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Kim Komando Today

Tech Refresh: Facebook whistleblower, Windows 11 is here, dangerous TikTok trend

Kim Komando Today

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Who is the Facebook whistleblower? Kim has a deep dive on Frances Haugen and what might be in her future. Plus, Windows 11 is rolling out and we've got a shortcut to help you get it faster. And kids are taking a stupid TikTok trend to dangerous levels.

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0:00.0

Okay, so it happened outside Huntsville, Alabama.

0:04.7

In Limestone County, there was the sheriff.

0:07.1

He's 70 years old by the name of Mike Blakely.

0:09.6

Back in August, the sheriff was accused of taking these no-interest loans from the county jail fund that held prisoners' money.

0:18.0

Not good.

0:19.1

Also stole $4,000 from his own campaign account. He was in his

0:23.5

10th straight term at the time that he got convicted. They say that he's Alabama's longest

0:29.1

serving sheriff at the time. But, you know, there was those little issues about stealing money,

0:34.6

and so he got put in jail. So after he was done in jail, he actually

0:40.3

wrote a review. Best jail in the state of Alabama. The food was really good. The staff took

0:45.4

very care of me. Couldn't ask for better treatment from the inmates. Yep. There's your Yelp

0:52.2

review. And in case you ever wondering, how does a banana get

0:56.1

out of jail? Anybody? It wins on appeal. Yes, that's courtesy of Alexa, by the way.

1:03.2

Hey, welcome to Tech Refresh. It's your weekly fun show about all things digital. And just a quick

1:08.6

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1:35.0

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1:37.7

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1:42.1

And Ben Bradley, he's our trusty news director and we have a

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