Tech Gumbo Haggai Davis
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We started Tech Gumbo in Nov 2014 as a conversational show of news, information & updates about the past, present & future of all things technology in a topical, interesting and digestible way.
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Net Neutrality Returns, TikTok Updates, NHTSA Investigating Tesla, Tesla Layoffs
News and Updates:
• FCC bringing back Net Neutrality
• TikTok says it will shut down US presence before selling
• ByteDance, TikTok and Douyin and why this is complicated
• NHTSA is investigating Tesla’s Autopilot claims and capabilities, and fatal crashes the cause
• Tesla laying off 14K employees, still more to come -
Tik-Tok Update, Datacenters- Growth & Resource Consumptions Out of Control
The Question of the Week: What’s next for Tik-Tok?
The Big Stories:
- Datacenters growth explosive growth in numbers and consumption
- Trends why datacenters are growing
- AI and Cloud Computing are culprit for datacenter power and resources consumption -
Space Force Exercise, Starlink On Black Market, NASA Wants Samples From Mars, NASA’s New Time Standard On Moon, Battery Powered Appliances, Too Much Solar Power
News and Updates:
• Space Force to practice “On -Orbit Aggression” exercises in space
• Starlink is forced to crackdown on unauthorized users in Sudan, Zimbabwe, South Africa and more
• NASA looking for better ways to get samples back from Mars rover projects
• NASA needs to create a time standard for the Moon
• Will battery power large home appliances
• Roof top solar panels creating too much power in Southern California -
How Much Internet Bandwidth?, EU Passes Comprehensive AI Act, Congress Files An AI Bill, , UK Criminalize Sexual Deepfakes, Netflix AI Generated Usage Dilemma
The Question of the Week: How Much Internet Bandwidth Do I Really Need?
The Big Stories:
• EU law passes first comprehensive laws on AI, including new restrictions on how it can be used
• Congress files a bill forcing AI to reveal copyrighted art
• U.K. criminalizes the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images and videos against women
• Netflix may have used AI Generated images of a real person in a true crime documentary -
YouTube Is #1 And Still Cracking Down On Ad-Blockers, Win 11 Upgrade, Microsoft Breach Affecting US Gov’t, Disney HoloTiles, Humane AI Pin Review
News and Updates:
• YouTube is the #1 source for music and video entertainment and education
• YouTube is still cracking down on Ad-Blockers, despite Ad-blockers being available in Chrome Store
• New patch removes “Blue Screen of Death” problem for upgrading to Win11
• Russian security breach into Microsoft still causing problems throughout the US Government
• Disney shows off their new HoloTile
• Humane AP Pin is horrible, way too expensive, way under performing -
Cyber Security And The Elderly, AI And Fast-food
The Question of the Week: How do I talk about Cyber Security to my elderly parents?
- How Older Adults Can Improve Their Personal Cyber Security And Avoid Scams
The Big Stories:
• Taco Bell & Pizza Hut launching AI App to help run the restaurants
• The truth about AI Drive Thru’s- Its humans in the Philippines
• AI Voice Recognition is still a problem for drive thru’s
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