Now, from a nondescript server room in a top secret location in southern California.

Here's Benjamin Rockwell with Computer Talk Radio.

Tons in store for you this week here on Computer Talk Radio.

For starters, I'm going to talk about the upsides and downsides of tech in our lives.

I've got some listener questions,

Megan, why do my smart home devices always seem to need a different app? Darius, why do companies fight so hard to prevent us from fixing our own devices? Max, why does my gaming console lag in multiplayer games?

On the IT Pro series, I'm going to talk about the idea that we need to be careful that

recruiters and HR, they don't lose the employee's search to that cold-hearted AI.

Steve Keske is going to go through and discuss Pulseox meters.

We're actually going to talk about Red Cross and the tech they're using and some other cool

tech that's along the way.

Keith M. Seed or smartphone disability features that are valuable to all.

Marty's going to talk about the Plaud note and the plod note pin bundle.

And these are wearable AI dictation units.

You can talk and you plug in into AI.

It's a cool little thing there.

And on the scam series, Leo tells about how his elderly mother almost gave her bank info, and he

wanted to know how to prevent that. If you miss any of that, of course, you can check out the

podcast online at computertalk radio.com. Computer talk radio.com. You can also reach me there,

or you can call me at 888 Nerd 888. That's 888637888.

Let's dive into the news and something that's been a long time in coming over on the Etsy front. Etsy is this wonderful marketplace where people put up their items for sale that they've

crafted themselves.

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