Tech Gumbo

By Haggai Davis

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We started Tech Gumbo in Nov 2014 as a conversational show of news, information & updates about the past, present & future of all things technology in a topical, interesting and digestible way.

Episode Date
Toilet TikTok Risks, Taco Bell AI Fumbles, Smart Home Futures, Students Embrace AI, Powerball Scandal, Gmail Security Confusion
Sep 18, 2025
Computer Literacy I 2025, UK Ransomware Ban Plans, Cybersecurity Concierges, Windows 10’s $7B Price Tag
Sep 15, 2025
Waymo Robotaxis In NYC, IRS EV Credit Deadline, Melania’s AI Push, Datacenter Water Wars, Google’s Gemini Energy Use
Sep 04, 2025
Windows 12 AI Future, Excel Copilot Backlash, Intel’s $10B Deal with US
Sep 01, 2025
Google’s AI Summaries Hit Publishers, CA Police AI Disclosure Bill, Claude Walks Away, Meta’s Deadly Flirty Bot, Gemini’s Self-Loathing Spiral
Aug 28, 2025
Australia’s Teen Social Ban, AV Red Tape Mess, FAA Drone Expansion, SpaceX vs Fiber, Musk’s Tax Shield, UK Water Crisis
Aug 25, 2025
Disney+–Hulu ESPN, RFK Jr. Wearables Push, OpenAI GPT-5 Rollout Backlash
Aug 21, 2025
Delta AI Pricing Backlash, QR Code Scam Warning, Perplexity’s Chrome Bid, AT&T Breach Settlement, Starlink Cuts Prices
Aug 18, 2025
Vibe Coding Boom, Age Verification Backlash, Data Privacy Fears, Delta’s AI Fare Targeting, Spotify’s Dead Artist Scandal
Aug 14, 2025
FCC Gigabit Rollback, Office 2024 vs 365, 30TB Drives, Ransomware Wipeout, Tesla FSD Refund
Aug 11, 2025
AI, AGI, ASI, Where are we now, how soon before the next levels of AI?
Jul 25, 2025
A Reunion of AI experts to look for the next few years!
Jul 23, 2025
A Reunion of AI experts to look back on the past 2 years of Artificial Intelligence
Jul 21, 2025
Phishing Training Fails, TikTok's Backup Plan, Social Media Age Ban Bill
Jul 17, 2025
Starlink Price Hike, Windows 11 Surpasses 10, Microsoft’s Culture Clash, Amazon’s Robot Surge
Jul 14, 2025
Google Earth at 20, 400M Windows PCs Gone, Microsoft’s AI Mandate
Jul 10, 2025
Brazil Social Media Ruling, Section 230 Challenge, Tesla FSD Failures
Jul 07, 2025
Guest Interview: Kenny Wall of Gulf Coast Office Products on DocuWare and Workflow Automation
Jun 26, 2025
Windows 12 Rumors, iOS 26 Upgrades, Meta AI's Privacy Problem
Jun 23, 2025
GameStop Damages Switch 2 Consoles, Google's $500M "Less Evil" Settlement, AI Startups Exposed, AI Hallucinations in Court, Meta's Deepfake Ad Problem, OpenAI's Revenue Boom, AI Layoffs and Backlash
Jun 19, 2025
T-Mobile’s Starlink Beta Opens Up, Cable Carriers Gain Ground, Supersonic Travel Cleared, YouTube vs. Ad-Blockers
Jun 16, 2025
Win11 Adoption Slows, Waymo Safer Than Human Drivers, Tesla FSD Woes
Jun 12, 2025
Fla. Social Media Ban Unconstitutional, Pirating TV, USB-C Not The Same, Starlink Getting Faster?
Jun 09, 2025
Claude Blackmails Developers, Google Fighting To Retain Seach Dominance, Chicago Paper’s Fake Reading List, AI Darth Vader Voice Over, Duolingo CEO Flip-Flop
Jun 05, 2025
Netflix YouTube And AI Ads, TikTok Freebies Causing Malware, Texas Social Media Laws And Age Verification, Baby Saved By DNA Gene-Editing
Jun 02, 2025
Students Humanizing Papers Using AI, Professor Uses AI Students Not Happy, Will Society Adapt to GenAI Fast Enough
May 29, 2025
Changes To Apple’s App Store, Get A Bite Of Apple’s $95M Settlement, Robotaxis More Popular Than Human Ubers, Autonomous Trucks In Texas, HBO Rebranded Again, Sesame Street ‘s New Home
May 26, 2025
AI Credit Cards, AI Hallucinations Getting Worse, Zuckerberg Thinks AI Will be Your Friends, AI Research Violates Ethics Standards
May 15, 2025
DoJ Wants To Break Up Google, $20K EV Truck, Tesla Sales Drop, Changes To Windows 11, Netflix To Use AI As Recommendation Tool
May 12, 2025
Being Polite To AI Cost $$$, ChatGPT Annoying?, AI Gains Outweigh Cost, Teens Investing with ChatGPT Help, Copilot Has Flatlined
May 08, 2025
Tech Job Confusion And Obsolescence, Anti-Piracy Ad Stole, Google Blurring Nudity, Zuckerberg Says Social Media Changed
May 05, 2025
Man Uses A.I. In Appeal, Judge Is Not Happy, Things Not to Tell ChatGPT, OpenAI Wants To Build A Social Network, Grok Called Musk Mis-Info Spreader, xAI buys X
May 01, 2025
Win 11 Upgrade Update, Google Is A Monopoly, OpenAI Would Like To Buy Google’s Chrome, Tesla’s Robotaxis Have A Long Way To Go
Apr 28, 2025
Interview w/ Corey Clothier, Autonomous Vehicle Expert with Arcadis
Apr 24, 2025
Waymo’s Software Challenges, New Parents Chose Robotaxi Over Human Driver, Instagram Blocking Sensitive Images, Microsoft Turned 50
Apr 21, 2025
Are VR Goggles Dead, AI Takes over A Newspaper, AI Datacenters Popping Up In Heartland
Apr 10, 2025
NFL To Use Hawk-Eye, Fitbit Gets Another Year, Apple To Revamp iPhone for Health, Apple Buying $1B Nvidia Chips, New Credit Card For Apple Card, Microsoft’s New BSOD And Outlook
Apr 07, 2025
OpenAI Training LLM On Copyrighted Content, ChatGPT Hallucinates Horror Story Bio, AI Makes People Sadder, CEO Pledge To Get Rid Of Fraud Sentenced For Fraud
Apr 03, 2025
Is Signal Safe?, Apple Watch Camera, EV BYD Soaring, Coke’s New Vending Machine Doesn’t Use Electricity
Mar 31, 2025
CISO’s AI Malware Concerns, Are Kids Using AI Cheating?, Gemini Removes Watermarks
Mar 27, 2025
Mishing Threat, Apple’s Encrypted Messaging, TikTok 10PM Curfew For Teens eBay & Etsy Emulate TikTok, Microsoft Removed Copilot, VW Brings Back Buttons
Mar 24, 2025
Is Antivirus Software Spying On You?, Never Delete SPAM, Jr. Software Developers Over Reliance on AI, Crypto Heist Because Of Poor Cybersecurity
Mar 20, 2025
Microsoft Killing Publisher, Apple Delaying Apple Intelligence, Most Smart Phone Users Don’t Use AI, DOJ Forcing Google To Sell Chrome, 4G Cellular Didn’t Work On The Moon
Mar 17, 2025
Amazon Alexa+, Nvidia Say AI Boom Still Going Strong, Sora Gets ChatGPT Integration, Microsoft-OpenAI Approved in UK, McDonald’s Gets AI Infusion, Google-HP Project Starline 3D Calling
Mar 13, 2025
Facebook Deleting Live Videos, HP Ends 15 Min Wait, Gmail Changes Authentication, Google Shuts Down Extensions, YouTube Premium Lite, Microsoft Office “Free: With Ads, Microsoft To End Skype
Mar 10, 2025
Smart Glasses Help Visually Impaired, AI Not Generating Value, Think Deeper and Voice Are Now Free, Robots Running Half Marathons
Mar 06, 2025
MLB Bot Calling Balls and Strikes, YouTube Premium “Lite”, Apple Vision Pro getting AI, AT&T SplitPay vs, Splitwise App, Meta’s Subsea Internet Cable Circumnavigates
Mar 03, 2025
Tariffs are affecting cheap products from China, Musk Bid for OpenAI, AI Hype or Revolutionary, Hank Azaria Replaced By AI?
Feb 20, 2025
Gulf of America on Google Maps, Google’s reCAPTCHA is Useless, Ads in Jeeps, iOS Emergency Update, AirPods as Hearing Aids
Feb 17, 2025
The Vatican Warns About The Risk of A.I., Dating Apps And The Challenges They Face
Feb 13, 2025
Stop Changing Passwords, GM Super Cruise, NY Times Flashback, Meta Smart Glasses And The Fate Of The Metaverse, Farewell To The TrackPoint Nub
Feb 10, 2025
Interview with Don Monistere, CEO General Informatics
Jan 30, 2025
TikTok Reprieved, Social Media “Me Toos”, POTUS & AI Investment, Microsoft’s Dumb Rebrand, $765 Million In Bitcoin To Stay In A Landfill
Jan 27, 2025
Interview with Dori Kreiger, Executive Director CTIA Wireless Foundation
Jan 23, 2025
TikTok Updates, New HIPAA Cybersecurity Rules, Meta Moves Moderators to Texas
Jan 20, 2025
Sora Is Amazing, Apple Sued, Dad Sends Pic Of Son To Send To Doctor Then Treated As Criminal, Court Oks Breaking Into iPhone, Teens Think Social Media Is A Good Thing
Dec 19, 2024
Microsoft Backtracks On Win11, Amazon Selling EVs, Cruise Quits Robotaxis, Waymo Bringing Robotaxis To Miami, DeFlock Maps License Plate Readers
Dec 16, 2024
Controlling Wi-Fi At Home, Kids Under 16 Banned From Social Media In Australia, Meta Forced To Verify Advertisers, LinkedIn Too Boring For Kids, Deepfakes Causing Billions In Loses
Dec 12, 2024
FBI Warns Against Texting, Matrix Messaging Seized, Amazon Sued by Wash, D.C., AT&T To Retire Landlines, Online Shopping Record Sales, Walmart Buys Vizio, Vinyl Records Making A Big Comeback
Dec 09, 2024
Bitcoin, TSA Cyber Rules, Hackers Bypassing macOS Security, Mattel’s Wicked Blunder, Apple’s Smart Home Device
Nov 21, 2024
Twitter/X Loses 115K Users, Bluesky Adds 700K, Microsoft Copilot, Amazon Haul Takes On Temu, Apple Vision Pro Struggles
Nov 18, 2024
A.I. And A Teen’s Suicide, Gen AI In The Fashion Industry, AI Making Mistakes IN Hospitals, Microsoft Tries To Fix AI Falsehoods, 25% Of Google’s Code is AI Generated
Nov 14, 2024
Tech Gumbo Begins Our 11th Year!, Google Adds New Features To Chrome, Waze and Maps, uBlock Origin Ad Blocker, Nvidia And Intel Chips
Nov 11, 2024
Top 10 Self-Driving Car Companies, 30-Year-Old Backdoor Laws, End To Tracking Celebrity Jets, Computer Chips Being Made IN USA, Russia Fines Google $20 Decillion
Nov 07, 2024
Starlink Needs 30k Satellites, Replacing The ISS Because Of Age And Leaks, Returning Astronauts To Earth, Redbox Customer Data Breach, San Fran Trying To Stop Using Floppy Disk, AI Radio Presenters
Nov 04, 2024
Interview w/ Josh Goldwitz – Transportation and Logistics Expert
Oct 31, 2024
NHTSA investigating Tesla’s Full Self Driving Cars. TikTok’s Execs Knew How Harmful It Is To Teens, Kids TV Is A Thing Of The Past
Oct 28, 2024
Google Killing Fitbit, Tesla’s ‘We, Robot’ Fiasco, Tesla Competitors Get a Boost
Oct 24, 2024
6G Cellular Research, Wi10 EOL In 1 Year, Win11 Has Excess Junk, Florida Neighborhood Is Hurricane Proof, Racist Home Robot Vacs
Oct 21, 2024
States Sue TikTok Claiming Harmful to Children, Use Caution With AI Meeting Recordings At Work, Licenses Plate Readers And Bumper Stickers
Oct 17, 2024
Cybertruck Becoming Uninsurable, SpaceX Threatened By Telcos, Starlink Gets And Demands More Spectrum
Oct 14, 2024
Calif Law Forces Licensing Disclosure, iPhones Using Satellites To Communicate After Helene, OpenAI Changing To For Profit
Oct 10, 2024
GPS Spoofing OF Airliners, “Evil Twin” Wi-Fi Attack, Twitter Down To 25% Valuation, DirectTV And Dish Network Merging
Oct 07, 2024
CD/DVD Life Expectancy, TikTok Legal Challenges, TikTok’s Defense Strategy, Google Wins Legal Battle in EU, Calf. Passes Deepfake Laws
Oct 03, 2024
Merging Streaming Platforms, Nuclear Power & AI Needs, Protecting Autonomous Vehicles From Being Hacked
Sep 30, 2024
Interview with Greg Trahan, Director of Economic Development, LSU and Duke Hartman, CEO, Integer Technologies LLC
Sep 26, 2024
iOS 18 Released With Security Flaws, Cybersecurity Talent Shortage, Is Big Tech Really Listening, Instagram Restricting Teen Accounts, Autonomous Vehicle Stats
Sep 23, 2024
Kids And Cybersecurity, iPhone 16 Announcement, Apple Intelligence, Apple Pays Ireland $13 Billion
Sep 19, 2024
Ford Patents In Car Ads, Voldemort Malware, Hackers Bypassing MFA, Messaging Platforms Becoming Interoperable, Google Maps In Space
Sep 16, 2024
Interview with Brian Housewright - Tech and The Health Care Industry
Sep 12, 2024
Guest Host- Brian Housewright- US Navy Using Starlink, Celebrity AI Scams, New Cars Being Watchdogs, Cool Tech for Hot Outdoors, AI Travel Scams
Sep 09, 2024
Our Guest, Doug Kelly, American Edge Project
Sep 05, 2024
Altering Google Maps, NFL & Facial Recognition, Gemini Replacing Google Translate, SpaceX for Emergency Cellular Calls, Cars Talking To Cars
Sep 02, 2024
Kids Bypassing Parental Controls On iPhones, Defending the Dissertation- Dr. Haggai D. Davis, III
Aug 29, 2024
DOJ Sues TikTok, Win10 To Win11 Upgrade Mandate, Streaming Vs. Cable TV, Unique Challenge to Section 230, Social Security Number Breach, AI Creates IPA Beer
Aug 26, 2024
Bluetooth Cyber Risk, ChatGPT Anti-Cheating Tool, Overturning Chevron V. NRDC
Aug 15, 2024
Google Ruled A Monopolist, Musk Sues Former Advertisers, Musk Moves Twitter HQ
Aug 12, 2024
Guest Host William Sellers Talking About Datacenters
Aug 08, 2024
Guest Host William Sellers- Amazon Still Losing $$ On Twitch, Gemini For Search, EU Creating More Rules for AI, Technology’s Grip On Our Modern Lifestyles
Aug 05, 2024
Guest Franz Borghardt, Attorney at Law, Discusses SCOTUS Social Media Decisions And 1st Amendment
Aug 01, 2024
CrowdStrike Details, Trump Shooter’s Phone, Stalkerware
Jul 29, 2024
Guest Host Suzanne Wortmann- Archiving Data Files, Chicago PD & Machine Learning, Spotting Fake Videos, Social Media Influencers Money Woes
Jul 25, 2024
Guest Host Suzanne Wortmann- Car Dealership Woes, AT&T Client Data Leak, No New Siri, Google Maps Upgrade, Google Advanced Protection, Google Monitoring Dark Web
Jul 22, 2024
Which Accounts need MFA, Big $$ Investments in AI Startups, Smaller AI May Be Better, AI Bubble?, Training AI LLM’s, Too Much Spent On AI, Little ROI
Jul 18, 2024
The End Of: Japan’s Floppy Disk, Wii U, Amazon’s Astro Robot, 1 Million Check Boxes, 10B Passwords Leaked, Tips for Better Passwords, Hackers Stealing Crypto
Jul 15, 2024
Carl England & Monika England Interview- Industrial Design & Architecture (Part 2 of 2)
Jul 12, 2024
Carl England & Monika England Interview- Industrial Design & Architecture (Part 1 of 2)
Jul 10, 2024
Olympic AI Al Michaels, Don’t But An iPhone This Summer, Wi-Fi 7 and Win11, YouTube Defeats Ad Blockers
Jul 08, 2024
A Special 1-Year Later Discussion on LLM’s And Generative AI (Part 3 of 3)
Jul 05, 2024
A Special 1-Year Later Discussion on LLM’s And Generative AI (Part 2 of 3)
Jul 03, 2024