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Gadget gift ideas for ‘dads and grads’ + the CareAware platform for ‘aging in place,’ Wi-Fi 7 101, and more! Jun 07, 2024

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Father’s Day is coming up June 16th, and so we look at a handful of gadget ideas for the dad (or grad) on your gift list this June
Get the 4-1-1 on Wi-Fi 7 with TP-Link. We’re joined by Jens Hennings to break down the significance of this emerging wireless standard
Have aging parents who want to live alone at home? We learn about CareAware, a new Wi-Fi motion-based sensing solution for aging adults and their remote caregivers. We’re joined by Dr. Taj Manku, Founder and CEO of Cognitive Systems.
We also have a special guest, Azzedine Downes, CEO of IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, to share a groundbreaking approach to environmental conservation – involving elephants!
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support.

Best of the VivaTech conference – Part 2, from Paris. We talk AI for good, Acer’s latest laptops, and much more May 31, 2024

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This is Part 2 of my broadcast from VivaTech, Europe’s biggest tech and startup show with 165,000 attendees. I’ll play 3 more interviews from the VivaTech showroom floor: Oncoustics AI, Mapped In, and Au-Zone Technologies.
Acer stops by to chat about its AI-infused Swift 14, one of the first Microsoft CoPilot+ machines. I catch up with Eric Ackerson, Acer Senior Manager of Product Marketing and Brand Management
Also on the show, tech expert Mario Armstrong on great gadget gift ideas for Dads and Grads
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

Bonjour! Live from Paris, it’s VivaTech 2024! We talk AI on this first of two special ‘Tech It Out’ episodes May 24, 2024

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This is Part of 1 of my broadcast from VivaTech, billed as Europe’s biggest tech and startup show.
We kick things off with Trusting Pixels and its founder, Alexander Jacquet, about how its AI can detect manipulated and misleading videos from advertisers.
Why is your baby crying?! We’re also joined by Charles Onu, CEO and Co-Founder of Ubenwa Health to tell us all about the Nanni AI app for smartphones
Also on the show. Dr. Garth Graham, Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health, at YouTube. He stops by to tell us all about YouTube Health
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

How to track (and retrieve) your stolen car! Plus, Metro by T-Mobile drops a crazy “free phone” deal, a new real estate platform, and more! May 17, 2024

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I catch up with Invoxia’s CEO, Clément Moreau, on how its GPS tracking system works to find your stolen car – and other tips to preventing car theft
Learn about a new prepaid plan with Metro by T-Mobile, involving a new smartphone every year. We’ll get the 4-1-1 from Clint Patterson, Prepaid Chief Marketing Officer
Looking to buy or sell your home? Nathan Dart, Senior Vice President of FinalOffer.com joins us to talk about its “transparency platform.”
I’ll share some smart home tech from the likes of Vivint, Amazon, Levoit, and Cync by GE
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

SanDisk launches first-of-its kind drive + Amazon talks pet tech, celeb Kevin Wendt on air purifiers, and IBM on AI May 10, 2024

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SanDisk Desk Drive fuses huge capacity with fast speeds! Learn all about it here first, with Christina Garza, Director of Product Marketing at Western Digital
Bachelorette alum and firefighter Kevin Wendt drops by to talk about the first air purifier from LG
Have dogs or cats? Amazon’s Melissa Mohr, Director of Smart Home, is a guest on Tech It Out, to share what’s new and innovative for your furry friends
Phaedra Boinodiris, IBM Consulting's Global Leader for Trustworthy AI, stop by to talk “generative AI” ethics and governance
Thank you to Intel and Visa for your incredible support!

How to send messages to loved ones AFTER you die + protect your identity with Aura, and the Doroni H1-X flying car! May 03, 2024

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Wish there was an “all in one” cybersecurity suite that protects your entire family? We’ll kick off the show with Hari Ravichandran, Founder and CEO of Aura, a company that offers intelligent digital safety solutions
Cool or creepy? Eternal Applications lets you leave messages for loved ones after you pass on from this Earth. I catch up with company founder Chris Jalbert
You can put a deposit down for a new flying car, the H-1X from Doroni Aerospace. We talk to Doron Merdinger, CEO and Founder, about this upcoming eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle)
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

‘World Password Day’ tips with Bitwarden + an eco-friendly shower, spring tech, and ‘National Small Business Week’ tech suggestions Apr 26, 2024

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Cut down on your water and energy bills. We kick things off with Alisha McFetridge, co-founder and CEO of Rainstick, a new shower system that cuts residential water usage in half
World Password Day is coming up on Thursday, May 2, which is a perfect time to discuss good password hygiene and why it‘s time to use a password manager. We’re joined by Bitwarden’s Gary Orenstein, Chief Customer Officer
To help celebrate National Small Business Week (April 28-May 5), I share a handful of tech tools for businesses to thrive
Tech lifestyle expert Carley Knobloch joins us to discuss great gadgets for families as we’re now into the spring season
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

Down with tech! Comedian Nathan Macintosh on Tech It Out + Earth Day interviews, Adobe gets AI, and more Apr 19, 2024

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Hot off the heels of his new stand-up special and an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, we’re joined by comedian Nathan Macintosh, who hilariously laments about tech nerds running the world!
Earth Day is April 22 and so we’ve got great guests on the show, like tech expert Amber Mac, on today’s most sustainable tech, and a Yellowstone National Park documentary, Seismic, with Canon Explorer of Light Chas Glatzer and Canon Creator Nathan Lee Allen
You won’t believe what your PDFs can do. We learn all about the new Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant with best-selling author and entrepreneur Jason Tartick and Tech Life Expert Stephanie Humphrey
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

Is it time to buy your dog a tracking collar? Plus, highlights from a Google convention, a new toothbrush that cleans teeth in 10 seconds. Apr 12, 2024

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A high-tech dog collar, called SpotOn, is both a wireless fence and tracking system if your furry friend gets loose. We catch up with Sung Vivathana, VP of Engineering at SpotOn, on how it works.
Brush your teeth in only 10 seconds?! All the way from France, we chat with Benjamin Cohen from Y-Brush about a radically different toothbrush that looks more like a mouthguard
AI helps you do more in less time. At Google Cloud Next ’24, I chat with Laura Mae Martin, Executive Productivity Advisor at Google, about Workspace apps like Gmail and the new Google Vids, enhanced with Gemini AI
How to prevent water damage in your home – that doesn’t require Wi-Fi. We chat with Elliott Atkins about the syndii water sensing solution.
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

Don’t damage your smartphone’s camera during the solar eclipse! We explain what to do. Plus, Visa’s cyber tips, T-Mobile, and more. Apr 05, 2024

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I explain how you can ruin your smartphone’s camera sensor while trying to shoot the sun on Monday. Here’s how to avoid any damage
12 simple ways to protect yourself in the digital age, with Visa’s James Mirfin, SVP, Global Head of Risk and Identity Solutions
On a related note, T-Mobile’s Steve Carlson is in the house, to share the latest on its free Scam Shield app, to fight back against spammers and scammers
Tied to summer travel, Google hosted an event in NYC, and so I play a pair of interviews on leveraging Google Search and Google Maps while vacationing
Thank you to Intel, Visa, and Western Digital, for your support!

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