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Everyday Tech is MPB Think Radio's show about consumer tech, and your very own personal IT department - all wrapped up into one convenient package.
Jeremy will help you fix it, and Wiltz will help you keep it safe...and both can actually do either, so we're in good hands!
TECH STORIES OF THE LAST WEEK:
- The US Copyright Office just struck a blow for the right to repair
- Spotify expects to have over 400M users by the end of the year
- Google Stadia tries something new: a free 30-minute game trial
- Biden appoints Jessica Rosenworcel to officially lead the FCC
- Photoshop's new NFT button could prove you're the real digital artist
- A lost hiker ignored rescuers' phone calls, thinking they were spam
LAST WEEK:
- Instagram's outages were so bad the app will now alert users when the service goes down
- Apple is appealing the Epic Games ruling it originally called a 'resounding victory'
- 'All of this happened very fast': How a routine event brought everything down at Facebook | ZDNet
- Telegram gains 70M new users in just one day after Facebook outage
- Amazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge
- Google is about to turn on two-factor authentication by default for millions of users
- Netflix launches "Play Something" for Android users
- YouTube Music will launch free background listening starting in Canada
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Everyday Tech | Tech Questions
44:31Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Today on Everyday Tech we want to answer your questions. Did you get a new phone you don’t know much about? Thinking about buying a personal computer? Maybe your tv went out and you’re looking at getting a new one? We answer several emails and take your calls.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | The Apple Event & The Importance of Physical Media
44:05Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: It was reported in late 2021 that over 109.4 million American households subscribed to at least one video streaming service. That’s approximately 85% of Americans, and with the direction of our current cultural advancement, we can only assume that those numbers are gonna go up, but what ever happened to just buying a dvd. Or a vinyl record. Or a book. Today we’re gonna talk about that, and why physical media is important, BUT we’re going to open the show by talking about the big new Apple event yesterday titled Wonderlust.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Why Your Kids and Grandkids Watch YouTube
44:18Host(s): Abram NanneyGuest(s): Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: The Pew Research Center released a report in July of 2020 that found around 80% of parents with kids aged 11 or younger say their child watches YouTube – a primarily creator-driven video entertainment website with over 2 billion users. That’s 4 out of 5 of young children, a vast majority. So what draws them to this website? What are they watching that keeps bringing them back to it? And more importantly, why do your kids and grandkids find this entertaining? Today we’re going to try to answer those questions for you. Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | AI Takes On the Mandela Effect
44:36Host(s): Abram NanneyGuest(s): Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)Topic: Have you ever heard of the Mandela Effect? If you don’t know, the Mandela Effect is a psychological, sometimes cultural, phenomenon where people remember things differently than they happened. Well at least that used to just apply to people, but does it apply to AI too? We’ll find out after we talk more AI and the security measures Microsoft have taken to monitor AI systems.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Twitter Changed to X & The Actors' Strike vs AI
44:21Today in tech, we’ve got a lot of entertainment news to talk about. The writers’ and actors’ strike against AI protections and what all that entails. But before that we talk about twitter rebranding to, simply, X.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.org.Everyday Tech | Hacker Horror Stories
48:36This week, the guys talk about hackers and how to protect yourself from them, as well as new laws and regulations, and troubleshoot your questions.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Meta Threads & Prime Day
43:37This week, Jay and Jeremy talk about Meta's new social media app Threads and the highly anticipated annual Amazon Prime Day, and troubleshoot your questions.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Netflix Crackdown
47:03This week, the guys talk about Netflix cracking down on password sharing, discuss the pros and cons of different live tv streaming services (DirecTV Stream vs. Youtube TV), and troubleshoot your questions and comments.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.orgEveryday Tech | Scams Are Getting Smarter
43:01Wiltz is back to rejoin Jay and Jeremy to talk about new scams, tech developments, and troubleshoot your questions and comments.Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.org