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- Interview with Don Monistere, CEO General Informatics
The Big Story:
Interview with Don Monistere, CEO General Informatics
- The Joseph Piediscalzo “Chief” Multimedia & Distance Learning Studio at SLU and why that is special!
- General Informatics Kickoff Celebration benefitting Boys & Girls Club
- The outlook for IT in 2025
23 min - TikTok Reprieved, Social Media “Me Toos”, POTUS & AI Investment, Microsoft’s Dumb Rebrand, $765 Million In Bitcoin To Stay In A Landfill
News and Updates:
- President Trump sends a message to TikTok and gets a 75 day reprieve
- Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram all say, “We can do short form videos too”!
- Users are not as committed to TikTok as ByteDance once thought
- President Trump investing in datacenters to help advance AI
- Is Microsoft 365 Copilot the dumbest rebrand since “New Coke”?
- A UK man looses laptop with the password to $765 Million in Bitcoin to a landfill
23 min - Interview with Dori Kreiger, Executive Director CTIA Wireless Foundation
The Big Story:
Interview with Dori Krieger, Executive Director
CTIA Wireless Foundation
- CTIA, Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association & CTIA Wireless Foundation
- Catalysts and how it is doing great things for the wireless world
- The inspiring social entrepreneurs that Catalyst has helped to launch
23 min - TikTok Updates, New HIPAA Cybersecurity Rules, Meta Moves Moderators to Texas
News and Updates:
- TikTok Updates leading up to 19Jan2025
- HIPAA has new Cybersecurity rules that are much stricter standards
- Meta is moving the content moderators from California to Texas to avoid biases
22 min - Sora Is Amazing, Apple Sued, Dad Sends Pic Of Son To Send To Doctor Then Treated As Criminal, Court Oks Breaking Into iPhone, Teens Think Social Media Is A Good Thing
The Big Stories:
- Sora is released and the videos are amazing, and very easy to use
- Apple sued because it did not release scans for Child Sexual Abuse Materials
- A concerned dad takes a naked photo of toddler son for doctors and is accused by Google of Sex Crimes and loses all of his Google related info
- Federal court says dismantling an iPhone to retrieve data is OK
- Study says Online Time is good for Teens
22 min - Microsoft Backtracks On Win11, Amazon Selling EVs, Cruise Quits Robotaxis, Waymo Bringing Robotaxis To Miami, DeFlock Maps License Plate Readers
News and Updates:
- Microsoft will allow upgrades to Win 11 on older PC’s, with a catch
- Amazon is now selling EV’s
- GM halts the Cruise Robotaxi project
- Waymo is expanding Robotaxis to Miami
- DeFlock maps license plate readers across the country
22 min - Controlling Wi-Fi At Home, Kids Under 16 Banned From Social Media In Australia, Meta Forced To Verify Advertisers, LinkedIn Too Boring For Kids, Deepfakes Causing Billions In Loses
The Question of the Week: A follow up on controlling the Wi-Fi in your house for kids
The Big Stories:
Kids under 16 banned from social media in Australia
Meta being forced to verify advertisers
Long winded post on LinkedIn are AI Generated and too boring for kids
Deepfake videos are causing Billion$$ in fraud loses
23 min - FBI Warns Against Texting, Matrix Messaging Seized, Amazon Sued by Wash, D.C., AT&T To Retire Landlines, Online Shopping Record Sales, Walmart Buys Vizio, Vinyl Records Making A Big Comeback
News and Updates:
- The FBI and CISA warn against using unencrypted text messaging
- Chat service Matrix seized because of illegal activity
- Amazon sued in D.C. for not delivery to 2 neighborhoods
- AT&T will retire all landlines using copper by 2029
- Blach Friday and Cyber Monday set records for sales $$
- Walmart buys TV maker Vizio to inject Crapware Ads
- Vinyl albums are making a huge comeback in total sales
23 min - Bitcoin, TSA Cyber Rules, Hackers Bypassing macOS Security, Mattel’s Wicked Blunder, Apple’s Smart Home Device
The Question of the Week: Bitcoin crossed over $90,000, is it worth it?
The Big Stories:
- TSA releases new Cyber rules for pipeline & rail companies
- North Korean hackers may have ability to hack thru macOS Security
- Mattel apologizes for its Wicked blunder, possibly caused by Generative AI
- Apple to launch a Smart Home Control Center that looks like an iPad on the wall
22 min - Twitter/X Loses 115K Users, Bluesky Adds 700K, Microsoft Copilot, Amazon Haul Takes On Temu, Apple Vision Pro Struggles
News and Updates:
Since election day:
- 115,000 people have deleted the Twitter/X account
- Bluesky added 700,00 new users
- Threads is growing as well
Microsoft Copilot:
- Is ending the Enterprise and Pro versions
- Releasing the free version in Australia and New Zealand first
- Getting stronger and encouraging more usage
Amazon is creating a Temu killer called Haul
Apple Vison Pro is shutting down production because of lack of sales
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We started Tech Gumbo in Nov 2014 as a conversational show of news, information & updates about the past, present & future of all things technology in a topical, interesting and digestible…
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