PODCAST

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro

Jeanne Destro

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

technology tech news

All Episodes

00:27:05

Who Invented The Like Button?

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2026/01/23

Everybody, everywhere, it seems, wants you to "like" their product, podcast, delivery service, social media post, or whatever.But, did you ever stop to wonder, who actually invented the "Like" button? Well, business strategy expert and author, Martin Reeves did, and he turned what was supposed to be a short coffee conversation with Like button inventor, Bob Goodson, into a new book called "Like: The Button that Changed The World". Listen now, as Reeves explains how that seemingly innocuous

en-us

00:28:36

Rebooting Tech Culture

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2026/01/17

This was quite a week both for big tech developments, and big tech hassles.Listen now, to find out more about Verizon’s big outage , which affected more than a million customers on Wednesday. We'll also hear about how the US Government is planning to integrate Elon Musk’s controversial Grok AI into Pentagon networks, rising concerns about the potentially damaging environmental effects of data center expansion throughout Ohio, and new federal EPA air pollution rules that no longer take the

en-us

00:09:41

Career Pro Tip: Don't Be Yourself!

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2026/01/09

This week, all the reasons why the currently popular “bring your whole self to work” trend is most definitely not a great idea when it comes to being successful and effective at work. At least, that’s what organizational psychologist, author, and entrepreneur, Dr. Tomas-Chamorro-Premuzik, tells us his new book; “Don’t be yourself: Why authenticity is overrated, and what to do instead”. Listen now:

en-us

00:07:24

The Future Of Employment: Mechanical Engineering

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/12/30

This week, I interviewed Dr. Dane Quinn who is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Akron, while I was hosting the Ray Horner Morning show. I wanted to hear what he thinks about future employment prospects for students interested in pursuing that type of degree, in the face of so much change and disruption expected from AI.

en-us

00:06:46

The Future Of Employment: Mechanical Engineering

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/12/27

en-us

00:10:17

AI: The Good, The Bad, The Unknown

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/12/21

As tech giants ramp up their investments in AI, and artificial intelligence-driven applications continue to be deployed throughout society; both the costs and benefits of this rapidly developing technology were on display in dramatic ways this week.Listen now, as we find out more about how the Stock Market reacted to concerns about returns on investments in AI, how teen reliance on AI chatbots to alleviate loneliness is becoming a mental health issue, Disney licensing some of its most iconic

en-us

00:09:20

Trump Takes On States Rights In Legal Battle Over AI

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/12/12

There is a new legal battle brewing now between the Trump administration and states, including Ohio, over who gets to regulate AI.Congress recently punted on the question, when they refused to pass a measure embedded in the recent continuing resolution that reopened the federal government, that would have denied states the right to regulate AI. But that did not make President Trump happy, and just yesterday; he signed an executive order to stop "excessive" state regulation of Artificial

en-us

00:30:45

Artists Fight Back Against Internet Piracy: Who Will...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/12/05

Imagine you are a hit-making musician. Then, imagine that you are excited about sharing your work, and making a living, when– poof–it all evaporates because somebody, somewhere on the internet, just ripped you off. Well, that’s exactly what’s been happening to creative artists of all types, especially musicians, at an ever-accelerating speed since the dawn of the internet. And, because federal law shields digital platforms from getting sued for copyright infringement on the part of people who

en-us

00:10:42

Who's Minding The Internet?

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/11/21

Oh, the irony!While millions of other people were knocked offline for hours when the global internet infrastructure company, Cloudflare, experienced an outage on Tuesday, November 18; my online life at work was humming along just fine, as the critical systems I rely upon to keep our Newsroom and Morning Show running, just kept on ticking. But when I got home and started working on this show; something very weird happened. First, there was an area-wide Spectrum internet outage, which happened

en-us

00:10:20

Internet Threats, AI Music, and Better EV Chargers

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/11/14

Would you know the difference between an AI generated song and one by a real band, and if so; would you care?The answer this week seems to be "No" and "No", as a song entirely generated by AI is now topping the Country Digital Charts. Find out more about that, and other hot tech topics like Russian threats to the global internet, Denmark banning social media for children, a new way to increase the number of EV charging stations, and how some people are using technology to talk to God–or at least,

en-us

00:24:55

Tomorrow's Tech Dreams Start Here

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/11/08

From the touch screen on your phone, to the"Popcorn" setting on your microwave; there's somebody, somewhere, who had to figure out how to make that work for you, and hopefully; how to make it work in such a way that the experience was seamless, satisfying, and really served your needs.But that doesn't happen all the time. If you've ever yelled at your computer, tried unsuccessfully to pair your phone with your car, or even tried to cancel a subscription onliine only to find out the "cancel"

en-us

00:11:53

Got Ghosts? There's an App For That

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/10/31

From high tech hauntings, to new tech-related jobs in Northeast Ohio, 3-D printed homes, layoffs at Amazon, and more; we've got the latest in tech stories from all over the world this week.Find out more, listen now.

en-us

00:11:58

AI, Drones, and Robots, Oh My!: This Week in Tech...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/10/24

This week we're doing a roundup of some of the biggest stories in tech, including this week's AWS outage, a huge cyber breach, Amazon plans to replace much of their warehouse workforce with robots, and AI threats to musicians.Listen now:

en-us

00:19:27

Cleveland Tech Startup Fights Laundry Microplastic...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/10/18

While most of us are at least dimly aware that plastic in the form of polymer microfibers goes into making our clothes; it probably never really even crosses our minds that when we wash them; tiny pieces of plastic make their way into our environment.But when Max Pennington was a student at Case Western Reserve not so long ago; it certainly occurred to him. So, that's when he and his friends came up with a plan to put a filter on their washing machine to catch plastic residue from the rinse water

en-us

00:29:15

Universities Adapt, Adopt, and Cash In On AI

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/10/03

This week, we're exploring how two Universities in Northeast Ohio are using artificial intelligence.At the University of Akron, their College of Business just announced they are going to offer a brand new undergraduate degree; a Bachelor of Business Administration in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. The goal, according to Associate Dean, Dr. Debmalya Mukherjee, is to equip graduates with both the technical literacy to understand artificial intelligence (AI), and the

en-us

00:16:14

Retro Tech Rewind: Dawn of The Living VHS!

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/09/26

This week, we're time-tripping back to the 1980s, when hair was big, ties were skinny, and everybody headed over to the video store on Friday night to score the latest movies on VHS.But we don't have to rely on dim memories of Blockbuster days gone by, because we've got a museum with a real-life replica of an actual video store inside, called "Killer Video", in downtown Akron The museum, at 453 S. High Street, has a twist though, that makes it even more of "must see" this Halloween season. It is

en-us

00:09:08

AI, Healthcare, and Ohio Law

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/09/19

When congress declined to implement a provision that would have prohibited states from regulating AI for the next ten years in their recently passed "big beautiful bill"; that left Ohio free to come up with regulations that our own legislators believe will protect the state's residents from harm stemming from the use of this new and rapidly evolving technology.Right now, there is a bill (SB-164) pending in the Ohio Senate, that would regulate the use of AI in the health insurance industry;

en-us

00:10:28

The Moon, The Stars, Mars, & Robots!

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/09/12

This week, it's all things space, as we explore the possibility of life on Mars, Star Trek's upcoming 60th Anniversary, and the University of Akron's NASA Mining Robot team.Another new development this week that's newsworthy but unfortunately didn't make it into this a edition of "This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro", is that NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, has just been selected to lead the way on a new billion dollar effort to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon. But it's a perfect

en-us

00:10:30

Cash For Tech Workers: Ohio's New STEM Relocation...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/09/05

Want highly skilled STEM-skilled workers to permanently relocate to Ohio? Offer their employers cold, hard, taxpayer-generated cash to bring them here.That's what JobsOhio is doing right now, and you can get details on that story plus a whole lot more, like the latest on Google's big privacy fine, a last minute surge in EV sales before tariffs kick in, and a new data center planned for the site of the old Lordstown GM plant, when you listen to the latest edition of "This Week In Tech with Jeanne

en-us

00:11:38

Safety First: Fairlawn's New High Tech Connected...

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro ·

2025/08/30

The City of Fairlawn is embarking on an ambitious new plan to ease traffic flow and prioritize safety on State Route 18.They're spending $300,000 on a new system that will turn lights green ahead of buses and emergency vehicles, and warn motorists about adverse traffic conditions through a new mobile app. Listen now for details from Fairlawn Public Service Director Ernie Staten, in this week's edition of "This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro".

en-us

130 results

This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro

All Episodes

Similar Podcasts

Lead With AI

Tamara Nall

Linux in the Ham Shack

Black Sparrow Media

Data Engineering Podcast

Tobias Macey

Eye On A.I.

Craig S. Smith

Reflections

Livewire Labs