On this episode we discuss a new Social Media platform ChekMarc which was designed for doing good, Microsoft ends Cortana on iOS & Android, the developers of Windows 95 left an Easter Egg of employees names buried in the code, Mar 31st is World Backup Day, Google gets sued over the Incognito Mode & and also for the announcement to end 3rd party tracking

We discuss how the pandemic is effecting jobs in the Tech Sector, how white collar workers should start worrying about AI & Automation replacing them, New Tech has always created new jobs but will it this time, and a few stats on job loss due to AI & Automation

We discuss how the UK Royal Navy is building a ship to protect undersea Internet Lines, malware from “keygen” sites, the iconic “I’m a Mac” guy now endorsing an Intel PC, the state of Miss. Is requiring Computer Science in all grades K-12 starting in 2024, researchers have developed a way of spotting “Deepfake” videos with 94% accuracy, and while most of the country has access to 5G, less than 10% are actually using 5G service.

We discuss what a Non-fungible token, or NFT, is, Netflix is testing different methods of how people log into their accounts to prevent username & password sharing, and then we talk a lot about Digital Identities and Decentralized Identities, the good the bad and the ugly.

We discuss how to avoid Tax Season Scams when using online tax prep, Tesla is creating a backup battery for Texas and Elon Musk crowns himself TechnoKing, iOS security Update and iOS 14.5 extends the life of your phone, Apple VR & AR Haptic Socks, Senators want to set minimum Broadband speeds, and 2 moms using tech illegally to help their high school daughters.

Debunking Myths about charging cell phone batteries, President Bide appoints to Antitrust Law Professors to prominent rolls in his administration, Amazon is reading your palm instead of your credit card, Honda releases the 1st production Level 3 Self Driving Car and Tesla admits their cars are & will remain Level 2 for quite some time!

Keith Comeaux from Nasa’s JPL talks about growing up in Baton Rouge, going to LSU & Stanford and then getting to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be the Deputy Chief Engineer in charge of the last 2 Mars Rovers! He talks about what you need to do if you are a student and want to work for NASA, and about the Mars Helicopter on Perseverance!

Rob Powell tells us about how Cardinal Capital helps businesses get access to capital, working with banks and other lending institutions

The SolarWinds CEO blames a former intern for using the password solarwinds123 as the reason the full debacle was able to get started, Microsoft says Chinese hackers are attacking on premise Exchange servers, and Google says it is going to stop tracking Cookies and prevent 3rd Parties from tracking Cookies and click trails as well

Eric Romero of the City of Baton Rouge Information Services department discusses International Open Data Day, March 6th and the advances in Baton Rouge’s Open Data Platform, after almost 15 years of the smartphone, what’s next and who is going to lead, and 2021 promises to be a big ear for the Augmented Reality, AR, industry!