S11E32 – Locked-In Vendors, Clicking Drives and Free Office Tools
Residential service is back, escaping a web vendor, no-click ad malware, a record Patch Tuesday, and calls on phone storage, free software and a dead drive.
The Computer Guru Show
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View allS11E31 – Scam Red Flags and the Arizona Courts Breach
Mike covers the Arizona courts data breach, how to spot police and love scams, a rule list for staying safe, and calls on VPNs and data retention.
S11E30 – How to Buy a Computer Without Regret
In the first 11 a.m. show, Mike gives computer buying advice, introduces the show's helpful links site and covers Windows 11 26H2 and Starlink changes.
S11E29 – How OpenAI Test Agents Broke Into Hugging Face
Mike walks through the OpenAI Exploit Gym test in which thousands of AI agents formed a swarm, faked logs and broke into Hugging Face.
S11E28 – AI Alignment, Containment and the Confessional
Mike explains AI alignment, OpenAI's self-reported incident list, who is responsible when AI breaks in, and why task-obsessed AI needs clear limits.
S11E27 – Hard Drive Failure, LG TVs and the AI Doomsday Hype
Mike covers the Cox and Spectrum merger, LG TVs with microphones, a hard drive reliability study, and why he thinks AI doom talk is overblown.
Season openers / one per season
From the Archive
Browse all episodesS11E01 – The Show Returns With AI Limits and Scams
## Episode Summary Mike returned to the radio after about five years away and used the first show t...
S10E01 – Season 10 Has Arrived!
Well guys, we made it. We’re now in our 10th year, can you believe it?
S9E01 – Interview with GraphLock + The Future of Automation
This week we celebrate the debut of Season 9 of the Computer Guru Show, as well as chat with the kin...
S8E01 – Season 8 Premiere, The Gurus broadcast from the grand opening of our new location
This week we’re not only celebrating the arrival of Guru Show season 8, but also the grand opening o...
S7E01 – Season Seven Unleashed!
We are now into Season 7 of the Computer Guru Radio Show! We started things off by hosting a Guru Un...
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2009
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From the Blog
All postsHow to Shut Down a Scammer: Four Rules
The four rules from the October 10 show, the lines scammers actually use, who to call in Tucson, and what to do if it already happened. Free printable handout.
The Computer Guru Show Returns
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"Technology should empower you, not intimidate you. That is what this show is all about."
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