Computer Talk with TAB

Peter Ross – Indi Movie the Social Media Monster – Internet Trolls, MAC 2013 pop-up, Change Health care breach hits 100M Americans.

Polish radio station decides not to use AI, Wisper AI dictation getting it wrong, Apple and Meta say AI still not Intelligent, Disney forgot to lock out a former employee, File Manager if I delete a file can I get it back? How do I join the Computer talk listener network on Facebook? Password manager any good? French President security detail leaking location thanks to fitness devices.

Erik Semmel, Tech Tuesday. AI to create much more e-waste, Microsoft not Happy Google is competing with its Cloud Business.

Mark Feuerborn & Isable Cleary from Columbus OH WCMH TV NBC-4, TXT campaign is a thing, Would like to use Proton, Radio Station replaced live people with AI, iPhones are too expensive, How much internet do I need?

FTC Click to Cancel, Google to mark AI images, You might be able to get a McDonalds milkshake thanks to Right to Repair, Karen and Bob find they are not real, Getting TKT Message unable to deliver, TXT Message from Apple, Lifetime Lock-in not quite for life, Webster Bank breach caused by 3rd party breach.

AI Corner with Karen and Bob – Air-gaped computers compromised Golden Jackel, Trusted sites being used to Phish you, Cable internet dropping, Epson EP-2750 garbled print, HP Start button issues with Trackpad – Email spam settings, Win 11 Pro/Home, Yahoo email issues!

Danbury teen bragged about stealing 243Million in crypto, CT State Police get some crypto back for a victim, Cognizant found guilty of H1B Visa abuse, My Internet is dropping and it seems like the internet provider, Setting up Remote Desktop, FBI Sets up a Crypto Coin to watch it get abused, iPhone’s being stolen right after its delivered, Was my computer compromised?

Google Pixel - Anti-Theft feature – Knows if your phone is being stolen from you. Fools and their money are soon parted. You may want to consider deleting your 23andme data. Driverless Cars easily stopped to harass passengers

AI corner with Karen and Bob - Deep Dive into mood improvements by playing virtual power-washing games!, Deep Dive AI used to discover 300+ geoglyphs, GoNetSpeed installed after DSL was shut down, Running Windows 7 still and I can’t send email anymore, Bank of America balances were zero, Refurbishing old systems for a non-profit BIOS screen only does not get to boot, My Apple car play is dropping.

Crooks made millions by breaking into M365 accounts and making stock trades on info in the email accounts, Kia hackers able to geolocate your car, lock/unlock turn it off or on, Win 11 updates causing major issues with hardware, Windows 10 updates will cost you after Oct 2025, Can the Govt set-up a website quickly? My internet does not work for all my devices could be a Windows update issue? Samsung update breaking older phones, My eBay account sign in via Google but I don’t have a Google account, Win 10 SCSI update causing boot issues, Need for more power for AI, Texas says build it yourself, US Military using game controllers for its weapons.

Hackers could hijack your car with just a smartphone. Cloud threats have execs the most freaked out because they're not prepared

iPhone pictures not sending, Google Voice number, CA Law will require digital stores to ADMIT the title you purchased is just a license and not ownership, Is Firefox as private as we thought? My Cloud phone system went down after the FL storm but I’m in New England! New Apple OS is breaking Apple Computers don’t update! Amazon forcing 5 day back to office next year.

Kasperski Antivirus replaced without notice by UltraAV, NotebookLM might be the coolest AI Erik as seen, Ed looking to upgrade his Smartphone due to TXT issues with Apple, Trogen Virus on my Computer is a Scam, AI made easy for $395!! Yikes, My Googe log-in not working.

A lot of new tech news for this week and Erik and Brian get into as much as they can. Oh, AI is a thing now also.

More eCycling, Persistent devices stuck in Win 11, Data centers keeping Servers up at full power needlessly, Amazon noticing people moving back on Prem - Cloud may be too expensive , What kind of Laptop should I get for my kid, Best security for iPad, Linkedin using your posts for AI, Mobile using AI for Customer Service, Wifi Issues with tankless water heater, Where do I get support?

Annual E-cycling Program -Matt Service COO of EOS, Tony Arsenault President of TAB Computer Systems, My font size is too small, FTC looks at Social Media, Chrome displaying issues, Win 11 Printers and scanners I don’t have, Verizon taking over Frontier.

FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported, Apple Magic Pencil, 8 year old Lenovo freezing up, E-Cycle event, Columbus Ohio hack, Task manager usage on my old PC, 2FA issues, Can’t seem to configure OpenDNS.

Hacker got ChatGPT to tell him how to build a bomb, Navy petty officer installs rogue IT on a ship to get her own internet service, Can’t connect my laptop to the network because it has a static IP, Music industry hard drives are failing, Ticketmaster support hung up on me, how do I remove McAfee? New laptop what should I get?

Erik Semmel is back for Tech Tuesdays. Listen and Call Erik every Saturday on Computer Talk with Tab here on WTIC NewsTalk 1080!

Erik’s outlook issue continues, Looking at using Proton Mail, Router issues need an option, What cell phone should I consider, Sys-admin Ransoms his own company, My Samsung will not boot, My Printer will not print,

Columbus Ohio gas-lighting their residents and silencing a researcher who is simply calling them out. AI Projects failing at 80% , Local Police using AI to reduce reporting time allowing them to be back on the streets, US sues Georgia Tech for lying about its NIST Score and not using Anti-Malware when they said they were, Gonetspeed, Cams used in Botnet, Using Junk email for sites you don’t care about, Can’t get my solitaire to work, Erik’s Outlook issue.

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SolarWinds left back door, National Public Data published their own passwords, Gaming may be good for your mental health, Datacenters are building their own gas power plants, Gonetspeed in Middletown?, Purchased a new Laptop, how do I upgrade my software, All new PCs forcing login to Microsoft, Wifi camera on driveway not working.

It is Tech Tuesday with Tab Computer System's Erik Semmel. Of course, listen every Saturday morning to Computer Talk with TAB right here on WTIC NewsTalk 1080!

Enzo Biochem have to pay 4.5 Million to NY, NJ & CT due to poor Cybersecurity, Home desktop is nearly 13 years old, Do I need a Microsoft Account? Arizona Tech School hacked, Can’t get my mail client to work, Air BNB hosts getting hit with massive power bills due to crypto mining guests,

It was not 2.9 Billion records hacked, Disney ULA may protect Disney from being sued for wrongful death, Microsoft says not to take it’s AI output as Professional advice, How much screen time should your 3.5 year old. Google will not allow your news site to be searched unless you let them scrape it for its AI, New Gmail account now I can’t get back on-line, 2FA configuration work, Getting Spammed by my own email address??

Wes Bryan from ACI Learning talks AI Model Collapse, Who owns your website, Issues with my windows sizing, Windows update can be exploited.

Erik updated his laptop and now it’s not working well, Investment Apps were down during market crash, Card Skimmers in CT, AI Pin from Humane seems to be junk, Creepy AI Pendant wants to be your friend, National Public Data is now Public!, Will AI change the world like the Steam Engine, Can’t get connected to the network, Old Dell XP to be replaced, ChatGPT won’t watermark it’s output, Mu programs won’t launch on Task Manager, Echo Flow Power-Hat will charge your Cell Phone.

Erik Semmel from Tab Computers is back talking some products and some issues on this Tech Tuesday!

Pension Fund suing Crowdstrike, Can’t print my email, My Iphone was destroyed and now I can’t get it to transfer or recover my Apple ID, I try and turn off everything before I backup, My Outlook locations are odd, My HP Elitebook has Wolf Security do I need it? Can’t get Fiber yet in Torrington, My back lit keyboard is broken, Android Malware mandrake on the Google Play Store, Ransomware attack affects 250+ hospitals blood supply.

Delta CEO re-thinking Microsoft, Microsoft Azure Outage due to DDoS, Tesla recall, &wet blankets & kills a motorcyclist, Logitech wants to rent you a mouse, HDMI can be hacked, Durable Cell Phones, GoNetSpeed!

Tech Tuesdays with Tab Computer's Erik Semmel

KnowBe4 di not know before they hired a North Korean Hacker!, AL Models are collapsing because they are using their own output, Crowdstrike mess with Delta, Secure Boot broken, My new Mac PC missing my music, Crowdstrike mess we need to improve, Norton 360 and Malwarebytes at the same time, What is the best internet for me?

Kyle Alspach from CRN talks about Crowdstrike, Adobe early-term fees, My old Windows PC not booting, Can’t find my PST but may need an OST, Bitcoin, Win 10 file Explorer no showing Thumbnails.

Erik Semmel, Largest IT failure in history – Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike update breaks IT across the planet, Acer Chromebook security, My internet is not working, Getting Excel to work I lost my Outlook PST, Crowdstrike borked my system.

David Palmbach CISA

TechTalk Tuesday, Erik Semmel ice President of TAB Computers and Host of Computer Talk with TAB Saturdays 9-11 talks bout the latest news about a cloud outage that could impact millions, another cloud outage impacting nearly all AT&T customers. Yet, Floppies Keep Floppin.

Tech Tuesday with Tab Computer Systems Erik Semmel

Having issues listening via the browser, Fiber is on my street, More landline talk, I moved to Gonetspeed, pay attention to where they install your Router, Teamviewer hacked, I don’t wat to be connected, My Monitor resolution just changed, VPNs what is it good for, Temu App being sued, Wifi Extenders do fail over time.

CDK Outage may lead to 100,000 less cars sold in June, Microsoft makes it harder to switch to local account, Microsoft syncing your data by default, Microsoft thinks the Web is freeware and they can take whatever they want to train their AI, Excel not opening due to association issues, Google photo limit costing me more money, Should I replace my Laptop? Mouse sensitivity issues, I want to keep my Copper line!! Should I replace my copper line with Fiber?

Tech Tuesday with Erik Semmel from Computer Talk with Tab.

Titania Jordan Chief Parenting Officer + CMO, Bark.us talks about how you can protect your kids on the internet, Am I backed up properly? My YouTube is not working well, Textmaker software used to edit, Cox out of the email business and I use Thunderbird,

US finally Bans Kaspersky!, Cloudy CDK hacked 15,0000 dealerships down, US Surgeon General want’s warning labels on Social Media, Can’t cancel Adobe without a penalty! Google email looks like passwords are on the Darkweb with a password check-up, GPS not working need to update it with the inter-webs, My iPhone location issues in sharing locations of contacts, Should I replacement my battery and can I do it?

Erik Semmel, TAB Computers, and host of Computer talk with TAB Saturdays 9-11 joins Cory for this weeks Tech Talk Tuesdays. Todays topics include Snowflake Cloud Hack – May be the largest Data Breach of all Time. Microsoft admits, "My Bad"

Tech Tuesdays with Tab Computer System's Erik Semmel

Adobe, and Microsoft recall are they a good idea? My phone died, 20% Less Printing since COVID, Dumb smart-bulbs, Where do I get my Credit Score, Gonetspeed in Hartford, AI improvements to Firefox, Gonetspeed! , Do I need to upgrade to Win 11?

Snowflake is blaming the customers for the largest data breach in history, Adobe ULA change might mean you are letting them read your stuff, COX modems had a major compromise, New PC and Office forcing saving to OneDrive vs Local Drive, Data Breach of dead mother in law info, How do I check my Credit Score?

Erik Semmel, Vice President TAB Computer Systems and Host of Computer Talk with T.A.B that airs live on Saturday from -911am. Tech Talk Tuesdays. Today we get to know a little about Crypto, differnty types of scams that you need to be aware of also.

Largest scams of 2023, Widget issue after an update, How do I check if I configured my OpenDNS correctly? Lock Screen Set-up for Widgets, NSA gives you advice on how to protect your smart phone. HP Laptop with Mail to New Outlook causing issues, Google Search Leak shedding doughs on value of SEO, Worried about security after a ransomware attack, Do I need a Microsoft Account with my new PC?