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The Current powered by Kim Komando

Apple wedding rings, winter weather alerts, rugged phone review

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Rumors are swirling about Apple's new wedding rings that will sniff out a cheater. We've got the facts. Plus, with severe weather conditions peaking around the country, here are the best ways to stay up to date. And in Ben's weekly review, he tests out cellphones so tough you can literally drop them in acid.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, so we're going to start with billionaire problems.

0:07.3

Okay, Jeff Bezos, so I'm sure you know this, that he's buying this super yacht.

0:11.6

And it is a super yacht.

0:12.8

It's a 417 feet long.

0:15.9

Okay, it's the biggest sailing yacht in the entire world.

0:19.8

It's the longest vessel to be ever built in the Netherlands.

0:23.3

Okay.

0:23.8

So I looked it up.

0:24.8

It has this beautiful black hull, classic shape, three large decks, three large mass.

0:29.9

Okay, the cost $540 million.

0:33.5

Okay, that's not the issue.

0:35.2

The issue is that where they built the boat in the Netherlands is that the boat is too big to pass through a bridge to get to the ocean.

0:45.1

So what they're doing is that they're taking the bridge down.

0:48.9

Okay, it's called DeHeaf is the bridge.

0:51.1

It's the Koenigshaven bridge in Rotterdam.

0:54.1

And they say that Jeff Bezos is going to pay for them to take the bridge down and put the bridge back up. But the bridge is going to be down for like a week or more. So when I was doing research about this, so I could talk about the yacht. I saw a lot of ads online that said yacht for sale. I mean, as if people don't know what a yacht is for. I mean,

1:12.0

come on. All right. Hey, welcome to your tech refresh. It's your weekly fun podcast about

1:18.2

everything digital. And of course, it's not just me, Kim Commando. Our friends are here. And first up,

1:23.4

our amazing content queen, Ali Seligman, welcome. and what pearls of know-how are you going to be

1:29.2

sharing with us? Well, I'm going to tell you all about Starlink's latest internet offering

1:33.6

and a really cool trick to see your house or any house over the years.

1:38.2

Ooh, and of course our Battery Bad Boy and Trustee News Director over at commando.com.

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