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This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro

Jeanne Destro

WAKR"s Jeanne Destro discusses a new tech topic each week!

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00:11:00

Art, Music & AI: Human Vs. Machine

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/12/15

Although people can't necessarily explain why, and often can't tell the difference; they still prefer art made by humans, over art generated by Artificial Intelligence. That's the word from a new study done recently by researchers at Bowling Green State University, and on today's edition of This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro, we're going to find out why, with BGSU Organizational Psychology PhD candidate, Andrew Samo. We also talked to Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer, producer, and

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00:10:35

Solving The Nation's Pilot Shortage: Walsh University...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/12/08

With a nationwide pilot shortage putting a real strain on the airline industry; Walsh University in North Canton is streamlining its Bachelor of Science in Aviation degree program. We talked to the University’s President, Dr. Tim Collins, who flies his own private plane, is a former US Air Force Fighter Pilot, and has also worked in Aviation technology research. Find out more about how they are aiming to help ease the ongoing pilot shortage, through an innovative, and collaborative degree program

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00:11:15

Uncle Sam Wants You! (To Help Fight Voice Cloning Scams)

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/12/01

From the "Grandparent Scam" where tricksters try to extort people for money by convincing them someone in their family is in terrible danger, to disinformation so toxic it threatens democracy itself; voice cloning enabled by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is posing unprecedented challenges to law enforcement, and to society as a whole. So, in an effort to safeguard consumers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched "The Voice Cloning Challenge", which aims to crowdsource innovative ways to

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00:16:32

Cameras, and Drones, and Tractors, Oh My!: America's...

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2023/11/18

Just days away from our annual Thanksgiving food extravaganza; "This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro” is focusing on the new technology America’s farmers are using to ensure we have plenty of food on the table. From cameras, drones, and autonomous tractors, to Artificial Intelligence and solar panels; farm operations are becoming increasingly more efficient and productive. As you’ll hear from our featured guest today, Professor Scott Shearerer, who is Chair of the Department of Food, Agricultural,

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00:28:17

Drink Up! New Clean Water Technology

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2023/11/12

"This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro" is all about water this week, which is perhaps kind of fitting, but not at all intended; as it just happens to come at the same time the City of Akron just announced they're increasing water rates for city residents by about $10.00 per month, starting in January. But, while Akron residents fret about the effect that increased water rates might have on their budgets; there are millions of people around the world who would pay a king's ransom just to have enough

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00:30:43

High Tech High: New Opportunities For NE Ohio Students

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2023/11/03

Today, a special bonus edition of "This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro" focused on two new programs in our community aimed at getting high school students excited about, and ready for careers in the tech industry. First, we'll be talking with the founder and CEO of information security consulting company, TrustedSec, headquartered in Fairlawn, and of the managed security service provider, Binary Defense, which is headquartered in Stow. As you'll hear from David Kennedy, he's just started a new

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00:14:18

Ultra High Speed Municipal Broadband On The Way For...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/11/03

This week, news that Summit County's multi-million dollar, 125 mile fiber-optic cable ring project, is now in the process of growing and developing into something much bigger and better. Originally conceived as a network that that would connect the County, through it's new data center, with 31 city, village, and township governments; now they're planning to bring more affordable, ultra high speed internet access like they have in Fairlawn, through their Fairlawn Gig municipal broadband, to all

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00:10:12

Big Money For Tech Development In Northeast Ohio

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/10/27

This week, we have more news about the federal government's efforts to both promote sustainable, energy-efficient technology, and to encourage manufacturing growth and job creation in Northeast Ohio. To further those goals, the U.S. Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), is investing more than $10 million dollars in a new program called “Manufacturing the New Energy Economy in Appalachia,” and $1.25 million dollars of that money has been directed toto MAGNET, the Ohio Manufacturing Extension

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00:19:42

Canton's Big Hydrogen Bus Bonanza

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/10/20

The Biden administration continues its push toward both manufacturing growth in states like Ohio that have seen massive job blue collar losses over the past several decades, and the widespread expansion of sustainable green energy alternatives such as wind, solar, and just this week; an up to $8 billion dollar investment in clean hydrogen. As part of that push; Ohio was included in one of the seven regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs established nationwide, and Canton, Ohio is one of the communities

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00:15:00

Online Learning: Lessons From The Pandemic

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/10/13

Three years ago at this time, no one had ever heard of COVID-19. But since then, the world has changed, and so has education—in particular— online learning. Like everywhere else in the country, Akron Public School students were forced to stay home and do their lessons online. They had live teachers leading the virtual class sessions, but then once the COVID case numbers dropped enough; the vast majority of the district's 20 thousand plus students went back to the classroom in person. Now, though,

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00:19:00

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro-9-28-23: Keeping...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/09/29

CNN posted an intriguing story this week, about how several voting machine manufacturers are conducting "stress tests", to uncover possible flaws that might need to be fixed before the upcoming 2024 election. While that was of course, welcome news; it did make me wonder just how secure are voting machines really are, in general, and what cybersecurity experts do to ensure they stay in tip-top shape. So, I asked Dr. John Nicholas, who many people in our area will remember as a Professor teaching

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00:15:11

What's Old Is New Again: Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries

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2023/09/22

Because lithium-ion batteries are used to power so many of the electronic devices we find indispensable these days, including computers, mobile phones, and cars, and because the materials used to make them can be both both scarce and difficult to obtain the federal government is keen on finding safe and inexpensive ways to recycle them. So, that's why the National Science Foundation (NSF) just gave the University of Akron a $250,000 dollar research grant. As you'll hear during my conversation

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00:09:57

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro-9-15-23: Big...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/09/15

The University of Akron NASA Robotics team made a good showing recently at a robotics competition at the University of Alabama, coming in eighth place overall, and first place, in the Project Management category. We talked to U-A Robotics team leader, Callie Lewis, about how their traditional focus on mining robots, will move in a new direction, as NASA starts looking at ways to build a base on the moon that can eventually serve as a way-station for their mission to Mars.

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00:17:20

Hacking The Hackers: FBI Drops The Hammer

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/09/08

It's been a busy week for Federal law enforcement, which both brought down a huge Russian cybercrime botnet, and also indicted multiple Russian cyber criminals for spreading malware and ransomware that resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars from victims worldwide. The indictments out of three different jurisdictions; Northern Ohio, Middle Tennessee, and the Southern District of California, allege the defendants used Trickbot malware and Conti ransomware to attack hospitals,

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00:31:57

Artificial Intelligence: Bias In A Box?

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/08/25

Most people have figured out by now, that when you watch an opinion show on Fox TV; you get a right wing, conservative point of view, and the same thing goes on the left, for MSNBC. Social media has also been overtaken by spin, and whether you’re on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), or Meta’s new X alternative; Threads; you just know you’re going to be frequently exposed to people with a particular political agenda. But what most people don’t know, (and that included me until quite

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00:19:51

HADAR: NEXT GEN THERMAL IMAGING

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/08/20

Imagine driving down the road on a dark night. Suddenly; your car slows and rolls to a gentle stop, just before a big deer that had been completely hidden from sight in the woods, darts out onto the road exactly where you would have been, if advanced thermal imaging sensors hadn't saved you from a potentially fatal crash. Sound far-fetched? Well, according to researchers at Purdue University, that could actually happen within the next few years, if their new HADAR technology is adopted by the

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00:17:39

Dark Patterns: How The FTC Is Fighting Big Tech...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/08/11

Most consumers know what it's like to feel cheated, scammed, and manipulated, and no one does it better, or on a bigger scale, than big tech. Old scams like "bait and switch", false promises, and teeny-tiny “gotcha” fine print, get new life on a much broader scale when millions of people worldwide find out that without their consent; their private information has been harvested and sold, they've been opted-in to ongoing subscriptions, or they've accidentally signed up for services that no matter

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00:14:17

Emerging Cyber Threats: Beyond Ransomware

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/08/05

Last week, we focused on cyber defense of government networks; today, we're looking at what is going on in the private sector, and how business owners and managers can deal with new and emerging threats. This is a major issue, because the number and severity of cyber attacks and data breaches continues to rise. In fact, they have become so common; many people don't even pay attention to news about them when they occur. Another day, another hack. Wash, rinse, repeat. But, as you'll hear today from

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00:35:16

State Helps Cities Fight Cybercrime

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/07/28

The State of Ohio is stepping up to help local government guard against, and recover from cyber attacks. The new Ohio Persistent Cyber Improvement (O-PCI) program will guide local agencies through three cybersecurity preparedness levels. Each level will consist of a five-step process for cybersecurity advancement: education, training, exercising, mentoring, and improvement. We talked about how that will work, and why it is so so important, with the Ohio National Guard's Cyber Security Outreach

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00:14:09

Tech Ohio-7-21-23

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2023/07/21

We've got big news about big tech projects in Ohio, including the Intel Semiconductor plant, Amazon's planned data center expansion, new highway EV charging stations, a high school tech internship program, and a new center for Advanced Air Mobility, at Kent State University. Listen now, for more.

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