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Werewolves and Skeletons and Tech, oh my!

Hour 1

GM’s new patent to stop people being mean to autonomous vehicles, GM is adding sensors to keep bicyclist safer, Susan’s email question about robot pets for her older mom, Jennifer joins us to discuss her interviews at the 92nd Hollywood Christmas Parade (watch the interviews here), top streaming movies, new movies added, the Wizard of Oz slippers go for an incredible amount of money at auction and more.

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Hour 2

Walmart buys Vizio, CTA – the org behind CES and other trade shows predicts a big increase in tech purchases this holiday, Jon’ text about getting a new computer monitor, our review of the movie Werewolves rated R in theaters, T-mobile changes their 5G home internet plans, ATT is adding 5G to backup their fiber and more.

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Hour 3

Scan an image with your phone and get details on how to build it with LEGO using the new app Brick My World, OpenAI offers a new $200 per month plan for researchers, OpenAI to launch Sora soon – the text to video generator, Dow Jones sues AI startup, jackson’s email about WI-Fi security and open-source access points, our review of the series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew rated TVPG on Disney+, this week in history and more.

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Dear Santa, please bring me Mo(ana) Tech toys.

Hour 1

Lot’s of Walmart tech, Walmart delivers wine to the CEO via drone, Walmart offers Aira to assist buyers, Walmart partners with influencers to create 3D worlds, Miguel’s text question about Apple Watch interruptions, Apple updates Beats Solo Buds firmware, our review of Moana 2 rated PG in theaters, the Grinch greetings on a Ring Doorbell, holiday songs on the Vivint doorbell and more.

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Hour 2

Apple is releasing 18.2 for iPhones next week – some of the features expected, Apple Vision Pro update is adding wide and ultra wide screen features, if you have Apple TV+ you can watch 5 sports games at a time, Greg’s text question about missing his MacBook touch-bar, Apple employee sues for surveillance – lost wages – limiting speech about what they do at Apple, Wallace & Gromit projected on Apples UK headquaters, new LLM Siri maybe in 2026, rumored iPhone SE 4 in March of 2025, Microsoft discontinues the Surface Studio 2+, Apple may offer a home camera in 2026 and more.

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Hour 3

Households share their must have and nice to have media offerings in a new survey, WWE is moving from USA Network to Netflix, HBO’s channels are being added to Max streaming service, Richard’s text about the best streaming service, our review of the movie Dear Santa rated PG13 on Paramount+, DVDs/BluRay coming out next week and more.

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Spellbound by Nutcrackers and Tech.

Hour 1

Meta has a new Quest 3/3S game similar to Wii Sports, Bloomberg says SONY is working on a standalone portable gaming system, Ron’s text question about cancelling SiriusXM accounts, our review of Spellbound rated PG on Netflix, top streaming movies and more.

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Hour 2

Google Gemini is adding AI features to Google Home and Nest cameras, Gemini Live is out on the Apple App Store over seas – what does it do and when will we get it, Michelle’s email question about changing default we browser on her Mac, WI-Fi 8 is being considered and could be a standard by 2028, our review of the movie Nutcrackers rated TV14 on HULU, Gen-Zs make fun of Millennials for using desktops/laptops to buy things and more.

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Hour 3

Smart home predictions, some of the top smart home gadgets, Pam’s email about Nest camera support on the new Google Home app on the GoogleTV, my story about CarPlay and trying to Shazam a song, Phillips Hue has new scenes to set the mood for the holiday, this week in tech history and more.

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Don’t get Scrooged, Max is your Tech Man on the Inside.

Hour 1

ChatGPT adds new voice feature and may be able to see soon, OpenAI has a new agent called “Operator” coming, Bob’s email about an additional issue importing .wav files into Audacity, our review of holiday special Jeff Dunham’s Scrooged-up Holiday Special rated 13+ on Prime, top streaming movies, top 10 movies from 2024 were sequels and more.

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Hour 2

John Mayer and McG buy The Jim Henson lot in Hollywood for $60 Million, Disney is closing The Great Muppet Ride in Florida (boo), Mareta’s email removing the flashlight from her lock screen, our review of the series A Man on the Inside rated TV14 on Netflix, Google wallet for kids, Shazam has ID’d 100 billion songs and more.

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Hour 3

Games news – Fortnite new Passes – TMNT comes to Fortnite creator, newest games recently released, Patricia’s email about Mag Safe, stream your games through Xbox game pass, SONY beta for PS5 portal, Mobile Pokemon game with support card trading in 2025, Apple may be working on a dedicated Game Store, McIntosh audio group being bought by Bose, this week in tech history and more.

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Sometimes Tech seems Almost Wicked.

Hour 1

NBC making changes – Spinning off MSNBC, SyFy, etc. as SpinCo. NBC will be keeping NBC news and Bravo, Dwayne’s email about importing .wav files into Audacity, new Toy Hall of Fame inductees, our review of the movie Wicked Part 1 rated PG in theaters, Apple updates iOS to 18.1.1 – iPadOS to 18.1.1 – MacOS Sequoia to 15.1.1 – upgrade now, if you have a D-Link router family DSR-150 or DSR-250 – you must replace it – no fix available and more.

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Hour 2

Apple releases developer versions of 18.2, when can we expect these Apple OS updated (maybe Dec 9th), some new features coming in Dec could be Genmoji – Image Wand – Image Playground, Barb’s email about Facebook and Siri, our review of An Almost Christmas Story rated PG on Disney+, Disney, ESPN and NBA are partnering on an animated version of the Spurs-Knicks game on Christmas day, Netflix is being suit over the issues during the Tyson boxing match and more.

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Hour 3

Dan from OR question about Disney Infinity on the new Xbox systems, Computex 2024 prototypes, review of Brats documentary on Hulu, Patrick Warburton contest, week in tech history and more.

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