Future tech: Useful or useless?

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Future tech: Useful or useless?

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Jan 28, 2020

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Technology is evolving faster than you can say "artificial intelligence." How does all this new tech impact our daily lives? In this episode of Komando On Demand, Kim explores a new world of gadgets — some useful, some useless and some in the middle.

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Jan 28, 2020

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