Tech Gumbo

Facebook is in trouble and desperate, TikTok causing Tics and other Disorders among Teens

Facebook is in Trouble:

• People spending less time of Facebook
• Facebook hires a political group to attack TikTok
• TikTok causing Tics and other disorders among teens

Microsoft Hacked, Skipping Virtual Meetings, Netflix & Sharing Accounts, Chrome 100 Issues

News & Updates:

• Microsoft Hacked
• Beulr to skip virtual meetings
• Netflix knows you are sharing your account
• Google Chrome 100 may cause problems

Best Wordle Word, EU vs Big Tech, Microsoft Announcement 5Apr2022, Germany says uninstall Kaspersky, Mercedes Drive Pilot

The Question of the Week- What is the Best word to start WORDLE?

And EU wants to crackdown on Big Tech & Big Data, Microsoft will the “Future of Hybrid Work” in April, Germany tells everyone to uninstall Kaspersky because of Russian ties, and Mercedes announces their new Drive Pilot- Level 3 Self Driving Car

Special Guest- U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana talks Tech Legislation

Special Guest- U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana talks Tech Legislation

• Regulating the data broker industry
  • the "Terms-of-service Labeling, Design, and Readability Act"
  • The Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange Act
• The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, legislation to update online data privacy rules for the 21st century and ensure both children and teenagers are protected online. (Cassidy introduced with Sen. Markey)
• Health data privacy
• Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act & the role of governing Social Media
• General Data Protection Regulation of the EU & The California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, should we expect legislation like that is the US?

Facebook Protect and More Tech Myths

The Question of the Week- Facebook is requiring to enable Facebook Protect, is this real?

And we debunk more Tech Myths

Hands-On approach to Smartphone Security and Malware, Win11 & ads, Microsoft Clipchamp, QR Code Drone Swarm

News & Updates:

• LSU Researcher’s new smartphone security
• Rise in Smartphone Malware
• Win 11 File Explorer may had ads
• Microsoft ads Clipchamp to Win11
• Drone Swarm created QR for ad promo

Facial Recognition in Criminal Justice, and Laws being reformed

Facial Recognition:

• Being used to make arrest
• Laws and/or restrictions on usage changing state by state
• Face Scanning during a traffic stop?
• Workplace usage

Wozniak & Space Junk, Starlink says not Space Junk, Instagram avoiding iPad, Apple Watch in Service, Whole Foods “No Check Out”, EV Charging Network

• Steve Wozniak wants to remove space junk
• Starlink says there satellites are not going to be space junk
• Instagram says not enough usage for iPads
• Apple Watch working for Volvo Services Technicians
• Whole Foods deploys “Just Walk Out”
• Electric Vehicle Charging Network

Wi-Fi 6E and Autonomous Vehicle Update

The Question of the Week- What Is Wi-Fi 6E and Do I Need It? Wi-Fi 6 vs. 6E & Wi-Fi 7;

Autonomous Vehicle update, when should we expect full self driving vehicles?

Russian- Ukraine War through the lens of Technology

Stopping Russian Disinformation, Accredited Media Verifying Social post with geo-data, Hactivist striking back at Russia, Starlink gets some good PR, Microsoft fights Russian Malware, Tech Giants fumble with what to do!

3G Shutting Down, Facebook has continued troubles

The Question of the Week- My alarm company says they have to change the cellular modem because the cell towers are changing, is this true? 3G Networks shutting down causing device changes, Facebook makes Reels available worldwide and continues to have multiple problems.

Russian Cyber War, WhatsApp, Wordle, Robocalls, Twitter Expanding, Android on Win11

Russia started with Cyber Warfare before launching bombs & bullets, WhatsApp upgrades, Wordle now has Ad Trackers, FCC tries to prevent Voicemail Robocalls, Twitter looks at long form, Android Apps now works on Win11

Industry 3.0 and Web 3.0

The Question of the Week- On last week’s show, you mentioned Industry 3.0, can you go into more details about that? We briefly go through Industry 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0. And then we discuss Web 3.0, what is it, advantages, disadvantages, and some potential problems.

Space- SpaceX, Starlink, NASA and “Starman”

We do a Space Based Episode- SpaceX not hitting the Moon, NASA Splashing the Space Station, Pentagon cleaning up Low Earth Orbit, Worries over too many Starlink satellites, Starlink hit by geomagnetic storm, and Starman 4 years in Space

Activision Microtransactions, Facebook vs. EU, Facebook loses Daily Users, Facebook Stock Plummets, IRS Ends Facial Recognition, Amazon Prime Raising the Annual Fee

Activision made $5 Billion on in game transactions, Facebook threatens to pull out of Europe because of Data Laws, Facebook loses Daily users for the 1^st time ever, Facebook Stock plummets 26% in 1 Day, the IRS will stop using Facial Recognition to log into their website, and Amazon Prime raising annual fee from $119 to $139/year.

Tec Next 2022, The Technology & Energy Conference - Feb 24-25, 2022 Guest Coila LaFleur w/ ExxonMobil & Stephen Loy with Nexus Louisiana Tech Park

Guest Coila LaFleur w/ ExxonMobil & Stephen Loy with Nexus Louisiana Tech Park talk with us about the upcoming Tec Next 2022, The Technology & Energy Conference coming up on Feb 24^th & 25^th in Baton Rouge bringing together Tech & Industrial Manufacturing

Freeing up Storage on your Smartphone, Can you trust Google?

The Question of the Week- My phone keeps telling me I am out of storage, what should I do? Google & Facebook fined for making it hard to refuse tracking cookies, and Google and their unethical business practices, which leads to the question of Can You Trust Google?

Sony buying Bungie, FTC investigating Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal, Wordle update, Banning Surveillance Advertising Act

News & Updates- Sony is buying Bungie for $3.6Bil, but is it a good deal, The FTC Chair has promised to investigate the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal for Antitrust, Wordle sells to the NY Times, and the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act trying to limit online advertisers to targeting audiences by approximate location

Google’s new tracking for Chrome, Hactivist stop Russian Military, SpaceX & Starlink updates on: Global Broadband, Satellites Photo Bombing Astronomers, Falcon 9 Rocket Crashing into the Moon

News & Updates- Google has a new way of tracking your browser usage, Hactivist in Belarus crash the rail system with Ransomware to stop the trains from moving, including the Russian Army, SpaceX & Starlink updates on: Global Broadband getting ready to roll out, Satellites streaking across the night sky are Photo Bombing Astronomers, an out of control Falcon 9 Rocket Crashing into the Moon on March 9th

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard, Democratization of Technology and the Internet

The Question of the Week- Is the Microsoft purchase of Activision really a big deal? And we discuss Democratization of Technology and the Internet because of a twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s jet and 2/3 of Anti-Vax Propaganda was created by 12 people

Switching Cell Phone Carriers, TikTok & YouTube stars make Big $$$, How you can make money as well

The Question of the Week- What do I need to know to switch Cell Phone Companies, TikTok stars making more money the public traded CEO’s, 7 year old YouTuber made $28Mil in 2021, Things to do if you want to start making money as a Social Media Influencer

5G -AT&T-Verizon-FCC-FAA-United-Delta-American, N. Korean stole $400M in Crypto, Russia arrested REvil, Terms & Condition Bill in Congress

News & Updates- The Major airlines threaten chaos if 5G C-Band is rolled activated, AT&T & Verizon agree to another delay, the 50 airports with a 5G Buffer, and 5G C-Band activation has begun (just not near airports)

Fake Ransomware, Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience

Hackers are releasing a Fake Ransomware counting on the wrong reaction from users, and a deep dive into Microsoft’ New Commerce Experience (spoiler alert- prices are going up)

BlackBerry Ends, Games on Microsoft Edge, AT&T and Verizon refuse and the accept more delays on 5G Rollout, Log4j update

News & Updates- A look at the Rise and Fall of BlackBerry that has now ended it service, Microsoft is bringing games to the Edge Browser, AT&T and Verizon refuse and accept a request from the FAA to delay for 2 weeks the rollout of the C-Band of the new 5G, and Log4j updates (it is not going away anytime soon)

Review of Tech that ended in 2021

We take a month-by-month look at Tech that ended like: Trump’s Social Media, Google Stadia, Yahoo Answers, LiveLeak, LinkedIn Stories, and more!

More stolen passwords, Starlink Speeds slowing, Autonomous Truck, Meta Horizon Worlds Launches and has Immediate Problems

News & Updates- Police find 225 Million stolen passwords, Starlink gets a little slower wit more users, an Autonomous Truck takes an 80 trip, Meta opens Horizon Worlds and then a female user gets sexually harassed

How do I know if I have malware on my phone?, What do parents need to know about Roblox ”exploiting” young game developers

The Question of the Week- How do I know if I have malware on my phone?, and an investigation into what do parents need to know about Roblox and how they are exploiting young game developers

Log4j, updating Chrome, Microsoft Right-to-Repair, Sleeper’s eyeballs used to unlock iPhone, Cops buying your data without a Warrant

News & Updates- Hackers are exploiting Log4j vulnerability, Google Chrome needs to be updated for security reasons, Microsoft catches up with the Right-To-Repair the Surface computers, a man lifted his sleeping girlfriends eyelids to break into her phone and steal her money, Law enforcement officers can now get your cellular data without having to get a search warrant

Multi-Factor Authentication, Problem w/ Complex Passwords, Burnout causing Security Risk, Cyber Command takes action, Life360 selling your precise location data

The Question of the Week- My is going to start using MFA, what do I need to know? So we discuss MFA & the problem w/ Complex Password,  Why burnout is creating security risk, US Cyber Command is now taking proactive actions, and the Life360 app is selling your precise location data and why that is a bad thing!

AWS Outage, Your credit car’s value on the Dark Web, Microsoft warns against Chrome, Win11 Adoption Rate, Sports Streaming & Betting

News & Updates- AWS had a massive outage causing lots of other outages, What you credit card is actually worth on the Dark Web, Microsoft warns against Chrome because Edge is better, Win11 is off to a slow Adoption Rate, Sports Streaming & Betting are becoming a very big business

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey steps down, Spotify becoming more like Instagram & TikTok?

The Question of the Week- I heard the guy in charge of Twitter is stepping down, why is this a big deal? Spotify is trying to do more than just music and be more like TikTok & Instagram

Women leaving Tech?, Ransomware gangs buy Zero-Day flaws, Ransomware mistake, Stopping Grinch Bots, WhatsApp gives up data, Apple & Google fined

News & Updates- 1/3 of Women in Tech thinking about leaving the Tech sector, Ransomware gangs have made enough money to buy Zero-Day flaws worth 8 figures, When hit by Ransomware- the 1^st thing not to do, Lawmakers trying to stop Grinch Bots, Apple & Google fined for GDPR violations

Parents & Kids on the Internet, Bad Habits for PC’s

The Question of the Week- My child is turning 10, what should I tell her about the Internet? Also, The Bad Habits we all have that are ruining your computer

Avg Ransomware $6Mil, Win11 Blue Screen of Death, Cybersecurity for K-12, Upgrading Smartphone, Centrifuge for Satellites, Russia blows up a Satellite

News & Updates- Average Ransomware payout in US is $6Mil, Win11 going back to Blue Screen of Death instead of Black, Gov’t Agencies call for Cybersecurity updates for K-12, True cost of Upgrading to new Smartphone, A Centrifuge for launching satellites to space, and Russia blows up one of their satellites

What would happen if Social Media went away?

The Question of the Week- What would happen if Social Media went away?

Apple & Right-To-Repair, Apple hires Autopilot Executive, Microsoft announces Loop, Low End CPU’s Interest Plummet, Airlines-5G-FCC-FAA, Hakers-For-Hire

News & Updates-  Apple backs down on Right-To-Repair, Apple hires an Autopilot expert away from Tesla, Microsoft announces a new very collaborative program Loop, Chromebook sales fall off dramatically, The Airlines & FAA are in talks with the FCC about the Mid Band of 5G and whether or not it interferes with altimeters.

Facebook becoming Meta, Facebook’s Future, Fixing Facebook, Facebook Shutting Down Facial Recognition

The Question of the Week- Is Facebook still going to be Facebook?

Facebook changing the Corporate name to Meta and discusses the long range plans for Meta, Facebook employees want to fix Facebook, and Facebook is finally shutting down facial recognition, for now!

LSU get Cybersecurity designation, Tesla charging other EVs, Starlink updates, iPhone news, security patches and crash detection

News & Updates- National Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, or CAE-CO, recently selected LSU as the sole university allowed to apply for CAE-CO designation this year, Tesla launching a pilot to allow non Tesla Electric Vehicles to charge  up at their Supercharger stations, Starlink more popular than 5G?, Starlink expanding into India, iPhone 13 using iPad parts, iOS & Mac security patch, iPhone could get crash detection

Donald Trump’s Truth Social and Deplatforming

The Question of the Week- Is former President Trump really launching a social media platform? Also we discuss the pros and cons of Deplatforming Social Media influencers

SolarWinds Hack is Back, Your ISP is Snooping, iPod turns 20, AirPods Pro

Russian hackers are targeting IT Companies, FTC OK’s ISP to monetize your data, the iPod is turning 20 and we look back, AirPods Pro get firmware update with new added features

FCC & Robotext, Google calls for Government action on Cybersecurity, Human oversight on AI, and Lawmakers-Social Media- Algorithms

News & Updates- The FCC wants to crackdown on Robotexting, Google’s CEO call for a Geneva Convention for Governments to crackdown on cybersecurity issues, and someone has had the Bad Idea not to have human oversight on advancements in Artificial Intelligence

Metaverse? Eric Romero & Warren Kron from the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge Information Services Dept

The Question of the Week- What is the Metaverse and is Facebook really changing it’s name? Also Eric Romero & Warren Kron from Baton Rouge IS Dept join us to talk about what the city government is doing for Cyber Security Month

Windows 11 is now available, Millennials worry more about Facebook breach then bank account hack, Ocean Drone in a hurricane, FCC & Robocalls, Twitch data breach exposes everything

The Question of the Week- Now that Windows 11 is out, should I upgrade?

News & Updates- Report that Millennials worry much more about a Facebook breach then if their bank account gets hacked, Ocean SailDrone in a hurricane show awesome video and sending great data, FCC still trying to eliminate Robocalls, Twitch suffered a data breach exposes everything from source code to how much content contributors got paid

Facebook’s really bad 48 hours

Facebook had the whistle-blower on 60 Minutes on Sunday, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp & Messenger all go down for 6 ½ hours on Monday, and the whistle-blower testifies before a Senate committee, and then The EU wants to regulate Facebook

Stop using the same password for everything, Amazon’s creepy new products

The Question of the Week- Do I really need to use different passwords for everything? Amazon announces new products and most of them are bad ideas, especially the Astro!

News & Updates- Instagram pauses Kids App, US trying to ease shortage, TikTok disrupts science, Apple boots Fortnite, YouTube bans Anti-Vax,

Instagram has stopped trying to create a standalone app for kids, The US Gov’t is trying to ease the bottleneck in the supply chain of semiconductors and microchips, A teenage TikTok’er disrupts thousands of scientific research with a video, Apple kicks Fortnite off this iOS platform

A deep dive on the new iOS15 and how it will affect 5G

The Question of the Week- Apple just released a major update for my iPhone, should I do the upgrade? We go through the new features in iOS 15  and how the iPhone 13 will impact the roll out of 5G in the USA

 

News & Updates- Facebook denies Wall Street Journal Article, Study-Hybrid work is more, Man Jailed for Malware on AT&T Phones, SpaceX Update, Germany bracing for a “shock”, Mich. Electric Road

Facebook says “Nuh-Uh” to the Wall Street Journal article citing that Instagram is toxic to teenage girls, Microsoft did a study on the Hybrid work overload, A man gets 12 years prison for injecting Malware into AT&T phones, SpaceX is exiting Beta in Oct 2021, Germany is very concerned what electric cars will do to jobs in the automotive industry, and Mich. Will construct a 1 mile stretch oh highway that will recharge your all electric vehicle

How to actually talk to Customer Service and Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teenage girls, and Facebook tries to clean up Facebook

The Question of the Week- Last week you talked about calling the cell phone companies to get out of contracts, do you have any tips on how to actually talk to a customer service rep? The Wall Street Journal reports that Instagram is toxic for teenage girls and FB does nothing, and Facebook hires Accenture to try to remove the toxic material from Facebook but makes a bigger problem for the employees doing the work

News & Updates- Epic Games vs. Apple, Microsoft goes passwordless, Zoom getting people fired, iPhone 13- Boring, Autonomous Vehicle accidents

Epic Games sues Apple & the App Store and wins but Apple Wins too, Microsoft makes a further push to get away from passwords using Biometrics, Employers are reprimanding and/or firing emplyees for stupid behavior on Zoom meetings, Apple unveils the iPhone 13 and the entire planet yawns, and an autonomous vehicle has an accident at the Paralympic games and Tesla is investigated for Autopilot crashes