• The Future of GoPro Is Uncertain
• Google Is Adding New Features to Android
• People Flock to Privacy-Focused DuckDuckGo as Google Leans Heavily Into AI
• The Compact Camera Trend Isn’t Slowing Down Anytime Soon
• Meta’s Mouse Tracking Program — What It Is and How It’s Changed
• NVIDIA and Microsoft Reinvent Windows PCs for the Age of Personal AI
• Foxconn and Intel Team Up to Build Next-Generation AI Systems
• AI-Linked Layoffs Already Surpass 2025 Total, Tech Workers Hit Hardest

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• Addressing Why Trusting Outdated Familiar Tech can Set You Back

From the Tech Corner

• Your Phone’s USB-C Port Can Do Much More Than Connect a Controller
• Can one Claim a Religious Exemption from using AI at Work?
• Bots Have Now Passed Human Traffic Online
• Open Claw: The AI that Actually Does Things

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Apricorn Thunderbolt 4 Docking Station and Secure Drive

• Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Alleged “Exploitation of Users”
• FROST: The New Browser Privacy Threat Hiding in Your SSD
• Google’s Chaotic Rollout of the New Google Health App
• Microsoft and Nvidia Build a New AI PC Chip
• TP-Link to Launch WiFi 8 in October: Two Years Before Standards are to be Finished
• NY Jets Front Office: “Think AI First”

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• Controlling Notifications is Key to Reduce Noise that’s Louder than the Signal

From the Tech Corner

• The Smartphone Camera’s Most Overlooked Feature: The Lens
• The Use of AI to Decipher the Dead Sea Scrolls
• What DeepSeek’s AI Did That Everyone Else’s Didn’t
• The Next Major Leap in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Marty: Experiences with CoPilot

• FBI Seeks U.S. Wide Access to License Plate Cameras
• College Grads Revolt Against AI Pep Talks
• Google’s Back Door Access into Your Android Phone
• Intel Begins Work on Next Generation 10A and 7A Chip Technologies
• Intel Says It’s Closing the Chip Making Gap with Rivals
• New Google Accounts no longer get 15 GB of Free Storage
• Huawei Claims it will Make Cutting Edge Semiconductors by 2031

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• Technology is Removing Options and We Need to Find Them in Hidden Menus

From the Tech Corner

• Big Techs’s Legal Reckoning
• Solid State vs Lithium Ion Power Banks

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Marty: Microsoft 365 Experience of Family vs Premium

• ChatGPT is Stepping into the World of Personalized Financial Advice
• AI Recovers $400K Bitcoin Account
• FCC Walks Back Router Update Ban
• Googlebook Finally Gets a Real Operating System
• What Happens to Chromebooks When Googlebook Launches?
• Impact of Samsung Strike on RAM Prices and Availability
• Google in Talks with SpaceX to Launch AI Datacenters into Orbit
• New Safety Mechanism called Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery (CIDR)
• TSMC’s AI Boom Isn’t Pushing Apple Out

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• Information Technology is not a Cost Center

From the Tech Corner

• Snapseed 4.0 is Finally Coming to Android
• The Intel Comeback Story
• OpenAI Falls Behind and Looks to Blame Apple
• OpenAI’s Sam Altman’s “never-ending drama”

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Introducing Three new cool Chargers from Anker

• Apple Agrees to $250 Million Settlement Over iPhone AI Claims
• EU Calls VPNs a ‘Loophole’ that ‘Needs Closing’ in Age Verification Laws
• Google Chrome has been quietly downloading a 4 gigabyte AI Model
• Google is expanding Gemini-powered AI features inside Gmail
• Pentagon Declassifies 162 UFO Files Spanning Decades of Unexplained Encounters
• If You Plan to Get an iPhone in the Fall, Don’t Get Too Attached to ChatGPT
• Intel-Apple Chip Deal Signals New Chapter in US Semiconductor Push
• The AI-Powered Carbon Emissions Database Has an Embarrassing Error, Study Claims

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• The Real Cost of Ignoring Small Tech Problems

From the Tech Corner

• How Much are you Sharing using Google’s AI Assistant Gemini
• Security Concern — Microsoft Edge Stores your Passwords in Plaintext RAM
• Shrinkflation Is Quietly Making All Gadgets Worse

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Kensington MK7500F — QuietType Pro Silent Mechanical Keyboard

• Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO
• Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders approved Paramount’s $110 Billion Takeover
• Major Professional Sports Use of AI
• Apple is Slipping as TSMC’s Crown Jewel Customer
• Apple Feeling Squeeze of Memory Shortage
• NASA Plans to Start a Fire on the Moon
• Computer Science Major Sees a Decline in Major Enrollment
• Is TPM Mandatory for Windows 11?

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• The Psychology of “It Worked Yesterday”

From the Tech Corner

• Is Microsoft 365 Copilot Free?
• Alternatives to Microsoft 365 Copilot
• AI Is Reshaping How Students Choose College Majors

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Trackballs, and the Kensington ProFit Ergo TB550 Trackball

• FCC Router Ban includes Portable Hotspots
• ChatGPT Now Track Users for Ads by Default for New Revenue
• Ask.com has Shut Down
• Pixel Phones Hit with Battery Drain Issue
• iPhone 17 Dead Battery Problem
• The Beginning of the End for Passwords
• Stunning Wave of Technology Sector Layoffs Sweeping 2026
• The Loophole Generation: How GEN Z Resurrected the iPod

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• The Lifecycle of a Password From Creation to Compromise

From the Tech Corner

• The Surveillance Cameras that Never Blink
• Big Tech Might Be Betting Your Retirement Savings on AI
• Where Physics Meets Processing Power

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Plaud NotePin-S Makes Some Key Improvements

• Google $135M Android Settlement — Are You Eligible?
• EU Is Rolling Out an Online Age Verification App
• FCC Exempts Netgear from Router Ban
• Berklee College of Music — AI Course Sparks Student Backlash
• Robots Capture Russian Positions for First Time
• RAM Shortage Expected to Drag On
• Google to Punish Sites with Back Button Hijacking
• Teens and Social Media
• Windows 11 Speeds Things Up and Breaks a 30-Year Barrier

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• Why “Temporary Fixes” Become Permanent Without Anyone Noticing

From the Tech Corner

• Intel Refreshes Non-Ultra Core CPUs
• Apple Being a Good Corporate Citizen
• AI Fears Drive Some Young Adults to Grad School

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Chrome OS Flex as alternative for Older Hardware

• YouTube Premium is Getting Pricier
• US Bans New Foreign-Made Consumer Internet Routers
• OpenAI is Shutting Down its Sora Video-Creation App
• OpenAI Cybersecurity Service
• Google Pushes “Free PC Upgrade” for 500 Million Windows 10 Users
• Copilot Branding Disappears From Notepad

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• The Hidden Fragility of “Set It and Forget It” Technology

From the Tech Corner

• Care and Maintenance of Your Mobile Phone
• A New Generation Is Driving an Unexpected Compact Camera Revival
• How Students Pick Their College Majors

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• AI Flattery and Distractions

• Robots on the Moon
• Microsoft’s Windows Secure Boot Upgrade Deadline
• RAM Prices Are Threatening the Viability of the Raspberry Pi
• FBI warns iPhone, Android Users Against Installing Certain Apps
• Crypto Investment Scams in 2025 of 3,000 Complaints per Day
• The Problems with OpenClaw

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• Why Your Office Needs a Clean Desk Tech Policy, Even at Home

From the Tech Corner

• Retro Photography: Why Old Cameras Feel New Again
• The Tech Labor Shift
• Old Smart TV Running Slow?
• The Hidden Heat of AI Data Centers

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Lightbar Series of Headlamps

• Apple Turns 50 on April Fool’s Day — No Joke
• Windows 11 Secure Boot Updates Expose Broader Firmware Problems
• DNG Is Now the Official RAW Image Standard
• Computer Finds Flaw in Major Physics Paper for the First Time
• The Mac Pro Is Discontinued
• New Graduates Are Facing the Toughest Job Market since the
• Supreme Court Ruling Reshapes the Internet

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• The Hidden Cost of Multitasking in IT

From the Tech Corner

• Nuclear Micro Reactors — Hype or Fear?
• The Mythologies Behind
• AI’s Next Bottleneck: Memory Takes Center Stage

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• TT Nature Smart Bird Feeder

• World Backup Day: A Reminder to Protect Your Data
• Super Micro Co-founder and Two Others Charged in Alleged
• Apple Store Prices for SanDisk SSDs Are in the
• Cost of a Fully Functional New MacBook Neo
• Microsoft Stops Force-Installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot App
• Amazon Employees Say AI Is Just Increasing Workload.

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• Automation for IT and the Rest of Us

From the Tech Corner

• Think the RAM Crisis Is Bad Now? It Just Keeps Getting Worse
• AI is Having a Major PR Crisis
• The AI Spending Spree Is Getting Weird

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Training AI for Your Needs can be Lost Value Over Just Doing it Yourself

• Apple Neo vs. Chromebook
• The Apple 2026 Strategy
• Apple’s Pricing Discipline and Profit Margins.
• The FBI Warns Americans to Replace These Wi-Fi Routers
• NASA will Try its Artemis II Launch Again
• ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell
• Shadow IT is Not a Good Idea… Better to Befriend IT

From the Tech Corner

• IT‑Sector Unemployment Rising Faster than the National Average
• The Impact of AI Installations on the Steeply Rising Cost of Memory
• AI Showdown: ChatGPT vs. Grok vs. Claude. Perplexity vs. Gemini
• What Happens To Your Android Phone If You Leave It On 24/7?

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• TT Nature Smart Bird Feeder

• Apple MacBook Neo at $599
• Iran Drone Strikes Damaged Three Amazon Data Centers
• Ripple Effect of Iran War
• Block CEO Jack Dorsey Cutting Nearly Half of his Staff
• Oracle to Lay Off Thousands of Employees Due to AI Data Center Immense Spending
• The White-Collar Jobs Wipeout is Getting Worse
• Are Smartphones Becoming Less Fashionable?
• Engineer Accidentally Takes Command of 7,000 Robots in the Homes

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• Looking at Obsolete Hardware and Software as Unviable for Reliability

From the Tech Corner

• How Does Big Tech Secure Their Cloud Data Centers?
• Refreshing an Old Smart TV
• The Year of Anthropic

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• AA Wireless Two+ Review

• Apple Declares It’s Keeping Prices the Same
• NASA Announces Major Revamp of Its Artemis Moon Program
• OpenAI Announced Deal with Pentagon for its AI Tools Used in the Military
• Users are Ditching ChatGPT for Claude
• No Clear Plan for How AI Companies Should Work With Government
• OpenAI and Anthropic Are Buying Your Industry’s Data

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• Your Workday, Especially Working from Home, Needs a Digital Door

From the Tech Corner

• Robotic Pets Shorten Dementia Patient Hospital Stays
• Upgrade or Replace? The Laptop Dilemma

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Frozen Drop Lines from Tankless Water Heater

• NASA Delays Astronaut Moon Mission Again After New Rocket Problem
• Meta and AMD Partner for Long-term AI Infrastructure Agreement
• Sam Altman Defends A.I. Energy Use with Human Comparison
• Anthropic Claude Code Can Automate Parts of COBOL language
• YouTube TV New Streaming Plans

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• The Unwritten Rules of Working from Home

From the Tech Corner

• Microsoft’s AI Strategy
• Windows 11 — Innovation or Instability?
• RAM Prices Are Brutal

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Over Abundance of AI Promises that Don’t Deliver

• The First Android 17 Beta is now Available on Pixel Devices
• T-Mobile Adds Free New Service
• Hate Saying ‘Hey Google’ to your Nest devices?
• Key Points from Recent Updates to OpenAI’s Privacy Policy
• NASA’s Latest Attempt to Launch Artemis 2 Didn’t Go As Planned
• SpaceX Crew-12 Mission Latest News
• NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause

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• Why Your Company Is Suddenly Talking About Data Retention Policies

From the Tech Corner

• Nvidia’s Momentum is Running into Real-World Limits
• Mini Retro Compact Cameras

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• AI and Chips, and the Quantity of Chips in a Small Space

• Landmark Trial in Los Angeles against Social Media
• How Big an Impact Is AI Having on Layoffs?
• Will AI-chatbots undermine Google’s search business?
• Microsoft Teams to Begin Sharing Employee Location Data with Employers
• Shut Down and Restart—Microsoft Confirms Windows Update Mistake
• Anthropic’s AI Plugin Tool Impacting Legal-Software Stocks

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• Why MFA feels Annoying… and Why It Protects You

From the Tech Corner

• Big Tech is Betting Big on Nuclear Power
• Will Windows PCs Fade Away?

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• TinyCircuits.com with a Small TV and Small Gaming System

• NASA is Delaying its Next Major Moon Mission
• Tesla Shifts From Cars to Chips
• Comcast is Implementing a Bold New Strategy
• Google Launches Free SAT Practice Tests For Students Via Gemini:
• Microsoft Rolls Out New Windows 11 Features for Paint and Notepad
• Apple is Rolling Out New Version of its AirTag
• Meta Plans to Test New Subscriptions
• PSA Warning Parents of AI Toys
• Cloud Storage Payment Scams and Fake Renewal Warnings
• ASML Holding (ASML) Plans to Cut about 1,700 jobs,
• France Fires First Shot in Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Fight

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• The Myth of the “Simple” Tech Problem

From the Tech Corner

• AI’s Insatiable Need for Cash
• Data Centers are Facing Widespread Public Backlash
• Nvidia’s $100 Billion OpenAI Deal Hits the Brakes

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• TT Nature Smart Bird Feeder

• FBI Bypasses BitLocker “Impenetrable” Encryption
• Google Settles Lawsuit Claiming it Recorded Private Conversations
• Medically Evacuated Crew-11 Astronauts Press Conference
• Intel Puts Consumer Chip Production on Back Burner
• Google is Now Offering SAT Prep resources
• Thousands More Amazon Corporate Job Layoffs 2026
• Vimeo Lays Off Majority of Staff Months After Private Equity Acquisition
• Pinterest Will Lay Off 15% of its Workforce

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• The Importance of the SMB or SOHO Internet Router

From the Tech Corner

• How Bad Weather Impacts the Internet
• Microsoft Unveiled Maia 200, its Second Generation in-house AI Chip
• Bezos’ Blue Origin Announces Satellite Rival to Musk’s Starlink

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Dashlane Password Tool

• What Happens When PC Memory Prices Gets More Expensive
• The Risks of Using Generative AI in Education
• AI Bot Monthly Consumer Subscription Plans in 2026
• Copilot for Consumers: Free vs. Paid Plans
• Google Bluetooth Flaw Puts Millions of Audio Devices at Risk
• U.S. Formally Clears Nvidia H200 AI Chip Exports to China

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• Bossware has Problems and Reputation Issues

From the Tech Corner

• AI’s Power Hunger Is Colliding With Voters’ Electric Bills
• Microsoft’s Proactive Data Center Plan
• Is AI Producing Any Measurable Return on Investments?
• The Battle for the Next Generation of Chips

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Review of 3 Sets of Earbuds from Technix, Shokz, and Status

• Google to Enable Shopping within Gemini
• Meta Platforms: Nuclear Power Deals for its Data Centers
• TurboTax Desktop Won’t Run on Windows 10 in 2026
• Apple’s Siri AI will be Powered by Gemini
• Gmail is Entering the Gemini era
• Latest Layoff Wave

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• IT Pros Aren’t Blaming You, They are Working as Detectives

From the Tech Corner

• Is there any Viable Competition to Nvidia’s H200?
• Understanding the Silicon Divide

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Exploring the Idea of Used Computers, Printers, and more

• Adobe has integrated Photoshop, Acrobat, and Adobe Express into ChatGPT
• iPhone 18 Launch Not Expected This Year
• AI Could Wipe Out Half of all Entry-Level White-Collar Jobs
• Computer Science Majors Decline
• Free Android Apps that Act as Digital Burner Phones

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• Tech isn’t the Root Cause of the Failure, Humans are

From the Tech Corner

• Technologies Originated at Google that Underpin the Modern Internet
• Putting AI Datacenter Servers in Orbit

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• AI Can Lie to Us in So Many Ways

• End of Year 2025 Wrap-Up
• EU’s Plan to Read Your Messages
• UPS Deploys AI to Spot Fakes Amid Surge in Holiday Returns
• TikTok Signs Deal to Sell U.S. Unit to American Investors,
• Can Your USB-C Laptop Charger Also Charge Your Phone?

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• The Network isn’t Down, Learning to Describe the Specific Problem

From the Tech Corner

• 1,000 AI Agents were Left to Build Their Own Village in a Minecraft Sandbox

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• ATM Machines

• North Korean Infiltrator Caught Working in Amazon IT Department
• Texas Sues Top TV Makers for “Secretly Recording” What You Watch
• Backlash Over OpenAI’s Stargate Data Center in Michigan
• OpenAI Defaults Free Users to Cheapest Model to Cut Back on Costs
• Does China Have a Robot Bubble?

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• IT is Working Over the Holidays to get Things Done while it’s Quiet

From the Tech Corner

• Data Centers are Built in Regions with the Wrong Climate
• Most Americans Use AI But Still Don’t Trust It
• What Does it Mean with the Different Colors on USB Port?

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Bronstein

• OpenDOTS One from Shokz and Anolon Cast Steel Pans

• Laptops Prices to Skyrocket
• MIT Report Claims Existing AI Can Replace11.7% of U.S. Labor
• Nvidia Powerful H200 AI Chips
• Opera’s New AI Browser
• LG TVs Get Unremovable Microsoft Copilot App

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• Looking at the Future of How AI Will Change Us, but Hopefully Not Take Over

From the Tech Corner

• Nvidia and the AI Bubble
• Stargate Project’s First Data Center in Abilene, Texas

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Mackie Monitor Speakers

• David Lerner, a Mr. Fix-it of Apple Computers, Dies at 72
• The Microsoft Store Discontinued Support for Office Apps
• RIP Crucial: Micron will End Production in 2026
• iPhone 17e: Apple’s Next Budget-Friendly Flagship
• $70 Billion Poured into the Metaverse
• Microsoft’s Copilot+ AI PC are in Search of a Consumer Market
• Google Starts Sharing Your Texts with Your Employer
• Microsoft Teams Update Shows Your Location
• OpenAI Has Triggered a ‘Code Red’

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• What Should I Do When Two IT People Give Different Advice?

From the Tech Corner

• The AI Bubble, the Chip Bottleneck, and the Real Economic Question
• Free Gemini Certification Courses

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Viaim AI Assistant

• Memory Prices are Skyrocketing
• Airbus Had to Software Patch Every A320 Aircraft
• Amazon’s Biggest-Ever Layoffs Hit Engineers tHard
• Amazon Employees Warn of AI at ‘Warp Speed’
• Google Adds Gemini AI-Assistant to Android Auto
• Clarification on Google Analyzing your emails for AI Training
• You Can Run IBM’s AI Chatbot Locally In Your Web Browser
• AI Job Displacement Shockwave to the Global Workforce

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• What Should I do when Two IT People Give Different Advice?

From the Tech Corner

• Nvidia and the AI Bubble: The Trillion-Dollar Question

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Viaim AI Assistant

• Recommend You Do Not Buy Your Kid an AI Toy for Christmas
• AI-Powered Toys are Unregulated
• Apple Cuts App Store Commission to 15% for Mini App Developers
• Chinese Hackers Successfully Used Anthropic’s AI for Cyber Espionage
• Anthropic CEO on AI Disruption: Entry-Level Jobs at Risk

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• Looking for a Good Resume Service Now or After Layoff

From the Tech Corner

• Not All Hard Drives are Created Equal
• Free Gemini Certifications for Teaching, University, and K12
• Excessive Screen Time and Brain ROT

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Deeper Discussion into Projectors

• Internal Revenue Service Announced Closure of the Direct File Pilot
• Windows 11 Expands Passkey Manager Support
• Chip making Industry Pushes Back on U.S. Patent Office
• Call Recording is Rolling Out to some Google Pixel Phones
• Big Tech Burning Through Cash Reserves
• The Coming AI Reckoning

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

• Laid Off Workers are Not Alone — Guidance

From the Tech Corner

• AI and the Future of Work: Staying Employable
• A Timeline of the Microprocessor Development

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Do We Really Want Smart Everything?

• Comcast and Spectrum Struggle with Cord Cutting
• AI-Powered Browsers: The Next Frontier of Web Surfing
• Google is Planning to Put AI Datacenters into Orbit
• Not Enough Electricity to Power all the AI GPUs
• The Structure of an AI Datacenter
• Radio Signal from 3i/Atlas Ends the Debate About Its Nature

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• Why Should People with No Experience be Paid Lots of Money?

From the Tech Corner

• Market Grows Skeptical of AI
• The AI Bubble May Burst Wiping Out $40 Trillion

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Roku USB Sticks and a New Roku QLED Pro TV

• The Twitter Domain is Officially Being Retired November 10
• Amazon Reveals Cause of AWS Outage
• Déjà Vu? Another Big Cloud Fail
• Amazon’s 14,000 Job Cuts Mark a Bigger Shift in the AI-Driven Tech Industry
• 2025’s Biggest Tech Layoffs
• The Circular Economy of AI Capital

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• Company is Laying Off, How do I Upskill?

From the Tech Corner

• Intel 4004: The First Commercially Available Microprocessor
• An AI Data Center May Be in Your Backyard

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Shokz Open Dot One Earbuds

• Hackers Know Your Social Security Number
• Amazon Launched “Help Me Decide”
• IBM Shows Quantum Computing Can Run on Off-the-Shelf AMD Processors
• Anthropic Bets Big on Google TPUs to Expand its AI Power
• Is ChatGPT Atlas Browser Safe?
• OpenAI Unveiled Another Chip-Supply Deal

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

• Why Do IT Pros Sometimes Seem Hurried and Distracted

From the Tech Corner

• Real-Time Voice Deepfakes Are Here
• PC Compute Sticks: The Pocket-Sized PC
• Windows 11 PC Has an Emergency Shutdown Feature

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Can it Really be Live if Everyone’s Half Dead

• Amazon’s AWS Outage Knocked Out Services
• Microsoft Publisher: End of Life October 2026
• Use of AI has Fallen in Recent Months
• We’ll See the Job Losses before We Really See the New Jobs
• Microsoft’s Next Windows 11 AI Feature: Just say “Hey Copilot”
• Is Caller ID Spoofing Legal?

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• Benjamin Reviews SOHO Level Ricoh IX2500 Scanner

From the Tech Corner

• Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 is Turning into Agentic OS
• Windows 11 Update: Known Issues
• The Intel i386 Turns 40 Years Old

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Updated Microphone and Review of the Audio Technica EDU Package

• OpenAI Gives Us a Glimpse of How It Monitors for Misuse on ChatGPT
• Microsoft Word just Made AutoSave Automatic
• Opera is Resurrecting Opera Neon for $19.90 per Month
• Perplexity AI Rolls Out Comet Browser for Free Worldwide
• Gen Z Job Crisis: Maybe There are Just Too Many College Graduates Now
• IBM’s Unexpected Leap in the Chip Race

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• How Can Emerging Tech be Balanced Against Our Creativity

From the Tech Corner

• Who’s Making Money from AI?
• How Much Data Center Infrastructure is Needed?
• Where is the Demand for AI?

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Visiting the Plaud Note Pin for an Update

• If you Have Completed Conversion of Windows 10 to Windows 11 24H2, there is still another conversion to do
• Google Layoffs: What it Means for Tech Jobs and AI Adoption
• AI Has Had Zero Effect on Jobs so far, says Yale Study
• AMD and OpenAI Announce Bombshell Computing Deal Advancing AI Ecosystem
• Getting Dangerously Close to the AI Bubble
• AMD in Early Talks to Make Chips at Intel Foundry
• Open AI Instant Checkout feature

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• Recent Stats Regarding Remote are Work Better than Some Might Know

From the Tech Corner

• Kodak is Selling Its Own Film Again for the First Time in a Decade
• The Sky isn’t Falling, But Starlink Satellites Are

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Epomaker Magcore 87 Inductive Mechanical Keyboard

• Wireless Device Exploit Uncovered 11 Years Ago still Hasn’t been Fixed
• Google Warns That China-Linked BRICKSTORM Malware Will Haunt Networks for Years
• Google is Building the Android PC and Phone Convergence Platform
• Researchers Argue that “at least 40%” of the Bloated x86 ISA Could be Removed
• Intel Files Patent for “Software Defined Supercore”

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• Reflections in the Moment about H1B Visa Fee Hiked to 100k

From the Tech Corner

• Intel and Nvidia Are Teaming Up on Future CPUs
• Windows Reliability Monitor

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Work IQ Vise

• Are We Ready for Smart Glasses?
• Some People Are Definitely Losing Their Jobs
• Blaming AI Medical Tools for Providing Biased Treatment
• Bias in AI LLMs
• CEOs Try Cloning Themselves with AI
• A “Demoralizing” Trend has Computer Science Graduates Out of Work

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• Quiet Cracking

From the Tech Corner

• Job Market For College Grads At 5-Year Low

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

• Protoarc EM05 NL TrackBall

• Why Windows 11 Update Is Bricking SSDs
• Apple Accused of Scraping Pirated Books
• Microsoft Is Shutting Down Android Outlook Lite App
• American Businesses Use of AI has Fallen in Recent Months
• Microsoft Adds Anthropic’s Claude AI to Office 365
• IBM and AMD’s new Alliance could Change Computing Forever
• Indian IT Firms Cut H-1B Visas by 46%

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• Is a Computer Science Degree Still Worth It?

From the Tech Corner

• YouTube Released New AI Tools for Creators
• Intel “Series 2” CPU Branding
• Scientists Want a “Voyager 3” Mission

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Weber Grill Accessories

• Windows 11’s Market Share Drops as Windows 10 Surges
• First of its Kind AI Settlement: Anthropic to Pay Authors $1.5 Billion
• Google Won the Antitrust Lawsuit
• Google Avoids Break-Up but Must Share Data with Rivals
• Google Hit with $3.5 Billion Fine from European Union in Ad-Tech Antitrust Case
• Federal Government Phasing Out Paper Checks for Social Security Benefits
• AI and Tech Industry Shifts Leave Computer Science Graduates Struggling for Jobs

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• We Need to Rethink Cybersecurity to the People Level

From the Tech Corner

• 16 GB is New PC Ram Memory Norm
• Microsoft’s Optical Computer
• IT Pro Day — September 16, 2025

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Weber Spirit E-325 Grill

• Phison’s Testing Reveals its Controllers are not to Blame for SSD Drive Failures
• Waymo to Begin Testing Self-Driving Cars in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn
• Google’s AI Weather Model Nailed Its First Major Storm Forecast
• Stanford Study Finds AI Is Crushing the Early Career Job Market
• Gemini is Coming to Google Home in October
• Microsoft Word Now Automatically Saves New Documents to the Cloud

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• AI Biases Need to be Overcome When Job Searching

From the Tech Corner

• After You Have Completed Conversion of Windows 10 to Windows 11, There is Another Conversion — Windows 11 25H2
• AI is Working its Way into Everything These Days
• The IT Professional Transitioning from Full Time Work
• IT Jobs Vulnerable to AI Layoffs in 2025

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Anker Eufy E15 Robot Mower

• Microsoft’s Emergency Windows Update and Why Your PC Might Fail
• Nvidia Hit Pause on H20 Chip Production for China
• Google Discover Adds AI Summaries
• Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but …
• Google will Throttle your Pixel 10’s Battery
• AI Assistants Are Just Alexa All Over Again
• The AI Report That’s Spooking Wall Street
• The AI Battle’s Newest Warrior Strikes a Major Blow to Big Tech

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• Dr Doreen Galli Reflects on Guidance Given that May Not be the Best

From the Tech Corner

• The Rising Costs of Businesses Paying for Advanced Artificial Intelligence
• The Jobs AI Is Replacing the Fastest

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Home Automation Concerns in all Directions

• Thousands of Private ChatGPT Conversations became Google Search Results
• Google Combining ChromeOS and Android
• China Accusations that Nvidia Chips are a Tool for Espionage
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• Dr. Doreen Galli discusses non-compete clauses and legality and options

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• Trump Calls on Intel CEO to Resign “Immediately”
• Taiwan Detains TSMC Staff for Alleged Theft of Key Technology Trade Secrets
• Report from DEF CON 33 in Las Vegas
• Amazon Restructures its Podcast Business
• Apple Wants to Reclaim its Place in the AI Development Race.
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• All of Us at Every Level Need to be Looking to AI to Improve Our Skills and Jobs

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• Google Purges 11,000 Propaganda Channels Linked to China, Russia
• Tech Companies Are Blocking Microsoft’s “Recall” Feature
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• Google Chrome Adds AI-Powered Store Summaries to Help Shoppers
• Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Library
• Lenovo Layoffs Return: A Sign of Tech’s Shifting Priorities

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• Microsoft Recent Comment Leads to Awareness that We Need to Start using AI

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• TV Changing Before Our Eyes and Streaming Too

• Microsoft Apologized and Confirms Windows Update Mistake
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• Hidden Android Feature for Earthquake Notification
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• OpenAI Releases ChatGPT ‘Agent’ in Competition with Microsoft and Google

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• Amazons’ Ultimatum - Relocating Isn’t a Simple nor Easy Decision

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• What We Need is Stability in an Operating System
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• Ricoh Projector Revisit

• A “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Blocked by Federal Appeals Court
• ALERT: T-Mobile Added Two New Privacy Toggles,
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• China is Slowing Down Foxconn’s Move of iPhone Manufacturing to India
• Google Confirms it’s “Combining” Chrome OS and Android into a Single Platform
• Microsoft’s $4B AI Education Push to Train 20M People to Learn AI for Free
• OpenAI is Reportedly Releasing an AI Browser in the Coming Weeks

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• Amazons Ultimatum to Relocate or Retire has Deep Implications

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• Apple Designated a List of “Vintage” Devices for Retirement
• Apple is Reportedly Considering Buying Perplexity AI
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• Mark Brownstein: Merlin Bird ID from Cornell University

• Microsoft Defender Update Blocks a Most Dangerous Cyberattack
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• Amazon Pulls Plug on a Free Service for Customers
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• Microsoft’s Big Bet on Custom Artificial Intelligence hardware

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• Our Work Chats Can be Used Against Us

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• Plaud Note and Plaud Notepin Bundle: Wearable AI Dictation Units

• Microsoft Makes Windows 10 Extended Security Updates Free
• OpenAI Designs Rival to Office and Workspace
• Judge Rules AI Companies Can Use Some Copyrighted Works to Train LLM
• Apple is Reportedly Considering Buying Perplexity AI
• US House of Representatives Bans WhatsApp on Government Devices
• Google Has Reportedly Cut its Smart TV Budget by 10%
• Google Cloud’s OpenAI Deal A Win For TPU Chips
• USPS Warns of New ‘Brushing’ Scam

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• Need to be Careful that Recruiters and HR don’t Lose Employee Search to Cold AI

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• Scientists Calculate When the Universe will End — It’s Sooner Than Expected

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• HP Smart Tank 7301 Printer with ADF

• Relocate in 30 Days or Resign: Amazon’s Message to Remote Employees
• OpenAI Wants Microsoft with 49% Stake in OpenAI to Accept 33%
• Google Tests Real-Time AI Voice Chats in Search
• Google Gemini Now Powers Chrome
• Apple’s WWDC 2025 was a Bit Light on AI
• FBI Warns iPhone and Android Users to Delete Smishing Texts

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• Big Signing Bonuses and Long Locking in Contracts

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• Problem Solving Still Matters in the Tech Industry
• WSJ Reports Pentagon Has Been Pushing Americans to Believe in UFOs

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• Prepping for and Surrendering to the Windows 10 to 11 Upgrade

• Mark Zuckerberg’s Big Bet on Scale AI to Save Llama
• OpenAI Considering the “Nuclear Option” Against Microsoft
• New Grads are Struggling to Find Jobs and the New AI Reality
• Big Tech Firms Attribute Every Job Cut they Make to AI
• WhatsApp is Officially Getting Ads
• Unsubscribing from Emails? Here’s how Scammers are Tricking You!
• Google Prepares to “Reduce” Pixel 6a Battery Due to “Overheating Issue”

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• Why does it take so long for some tech issues to get resolved?

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• How does ChatGPT Know So Much about Everything?
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• Pluggable Thunderbolt Dock