Battle Born Tech

Battle Born Tech

Got a tech question? So does your neighbor. Battle Born Tech is a call-in radio show from KNVC FM 95.1 community radio, hosted by Christy — brought to the podcast world so you never miss an episode. Real calls, real answers, and then Christy and Joe dig in with follow-up context, tech news, and tools worth knowing about. Thirty minutes. Zero ads. All community.

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June 2, 2026 29 mins
You Just Can't Quit Windows | Battle Born Tech · June 2, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, Your computer is lying to you — and this week, so is the Microsoft Store. Christy can't say "Ethernet" but he can warn you that the antivirus you're trusting may already be obsolete, cyber attacks have gone from a two-year threat window down to just 10 hours, and some critical Microsoft security ...
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Who's Running This Thing? | Battle Born Tech · May 26, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, Christy's computers can't sleep — they stay up until their updates are finished. Joe is equal parts fascinated and unsettled by the story of AI agents left alone in a virtual world for 15 days — and what happened when things went very, very wrong. Lee wants to know what an Administrator account act...
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May 19, 2026 29 mins
Don't Ask Don't Tell | Battle Born Tech · May 19, 2026 "There is no undo on log-off." This week on Battle Born Tech, Christy consoles the callers while Joe — hair somewhere between Scorched and Torched — warns listeners about AI that knows exactly how to get what it wants from you. Unusual offers. Fake urgency. Age restrictions. Sound familiar? Joe breaks down the signs before the scams ...
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May 12, 2026 29 mins
Tap, Talk, & Transfer | Battle Born Tech · May 12, 2026 This week it's all about the callers. Char is on a mission to tame her desktop — we walk her through clicking that tiny URL icon in the browser bar, hunting through the bowels of Windows for the perfect shortcut icon, and making her computer finally work the way she wants. Bruce faces a tough decision about his Samsung Galaxy Ta...
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May 5, 2026 29 mins
Trash Bubbles | Battle Born Tech · May 5, 2026 Everything is going to trash this week on Battle Born Tech — and we mean that in the best possible way. First, Linux drops a vulnerability so severe we blew past "hair on fire" and "pants on fire" and went straight to human torch. CVE-2026-31431 (or "Copy Fail" to its friends) is the kind of security story that ends with one piece of advice:...
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April 28, 2026 29 mins
Call the Graybeard | Battle Born Tech · April 28, 2026 Dennis has a Linux printer that won't cooperate. Robert wants to send a fax — yes, a fax, in 2026 — and nobody's judging... much. Brian got quietly dumped by eBay and isn't sure what he did wrong. This week on Battle Born Tech, we're reconnecting everything from print drivers to phone lines to broken marketplace relationships. Hair o...
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April 22, 2026 29 mins
Getting Fancy with Stupid Pop-ups | Battle Born Tech · April 21, 2026 Your browser's been hijacked. Your new laptop won't let you leave the Microsoft Store. And one caller just wants his apps to stop wandering around his screen. This week on Battle Born Tech, we're getting fancy with stupid pop-ups. Diane's computer is buried under a avalanche of fake McAfee warnings. Joan is trapped in ...
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April 14, 2026 29 mins
Bright Lights, Old Mac | Battle Born Tech · March 14, 2026 Your iPhone thinks it's the sun. A wireless mouse is lost without its tiny USB soulmate. And a dusty old Mac emerges from the closet — ready to work, but the web has moved on without it. Christy and Joe dig into accessibility settings, Logitech's Unifying lineup, and the honest truth about dancing with the one who brought you. Ba...
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April 7, 2026 29 mins
Battle Born Tech — "Losing Face" Broadcast April 7, 2026 | KNVC FM 95.1 Tax season brings out the scammers, and Christy and Joe are on it — starting with a firm reminder: "The IRS does NOT take gift cards for payments." If someone's telling you otherwise, hang up. Lee calls in with a facial recognition puzzle — his face won't unlock his iPhone. Christy's sympathy has limits: "You don't s...
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March 31, 2026 29 mins
Battle Born Tech "Your Windows Roots Are Showing" Broadcast March 31, 2026 | KNVC FM 95.1 Christy and the crew tackle three real-world tech puzzles. Lee's barcode scanner gun has an identity crisis — it doesn't know it's a keyboard. Donna can't figure out why her WordPress homepage keeps changing on her. And Lee discovers the hard way that downloading a Linux .tar.gz file is usually the ...
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March 24, 2026 29 mins
The FCC just banned new foreign-made routers — what does that mean for your next upgrade? Mitch needs home internet and weighs his options from cable to Starlink. Steve schools us on MoCA ethernet over coax and drops a warning for DirecTV users. Donna tries to fix her email and sends us deep into Outlook's Credential Manager. Real tech battles, real solutions — Battle Born Tech airing Tu...
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March 10, 2026 29 mins
Uninvited Guests | Battle Born Tech · March 10, 2026 This week, every caller's computer is hosting something it never invited in. Tom suspects a rootkit is hiding deep in his system — we pull out the eviction tools, including Malwarebytes (with rootkit scanning switched ON — it's off by default) and the legendary Kaspersky TDSSKiller. Jackson's Bluetooth speaker has a codec mismatch nobo...
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March 3, 2026 29 mins
Zoom In, Log In, Plug In | Battle Born Tech · March 3, 2026 This week Joe and Christy welcome three callers with three very different tech puzzles. Robert needs help making his screen easier to read — and a simple keyboard trick saves the day. Billy can't figure out who all these strangers are on his company's LinkedIn page, so the crew shares some tips for keeping your staff directory c...
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February 24, 2026 29 mins
Driving MS Dizzy | Battle Born Tech · February 24, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, Joan calls in about those mystery Windows lock screen photos and then surprises everyone by reporting that OneDrive actually worked — smoothly moving her files to her new machine. Then Lee wants OneDrive on his Linux-based Raspberry Pi 500, which sends the crew down a rabbit hole through websites, gith...
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February 17, 2026 29 mins
Broken By Design| Battle Born Tech · February 17, 2026 Real callers, real problems this week — David's printer has him asking what is "de fault," Bambi wonders if an expired antivirus trial should be tossed out as spoiled, and Kate finds out how bricks are made when the power dies mid-update. Joe also brings a timely warning about fake browser login windows that look legitimate but are q...
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February 10, 2026 29 mins
Defying Best Used By Date | Battle Born Tech · February 10, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, we're defying the best used by date — on hardware, software, and bad advice. We walk back last week's memory recommendations (turns out we went a little update-crazy), get in your face about why your iPhone needs Lockdown Mode before someone else decides it does, and break down the Notepad++ u...
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February 3, 2026 29 mins
Roughing the Data | Battle Born Tech · February 3, 2026 The Big Game is on, but the real action is happening on your devices. This week, Joe throws the first flag — a nasty WhatsApp flaw is executing code on your phone, and the fix is one setting away. He also sounds the alarm on feeding your personal data to AI: encrypt once before storing twice Christy brings a double header: a spicy ...
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January 27, 2026 29 mins
Password, Pirates, Pi | Battle Born Tech · January 27, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, the digital world reminds us that no one is safe. UnderArmour's massive breach of 72 million customer records proves your name and email are never as private as you think. Lee brings his shiny new Raspberry Pi 500 into the mix, wired up to an HDMI monitor but puzzling over missing audio. Annabelle...
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January 20, 2026 29 mins
Power Screen Pass | Battle Born Tech · January 20, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, the calls drive the conversation from start to finish. A Verizon user gets the classic fix — reboot your phone. Steve asks about Windows 11 battery health, leading to a deep dive on the powercfg /batteryreport command line tool hiding beneath the GUI, plus a tip to turn down screen brightness to extend...
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January 13, 2026 29 mins
A Host with No Backup | Battle Born Tech · January 13, 2026 This week on Battle Born Tech, Your data is gone. Your taskbar is stuck. And nobody can leave the Zoom meeting. Welcome to another week at Battle Born Tech. This week, Joe sounds the alarm on a sneaky security vulnerability hiding inside MMS text messaging and why switching to RCS might be the smartest move you make this week. N...
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