Everyday Tech

Jay White and Jeremy Thompson take your calls, questions and what you're excited about this week, in the world of consumer technology.

Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadgets and answer your questions. Have a tech issue? Send them an email to: [email protected].

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Jay White and Wiltz Cutrer discuss the Apple iPhone 14 launch, Ring end-to-end encryption, Sony PS5 redesign, Huawei satellite texting & InReach Mini and more! They also dive into your personal tech problems.

Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadgets and answer your questions. Have a tech issue? Send them an email to: [email protected].

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Jay White and Wiltz Cutrer discuss hearing aids, PlayStation PCs, chip makers, supersonic jets, Meta and more! They also dive into your personal tech problems. Have a tech issue? Send them an email to: [email protected].

Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadgets and answer your questions.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jay White and Wiltz Cutrer discuss media streaming "wars" and dive into your personal printer problems. Have a tech issue? Send them an email to: [email protected].

Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadgets and answer your questions.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's show, an email question from Shuqualak, Sue from Beaumont learns about data tracking, Rao in Vicksburg has a gmail issue with Windows 10, Anna in Hurley is having issues with an ad blocker, John Oliver did a monologue about data harvesting, the Twitter thread that Jeremy says explains why your phone IS NOT listening to you...because it doesn't need to, to know what you're doing anyway, here's April's new streaming options, and below are several news links for the week in consumer tech.

Ukraine says Russian hackers tried and failed to attack an energy provider | Engadget

DuckDuckGo’s privacy-centric browser arrives on Mac - The Verge

Elon Musk is hit with a class action lawsuit over his Twitter investment | Engadget

Meta is reportedly making ‘Zuck Bucks’ - The Verge

PC market on the decline as Chromebook sales slide from their pandemic peak - The Verge

Spotify exec who helped lead its podcast push is leaving the company | Engadget

WarnerMedia and Discovery have completed their mega-streaming merger - The Verge

The new update for Quest headsets lets you chill in a mountainside room - The Verge

TikTok now lets anyone create AR effects with its beta tools | Engadget

Spotify adds live audio programs and rebrands Greenroom app as Spotify Live - The Verge

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On this week's episode the guys talk about how silly and thing you might least expect can cause hiccups in performance.

Here's the email Jay's wife got last week.

This week's tech news links.

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This week, Jay and Jeremy discuss Netflix's rate hike, Microsoft's purchase of Activision, the aviation industry warning of the dangers of 5G signals near major airports, and much more!

Here's this weeks show format in Notion, with links to a ton of the week's consumer tech news.

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Here are some interesting tech news stories this week:

• Apple’s new Self Service Repair program is an opportunity to repair relationships
• Google's Gmail app now lets you make voice and video calls
• Amazon and Target play 'outsized' role in port congestion and pollution, report finds
• A hacker named Bowser agrees to pay Nintendo $10 million to settle a civil piracy suit
• Instagram launches 'Take a Break' and other safety features for teens
• Samsung merges mobile and consumer electronics divisions in major shakeup
• YouTube says most disputed copyright claims are resolved in the uploader's favor
• Google's mail-in Pixel repair service reportedly compromised photos and accounts
• New Twitter CEO has already begun a 'major reorganization'
• Facebook is testing a bill splitting feature in Messenger
• Someone is hacking receipt printers with 'antiwork' messages
• Microsoft is testing a few ways to improve Windows 11's Start menu
• Facebook details its takedown of a mass-harassment network
• CVS Pharmacy now offers audio prescription labels across the US
• Patient receives the world's first fully 3D-printed prosthetic eye
• It's time to study the health impacts of TikTok, researchers say
• Amazon ordered to rerun contentious Alabama union election

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A lost hiker ignored rescuers' phone calls, thinking they were spam...

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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This week on Everyday Tech:

• How a routine event brought down Facebook...
• How Telegram gained 70,000,000 users in one day...
• Google trolls Bing about Bing searches for Google
• YouTube TV and NBC Universal build a temporary bridge to nowhere...
• and You can now buy a keyboard that just copies and pastes.

'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

Blue Origin is officially sending William Shatner to space

Amazon Prime members can now send gifts with just a phone number or email address

Google says Bing users search for Google more than anything else

YouTube TV and NBCUniversal agree to 'short' extension to avoid channels disappearing

Pixel phones can automatically record and upload video in an emergency

FCC considers new rules to stop scammers from hijacking your cell phone

Facebook will now let you make group chats across Instagram and Messenger

You can now buy a keyboard that only copies and pastes

Alphabet's laser-Internet system has sent 700TB of data with 99.9% uptime

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