TechTime with Nathan Mumm | E83: What Happens When Facebook or Instagram gets hacked | Live Interview 1/10 – 1/16/22

“Welcome to TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go “Hummmm” Technology news of the week for January 10th  – 16th, 2022.

Today on the show, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with 49 Starlink satellites, and Apple wants nothing to do with Zuckerberg metaverse with a new AR headset looking to come out this year. So what happens when Facebook, Instagram, or any META application gets hacked? We explore the misadventures of recovering this from a company that does not pick up a phone and only talks online. We have our Favorite segments including, “This Week In Technology” along with “LETTERS” and, of course, our “Pick of the Day” whiskey tasting, sit back, raise a glass, and Welcome to TechTime with Nathan Mumm

Episode 83:  Starts at 

— [Now on Today’s Show]: Starts at 5:30
— [Top Stories In The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 9:14

• Apple reportedly wants nothing to do with Zuckerberg metaverse – You’re on your own, Meta. – https://tinyurl.com/2p97ecn2
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with 49 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral in Florida on January 6.
• Grand Theft Auto-maker, NBA 2K’s Take-Two Interactive has agreed to buy Zynga for $11 billion in cash and stock, per The Wall Street Journal. – https://tinyurl.com/j65xvfzd
• Apple paid out around $60 billion to App Store developers in 2021 – https://tinyurl.com/4sbcadxt

— [Pick of the Day – Whiskey Tasting Review]: Starts at 20:02

Two Stars Bourbon  | 86 Proof | $24.99

— [Technology Insider]: Starts at 21:42

Imagine what it would be like to find your social media account hacked. We have it first hand as it happened to our guest Laura Mak Quist – Live Studio Interview.

We explore why META (Facebook and Instagram) is not a customer-friendly company as they have yet to reply to our requests to restore hacked accounts. Why does META have horrible customer service? We ask these questions and more.

 — [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 39:15

Bitcoin Launched – January 9, 2009

Through a posting to The Cryptography Mailing List, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto releases the first version of the Bitcoin software and launches the network of the decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency. Six days earlier, Nakamoto had generated the first block of 50 bitcoins, now known as the Genesis Block.

— [Letters]: Starts at 43:12

Mike and Nathan share this week’s informative emails that were received during the week. This includes scams, phishing emails, and all-out mistruths disguised as legitimate emails

— [Things You Didn’t Know]: Starts 51:55

Tesla Restores Its “Assertive” Self-Driving Mode – https://tinyurl.com/3hbatdmd

— [Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 53:42

— [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 55:15

Two Stars Bourbon  | 86 Proof | $24.99
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