More alien particles, laptops at 35,000 feet and an important announcement. For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week we wrestle with alien particles, then we wrestle with my wife’s cellphone, then AT&T, then Asurion tech support such as it is or rather isn’t, we waste a lot of time, and realize that we’re just hostages of the cellphone companies. For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week we discuss how AT&T might have broken your car after they may have broken and replaced your phone and then some advice about replacing your router. For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week we discuss the IRS, identity theft, the dark web, facial recognition, bureaucrats, and private companies doing things for the government that won’t turn out well for us. For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week we cover trying to upload information to a government website under threat of losing money if it’s not done by a drop-dead date but are thwarted by bad design, and a presidential executive order that might fix government websites. For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week we have a bovine version of the Matrix, a rant about punctuation, and the rise of the Tesla Bots.  For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week it's parking meters, dangerous QR codes, dangerous USB drives,  what’s happened to your attention, and  some things you really should read. For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week we hate on AT&T and consider the robotic future of customer disservice.  For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week there’s Omicron weirdness, we taste the TV, discover chindogu, smell candles, and remember Google Flu Trends. For links to topics covered in this episode, go to the Ten Minute Tech website.

This week it’s Spectrum’s saturation marketing, the correct usage of the words email and unique, how workers can defeat bossware, and yet another warning about phishing but this time, it’s smishing. See the Ten Minute Tech website for the episode notes.