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What will be the impact of the Meta settlement?

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.    By now you have likely heard about the landmark 17.1 billion dollar settlement agreed to last month in a child safety case against Meta.   What will be the impact?     Teenagers under 18 now face a default cumulative two hour...
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Ancestry adds new tools and AI-Match Relationship Predictor & more

Wednesday, September 09, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.    More innovation from the folks at Ancestry in helping you learn more about relationships and your family history.   Senior Population Geneticist Aaron Wolf says AI is assisting in what the company calls its Match Relationship...
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Seratone Karaoke coming from Newtown Technologies

Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   If you are one of the many, many karaoke lovers out there, Newtown Technologies is doing some reinventing with the Seratone Karaoke system.    Founder and CEO Jean-Pierre Villeneuve..says it lets you use the speaker system you...
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Incipio Desk Essentials for back to school

Monday, September 07, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.     The folks at Sakar’s Incipio brand have created some smart products, Walmart Desk Essentials,  to help with organization and more for students…or maybe even for that home office.   Such as?  The company’s Ezra Laniado..“So things...
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Glo Pals brings screen free tech fun to early reading

Friday, September 04, 2026

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.   Adding more fun for early readers is always a good idea,  I think.  And Glo Pals is doing just that with a Magic Magnifier that makes books light p and come to life.     The battery powered wand illuminates hidden elements when...
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