Tech Byte with MARK STROSS

Are Facebook's days numbered? How will they stay relevant now that people are starting to question big tech? Facebook makes money on ads, right? When you click an ad, the advertiser pays, correct?? NOT SO FAST. Mark Stross explains why it's much more complicated than that. Simply put, YOU are the PRODUCT that Facebook is selling. Listen to this episode to learn what your worth each day that you jump on Facebook. You are a commodity.  

We're entering the graphene age. This material holds promise to absolutely disrupt many industries. It's easy to isolate, and work on isolating and characterizing it earned Geim and Novoselov the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010. Solor panels with graphene can produce more electricity, computer screens can be shatterproof, and water filtration can be improved. Graphene is one of the most conductive materials ever observed and may be just the change we need in modern batteries, which has potential to remove the power supply bottleneck in personal technology.

Two days in December of 2020: the 13th and the 15th. These two days changed the world forever, as services went down following one of the biggest cyber attacks in the history of the internet. SolarWinds is an internet monitoring company with a client list that contains some of the biggest companies in the world; as well as countries, and three-letter agencies. Ang Google's outage impacted YouTube, Gmail, and Google, impacting millions around the globe. What should we learn from these hacks? And what does it mean for our future?

There's a problem with technology; it's duplicatable and it has no moral compass. Cyberattacks, cyber espionage, fake news and firewalls. Mark Stross discusses how China steals intellectual property through hacking. They steal information, apps, data, blueprints, processes, secrets, everything. China's access to the internet, their immoral and unethical behavior, creates a real threat to not only the United States, but the world.....and it trickles down to a threat to your privacy, security, and safety. Get educated, and stand up. 

Holiday on a budget? America's technologist brings you a bunch of free services you can use that are legit. Things to do online by yourself, with the kids, or with extended family. There are so many FUN and intriguing things to do now that are FREE, high quality, and TIME WELL SPENT. This is a great episode where everybody gets something FREE. 

Nothing lasts anymore...there is programmed death of appliances, cars, everything seems to give out before it should. Remember the old days when you could buy a washer and expect it to last 20+ years? Times have changed. Planned obsolescence has become the norm and it is terrible for the environment. Mark Stross gives you the stats and facts to inform about e-waste and vanishing personal ownership. What does this mean for us, the environment, and the future?

In this informative and hilarious episode, Mark Stross brings you the truth about the turkey's destructive potential. If you want to win the battle, tune in for your high-tech options for cooking the best Thanksgiving Turkey on the block. Happy Thanksgiving and good luck!

Computational photography is here. The Apple processor has optimized video and photo number-crunching. The jump in cell phone camera and video quality has ushered in a whole new industry of miniaturization of filming gadgets to support cell phone shooting. You can do it all now, from the palm of your hand. Hear Mark Stross' tips and tricks for successful HD video and photos. He knows what he's talking about!

Today Mark Stross takes questions from Bulldog and the Radio audience today, LIVE. Questions include 5G towers, radiation exposure, LiDAR detectors allowing cameras to see in the dark. Quantum computing, and how this will contribute to science and medicine. Great questions, and intelligent, understandable answers from America's technologist, Mark Stross. 

It's the morning after the 2020 election. What do you say the day after a historical political battle where $1.5 billion dollars were spent between the two US political parties? It's the next morning and we are awaiting results. And as results come in and decisions are made, they are certainly to be distrusted by one side or the other. How did we get here? We built the technology to run these elections. Are they technologically sound? Are they firewalled? Were they hacked?