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August 19, 2026Episode 48355 min

The Personal Computer Show, Wednesday August 19 2026, at 5PM ET

The Personal Computer Show Wednesday August 19th 2026 www.PRN.live - Streaming on the Internet 5:00 PM Eastern Time In the News Claude Is Putting Invisible Watermarks In AI-Generated Text Cloud Storage is great until your Vendor Goes Out of Business Samsung Z Fold 8 Reveals the downside of New Battery Tech Powerful Features to Enable on Your Chromebook The Bluetooth Symbol on your Phone ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Digital Inefficiency is a Common Problem in the Workplace From the Tech Corner The Hidden Costs of Artificial Intelligence The Hidden Water Cost of Artificial Intelligence What Is Open-Weight AI? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Asus Zen Wifi Routers BT8 and BD5 Mesh

August 13, 2026Episode 48255 min

The Personal Computer Show, Wednesday August 12 2026

In the News AI Political Ads Put State Deepfake Laws to the Test China Cracks Down on Copycat Chip Design Google Assistant Begins Disappearing from Android Phones Navigating New Tax Regulations for Gig Workers Recent Reports of Rogue AI Agents Tech Rehiring After AI-Driven Layoffs ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell The Company Risks of Shadow IT From the Tech Corner Upgrade Your Car's USB Port with One Simple Gadget What Is a Smart Plug? The Easiest Way to Make Your Home Smarter Who Will Be the Winners and Losers in Artificial Intelligence? Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein Asus Zen Wifi Routers BT8 and BD5 Mesh

August 5, 2026Episode 48156 min

The Personal Computer Show, Wednesday August 5 2026

In the News Anthropic Says Its AI Models Hacked Real Organizations During Testing Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results Kodak’s New Point-And-Shoot Is a $35 35mm Camera Qualcomm is Raising the Price of its Chips by a Double-Digit Percentage The Future of Tech Is Leasing and Owning Nothing The RAM Shortage Is Starting to Hit the Auto Industry OpenAI Still Fighting Major Copyright Lawsuits ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell The Risk of Over-Connected Workflows From the Tech Corner AI Is Starting to Rewrite the Software That Made Nvidia Untouchable Gen Z Is Bringing Back Early 2000s Compact Digital Cameras Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Exploring the Various AI Platforms

July 29, 2026Episode 48056 min

The Personal Computer Show - Wednesday July 29, 2026

In the News Chipmakers Face a Growing Labor Shortage The Hidden Cost of the AI Data Center Boom OpenAI Makes ChatGPT Health Available to All US Users OpenAI AI Models Broke Out of a Hacked Testing Environment OpenAI and Anthropic Join Forces in Warning About China's Open AI Models KODAK to Release New Retro Compact Cameras ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Overestimating What Tech can Handle From the Tech Corner China's Memory Chip Giants Take on the World Too Much Television can Rot your Brain Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Faraday Shielding to Protect Devices with the SLNT Faraday Bag

July 22, 2026Episode 47955 min

Personal Computer Show - Wednesday July 22, 2026,

In the News AliExpress Hit with Record $629M Fine Selling Counterfeit and Illegal Products Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging Theft of Trade Secrets Backtracked: Samsung Health Won’t Delete All User Data DuckDuckGo Browser now Blocks YouTube Video Ads Communities across the US Are Pulling Back on Flock Safety License Plate Readers New York Expands Free College Degree Programs for Adult Learners Back Market - World's Largest Online Marketplaces for Refurbished Electronics Major League Baseball Draws a Line on AI in the Dugout ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell The Myth of the Fully AI Driven Automated Workplace From the Tech Corner Tech Fears N.Y. Data Center Ban Sets US Precedent The Ozone Hole’s Earliest Cause Wasn’t CFCs After All Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein Keychron Mouse and Asus Zenbook 316S Laptop

July 15, 2026Episode 47856 min

The Personal Computer Show, Wednesday July 15 2026

n the News Samsung Health Users Face AI Data Dilemma Huang Calls Smuggled AI Data Centers a Dead End Meta Facing a Backlash over its New AI Tool Muse Image Microsoft Discontinues Surface Go and Surface Laptop Go New Recovery Option Coming to Windows 11 OpenAI has Combined ChatGPT and Codex into a more Unified Platform Windows 11 Identifier Code Used to Track Scattered Spider Perp Companies are Rehiring Workers they Replaced with AI ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell How Systems Fail Differently when under Pressure From the Tech Corner A Warning Sign About AI's Real Cost: Windows Expands AI-Powered Security to Find Vulnerabilities Earlier Your Friendly AI Chatbot May Know More About You Than You Realize Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Anker 14-in-one Supreme Performance Dock

July 8, 2026Episode 47754 min

The Personal Computer Show, Wednesday July 8th 2026

In the News · A Big Change Coming to WhatsApp Messaging App · Communities Might Not Want Data Centers, but Thieves Do · Companies are Rehiring Workers they Replaced with AI · How Microsoft Is Making Windows Better by Learning from Enthusiasts · Microsoft is Making one of the Biggest Changes in Xbox History · Pixel Phones Are Silently Ignoring Incoming Calls · Windows 11 Bug that can Quietly Consume Enormous Amounts of Storage Space ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell · Dealing with the Quiet Risks of Sharing Devices with Others From the Tech Corner · LLMs and NotebookLM: What's the Difference? · What is Open Notebook? · AI Memory Demand Is Breaking the Traditional PC Upgrade Cycle Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston · Issues of Massive Datacenters and How Artificial Intelligence Works

July 1, 2026Episode 47655 min

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 7-1-26

In the News · Justices say Constitution Protects People’s Location History · Microsoft Is Giving Windows 10 Users Another Year of Security Updates · Comcast to Split into Two Separate Publicly Traded Companies · Polymarket has Reportedly been Paying Creators to Post Fake Betting Videos · Car Manufacturers Are Ditching Android Auto in 2026 · T-Mobile To Force Migrate Over 8 Million Customers To More Expensive Plans · Rising Personal Computer Price Hikes · Apple and Intel are Working Together on a Chip Manufacturing Partnership ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell · The Hidden Complexity of Adding just One More App From the Tech Corner · Intel Wants Cheap Windows Laptops to Stop Feeling Cheap · Replacing Google Search with a Combination of DuckDuckGo and Perplexity · What Are Flock Cameras? · IBM has the Blueprint for the Next Generation of AI Chips Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Mark Brownstein · Keychron Keyboard and Keyboard Switch Differences

June 24, 2026Episode 47554 min

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 6-24-26

In the News Amazon Says it has Developed a Breakthrough Networking Technology Chinese Memory Brands Ditch Samsung and Micron for homegrown CXMT and YMTC Silicon Google Fired a New Shot in Competitive AI Subscription Market Google has Officially Launched Android 17, More than 75 Data Center Build-outs Successfully Blocked in 1Q2026 NVIDIA and Intel could Pair an x86 Processor with RTX Graphics Your Ad Blocker will No Longer Work on Chrome ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Recognizing that Small Settings can Create and Shape Big Outcomes From the Tech Corner Intel Considering Possible Refresh of Raptor Lake Processor Family Back to the Future: When Photography Gets Weird Again Rethinking the Future of AI Data Center Infrastructure The AI Spending Binge may be Coming to an End Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston A Cool Anker Charger for Hotels and College Dorms

June 17, 2026Episode 47455 min

The Personal Computer Radio Show - 6-17-26

In the News Secure Boot Certificate Deadline is not a Doomsday Event Microsoft new Windows 11 Performance Feature Low Latency Profile Intel's Wildcat Lake Notebooks Aim to Challenge the MacBook Neo Anthropic- Fable 5 Model. OpenAI Reportedly has a Major ChatGPT Overhaul in Store Visa Plugs Its Payment Network Into ChatGPT Chinese Startup Claims Photonic Chip Production w/o Deep Ultraviolet Lithography · Technology and Business Employment Update ITPro Series with Benjamin Rockwell Identifying and Dealing with the Emotional Side of Tech Frustration From the Tech Corner Intel’s New AI Chip Skips the Costly Memory Nvidia Relies On Google has a Free Flight Simulator Don’t Discuss Your Legal Problems with a Chatbot Technology Chatter with Benjamin Rockwell and Marty Winston Various Other Pieces of AI Work and How to Make Them Work for You