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Computer Talk: 'Spy' Chips Invade Apple & Amazon? (10/13/18 Hour 1)

2018/10/13
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Erik and Bob take your questions. Bloomberg reports that Chinese "spy" chips were implanted on motherboards used by Amazon and Apple. Apple and Amazon deny the Bloomberg report. Senators demand Google hand over internal memo relating to Google+ privacy breach cover-up. Also, Google CEO refuses to answer Senate questions about a censored search engine to be used in China. Football players burglarized after posting information on social media. Facebook pulls over 800 pages, accounts ahead of midterm elections, sparking criticism. An HP laptop user has difficulty getting sound from his computer after a Windows 10 update. A worker at a non-profit organization wants to know why e-mail is directed away from their e-mail account. A caller has trouble sharing files on the his network. A user wants to stop repeated requests to store photos to her Google Drive with Google Backup and Sync. A listener asks about using a separate laptop for banking purposes and if there is a suitable anti-virus application for use with an iPad.