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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. The Soundcore brand at Anker has followed up the highly regarded Space One headphones, introduced nearly two years ago, with the appropriately named Space Two. And there are some great improvements including noise cancelling that targets jet engine sounds….great for when you are traveling. The feature list is impressive…overall sound, comfort….and amazing battery life..

“With a single charge these get up to 70 hours of battery life with ANC turned off. Now with it turned on it goes down a little bit, cause there’s more stuff going on, but it goes down to 50 hours. We do have fast charging, so if you plug in, you get a couple more hours of usage.”

Soundcore’s Adam Weissman. The price is right too…at under 130 dollars.

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YouTube and AI are opening doors to a wide range of educational resources, creating what the platform calls the World's Largest Classroom. For instance? Katie Kurtz, Managing Director of Youth and Learning Partnerships, chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. A growing shortage of primary care doctors in this country is making healthcare difficult for many, especially in rural areas…and putting a strain on doctors who are practicing. A company called Lumeris is working with health care providers to make use of an agentic AI platform named Tom to help. Dr. David Carmouche is Chief Clinical Transformation Officer and EVP…

“Imagine your physician’s office, if it had an infinite number of staff members, who everyday woke up thinking about every patient and what the practice could do to help that patient be healthier. So the experience for the patient is a personalized outreach.”

Calls or text messages from Tom, checking on medications, blood pressure, well being. And when there are issues, the humans on the health care side can intervene.

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Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Open ear earbuds are a smart way to hear your surroundings while enjoying music or podcasts. But that doesn’t mean you have to give up quality sound. Cleer Audio has designed the ARC5 with THX Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos for high-res, lossless sound. They are available in black or white and feature a smart AMOLED touchscreen case. It lets you customize the sound and control playback independent of the phone app. And the Cleer + app gives you more control on top of that. Also built in…are six axis motion sensors for hands free head gesture controls. While the earbuds give you 12 hours of playback on a charge…the case can add 48 to that. The sound and the overall experience make the ARC 5 a smart choice.

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What life lessons can we learn from the game of baseball? Quite a few. 101 Lessons From the Dugout by sports writer and educator Ken Davidoff and parenting expert and author Harley Rotbart is for players of all ages, parents, coaches and more. Ken chats with his old colleague from WCBS NewsRadio 88, Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. They are beautiful and smart and are pretty easy to install. Caseta from Lutron is out with Smart Wood Blinds made from North American Basswood that start at a flat price of 429 dollars for all blinds up to 48 inches wide by 80 inches high. We’re impressed with the quality and design. We’ve come to expect that from Lutron. And about the smarts, the company’s Melissa Andresko says…

“So your blinds are actually going to tilt to stay one step ahead of the sun to make sure that that beautiful morning light is being let in at the right time. And then when the sun is getting a little lower and it could be the UV rays hitting the floor or some furniture, those slats are going to tilt accordingly.”

The blinds operate for years on batteries…so no wiring. For more head to CasetaWireless.com. You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

With a new agentic Health AI, Amazon and the company's One Medical are looking to provide easy assistance to all when it comes to health questions. What should you know about how it works? Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Diamond chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

She's everyone's grandma, a TikTok and Instagram celeb and an author too. Now Babs Costello wants to help you get rid of "digital dust bunnies". Babs chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear. I’m Fred Fishkin. Looking to land a new job? Google is out with some tips and tech to help you succeed. Tech Expert Andrea Willis says you can make use of AI tools to help with your resume’, cover letter and even AI interview training…and she says you shouldn’t think of it as cheating..

“They shouldn’t and you know employers are ..this is now becoming an expectation that people understand how to prompt an AI tool. And having an understanding of AI is just going to be part of the future of work. So it’s a great thing to be able to put on your resume and be able to talk about. And then people will see, once they gain the skills, it’s so helpful in everyday work. It helps you brainstorm.’

And there is help too, to get you up to speed at learning.google.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com. I’m Fred Fishkin.

StopDistractions.org was formed by people who have loved ones lost or harmed by distracted drivers. Co-founder and CEO Jennifer Smith says the technology that has caused many of the problems can now help to solve them. How? She chats with Techstination's Fred Fishkin.