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Oct 31
44m 11s

Computer Talk 10-31-26

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North Korea stole 6Bil in BTC in 20Min, AI used to translate old shipping manifests, Dartmouth Provost fired for representing scholarly work as his own when it was AI generated, OpenDNS Password special character issues, Fix your Mail Profile .PST , My Office Software is asking me to prove again I own it, Scam calls on my Apple Device, Need to re-load my OS. ... Show More
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