January 20, 2022

On TechTime with Nathan Mumm, Microsoft is purchasing Activision Blizzard, what is the Microsoft Metaverse? Twitter Expands Feature Allowing Users to Flag Misleading Tweets and Russia Fines Google for Not Deleting Content | Air Date 1/17 - 1/23/2022

54 minutes

"Welcome to TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go "Hummmm" Technology news of the week for January 17th – 23rd, 2022.

Today on the show, Microsoft is purchasing Activision Blizzard, and how does this shape Microsoft's Metaverse? Twitter Expands Feature Allowing Users to Flag Misleading Tweets and Russia Fines Google for Not Deleting Banned Content. We have our favorite segments including, "This Week In Technology" along with "Protect Yourself Today," "Stories You Didn't Know," and of course, our "Pick of the Day" whiskey tasting, sit back, raise a glass, and Welcome to TechTime with Nathan Mumm

Episode 84: Starts at 3:23

--- [Now on Today's Show]: Starts at 6:04
--- [Top Stories In The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 10:12

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion - https://tinyurl.com/c4v72fy7
Twitter Expands Feature Allowing Users to Flag Misleading Tweets - https://tinyurl.com/3vchchbu
Russia Fines Google for Not Deleting Banned Content - https://tinyurl.com/34kyx33n

--- [Pick of the Day - Whiskey Tasting Review]: Starts at 23:01

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--- [Technology Insider]: Starts at 24:34

“World of AI” Using artificial intelligence to digitally replicate human voices along with researchers used 3-D scanning and A.I. to identify artists from tiny samples of their paintings

--- [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 35:34

Supreme Court Rules on Home VCR Recordings | VCR - January 17, 1984

The US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws. This ruling opens the floodgate for VCR sales, changing the landscape of TV watching forever.

--- [Protect Yourself Today]: Starts at 42:56

Tonga’s Volcano has the nation cut off from the rest of the world. This has resulted in a 20% drop in Cyber-Crime as all communication lines in and out of the country are severed.
Russia takes down REvil hacking group at U.S. request

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--- [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 52:16

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