TED Talks
TED: Pirates, nurses and other rebel designers | Alice Rawsthorn
In this ode to design renegades, Alice Rawsthorn highlights the work of unlikely heroes, from Blackbeard to Florence Nightingale. Drawing a line from these bold thinkers to some early modern visionaries like Buckminster Fuller, Rawsthorn...
PBS
Will Kickstarter Replace Hollywood?
Although it's funding is nowhere NEAR the amount Hollywood invests in moviemaking each year, crowdfunding is a way better indicator of what the audience wants to see, the one area Hollywood has failed in time and time again. Will...
PBS
Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones?
A huge amount of viewers of the HBO series Game of Thrones (not us of course, no no no) are downloading the show illegally. But despite being the most pirated show of 2012, the Game of Thrones DVDs are top sellers, breaking HBO's own...
TED Talks
Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod
Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.
TED Talks
Robert Neuwirth: The power of the informal economy
Robert Neuwirth spent four years among the chaotic stalls of street markets, talking to pushcart hawkers and gray marketers, to study the remarkable "System D," the world's unlicensed economic network. Responsible for some 1.8 billion...
Curated Video
Gamers Love the NES, So Why Did Nintendo Just Discontinue It?
See why Nintendo discontinued NES here on Cheddar.
Curated Video
Weird but Genius Techniques Ships Use to Fight Pirates in Middle of the Ocean
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel to explore the systems developed to fight pirates in the ocean. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of this mysterious...
Curated Video
Genius Techniques US Marines Use to Board & Capture Suspect Ships at Sea
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel! In this episode, we shed light on the intense training of the US Marine Corps to build tactics for conducting successful special operations and the execution of raids, visit, board, search, and...
Curated Video
Blackbeard the Pirate for Kids | Edward Teach
Set sail to learn about Blackbeard, one of the most feared pirates in history! His real name was Edward Teach, and he sailed the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea in the early 1700s during the Golden Age of Piracy. In this video,...
Curated Video
From Pirate Queen to High Society: the Legacy of Zheng Yi Sao
In 1810, Zheng Yi Sao's pirate forces unexpectedly surrendered, possibly due to their overwhelming power which likely assured them they wouldn't face punishment. This decision followed internal cracks within their confederation and...
Curated Video
The Rise of China's Pirate Queen
Learn about the early life of Zheng Yi Sao, a woman who defied societal norms to become a powerful pirate. She leveraged her intelligence to rise to power, eventually marrying the pirate Zheng Yi, with whom she formed a formidable pirate...
Science ABC
How Are Computer Games ‘Cracked’?
Game cracking involves bypassing security checks implemented by gaming companies. Hackers use tools such as kernel-mode debuggers, disassemblers, and hex-editors, which allow manipulation of the game's code. In this video, we will...
Curated Video
Zheng Yi Sao Takes Control of the South China Seas
Following the death of her husband, Zheng Yi Sao refused to conform to the expectations of widowhood and instead took full command of their pirate operations. With the support of Zheng Yi's nephew, his adopted son, and other key allies,...
Curated Video
Combatting Movie Piracy: Evolving Strategies in the Film Industry
This video discusses the rampant issue of piracy in the movie industry, focusing on the unauthorized distribution of screeners and the impact on filmmakers and studios. It highlights efforts such as developing secure DVD players to...
Curated Video
The REAL Female Pirate Of The Caribbean | Anne Bonny | Pirate Queens Of The Sea
We're all familiar with the idea of a female pirate in fiction, such as Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean, who were the REAL female pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy? Anne Bonny would become one of the most notorious pirates...
Curated Video
How Are Computer Games ‘Cracked’?
Game cracking involves bypassing security checks implemented by gaming companies. Hackers use tools such as kernel-mode debuggers, disassemblers, and hex-editors, which allow manipulation of the game's code. In this video, we will...
Weird History
Where Did The Pirate Accent Come From?
The seafaring criminals known as pirates have existed for thousands of years. But because of the portrayals found in literature - or seen in films, TV shows, or on stage - much of what the general public thinks about pirates is likely...
Archaia Historia
A Brief History of Greek Colonisation
In this episode we will have a general look at the Greek Archaic Age of discovery and colonisation.
Jabzy
Asian Pirates - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Asian Pirates
Jabzy
Early Cinema - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Early Cinema
Weird History
Witnessing A Pirate Execution
By the 17th and 18th centuries, however, piracy threatened European empire-building, so to curb such behavior, Britain punished the marauders and put them on display. Unlike what you may see in the best pirate movies, the life of a...
Weird History
13 Bizarre Pirate Traditions
Pirates have a reputation--admittedly earned--for being ruthless, bloodthirsty killers. Life on the high seas demanded so much of those willing to brave it that it became customary for new pirates to develop an honorable accord. Pirates...
Curated Video
Anthropic will pay out $1.5B to settle allegations of book piracy, used to train its AI
New ReviewAI startup Anthropic will pay a $1.5 billion settlement after being accused of copyright violations and piracy by illegally downloading books to train its AI's language models. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Rising maritime threats demand global cooperation, say experts at UN meeting
Emerging challenges to global maritime security, including piracy, armed robbery, and cyber threats, are growing more complex and interconnected, warned top officials during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday.