The Computer Man Show from KSQD

In this episode of The Computer Man Show on KSQD, Luigi Oppido and his guest Nyanko, dive deep into the hottest topics in tech right now. Global Impact of Datacenter UAE Attacks The show opened with a heavy hitter: a drone strike on an Amazon data center in the United Arab Emirates, marking a rare […]

In this episode of The Computer Man Show on KSQD, Luigi Oppido and his guest Nyanko, dive deep into the accelerating AI revolution, sparked by recent warnings from Bernie Sanders about job loss, automation, and economic disruption. The conversation explores bold claims from tech leaders like Elon Musk and Bill Gates regarding a future where […]

On this episode of The Computer Man Show, Luigi dives into Mac backup strategies—breaking down Time Machine vs. Acronis, and later is joined by special guest Nyanko to discuss concerns about rising hardware prices and looming storage shortages driven by AI data center demand. The conversation expands into AI privacy fears sparked by Google Gemini, […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: How to check AmazonPrime for unwanted subscriptions, Apple Lawsuits, Intel moving to GPUs, Discord facing ID backlash, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Bots make up over 50% global internet traffic, Ransomware on Big Companies, Call of Duty and Micro-transactions, Hear from a caller, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Nyanko chats AI and Ram prices, TikTok blocks Epstein/anti-Trump vids, Microsoft will give FBI your data encryption key, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Hear from our callers, Bezos says quiet part out loud, Ram prices rise due to imaginary market, FamilyTreeNow.com and your user data, Email questions and more!

The Computer Man Show Flock Edition hosted by Luigi Oppido with special guest Nyanko. This special episode captures a fast-moving, in-the-moment discussion of the Santa Cruz City Council’s decisive vote to cancel its contract with Flock Safety surveillance cameras. The conversation breaks down what happened at the meeting, why public testimony overwhelmingly opposed the technology, […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Nyanko joins us for Flock camera City Council Meeting updates, Instagram Data Leak, Dell CEO at CES, AI at Amazon, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Getting Hacked and tips to help, Tech we lost in 2025, NVIDIA cards twice the cost because of AI, Data privacy, hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] End of the year deadline scams! Topics covered: Will Private Equity make us rent computers in the future?, 20% of YouTube videos are AI slop, Charlie Kirk Data Foundation Threat Letter, Hear from a caller and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: AI generated code is garbage, 13 year old child’s AI generated nudes sent around school, Hear from multiple callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] LOCAL SCAM: card skimmers at gas stations! Topics covered: Fake windows lock screens, Overseas workers build Flock surveillance AI, Nobody wants to buy Microsoft AI, Onset AI associated psychosis and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Australia’s Child/Teen Social Media Ban, Avoid Holiday Data Loss: how to help family members, Company’s AI was actually 700 humans in India, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Microsoft Windows 11 Complaints, ChatGPT issues, 500million people still on Windows 10, Trillion dollar problem that AI is trying to solve, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Microsoft admits Windows 11 Core Features Broken, Tesla AI Grok asked 12 year old child for nudes, Gemini not turned on, Flock cameras, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: KSQD Website Updates, Local updates and internet outages, Flock license plate cameras, Microsoft prioritizes AI over stability, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Flock “Safety” cameras in our area, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: How to lock/unlock your EBT card with EBT edge, AI woes, MacOS Tahoe will be the FINAL MacOS that supports intel based Macs, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Facebook, Macbook batteries, a caller, Current events & scams, Chat GPT, AI only knows as much as it’s fed, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Learn what’s going on in the lives of TEN CALLERS, wow! Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Nyanko from the Computer History Museum joins us the first half, chatting about the creator of Siri, the AI bubble, then Discord breach, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: VPNs, KSQD’s Pledge Drive this week!, a caller, Windows 10 extended service updates, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: SD cards disappearing, Israel owns multiple VPNs, Microsoft forces free Windows 10 updates in Europe, Digital ID purchasing TikTok, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: AI, The Computer History Museum, multiple callers, emails and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: META’s AI Glasses and facial recognition: what scams are coming?, VPNs,  Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Scary tech coming out, Blocking Facebook, ChatGPT, Upgrade Windows 11 for $30, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Listen to what’s going on in the lives of SIX CALLERS. Wow! Can The Computer Man help them out?

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Chrome VPN Extension malicious, DREAM hacking for advertising, Trump’s Fake iPhone is now Samsung S25, Help caller decide what new computer to get, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Follow the journey of one of our callers and their VPN issues, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Flock License plate readers, Phone scams, Microsoft kills LensPDF scanner app, iPhone 17 event September 9th, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Flock License Plate Readers (and how the SUCK), Bluetooth hacking, Windows Recall, IRS Direct File is GONE, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Birds repeating back PNG files, Starlink Outage, iOS26 Public Beta, CA is dropping broadband mandate for underserved, hear our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: THREE minutes missing from DOJ raw video of Epstein (tech perspective), Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Phone Scam: Your partner calls but is next to you, McDonald’s hiring AI tool hacked with simple password, ID.Me, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Morale at Microsoft, Windows 10 to Windows 11, MANY Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: DMV fake scam notice, Microsoft dropped 400m users, Trump Mobile drops “Made In USA” claim, BOEING using potatoes-not people-to test WiFi, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: MicLock for iPhone actually USEFUL, What is a passkey and how it works, How ID.ME works, Live calls from listeners like YOU, email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Trump Moble, OpenAI winning $200M US Defense contract, Germany removes all Microsoft products, Starlink speeds below broadband standards, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Trump Admin installed Starlink public wifi in White House, Scammers using AI to enroll as fake college students and steal financial aid, Apple’s WWDV, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Palantir master database on every American, Fake Amazon store, 20% tariff on iPhones because Tim Cook wouldn’t go on vacay with Trump, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Helpful software: PZip, Gimp, EM Client, WhizTree, Rufus, Speccy; Using 5 sec AI video is same as microwave running for an hour, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: iPhone 17 Air, Wikipedia: free software, Yahoo mail charging for pw reset, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals set to acquire 23&Me, Coinbase hacked, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Trump terminates Digital Equity Act, Meta AIChatbox inappropriate with minors, CamelCamelCamel Tariffs, Live callers, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Internet Archive, Musk’s Chatbot GrokAI refuses MAGA training, Bluetooth Pranks, Facebook targeted ads to teens who delete selfies, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Windows 11 breaking, New Y2K in 2038?, Accepting Disinformation as truth, Live callers, Google Lens, Getting phished by your IT Dept, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Skimmers, Saying “Please and Thank you” to ChatGPT costs millions, Windows 11 Sign in, DOGE infiltrated by spy network, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Topics covered: Tech tips and tricks, Windows 10 end of life, Instagram EDITS, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Topics covered: Cyber101.com, iPhone Tariffs, GSA transition, Email questions and more!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Massive data leak at Twitter, Russian disinformation campaign to trick AI, Email Masking Services, Microsofts EOL for Windows 10. Email questions and more!