Tech Gumbo

Conner Leblanc joins as Special Co-Host- Microsoft Teams and Office, Windows Recall, MacBook’s Secret Radio, China’s Prepositioned Cyber Threat, Randy Travis’ New AI Generated Song

News and Updates:

• The EU has force Microsoft to split Teams from Office
• Microsoft’s Copilot+ will have a feature called “Windows Recall”
• MacBooks and iPads have secret radio that does nothing?
• China is reading cyber attacks aimed at US infrastructure
• Randy Travis has released an AI Generated song and it debuted on Billboard’s Country chart

Restarting Smart Phones, OpenAI’s Next Frontier and SuperAlignment Team, Google Gives Strange Results, Google’s Algorithm Leaked, Can You Trust AI?, Celebrity AI, Low Adoption Rate for AI Worldwide

The Question of the Week: You Should Restart Your Phone Weekly: Here's Why

The Big Stories:

• OpenAI begins planning for their “Next Frontier Model”
• OpenAI is restarting their SuperAlignment Team to put in safeguards and better training
• Google’s Gemini Give bizarre search results and scrambles to remove weird answers
• Google confirms leaked documents about their search algorithm are legitimate
• Can you trust AI, especially at work?
• Would you want to talk to an AI of your favorite celebrity or influencer?
• Worldwide adoption rate to Generative AI is very low

Hackers Breach Christie’s Auction House, FTC Warns Of More Scams, Preventing Facebook From Sharing Your Data, Win 10 EOL Options, Zoom Stupidities

News and Updates:

• Hackers breach Christies’ Auction House, Christies’ ignores ransom demands!
• FTC warns scammers are using more email and less cell phones using big brand names
• How to stop Facebook from sharing all of your personal data
• Windows 10 End Of Life is Oct2025, what are your options
• A man Zooms into his court proceed about a suspending driver’s license, while driving

How Big Is Google, Smartphones Banned From The Classroom, Parents Struggle With The Ban, Does Banning Smartphones From The Classroom Make A Difference?

The Question of the Week: You guys talk about it, but how big is Google?

The Big Stories:

• Schools ban smartphones, social media usage goes down, things get better
• 43% of schools already have a ban on smartphones, very few actually enforce the ban
• Parents struggle with smartphone ban more than students
• Should smartphones be allowed in the classroom?

TikTok Sues U.S., iPhone Spyware, 3rd Party iOS App Store, Google and Microsoft on Passkeys, LinkedIn Games Launches, Starlink Update

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AI Hype Bubble, Gen AI And Job Loss?, Gen AI Relacing Call Centers, Catholic AI Priest Gives Strange Answers

The Big Stories:

• Is the Gen AI Hype leveling off?
• Google says Gen AI will not take jobs any time soon
• Gen AI could start replacing call centers in 2025
• Microsoft investing Billions in AI Infrastructure where most call centers are now
• Catholic group created an “AI Priest” bot, who gave strange answers and is no longer a Priest

Net Neutrality Returns, TikTok Updates, NHTSA Investigating Tesla, Tesla Layoffs

News and Updates:

• FCC bringing back Net Neutrality
• TikTok says it will shut down US presence before selling
• ByteDance, TikTok and Douyin and why this is complicated
• NHTSA is investigating Tesla’s Autopilot claims and capabilities, and fatal crashes the cause
• Tesla laying off 14K employees, still more to come

Tik-Tok Update, Datacenters- Growth & Resource Consumptions Out of Control

The Question of the Week: What’s next for Tik-Tok?

The Big Stories:

• Datacenters growth explosive growth in numbers and consumption  
• Trends why datacenters are growing
• AI and Cloud Computing are culprit for datacenter power and resources consumption

Space Force Exercise, Starlink On Black Market, NASA Wants Samples From Mars, NASA’s New Time Standard On Moon, Battery Powered Appliances, Too Much Solar Power

News and Updates:

• Space Force to practice “On -Orbit Aggression” exercises in space
• Starlink is forced to crackdown on unauthorized users in Sudan, Zimbabwe, South Africa and more
• NASA looking for better ways to get samples back from Mars rover projects
• NASA needs to create a time standard for the Moon
• Will battery power large home appliances
• Roof top solar panels creating too much power in Southern California

How Much Internet Bandwidth?, EU Passes Comprehensive AI Act, Congress Files An AI Bill, , UK Criminalize Sexual Deepfakes, Netflix AI Generated Usage Dilemma

The Question of the Week: How Much Internet Bandwidth Do I Really Need?

The Big Stories:

• EU law passes first comprehensive laws on AI, including new restrictions on how it can be used
• Congress files a bill forcing AI to reveal copyrighted art
• K. criminalizes the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images and videos against women
• Netflix may have used AI Generated images of a real person in a true crime documentary

YouTube Is #1 And Still Cracking Down On Ad-Blockers, Win 11 Upgrade, Microsoft Breach Affecting US Gov’t, Disney HoloTiles, Humane AI Pin Review

News and Updates:

• YouTube is the #1 source for music and video entertainment and education
• YouTube is still cracking down on Ad-Blockers, despite Ad-blockers being available in Chrome Store
• New patch removes “Blue Screen of Death” problem for upgrading to Win11
• Russian security breach into Microsoft still causing problems throughout the US Government
• Disney shows off their new HoloTile
• Humane AP Pin is horrible, way too expensive, way under performing

Cyber Security And The Elderly, AI And Fast-food

The Question of the Week: How do I talk about Cyber Security to my elderly parents?

• How Older Adults Can Improve Their Personal Cyber Security And Avoid Scams

The Big Stories:

• Taco Bell & Pizza Hut launching AI App to help run the restaurants
• The truth about AI Drive Thru’s- Its humans in the Philippines
• AI Voice Recognition is still a problem for drive thru’s

Tesla Autopilot Lawsuit, AI Engineer Pay, Apple Home Robot, AT&T Class-Action, Smartphone Damages, Apple Adds To Obsolete List

News and Updates:

• Tesla tries to involve Apple in Autopilot crash lawsuit, finally settles
• AI Engineers are getting paid Big Dollar$$
• After ending the Apple Car, could there be an Apple Home Robot?
• AT&T admits leak of 73 million customer’s data after Class-Action lawsuit filled
• The most common damage to smartphones
• Apple has added the iPhone 6 Plus and the iPad 5^th Gen

Backing Up A PC, AI Has Trouble With Bad Input, AI & Cybersecurity, Will AI Replace You?, Will AI Replace Hollywood?

The Question of the Week: Can you recommend a good back solution for my PC?

The Big Stories:

• ChatGPT flooded with celebrity impersonators and given bad info through their ChatGPT Store
• AI is changing the threat of cybersecurity
• Will Generative AI replace me and/or take my job?
• Will Generative AI replace Hollywood and/start creating block buster movies and TV shows?

Gmail Turns 20, Google Podcast App ends, FCC Broadband Rate, Facebook Poke Is Back, Amazon ends “Just Walk Out”, CISA Hacked, NYC Chatbot Gets It Wrong

News and Updates:

• Gmail turn 20 on 1Apr2024 and changed Google
• Google Podcast Apps is ended, moving everything to YouTube
• FCC says Broadband minimum is now 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up
• Facebook is bringing back the Poke, but should they?
• Amazon ends “Just Walk Out” at Amazon Fresh Stores
• U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA, gets hacked by China
• NYC created a chatbot to give answers about NYC laws and gets them wrong!

Google Search Generative Experience, Fla. Bans Social Media For Kids Under 14, How Big Is TikTok, Who Owns TikTok

The Question of the Week:  What’s going on with Google Search?

The Big Stories:

• Passes a law restrict Social Media from kids under 14
• How Big is TikTok by the numbers
• TikTok’s US Investors
• Who actually owns TikTok

Apple Sued Again & Again, GM To Quit Sharing Driver Data, Uber Eats Fails With Facial Recognition, LinkedIn To Include Games

News and Updates:

• Apple sued by US for being a Monopoly
• Apple sued via Class-Action over AirTag safety
• Starlink testing Cellular connections
• GM stops sharing driver behavior data
• Uber Eats paying out because of Facial Recognition failure
• LinkedIn will start including games on the platform

Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili Ph.D. Interview on Cyber Security Research

The Interview: Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili Ph.D., discusses his research on:

• VR Deception
• Forensic analysis of the Roomba
• Using the Progressive App to detect hit & run

Royal Photo Manipulation, Microsoft Still Dealing With Breach, Cars Selling Data, Wordle Clone Crackdown, Roku Bricking TV’s

News and Updates:

• The Royal Photo scandal and the ethical dilemma of manipulating photos
• Microsoft still working through the Russian Cyber Breach
• Is your car collecting data and selling your info to insurance companies?
• The NY Times is cracking down on illegal clones of Wordle
• Roku is bricking TVs until “Dispute Resolution Terms” is accepted

Windows 12?, EV’s Pollute And Are A Security Risk, Apple Car Ended, Apple Hit With Fine And Class Action Lawsuit, iOS 17.4

The Question of the Week:  You’ve talked about Windows 12, what is the update?

The Big Stories:

• EV’s emit more pollution that gas cars
• Chinese cars are security threat and have little to no safety
• Apple ends it’s Autonomous car project
• Apple fined $2Bil in EU of Music Streaming apps
• Apple faces Class Action Suit over iCloud restrictions
• iOS 17.4 Released with lots of upgrades and patches

Starlink-HughesNet-Project Kuiper Updates, Apple-Oura-Samsung Rings, Max Password Crackdown

News and Updates:

• Starling getting better, faster, more reliable, new pricing plans
• HughesNet satellite Internet hemorrhaging customers
• Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite Internet trying to get off the ground
• Apple Ring-Oura Ring- Samsung Ring wearables instead of watches that do less?
• Max will join other streaming platforms to begin cracking down on password sharing

AT&T Outage, Cynomi Cyber Security

The Question of the Week:  What happened to AT&T Last Week?

Interview: We discuss cyber security with Laura Rodrigues from Cynomi

SCOTUS Hears Social Media Cases, Husband Listened In To Business Calls And Made Million$$, Vending Machine Using Facial Recognition, Airline’s Chatbot Cost Company Money, Spacecraft Lands On Moon

News and Updates:

• SCOTUS hears Texas & Florida laws about Social Media, very skeptically
• Husband eavesdrops on acquisitions manager wife, makes $1 Million, gets caught
• Vending machine on a college campus was discovered using facial recognition
• Air Canada’s chatbot gave incorrect info, the airline must now honor refund
• Spacecraft lands on the moon, then falls on its side

Non-Microsoft Verified Apps, OpenAI’s Sora

The Question of the Week:  

I get this message: "The app you're trying to install isn't a Microsoft-verified app. Get verified apps from Store" How can I get around this and install an app I want?

The Big Stories:

• OpenAI teases Sora, the generative AI that creates videos from text
• A deep dive into Videos created from generative AI

Starlink Deorbits 100 Satellites, Astronomers Upset with Starlink, Mars 1 Year Simulation, Cyber Crime Group Stopped, Cyber Rules for Cars, EV Updates, Electric Grid Demand to Double

News and Updates:

• Starlink will deorbit 100 satellites
• Astronomers will complain to the UN about too many satellites
• NASA will be doing a 1 Year Mars Simulation
• Lockbit Cybercriminals stopped from spreading more malware
• Carmakers dealing with U.N. Cyber Rules
• Hertz to sell 20K EV’s, including discounting Tesla’s
• US allowing automakers more time to move to creating EV’s
• People prefer Hybrids over full EV’s
• Demand on the Electric Grid will double because of datacenters and AI in the next 3 years

Tap To Pay, New Sports Streaming Venture, Microsoft Copilot & Google Gemini, Altman Looking To Raise $7Trillion

The Question of the Week:  

 How does “Tap to Pay” for my credit card and/or smart phone work?

 The Big Stories:

• ESPN, Fox Sports and Warner Bros. look to start a new sports streaming platform
• Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini are rolling out everywhere
• OpenAI CEO wants to recreate chip manufacturing for AI, needs $7 Billion

SHOW #300 – Samsung Trifold Phone, Xbox Everywhere, Americans Lost $10B To Scams, Apple Autonomous Vehicle, Google Maps AI Upgrade

News and Updates:

• This is Tech Gumbo’s #300 Radio Show
• Samsung maybe developing a trifold phone
• Microsoft wants Xbox Game Pass available on PS5 and Switch
• Americans lost $10 Billion to scams in 2023 according to the FTC
• Apple dramatically increased is research mileage for the Autonomous Vehicles
• Google Maps is getting a Generative AI upgrade

The Mac is 40, Apple Vision Pro Reviews, Dumb Ways People are Using Vision Pro

The Big Stories:

• The Apple Macintosh computer turned 40
• Multiple reviews of the Apple Vision Pro, the good and bad
• Dumb ways people are using Vision Pro

Facebook Is 20, Music Disappearing From TikTok, Social Media Platform Updates, Threads Suggest A Fediverse, Google & Yahoo Cracking Down on SPAM, Toothbrushes Cause Cyber Attack

News and Updates:

• Facebook is 20, we discuss some of the changes along the way
• Universal Music Group pulls all of its music from TikTok, including Taylor Swift
• YouTube is still the biggest, TikTok and Threads are growing Twitter is imploding
• Threads wants Fediverse (FEDerated unIVERSE) for other platforms
• Google and Yahoo are cracking down on SPAM
• 3 million smart toothbrushes cause a Direct Denial of Service

Amazon Stops Purchase of Roomba, Gen Z Has Poor Cyber Security Habits, TikTok Feeble Attempt to Protect US User Data

The Big Stories:

• The EU refuses to allow Amazon to purchase iRobot, the makers of Roomba
• Generation Z has a poor cyber security problem
• Gen Z also falls for more cyber scams than their grandparents
• TikTok gives a Wink-And-A-Nod to protecting US user data

Ingenuity Flies Its Last Mission, Russian Hackers Hit HPE, Toyota Promotes Hydrogen-Powered Cars, Apple’s Vision Pro Has Privacy and App Issues

News and Updates:

• NASA’s Mars helicopter has flown its last mission after 72 flights
• The same Russian hacker that tried to get into Microsoft, try to get into HPE
• Toyota says Hydrogen-Powered Cars are the future, not EV’s
• Apple’s Vision Pro and the data collected are still up for grabs
• YouTube and Netflix will not build apps for the Vision Pro, for now

iOS 17.3 Launched With Stolen Device Protection, ChatGPT Sued by Authors, Another AI-Bot Influencer Fired, DNA Used To Create Facial Recognition

The Big Stories:

• Apple’s iOS 17.3 launches with security features, including Stolen Device Protection
• NY Times authors sue Open AI because ChatGPT can go around a pay wall
• Formula E Team creates a female an AI chatbot and then retracts the creepy bot
• Police use DNA to reconstruct suspects facial ID and then deploys facial recognition

Microsoft Is Hacked, Microsoft Is #1 $$$, Big Cable Against User Choices, Google Podcast To Become YouTube Music

News and Updates:

• Microsoft by Russians, but stopped it before it became bad
• Microsoft overtook Apple to become the most valuable company on Earth
• Cable companies think you are incapable of deleting you account on a website
• Google Podcast migrating to YouTube Music

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), YouTube’s Big Slowdown, Google Killing Cookies, Google Play is a Monopoly, Google Play Will Allow Real Money Gaming Apps

The Question of the Week:  

 What is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)?

The Big Stories:

• YouTube’s assault on Adblockers continues with a “Slow Down” if you have an ad blocker
• Google is getting rid of everyone else’s cookies, but keep their own
• Google Play Store found guilty of being a monopoly
• Google Play will allow more Gaming Apps, including apps from Google

 

Starlink at Costco, Starlink Getting Faster, Wi-Fi 7, Apple Vision Pro, @SECGov Hacked

News and Updates:

• Starlink dishes now available at Costco
• Starlink is reducing latency to below 20 milliseconds
• Wi-Fi 7 received certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance
• The very pricy Apple Vision Pro
• @SECGov hacked possibly to inflate the price of Bitcoin

iPhone Anti-Malware, Google’s Robot Constitution, AI-Doctors-Self Diagnosis, AI Bot Sells Vehicle for $1- The Hell Breaks Loose

The Question of the Week:  

Are there any good anti-spyware / anti-malware for iPhone 13?

The Big Stories:

• Google creates a Robot Constitution for AI LLM’s
• AI & Doctors in the era of Self Diagnosis
• GM Dealer uses chat bot, bot tries to sell Tahoe for $1
• Then Chatbot went off script with a few political opinions

New Years Tech Tips, GM Ending CarPlay, Tesla lowers Range Estimates, X Is Down 72%

News and Updates:

• 10 Tech Tip to start the New Year
• GM cancelling Android Auto & CarPlay for “Safety Concerns”
• Tesla lowers estimation on range of several EV’s per charge
• X, formerly known as Twitter, valuation is down 72% in 14 months 

AI &Large Language Models Deep Dive Discussion! (Part 3 of 3)

I am joined by 3 Cyber & AI experts, Don Monistere, Alexander Adams & Justin Obney, We do a deep dive into the Large Language Models, and discuss what the models are doing and how best to use them. (Part 3 of 3)

AI & Large Language Models Deep Dive Discussion! (Part 2 of 3)

I am joined by 3 Cyber & AI experts, Don Monistere, Alexander Adams & Justin Obney, We do a deep dive into the Large Language Models, and discuss what they expect over the next year. (Part 2 of 3)

AI & Large Language Models Deep Dive Discussion! (Part 1 of 3)

I am joined by 3 Cyber & AI experts, Don Monistere, Alexander Adams & Justin Obney, We do a deep dive into the Large Language Models, and what discuss we have learned over the past 6 months. (Part 1 of 3)

COBOL, ChatGPT Turns 1 Year Old

The Question of the Week-  What is COBOL?

The Big AI Story:

• ChatGPT turns 1, 5 things have we learned in the first year

TikTok Ban Blocked, UK Could Require Facial Scans, Kansas Courts Reduced To Faxing, Hackers Discloses Breach to SEC, Streaming Services Bundling, Hackers Demand Idaho National Lab research “CatGirls”

News and Updates:

• TikTok Ban in Montana blocked by Federal Court
• UK considering facial scans to view online porn
• Cyberattack cripples Kansas courts for lawyers to fax documents
• Ransomware group turns victim into the SEC because they did not disclose the network breach
• Streaming platforms are considering bundles libraries potentially lowering monthly cost
• Hacker group “Gay Furry Cats” breach nuke lab, demand research on creating “catgirls”

OpenAI Fired-Unfired Sam Altman, AI Diagnosing Autism, SI Using Fake AI Writers, AI Weapons To Kill Humans?

The Question of the Week-  Can you summarize what happened at OpenAI?

OpenAI’s Board fired CEO Sam Altman, then Unfired him, Board Resigns

The Big AI Stories:

• AI can diagnose Autism with 98.5% accuracy
• Sports Illustrated using Fake AI Writers for published articles
• The Pentagon is looking into letting AI weapons autonomously kill humans

iOS NameDrop is Safe, Stopping Porch Pirates, Google Deleting Accounts, Digital Car Keys, Google Passkeys

News and Updates:

• New feature in iOS 17, NameDrop, is safe, despite fearmongering
• Protecting your deliveries from Porch Pirates
• Google deactivating dormant account
• Digital car keys maybe here a reality in not too distant future

Google – Apple and the EU, CFPB Apple-Google and Banks, Auto Makers and the Data Cars Create and Store

The Big Stories:

• Google ask the EU force Apple to make iMessage work on all platforms, not just the iPhone
• The CFPB wants regulate Apple and Google like banks because of $$ transactions
• Car makers disables features to cars to protect data created by cars, users not happy
• Cars retain the data the transmits through the infotainment system, long term risk

Dumb Cybersecurity Mistakes, Better Cyber Policies, Robocalls Not Stopping, Tesla Cybertruck Caveat, Hybrids Instead of EV’s, NASA’s Long Distance Call to Voyager 2

News and Updates:

• The NSA releases Top 10 dumbest Cybersecurity mistakes
• NY State Dept of Financial Services Cyber Rules are better than National Cyber Policies
• Robocalls keep happening, especially in Baton Rouge
• Tesla will not allow the resale of a Cybertruck for 1 full year
• More people are buying Hybrids than EV’s
• NASA communicates with Voyager 2 which is over 12 Billion miles away from Earth

Updating Smart Phones and Computers?, Deepfake Porn Videos, Deepfake Images of High School Classmates, Monitoring Software Is Security Concern, AI Generates Very Disturbing Clichés

The Question of the Week: Do I really need to update my phone & computer?

The Big Stories:

• Deepfake videos are mostly porn
• High school boys create generate deepfake nude pictures of female classmates
• The Speaker of the House uses Monitoring software on PC’s and phones raising security concerns
• A study found AI Generated images are very stereotypical and disturbing clichés

YouTube Ad Blocking, US v. Google, College Students And Dating Apps, HackerOne $300M Payout, SEC Sues SolarWinds Over 2020 Russian Hack

News and Updates:

• YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is aggravating people worldwide
• US v. Google antitrust suit exposes the most profitable search
• Are college students backing away from dating apps?
• HackeOne has paid out over $300 Million to white hat hackers, and that is a good thing
• The SEC sues SolarWinds over the 2020 Russian hack because of negligence
• Disney is taking full control of Hulu

Quishing, Google CEO testifies, Amazon Used Nessie, Automakers and Suppliers Argue Over Car Data

The Big Stories:

• What is Quishing?- QR Code Phishing
• Google CEO testifies in the antitrust case, says dominance is a good thing
• Amazon used a secret algorithm called “Project Nessie” to raise everyone’s prices
• Automakers and suppliers disagree your over car’s data  in the EU

The Start Of Season 10- Executive Order for A.I., iOS 17.1, Twitter-X Full of Misinformation, Media Not Missing Twitter, Sports Sticking With X For Now, Pirating Making a Comeback

The Start Of Season 10!

News and Updates:

• President Biden issues Executive Order for safeguards on A.I.
• iOS 17.1 is and time to upgrade
• Twitter-X has 10 times more disinformation than all other social media
• NPR left Twitter 6 months ago, does not miss it
• Sprots Media & Fans still using X
• Online piracy is rising along with streaming rates