TechTime with Nathan Mumm | 127: 10 Top Items in our Black Friday Deals and Steals. | Voicemails | Airdate: 11-15-22

Today on TechTime with Nathan Mumm, We have our annual top 10 Technology items for our “Black Friday Deals and Steals.” Google agrees to pay $392 million to settle location tracking investigation, Apple AirPods as hearing aids, Italy Outlaws Facial Recognition, and we have a new segment, VoiceMails. How is Jeff Bezos in our technology fail this week, and what video game unit was released this week years ago on “This Week in Technology?”

Join us on TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go “Hummmm” Technology news of the week for November 13th – 19th, 2022.

Episode 127: Starts at 1:35
— [Now on Today’s Show]: Starts at 3:15
— [Top Stories in The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 4:45

• Twitter chaos after wave of blue tick impersonations – https://tinyurl.com/wsnfybu8
• Italy Outlaws Facial Recognition Tech, Except To Fight Crime – https://tinyurl.com/yc777rsz
• Google has agreed to pay a $391.5 million settlement to 40 states over allegations that the company tracked users’ – https://tinyurl.com/yyybtkxv
• Apple AirPods Can Work as More Affordable Hearing Aids, Study Finds – https://tinyurl.com/2jnaj754

— [Pick of the Day – Whiskey Tasting Reveal]: Starts at 17:40
Kirkland Small Batch Kentucky 7-Year Bourbon | 103 Proof |$29.95

— [VoiceMails]: Starts at 18:58
Mike and Nathan respond to the caller’s voicemails.

— [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 31:27
November 19, 2006 – Nintendo releases the Wii game console to compete with the Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360. By forgoing raw computing power for increased player interaction utilizing the innovative motion-sensitive “Wiimote” controller, the Wii defied expectations and became the best-selling seventh-generation game console.

— [Marc’s Mumble Whiskey Details]: Starts at 36:16

— [TechTime’s Black Friday Deals and Steals]: Starts at 38:33
Third Annual Review of Black Friday Deals and Steals

— [Technology Fail of the Week]: Starts at 49:40
This week’s “fail” comes to us from Jeff Bezos. He seems to have a problem with his PR, as he makes three announcements in over 30 minutes. One is sending his girlfriend to space, and the second is that he will give away all his money to charity, and then he announces plans to lay off 10,000 workers.

— [Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 51:33

— [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 53:30
Kirkland Small Batch Kentucky 7-Year Bourbon | 103 Proof |$29.95

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