TechTime with Nathan Mumm | 107: TechTime – 107: Musk and Atari celebrate a birthday. Microsoft’s OS 8.1 retires | Airdate: 6-28-22

TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go “Hummmm” Technology news of the week for June 26th – July 2nd, 2022.

Today on the show, What Technology items have recently been recalled and other things we believe should be replaced. Why do Nerds Collect Toys? Mike Gorday has some thoughts on this and what is happening to Windows 8.1? Guess who turns 51 today, and why not tell your new employees you might be laid off? Did you have an Atari unit growing up? Today we look back at the game console that created the home video game industry. So why is Nathan Fuming at a browser and search company? We have our Fan Favorite “Letters Segment” back today.

Episode 107: Starts at 1:38
— [Now on Today’s Show]: Starts at 3:29
— [Top Stories in The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 7:54

• Elon Musk’s birthday is today; I hope he enjoys his 51st birthday as he hints at layoffs in his first meeting with Twitter employees – https://tinyurl.com/2p97bvjp
• People Are Using Deepfakes to Apply to Remote Jobs – https://tinyurl.com/3pwcm7fp 
• Microsoft to end Windows 8.1 support in January 2023 – https://tinyurl.com/499r8b5v 

— [Pick of the Day – Whiskey Tasting Review]: Starts at 17:04
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— [Stories You Didn’t Know]: Starts at 19:22
Did someone just turn on the Electric Vehicle recall faucet? Three major car companies were hit with recalls.

— [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 28:00
June 27, 1972 – ATARI Celebrates 50 Years

The iconic video game company, Atari, is founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. Their first video game, Pong, was the first commercially successful video game and led to the start of the video game industry. In 1977, Atari’s Video Computer System (known as the VCS and later the Atari 2600) popularized the home video game market. Before the video game crash of 1983, Atari was the fastest-growing company in the history of the United States at the time, and the brand was synonymous with video games.

— [Marc’s Mumbles Whiskey Details]: Starts at 33:30

— [Nugget of the Week]: Starts at 35:39
Nathan goes downright nasty on DuckDuckGo and how it is not as private as you might think.

— [Letters]: Starts at 43:13
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.

— [Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 50:45
— [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 54:15

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