Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 01-31-2026

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Tech News, Leisure, News, Hobbies, Technology

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Nerd news for the normal world - Apple, Microsoft, AI, Windows 11, DuckDuckGo, Amazon Fresh - 11:00 - Listener Q&A - AI confidence - Heather asks how AI can be confident without understanding - 22:00 - Apple Airtags and Watch band - Keith and Benjamin cover some smaller Apple Announcements - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark shares of TinyCircuits, a small TV, a small gaming system - 39:00 - Scam Series - The Empathy Hijack - Benjamin warns that scammers sometimes try kindness - 44:00 - Keske on autonomous robots - Steve and Benjamin talk about autonomous robot from Hyundai - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - TBW reports - Dr Doreen Galli talks casino tech, and AI not being a strategy - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - is email broken - Naomi asks Benjamin if email as a concept is really broken - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 364 - Benjamin shares the myth of the Simple Technology Problem - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - wired vs wireless - Everett asks why to choose wired over wireless headphones

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0:00.0	Where's a nerd when you need one?
0:18.0	Oh, he's right here.
0:20.0	Helping you gain the upper hand with your computer.
0:22.8	Here is Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.
0:26.3	This week on Computer Talk Radio.
0:29.5	Dr. Doreen Geli is going to talk about casino tech and AI is not your strategy but a tool.
0:36.6	Steve Keske is going to talk about the new autonomous robots from Hyundai,
0:42.2	Mark, tiny circuits with a small little tiny TV and a small gaming system.
0:48.4	Keith M. Cedar is going to give the Apple announcements from this last week,
0:51.6	and on the scam series, the empathy hijack, killing your
0:56.3	bank account through kindness. And on the IT Pro series, the myth of the quote unquote simple
1:03.3	tech problem. We've got a listener questions from Everett who wants to know why do some people
1:08.6	use wired instead of wireless headphones?
1:19.0	Heather, how can AI make confident predictions when it doesn't understand simple mathematics?
1:24.2	Naomi, she heard that email is broken, but is it really?
1:28.2	We'll cover all of that, of course, on this week's Computer Talk Radio.
1:34.8	The website, in case you miss any of that, you want to check out the podcast, you want to check out the news, which I'll cover here in a moment.
1:38.3	The website is Computer Talk Radio.com.
1:41.6	Computer Talk Radio.com.
1:43.6	You can also reach out to me there.
1:45.7	You can ask me your computer questions,
1:58.8	your technology concerns, whatever they may be. You can also phone me at 888 nerd 888. That's 8886373-88. And you can call that any time. If I don't answer, leave a message and I will get back with you.
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