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Today's podcast will cover the troubling rise of QR code scams, particularly in public places, and provide tips on how to stay safe. We cover Monday’s WWDC announcements, including the new features for iPad OS and iMessage, and “Apple Intelligence” and what a big deal it will be. We’ll also give you an update on Microsoft’s backpedaling of its “Recall” feature which got slammed by the tech community as a hackers wet dream.

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Today's podcast focuses on the misuse of OpenAI's models by governments attempting to spread misinformation on social media, particularly during elections. We'll also discuss the recent Ticketmaster data breach affecting over half a billion users, updates on Microsoft's "Recall" feature storing data in plain text making it easy to hack, and Google’s massive data breach of their own specialized code that powers their online search engine.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's podcast will cover Microsoft's unveiling of their new Surface laptops equipped with a powerful processor which allows Windows 11's new "Recall" AI feature that records ALL user activity. There are some great uses for this new feature and an equal amount of privacy and security concerns. Additionally, we'll touch on Bing's recent outage, which seemingly impacted no one, since no one seems to use it. Finally, we’ll go over Google’s new AI Assistant which is already integrated into most Google searches and how badly it performs: including users to put glue in pizzas and eat at least one rock every day.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's podcast will explore GPT-4o in more depth: its amazing ability to appear human in while talking to it, and revolutionizing learning new languages, tutoring for students, and a list of other industries which could be wiped out because of AI. We also go over some quick updates about Google’s AI tools and how some of those can be used free right now. Finally, Apple’s new iPhone operating system, iOS 17.5 has a bug that resurrects deleted images; yes, completed nudes, even years old, might reappear in your photo library.  

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

First, we dive into the rising threat of an iPhone spyware attack which can record audio using your microphones, track your location and save everything you type. Dell had a data breach affecting nearly 50 million customers which poses a unique risk of physical mail scams (literal snail mail scams, which are highly effective). We’ll also explore the "Tunnelvision" VPN vulnerability that can view the private tunnel of VPN traffic, the service intended to keep your information private! Finally, I show and describe a demonstration of using just your voice to design and 3d print things, this one is straight out of the Jetsons.

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In this episode we explore AI in grocery stores: Sam's Club's new automated checkout process and AI age verification in German stores that sell alcohol (spoiler: they scan your face). We also go over the disturbing rise of the "Grandparents Scam" exploiting voice cloning technology and the especially vulnerable elderly population and some tips on protecting yourself and your family. Finally, “World Password Day” was May 2nd so I remind you of some good practices and ideas to make your password management easier.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.