The Personal Computer Radio Show

The Personal Computer Show - Wednesday April 15

· YouTube Premium is Getting Pricier

· US Bans New Foreign-Made Consumer Internet Routers

· OpenAI is Shutting Down its Sora Video-Creation App

· OpenAI Cybersecurity Service

· Google Pushes “Free PC Upgrade” for 500 Million Windows 10 Users

· Copilot Branding Disappears From Notepad

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

· The Hidden Fragility of “Set It and Forget It” Technology

From the Tech Corner

· Care and Maintenance of Your Mobile Phone

· A New Generation Is Driving an Unexpected Compact Camera Revival

· How Students Pick Their College Majors

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

· AI Flattery and Distractions

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 4-8-26

In the News

• Robots on the Moon
• Microsoft’s Windows Secure Boot Upgrade Deadline—
• RAM Prices Are Threatening the Viability of the Raspberry Pi
• FBI warns iPhone, Android Users Against Installing Certain Apps
• Crypto Investment Scams in 2025 of 3,000 Complaints per Day
• The Problems with OpenClaw

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

• Why Your Office Needs a Clean Desk Tech Policy, Even at Home

From the Tech Corner

• Retro Photography: Why Old Cameras Feel New Again
• The Tech Labor Shift
• Old Smart TV Running Slow?
• The Hidden Heat of AI Data Centers

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Lightbar Series of Headlamps

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 4-1-26

In the News

·      Apple Turns 50 on April Fool’s Day — No Joke

·      Windows 11 Secure Boot Updates Expose Broader Firmware Problems

·      DNG Is Now the Official RAW Image Standard

·      Computer Finds Flaw in Major Physics Paper for the First Time

·      The Mac Pro Is Discontinued

·      New Graduates Are Facing the Toughest Job Market since the Pandemic

·      Supreme Court Ruling Reshapes the Internet

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

·      The Hidden Cost of Multitasking in IT

From the Tech Corner

·      Nuclear Micro Reactors — Hype or Fear?

·      The Mythologies Behind AI

·      AI’s Next Bottleneck: Memory Takes Center Stage

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

·      TT Nature Smart Bird Feeder

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 3-25-26

n the News

·      World Backup Day: A Reminder to Protect Your Data

·      Super Micro Co-founder and Two Others Charged in Alleged Scheme

·      Apple Store Prices for SanDisk SSDs Are in the Stratosphere

·      Cost of a Fully Functional New MacBook Neo

·      Microsoft Stops Force-Installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot App

·      Amazon Employees Say AI Is Just Increasing Workload.

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

·      Automation for IT and the Rest of Us

From the Tech Corner

·      Think the RAM Crisis Is Bad Now? It Just Keeps Getting Worse

·      AI is Having a Major PR Crisis

·      The AI Spending Spree Is Getting Weird

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

·      Training AI for Your Needs can be Lost Value Over Just Doing it Yourself

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 3-11-26

In the News

• Apple MacBook Neo at $599
• Iran Drone Strikes Damaged Three Amazon Data Centers
• Ripple Effect of Iran War
• Block CEO Jack Dorsey Cutting Nearly Half of his Staff
• Oracle to Lay Off Thousands of Employees Due to AI Data Center Immense Spending
• The White-Collar Jobs Wipeout is Getting Worse
• Are Smartphones Becoming Less Fashionable?
• Engineer Accidentally Takes Command of 7,000 Robots in the Homes

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

• Looking at Obsolete Hardware and Software as Unviable for Reliability

From the Tech Corner

• How Does Big Tech Secure Their Cloud Data Centers?
• Refreshing an Old Smart TV
• The Year of Anthropic

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• AA Wireless Two+ Review

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 3-11-26

In the News

• Apple MacBook Neo at $599
• Iran Drone Strikes Damaged Three Amazon Data Centers
• Ripple Effect of Iran War
• Block CEO Jack Dorsey Cutting Nearly Half of his Staff
• Oracle to Lay Off Thousands of Employees Due to AI Data Center Immense Spending
• The White-Collar Jobs Wipeout is Getting Worse
• Are Smartphones Becoming Less Fashionable?
• Engineer Accidentally Takes Command of 7,000 Robots in the Homes

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

• Looking at Obsolete Hardware and Software as Unviable for Reliability

From the Tech Corner

• How Does Big Tech Secure Their Cloud Data Centers?
• Refreshing an Old Smart TV
• The Year of Anthropic

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• AA Wireless Two+ Review

The Personal Computer Show - Wednesday March 4, 2026

In the News

·      Apple Declares It’s Keeping Prices the Same

·      NASA Announces Major Revamp of Its Artemis Moon Program

·      OpenAI Announced Deal with Pentagon for its AI Tools Used in the Military

·      Users are Ditching ChatGPT for Claude

·      No Clear Plan for How AI Companies Should Work With Government

·      OpenAI and Anthropic Are Buying Your Industry’s Data

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

·      Your Workday, Especially Working from Home, Needs a Digital Door

From the Tech Corner

·      Robotic Pets Shorten Dementia Patient Hospital Stays

·      Upgrade or Replace? The Laptop Dilemma

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

·      Frozen Drop Lines from Tankless Water Heater

 

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 2-25-26

In the News

• NASA Delays Astronaut Moon Mission Again After New Rocket Problem
• Meta and AMD Partner for Long-term AI Infrastructure Agreement
• Sam Altman Defends A.I. Energy Use with Human Comparison
• Anthropic Claude Code Can Automate Parts of COBOL language
• YouTube TV New Streaming Plans

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

• The Unwritten Rules of Working from Home

From the Tech Corner

• Microsoft’s AI Strategy
• Windows 11 — Innovation or Instability?
• RAM Prices Are Brutal

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• Over Abundance of AI Promises that Don't Deliver

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 2-18-26

In the News

• The First Android 17 Beta is now Available on Pixel Devices
• T-Mobile Adds Free New Service
• Hate Saying ‘Hey Google’ to your Nest devices?
• Key Points from Recent Updates to OpenAI’s Privacy Policy 
• NASA’s Latest Attempt to Launch Artemis 2 Didn’t Go As Planned
• SpaceX Crew-12 Mission Latest News
• NASA Puts 21-Year-Old Spacecraft on Pause

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

• Why Your Company Is Suddenly Talking About Data Retention Policies

From the Tech Corner

• Nvidia’s Momentum is Running into Real-World Limits
• Mini Retro Compact Cameras

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston

• AI and Chips, and the Quantity of Chips in a Small Space

 

The Personal Computer Show - 2-11-26

In the News

·      Landmark Trial in Los Angeles against Social Media

·      How Big an Impact Is AI Having on Layoffs?

·      Will AI-chatbots undermine Google’s search business?

·      Microsoft Teams to Begin Sharing Employee Location Data with Employers

·      Shut Down and Restart—Microsoft Confirms Windows Update Mistake

·      Anthropic's AI Plugin Tool Impacting Legal-Software Stocks

 

ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell

·      Why MFA feels Annoying… and Why It Protects You

From the Tech Corner

·      Big Tech is Betting Big on Nuclear Power

·      Will Windows PCs Fade Away?

Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein

·      TinyCircuits.com with a Small TV and Small Gaming System