Tech Refresh: Travel scams return, military jetpacks, stimulus warning

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

As the COVID vaccine rolls out, travel-related searches are booming. Scammers have caught on and Allie has details on what to watch out for. The Pentagon's research agency opened up bids for tech that sounds an awful lot like superhero gear, and Netflix says no more password sharing. Plus, as the next round of stimulus payments roll out, a quick warning to protect your wallet.

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0:00.0	From commander.com, welcome to the Tech Refresh podcast where we scour the internet feature,
0:05.7	the digital news, gadgets, stories to keep you up to date.
0:08.5	Our promise, give us about 30 minutes, and we'll make sure you're the in-the-no person
0:12.7	and the digital source for your friends and family.
0:15.2	After an exhaustive nationwide search to find the right digitally savvy show hosts, they gave up,
0:20.2	and you got me.
0:21.1	I'm Mike James, along with Ali Seligman, our Commando Content Queen.
0:26.5	How did I do, Allie?
0:27.8	Nailed it, Mike.
0:29.0	Well done.
0:29.5	All right.
0:30.2	And Ben Obi-Wan Bradley is with us.
0:33.6	I'm even impressed by that.
0:35.9	Well, don't count on it for next week.
0:38.4	That's all I'm going to say.
0:39.9	We've got a ton of stuff to get to you as is every week.
0:42.2	Scam of the week.
0:42.8	Stimulus payments out and stimulus scams are up again.
0:48.1	A few minutes.
0:48.8	Allie has email templates.
0:51.0	Brand new or not true, I believe Ben has the extremely good products this week. Is that
0:57.7	correct? Oh, that is very much the case. Okay. It's going to be a big challenge every time
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