We start off with Vivint to learn about its award-winning home security systems and versatile smart home platform• Speaking of your home, do you peek through your fingers when you open your electricity bill? We talk with Emporia Energy about its home monitoring solutions• Owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, I talk about the TikTok controversy during heightened tensions with China, plus age/time limit changes coming to those 18 and younger • Closing the gender gap – and pay disparity – between men and women in IT roles. We chat with ENTITY Academy about the work they’re doing to train women in areas like data science and software development• Thank you to ASUS, for those in search of incredible, for your support on the weekly and syndicated Tech It Out radio show, on 100+ stations, and popular podcast.• I also talk about Visa’s multibillion dollar anti-fraud efforts, Western Digital external drives, and more.

We start off with T-Mobile’s Steve Carlson, on how many robocalls and scam attempts were caught last year, with the free Scam Shield app. It’s an insane number.• Speaking of criminals, ESET’s Tony Anscombe stops by to talk about why car thefts are up across the country, and the 5 things you can do to fight back (both high- and low-tech solutions).• Western Digital is in the house! I interview Nitin Kachhwaha about the latest WD My Book external hard drives – which now go all the way up to 22 terabytes (22TB) of capacity, wow.• I also talk about Visa’s multibillion dollar anti-fraud efforts, ASUS laptops and accessories, and more.

• Get the 4-1-1 on Halo 2+, the latest dog collar, endorsed by Cesar Millan (“The Dog Whisperer”), that serves as a wireless fence, training tool and dog tracker – all rolled into one. We talk with company founder Ken Ehrman.• Roku stops by for an upcoming on its streaming video solutions – sticks, boxes and TVs, oh my!• Spokenote is a clever QR code sticker that lets you attach a video message to just about anything.• Love your iPhone? Download a free browser extension and digital keyboard powered by ChatGPT, the extremely popular (and super smart) generative A.I. chatbot. We talk with the Toronto company behind it, ParagraphAI.• I also talk about Visa’s multibillion dollar anti-fraud efforts, ASUS laptops and accessories, and WD/SanDisk external drives