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Kim Komando Today

Tech Refresh: Debt collectors in your DMs, faulty AirPods, scam of the week

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week, Allie, Ben, Cassidy and Mike talk Amazon's potential plans to take over rural delivery, new ways debt collectors can harass consumers and a get-rich-quick scheme spreading through a popular app. Plus, the crew reveals the new most-popular video on YouTube and debates a 24-hour break from tech. Spoiler: It's not going to happen.

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0:00.0

From commander.com, welcome to the Tech Refresh Podcast, where we scour the web, finding just the right information to help you stay up to date on everything digital.

0:13.0

So you are the go-to digital source for your friends and family.

0:17.6

We feature the top news, funky stories, gadgets that you need to know about

0:21.5

after an exhaustive nationwide search to find a digitally savvy show host. They finally gave up,

0:28.0

and you got me. I'm Mike James. Our distinguished panel of guests is with us. Allie Seligman

0:33.7

is the content queen. Hello, Allie. Hi, Mike. I can't wait to jump in this week.

0:37.9

News director is Ben Bradley from commando.com.

0:41.3

Hey, Mike, looking forward to this week's episode.

0:43.1

And Cassidy Taylor is our podcast princess.

0:46.1

Welcome, Cassidy.

0:47.2

Another week, another three podcasts.

0:49.2

And another news, the top news stories of the week.

0:53.1

And we're going to start out with Allie.

0:54.9

Well, it wouldn't be a tech podcast if we didn't talk about Amazon. And today, it's all about

0:59.6

the shipping. Now, if you live in a city, you probably get your deliveries from an Amazon driver.

1:05.4

I know I look out the window and see the Amazon van and I know what's here. But in a lot of rural

1:10.2

communities, the U.S. Postal Service delivers those packages.

1:13.9

And Amazon wants to change that.

1:15.7

They are reportedly looking to handle their own deliveries by creating shipping hubs in rural areas.

1:21.4

How do we know this?

1:22.2

It wasn't some big announcement.

1:24.2

It happens the way that we find out about a lot of new things in tech, job postings. So the

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