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Kim Komando Today

Documentary maker shares online harassment stories, using robots to get the perfect photo, parents sue over addictive Fortnite

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Hundreds of parents in Canada are preparing to take legal action against the producers of Fortnite. Why? Their kids are addicted. Kim talks to director of "Netizens," a documentary about women and online harassment. She shares three stories from the film. And gone are the days just hoping for the right shot. Photographer and visual engineer Steve Giralt uses top-of-the-line cameras, lights and a $150,000 robot to create picture-perfect images and videos.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome to Commando on Demand, your fast-paced weekly update straight from Kim's desk to your ears.

0:06.1

I'm Mike James.

0:07.2

And today, Kim is going to talk to an award-winning documentary filmmaker.

0:11.8

And we've got the story of a lady whose ex stalked her, terrifying her, for like five years.

0:17.9

And how law enforcement couldn't do anything about it until they finally did resolve this situation after, like I said, five years and how law enforcement couldn't do anything about it until they finally did resolve

0:22.2

the situation after like I said five years. And they made a movie about it. That's coming up in just a few

0:28.0

moments. And Google had some big announcements the other day, the Pixel 4, the Pixel 4xel, Nest Wi-Fi,

0:34.4

and even some pixel buds, you know, the little headphones.

0:38.1

Well, we're going to talk about all these products, what they mean to you, how they

0:41.5

compare to the Apple products, and a whole bunch more.

0:44.5

Plus, you've seen the commercials, the amazing hamburger or ketchup, French fries, pie,

0:50.8

you name it, where they're panning in slow motion and everything looks so absolutely amazing.

0:57.2

Well, what is the technology behind those photos or moving video?

1:02.4

We're going to talk to a guy that does that, maximizing his artistic ability with technology

1:07.7

and using some of the most sophisticated cameras in the world to film everything from

1:12.6

ketchup to candy and he's doing it for fortune 500 companies we're going to talk to stephen

1:18.3

garralt later on plus we're right on the cusp i mean if you want to buy something electronic

1:23.4

you're probably thinking should i wait till black friday and getPrice, or should I just go ahead and take it down?

1:29.8

Well, Kim is going to talk about that and a crazy lawsuit against Fortnite.

1:35.1

And last but not least, today's trivia question every week, we give you a little brain buster to keep you thinking.

1:41.2

Do not go running for Google and look this up. That's no fair. Bluetooth is one of

1:47.3

those technologies we use every day. It connects our smartphones to wireless earbuds, cars,

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