December 18, 2024

TEH 237: Misinformation Madness: Debunking Viral Tech Myths from TikTok to iPhones

54 minutes

In This Episode: Misinformation Madness: Debunking Viral Tech Myths from TikTok to iPhones

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.

(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)

Top Stories

00:00 GR New OS update includes image-generating AI.

04:00 Mixed reactions to Apple’s playful image generator.

It’s not designed for professionals

07:51 ImageWand and Genmoji: Creative emoji customization tools.

10:36 Custom emojis bring out the complainers

13:00 A bug that only you see

15:00 Challenge people to try it

16:00 TikTok Apocalypse

January 19th 2025

Uncertainty over app functionality

19:00 Will it stop entirely?

22:00 Don’t know what will happen

23:02 People don’t understand why it’s happening

25:00 Quote from Ghost Busters:

Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes… The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… MASS HYSTERIA!

26:11 Phone number requirements for online accounts

Mistrust and conspiracy thinking.

29:56 TikTok myth: People think AirDrop can steal credit cards.

31:45 Rage bait

33:15 Does iPhone erase data after 10 failed attempts?

37:17 GR Train might be set up to transport solar-charged batteries into city.

Charge train-size batteries with clean energy

39:56 Diesel trains now, electric later – solar-powered efficiency.

Cab View Holland

43:23 Historic electric trolley system dismantled, replaced by buses.

43:40 Denver used to have electric trollies

46:14 Electric scooters and e-bikes reshape Denver transit.