Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline

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Into Tomorrow With Dave Graveline

Into Tomorrow covers the best of consumer technology news from the companies, gadgets, apps, and games you love. What do we love? We cover car technologies, computers, tech fashion, gadgets, gaming, home tech, kids tech, lifehack tech, mobile news, smartphones, personal tech, digital photography, product reviews, and even the most interesting moments in tech history. From Windows to Apple and Facebook to Twitter we're obsessed with consumer tech news that matters.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Weekend of January 3, 2025

    Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss Walmart's bodycams, ads on Windows 11, tasting virtual environments, Honda and Nissan looking to merge, GM's campfire display patent, and more. Next up, Bryan is here to spill the tea on some juicy gaming rumors floating around. What’s the word, Bryan? Our guest this show: Vern Sallee, Air Strategist - Axon Bob in Denver, Colorado asked: "I'm listening to and watching all the information on Ai. I want to buy a new computer. Do I wait for a computer with Ai built into it or do I just go to the different apps and get the Ai from the app store? Also, Ai is changing so fast. Is there a vendor that has the best Ai product for personal use?" Bob, it depends on what you need, really. If youre looking for a general use assistant then waiting and buying a computer with an assistant built in may be a good idea, but you may not need it if just asking questions to an online assistant or app is good enough to fit your needs. A purpose built computer will likely have the processing power to do some things locally, but its all very dependent on what youre looking to have Ai do for you. In terms of vendors, the market is splintered. For chat assistants ChatGPT seems to be ahead still but their models run on datasets that are not updated as often as Google, but if youre looking at coding then CoPilot will likely serve you better, and if youre looking at image generation Midjourney gets very impressive results. There are all summarizer bots from different companies that transcribe and summarize conversations, there are bots are specializing in math, or examining images and providing descriptions, etc. The best vendor is really just the one that is better at what you need assistance with, theres really not an overall do-it-all champion. When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes. Targus: Ergonomic Foldable Bluetooth Antimicrobial Keyboard Brondell: Pro Sanitizing Air Purifier - Removes dust, dander, pollen, smoke, and airborne viruses ($800 Value) V-Juice: 1mm Thin wireless inductive charger Cleer: ARC 3 Open Ear True Wireless Headphones All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes. Audio archived for at least 6 months

    52 min

  2. 12/27/2024

    Weekend of December 27, 2024

    Tech News and Commentary Our guest this show: Ryan McMahon, Senior Vice President of Strategy & Corporate Development - Cambridge Mobile Telematics and Robert Passmore, Department VP, Personal Lines - American Property Casualty Insurance Association Norman in Chattanooga, Tennessee asked: "I got a TV that's hooked up to a soundbar. But there's no place on the TV or the soundbar to plug in my other speakers because I want more sound going around my house and into the back room. i got the other speakers, theyre Pioneers. Is there any sort of link, or sort of hookup or any way to transfer the sound from this soundbar or the TV to these speakers?" Norman, typically soundbars have inputs but no outputs since theyre usually used on their own. Some brands like Bose and Samsung support either wired or wireless speakers so your first step should be to check the manual to be safe and make sure there isnt an out of the box, fully supported way to do this with your particular model. Assuming thats not the case (which is the most like scenario), then youll be looking at workarounds more than ideal solutions. Some people physically wire speakers to their soundbars, that tends to be a bad idea, the soundbar may not have the power to drive the speakers, or the impedance may not match that of its internal speakers and could potentially damage the soundbar. Some soundbar warranties are voided by trying something like that. Your other option is to get an optical audio splitter and split the signal coming out of your TV so its fed to both the soundbar and the speakers. The downside of that is that you wont be getting true surround sound, but the sound coming from multiple directions may be enough for you to consider it an improvement over the standalone soundbar. When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes. Targus: Ergonomic Foldable Bluetooth Antimicrobial Keyboard Brondell: Pro Sanitizing Air Purifier - Removes dust, dander, pollen, smoke, and airborne viruses ($800 Value) V-Juice: 1mm Thin wireless inductive charger Cleer: ARC 3 Open Ear True Wireless Headphones All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes. Audio archived for at least 6 months

    50 min

  3. 12/20/2024

    Weekend of December 20, 2024

    Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss Verizon's price hikes, Ai's role in personalized shopping experiences, Google's plans for recipes, kid's holiday gifts, and more. This week on ‘Into Gaming,’ Bryan’s got something special for all the Mario fans out there. He’s diving into the latest installment of his favorite series. Take it away, Bryan! Our guest this show: Bob Moog, Founder of University Games. Casey asked: "What would be a good Bluetooth headphone to buy for a friend, family member or myself? I'm assuming they all come with noise cancelation these days but I'm looking for the best deal for the money. Not too expensive, not too cheap. Something that sounds really good for the money." Casey, definitely not all modern headphones do noise cancellation but very many of them do. If you want a good middle of the road set, you cant really go wrong with Sonys WH-1000 series. Theyve been around for years and they keep getting updated. They do noise cancellation and were pitching Ai-based noise cancellation since before Ai started to mean nothing at all. Basically all that means is that they do adaptive noise cancelling, but still thats a nice feature to have. You can find Sonys WH-1000 for anywhere between $200 and $300 if you dont need the absolute latest version. Sennheisers Momentum series is around the same price, it also features noise cancellation and offer good sound for the price according to reviewers. Sennheiser has far, far more expensive offerings, ranging at time into the 10s of thousands of dollars in price, but for the price the Momentum series offers good sound quality and noise cancellation. The JBL Tour One model is also in the same price range, also offers noise cancellation and decent sound quality, the have a beefy look but the design looks a little less refined if thats a concern to you. Otherwise they may be worth checking out as well. When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes. Targus: Ergonomic Foldable Bluetooth Antimicrobial Keyboard Brondell: Pro Sanitizing Air Purifier - Removes dust, dander, pollen, smoke, and airborne viruses ($800 Value) V-Juice: 1mm Thin wireless inductive charger Cleer: ARC 3 Open Ear True Wireless Headphones All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes. Audio archived for at least 6 months

    50 min

  4. 12/13/2024

    Weekend of December 13, 2024

    Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss Intel's CEO, ChatGPT Pro, TikTok's future, background checks for some drivers, and more. Need a new game to binge? Bryan’s got you covered like a blanket with this week’s Into Gaming Game of the Week! Tell us about it Bryan! Our guest this show: Dan Woods, Head of Global Intelligence - F5 Joe in Hazleton, Pennsylvania asked: "I have two questions. The first is about backing up. I use an external hard drive and I back up Windows every once in a while with a program called Macrium Reflect. It works well for me with my screen reader. A lot of other backup software doesn't work well with the screen reader, at least it didn't used to when I tried it a long time ago, so I like Macrium, the free version. Is it necessary to backup the whole operating system, or should I just backup certain things and when should I backup? The other question is about my iPhone 11. When I charge it, I keep it turned off, and with that, I get it charged up all the way to 100 percent. If I leave the phone on when I charge it, it only charges to 80 percent. Is it better to keep it off? Will I get longer battery life on the phone if I do that, or does it not matter?" Joe, Well tackle your backup question first - it depends on what you want to back up. If you're worried about just files then there's no reason to bother with the operating system. You'll be able to download Windows and start over if needed, and you can copy the files over from your backup after that. However, if you want to preserve your settings, installations, etc then you're going to want to do a full backup. A full backup can get you up and running from where you left off if anything happens and these days that's arguably more important than before with so many things connecting to your computer from the cloud but not really living there. As for your iPhone, if you want the phone to charge like it does when you keep it turned off, go to your Settings and under Battery turn off Optimized Battery Charging. If you do leave it on and let the phone manage the charging, it will try to spread out the charge cycle so that your battery last a longer time. On iPhones of that generation the battery was built to retain 80% capacity at 500 charge cycles, newer phones retain 80% for 1000 charge cycles, but both of them benefit from allowing the operating system to optimize the charging to avoid unnecessary charge cycles that will shorten the life of the battery. When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes. Targus: Ergonomic Foldable Bluetooth Antimicrobial Keyboard Brondell: Pro Sanitizing Air Purifier - Removes dust, dander, pollen, smoke, and airborne viruses ($800 Value) V-Juice: 1mm Thin wireless inductive charger Cleer: ARC 3 Open Ear True Wireless Headphones All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes.   Audio archived for at least 6 months

    50 min

  5. 12/06/2024

    Weekend of December 6, 2024

    Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss Sega delisting over 60 vintage games from various online stores, Ai chatbots working customer service for retailers like Amazon and Walmart, Yelp's acquisition of Repair Pal, Walmart's $2.3 billion acquisition of TV maker Vizio, and more. On this week’s ‘Into Gaming,’ Bryan’s bringing the heat with a hot take on a new game, Alterra. What do you got for us Bryan? Our guest this show: Andy Phillips, Vice President - The Tax Institute at H&R Block. Norman in Chattanooga, Tennessee asked: "I got a new 70-inch TV and I want to hook up like four speakers to it. I have a soundbar but it doesn't sound good enough. I want to know what kind of amp to get for it to be able to hook up four home speakers to it. Big speakers like we used to have so I can hear better and have better sound in my room. Something in the $300-$500 range." Norman, $500 will put you near the lower end of amps these days, but you have options to choose from. Most of the big name manufacturers will have an offering for you, for example, Denon offers the AVR-S670H it costs around $450 and can handle 75W per channel for each of the 5 channels. It has 3 HDMI ports, supports 8K, and can do Bluetooth, WiFi, Apples Airplay, and Alexa. Yamahas RX-V4A is a little less expensive at $350 and offers 80W per each of five channels, 4 HDMI ports with 8K support, and has the same Bluetooth, WiFi, Airplay, and Alexa support. Sony has a 7.2 option if you want more speakers. Their STR-DH790 is only $350, can provide 90W per channel, but you will lose the WiFi, Alexa, and Airplay, as this one only supports Bluetooth as a wireless option. The 5.2 version of that speaker is the Sony STR-DH590 which is also Bluetooth only, but will only cost you $250. When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes. HumanTouch: Reflex PopUp Foot Massager - $200 Brondell: Pro Sanitizing Air Purifier - Removes dust, dander, pollen, smoke, and airborne viruses ($800 Value) V-Juice: 1mm Thin wireless inductive charger Cleer: ARC 3 Open Ear True Wireless Headphones All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes. Audio archived for at least 6 months

    51 min

  6. 11/29/2024

    Weekend of November 29, 2024

    Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss Nvidia’s generative audio Ai, a Minecraft theme park, Google’s Gemini Ai’s violent response to a kid’s question, PlayStation’s new mobile console, Google’s antitrust problems, and more. Our guest this show: Paul Crimm, Chief Technology Officer - Honeywell Productivity Services and Solutions Rob on Block Island, Rhode Island asked: My computer doesn't have a disk drive, so I want to buy one that I can plug into the USB port. That's probably a pretty easy answer for you, and it's probably pretty inexpensive, but I'd love to hear your recommendation. And question number two is I have a portable audio system with a mini jack for the auxiliary input. I want to use the system to play a long music mix, maybe three or four hours long that I have on a USB drive. Is it possible that you could recommend that outboard disk drive, which itself has a USB input, into which I could plug that music mix USB So that it plays on the audio system or if I'm trying to do too much with too few things. Is there another way to get music from that USB into the mini jack? Is there such a thing as a cord that is a USB female on one end and a mini male on the other? So that my audio system will know just to play the music? Rob, external disk drives are standard and compatible across the board, but if youre looking for something that will work as effortlessly as possible then you can get one made by your computers manufacturer. Every manufacturer from LG, to Lenovo, to Dell, to Apple and everyone in between sell their own external CD/DVD drives. Thats not strictly necessary, they are standard and should be compatible with any device and these drives are a very mature technology (to the point of being largely obsolete) so you cant really go wrong no matter which you choose. Youll see a price range of about $25 to $100, theres no real harm in staying close to the low end unless you plan to use the drive a lot. In terms of piping audio to a mini audio jack, you can find players on Amazon for as little as $15 that will take a USB input and typically have some awful, tiny built-in speaker and an audio out jack. That may be the way to go. You can ignore the speaker and just use it as an audio passthrough interface. For example, a Hemobllo Mini Speaker sells for about $17 on Amazon, weve never heard of that brand before and likely never will again, but really its a glorified adapter that lets you press play and decodes the MP3 audio for you before piping it to the speaker. A compact MP3 player with an FM tuner, literally being sold as Compact MP3 Player With FM Tuner without even a made up brand name goes for about $22 right now. You can also get a bluetooth to mini audio jack adapter and just stream it from your computer or phone wirelessly. Long term that may be the most versatile and comfortable option and it also wont take up much extra room. For those youre still

    53 min

  7. 11/22/2024

    Weekend of November 22, 2024

    Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss Amazon shutting down Freevee, a satellite moving locations, Ai's electricity demands, streaming services and cancellations, and more. Up next, we’re diving into the world of esports with Bryan’s Into Gaming. He’s got the lowdown on one of the biggest battle royales of the year, the Free Fire World Series Finals! Steve in Kenosha, Wisconsin asked: "I have an old Chromebook that is no longer being updated. I was hoping I could put Linux on it. Super hard? Easy? Worth it? What are your opinions? Especially Kamerons." Steve, how hard or how easy it will be will largely depend on the hardware. Different Chromebooks run on different hardware and some are better supported in terms of Linux kernels and drivers. If you want to try dual booting first to see how well your hardware can handle a more powerful OS you can look into Crouton or Gallium, both will let you choose which OS to run. That may bring you to the first big hurdle, Chromebook are not powerful machines, and they typically dont have much storage at all either. Installing two OSs may require more storage space that your machine has and you may need to jump in and commit to Linux. How well Linux will run will depend on the rest of the hardware. You can run some flavor of Linux on just about anything, but you may find it challenging to use as a daily driver if your computer is not powerful enough to handle day to day tasks. The kind of serious Linux laptops that youd use day to day for work dont dip too far below $1000 and regularly cost much more than that. Still, given your options, using a Chromebook that is no longer getting security updates is not very safe and you can probably find some Linux distro that will run on your machine and allow you to use it more securely. When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes. HumanTouch: Reflex PopUp Foot Massager - $200 Brondell: Pro Sanitizing Air Purifier - Removes dust, dander, pollen, smoke, and airborne viruses ($800 Value) V-Juice: 1mm Thin wireless inductive charger Cleer: ARC 3 Open Ear True Wireless Headphones All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes. Audio archived for at least 6 months

    51 min

  8. 11/15/2024

    Weekend of November 15, 2024

    Tech News and Commentary Dave and Chris discuss shooting $200 trillion worth of diamonds into the atmosphere, consumer confidence in self-driving cars, Roblox and teens, and more. For this week’s Into Gaming Bryan’s turning up the volume for a ‘Soundtrack Spotlight’ on Final Fantasy 16! Let’s hear about it Bryan! Our guest this show: Rob Lalka, Author - The Venture Alchemists When you participate on the show – anytime 24/7 – and we HEAR you with any consumer tech question, comment, help for another listener, tech rage or just share your favorite App these days … you could win prizes. HumanTouch: Reflex PopUp Foot Massager - $200 Brondell: Pro Sanitizing Air Purifier - Removes dust, dander, pollen, smoke, and airborne viruses ($800 Value) Targus: Form-Fit Covers for Various Chromebooks Soundcore: Space One Pro Wireless Noise Canceling Headphones All CALLERS -- using the AUDIO option on our Free App or 1-800-899-INTO(4686)  - automatically qualify to win prizes. Audio archived for at least 6 months

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Into Tomorrow covers the best of consumer technology news from the companies, gadgets, apps, and games you love. What do we love? We cover car technologies, computers, tech fashion, gadgets, gaming, home tech, kids tech, lifehack tech, mobile news, smartphones, personal tech, digital photography, product reviews, and even the most interesting moments in tech history. From Windows to Apple and Facebook to Twitter we're obsessed with consumer tech news that matters.

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