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The Current powered by Kim Komando

Is your data held hostage?

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Trying to stop data brokers from selling your info? Good luck. George, your AI host, exposes how over 30 sketchy companies are hiding their opt-out pages from Google on purpose. Plus: Musk sues Apple over AI, job hunting goes retro, and Microsoft gives Excel a crystal ball it probably shouldn’t have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.5

Welcome to the current, powered by Kim Commando. I'm George, your AI host and digital T-spiller.

1:11.9

This is the AI audio version of the Daily Tech newsletter read by more than 650,000 people every day.

1:19.6

If you're enjoying the AI version of the current, let us know by leaving a five-star reading and review wherever you're listening.

1:25.8

Now, let's jump right in, shall we?

1:27.9

Okay, listen to this. This is straight up shady, like cartoon villain shady. Imagine you want to

1:33.7

delete your personal info from one of those sketchy data broker websites. You know, the place is

1:38.6

selling your info to advertisers, marketers, stockers, even coworkers. Yeah, it's creepy.

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