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The Current powered by Kim Komando

Your face is an open book

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

A stranger glances at you in line at Starbucks. Ninety seconds later their phone knows your name, your job, and your last three Instagram posts. Today, Kim breaks down Meta's facial recognition push, what you can do to protect yourself, and why a leaked internal memo makes the whole thing even more alarming. Plus what parents need to know about Lyft riding solo, a security flaw that left businesses wide open to hackers for nearly a year, and a podcast episode you are not going to want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.7

Hey there, it's Kim and welcome to the audio version of my daily tech newsletter, the current,

0:36.7

read by nearly one million people every single day.

0:40.3

Now let's get into today's newsletter for Friday, February 20th, 2026.

0:45.8

Happy Friday, friend, you made it. Another work week is in the books.

0:50.0

Now I'm starting things off with a trivia question. So get your thinking cap on.

0:54.2

How much digital data does the average person generate every single day?

0:58.0

Is it A, half a gigabyte, B, 1.7 gigabytes, C, 5 gigabytes, or D, 10 gigabytes?

1:05.3

Hold on to your answer and we'll come back to it at the end.

1:07.7

And trust me, it's going to surprise you.

1:10.7

Before we get rolling,

1:11.9

I want to make sure you know about February's $7,000 giveaway. Someone wins $250 every single day this

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edition of the current in your inbox and look for the big red box at the top. If you see it,

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