To Pay, or Not to Pay? That is the Question – DTNS Live 5141
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To Pay, or Not to Pay? That is the Question – DTNS Live 5141

B1IntermediateAugust 27, 20261 hr 9 min

Ransomware is a looming threat for any business or entity that has an online footprint. But we ask the big question. Should companies pay ransomware or not? We engage each other in a debate for the ages. Plus Walmart began accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay at its Walmart and Sam’s Club locations. Robb wants to ask us why aren’t more people using tap to pay? Xbox announced its disc-to-digital program that will let owners of physical game discs claim digital copies. You can use those digital copies in Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Cloud Gaming. St...

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Did anyone else read the book Carrie? The Stephen King book? Good day Internet! Good day Internet! I've seen a movie.

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What's going on with the Internet? Coming in hot. So Piper Laurie's character from the movie, in the book, because she's a very religious person, says, us pray. Um, and that also was, you know, bad stuff for Kerry. So I always think

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anytime anyone says, let us pray, I'm like, you hear pipe, pray. You hear the woman from Twin Peaks saying, let's kind of, yeah. Yeah, I know. What was her name? What was her character's name in Twin Peaks? Catherine Martell. The Martell's. Yeah. Pete and Catherine.

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