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Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:Sneaker community startup SoleSavy raises $12.5 million Series A to build an end-to-end sneakersphere | TechCrunchSony relists Cyberpunk 2077, includes new warning: Base PS4 “not recommended” | Ars TechnicaTexas Power Companies Are Remotely Raising Temperatures on Residents’ Smart ThermostatsHyundai acquires controlling stake in U.S. robotics firm Boston Dynamics for $880 millionOnlyFans Seeks Funding at $1B Valuation, Wants to Go Mainstream: ReportFacebook launches its Clubhouse clone and podcast streaming | EngadgetAmazon Warehouse Destroys 130K Items Per Week, Some Brand-New: ReportAn NFT of Jay-Z’s first album has sparked a record label lawsuit – The VergeBitcoin crackdown sends graphics cards prices plummeting in China after Sichuan terminated mining operations | South China Morning PostBitcoin Price | BTC Price Index and Live Chart — CoinDesk 20For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

For full show notes: https://computeramerica.com/2021/06/18/artificial-intelligence-power-hour-biotech-drones-and-sarcasm/For more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:Uber software bug results in some drivers being charged to give rides – CNNVigilante malware blocks victims from downloading pirated softwareSnapchat is removing its speedometer filter amid legal issues | EngadgetAmazon’s Halo body fat percentage calculator outperforms lab devices – The VergeThree big questions about Facebook’s new VR ads – The VergeWorld Bank rejects El Salvador request for Bitcoin help – BBC NewsUS lawmakers want to restrict police use of ‘Stingray’ cell tower simulators | EngadgetFood-delivery apps up to 44% more expensive, survey finds – BBC NewsFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:ITT Technical Institute: 18,000 Former Students Get Loan Relief – NBC New YorkTwitter may now directly be held responsible for every single tweet in India | Business Insider IndiaGPS rules everything. A satellite launch this week keeps its upgrade rolling – CNETWindows 11 Leaked – What we know so far about Microsoft’s new OSYou can now rent the kid-friendly Moxie robot for $149 a month | EngadgetApple reportedly trialed plans for a primary care service on its own employees – The VergeAmazon Execs Worry About Turnover, Running Out of Workers: ReportAmazon blames social media companies for sales of fake Amazon reviews | Ars TechnicaFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:MoviePass settles with FTC over complaints that it blocked subscribers | EngadgetDOJ Charges Criminal ‘Influencers’ Who Worked for FBI’s Honeypot Phone CompanyBitcoin (BTC) price slides as US seizes most of Colonial ransomApple announces iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 | Ars TechnicaApple macOS Monterey: New features, details, device support | Ars TechnicaApple pays millions in iPhone-repair explicit photo case – BBC NewsApple’s new encrypted browsing feature won’t be available in China, Saudi Arabia and more: report | TechCrunchFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:An Army of 100 Bots Is Reading Climate Change News and Clicking Every Ad Along the WaySynthetic MessengerRequiring proof of age to look at online porn raises privacy issues, Senate committee hears | National PostAmong Us crewmate-shaped chicken nugget from BTS meal nears $100,000 on eBay – CNETSupreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law | Ars TechnicaAttack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cut-throat gang | Ars TechnicaHuawei officially replaces Android with HarmonyOS, which is also Android | Ars TechnicaApple updates AirTags to address stalking concerns | EngadgetNorton antivirus adds Ethereum cryptocurrency mining – BBC NewsFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Techguy.org, Mike Cermak. Owner/Operator.Topics:Network/rack cleanup | Tech Support GuyExclusive: In the office full-time? No thanks, say 86 per cent of tech professionals – CityAM : CityAMMicrosoft to reveal its next generation of Windows on June 24th – The VergeMicrosoft is finally ditching its Windows 95-era icons – The VergeAfter Dark (software) – WikipediaShortages loom as ransomware hamstrings the world’s biggest meat producer | Ars TechnicaTry This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate – Krebs on SecurityAmazon plans to share your internet with your neighbors. This is how you opt outFirefox now blocks cross-site tracking by default in private browsingFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Nathan Evans, Popzara.com. Managing Editor.Throughout Popzara you’ll find views on gaming, movies, technology, cultural icons and so much more. Reviews and previews, in-depth analyses, opinion pieces, conversations, and a regularly updated Podcast keep things interesting and always entertaining. Our diverse editorial staff is committed to bringing this cornucopia of editorial goodness in fair-minded and positive ways, with minimal snark and maximum fun. A little bit of everything for the discriminating reader and curious listener is what you’ll find at Popzara.Topics:Popzara Press – The Latest Bits and Bytes!Beyond Calibri: Finding Microsoft’s next default font – Microsoft 365 BlogMicrosoft on Twitter: “We need to talk. What should our next default font be? https://t.co/fV9thfdAr4” / TwitterWhat’s up with the “dead pixels” in Army Of The Dead?Nine things we learned from the Epic v. Apple trial – The VergeAmazon to buy MGM for $8 billion in major boost to Prime Video library | Ars TechnicaFor mo

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:Unreal Engine 5 Temporal Super Resolution promises “4K at the cost of 1080p” – NotebookCheck.net NewsExclusive: Meet The Murky Russian Network Behind An Anti-Pfizer Disinformation Drive In EuropeDownloading Ubuntu via BitTorrent gets Comcast customer a DMCA warning | Ars TechnicaEA’s Ultimate Team raked in $3k per minute last year | EngadgetMicrosoft teases a ‘next generation of Windows’ announcement ‘very soon’ – The VergePayPal and Venmo will let you send cryptocurrency to third-party wallets | EngadgetJames Bond to stay on the big screen after Amazon deal – BBC NewsFacebook will no longer stop the spread of a theory that COVID-19 was manufactured – The VergeFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:BlizzCon 2021 has been canceled – The VergeAmazon to acquire MGM Studios for $8.5 billion – AxiosAmazon accused of unfair pricing policies by Washington DC – BBC NewsAn Insurance Startup Bragged It Uses AI to Detect Fraud. It Didn’t Go WellRussia tried to spread dangerous lies about Pfizer vaccine, France suspects | Ars TechnicaResearchers build 700TB optical disc that can probably store all of Netflix – TECHTELEGRAPHEpic’s next-gen Unreal Engine 5 is now available in early access | EngadgetNVIDIA could announce the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU on June 1st | EngadgetFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:Epic v Apple: What have we learned? – BBC NewsChina will likely ban all bitcoin mining soon | Ars TechnicaFlorida governor signs law to block ‘deplatforming’ of Florida politicians – The VergeThis AI makes Robert De Niro perform lines in flawless German | Ars TechnicaFlawless | London-based Neural Network Film LabCharlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after selling for £500,000 – BBC NewsA photo of cheese just got a UK drug dealer sentenced to 13 years in prison – The VergeFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:How Apple screwed Facebook | WIRED UKSeagate’s new Mach.2 is the world’s fastest conventional hard drive | Ars TechnicaTwitch launches a dedicated ‘hot tubs’ category after advertiser pushback – The VergeDeveloper reveals Xbox Easter Egg after waiting nearly 20 years for people to find it | EngadgetUS Treasury may require crypto transfers over $10K to be reported to the IRS | EngadgetEpic Games v. Apple by the numbers: Fortnite is worth that much money? | Ars TechnicaFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:Developers Flee Open Source Project After ‘Takeover’ By Korean Crown PrinceMicrosoft will truly, finally kill off Internet Explorer in June 2022 | EngadgetHere’s Anker’s apology after 712 Eufy customers had camera feeds exposed to strangers – The VergeColonial Pipeline CEO confirms company paid $4.4 million ransom – The VergeBitcoin falls further as China cracks down on crypto-currencies – BBC NewsHBO Max with ads: $10/mo starting in June, and guess what it won’t include | Ars TechnicaMost new NVIDIA RTX gaming GPUs will be crypto-limited | EngadgetFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:AT&T to spin off WarnerMedia, basically admitting giant merger was a mistake | Ars TechnicaGameStop FOMO inspires a new wave of crypto pump-and-dumps | Ars TechnicaElon Musk clarifies that ‘Tesla has not sold any Bitcoin’Twitch lowers subscription prices in most countries to reflect the cost of living | EngadgetApple teases a Music announcement as more ‘Lossless’ clues appear | EngadgetApple Music announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio – AppleUS fuel pipeline ‘paid hackers $5m in ransom’ – BBC NewsWaymo self-driving taxi confused by traffic cones flees help – BBC NewsSamsung teases its next generation of flexible displays | EngadgetFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

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Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:7 Apple Suppliers Tied to Using Forced Labor in China: Report$50 monthly broadband discounts available starting today via 825 ISPs | Ars TechnicaThe Emergency Broadband Benefit ProgramChicago Police Started Secret Drone Program Using Untraceable Cash: ReportValve’s Gabe Newell hints at vague console plans coming “this year” | Ars TechnicaNvidia’s RTX 3050 brings ray tracing and DLSS to $800 laptops | Ars TechnicaIntel claims its new Tiger Lake-H CPUs for laptops beat AMD’s Ryzen 5000 | Ars TechnicaIntel says it has solved a key bottleneck in quantum computing | EngadgetIBM compiles dataset to teach software how software is made: 14m code samples, half of which actually work • The RegisterCrash, arrest draw more scrutiny of Tesla Autopilot systemRansomware crooks post cops’ psych evaluations after talks with DC police stall | Ars TechnicaVizio makes nearly as much money from ads and data as it does from TVs | EngadgetFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, r

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:Sony says PS5 could be difficult to find into 2022 | Ars TechnicaCyberattack on US pipeline is linked to criminal gangMisconfigured Database Exposes 200K Fake Amazon Reviewers – Infosecurity MagazineAmazon “seized and destroyed” 2 million counterfeit products in 2020 | Ars TechnicaNew York Attorney General declares top ISPs committed net neutrality fraud | ZDNetU.S. state AGs urge Facebook to cancel plans for Instagram for younger kids | ReutersNTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Tesla Crash That Killed Two PeopleApple working on ‘portable hybrid console’: enhanced GPU + ray tracing | TweakTownApple invests another $45 million in Gorilla Glass maker Corning – The VergeCryptocurrency: Musk’s SpaceX to launch dogecoin moon mission – BBC NewsFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology NewsTopics:IBM Research 2 nm Wafer Close up.jpg (3000×2400)IBM Creates First 2nm ChipLiveLeak shuts down after 15 years online | Tech News | Startups NewsWorld waits to see where a Chinese booster will come down | Ars TechnicaFCC’s net neutrality rollback overwhelmed by bogus industry comments, investigation finds – The Verge‘Animal Crossing’ and ‘StarCraft’ join the Video Game Hall of Fame | EngadgetScientists Create Record-Breaking Laser With Mind Blowing PowerTeens, tech and mental health: Oxford study finds no link – BBC NewsHumble Bundle backtracks on charity donation cap plans after a backlash | EngadgetInternal emails reveal how badly Apple wanted to keep Netflix using in-app purchases – The VergeFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Special Segment: What Is Cryptocurrency?Satoshi Nakamoto – WikipediaBlockchain Definition: What You Need to KnowTetherWhat is a Bitcoin Fork? – RobinhoodBitcoin PlatinumGlobal Cryptocurrency Market Charts | CoinMarketCapCryptocurrency Transfers and Deposits | Robinhood43,635.04 | BTCBUSD | Binance SpotEthereum – WikipediaDogecoin – WikipediaFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

Both Segments: Computer and Technology News.Topics:Announcing PlayStation’s new Partnership with Discord – SIE Blog – EnglishJim Ryan, President & CEO – SIE Blog – EnglishSony really hated PS4 crossplay, confidential documents reveal – The VergeHere are Apple’s and Epic’s full slideshows arguing why they should win at trial – The VergeOperating System Market Share Worldwide | StatCounter Global StatsFortnite made more than $9 billion in revenue in its first two years – The VergeEpic acquires CGI artist hosting site ArtStation | EngadgetBill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting upVerizon sells Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion | PBS NewsHourKroger will begin drone deliveries in Ohio this week | Ars TechnicaMan arrested for faking Covid-19 check-in QR codes – BBC NewsCourt says Amazon is responsible for the safety of third-party products | EngadgetWhy are game-makers creating new Game Boy games in 2021? | Ars TechnicaFor more info, interviews, reviews, news, radio, podcasts, video, and more, check out ComputerA