About Owen Williams

Owen is an technology journalist with a background in software development and helping people understand the industry.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Owen writes a weekly column for Medium's OneZero, and spends his days as Content Strategy Manager at Shopify.

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026: The internet is burning down

This week on Charged Podcast: The Internet is burning down – because of your smart thermostat, the Nintendo Switch, and self-driving cars are already all over the road.


025: Nobody wants Twitter

This week on Charged Podcast: Nobody really wants to buy Twitter, Samsung's phones are banned from planes entirely, an introduction to the deep web and more!


024: Google made an iPhone?

Spotify's rumored to be close to buying SoundCloud, which could mean it wins the music streaming wars, why we're going to Mars and a whole lot more.



023: Spotify and SoundCloud, a match made in heaven

Spotify's rumored to be close to buying SoundCloud, which could mean it wins the music streaming wars, why we're going to Mars and a whole lot more.


022: Snapchat spectacles are here to record everything

That's right, Snapchat wants you to wear a video camera on your face and record everything. We also talk about the iPhone 7, Elon Musk's Mars plan and more.




021: Exploding rockets and phones

This week on the podcast we talk about exploding rockets and Galaxy Note's, how badass Hololens is, Google steamrolling Uber and a whole lot more.


020: The iPhone got owned

This week John and Owen talk about the iPhone getting its first malware, the discovery of a new planet (and the existential questions that brings along with it) and a whole lot more.


019: The self-driving cars are already here

Uber's self-driving cars are already hitting the road - are you ready for it? Plus, the demise of Gawker, New York's scary free Wi-Fi and a bunch more.