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The Current powered by Kim Komando

2FA-stealing malware, update your phone, wheels vs. doors

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Smartphone malware is getting worse. A variant caught stealing passwords, bank details and lots more has a new trick — collecting your two-factor authentication codes. Plus, updates for iPhone and Android are here and Allie has the best reasons to update. And the crew takes on the debate captivating the internet right now: Are there more wheels or more doors in the world? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Wow, 21% increase in sales. What is going on with this? I'm talking about CD sales. Listen to this. The Recording Industry Association of America, those are the big dogs. They say that revenue from CDs grew by 21% to $584 million in 2021. Okay, I'm talking about compact des.

0:24.6

So you might be wondering, like, why are CD sales on the increase?

0:25.7

I had to look this up myself.

0:28.0

They say it's all because of the pandemic.

0:32.0

A lot of record stores, they opened back up, and artists sold music at shows again after COVID because everything was put on sales.

0:34.3

So that's why the sales were down, but now they're up.

0:36.8

You know, CDs can be really useful. I don't know if you know this, but a lot of people are using

0:40.3

CDs. They put them on boats to scare away the birds and maybe in trees. There are countless pages

0:46.3

on the internet of people that are using CDs for crafts, like making like Snowman decorations.

0:52.3

Yeah, it's really crazy. I mean, the other night, I couldn't find my pizza

0:56.0

cutter because I'm moving. You know, you can't find anything. So I used my old Brian Adams CD

1:01.6

because it cuts like a knife. Oh, I know. Hey, listen, welcome to Tech Refresh. It's your weekly

1:09.0

fun show about all things digital. I'm Kim Commando and here with me for Tech Refresh.

1:13.2

You just have the smartest people you know in the tech reporting business like

1:17.4

commando.com's amazing content queen.

1:19.8

Allie, welcome. What pearls of wisdom are you going to be sharing with us today?

1:24.0

I'm going to tell you why you need to update your phone.

1:26.2

And I've also got some good phone

1:27.7

tricks to save you a good amount of time.

1:29.5

Yes, and then we have our battery bad boy.

1:32.5

Trustee News Director at Commander.com.

1:34.5

Ben, what are you up coming up?

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