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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 way... more
FAQs about Tech Gumbo:How many episodes does Tech Gumbo have?The podcast currently has 489 episodes available.
July 19, 2021News & Updates- REvil, Google & Antitrust, Sleep Tracking, and Right-To-RepairREvil updates including what Kaseya knew, it was designed not to attack Russian computers, and now the REvil site is gone, the Google Play Store is targeted for Antitrust, FCC gave Amazon permission to track our sleep (Google Nest already had it) more updates on the Right-To-Repair your technology....more23minPlay
July 15, 2021Question of the Week- Can my PC run Win11, REvil Ransomware Update, Tesla & Self Driven cars UpdateA listener heard us talking about the new Windows 11 and asked, “Will Winn11 run on my computer?” and we answer the question, we discuss the largest ransomware to date, REvil’s exploitation of Kaseya, and Elon Musk admits “he didn't expect making a self-driving Tesla to be so difficult” and a few other self-driving car updates...more22minPlay
July 12, 2021Audacity is now Spyware, Ca. Driver Mounts a Starlink Disk, Pentagon ends JEDI, App Store is full of ScamsThe Open Source audio editing software Audacity was recently purchased and turned into Spyware, A Calif. Driver mounted a Starlink Dish on the hood of his Prius and got ticketed, the Pentagon cancels the JEDI contract with Microsoft, and the App Store is full of Apps that considered “fleeceware”....more23minPlay
July 08, 2021Guest Dave Johnson, Lecturer-in-Law, Stanford Law SchoolDave Johnson talks about technology and the law, Silicon Valley, and talks about his upcoming book....more23minPlay
July 05, 2021Starlink Updates, Virgin Galactic Greenlighted to Space, What is TPM, Texas Supreme Court rules against Facebook, Ransomware using VM’sStarlink will have global coverage by August, the have almost 70,000 subscribers, and extreme heat shuts down the dish, FAA clears Virgin Galactic to fly paying customers to space, TPM (Trusted Platform Module) Win11 will take full advantage, Texas Supreme Court ruled that Facebook can be held liable for the conduct of people who use the platform to advance sex trafficking activities, Ransomware creating Virtual Machines on PC’s to encrypt the computer....more21minPlay
July 01, 2021“Bossware” Surveillance & Employee Monitoring Software, Detailed look into Windows 11, including Microsoft CEO calling out AppleA listener asked, “Can my boss really see what I’m doing on my work computer?” and the answer is yes, if they want to do so. We discuss what is being called “Bossware” or Employee Monitoring Software, and then Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its market leading desktop operating system and we review the high points....more24minPlay
June 28, 2021Lawmakers aiming at Big Tech, The Unsubscribe Act, SCOTUS Cheerleader ruling, Instagram losing popularity, John McAfeeCongress introduced sweeping antitrust legislation aimed at restraining the power of Big Tech and staving off corporate consolidation, US Senators Are Trying to Make Cancelling Subscriptions Easier, SCOTUS rules in favor of a Cheerleader on Snapchat, Instagram has become boring an John McAfee remembered for brilliance & eccentricities!...more22minPlay
June 25, 2021Don Monistere talks Cyber Security Guidelines and Cyber Security AssessmentsThe 3 Most Crucial parts of a Cyber Security Guideline are People, Process & Technology and Cyber Security Assessments are about Network, Vulnerabilities & Risk...more23minPlay
June 25, 2021Don Monistere Joins us to talk about Windows 11, Microsoft wants to banish passwords, How the FBI got the Colonial money backMicrosoft has announced an “End of Support” for Windows 10 in 2025, giving way to Windows 11, Microsoft’s CISO, Chief Information Security Officer wants to away with passwords for a number of reasons, and we discuss how the FBI clawed back the money from the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attack...more23minPlay
June 17, 2021Ransomware Updates, Bitcoin Issue & FBI in actionThe Director of the FBI compared Ransomware to the 9/11 Terrorist attacks, JBS Beef hit by Ransomware, but the FBI got over 50% of the ransom of Bitcoin back, which cause a huge drop in the value of Bitcoin, and the FBI sold organized crime all over the world cell phones that had the calculator app with an altered function that sent every message to the FBI first, so hundreds of high level criminals were arrested around the world....more22minPlay
FAQs about Tech Gumbo:How many episodes does Tech Gumbo have?The podcast currently has 489 episodes available.