Tech News and Commentary Dave and the team discuss the FCC revoking a Chinese company's license, the growth of shopping on social media, an Apple update to opt out of Siri analysis, health tech and CES, facial recognition and the IRS, Ford's battery backup pickup, Peloton getting a new CEO, Meta's AI research super cluster, Call of Duty and Playstation, securing the battery supply, and more. Our guest this hour: Karl Haller, Partner at IBM Consumer Center of Competency Samuel in Jackson, Tennessee listens online and is participating with the free IT App and asked: "I have a question regarding my outside security cameras. I can view them inside the mobile app on my smartphone but I was wondering if there was a way I could view them on my laptop at home. I can't find any information from the manufacturer." 11-2022-H3S1.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/content.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/02-11-2022-H3S1.mp3 Samuel, unfortunately we wont be able to tell you without knowing the make and model. The real answer is that any camera that can broadcast to an app has the capability to broadcast to a browser and thats most likely how it was tested during development, but whether that ability is exposed to the end user is another matter. Some manufacturers send all of their data straight to their servers with no options to reach the local network to make it easier for an end user to access the cameras from anywhere, others do it to be able to charge a subscription fee to make them available anywhere. Of those some will only provide an app, others will allow you to log into their website to see the camera. And there are others that will allow you to playback the video on your home network without requiring it to go out anywhere else. Those can typically be played easily on laptops but require more of a setup on mobile apps (think setting up servers, and ports, and port forwarding, rather than just logging in). Depending on which cameras you bought, the manufacturer may fall into any of those categories, so without knowing more we wont be able to tell you if you can access your cameras from a laptop but if the manufacturer isnt advertising the feature, odds are it doesnt exist. Brad in Tyler, Texas listens on KTBB and asked: "I have a phone that needs to be upgraded and I'm thinking of going to a wearable only and not even having a phone. Are there any wearables like watched that are all-encompassing so that would be an easy transition to make? I text a lot and use my phone quite a bit." 11-2022-H3S4.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/content.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/02-11-2022-H3S4.mp3 Brad, yes and no. You can get watches that can have their own mobile connection and they are able to send text messages and make voice calls, or even do things like stream music or make NFC payments. There are several problems, though. Their mobile plans typically assume that theyre an add-on to a phones plan, so you will need to tack your watch onto someones phone plan to get it. Making calls and responding to texts using your voice works reasonably well, but its a pain day to day.