Steve from Mac84 joins us for the latest episode of the Happy Tech Podcast - a podcast where we focus on the good news in tech, because there's enough coverage for all the doom and gloom.

ek the Happy Tech crew is joined by guest host Rory, holding down the fort while regular host Stacy is off in beautiful British Columbia (with a Magic card show stop in Calgary along the way!). Still, it's all the same feel-good tech and gaming news you come here for Epic Games' trek to Linux, a haunted patch in World of Warcraft, a $750 million battery made of rust, Dell's return of an iconic ad campaign, GTA V's absurd sales numbers, and a hydrogen car that just broke 400 mph. Plus a round of "Guess the Price" with some legendary graphics cards and a show-and-tell full of retro console nostalgia. HEADLINES: Epic Games Store Will Support Linux: https://steamdeckhq.com/news/epic-games-store-will-support-linux-soon/ WoW's Haunted: Disconnected Players' Characters Are Playing Themselves: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/wows-haunted-players-report-that-their-disconnected-friends-characters-are-starting-to-play-the-game-on-their-own/ Windows 11's August Patch: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/biggest-changes-microsoft-is-rolling-out-in-august-for-windows-11 Energy Startup Raises $750 Million for Rust-Powered Batteries: https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/energy-startup-raises-750-million-for-rust-powered-batteries-e2354154 Dell Revives "Dude, You're Getting a Dell": https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/dude-youre-getting-a-dell-ai-server-rack-dell-recycles-famous-ad-campaign-to-appeal-to-its-new-ai-overlords GTA V Has Now Sold Over 230 Million Copies: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/grand-theft-auto-5-averages-more-copies-sold-per-year-than-most-megahits-manage-in-their-entire-lifetime-with-a-total-of-230-million-since-2013/ JCB's Hydrogen Car Hits 406 MPH at Bonneville: https://www.techspot.com/news/113471-jcb-hydrogen-powered-hydromax-hits-record-406-mph.html

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!

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: 1. Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Goes Fully Open Source https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/arma-cold-war-assault-remastered-is-now-out-in-full-and-open-source/ 2. Symphony of the Night Now Runs Natively on Windows, Linux and macOS https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/08/03/symphony-of-the-night-beta-release-now-available-for-windows-linux-and-macos/ 3. GOG Galaxy Is Officially Coming to Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/ 4. Linux Just Crossed 4% of Steam Users Again https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey/ 5. A $5 Microcontroller Now Runs NES Games at Full Speed https://hackaday.com/2026/07/22/60-fps-nes-emulator-on-esp32/ 6 A Homebrew Game Console, Built the Hard Way https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/ 7. Norton Commander, But for the Commodore 64 https://hackaday.com/blog/ 8. Microrobots Find Their Own Way Through the Bloodstream (submitted by a viewer) https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/11/microrobots-finding-their-way.html

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 -https://www.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 -https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/amazon-is-bringing-games-to-prime-video/ -iOS & MacOS Patches Hundreds of Security Vulnerabilities https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/27/ios-26-6-security-fixes/ -Everything We Know About the MacBook Ultra’s All-New Design https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/27/macbook-ultra-all-new-design/ -Xbox Backwards Compatible on PC now https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/22/xbox-backward-compatibility-on-pc/ -Looks Like an Official 360 Emulator is on the Way https://wccftech.com/microsofts-pc-xbox-backward-compatibility-hides-360-emulator/

In Episode 2 of the Happy Tech Podcast, 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!

We also guess the prices of old IBM computers and keyboards, and try out a really unique new game! (Denshattack)

For Show and Tell Stac brought a Solar Power science experiment kit from the 1970s, and Dan brought a vintage Hot Wheels Radar!

A Lego iMac, iPhone Time Capsule, improvements to Windows... there's some stuff to be happy about in today's tech news!

For Show and Tell: Stac brought some items from a weird kickstarter he supported, and Dan shows off something that will get you jungle green with envy...