Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Welcome to Happy Tech, the tech podcast that only features positive headlines! We aim to talk about all of the fun, exciting, and uplifting news in tech - because it's easy to forget, with all the doom and gloom out there, that there is still some cool stuff happening in the tech world!
Stories this week:
A New Game Compressor Can Save You Tons of Space
-tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/game-compressor-can-save-you-hundreds-of-gigs-across-your-game-library-usd6-utility-leverages-windows-built-in-lzx-compression-for-substantial-space-savings
Amazon Bringing Games to Prime Video
-techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/amazon-is-bringing-games-to-prime-video
-iOS & MacOS Patches Hundreds of Security Vulnerabilities
macrumors.com/2026/07/27/ios-26-6-security-fixes
-Everything We Know About the MacBook Ultra’s All-New Design
macrumors.com/2026/07/27/macbook-ultra-all-new-design
-Xbox Backwards Compatible on PC now
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/22/xbox-backward-compatibility-on-pc
-Looks Like an Official 360 Emulator is on the Way
wccftech.com/microsofts-pc-xbox-backward-compatibility-hides-360-emulator
0:00 Welcome to the Happy Tech Podcast
2:16 Coming up on this episode
2:52 Shoveling rocks in 40 degree heat
5:03 The Power Mac G4 MDD rebuild
6:27 The hunt for a Radeon 9600 XT
8:49 Gardening, bad backs, and a very polite deer
10:15 A lost project found + garage sale plans
11:42 GUESS THAT PRICE
12:48 Steam Deck OLED Limited Edition
14:22 Ayaneo Flip 1S dual screen handheld
15:25 GPD Win 5 with external batteries
16:39 Lenovo Legion Go
17:05 Game Boy Color CoroCoro 250th issue edition
18:09 Factory sealed Game Boy DMG-01
19:08 Nintendo 3DS Louvre Guide, PSA graded
20:37 HEADLINES
20:47 Game Compressor: hundreds of GB back on your drive
22:25 Why Steam earned PC gamers' trust
23:15 What we lost when games went digital
24:32 China legally protects digital ownership
25:25 Amazon brings Luna gaming to Prime Video
26:28 Sports games should just be a subscription
28:00 Are we too old for cloud gaming?
28:53 Xbox backwards compatibility comes to PC
31:41 Data miners find hidden 360 emulator
32:49 Piracy, preservation, and re-buying classics
38:23 Apple patches hundreds of security vulnerabilities
39:30 Apple and Toyota use the same playbook
41:09 MacBook Pro redesign rumours: OLED, thinner, hole punch
46:42 Camouflaged cat
48:49 OPINION OF THE WEEK: Layoffs and the indie boom
58:18 SHOW AND TELL: Creative Labs USB sound card
1:02:54 Asus Vento 3600, new in box from 2009
1:09:14 Wrap up
Welcome to Happy Tech, the tech podcast that only features positive headlines! We aim to talk about all of the fun, exciting, and uplifting news in tech - because it's easy to forget, with all the doom and gloom out there, that there is still some cool stuff happening in the tech world!
Stories this week:
A New Game Compressor Can Save You Tons of Space
-tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/game-compressor-can-save-you-hundreds-of-gigs-across-your-game-library-usd6-utility-leverages-windows-built-in-lzx-compression-for-substantial-space-savings
Amazon Bringing Games to Prime Video
-techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/amazon-is-bringing-games-to-prime-video
-iOS & MacOS Patches Hundreds of Security Vulnerabilities
macrumors.com/2026/07/27/ios-26-6-security-fixes
-Everything We Know About the MacBook Ultra’s All-New Design
macrumors.com/2026/07/27/macbook-ultra-all-new-design
-Xbox Backwards Compatible on PC now
news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/22/xbox-backward-compatibility-on-pc
-Looks Like an Official 360 Emulator is on the Way
wccftech.com/microsofts-pc-xbox-backward-compatibility-hides-360-emulator
0:00 Welcome to the Happy Tech Podcast
2:16 Coming up on this episode
2:52 Shoveling rocks in 40 degree heat
5:03 The Power Mac G4 MDD rebuild
6:27 The hunt for a Radeon 9600 XT
8:49 Gardening, bad backs, and a very polite deer
10:15 A lost project found + garage sale plans
11:42 GUESS THAT PRICE
12:48 Steam Deck OLED Limited Edition
14:22 Ayaneo Flip 1S dual screen handheld
15:25 GPD Win 5 with external batteries
16:39 Lenovo Legion Go
17:05 Game Boy Color CoroCoro 250th issue edition
18:09 Factory sealed Game Boy DMG-01
19:08 Nintendo 3DS Louvre Guide, PSA graded
20:37 HEADLINES
20:47 Game Compressor: hundreds of GB back on your drive
22:25 Why Steam earned PC gamers' trust
23:15 What we lost when games went digital
24:32 China legally protects digital ownership
25:25 Amazon brings Luna gaming to Prime Video
26:28 Sports games should just be a subscription
28:00 Are we too old for cloud gaming?
28:53 Xbox backwards compatibility comes to PC
31:41 Data miners find hidden 360 emulator
32:49 Piracy, preservation, and re-buying classics
38:23 Apple patches hundreds of security vulnerabilities
39:30 Apple and Toyota use the same playbook
41:09 MacBook Pro redesign rumours: OLED, thinner, hole punch
46:42 Camouflaged cat
48:49 OPINION OF THE WEEK: Layoffs and the indie boom
58:18 SHOW AND TELL: Creative Labs USB sound card
1:02:54 Asus Vento 3600, new in box from 2009
1:09:14 Wrap up
