About this episode
Rich talked about GM’s Forward event in New York City where they announced their eyes-off driving. Jim in Sherman Oaks wants to know the best way to send Mast texts to folks and also put the information in their calendar. Rich mentioned Simple Texting and Textedly, along with Substack and Calendly. Amazon revealed it’s a software bug that caused that massive AWS outage, not a cybersecurity incident. Meta’s Kate Ross will explain new safety tools and simple ways older adults can protect themselves from online scams. Mentioned: instagram.com/help and facebook.com/help Jason in San Diego is trying to replace missing album artwork in Apple Music. Rich also mentioned the app MP3Tag Kevin in San Clemente wants to know how to unsubscribe safely from spam mail. Google has added a feature called “Trusted Contacts” to help you recover and get back into your account if you’re ever locked out. Set it up today by going here. Listener GW in Pasadena notes TurboTax Desktop 2025 won’t run on Windows 10 — you’ll need Windows 11 or TurboTax Online. Tom in Los Alamitos wonders how a game like Royal Kingdom can be advertised as having no ads inside the app. How does it make money? Gadget of the week is the Aluratek e-paper Wi-Fi digital photo frame. OpenAI launches its ChatGPT Atlas browser with AI built-in. Scott Stein, Editor at Large at CNET, will discuss Samsung’s new Galaxy XR headset and what it means for the future of mixed reality. Kristen in Arcadia wants to de-dupe her photo library. Rich suggested Duplicate Photos Fixer Pro,
