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Everyday Tech

Will a cell phone that fell in water still work? How can you tell if it’s safe to shop on a certain website? With the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of technology, it’s practically impossible to tackle it all alone, so Everyday Tech is here to help you navigate it all! From computer viruses to cell phone batteries to your social media accounts, MPB’s Digital Media Director Ashley Jefcoat is here to answer your everyday questions about your everyday technology. With delightful hosts and calls from our viewers, Everyday Tech proves to be both helpful and enlightening in the world of technolo...

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MPB Think Radio

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Technology

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everydaytech.mpbonline.org

Latest episode

Jan 5, 2026

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Episodes

Everyday Tech | Microsoft Surface Laptop, Keyboards, Apple iPhone 14 Launch, Computer Virus, Hackers, Chromebook Update Issues, Data Breaches, & Malware 14.09.2022

Jay White and Jeremy Thompson take your calls, questions and what you're excited about this week, in the world of consumer technology. Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadgets and answer your questions. Have a tech issue? Send them an email to:  everydaytech@mpbonline.org ....

Everyday Tech | Apple iPhone 14 Launch, Ring Encryption, Sony PS5 Redesign, Huawei Satellite Texting & InReach Mini 07.09.2022

Jay White and Wiltz Cutrer   discuss the Apple iPhone 14 launch , Ring end-to-end encryption , Sony PS5 redesign , Huawei satellite texting & InReach Mini and more! They also dive into your personal tech problems. Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadgets and answer...

Everyday Tech | Back 2 School 2022 - Hearing Aids & Chip Makers 17.08.2022

Jay White and Wiltz Cutrer discuss hearing aids, PlayStation PCs, chip makers, supersonic jets, Meta and more! They also dive into your personal tech problems. Have a tech issue? Send them an email to:  everydaytech@mpbonline.org . Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadge...

Everyday Tech - Streaming Wars and Personal Printers 10.08.2022

Jay White and Wiltz Cutrer discuss media streaming "wars" and dive into your personal printer problems. Have a tech issue? Send them an email to: everydaytech@mpbonline.org . Wiltz Cutrer is an IT expert. Jeremy Thompson is a computer repair ace. Jay White is the show's host. All three guys love to tinker with the latest tech gadgets and answer your questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

Everyday Tech - Zuck Bucks, Email Fixes, Targeted Ads, Data Collection, etc. 13.04.2022

On this week's show, an email question from Shuqualak, Sue from Beaumont learns about data tracking, Rao in Vicksburg has a gmail issue with Windows 10, Anna in Hurley is having issues with an ad blocker, John Oliver did a monologue about data harvesting , the Twitter thread that Jeremy says explains why your phone IS NOT listening to you...because it doesn't need to, to know what you're doing any...

Everyday Tech - THAT caused my computer to run so slowly?!? 17.03.2022

On this week's episode the guys talk about how silly and thing you might least expect can cause hiccups in performance. Here's the email Jay's wife got last week. This week's tech news links . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyday Tech - Netflix Rate Hike, Microsoft Buys Activision 19.01.2022

This week, Jay and Jeremy discuss Netflix's rate hike, Microsoft's purchase of Activision, the aviation industry warning of the dangers of 5G signals near major airports, and much more! Here's this weeks show format in Notion, with links to a ton of the week's consumer tech news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyday Tech - The Motivation Behind Apple's "Self Service Repair" 08.12.2021

Here are some interesting tech news stories this week: Apple’s new Self Service Repair program is an opportunity to repair relationships Google's Gmail app now lets you make voice and video calls Amazon and Target play 'outsized' role in port congestion and pollution, report finds A hacker named Bowser agrees to pay Nintendo $10 million to settle a civil piracy suit Instagram launches 'Take a Brea...

Mountaintop To-Do Checklist 27.10.2021

A lost hiker ignored rescuers' phone calls, thinking they were spam... Everyday Tech is MPB Think Radio's show about consumer tech, and your very own personal IT department - all wrapped up into one convenient package. Jeremy will help you fix it, and Wiltz will help you keep it safe...and both can actually do either, so we're in good hands! TECH STORIES OF THE LAST WEEK: The US Copyright Office j...

Everyday Tech - Facebook Had A Really Bad Day 11.10.2021

This week on Everyday Tech: How a routine event brought down Facebook... How Telegram gained 70,000,000 users in one day... Google trolls Bing about Bing searches for Google YouTube TV and NBC Universal build a temporary bridge to nowhere... and You can now buy a keyboard that just copies and pastes. 'All of this happened very fast': How a routine event brought everything down at Facebook | ZDNet...

Everyday Tech - Universal USB-C? 08.10.2021

This week on Everyday Tech: The EU is pushing for across the board USB-C ports, including iPhones Australia’s Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People’s Facebook Comments Microsoft's Windows store is now open to third-party app stores Roblox and music publishers settle $200 million copyright lawsuit Roblox and music publishers settle $200 million copyright lawsuit | Engadget Microso...

Everyday Tech - Only 3 hours of gaming a week?!? 07.10.2021

This week on Everyday Tech: A guy unlocked almost 2,000,000 AT&T phones Door Dash introduces on-demand alcohol delivery Twitter will pay over $800,000,000 in an anti-trust lawsuit iOS 15 is out, we'll have some of the new perks China is severely restricting teens access to gaming, are they on to something? and a ransomware attack on a farming co-op? Alphabet's laser-Internet system has sent 70...

Everyday Tech - The New iPhone 13 is here! 06.10.2021

This week on Everyday Tech: The headline is the new iPhone 13 Battery, storage and camera upgrades are here macro photography and cinematic video What apple phones will get a price drop and which will be discontinued The iPhone 13 lineup and everything else just announced: Our Apple event recap iPhone 13 is here, and Apple upgraded the battery, storage and cameras iPhone 13 Pro cameras: Why this p...

Everyday Tech - Apple and its Fight Against Child Predators 08.09.2021

On this week's show: Apple has delayed its controversial child protection features, Jeremy has thoughts... Hulu is raising its prices again... YouTube says it has 50 million premium subscribers... Speaking of YouTube, TikTok has overtaken the tube in average watch time... GM has temporarily shut down North American factories because of the chip shortage... and...AI computers cannot patent their ow...

Everyday Tech - Terms and Conditions at Your Own Risk! 11.08.2021

On this week's program, Jeremy and Wiltz talk about the price of lacking IT security, the slippery slope of employers buying your personal data and using it against you, Apple's scanning phones for child sexual abuse images and the odd way they are going about it, electric vehicles, and more! THE LINKS: Brokered cell location data led to the outing and resignation of a Catholic official - The Verg...

Everyday Tech - Everyone Hates AT&T 04.08.2021

The boys take several call from listeners about cloud storage, surface-like tablet or laptop options, and of course, everyone's distain for AT&T. Here are some tech headlines from the last week: YouTube’s “Premium Lite” trial offers ad-free YouTube for €7 a month | Ars Technica Spotify is testing whether free users will pay a dollar to skip tracks | Engadget Amazon is offering $10 in credit fo...

Everyday Tech - New TVs and Broken Laptops and Flip Phones! Oh my!!! 02.06.2021

This week on Everyday Tech, our Skype call with Jeremy and Wiltz blows up....cause tech show, of course. The boys take calls about a dropped laptop, a new TV with the wrong connectors, Amazon sharing your wifi signal with all the neighbors "safely", where/how to get a non-contract flip phone, a laptop camera on the fritz, transferring info from one laptop to another and more. Also, we have dates f...

Everyday Tech - Making Applesauce out of Apple 26.05.2021

It wasn't even planned, buy the boys go on an Apple frustration deep dive that ultimately leads to a confession about cheese. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everyday Tech - The Shifting Sands of TV Streaming 19.05.2021

Jay and Wiltz do a bit of a recap of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, answer a question about what exactly VPN is and how to use it, and talk about AT&T's merging and spinning off of Warner Media and Discovery, while Amazon mulls over a potential $9 billion deal to buy MGM. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colonial Pipeline Shutdown - Ransomware Continues to Explode 17.05.2021

Welcome to Everyday Tech on MPB Think Radio. I'm your host Jay White, with Jeremy Thompson, owner of Computer Doctors and Phone Surgeons in Hattiesburg, and Wiltz Cutrer IT expert at Nucor Steel and IT instructor at Holmes Community College. Everyday Tech is MPB Think Radio's show about consumer tech, and your very own personal IT department - all wrapped up into one convenient package. Jeremy wil...

Everyday Tech - Tech Questions Answered 09.04.2021

Everyday Tech is MPB Think Radio's show about consumer tech, and your very own personal IT department - all wrapped up into one convenient package. Jeremy will help you fix it, and Wiltz will help you keep it safe...and both can actually do either, so we're in good hands! Today on the show... A USB-C headphone adapter for your phone that costs $200? Why? YouTube says it's getting better at enforci...

Biden, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Section 230 & You 27.01.2021

Let's discuss Section 230 this week! Ye olde Liability Shield Law! Should platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram be held accountable for irresponsible content created by it's independent users? Should they be held liable for damages regarding that content? Is there a difference between being liable and accountable? The recent change in the White House has brought with it new poli...

Everyday Tech Rewind - The Social Dilemma on Netflix 13.01.2021

This week's episode of ET was washed out by the mess in DC. So, we've dug waaaaay back the archives to three months ago for this week's Everyday Tech. On this episode of Everyday Tech, the guys deep dive into the issue of addiction to technology and specifically, social media. The topic was spurned on by the Netflix docu-drama  The Social Dilemma . According to the filmmakers, and their subje...

Tech Byte - Do I HAVE to stream my TV viewing? 12.01.2021

Jay and Wiltz take a call from a listener who's gotten the impression that if she doesn't convert to TV streaming, her favorite shows are going away. The guys point out that box-top cable is going nowhere, and that actually, as the cost of streaming soars, box-top cable companies (who also offer streaming and on-demand options) continue to add value back to their services. But, there are advantage...

Tech Byte - The Solarwinds hack from an IT perspective 09.01.2021

Wiltz Cutrer, an IT professional at Nucor Steel and an IT Instructor at Holmes Community College talks about the fallout, ramifications, and next steps forward for IT pros following the Solarwinds hack from December. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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