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Computer Talk Radio

Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 04-18-2026

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Tech News, Leisure, News, Hobbies, Technology

4.711 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Trust in media is falling - Benjamin shares how Synthetic Media is reshaping trust online - 11:00 - Tools we trust without thinking - Benjamin continues with the tools we trust without thinking - 22:00 - Exploring purchasing stereotypes - Keith explores different purchasing stereotypes with advice - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Mark covers new trackballs with Kensington ProFit Ergo - 39:00 - Scam Series - Digital Inheritance - Benjamin warns of the Digital Inheritance Scam - 44:00 - Keske talks about robot triage - Steve tells of robot triage options for military and medical - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - FinTech Meetup - Dr Doreen Galli covers the latest from FinTech Meetup - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - cloud service - Michelle asks what happens in a datacenter during cloud outage - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 375 - Why temporary fixes become permanent without people noticing - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - parental controls - Lauren asks Benjamin if parental controls are really effective

Transcript

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0:00.0

Gigabyte, kilobyte, kilobyte, megabyte, all this stuff makes my brain megahertz.

0:21.5

Fortunately, someone is available to explain all this techno babble, helping you make sense of

0:26.9

technology.

0:28.0

Here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.

0:31.5

In this hour of Computer Talk Radio, we're going to talk about the digital inheritance

0:36.0

scam.

0:37.2

We're going to talk about trackballs, specifically a new one from Kensington,

0:41.3

and I'm going to talk about the tools we trust without thinking.

0:45.1

And Keith M. Cedar and I are going to explore the different purchasing stereotypes

0:49.3

and our advice to each of you for that one.

0:54.6

The website, computer talk radio.com, computer talk radio.com. You can reach out to me.

1:03.1

You can also phone me with your computer questions and your technology concerns.

1:08.2

The phone number is 888, nerd 8888.

1:12.8

That's 888637888.

1:18.2

I wanted to touch on something that has been moving along quite rapidly.

1:26.1

Over the course of the recent years, we have seen deep fakes

1:32.4

go from just kind of a curiosity to something that is showing up in active everyday news feeds.

1:42.6

They're cleaner, faster, and easier to produce than ever before.

1:47.5

And I'm getting really concerned.

1:50.4

Not about the technology itself.

1:52.3

Technology is cool.

1:53.6

What we can do with technology.

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