Crypto kidnapping: What really happened

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A Manhattan crypto investor allegedly kidnapped and tortured an Italian man for his Bitcoin. Lesson: If you own crypto, zip it. Plus, jobs AI might wipe out, what’s next from Apple, and is your Amazon Echo always listening? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:04.8	We're going to go back to the 90s.
0:07.1	Okay.
0:07.6	Back in time.
0:08.8	That's when Apple rolled out its first IMAX.
0:11.1	Do you remember them?
0:11.6	They looked like those colored bubbles.
0:13.8	That was the first one?
0:15.0	Yes.
0:15.4	Oh, I thought that was like a couple generations down.
0:17.4	No, the first one.
0:18.4	Okay. generations down. No, the first one. Okay, and then when they started shipping those IMAX, they were finding that they were having
0:24.7	incredible problems with static electricity.
0:27.5	Okay.
0:28.5	And so they came up with an innovative packaging insert to get rid of the static electricity.
0:35.9	So, trivia question.
0:38.3	Was it ground up seashells, crushed pistachio shells, shredded, recycled jeans, or mashed
0:48.5	potatoes?
0:49.1	Now, don't give your answer.
0:50.9	I want you to be thinking about it because this is a tough one.
0:53.0	It's not mashed potatoes.
0:54.6	It's a tough one. Because before we give the answer, I want to welcome everybody to the current
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