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The Current powered by Kim Komando

AirTag arrest, hide your Facebook profile, celebrity meltdown

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

Technology, Tech News, News

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

After months of stories about people using Apple's AirTags to stalk others and even steal cars, an arrest has been made. Plus, if you don't want to give up your Facebook account but you don't want others to find it so easily, Allie has a quick tip. And Matt has the scoop on the latest embarrassing celebrity meltdown.

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0:00.0

Okay, Metamates. I don't know if you've heard about this, but no longer will you be called

0:08.8

like team members, staff, or maybe even an employee. Now, you might remember that Facebook

0:14.4

changes name to Meta. And so if you work for Facebook, you're now known as a Metamate.

0:20.0

I mean, can't you imagine this meeting? Oh, dear Metamates, we are so glad, you're now known as a meta mate. I mean, can't you imagine this meeting? Oh,

0:22.7

dear meta mates, we are so glad that you're here that you bought your skills and talents to

0:26.8

meta. Okay, but I'm not sure if you heard that meta is actually going to acquire mucal. Yeah,

0:33.0

this is really something. Mark Zuckerberg said that the metaamusal merger will help us move things along.

0:41.2

He also said, me and the other meta mates are looking forward to this merger with every

0:46.3

fiber of our being. Oh, I know. It's only going to get worse from here. Hey, welcome the Tech Refresh. It's your weekly fun show about everything digital. And I'm Kim Commando. And joining us this week, as always, is our amazing content queen. Ali Seligman, welcome. And what pearls of wisdom will you be sharing with us?

1:06.6

I've actually got some more Facebook news, something that they are changing that you have used for the last 15 years.

1:13.3

And a nice way to hide your Facebook profile if you can't give it up, but you don't want everybody to see it.

1:18.1

Maybe we should start calling you like the Facebook queen.

1:20.3

I mean, our amazing Facebook queen.

1:22.7

All right.

1:23.1

Then, of course, we have our Battery Bad Boy and trusting news director over at commando.com, Ben Bradley.

1:28.6

What do you have coming up, Ben?

1:30.4

Well, good news. Somebody finally got arrested for using an air tag in a bad way.

1:35.2

And later on, I'll have my, not a review, but I'll share my experiences so far of using a smart

1:42.5

refrigerator with a touchscreen.

1:43.8

You know, you have to be careful of refrigerators.

1:46.2

I always knock on the door of my refrigerator before I open it because, you know, inside

1:52.7

there's salad dressing.

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