Find out when you'll die, gas scams, fix old photos

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Your true age isn't just about how many birthdays you've had. Would you take a $500 test that reveals how long you might live? Plus, gas scams are banking on the pain we're all facing at the pump. And a trick to fix old, grainy photos to make them worth displaying. Bonus: It's free!

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0:00.0	All right, I like to start Tech Refresh with a little fun fact.
0:08.2	And let's go back in time to 1971.
0:11.8	Yes.
0:12.3	And so you had a couple of computer scientists.
0:14.1	They were sitting around.
0:14.8	They said, you know, I wonder what would happen if we created a computer virus.
0:18.4	And they said, oh, what a good idea.
0:20.1	Let's go ahead and do that.
0:21.6	So they did.
0:22.4	They created the first computer virus, and it was called Creeper.
0:25.8	And when it landed from one computer to the next,
0:28.6	it just had this little message that said,
0:30.8	I'm the creeper.
0:32.1	Catch me if you can, right?
0:34.8	Speaking of viruses, I just love getting your notes.
0:37.2	And Carl Los Angeles sent me this note the other day through the website.
0:40.7	Dear Kim, I don't understand why Windex didn't get rid of my computer's virus.
0:46.0	I was told Windex was great at disinfecting windows.
0:50.2	Carl.
0:51.4	Oh, Carl.
0:53.0	That's almost those are, that's bad. That's the worst one yet. I think that was that. That's bad. Hey, Carl. That's almost, those are, that's bad.
0:54.9	That's the worst one yet.
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