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Google's monitoring of your everyday activities goes way beyond just using the wake word on connected speakers - use voice commands on its apps or Google.com and you could be recorded, stored, archived and monitored. Jefferson Graham reports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
USA TODAY's Edward C. Baig sits in with Jefferson Graham for a preview of CES 2020 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Peter Csathy, the chairman of CreatTV Media, offers his outlook for the year in streaming with Jefferson Graham. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham's annual New Year's checklist to improve your digital life, including password changing, photo scanning and the like, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham runs down a chart of 2019's best-selling tech products. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham's annual New Year's checklist to improve your digital life, including password changing, photo scanning and the like, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham reveals the reasons we're getting so many new privacy update e-mails on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham runs them down, from the iPhone to the Eero, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham on how YouTube is trying to erase some of the stench from its issues with hate and conspiracy videos by emphasizing education videos. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Dateline, NBC's longest running prime-time TV series, discovered podcasting in 2019, with both audio versions of the prime-time show and originals. Nearly 39 million downloads later, Elizabeth Cole, the executive producer of Dateline, tells Jefferson Graham all about it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Smart bulbs are expensive, but install a "smart switch," and your dumb lights can be smart for way less money. Tech enthusiast and photographer Steve Brazill tells Jefferson Graham about it on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Every year we check in with tech investor Peter Pham for his favorite gadgets of the year, which in 2019 included the OneWheel, AirPods Pro and DeepSentinel. Listen to his conversation with Jefferson Graham See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
The password manager company Dashlane's run-down of the worst password offenders of the year, as run down by Jefferson Graham See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
It's not too late to buy those Xmas gifts and have them delivered. Jefferson Graham has the cut-off dates for you, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Dateline, NBC's longest running prime-time TV series, discovered podcasting in 2019, with both audio versions of the prime-time show and originals. Nearly 39 million downloads later, Elizabeth Cole, the executive producer of Dateline, tells Jefferson Graham all about it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Jefferson Graham reports on the latest offbeat trend in techland--the "smart" diaper. He's got the scoop on today's episode of #TalkingTech See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham gets some really weird e-mails. How weird is it? Listen to Talking Tech and find out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
The password manager company Dashlane's run-down of the worst password offenders of the year, as run down by Jefferson Graham See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
To the reports of people seeing their home security cameras get hacked, Jefferson Graham has a solution and he reveals it on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
"People search engines" like MyLife and BeenVerified buy our data from brokers and re-sell it back to us. How to get your data back? Jefferson Graham has some answers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Load up on Apple's new Mac Pro computer and you could spend nearly $70K. How does that compare to other loaded Apple products? Jefferson Graham has the scoop. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Lyft, the ride-hailing company, has launched what it calls is a "re-imagined" take on car rental. Jefferson Graham has the scoop on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Edward C. Baig from USA TODAY joins Jefferson Graham to discuss how tech has changed over the last 10 years, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Amazon has a solution for those who don't have voice enabled TVs. Pair a Blaster and Echo, and you've got Alexa. Amazon's Sandeep Gupta joins Jefferson Graham to preview the new product, out 12/11. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Harrison Tang, CEO of Spokeo, the people search engines, opens the curtain to explain the benefits of re-selling our personal data, on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Sites like MyLife, Spokeo and BeenVerified showcase our personal data online and try to sell us reports about it. How to opt-out? Jefferson Graham has some ideas. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jefferson Graham's annual rundown of the best tech of 2019 opens with Disney+. Tune in to hear the rest of the list. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Cutting the cord doesn't seem as cool since internet companies added data streaming caps, right? Listeners sound off. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
A new report suggests that the iPhones of 2021 will have no Lightning port, and will have to be charged wirelessly. Is this cool? Jefferson Graham reports on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Philana Patterson, the editor of the USA TODAY Money section, tells Jefferson Graham about her new home, and who she added so many smart products like doorbells and motion tracking cameras. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
