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Computer and Technology NewsTopics:This Bank Had the Worst Password Policy We’ve Ever Seen – VICETrager adds Alexa voice control to its line of WiFi-enabled grills | EngadgetDisney+ warns viewers of ‘outdated cultural depictions’ in old movies | EngadgetNetflix is making ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ | TechCrunchBreach affecting 1 million was caught only after hacker maxed out target’s storage | Ars TechnicaMotorola’s revived RAZR is a fashion-forward foldable | EngadgetGoogle will offer checking accounts, says it won’t sell the data | Ars TechnicaUber has to pay New Jersey nearly $650 million in employment taxes | EngadgetFor full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Compukiss.com, Sandy Berger. Streaming Services Expert.Topics:Welcome to Compu-KISS!Hulu + Live TV – More than just Live TV streamingYouTube TV – Watch & DVR Live Sports, Shows & NewsDisney+ already has over 10 million sign-ups | EngadgetDisney+ cuts off ‘Simpsons’ jokes with widescreen episodes | EngadgetDisney+ vs. the competition: Which offers the best bang for your buck? | EngadgetApple TV+ – AppleFor full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Today’s Topics:Sonic the Hedgehog’s movie look is fixed following fan outcry | Ars TechnicaNY regulators investigating Apple Card after viral complaint of sexism | Ars TechnicaIowa asked researchers to break into a courthouse, then it arrested them | EngadgetWhat SMART Stats Are Telling Us About Hard Drive ReliabilityElon Musk picks Berlin for Tesla’s Europe Gigafactory | TechCrunchiOS Facebook app ‘secretly using camera’ while scrolling feed; likely a bug – 9to5MacThere’s Growing Evidence That the Universe Is Connected by Giant Structures – VICE‘When Will Someone Go to Jail?’: New Report Shows Google Secretly Storing Health Data of Millions of Americans | Common Dreams NewsFor full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Brain Controlled Devices, Advances In Self Driving Cars, And More

Computer and Technology News!Topics:AMD’s 16-core Ryzen 3950X is its fastest desktop processor ever | EngadgetAMD unveils its next-gen Threadripper CPUs with up to 32 cores | EngadgetA Robinhood Exploit Let Redditors Bet Infinite Money on the Stock Market – VICEThe CGI ghost of James Dean will star in a Vietnam War movie | EngadgetChina Bans Kids From Playing Games After 10 p.m., Caps Microtransaction SpendingThis solar farm has to switch off every second day due to negative prices | RenewEconomyMicrosoft’s Project Silica offers robust thousand-year storage | Ars TechnicaNetflix CEO says time spent streaming matters more than subscriptions | EngadgetT-Mobile’s 5G network will go live on December 6th | EngadgetFor full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Mike Cermak, Techguy.org.Topics:The Real Reason Google Is Buying Fitbit | TimeLasers can seemingly hack Alexa, Google Home and Siri – CNETWordPress Admins Infect Their Sites With WP-VCD via Pirated PluginsWindows 10 1909 (November 2019 Update) System RequirementsTesla will unveil its ‘Cybertruck’ electric pickup on November 21st – The VergeElon Musk: Completely reusing rockets is SpaceX’s ‘holy grail’For full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Hijack Digital Assistants, T-Mobile/Sprint Merger, Four-Day Work WeekTopics:Hackers can hijack smart speakers with a $14 laser – Business InsiderISPs lied to Congress to spread confusion about encrypted DNS, Mozilla says | Ars TechnicaSegway’s first electric dirt bikes arrive in early 2020 | EngadgetFCC formally approves the T-Mobile-Sprint merger | EngadgetMicrosoft Japan’s four-day working week trial led to productivity improvements – The VergeT-Mobile says it owns exclusive rights to the color magenta | AdAgeCVS starts delivering prescriptions to homes via UPS drones | EngadgetDisney+ is boosting its library by running a Starz ad (update) | EngadgetFor full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Purism is the brainchild of our founder and CEO, Todd Weaver. In 2014, watching his daughters growing up, Todd was increasingly concerned about the exploitative direction of the tech industry; out of this concern, he launched a crowdfund to form Purism – a company dedicated to freedom, privacy, and security.For full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Computing is heading towards an era of any place, any time, and any device user experiences that are delivered through write-once reach-many content and applications across all platforms. It is beginning with cloud gaming, content streaming and software as a service (SaaS) applications and is growing into a collaborative ecosystem of client and cloud technologies, infrastructure, tools, and innovative content.Find Tickets Available Here!Topics:The International Future Computing Summit (The IFC Summit) | The International Future Computing Association (TIFCA)The International Future Computing Summit Tickets, Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 9:00 AM | EventbriteChina establishes $29B fund to wean itself off of US semiconductors – TechSpotTwitter to ban all political advertising, raising pressure on Facebook | Technology | The GuardianFor full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Scott N. Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), a forty-six-year-old New Jersey-based privately held company and leading provider of advanced, world-class wireless test and security solutions. Schober also invented BVS’s cell phone detection tools, used to enforce a “no cell phone policy” in prisons and secure government facilities. Scott is a highly sought-after subject expert on the topic of cybersecurity. Recent Author of Cyber Security is Everybody’s Business.Topics:Cybersecurity is Everybody’s Business (Official Music Video) – YouTubeAuthor – Scott SchoberHome – Scott Schober“Hacked Again” Softcover Book by Scott SchoberAmazon.com: Cybersecurity Is Everybody’s Business: Solve the Security Puzzle for Your Small Business and Home eBook: Scott N. Schober, Craig W. Schober: Kindle StoreU.S. elections preparing to be hacked again? – YouTube‘Click Here To Kill Everybody’ Book Review by Cybersecurity Expert Scott Schober – YouTubeDo more patients die at hospitals that experience data breaches?Data breach remediation efforts and their implications for hospital quality – Choi – 2019 – Health Services Research – Wiley Online LibrarySouth Florida, FL – FutureCon EventsFor full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!