Computer Talk Radio Broadcast 04-25-2026

Computer Talk Radio

Benjamin Rockwell

Tech News, Leisure, News, Hobbies, Technology

4.7 • 11 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week's full broadcast of Computer Talk Radio includes - 00:00 - Nerd News updates for normies - Ubisoft, Black Flag, Allbirds, Parents, Netflix, Microsoft - 11:00 - Hidden costs of cloud everything - Benjamin details out how Cloud has hidden costs everywhere - 22:00 - Tim Cook replaced by John Ternus - Keith and Benjamin discuss the changes in Apple leadership - 31:00 - Marty Winston's Wisdom - Marty bemoans AI flattery and additional distractions - 39:00 - Scam Series - social media scam - Benjamin shares of the Social Media Verification Scam - 44:00 - Keske talks exploring space - Steve covers the idea of using robots to explore outer space - 56:00 - Dr Doreen Galli - NAB 2026 - Doreen covers the National Association of Broadcasters show - 1:07:00 - Listener Q&A - smart appliances - Tasha asks why companies release smart appliances that aren't - 1:16:00 - IT Professional Series - 376 - Benjamin explores the psychology of 'it worked yesterday' - 1:24:00 - Listener Q&A - energy saving - Carlos asks Benjamin about smart thermostats and schedules

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0:00.0	Your mouse is dead and the computer is on life support.
0:19.6	Benjamin Rockwell can help with that. Translating
0:22.4	techno babble to English, your translation expert Benjamin Rockwell is here with Computer Talk
0:28.4	Radio. Coming up in this hour of Computer Talk Radio, I'm going to talk about the hidden costs
0:34.3	of cloud everything. Keith Emceder is going to talk about Tim Cook being replaced by John Ternis at Apple.
0:40.8	There's a lot of excitement there.
0:42.6	And I'll also cover the social media verification scam.
0:46.4	There is, of course, a lot more on Computer Talk Radio each week.
0:49.8	But, of course, if you want to check out the podcast you can go to the website at computer talk
0:55.4	radio dot com computer talk radio dot com if you want to contact us of course scroll down to
1:06.0	where it says contact us today and i will get back to you with answers to your computer questions, your
1:11.3	technology concerns, whatever they may be. You can also phone me at 888 Nerd 888. That's 888 637388. If I don't
1:25.9	answer, which I've been doing a lot less of that recently, please do leave a message.
1:31.5	I promise, I will get back to you. We do answer all of the computer questions that you provide for us.
1:39.1	We're going to dive right into some news. Something I haven't done for a few weeks.
1:45.0	I actually, I underwent full, or rather total knee replacement.
1:50.2	So we lined up a lot of stuff for you in the meantime.
1:54.7	But let's dive into some of the recent items this past week.
2:00.6	Microsoft announced they're going to be offering
2:03.5	workers a chance for a buyout rather than just kicking them to the curb.
2:09.2	It's really difficult these days to justify layoffs with companies that are experiencing
2:15.2	growths and profits like that of Microsoft.
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