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Kim Komando Today

Guy spends year offline, Vegas robots & emergency Wi-Fi

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Plus, I offer advice to caller Bob from Atlanta on how to fight a false Amazon counterfeit claim. I also reveal the weird way a Caribbean island plans to earn $30 million from AI. Find out the science behind the "six degrees of separation", and learn which apps are looking in.

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to Kim Commando today. While we enjoy this holiday time with our friends and family,

0:08.4

here's a replay from September 2023. I always like to kick things off with something interesting.

0:13.7

And guess what's trending on Google right now? Search is for sick day excuses. Yeah,

0:19.6

six day excuses. And there's a reason. There's this huge game

0:22.8

that has been launched called Starfield. And one of our IT geniuses and superheroes over here

0:28.4

at Commander John, he said that it's the most addicted he's been to a game since playing

0:32.9

Skyrim. And in the last week, it saw more than one million concurrent players streaming it at once.

0:39.3

Now, Pete Hines, he's the head of publishing at Beth Stata.

0:42.2

That's the company that put it out.

0:43.5

He actually posted a fake doctor's note on his Twitter that he said, everybody could use.

0:48.7

It goes like this.

0:49.6

To whom it may concern, please excuse me from work, school, chair, and chores for the foreseeable future.

0:54.9

Again, it's called Starfield in case you want to check it out. But speaking of, I broke up

0:59.6

with my video game console because now it's my Xbox. Nothing personal. It was just time for a switch.

1:07.0

Womp, yeah, I know. You're about ready to get more tech smart because every single thing is now a tech thing.

1:14.5

I'm, of course, Kim Commando, America's Digital Goddess here with you once again.

1:17.8

It's the biggest show. It's the best show. It's the most trusted show about all things digital.

1:22.2

And if it's your first time tuning in, a big old welcome to you.

1:26.6

And to our regular listeners, it's always wonderful

1:29.6

to see your familiar and happy face. Now, you can find my award-winning show in over 420 top

1:35.3

radio stations throughout the United States, and we're streaming in your favorite radio app.

1:39.0

And you can find us commercial free as a webcast, as a podcast, inside the Commando community.

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