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🗓️ 7 October 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Elon Musk is moving forward with his plan to buy Twitter. Kim has the scoop on what it could look like. Plus, a trick criminals can use to get past your security system, the latest on Tesla's humanoid Optimus robot, how to use Gmail in offline mode, and setting up medication reminders on iOS 16. In WTH news of the week, a real-life invisibility jacket is in the works.
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0:00.0 | All right. I always like to start with something interesting. |
0:05.0 | And I don't know if you guys heard about this, but Amazon has this data collecting trick up its sleeve. |
0:11.0 | So whenever you buy something at any other store other than Amazon, you can scan your receipts. |
0:16.0 | Oh, how helpful that is using the Alexa app. And then you can get an Amazon gift card in return. |
0:21.8 | Oh, Amazon, they're always looking out for ways to help us. Isn't that right? So now they know |
0:26.5 | everything that you buy, everywhere that you buy it, so that this way they can source it and sell |
0:31.6 | it cheaper for you to you on Amazon.com. Wow. And even kill more of the competition. |
0:37.1 | You know, but I have to tell you something, |
0:38.1 | I ordered a thesaurus is from Amazon, but when it arrived, it was really crazy. All the pages were |
0:44.5 | just completely blank. And I have no words to describe how angry I am at this period point. |
0:50.4 | Hey, and welcome to the Friday edition of Kim Commando today, which we like to call Tech Refresh. |
0:56.3 | It's your podcast about all fun things digital. |
0:59.2 | And joining us, as always, we have our amazing content queen, Ali Selgman. |
1:03.4 | And what are you going to be chatting about today with us, Al? |
1:05.7 | I have a home security warning and then in our what the heck headline of the week, |
1:10.5 | something that I know that we're all going to want. |
1:12.2 | Sounds like magic. |
1:13.0 | Yes, we do like the magic, don't we? |
1:15.1 | And then we have our magnificent millennial, our very own Internet Scout, Matthew Heffel. |
1:20.5 | What's on tap with you? |
1:22.0 | I'm going to be talking about whether the Tesla robot will sink or swim, a handy feature that you can use with the new iOS 16, |
1:28.2 | as well as a new-ish social media that's really taken off. |
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