & Backpacks #114 🐛

May 18, 2025 12m

When I read the latest news from the world of artificial intelligence, I am increasingly convinced that we are approaching the end of websites. People are no longer interested in the process of…

Bytes & Backpacks #113 🧠

May 04, 2025 5m

It's all about artificial intelligence, data centers full of AI graphics chips, but what if all of this is already outdated and the future belongs to biological computers? Sounds like science…

Bytes & Backpacks #112 🐻

Apr 19, 2025 5m

It's starting to get a bit cliché to begin every newsletter with artificial intelligence, but there's no way around it, I apologize. Let's skip what's new in the last 2 weeks, or we'd never get past…

Bytes & Backpacks #111 🤯

Apr 06, 2025 9m

I love technology, innovation, and everything around it. When I was 13 (back in 1994), I started publishing my own magazine called Computer. I think that was the same year when the "big" Computer…

Bytes & Backpacks #110 🦉

Mar 15, 2025 9m

Two weeks ago, I sold all the stocks and crypto from my portfolio. It had quite a big response on Twitter. Why did I do it? Am I afraid of what Trump might still do? Yes. Am I afraid that Trump could…

Bytes & Backpacks #106 🇺🇸

Dec 28, 2024 22m

Why the American flag in the title of the last Bytes & Backpacks of 2024? Because on January 9th, I'm flying to Silicon Valley, so if you sense the aroma of sequoias in the next few issues,…

S1E102 Bytes & Backpacks #102 🐺

Dec 19, 2024 13m

Some of you may have noticed that one issue of Bytes & Backpacks did not arrive two weeks ago. I apologise for that, my family and I went to Greece for our fall vacation (Santorini at the end of…

Bytes & Backpacks #101 👓

Dec 01, 2024 12m

Glasses, that's what this is all about. Smart glasses. There have been several failed attempts over the years - remember Microsoft Hololens or Google Glasses? But today, thanks to developments in…

Bytes & Backpacks #100 🍾

Nov 09, 2024 4m

100 issues published and soon to be 4 years of spending all day every second weekend writing Bytes & Backpacks. What was the beginning? The desire to leave social media, but also the fear of…

Getting a second home abroad - is it a good idea or not?

Oct 15, 2024 8m

It's been five years since we acquired a second home by the sea. Although I live in a beautiful place in NP Czech Switzerland in a nice village with a great community, it has always been my dream to…

Bytes & Backpacks #99 🪼

Oct 12, 2024 14m

Cars, we're still dealing with cars. Gasoline? Diesel? Electric? But the much more interesting change in the whole market is happening somewhere else. Waymo's self-driving taxis (owned by Google)…

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