WCCO Tech Talk

Doug Swinhart and Steve Thomson take your computer questions. More impactfully, though, they spend most of the hour discussing the potential negative impacts of the AI boom. They also offer some safeguards we can use to protect any artificial intrusions.

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

Pokemon card collectors

Cleaning/disposing old phones & tablets

Doug’s trust in factory resets

Cautioning against mineral extraction from your devices

The merit/accessibility of your own VPN

Don’t click on links commanding urgency

Security and using AI tools

Plus, calls & texts from listeners

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

Anthropic files false tip to police for an unsolved murder in Philly

A call for a committee/regulation to take charge of holding AI companies accountable

The future of data integrity

Why there’s no urgency to regulate

Software that assists you in backups

Rising importance of local storage

Firing up an old Lenovo laptop with Windows 10… is it safe?

Plus, calls & texts from listeners

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

Data protection

Backing up your data in the cloud & external hard drive

AI being on the verge of something scary

AI arms race

Using Brave

Plus, calls & texts from listeners

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

TikTok invading children's privacy

We are the product

Big Tech fines

Selling of our data

Spam calls for days

Youtube as a resource

Protecting yourself financially online

App tracking & access

Plus, calls & texts from listeners

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

Moderating AI use

Clicking on ads that you shouldn’t have

Replacing printer cartridges

Small business printer advice

The ol’ power down the device trick

Building up and cleaning out the cache files

Necessity of Privazer on a Windows machine

Making the switch from Windows to another machine

Plus, calls & texts from listeners

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

Disposing of an old laptop

Doug’s thoughts on the state of Microsoft

Extending a machine’s life with Linus

Surefire ways to make sure your old hard drive is wiped

Advanced system care

Will AI replace photo editing tools?

AI pushback

Selecting a new machine after a good decade with HP

The difficulty of transferring shortcuts from one machine to a new one

Plus, calls & texts from listeners

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

Tips for extending your laptop’s battery life

AI hacks another AI

Competition between AI models

The necessity of regulation/oversight

Stopping a monthly payment with Libre

WiFi modems from phone providers

Buying a laptop loaded with Linux

Android/Google troubleshooting

Plus, calls & texts from listeners

It’s another edition of Tech Talk with Steve Thomson and Doug Swinhart!

Topics include:

Phishing

Ransomware

Doug recommends an authenticator

Reviving a drowned iPhone

Resetting phone security after a compromise

Sneaky dangers of QR code

Web based email vs Outlook

Plus, we go through listener texts!

Doug Swinhart and Steve Thomson are back for another edition of Tech Talk. Among other topics during this hour, they talk about staying away from email scams and what could be a rash of products that will go out of date in the near future.