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Kim Komando Today

Tech Refresh: FTC has questions for Big Tech, goodbye to Flash, top kitchen gadgets

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week, the team from Komando.com breaks down the FTC order to Big Tech companies and what it could reveal about how your data is used. Plus, it's time to say goodbye to internet icon Adobe Flash, and package and shipping delays are officially here. And Allie pulls out all the stops to fool Mike and Ben in Brand New or Not True.

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0:00.0

From commander.com, welcome to the Tech Refresh podcast where we scour the internet to feature just the right digital news, gadgets and stories to keep you up to date.

0:11.5

Our promise is, as you give us about 30 minutes, we'll make sure you're in the know and the go-to source for your friends and family for everything digital.

0:20.6

After an exhaustive nationwide search

0:22.8

to find just the right digitally savvy host, they gave up and you got me. I'm Mike James,

0:27.7

along with our distinguished panel of experts, the Commando Content Queen Ali Sligman. Welcome,

0:34.1

Ali. Hello. And our news director at commander.com is Ben.

0:38.9

We're going to call him Obi-Wan Bradley.

0:42.0

Or should it be Obi-Wan Kenobi Bradley?

0:45.0

Just go with Bradley.

0:47.5

It just gets a little too long there.

0:49.9

Okay, the Obi-Wan Bradley.

0:51.9

We got it.

0:52.8

And we have a ton of stuff to get to, as always later on, our scam of the week is about compromised accounts and what you need to look out for.

1:01.4

In a few minutes, our quick tip about secret tech codes.

1:05.6

That's actually from Obi-Wan himself.

1:08.5

And we'll maybe call you James Bond as well. James Bond Bradley. We'll we'll

1:13.8

figure that out. Also our deep dive topic today is our favorite kitchen tech. Back to Obi-Wan,

1:20.6

the source for all good things digital this week, I guess. And we're going to start off with the news. Ben, FTC is ordering data collection. Oh, my gosh. Finally, it's happened, right?

1:34.4

It is. So a little backstory. In case you missed it, last week, the Federal Trade Commission and just about every state filed two massive antitrust lawsuits against Facebook.

1:45.0

Do you think Zuckerberg is like picking out his favorite suit right now for court?

1:49.7

Well, somebody's picking it out for him.

1:51.1

And pillow.

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