TechTime with Nathan Mumm | 115: Social Media Apps Out to Get You | PlayStation VR2 coming in 2023 | Airdate: 8-23-22

Join us on TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go “Hummmm” Technology news of the week for August 21st  – August 27th, 2022.

Today on TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, Twitter’s former security chief has accused the company of ‘lying’ to Elon Musk. Next, Sony says the PlayStation VR2 is coming, but when? After that, it seems we might have a date on the idea of having a plug in our head, the brain-chip company Neuralink is having a release on Halloween. Finally, we look back at the Windows 95 Release, and are “Social Media Apps out to Get You”? Nick Espinosa will help us weed through the social media application platforms. In addition, we have our standard features, including “Technology Fail of the Week” | “This Week in Technology” | “Nathan Nugget,” and, of course, our “Pick of the Day” whiskey tasting. So, sit back, raise a glass, and welcome to TechTime with Nathan Mumm.

Episode 115: Starts at 1:43

— [Now on Today’s Show]: Starts at 3:12

— [Technology Fail of the Week]: Starts at 7:08

Hackers attack UK water suppliers but extort the wrong company.

— [Top Stories in The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 11:23

• What is Elon up to this week? – https://tinyurl.com/5c5kcf8r
• Space can be downright noisy in the right conditions, such as the hot gas surrounding the immense black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster, according to NASA. – https://tinyurl.com/yxh4sxxp
• Congress is looking into Twitter whistleblower’s claims of lax security as Twitter’s former security chief has accused the company of ‘lying’ to Elon Musk about spam accounts – https://tinyurl.com/bd8nnzkx
• Sony says the PlayStation VR2 is coming in early 2023 – https://tinyurl.com/2buhbfsx

— [Pick of the Day – Whiskey Tasting Review]: Starts at 22:05

Barrel Hitch American Whiskey | 80 Proof | $22.99

— [Ask the Expert with Nick Espinosa]: Starts at 24:16

Today we are talking with Nick about Social Media Applications – Are Social Media Apps Out to Get You?

— [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 44:23

August 24, 1995 – Microsoft releases the highly anticipated Windows 95

Kicking off one of the largest product launches in technology history, Microsoft releases the highly anticipated Windows 95. More than one million copies will be sold in the first four days of its release. Accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign, Windows 95 introduced numerous functions and features, such as the taskbar, notification area, and the “Start” button.

Windows 95 merged Microsoft’s formerly separate MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows product and featured significant improvements over its predecessor, most notably in the graphical user interface (GUI) and its simplified “plug-and-play” features

— [Marc’s Mumbles Whiskey Details]: Starts at 49:19

— [Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 50:32

— [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 53:24

Barrel Hitch American Whiskey | 80 Proof | $22.99

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