TechTime with Nathan Mumm | 143: The Metaverse is Dead | Will you ride a robotaxi? | We love Pluto.TV | Airdate: 3-7-23

This week on TechTime with Nathan Mumm® Mark Elliot Zuckerberg’s Metaverse is dead, and we explore the impacts on META. And why is a new Ford patent so concerning? Then, TikTok sets a new default screen-time limit for teen users, but is it enough? Next, we have a complete segment on ChatGPT implementation, both good and bad. Will you ever ride a robo-taxi? People in California sure are enjoying it. Finally, why does Nathan love Pluto TV? We cover this and much more on the nation’s top one-hour weekly technology show.

Join us on TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go “Hummmm” Technology news of the week for March 5th – 11th

Episode 143: Starts at 1:35
— [Now on Today’s Show]: Starts at 4:00
— [Top Stories in Technology]: Starts at 5:58

• TikTok sets a new default screen-time limit for teen users. – https://tinyurl.com/z3788rjx
• A new Ford patent imagines a future in which self-driving cars repossess themselves – https://tinyurl.com/4zsz4etp
• It is past midnight on a quiet residential street, and a robotaxi with no human driver is taking you home. No, this is not HBO’s Westworld’s future. This is the present.
• Have you wanted the best email client on your Mac? Microsoft is giving you Outlook free to use on Mac, but it is unknown if this is limited time offer. So – Get this now – https://tinyurl.com/bdf2fzh3

— [Pick of the Day – Whiskey Tasting Reveal]: Starts at 23:30
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— [Technology Insider a look at all the news for ChatGPT]: Starts at 25:37

• Microsoft’s new AI chatbot has been saying some ‘crazy and unhinged things’
• ChatGPT has thrown gasoline on fears of a U.S.-China arms race on AI
• Even Slack has a ChatGPT app now
• New Google Sheets ChatGPT Plugin Is an Absolute Game-Changer.

— [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 36:38
March 6, 2009, NASA’s “Kepler” spacecraft lifted off March 6, 2009, from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

— [Marc’s Whiskey Mumble]: Starts at 39:29

— [Technology Fail of the Week]: Starts at 42:30
This week’s “Technology Fail” comes to us from META’s CEO – Mark Zuckerberg as he just buried the metaverse. META’s metaverse is officially dead. .

— [Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 48:19

— [Nathan Nugget]: Starts at 50:16
Nathan loves Pluto.tv and they just announced the arrival of Pluto TV Rocky, a new channel on the streaming platform that will air the first six Rocky movies — Rocky I–V and Rocky Balboa — on a continuous loop 24/7. Along with scheduled airings of the Rocky movies, Pluto’s users will be able to access each of the features on demand.

— [Pick of the Day Whiskey Review]: Starts at 54:40
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