Tonight on CEP!
- I dig up an old piece of fan mail from a guy who labels my book as “Unacceptable Misinformation” (yet hasn’t read it)! He urges people to do updates, but is completely unaware of their downsides. I explain (yet again) how an update fixes one thing and breaks a few other things, slows your machine down massively, and can never, ever protect you against The New Threats, such as fear-based Support Scams.
- What IBM execs called their older employees, and what they Love doing with anything old.
- How to use an old tablet as a portable monitor, as long as you understand the caveats.
- Tesla’s cars randomly slam on the brakes at highway speeds… because they’re made with software.
- Jeeps blowing false alarms and accusing their owners of being thieves… because they’re made with software.
- How to rejuvenate your 10-15 year old computer and turn it into a speedy Chromebook.
- Apple AirTags – yet another Technology unleashed on humanity with zero thought to consequences.
- How many people (including myself) love working at home, but what that has done to Retail.
- What are NFTs and Cryptocurrency, and why they’re luckily fizzling out.
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Marc-Anthony Arena was born in the 80s, back when technology was hopeful. He's an honors graduate of both McQuaid Jesuit and RIT. He has been in the IT industry since 2000. He is the author of "How to Protect Yourself from Your Computer", the only Plain English guide to the concepts, scams, and scandals of the tech industry. After 10 years as a dynamic and outspoken local talk show host, he launched The Computer Exorcist Podcast, available anywhere and anytime. His message is this: ALL of the heartache, headache, and expenditures in this industry are completely preventable.
