The Geeks talk space travel, Windows 11 and a new gaming console that needs checking out! Foreign correspondent, Danna Dalton, calls in with her perspective on space travel.
The Geeks chat about WA Notify, an app that tracks COVID-19 exposures and how it saved thousands of lives (geekwire.com). More in geek news, FaceTime is coming to all devices soon. If you want fire and weather information Matt suggests fire.airnow.gov.
Lesson from Louie: Don't strip wires with your teeth! Also in this episode: Apple FaceTime available on a web browser, Modern Marty has photo storage issues, and Amy Hadden Marsh struggles to connect with HughesNet. Foreign Correspondant Donna Dalton makes a suggestion.
Advice from the Geeks includes: Back up your info! You'll thank yourself later. iClouds, Windows, Chromebooks, and migrating from one to another. The Geeks also review their tech-savvy means of tracking credit card security.
The Geeks chat about the Facebook data breach and how to find out if you're phone was compromised, an artificially intelligent Kurt Cobain writing new songs, and the differences between surge protectors and suppressors. They also field questions from a caller about the best printer ink.
This time on Geekspeak, KDNK's resident Geeks chat about Bitcoin, a computer processor chip shortage due to a drought in Taiwan, Apple vs. Google photos, and failures of artificial intelligence. A caller gets advice on increasing internet signal.
Foreign correspondent Donna hosts with Matt McBrayer this time. They talk about StarLink internet, public trust in social media and tech, voice recognition, and the secret message on the Mars Rover landing parachute.
Elon Musk is experimenting with neural implants in pigs and monkeys. The dynamic trio (hi, Donna!) on Geekspeak talk about that, the soaring GameStop stock, COVID contact tracing, and the ongoing epic battle of iPhones vs. Androids.
With the holidays coming up, the Geeks and foreign correspondant Donna Dalton say 2021 could be the year for Christmas in July. They also debate opting in to COVID-19 contact tracing and could there be vaccination tracing?
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A beloved call-in tech talk show with Matt McBrayer, Louie Girardot and occasional special guests. Geekspeak airs on the first and third Monday of every month of KDNK at 4:30pm.