The Personal Computer Radio Show

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday July 2nd 2025 www.PRN.live - Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News • Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Free • OpenAI Designs Rival to Office and Workspace • Judge Rules AI Companies Can Use Some Copyrighted Works to Train LLM • Apple is Reportedly Considering Buying Perplexity AI • US House of Representatives Bans WhatsApp on Government Devices • Google Has Reportedly Cut its Smart TV Budget by 10% • Google Cloud’s OpenAI Deal A Win For TPU Chips • USPS Warns of New ‘Brushing’ Scam ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • Need to be Careful that Recruiters and HR don't Lose Employee Search to Cold AI From the Tech Corner • Fast Tech is a Growing Waste Problem • Scientists Calculate When the Universe will End — It's Sooner Than Expected Technology Chatter - (Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston) • HP Smart Tank 7301 Printer with ADF

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 25th 2025 www.PRN.live - Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News • Relocate in 30 Days or Resign: Amazon’s Message to Remote Employees • OpenAI Wants Microsoft with 49% Stake in OpenAI to Accept 33% • Google Tests Real-Time AI Voice Chats in Search • Google Gemini Now Powers Chrome • Apple’s WWDC 2025 was a Bit Light on AI • FBI Warns iPhone and Android Users to Delete Smishing Texts ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • Big Signing Bonuses and Long Locking in Contracts From the Tech Corner • Problem Solving Still Matters in the Tech Industry • WSJ Reports Pentagon Has Been Pushing Americans to Believe in UFOs Technology Chatter - (Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston) • Prepping for and Surrendering to the Windows 10 to 11 Upgrade

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 18th 2025 www.PRN.live - Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News • Mark Zuckerberg's Big Bet on Scale AI to Save Llama • OpenAI Considering the ‘Nuclear Option’ Against Microsoft • New Grads are Struggling to Find Jobs and the New AI Reality • Big Tech Firms Attribute Every Job Cut they Make to AI • WhatsApp is Officially Getting Ads • Unsubscribing from Emails? Here’s how Scammers are Tricking You! • Google Prepares to ‘Reduce’ Pixel 6a Battery Due to ‘Overheating Issue’ • ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • Why does it take so long for some tech issues to get resolved? From the Tech Corner • How does ChatGPT Know So Much about Everything? • Astronomers May Have Found Existence of a Ninth Plant Technology Chatter - (Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston) • Pluggable Thunderbolt Dock 

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday June 11th 2025 www.PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News • TSA Warns Smartphone Users • FCC Renewing Call to Treat YouTubeTV like a True Competitor to Cable Television • The Digital Soapbox for Free Speech and the First Amendment • OpenAI Wants to Get College Kids Hooked on AI ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell • The Next Level of Interviewing May be Worse Than Ever Before From the Tech Corner • Has Microsoft Been a Responsible Corporate Citizen When it Comes to E-Waste? • Do You Need to Unplug Your Computer Equipment When on Vacation? Technology Chatter - (Benjamin Rockwell, Mark Brownstein and Marty Winston) • User Experiences and Interfaces, Ricoh 6500 Lumen 4k Projector 

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 28th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News  A Popular College Major has One of the Highest Unemployment Rates  H-1B Visa Approvals and Tech Industry Involvement  Thai Officials Seized over 200 Tons of E-Waste Illegally Imported from the U.S.  394,000 Windows Computers Infected by Lumma Malware  Android Devices Getting Several Upgrades for Free Tech Industry Tightens Up its Number of Employees ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell  Insights into Why On-Shoring May be Better in the Long Run From the Tech Corner  Where Have All the Chromebooks Gone?  AI Is Deciphering Animal Speech  Open AI in Landmark $6.5B Acquisition of io for Secret Device Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston  Danyco Hat Shaper

In the News

§  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Acquires 23andMe for $256M

§  Apple Suggest Users Put Themselves at Risk Using Third Party Alternatives

§  Google Assistant Losing Features Across Android Devices and Nest/Hub Speaker Products

§  Running ChromeOS with Microsoft 365

§  What Actually Happens If You Don’t Use Airplane Mode on Your  Phone During A Flight?

§  Microsoft Launches Azure Image Testing for Linux as a Service

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

§  What to do If Asked to Train Your Replacement

From the Tech Corner

§  What is OpenAI Codex?

§  The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows

§  What is the Sweet Spot for How Much Windows PC Memory You Need?

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 14th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News  Microsoft Forces Automatic Windows 11 24H2 Update on Pro and Home PCs  Amazon Ends Work from Home  Apple’s Exec Says It Is Considering Injecting Safari With AI  Accusations of Meta Manipulating Children with Addictive Features on Instagram  Meta is No Longer about Personal Relationships  EU Fines Apple for Hindering Music Streaming Competition TPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell  Addressing Techno Babble from Both Sides of Conversation From the Tech Corner  What Then If Your Windows 10 PC is Not Windows 11 Upgrade Compliant  Look Out for this Social Security Scam  What is a Lifetime Subscription? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston  Bosch 18-Volt 9” Cut-Off Saw Kit 

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday May 7th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News  Apple Heavy Reliance on Chinese Manufacturing  Apple Moving iPhone Production out of China  OpenAI Adds Shopping to ChatGPT in a Challenge to Google  Disney’s Got a Little Droid Up for Sale  Gemini is Coming to Siri and Apple Users  Windows Recall Is Back (But Should You Use It?) TPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell  Work-Life Balance is Even More Important for IT Workers From the Tech Corner  Is Your Smartphone Spying on You?  Passkey vs Password  iPhone May Soon Get Desktop Mode Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston  Sumkea Lightshow and Star Projectors 

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 30th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News  Google Confirms Gmail Update—How To Keep Your Email Account  Potential Risks of Accessing Websites Requiring CAPTCHA  EU Fined Apple Nearly $2 Billion for Anti-Trust  Films Made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says  OpenAI Would be Interested in Buying Google’s Chrome  EU Fines Apple and Meta for Breaching Digital Competition Law  Is Work From Home Coming to an End for Techies? ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell  Should We be Working as if We are in a Startup, or have Work-Life Balance From the Tech Corner Modern Life of the Modern Smartphone  Quantum Computing  Who Controls the Digital World? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Shokz Opencomm 2 UC 2025 Update

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday April 16th 2025 PRN.live Streaming on the Internet 6:00 PM Eastern Time In the News  Social Security Updates Identity Proofing Requirements  TSA REAL ID Requirements  iOS 18.4.1 Emergency Update Fixes  Congress Is Investigating 23andMe’s Handling of Personal Data  Google & Microsoft Security Attacks By Malware Tycoon 2FA ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell  Boss Just Asked for My Password, is that Right? From the Tech Corner  Amazon Follows Microsoft in Retreat from Ambitious AI Data Center Plans  How Many Different AI Models Do We Need?  Computer Maintenance Care Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston  Urban Armor Gear UAG Slim Power Bank and Stand