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Jon Westfall and I are joined by Jack Cook for this podcast. We discuss:

• Meta Threads finally has a web UI
• Notion AI
• Foundry tech magazines (Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive archive as knowledge source for an AI chatbot
• Python =PY() coming to Excel
• WordPress 100-year $38K domain/site
• Fried chicken (???)

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Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelist Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. They discuss.

• One of the recommended charity funds to support the victims of the Lahaina Maui wildfire: Hawai‘i Community Foundation MAUI STRONG FUND
• Using Charity Navigator to vet charitable organizations
• Ooma VoiP for home phones and progress in porting Todd’s landline phone number to it
• Noting the IBM PC’s launch 42 years and 1 day ago (Aug. 23, 1981) and other tech reminisces
• Making peace with the Notion note-taking service and considering trying Obsidian too
• Jon’s tech travel notes based on his recent trip to attend the American Psychological Association conference in Washington DC

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Guest co-host Steven Hughes and I discuss the following in this podcast:

• Todd’s adventures configuring an Ooma Telo Air 2
• Home automation
  Smarter Living
  New cyber security labels for Internet of Things called the US Cyber Trust Mark
• Can AI and Machine learning get dumber and not smarter if not checked and corrected? What processes are in place to make sure it is accurate
  STANFORD SCIENTISTS FIND THAT YES, CHATGPT IS GETTING STUPIDER
• Tesla range isn’t as claimed kind of the same they do with the real price, but that hasn’t stopped sales – class action suit like VW-gate MPG “stretching”
• Apple and Google lead initiative for an industry specification to address unwanted tracking

  Google will now warn Android users of unknown bluetooth trackers like AirTags and will work with Apple on a standard.

• Are you adding or removing streaming services? Subscription prices all going up!
• NASA introduces NASA+ a new streaming service and currently in beta and free!

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In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Transitioning from Bit.ly to TinyURL
• The Amazon Echo Dot (5th gen) has a thermometer. However, it is consistently three degrees lower than what is reported by IR and other thermometers in the same room.
• MobileViews Mini-Podcast 38: Absgeega K61 wireless lav mic test with an iPad mini 6
• Now that I’m a retiree income, services of all kinds have decided to raise their subscription prices. Gee, thanks
• Is Siri finally getting a cognitive upgrade?
  The Verge: Apple is already using its chatbot for internal work
• Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama
• Discussion Topic: Each year when new features are announced, they’re hyped up to be “the best”. This week I looked back at features announced in the past year and decided “Were they really as useful as they were made out to be?”

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