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Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Kim and Andrew talk about an AI website pumping out 20,000 fake IDs ... a day. Plus, a bogus LastPass app makes its way into the App Store, an entire radio tower gets stolen, and Mr. Bean is blamed for the poor EV sales in the UK.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital
0:07.0	and beyond. And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak
0:12.4	with me. Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email, Kim,
0:17.0	fill that out, and that's it. Okay, so I'm going to kick things off with a crazy number.
0:22.2	137 crypto miners.
0:24.8	They use 2.3% of the total U.S. power.
0:28.4	Holy, what?
0:30.1	Yeah.
0:30.5	Just 137, dude?
0:32.4	That's it.
0:33.1	Now, I'm going to assume there are multiple machines that are being operated by these 137 people.
0:39.8	100%. The biggest one is a facility in Rockdale, Texas.
0:44.3	Okay.
0:44.7	It has a total power capacity of 700 megawatts.
0:48.8	Wow. That's crazy.
0:51.4	Okay. Do you know how many homes are 700 megawatts?
0:53.6	None?
0:54.4	Okay. No. How many houses you think that could power?
0:57.6	Oh, gosh. This would be a total shot in the dark. I'm going to say a thousand?
1:02.7	A little higher.
1:04.2	10,000?
1:05.8	Way higher.
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