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Tech It Out

TikTok controversy, smart home tech with Vivint & Emporia Energy, bridging the gender gap in IT

We start off with Vivint to learn about its award-winning home security systems and versatile smart home platform• Speaking of your home, do you peek through your fingers when you open your electricity bill? We talk with Emporia Energy about its home monitoring solutions• Owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, I talk about the TikTok controversy during heightened tensions with China, plus age/time limit changes coming to those 18 and younger • Closing the gender gap – and pay disparity – between men and women in IT roles. We chat with ENTITY Academy about the work they’re doing to train women in areas like data science and software development• Thank you to ASUS, for those in search of incredible, for your support on the weekly and syndicated Tech It Out radio show, on 100+ stations, and popular podcast.• I also talk about Visa’s multibillion dollar anti-fraud efforts, Western Digital external drives, and more.
Broadcast on:
03 Mar 2023

We start off with Vivint to learn about its award-winning home security systems and versatile smart home platform• Speaking of your home, do you peek through your fingers when you open your electricity bill? We talk with Emporia Energy about its home monitoring solutions• Owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, I talk about the TikTok controversy during heightened tensions with China, plus age/time limit changes coming to those 18 and younger • Closing the gender gap – and pay disparity – between men and women in IT roles. We chat with ENTITY Academy about the work they’re doing to train women in areas like data science and software development• Thank you to ASUS, for those in search of incredible, for your support on the weekly and syndicated Tech It Out radio show, on 100+ stations, and popular podcast.• I also talk about Visa’s multibillion dollar anti-fraud efforts, Western Digital external drives, and more.