Everyday Tech – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)

Topic: Many of you listening may own a business or run a shop that could benefit from a presence online. Sure, maybe social media promotion works somewhat, but have you considered building your own website. Many years ago, that would’ve required an intricate knowledge of coding and engineering, but in the year 2024, it’s not so complicated. Today, we’re gonna tell you about some of the best-rated website building sites that even the most unsure developers can operate.

Email your tech questions and opinions to: everydaytech@mpbonline.org

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Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)

Topic: Here we go again, another week and we have even more hacks to talk about. From small time hacks like Spotify uploads, on up to potentially the largest hack of all time in the National Public Data breach. It really seems like we can’t catch a break, but luckily the NSA also issued a press release recently detailing how you can prevent cyberattacks on your personal smart devices. We’ll share those tips and explain them to you later.

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Host(s): Abram Nanney, Shane Chism, and Sabir Abdul-Haqq (www.yourebs.biz)

Topic: Just this decade or so, the ways we’ve enjoyed entertainment media have changed drastically. It feels like an entire lifetime of technological advancement has happened just within the past few years, but how has technology changed over an actual lifetime? Today on Everyday Tech, we’re gonna discuss the different advancements the world of music entertainment has seen over the past century.

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On this week's program, Jeremy and Wiltz talk about the price of lacking IT security, the slippery slope of employers buying your personal data and using it against you, Apple's scanning phones for child sexual abuse images and the odd way they are going about it, electric vehicles, and more!

THE LINKS:

• Brokered cell location data led to the outing and resignation of a Catholic official - The Verge
• The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity | Ars Technica
• Apple explains how iPhones will scan photos for child-sexual-abuse images | Ars Technica
• The FCC finally made a new broadband map of the US - The Verge
• Norton and Avast are merging into an $8 billion antivirus empire - The Verge
• The hacker behind a giant cryptocurrency heist is returning stolen funds | Engadget
• Spotify calls off plans to support AirPlay 2, frustrating iPhone users [Updated] | Ars Technica
• Xiaomi takes the smartphone sales crown, and Samsung seems unhappy about it | Ars Technica
• Unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. sells for a record $2 million - The Verge
• The Amiga is the latest game system to get a mini retro remake - The Verge
• Low semiconductor supplies may not be the main reason for PS5 shortages | Ars Technica
• Facebook blocks research into political ads, falsely blames FTC privacy order | Ars Technica

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The boys take several call from listeners about cloud storage, surface-like tablet or laptop options, and of course, everyone's distain for AT&T.

Here are some tech headlines from the last week:

• YouTube’s “Premium Lite” trial offers ad-free YouTube for €7 a month | Ars Technica
• Spotify is testing whether free users will pay a dollar to skip tracks | Engadget
• Amazon is offering $10 in credit for your palm print | Engadget
• Google TV for Android gets new discovery features and more streaming apps - The Verge
• Valve issues scathing reply over the facts behind a Steam antitrust case | Ars Technica
• Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google | Ars Technica
• Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV | Ars Technica
• The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity | Ars Technica
• Putting the PS5’s 10 million sales in context | Ars Technica
• Twitter Spaces updates makes it easier to share and discover live audio | Engadget
• HBO returns to Dish's lineup after a protracted absence | Engadget
• Netflix thinks games matter more than buying movie studios - The Verge
• Twitter is testing upvote and downvote buttons on tweets - The Verge
• Clubhouse is no longer invite-only - The Verge
• Facebook brings cloud games to iPhone, iPad via web app - The Verge
• Tesla will pay $1.5 million to settle Model S battery throttling complaints | Engadget
• Amazon handed record $888 million fine from EU data privacy watchdog | Engadget
• Sgt. Pepper’s to get new Atmos mix because current version ‘doesn’t sound quite right’ - The Verge
• Spotify’s paid subscribers hit 165M as podcast listening ‘improved modestly’ - The Verge
• Facebook upgrades Oculus Quest 2 storage and recalls foam face masks - The Verge
• Amazon reportedly has a ‘key’ to thousands of apartment buildings in US - The Verge
• MLB will try encrypted transmitters and bone conduction to stop sign stealing - The Verge

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This week on Everyday Tech, our Skype call with Jeremy and Wiltz blows up....cause tech show, of course.

The boys take calls about a dropped laptop, a new TV with the wrong connectors, Amazon sharing your wifi signal with all the neighbors "safely", where/how to get a non-contract flip phone, a laptop camera on the fritz, transferring info from one laptop to another and more.

Also, we have dates for Amazon Prime Day for 2021.

Send your tech questions to EverydayTech@MPBOnline.org!

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Welcome to Everyday Tech on MPB Think Radio.

I'm your host Jay White, with Jeremy Thompson, owner of Computer Doctors and Phone Surgeons in Hattiesburg, and Wiltz Cutrer IT expert at Nucor Steel and IT instructor at Holmes Community College.

Everyday Tech is MPB Think Radio's show about consumer tech, and your very own personal IT department - all wrapped up into one convenient package.

Jeremy will help you fix it, and Wiltz will help you keep it safe...and both can actually do either, so we're in good hands!

Today we discuss the Colonial Pipeline shutdown! How can you protect your home PC's or business network from the same fate? Find out!

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Everyday Tech is MPB Think Radio's show about consumer tech, and your very own personal IT department - all wrapped up into one convenient package.

Jeremy will help you fix it, and Wiltz will help you keep it safe...and both can actually do either, so we're in good hands!

Today on the show...

A USB-C headphone adapter for your phone that costs $200? Why?

YouTube says it's getting better at enforcing its own moderation rules...

5 android alternatives for the Clubhouse social media network.

and, what's new in the streaming world for April!

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