Radio Leo (Video): Recent Episodes
TWiT
A compendium of podcasts from the Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte. This feed includes all of Leo's audio or video releases and often includes his appearances on other podcasts. One feed to serve them all.
- Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wife
- Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' Dolls
- The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
- Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue
- Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
- Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track
- Google's learning
- OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows
- Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups
- Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
- Randy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.
- Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
- YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
- I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends?
- Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb
- Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting
- Nicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video.
- Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple
- Banjo Toss, the game
- After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M
- Research suggests people are getting more bored
- Times New Dumbass font
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- uscloud.com
- bitwarden.com/twit
Edge's data trick, Outlook's AI Themes, .NET 9, and more!
Windows 11
- The 24H2 quality issues continue, like a parade with no end.
- Patch Tuesday arrives
- Windows team says no Preview update in December... but what about November?
- Reminder of the Canary build last week with Prism emulator improvements. WHERE ARE THE ARM ISOs???
- Most recent episode of Run as Radio is worth discussing again here
- Dev and Beta: Nice new "run as admin" shortcut in Dev, minor changes in Beta
- Canary: Mostly bug fixes
- Microsoft Edge is using a new trick to steal Chrome data
- It's dead, Jim: Microsoft reminds world that Outlook will replace Mail, Calendar, People
- If you pay for Copilot (dummy) you can make custom Outlook themes now for some reason
- Quick laptop update: AMD Zen 5 vs. Intel Lunar Lake vs. Snapdragon X
Still more earnings
- Arm: $844 million, but disappointing. Also, Qualcomm legal battle looms
- Qualcomm: $10.24 billion in revenues, up 19 percent
- AMD to lay off 4 percent of (26,000 employee) workforce globally, focus on AI
Dev
- Microsoft releases .NET 9
- That means WPF support for Windows 11 theming is live
- But there's a surprise: Microsoft added one of the features we need
- .NET Conf is happening as we speak - Thursday is third-party day, and I am curious about Avalon and Uno announcements
- Qualcomm has a webinar tomorrow for AI developers and Snapdragon X
Xbox
- Surprise! Death Stranding comes to Xbox three years later to the day
- Phil Spencer talks PS5, mobile devices, more in a new interview
- MAJOR NEW ACTIVISION RELEASE ON GAME PASS
- Just kidding, it's some stupid purple dragon
- Friend requests now available (again) to all Xbox users
- Paying GeForce Now customers get monthly usage caps
- NVIDIA app replaces GeForce Experience, no need to sign in anymore
- Sony has sold 65 million PS5 consoles ... it needs 20+ million more to surpass PS3
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Quick Windows 11 Field Guide update
- App pick of the week: Stardock DesktopGPT
- App pick of the week #2: Quick Share
- Cocktail of the week: Salmoncito
Ingredients
- 1 oz. tonic water, plus more for topping
- 1½ oz. London dry gin
- ¼ oz. Campari
- ¼ oz. fresh grapefruit juice
- Grapefruit twist and grapefruit supreme (for serving)
Preparation
- Fill a highball glass with ice. Add 1 oz. tonic water, then pour in 1½ oz. London dry gin, ¼ oz. Campari, and ¼ oz. fresh grapefruit juice. Top off with more tonic water and stir gently with a bar spoon. Express oil of a grapefruit twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with a grapefruit supreme.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- uscloud.com
- veeam.com
- Bitwarden reaffirms it's commitment to open source.
- The rights of German security researchers are clarified.
- Australia to impose age limits on social media.
- Free Windows Server 2025 anyone?
- UAC wasn't getting in the way enough, so they're fixing that.
- "From Russia with fines" -- obey or else.
- South Korea fines Meta over serious user privacy violations.
- Synology's (very) critical zero-click RCE flaw.
- Malicious Python packages invoked by typos.
- Google to enforce full MFA for all cloud service users.
- Mozilla Foundation lays off 30%? Is Firefox safe?
- Some feedback from Dave's Garage (https://grc.sc/dave)
- GRC email
- CTL: AI Debugging
- CTL: Chat GPT vs YouTube Shorts
- CTL: Update on the "Train Tracks" Pic of the Week
- CTL: DNS Benchmark compatibility
- CTL: The accuracy of AI
- CTL: Exposing NAS to the Internet
- CTL: Congrats on 1000!
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1000-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
- flashpoint.io
- lookout.com
Leo got his M4 Mac mini! A new code has been introduced to iPhones that will reboot the device after not being unlocked for a period of time. The panel celebrates the 23rd anniversary of the iPod. And is Apple getting into the security camera & smart home hub spaces following reports from Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman?
- Review: M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple's best Mac minis ever.
- Apple quietly introduced iPhone reboot code which is locking out cops.
- Apple launched the iPod 23 years ago, and changed the world.
- Apple reportedly shipping a security camera in 2026.
- With AI, the future of augmented reality is in your ears.
- Misguided Apple Intelligence ads.
- Breaking news: Apple Home Hub detailed: Apple Intelligence, HomeOS, square iPad-like design.
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Pick: An A-Z Index of the Apple macOS Command Line
- Jason's Pick: Balatro
- Andy's Pick: Black Diamond Storm 450 Headlamp
- Alex's Pick: Blackmagic Resolve
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- threatlocker.com
- 1password.com/macbreak
- Apple launched the iPod 23 years ago, and changed the world
- Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops
- How the 2024 US presidential election will determine tech's future
- Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on election win
- AI didn't sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide
- YouTube dominated Election Day as viewers guzzled 84 million hours of presidential news
- The other election night winner: Perplexity
- Dogecoin and other memecoins surge as Trump wins presidential election
- Detroit to Accept Crypto for Tax Payments in Bid to Spur Tech Innovation, Fuel Economic Growth
- Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
- OpenAI defeats news outlets' copyright lawsuit over AI training, for now
- Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers
- OpenAI acquired Chat.com
- Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
- Roblox is banning kids from 'social hangout' spaces
- Reddit Passes Snap
- Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Dan Patterson, and Lisa Eadicicco
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- e-e.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- Tech in the new Admin
- TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope
- Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'
- Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions
- Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence
- The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
- Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
- NYTimes Games for the strike
- Florida Access Network
- WebCheck
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau
Guests: Emily Forlini and Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- uscloud.com
- 1password.com/twig
On Halloween, the last day of October, Microsoft delayed Recall again. It was supposed to preview in October, this is the third delay. No clear reason why. December now, supposedly. Plus, Paul gives an earnings recap that he didn't get to dive into much last week.
Windows
- New 24H2 bug
- More features coming to Prism emulator in Windows 11 on Arm (!)
- New generative AI features are coming to Paint, Photos, and Notepad
- Beta channel: Here's the new Windows Hello experience, with explicit references to passkeys
- Proton VPN is native on Windows 11 on Arm
- Windows Server 2025 is GA (and some are being mistakenly force-upgraded. This is what you get when you share a codebase with Windows 11, apparently)
- Google shifts Android development cycle - Major update each Q2, minor update each Q4, monthly feature/quality updates
A Tale of 2 Chips
- Paul reviewed the AMD Zen 5-based HP OmniBook Ultra, it's awesome. Paul is also reviewing an Intel Lunar Lake laptop, and it is not awesome
- Early glee around Lunar Lake was misplaced
- Laptop reviewers all report what Paul is seeing (for once), that the performance is horrific. You need to switch to "Best performance" power management mode for reasonable performance, but this hasn't solved all the issues
- COD: Black Ops 6. Average FPS under Zen 5 is 90 to 120 at native resolution/medium graphics, single and multi-player. Lunar Lake? 40 FPS with all graphics settings on low/very low
- Intel now says Lunar Lake is a one-off too (Meteor Lake was likewise a one-off, architecturally). It will no longer package RAM with processors because of margins. Lunar Lake rushed to market and was key contributor to recent financial issues
More Earnings Learnings
- Amazon: $159 billion in revenues, $27.5 billion for AW
- Apple: $95 billion in revenues, a small uptick in iPhone revenues
Microsoft 365/AI
- Some curious/confusing moves with Microsoft 365 for consumers: subscribers in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand are getting Copilot Pro credits with base subscription (Word, Excel, etc.), Designer, ... and the long-overdue and dreaded price increase
- This must be a test for the U.S. and western Europe. Feels inevitable
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Search. This is not the Google Search replacement you're looking for
Xbox
- It's November, so here's the incredible list of Activision Blizzard games now coming to Game Pass! Just kidding, but we are getting Flight Sim 2024
- Microsoft introduced an AI-powered support virtual agent to Xbox because something something AI
- Switch sales drop off a cliff, Nintendo will announce backward-compatible successor before the end of March
- Sony launches the PS5 Pro to meh
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Windows 11 minus the MSA
- App pick of the week: Docs in Proton Drive
- RunAs Radio this week: Software-Defined Networking using Azure Firewall with Aidan Finn
- Brown liquor MOVIE pick of the week: Whisky Galore
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- lookout.com
- threatlocker.com
- Google's record-breaking fine by Russia. (How many 0's is that?)
- RT's editor-in-chief admits that their TV hosts are AI-generated.
- Windows 10 security updates set to end next October... or are they?
- When a good Chrome extension goes bad.
- Windows .RDP launch config files. What could possibly go wrong?
- Firefox 132 just received some new features.
- Chinese security cameras being removed from the UK.
- I know YOU wouldn't fall for this social engineering attack.
- What's GRC's next semi-commercial product going to be?
- And what's the prospect for AI being used to analyze code to eliminate security vulnerabilities?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-999-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- 1password.com/securitynow
- bigid.com/securitynow
- Melissa.com/twit
As expected following the end of last week's MacBreak Weekly, Apple announced the new M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max MacBook Pros. Jason recaps the results of Apple's Q424. And Apple acquires Pixelmator.
- Early Apple M4 Pro and M4 Max benchmarks hint at a massive performance boost.
- Apple's new MacBook Pro features the incredibly powerful M4 family of chips and ushers in a new era with Apple Intelligence.
- Apple finally finds its gaming console with the new Mac mini.
- First M4 Max benchmark tears apart the M2 Ultra Mac Studio.
- Apple's Q424 results: $95B revenue–with a twist.
- A new home for Pixelmator.
- Per Ming-Chi Kuo: "Cheaper Vision Pro" delayed beyond 2027."
- Apple explores push into smart glasses with 'Atlas' user study
- Apple is buying 20 percent of its iPhone satellite services partner.
- US Consumer Finance Protection Bureau orders Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay over $89 million for Apple Card failures.
- Rumor: Apple developing 90Hz display tech for iPad Air, Studio Display, and iMac.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Everlights
- Alex's Pick: ESI Neva Duo
- Andy's Pick: Tot
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- veeam.com
- e-e.com/twit
- 1password.com/macbreak
- The panel discusses the implications of the 2024 US elections to the tech industry
- Alexa's New AI Brain Is Stuck in the Lab
- Why do we keep changing our clocks?
- ChatGPT Search
- Online political ads--we're almost done!
- Elon Musk Wants You to Think This Election's Being Stolen
- Open-source AI must reveal its training data, per new OSI definition
- Chinese sanctions hit US drone maker supplying Ukraine
- Digital ad market booms for Big Tech
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Shoshana Weissmann, Nicholas De Leon, and Amy Webb
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- lookout.com
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers
- Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
- Jeff: Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?
- Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Here's Why
- Instagram saves the best video quality for the most popular content
- Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely
- Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record
- Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth
- More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI
- Open-source AI must reveal its training data, per new OSI definition
- McDonald's Finds an Unlikely Savior to Finally Fix Its McFlurry Machines
- RIP Foursquare
- Craig gives CR $5 million for cybersecurity
- WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be 'fantastic'
- LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy today
- Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
- Trump's Truth Social valued at more than Musk's X after extraordinary rally
- Masnick on Elon Musk Events
- TikTok founder becomes China's richest man
- The Age of Cage
- Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
- McKinsey's 18 next big arenas of competition
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- veeam.com
- uscloud.com
- INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100
- cachefly.com/twit
Enjoy Leo's many hats in this fun and silly edition of Windows Weekly. Happy Halloween!
Windows 11
- Yes, Windows 11 version 24H2 got its preview update for October too, a few days late as expected
- 24H2 was a surprisingly big platform shift - no enablement updates - faster updates going forward
- Dev and Beta get new builds, minor changes in each
Microsoft 365/AI/dev
- Teams is... getting weird
- Microsoft 365 apps get Handoff support on Apple devices
- Notion Mail - a light alternatives to Google Workspace and M365?
- GitHub Copilot goes multi-LLM
- Apple Intelligence wave one arrives, mostly to indifference. Wave two in December. EU is getting it in the Spring
- New Macs this week with M4. But the big news? 16 GB of RAM, minimum. Finally.
- The Browser Company can't realize its vision for the future with Arc
Earnings/Corporate
- Microsoft and Google duke it out over Cloud licensing - This one is getting ugly
- Google - $88.3 billion in revenues
- AMD - OK, but dominated by Intel on PCs and NVIDIA in AI/datacenter
Xbox
- More games, more people, more devices, Microsoft says
- Less emphasis on console but what might a next-gen console look like? Arm? Mobile? Third-party hardware makers?
- Cloud Gaming is limited to the most expensive Game Pass tier - that has to change, and what about a standalone tier?
- Mobile app stores are coming - but what about native mobile games?
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 lands on PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and Cloud Gaming - Paul puts aside his grudge and gives it a shot
- Microsoft previews new Home experience for Xbox app on Windows
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: It might be time to look at the Raspberry Pi again
- App pick of the week: My God, it's full of web browsers
- RunAs Radio this week: Updating Windows on ARM with Aria Hanson
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry Black Label Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- uscloud.com
- threatlocker.com
- Melissa.com/twit
- Apple proposes 45-day maximum certificate life.
- SEC fines four companies for downplaying their SolarWinds attack severity.
- Google adds 5 new features to Messenger including inappropriate content.
- Does AI-driven local device-side filtering resolve the encryption dilemma forever?
- The very nice looking "Session" messenger leaves Australia for Switzerland.
- Another quick look at the question of the EU's software liability moves.
- Fake North Korean employees WERE found to install backdoor malware.
- How to speed up an SSD without using SpinRite.
- Using ChatGPT to review and suggest improvements in code.
- And Internet governance has been trying to move the Internet to IPv6 for the past 25 years, but the Internet just doesn't want to go. Why not? And will it ever?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-998-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- e-e.com/twit
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
- 1password.com/securitynow
It's new Mac week, and Apple is rolling out three new products. The new M4 iMac and Mac Mini have already been announced, and an updated MacBook Pro with the M4 chips is expected Wednesday. Apple Intelligence is now live with the iOS 18.1 update. Are you able to access Apple's AI yet? And Apple is rolling out the next wave of Apple Intelligence features in the iOS 18.2 beta.
- Apple unveils the new iMac with M4, supercharged by Apple Intelligence and available in fresh colors.
- Tim Cook is likely visiting China to bolster support for Apple Intelligence, analysts say.
- Apple ships $6 billion of iPhones from India in big China shift.
- Apple's all-new Mac mini is more mighty, more mini, and built for Apple Intelligence.
- Apple Intelligence goes live with iOS 18.1 update.
- Apple Intelligence .1 Review: A small start of something big?
- Apple Intelligence Isn't Very Smart Yet—and Apple's OK With That.
- Apple releases second wave of Intelligence features via new developer betas.
- Apple wins $250, but little else, at trial on watch patents.
- 'Oregon Trail' Action-Comedy Movie In Development at Apple.
- Starbucks to shutter downtown San Francisco storefront after 30 years
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Inkbird Pool Thermometer
- Andy's Pick: Don Giller's (Donz) Teri Garr Collection On Letterman
- Jason's Pick: Fright Night (1985)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
Delta Sues Crowdstrike, Hospital AI, Surge Pricing
- Foreign Election Interference
- North Korean hackers and bitcoin
- Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers
- Delta actually sues Crowdstrike
- Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
- Anthropic publicly releases AI tool that can take over the user's mouse cursor
- Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely
- Apple Sharply Scales Back Production of Vision Pro
- Kroger and Walmart Deny 'Surge Pricing' After Adopting Digital Price Tags
- Founders and VCs back a pan-European C corp, but an 'EU Inc' has a rocky road ahead
- Musk steers X disputes to conservative Texas courts in service terms update
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Stamos and Owen Thomas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- shopify.com/twit
- veeam.com
- lookout.com
- expressvpn.com/twit
- 1password.com/twit
- Requiem for Raghavan
- Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin Franklin
- Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now
- Google will block election ads after polls close
- LinkedIn is News Publishers' New Best Friend
- People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes
- Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts
- Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas
- Sam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrand
- Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen's Suicide
- On-device AI could make apps obsolete
- Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law
- Controversy after Polish radio station replaces human presenters with AI
- Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot
- Elvis Found Alive
- Thank you, Steve Ballmer, for a concert app that made me want to scream
Content Warning: The following story discusses the sensitive topic of suicide involving a minor. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988 or chat online at chat.988lifeline.org. If you are located outside the United States, please visit findahelpline.com to find a helpline in your country.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Nathan Freitas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100
- bitwarden.com/twit
- uscloud.com
In case you missed it
- You didn't. But Qualcomm canceled that Snapdragon Dev Box, will refund customers
- Qualcomm picked the wrong company for this
- Also, there are plenty of Copilot+ PCs and does it make more sense to develop against the type of PC your customers will use?
Windows 11
- 23H2 gets a preview update, as expected
- Copilot key customization, Gamepad for virtual keyboard, notification suggestions, etc.
- Qualcomm and Microsoft solve Paul's only hardware issue with Arm, more
- Qualcomm brings Oryon cores to the phone, comes out firing against Intel, and is sued by Arm
- Dev channel: That Gamepad virtual kb thing
- Canary: That Copilot key customization thing
- Photos app gets Super Resolution feature - Microsoft says in preview, but Paul sees it in stable
- Microsoft Store is getting "immersive trailers" because ADHD
Microsoft 365, AI, more
- Report details mounting tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI. Worst partnership ever?
- Several months after releasing Mac and iPhone ChatGPT apps, OpenAI delivers a comicly-named "early version" of it for Windows. Thanks guys, don't hurt yourselves.
- Microsoft announces first AI agents for commercial space, DIY in AI Studio
- AI in phases? Copilot is phase one, this thing that works beside you (app, essentially)
- Agents is phase two, this thing that works on your behalf away from you (service, essentially)
- Copilot comes to OneNote for Mac, iPad in beta
- Two years behind in AI, Apple has figured out the right quips and marketing messages
- As expected, Google gets a stay of execution (pardon the pun) in Epic case (also, pardon the pun)
- WTF is happening with smartphones? Did Apple and Google look at the 2024 Windows 11 Mess and say, we want us some of that?
- Apple Intelligence to roll out over at least four major iOS 18 updates and then forever
- Google rushes Android 15 dev to meet new August deadline for Pixel 9 series, whiffs it, and then delivers it 2 months late ... But at least it's jam-packed with AI
Xbox
- Age of Empires goes mobile
- In the wake of Xbox/Halo adopting Unreal Engine, Unity ships Unity 6 Engine
- Netflix shuts down AAA game studio - I could've saved you guys a lot of money
- New Xbox Wireless Headset more battery, better Bluetooth, new voice isolation
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Scott and Mark, sitting in a tree...
- App pick of the week: Affinity Photos 2.6 Beta
- RunAs Radio this week: Securing Data using Azure Virtual Desktop with Jim Duffy
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- uscloud.com
- flashpoint.io
- veeam.com
- e-e.com/twit
- Did Chinese researchers really break RSA encryption? What did they do?
- What next-level terror extortion is being powered by the NPD breach data?
- The EU to hold software companies liable for software security?
- Microsoft lost weeks of security logs. How hard did the try to fix the problem?
- The Chinese drone company DJI has sued the DoJ over its ban on DJI's drones.
- The DoJ wishes to acquire "DeepFake" technology to create fake people.
- Microsoft has bots pretending to fall for phishing campaigns, then leading the bad guys to their honeypots. It's diabolical and brilliant.
- A bit of BIMI logo follow-up, then...
- A look at the operation of the FIDO Alliance's forthcoming Credential Exchange Protocol which promises to create passkey collection portability
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-997-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
- flashpoint.io
- lookout.com
- bitwarden.com/twit
Updates to the iMac, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini are imminent. Are the AirPods Pro hearing health features actually good? Apple celebrates 10 years of Apple Pay. And Jason Snell shares his review of the new iPad Mini.
- From Gurman: Mac launch still expected after iPad mini press release.
- Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound.
- Tim Cook on why Apple's huge bets will pay off.
- Apple celebrates 10 years of Apple Pay.
- iPad mini 2024 review: A familiar friend gets an A.I. refresh.
- The FCC will soon require all hearing aids and phones to work together.
- Seven years on, Iowa's Apple data center finally opens.
- Apple headset stalls, struggles to attract killer apps in first year.
- Why surgeons are wearing the Apple Vision Pro In operating rooms.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: Casio Tidew Graph WS-1700H
- Alex's Pick: Anker Prime 27 Power Bank
- Jason's Picks: DaVinci Resolve & AutoPod
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- 1password.com/macbreak
- threatlocker.com
- cachefly.com/twit
- Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge
- Google asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay, says Epic ruling 'is dangerous'
- Canceling subscriptions is about to get easier
- The FCC is looking into the impact of broadband data caps and why they still exist
- Wyden: CALEA Hack Proves Dangers Of Government-Mandated Backdoors
- Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts
- X Will Soon Let Users See Tweets From People Who Block Them
- People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes
- US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software in 2.4 mln cars after fatal crash
- French court orders blanket blocks of porn sites
- Sam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrand
- Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
- Amazon debuts next-gen family of Kindle devices: First color model, fastest and lightest Paperwhite ever
- Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors
- Netflix third-quarter subscribers barely beat estimates as ad-tier members jump 35%
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brian McCullough, Cory Doctorow, and Jason Hiner
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- flashpoint.io
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- Fundrise.com/TWIT
- YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video
- Wimbledon tennis tournament replaces line judges with technology in break with tradition
- Citizen pruners
- The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained
- Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
- LLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem
- Google adds new features for Pixel along with Android 15 rollout
- October Pixel Drop: Helpful enhancements for your devices
- Google Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investments
- Google Shopping's getting a big transformation
- The latest Gboard beta lets you switch between Roboto and Google Sans fonts
- Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin
- Google Messages gets a new feature that makes it easier to keep private
- TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege
- The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites
- Joe Trippi starts a social network: sezus
- Short-selling company goes after Roblox to profit
- Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China
- Defector: Year 4 in review
- Doritos to open first restaurant
- AI - generated restaurant via Taylor Lorenz
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- uscloud.com
On this episode, Leo Laporte shows off his new Snapdragon Dev Kit to Paul Thurrott and Richard Campbell. He also tries setting it up, and the process is TOTALLY "seamless." AMD has revealed the Ryzen AI PRO 300 Series alongside Intel's launch of the Core Ultra 200S desktop processors. The FIDO Alliance has published new credential exchange specifications. Sarah Bond announces that Xbox games will be purchasable on Android. And Paul unveils his new "get rich" scheme... as he looks for some feedback.
x86's Last Stand?
- Intel and AMD announce partnership that is clearly aimed at taking on Arm.
- Intel was already working on simplifying the x86 architecture by removing older, unused bits
- Don't worry, Intel and AMD will still compete. And AMD just released new AI processors, with Intel also announcing first Core Ultra chips for Desktop
- Which raises a question: Why do the desktop chips not meet the Copilot+ PC spec?
Windows
- Redmond, we have a quality problem: 24H2 is besieged by a curious number of issues despite several months of gestation and a shared feature set with 23H2.
- Dev and Beta: Beta is minor, but Dev has some Taskbar updates
- Release Preview: New builds for 23H2 and 24H2 hint at this month's Week D preview updates - since this announcement, some features have been delayed
Microsoft 365/Surfac
- Google Workspace is adding a OneDrive (for Business) data migration capability
- Is there some new cloud interoperability thing going on? We're seeing this in the consumer space too. Wondering if this is related to regulatory attention
- A Lunar Lake Surface Laptop? Probably not
Passkeys Get Real
- As expected, FIDO Alliance will standardize passkey portability
- Two sides to this: Portability between devices but also import/export between password managers
- Amazon has 175 million customers using passkeys - one year after initial unveil
Xbox
- With Google antitrust loss, Microsoft vaguely reveals that Xbox games are coming to Android
- Long-forgotten ability to stream games you purchased over Cloud Gaming is now coming soon
- Microsoft settles BS "Gamers' lawsuit" for what we hope was a pittance
- The only gamers with a case to sue Microsoft are Xbox fans - one year this week
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more are headed to Game Pass if anyone still cares
- Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S mid-season replacements are here, and they come with a fun surprise
- New Xbox wireless headset is incoming
- Microsoft to host Xbox Partner Preview tomorrow, October 17
- Steam forced to communicate that you don't own anything you buy
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Check out the Thurrott swag
- App pick of the week: Arc browser, now native on Windows 11 on Arm!
- RunAs Radio this week: Pen Testing Yourself with Paula Januszkiewicz
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Jameson Irish Whiskey
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- threatlocker.com
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- uscloud.com
- uBlock Origin to the rescue
- National Public Data files for bankruptcy
- Will the .IO top level domain be disappearing?
- Patch Tuesday
- Firefox under attack
- Miscellany
- Sci-Fi
- The Sequence
- uBlock Origin
- Eero Routers
- Pep Link Router
- BIMI (up Scotty)
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-996-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- 1password.com/securitynow
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
New, refreshed iPad Minis were suddenly announced Tuesday morning! What does this mean for a possible Apple October event? What are Apple's future plans for the smart home market? Alex and Jason both saw Apple's new immersive short film, Submerged, and both have interesting takes on it.
- Apple introduces powerful new iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence.
- iOS 18.1 includes option to set 'primary' email address and change iCloud email.
- Man learns he's being dumped via "dystopian" AI summary of texts.
- iPhone 16 Pro review: Control before Intelligence.
- LLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem.
- SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms.
- Apple's Dan Riccio, key executive in both the Jobs and Cook eras, to retire.
- "Submerged" brings immersive narrative to Vision Pro.
- Here's Apple's lineup of new Immersive Video content coming soon to Vision Pro.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: PolyCapture
- Alex's Pick: Sonic Sunshine Benefit
- Andy's Pick: Erika Moen's "Art In The Public Domain" on Bluesky
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- threatlocker.com
- 1password.com/macbreak
- Elon Musk makes bold claims about Tesla robotaxi in Hollywood backlot
- The Optimus robots at Tesla's Cybercab event were humans in disguise
- How to send messages via satellite on your iPhone or Pixel
- US Weighs Google Breakup in Historic Big Tech Antitrust Case
- Hackers took over robovacs to chase pets and yell slurs
- More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them
- A Whole Bunch Of States File Garbage Grandstanding Lawsuits Against TikTok With The Main
Complaint Being 'Kids Like It' - Two Scientists Share Physics Nobel for Machine Learning
- Three Scientists Get Chemistry Nobel for Research Into Proteins
- This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat
- Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again
- How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain
- A closer look at Nintendo's adorable Alarmo alarm clock
- Samsung is turning your Galaxy phone into a smart door key
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- e-e.com/twit
- lookout.com
- expressvpn.com/twit
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- OpenAI Is A Bad Business
- Are We Now Living in a Parasite Culture?
- Taylor Lorenz, Chronicler of Digital Culture, Will Start Own Newsletter
- Twitter's value in freefall: Fidelity cuts estimate by whopping 79%
- Masnick: Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse
- Google showcases bizarre double-sided Japanese keyboard, which it won't sell — the keyboard uses a Möbius strip as its foundation
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Emily Dreibelbis
Guest: Ed Zitron
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- e-e.com/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
After a flurry of last-second pre-release activity, Microsoft shipped 24H2 a week earlier than expected! Copilot also gets a major update for individuals too, and Copilot+ PCs get more features.
24H2 is here!
- Last week's Week D updates did finally go out, first to 22H2/23H2 and then to 24H2
- That 22H2/23H2 preview update was apparently a hot mess Now Microsoft has issued a fix
- Windows 11 version 24H2 is fully available. Arm64 ISOs are coming soon
- The first LTSC version(s) of Windows 11 is now available - Windows 11 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) 24H2 + Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024)
- New Dev and Beta builds, not much new, but new Snipping Tools spreads further
- Canary build today
Copilot
- Copilot morphs into an AI companion or something
- Copilot+ PCs are getting new features, including one with a serious Recall vibe
- Microsoft is trying a different tact with the new AI features - explaining why they can be trusted. Can they be trusted?
- Microsoft belatedly explains why you can trust Recall
- As expected, Microsoft does a song and dance on changes to Recall, but notably never thanks the feedback it got from the security community. Good. But this is still a win-win, if just for opt-in and, now, uninstall
- Google pushes Gemini more in ChromeOS
Microsoft 365, More
- Microsoft finally kills HoloLens 2
- Germany has a plan for regulating all of Microsoft, not just the products that fall under the DMA
- Office 2024 is here for individuals too
- Intel rejects buyout offer... from Arm?
Xbox
- Xbox announces new games at Tokyo Game Show
- First Game Pass titles of October reveal a bonanza of Activision titles, is what I wish we could discuss
- Starfield expansion arrives on Xbox, PC
- J Allard joins Amazon for some reason
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Get the 24H2, refresh your recovery drivers/setup media
- App pick of the week: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements 2025 are here
- RunAs Radio this week: Data Security and Governance with Nikki Chapple
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Russell's Reserve 10
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- flashpoint.io
- Melissa.com/twit
- The Linux remote code execution flaw
- The CRUCIAL importance of Domain Control Security
- Roskomnadzor strikes a discordant note
- VLC gets a security update
- Tor and Tails Merge
- Telegram changes its long-standing "zero cooperation" policy
- Enshittification
- Bobiverse book 5
- Windows 10 notifications
- Experian woes
- Nuevomailer
- SpinRite
- Peter F. Hamilton
- Recall's Re-Rollout
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-994-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- bitwarden.com/twit
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
A classic news source for Apple information is shutting down. Following Meta's showcase of its latest Quest 3S headset, Gurman believes Apple has lost its way with the Vision Pro. And following Gurman's report, what could the future be for the Vision Pro?
- iMore is shutting down.
- Apple to donate towards Hurricane Helene relief efforts, Tim Cook says.
- Meta's new headsets show Apple has lost its way with the Vision Pro.
- Meta and Apple: Same game, different rules.
- AI spatial computing to be the main selling point for new M5-powered Vision Pro; new Apple suppliers like Zhaowei in focus.
- James Cameron joins board of Stability AI in coup for tech firm.
- Second judge implies Apple lied in Epic lawsuit; denies request.
- Apple asks US judge to toss App Store injunction.
- The iPhone 16 Pro Camera review: Control.
- Peanuts 'Charlie Brown' holiday specials streaming on Apple TV+ now, with free viewing select dates.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Tally ATEM
- Jason's Pick: Croissant
- Andy Pick: Sunsama
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- e-e.com/twit
- 1password.com/macbreak
- veeam.com
CA AI Bill Veto, Meta's Orion, FTC Vs. Fake Reviews
- Sam Altman's AI Manifesto
- News from Meta Connect
- Gavin Newsom vetoes sweeping AI safety bill, siding with Silicon Valley
- The Panel discusses CoPilot
- The Panel debates AGI
- James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm
- SAG-AFTRA Calls Strike Against 'League of Legends'
- Rabbit says only 5,000 people use the R1 daily
- Orion: True AR Glasses Have Arrived
- AI smackdown: How a new FTC ruling just protected the free press
- DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says
- Firefox Review Checker - Ensure review authenticity in your online shopping
- New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations
- The DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms
- NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules
- Some Mad Genius Put ChatGPT on a TI-84 Graphing Calculator
- 23andMe troubles, company recently settled data insecurity suit for $30 mil
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Denise Howell, Parmy Olson, Daniel Rubino, and Henry Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- 1password.com/twit
- shopify.com/twit
- veeam.com
- flashpoint.io
- Stanley Is Releasing Collectible Tumblers Every Day This Week to Honor Different Decades of Barbie
- EssilorLuxottica extends smart glasses partnership with Meta
- Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into 'god mode' with latest AI post
- AI conversation about Jeff's book
- The Paris show
- Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says
- Google TV adds several more free channels including The Bob Ross Channel
- YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
- Google's passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwords
- New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free
- Google Photos is getting a redesigned video editor
- Google's Gemini AI might soon appear in your corporate Workspace
- Google Earth AI eliminates clouds
- Ahead of Gemini coming to Google Buds, Hey Google & Voice Match Settings Change on Headphones
- Quote Origin: I Had Exactly Four Seconds To Hot Up the Disintegrator, and Google Had Told Me It Wasn't Enough
- Project Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because 'Generative AI Has Polluted the Data'
- Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce
- Marques Brownlee says 'I hear you' after fans criticize his new wallpaper app
- Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassing
- McDonald's touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened
- Mullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providers
- Introducing HP Print AI, Industry's First Intelligent Print Experiences
- The 90s Executive Yes Man
- More Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- cachefly.com/twit
Windows 11
- 24H2 is following a now-familiar trajectory to release. Right, it's chaos
- Microsoft issues last-second updates to 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 in the Release Preview on Monday. Paul predicted these would turn into our Week D updates later in the week and that we'd get nothing on Tuesday
- Dev and Beta channels got some interesting updates recently as well
- The Windows App is now available on Windows, Mac, and iOS
- HP announces two new flagship AI PCs, one AMD and one Intel. Plus a lower-cost 8-core Snapdragon model. This is officially a trend.
- A week after providing details about the September 2024 firmware update for Surface Laptop 7, Microsoft confirmed it shipped the same update to Surface Pro 11. This has had a major negative effect on the device's instant-on capabilities
Microsoft 365, cloud, AI
- Microsoft is reviving Three Mile Island and other headlines I never thought I'd write
- Google formally complains about alleged Microsoft antitrust abuses in the EU
- LinkedIn is training AI with your data. You can turn it off because Microsoft loves opt-out
- Microsoft issues a SFI progress report and they are doing GREAT, thank you very much
- Gemini comes to Workspace
- Apple Intelligence will hoover 4GB of drive space on iPhones to start, more later as more features are added
More!
- Qualcomm makes another offer to acquire Intel
- Investment firm offers Intel a $5 billion lifeline
- Arc just experienced its first major security incident and handled it really well
- Raspberry Pi reports its first-ever earnings
- Paul has finished updating .NETpad for Windows 11 theming support in .NET 9, will put code up in GitHub after .NET ships in stable
Xbox
- A new tell-all about Blizzard, Activision, and Xbox arrives October 8
- Game Pass features are coming to Xbox mobile app where they belong
- Also, Game Bar Compact mode as part of September Xbox Update
- New Indie Selects titles
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for preorder and it will look a lot better and take up a lot less disk space
- Xbox Ambassador's Program is dead, Jim
- Xbox spends $1 billion per year to acquire Game Pass titles
- Xbox figured out how to reduce its carbon emissions. You know, besides selling fewer consoles
- Sony announces 30th anniversary PS5 collection
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Stop paying so much for everything
- App pick of the week: A week of browser-adjacent updates
- RunAs Radio this week: Windows Server 2025 and Active Directory with Orin Thomas
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Hatozaki Small Batch
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- e-e.com/twit
- lookout.com
- bigid.com/windowsweekly
- veeam.com
Join Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent as they commentate on Mark Zuckerberg's keynote at Meta Connect 2024 and discuss some of the things that debuted at the keynote, such as the Meta Quest 3S, Llama 3.2, and the prototype Meta Orion AR Glasses.
Meta Connect 2024 - https://www.facebook.com/MetaforDevelopers/videos/449444780818091
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- The case of the exploding pagers and walkie-talkies
- "Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads"
- Another large chunk of personal data exposed
- Passkeys takes a big step forward: Now supported by Chrome
- A nascent 9.9 Linux Unauthenticated RCE?
- Freezing Credit
- Credit Bureaus
- Drobo 5N
- SN email labeled as spam
- Public Wi-fi saftey
- SN for Certs
- Windows Defender
- Kaspersky exits the U.S.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-993-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- bigid.com/securitynow
- e-e.com/twit
The panel talks about the new iPhone 16s, with some having the devices in hand. Why was the Halide camera app initially rejected from the App Store? Apple has updated its vintage and obsolete list: Is your device on the list now? The upcoming 28 Years Later film was apparently shot on the iPhone 15. Apple TV+ got 10 Emmys.
- iFixit tears down the iPhone 16.
- From Ming-Chi Kuo: Estimates of first weekend of new iPhone sales.
- Halide rejected from the App Store because it doesn't explain why the camera takes photos.
- iPhone 16 firmware can now be restored wirelessly from another iPhone.
- Apple working to fix iPadOS 18 bug that bricked M4 iPad Pro.
- Firefox no longer works after upgrading to macOS Sequoia.
- Apple adds these 12 Macs to vintage and obsolete products lists.
- RCS-enhanced iMessage in iOS 18 still has security issues when adding Android users.
- Wear OS watches might soon have an edge when it comes to blood oxygen.
- Apple Vision Pro's eye tracking exposed what people type.
- Oprah buys back her Apple TV+ documentary to lock it away.
- 28 Years Later: Danny Boyle's new zombie flick was shot on an iPhone 15.
- Apple TV+ gets GLAAD's only failing grade in annual LGBTQ representation study.
- Apple TV+ bags 10 Emmys, including first for Slow Horses.
- Apple Music Classical 2.0 adds thousands of full album booklets.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: Flightaware Live iPhone Tracker
- Alex's Pick: The Noun Project
- Jason's Pick: Small USB to USB C Adapters for travel
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
Amazon Returns to Office, CA AI Bill, Elon Backs Down
- Discussion of the iPhone 16
- Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days
- Hezbollah Pagers Explode in Apparent Attack Across Lebanon
- Elon Musk's X Backs Down in Brazil
- Bluesky tops 10 million users
- Newsom signs California bill to limit 'addictive' social media feeds for kids
- The AI bill driving a wedge through Silicon Valley
- Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI
- Bill requiring AM radio in new cars gets closer to law
- Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December
- Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Ben Parr, Alex Lindsay, and Rob Pegoraro
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- expressvpn.com/twit
- shopify.com/twit
- veeam.com
- The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
- Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders
- Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight
- Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'
- America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
- Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla — and they might tow it
- NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools
- Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
- AI's impact on elections is being overblown
- AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient
- Anil Dash: How Oprah will screw up the AI story
- The winners of Michigan's 2024 "I voted" sticker contest
- Diggnation 2.0
- Android Has Five New Features Out Today
- Google Removing Poor-Quality Android Apps From Play Store to Boost Engagement
- Google Clock rolling out new Timer Starter widget
- Google renames TensorFlow Lite to LiteRT, TensorFlow brand remains
- YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens
- The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes
- Carbonara in a can? Chefs get shirty but Heinz is unrepentant
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- veeam.com
- e-e.com/twit
In this week's episode, Paul is in Germany in preparation for IFA 2024. Some of the big PC players have made timely hardware announcements, including Intel launching their Core Ultra 200V series processors, Qualcomm revealing an 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip, and Dell listing a new XPS 13 laptop for preorder. Plus, does the Wall Street Journal have something for Intel? A suspiciously-timed gaming article might suggest so. Tune in for more news on all the related companies, from HP and NVIDIA to Proton and Google!
IFA begins (just kidding)
- Microsoft comes clean on Copilot+ PC features on non-Snapdragon X PCs: Next-gen AMD and Intel systems will get Copilot+ PC features in November, but will not be called Copilot+ PCs
- Intel formally launches Lunar Lake as Core Ultra processor Series 2
- Dell announces Lunar Lake-based XPS 13, pre-order now
- Qualcomm launches 8-core Snapdragon X Plus processor
- Google Drive is going native on Arm - And ExpressVPN and NordVPN are live on Arm now!
- Richard got an email from Arrow Electronics about his Snapdragon Dev Kit (and what happens next will shock you!)
- Surface Pro 11, Surface Pro 7 for Business - plus 5G coming to Surface Pro 10 for Business
- Is the recent WSJ piece an Intel hit job?
Windows
- Windows 11 version 24H2 - Some clarity? Come on!
- Everyone announces that you'll be able to remove Recall from Windows 11. You won't
- New Canary and Beta builds (last week) - lots of things in both, for a change
- Vivaldi is fully optimized for Windows 11 on Arm
- HP earnings: Slim growth, thanks to PCs
AI
- Copilot Wave 2 event is coming soon. The great rebrandening?
- UK CMA OK's Microsoft "acqui-hire" of Inflection. Oh, and it's a merger
- ChatGPT now has 200 million active users
- Firefox 130 offers third-party AI chatbots
- More Apple Intelligence in latest betas
- Proton Scribe is available to consumers now too
Antitrust
- Microsoft complains to UK CMA about Apple App Store fees, licensing
- Plus, Apple keeps getting passive aggressive with those that complain about its business practices
- Yelp finally sues Google
- Intel is considering breaking itself up to survive - will likely take baby steps first
- NVIDIA seems to be OK, but next year will be interesting. Oh wait, the stock just cratered
Xbox
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Early access is here
- More Game Pass titles appear, none from Activision Blizzard
- PlayStation 5 Pro design leaks
- Sony has its Redfall moment, launches and then kills Concord
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Looking for a cheap gaming laptop?
- App pick of the week: Windows App
- RunAs Radio this week: Evolving Generative AI with Alison Cossette
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Cley Whisky Palo Cortado
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- flashpoint.io
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- Melissa.com/twit
- lookout.com
- Telegram puts End-to-End Privacy in the Crosshairs
- Free security logging is good for everyone
- CrowdStrike hemorrhaging customers
- Microsoft to meet privately with EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) vendors
- Yelp's Unhappy with Google
- Telegram as the hotbed for DDoSass – DDoS as a Service
- Chrome grows more difficult to exploit
- Cox Media Group's "Active Listening" has apparently not ended
- Cascading Bloom Filter follow-up
- Closing the Loop
- Is Telegram an encrypted app?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-990-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bigid.com/securitynow
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Could the next Mac Mini lose all of its USB-A ports? Did Apple shape a part of a Child Safety Bill? Will a new iPhone SE with an OLED display be announced? Plus, is there an actual rule with Apple that disallows villains in movies or TV shows from using an iPhone?
- Apple's succession strategy; M4 Mac Mini; cheaper iPad Magic Keyboard.
- Who is John Ternus, the Apple exec tipped to take over from Tim Cook?
- Apple helped nix part of a child safety bill. More fights are expected.
- iPhone SE 4 will finally ditch LCD for OLED in early 2025.
- Rumor: Apple developing updated Magic Keyboard for entry-level iPad, iPad Air units.
- Jennifer in paradise: the story of the first Photoshopped image.
- Apple and Nvidia in talks to invest in OpenAI.
- Is Apple's 'No Villain Clause' for iPhones on-screen real? The truth about the tech company's rule for movies and TV shows.
- Today in Apple history: Woz stages an epic concert
Picks of the Week:
- Alex Pick: Streamvoodoo Camera
- Andy's Pick: Raindrop.io Bookmark Manager
- Jason's Pick: LaMetric Time
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- veeam.com
- e-e.com/twit
AnandTech Shuts Down, Brazil Bans X, Alexa Revamp
- Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp
- Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Held Over Alleged Child Protection Failures on App
- Telegram founder Pavel Durov transferred from police custody to court after arrest in France
- Brazil judge orders suspension of Elon Musk's X
- Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'
- End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
- Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it's not a joke
- Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know
- Tom Hanks warns followers to be wary of 'fraudulent' ads using his likeness through AI
- China's AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips
- 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Review: A Search for a Black Luminary
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Doc Rock, Louis Maresca, and Wesley Faulkner
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- flashpoint.io
- bitwarden.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- Fundrise.com/TWIT
- Melissa.com/twit
- Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
- TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's death, US court rules
- Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service
- Also: New York's Largest Hospital System Is Setting Its Sights on the Entertainment Business
- RE Fast Co new town story" The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down
- How activists derailed Big Tech billionaire's dream city in California
- Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case
- Google Keep rolling out AI-powered 'Help me create a list' on Android
- Pixel 9 demo
- Google Wallet now works for California driver's licenses
- Google TV has added a few more new free channels
- Google Chat adds support for IFTTT integrations
- Google finally lets you record phone call audio in the US, but only on the Pixel 9
- Google Pixel 9 launches 'Adaptive Touch,' improves screen sensitivity while wet, etc
- 'Megalopolis' Cuts Ties With Marketing Consultant Behind Trailer Debacle; Fabricated Critic Quotes Were Generated By AI
- OpenAI Shows 'Strawberry' AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop 'Orion'
- Printful for hats
- wyze birdfeeder
- The Unbearable Slowness of Being
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- cachefly.com/twit
It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are?
Windows 11
- Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update
- Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time
- Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more
- Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage
- Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you
M$FT
- Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.)
- Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units
- Microsoft: It's all about transparency!
- Paul: Nope
Hardware
- Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet
- ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes
- Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts
- Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame
- Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things
- Apple announces launch event
- Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives
Magic of Software
- Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet
- LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm!
- Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP
- Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage)
- Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile
- Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more
- Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts
- Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October
- Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some
Xbox
- Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features
- Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft
- Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now
- App pick of the week: Win11Debloat
- RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- bigid.com/windowsweekly
- e-e.com/twit
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- Melissa.com/twit
- CrowdStrike Exec's "Most Epic Fail" Award
- Hardware backdoors discovered in Chinese-made key cards
- Counterfeit CISCO networking gear
- SpinRite
- Errata
- NPD breach updates from listeners
- Looking back at old SN episodes
- Cascading Bloom Filters
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-989-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- 1password.com/securitynow
- e-e.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100
We finally have a date for Apple's September Event. Will M4-based Macs be released in October? A rare announcement of a transition in a key Apple role. Apple makes a statement about the browser choice screen for EU users. And can you really dry off your wet phone with the power of bass?
- Apple event announced for September 9: "It's Glowtime".
- Here's everything to expect at next month's Apple event.
- Rumor: Apple has begun testing four M4-based Macs, will release the new models in October.
- Apple announces Chief Financial Officer transition.
- Meta cancels high-end mixed reality headset after Apple Vision Pro struggles.
- "Ted Lasso" heads toward Season 4 greenlight with options pickup for 3 core cast members.
- Apple rethinks its movie strategy after a string of misses.
- Typing these four characters could crash your iPhone.
- Can a YouTube video really fix your wet phone?
Picks of the Week:
- Mikah's Picks: Jewelers Loupe & Plebs
- Andy's Pick: Capt. Grace Hopper
- Alex's Pick: Polycam
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- 1password.com/macbreak
Pavel Durov Arrested, Hacking Bikes, Apple Event Rumors
- Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies
- Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
- Elon Musk to the Rescue
- Tesla purging old blog posts claiming all cars have level 5 automated driving hardware
- National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords – Krebs on Security
- Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster -
- Olympics talk
- Black Myth: Wukong Makes Gaming History in Launch Day Frenzy
- Bicycles Can Be Hacked Now
- American Radio Relay League confirms $1 million ransom payment
- When Is Apple Announcing the iPhone 16? Apple Planning Event on Sept. 10, 2024
- Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Sam Abuelsamid, and Reed Albergotti
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- 1password.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- Fundrise.com/TWIT
- lookout.com
- shopify.com/twit
- Epic judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store monopoly
- Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die
- OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast
- Deal in california
- xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes
- Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel
- The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews
- Palantir's Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America's Future
- Roblox is Already the Biggest Game In The World. Why Can't It Make a Profit (And How Can It)?
- Looks and Gaming: Who and Why?
- 2024 Winners | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
- Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster
- Google went public 20 years ago—what your $1000 investment would be worth today
- Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming's capital city
- More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election. The campaigns have been wary.
- Russia's AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says
- Gmail can turn 'rough notes' into a full draft with Gemini 'Polish'
- Google's Stunning New Android AI Feature Instantly Locks Phone Thieves Out
- I tried Google's Pixel Screenshots and it's everything I'd want an AI feature to be
- Early hands-on with Google Pixel 9's AI Call Notes reveals disappointing restrictions
- Google Play will no longer pay to discover vulnerabilities in popular Android apps
- Trap
- Where have all the Burners gone? Shops catering to Burning Man brace for slow season
- Inside the opulent world of six-figure kids birthday parties in Silicon Valley
- TikTok Parrot is 'attention hog' and smart as human toddler, owners say
- Paris 'n' pals need this
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- betterhelp.com/TWIG
This episode of Windows Weekly has Paul, Richard, and Leo chatting about everything from Microsoft Recall's upcoming availability to AMD's move to acquire ZT Systems. Paul reviews a new Meteor Lake-equipped laptop from HP, and Leo shows off his Diablo skills on iPad. The group also takes a look at gamescom news, including a trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (which has a release date!) and an awesome Xbox Adaptive Joystick for accessibility.
Windows 11
- Recall will ship with Windows 11 24H2 in preview in October
- Canary (last week) - New Sandbox, FAT32 improvements, more
- Dev and Beta - One new feature, one removed feature
- Lenovo revenues point to ongoing PC market rebound
- HP's efforts to overcome Meteor Lake problems are about as successful as they can be
Microsoft 365
- Unified Teams client is now available
- Supposedly Loop 2.0 is out and/or coming soon as well
- Proton shifts ownership to non-profit foundation
AI/Hardware
- Paul: I will not pay for AI
- AMD tries to acquire its way into being an Nvidia competitor
- There's a cheaper new Raspberry 5
Antitrust
- Judge in Epic v. Google: Oh, Google is going to pay
Dev
- Quick follow-up to last week's VS 2022 releases
- Microsoft didn't document an important change to how Windows 11 theming works in .NET 9 Preview, all hell broke loose
- Continued work on WPF app modernization—dialogs, custom title bar area—and a long chat with Rafael uncovers the serious problems remaining here
Xbox
- Xbox Insiders can test Game Pass Standard for $1
- Microsoft shows off lots of Xbox games and one PS5 game at gamescom
- Phil Spencer defends this strategy at the show
- Microsoft's Xbox Series X|S refreshes are available for preorder, ship in October
- Microsoft announces new Xbox accessibility accessories
- New Game Pass titles to include early access to COD: Black Ops 6
- Nvidia GeForce Now adds auto sign in to Xbox
- Epic Games Store launches on Android and iOS
- It's not just regular laptops that are getting better at gaming: AAA mobile gaming is real
- New Atari 7800
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Windows on Arm - Then and Now
- App pick of the week: Start11
- RunAs Radio this week: Threat Modeling in the Cloud with Romina Druta & Daniela Cruzes
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Armorik Sherry Cask
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- bigid.com/windowsweekly
- betterhelp.com/WINDOWS
- Revocation Update
- GRC's next experiment
- Patch Tuesday
- "The Famous Computer Café"
- IsBootSecure
- GRC Email
- Working through WiFi Firewalls
- Transferring DNS
- OCSP attestation vs. TLS expiration
- Platform key expiration
- National Public Data
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-988-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Several Microsoft apps for macOS have been found to have security vulnerabilities. Fortnite returns to the iPhone in the EU. Select people have received demos of the upcoming visionOS 2.0. 9th-gen iPads are available at Amazon and Best Buy for the lowest price ever: $199! And what could be Apple's biggest competition in India? It couldn't be itself and used iPhone sellers, could it?
- The English Premier League will ditch its hated VAR Offside Tech for a fleet of iPhones.
- Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products.
- Flaws in Microsoft apps could let attackers spy on users.
- Jason's interview with Zach Gage.
- Fortnite is back on the iPhone — with a whole app store in tow.
- Competing in search — Benedict Evans.
- "Apple is apparently giving Secret (or just "private") Demos showing off VisionOS 2.0 features that have yet to appear in beta, plus some kind of enterprise AR demos."
- California driver's licenses to be available on Apple, Google wallets.
- Apple iPad 9th Gen hits $199 for first time.
- Apple Podcasts launches on the web.
- Apple's first India-made iPhone Pro models coming this year.
- iPhone 16 Pro's new color could be called 'Desert Titanium'.
- Apple's biggest competition in India? Used iPhone sellers.
- Apple's HomePod and iPad hybrid tabletop robot with an arm spotted in the supply chain, estimated to cost $1,000.
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Pick: The Famous Internet Cafe
- Andy's Pick: "Sounds of Apple" & the Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast
- Alex's Pick: Deliciously Ella
- Jason's Pick: Carbon Copy Cloner 7
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com/twit
- Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
- Troy Hunt: Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach
- The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones
- Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL: Satellite SOS, Android 14, $999 start price
- Google Team Pixel "reviews" controversy
- DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win - Bloomberg
- Dell announces second massive set of layoffs to employees
- The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here
- News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it
- Your Air Conditioner Is Lying to You
- Apple (AAPL) Pushes Ahead with Tabletop Home Device in Shift to Robotics
- Pelosi Statement in Opposition to California Senate Bill 1047
- NVIDIA, OpenAI face YouTube creator lawsuits for using online videos
- xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes
- AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink's mobile plan
- Consumers spent $3.8B on mobile entertainment apps in Q1
- Fox-Disney Sports Service Blocked by Judge in Win for Fubo
- Microsoft removes FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Nicholas Deleon, Dan Patterson, and Brian McCullough
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mintmobile.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- 1password.com/twit
- e-e.com/twit
- What Google rivals want after DOJ's antitrust trial win
- DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win
- Gemini Live is the best AI feature I've seen so far from Google
- 9 things to know about Pixel 9 cameras
- Jeff thread against incumbent media
- Google's Gemini Live AI Sounds So Human, I Almost Forgot It Was a Bot
- Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM
- Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers
- An incredible life and career
- AI is a bad word to consumers
- Weekend Welcomes Two New Reporters: Josh Koehn and Paris Martineau
- Schmidt blames remote work for company's struggles
- 'Ultimate wife guy' or 'yikes'? Mark Zuckerberg reveals 7ft statue of wife
- How Spotify started — and killed — Latin America's podcast boom
- Hello, goodbye: the rise and decline of the celebrity video-greeting app Cameo
- MSCHF: Our Cow Angus
- WCBS is no more
- Cable TV biz crumbles
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- 1password.com/twig
Windows 11
- Synchronicity achieved! Patch Tuesday updates put 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 on the same page, as expected
- Dev and Beta channels (last week) - simplified system tray is back, new jump list behavior is optional
- Clipchamp is getting two new AI features soon, for free
AI/Developer
- Security researcher (and ex-Microsoftie) demonstrates several Copilot flaws. He at least did the right thing and disclosed them to Microsoft first
- Intel delays Innovation event to 2025. And innovation to 2028, presumably. But we kid
- Google's Pixel event was really about Gemini AI. But it was also really about Pixel
- Paul bought a Pixel 9 Pro XL. Yes, he may have a problem. But it kind of pays for itself, too
- iPhone 16 series to be minor update. All phones are minor updates now
- UK CMA investigating Amazon + Anthropic partnership
- Visual Studio something something
- VS 2022 17.11 is here
- VS 2022 17.12 is in preview, will be the release with .NET 9
- .NET 9 preview 7 is here, no WPF improvements
Antitrust
- U.S. government is weighing a Google breakup - This isn't as out there as it may seem
- After changing App Store rules that violate the DMA to new rules that also violate the DMA, Apple finally lets Spotify communicate with its own customers!
- Apple sets a date for opening up NFC, and it will be worldwide
Xbox
- There's a BIG QuakeCon sale on Bethesda games you need to check out - and a "new" OG DOOM/DOOM II bundle
- Microsoft starts testing a Compact Mode for Game Bar
- Next Flight Simulator will let gamers walk around the world as well
- Microsoft might be working on a new mixed reality something for some reason
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Proton offers a Duo plan
- App pick of the week: More web browsers
- RunAs Radio this week: Implementing Passkeys with Tarek Dawoud
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Bowmore 15
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- Melissa.com/twit
- lookout.com
- cachefly.com/twit
- Sitting Ducks DNS attack
- A Bad RCE in another Microsoft server
- SinkClose
- The CLFS.SYS BSoD
- IsBootSecure
- Rethinking Revocation
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-987-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- bigid.com/securitynow
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- 1password.com/securitynow
The upcoming M4 Mac Mini is rumored to sport a new slimmer design. Apple is facing scrutiny for its decision to charge a 30% commission on Patreon subscriptions. macOS Sequoia is adding permission prompts for screenshots and recording apps. And a cool Nintendo Virtual Boy emulator is usable on the Vision Pro.
- Apple's Mac Mini with M4 chip will be its smallest computer ever.
- Apple comes under fire for Patreon commission; 'degrading its brand'.
- Apple's permissions features are out of balance.
- macOS Sequoia adds weekly permission prompt for screenshot and screen recording apps.
- It took Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro to make me appreciate Nintendo's Virtual Boy.
- Apple continuing work on smart glasses.
- Apple prototypes and corporate secrets are for sale online—if you know where to look.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Audinate Dante to Analog
- Andy's Picks: RetroArch and OpenEMU
- Jason's Pick: Shareshot
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- 1password.com/macbreak
Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis provide live commentary on Google's "Made by Google 2024" event. The event primarily focused on Google's advancements in AI with their Gemini AI assistant and new hardware with Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, the foldable Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Pixel Watch 3.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Jeff Jarvis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies after 2 years with lung cancer
- Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers
- Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?
- Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney'
- Brands should avoid this popular term. It's turning off customers
- US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules
- The KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Just Passed The Senate—It's Our Last Chance To Stop It
- Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana's age verification law aimed at porn websites
- CNET to Be Sold to Ziff Davis in Sign of Possible Media Deals to Come
- Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors
- Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study
- Microsoft's AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine
- 'The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem
- Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM
- Scientists Say Secret to Fusion May Lie in Hellmann's Mayonnaise
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Shoshana Weissmann, and Andrew Chow
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers
- Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?
- Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM
- Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Deal - The New York Times
- Disney, Fox and Warner Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99/ Month
- Why I'm Joining The Bluesky Board To Support A Vision Of A More Open, Decentralized Internet
- Bloomberg's Risky, Embargo-Breaking Evan Gershkovich Scoop
- Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study
- thecanadianpressnews.ca
- Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney'
- X officially kills its San Francisco HQ, will relocate to South Bay
- Google is set to supercharge Google Home with Gemini intelligence
- 'The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem
- AI dentist performs first procedure on human patient
- Without Zuckerberg money, limited private funding available for elections
- Neil Gorsuch Highlights Aaron Swartz As An Example Of Overreach In Criminal Law
- Amazon Pushes Fast Delivery Into Rural Areas in Challenge to Post Office
- tulip.computer
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- e-e.com/twit
It's the last Windows Weekly in the TWiT Eastside Studio! The Week D mystery continues in this episode. And Windows Insider has had a relatively quiet week. Intel is in trouble, with stock price dropping over 25 percent! WordStar is back, but the big news here is the documentation archive. Also, Paul thinks the improved Reader mode in Firefox 129 is pretty sweet.
Windows 11
- Last week, Microsoft issued Week D update for 22H2/23H2 late
- Last week, Microsoft issued 24H2 build to the Release Preview channel but nothing for Week D. Paul speculated this would replace the Weed D update, head to stable in August
- Since then, Microsoft quietly issued Week D update for 24H2 one week late (on last day of July)
- Speculation was correct: These are all the same thing, with the same new features, most CFRs
- Microsoft's release schedule gets even more chaotic. It's been missing the Week D Tuesday release schedule more often than not in recent months
- BIG update to the Microsoft Store in Canary and Dev today
Hardware
- Snapdragon X is a huge leap forward for the PC, but Apple/MacBook Air still have big advantages
- AMD's new chips are getting rave reviews
- Intel is on track for Lunar Lake in September
- Intel earnings crater, with layoffs, cost reductions
- Stock price drop second worst in corporate history
- Intel extends Core processor Gen 13/14 warranty by 2 years (PC bundles only)
- Core processor warranty is extended to retail sales
- Surface Laptop 7, Surface Pro 11 for Business available for preorder
Microsoft 365
- The new Outlook is now generally available and the Microsoft community celebrates in the streets
Antitrust/Corporate
- Google found guilty of abusing its Search monopoly
- Big point: Google's revenue share deals with Apple, etc. Could this kill Mozilla?
- Microsoft and Bing come up over 500 times (!) in the ruling. Obsessed much?
- Apple would like to have its antitrust case dismissed. Good luck with that
- Context: The paradox of antitrust
- Thanks to Manifest V3, ad- and tracker- blocking in Chrome is going to get less effective
- Microsoft: We are STILL serious about security. No, really
- Arm revenues up 39 percent to $939 million
- Qualcomm up 11 precent to $9.4 billion
- Apple up 4.9 percent to 85.8 billion in revenues
- Amazon up 10 percent to $148 billion
Xbox
- Microsoft promises over 50 playable games at Gamerscom this month in Germany, ahead of IFA
- Valorant is a free-to-play shooter now available on Xbox Series X|S
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, more comes to Xbox Game Pass
- Sony sold 2.4 million PS5s in the quarter, total at 61.7 million
- Nintendo sold 2.1 million Switch consoles, total at 143.42 million
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: You can experience WordStar for MS-DOS again
- App pick of the week: Web browser updates
- RunAs Radio this week: Optimizing Cloud Recovery Costs with Natalie Serebryakova
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Legent Bourbon
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- Platform Key Disclosure
- Firefox's 3rd-party Cookie mess
- The W3C Finally Weighs-in
- CrowdStrike Damages.
- GRC's Email
- How Revoking!
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-986-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- threatlocker.com for Security Now
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- bigid.com/securitynow
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
Apple's Q3 2024 results are out, and Jason Snell produced his signature charts to cover the results. A look inside Apple's instructions for its Apple Intelligence. Apple has filed a motion to dismiss the DOJ antitrust lawsuit. And Ziff Davis buys back CNET for $100 million.
- Disney+ Vision Pro app adds Iceland environment.
- SpongeBob Squarepants immersive environment now available for Vision Pro.
- tvOS 18 will soon let Apple TV users open web links on iPhone.
- Apple results: Quarterly record, all-time high in Services.
- Existential thoughts about Apple's reliance on Services revenue.
- 'You are a helpful mail assistant,' and other Apple Intelligence instructions.
- Apple debuts new 'Distraction Control' feature for Safari, launching today with iOS 18 beta 5.
- How iOS 18's Web Eraser content-blocker morphed into a distraction-hiding tool.
- Apple files motion to dismiss DOJ antitrust lawsuit, citing harm to innovation and user experience.
- Our audit of Homebrew.
- Apple now sending up to $395 payments to butterfly keyboard MacBook owners.
- CNET to be sold to Ziff Davis in sign of possible media deals to come.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Flighty 4.0
- Andy's Pick: Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose
- Alex's Picks: Kandao EGO & Spatialify
- Leo's Pick: Apple's Superdrive
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- e-e.com/twit
- Existential thoughts about Apple services revenue.
- Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors.
- Intel plans to lay off 15% of workforce -- at least 15,000 people.
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts stake in Apple by nearly 50%.
- Amazon paid almost $1 billion for Twitch in 2014. It's still losing money.
- Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled.
- Artist and musician sue SEC over its NFT regulatory jurisdiction.
- Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act.
- Ding dong KOSA's dead (for now).
- A senate bill would radically improve voting machine security.
- Jailed cybercriminals returned to Russia in historic prisoner swap.
- US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules.
- Posing as 'Alicia,' this man scammed hundreds online. He was also a victim.
- Broadcasters fly in TikTokers and YouTubers to generate Olympic buzz.
- Disney, Fox and Warner Sports streamer Venu to launch at $42.99/ Month.
- Don Lemon sues Elon Musk over canceled X deal.
- Meta talks With Judi Dench, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key for AI voice projects.
- Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney.'
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Howell, Alex Lindsay, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- e-e.com/twit
- coda.io/twit
- Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money.
- Craig Newmark stops by
- Galaxy fold unboxing
- We know almost everything about the Google Pixel 9 series already
- A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money
- Friend in a box
- US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules
- The gymnastics world braces for an AI future
- NASA will shut down NASA TV on cable to focus on NASA+
- W3C Slams Google U-turn on Third-Party Cookie Removal
- Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act
- Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L
- Follow Ant's ZDNET stuff
- Scots brat
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Craig Newmark
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- betterhelp.com/TWIG
- cachefly.com/twit
On this episode of Windows Weekly, the show has a new yet similar look (as Leo tries to read chyrons that may be a tad tiny). Microsoft announces its quarterly (and annual) financial results. They're doing OK. The company also expands on what it has done and will do, with Windows security in the wake of the CrowdStrike outage. Finally, Paul advises that the password manager in a browser isn't enough, as secure users need more capabilities like 2FA code generation, dark web monitoring, passkey storage, and more.
Earnings
- Microsoft announces its quarterly (and annual) financial results. They're doing OK.
- Microsoft's FY24: a net income of $88.1 billion on revenues of $245.1 billion, up 22 percent and 16 percent
- Windows - Barely mentioned, another solid $10 billion+ in revenues, no gain from Copilot+ PC
- Office - Solid growth, mostly commercial
- Surface - Flush twice, it's a long way to New Mexico
- Xbox - Problematic, propped up mostly by Activision, but there are huge costs there too
- AI - Huge investments, Microsoft can afford it. $19 billion (!) in infrastructure costs in this quarter, and it's going up next year ... when/how does AI pay off?
- Microsoft to give employees a one-time cash award on top of bonuses
- TikTok was paying Microsoft $20 million per month through at least March for OpenAI on Azure, close to 25 percent of Microsoft's total revenues for that business
- AMD revenues - the next NVIDIA?
Windows
- Windows 11 versions 22H2/23H2 get theirs a few days late, features we saw in Release Preview a few weeks ago
- Nothing for 24H2, but a new Release Preview build is almost certainly its equivalent, meaning we'll see these features in stable in August
- All channels: Support for Android file system navigation in File Explorer
- Beta channel (last week): Widgets is about to get third party feeds
- It's not a dud, but the HP EliteBook Ultra doesn't measure up
- Qualcomm and AMD have spoken, now Intel is delivering Lunar Lake on September 3
Microsoft 365 and AI
- No more ads in Skype! Cue the Skype jokes from all the jerks
- OpenAI announces SearchGPT, search features it will add later to ChatGPT - and just today, more natural advanced voice mode voices for ChapGPT
- Apple ships some Apple Intelligence in Beta. it's pretty good! But it's also delayed to iOS 18.1 etc
- Canva buys Leonardo for its AI
- X (Twitter) is using your posts to train Grok (its AI). You can disable it. But these names all suck
Xbox
- Xbox is getting new Discord and streaming features in a coming update
- With Xbox in the toilet, some thoughts about gaming PCs to go
- RIP, Xbox 360. We had a good run
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: What to look for in a password manager
- App pick of the week: Password managers - 1Password, Dashlane/Proton Pass, and Bitwarden
- RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Cloud PKI with Richard Hicks
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Laird of the Fintry BSV Pipe Finish
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- bigid.com/windowsweekly
- Crowdstrike post-mortem
- PiDP-11
- What Crowdstrike is fixing
- Marcus Hutchins on who is to blame
- Entrust's Updated Info
- 3rd-Party Cookie Surprise
- Security training firm mistakenly hires a North Korean attacker
- Google and 3rd party cookies
- Google's influence
- The auto industry and data brokers
- DNS Benchmark on Mac
- Platform Key Disclosure
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-985-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100
- panoptica.app
- bitwarden.com/twit
Apple Intelligence may miss the announced initial launch window. Apple has reached a tentative collective bargaining contract with the first unionized Apple store in the country. And Jason Snell's prediction back in 2023 of adverts coming to Apple TV may be coming true.
- Apple Intelligence to miss initial release of iOS 18, iPadOS overhauls.
- Apple to adopt voluntary AI safeguards established by Biden.
- Apple cuts iPhone price in India amid China slowdown.
- Apple has reached its first-ever union contract with store employees in Maryland.
- Neuralink rival Synchron's brain implant now lets people control Apple's Vision Pro with their minds.
- Balenciaga and Rimowa launch apps for Apple Vision Pro.
- GenZD, a port of GZDoom for iOS, now available on the App Store.
- Apple Maps launches on the web to take on Google.
- Apple TV plots UK adverts.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Homebridge
- Andy's Pick: GoodLinks
- Alex's Picks: Dengue Fever & OWC 4M2
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- CrowdStrike Outage Has Roots in Microsoft's Antitrust Problems
- Trump proposes strategic national crypto stockpile at Bitcoin Conference
- An AI-built vegan cheese went viral. Here's what happened next
- AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says
- Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers
- Russia Throttles YouTube Access in Latest Attack on US Social Media (GOOGL)
- Video game performers to strike over AI concerns
- EU threatens to fine Meta for saying Facebook is 'free'
- OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine
- X's new data-sharing experience will train Grok with your Twitter data by default — Here's how to disable it
- Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Hiner, Owen Thomas, and Parris Lilly
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- motific.ai
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- expressvpn.com/twit
- panoptica.app
- 1password.com/twit
In this jam-packed episode of Ask The Tech Guys, hosts Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent, joined by special guests Dick DeBartolo and Chris Marquardt, tackle a wide range of tech topics. From AI security concerns at the Olympics to VPN travel tips for China, the show covers everything from data recovery techniques to the latest in content creation gear. Viewers' questions spark discussions on photo backups, software compatibility issues, and password manager security, while the hosts reflect on the show's evolution and upcoming format changes.
- AI security at the Olympics: Concerns about surveillance and the need for human oversight in interpreting AI data.
- VPNs and tech tips for China: Using VPNs and travel diary apps like Polar Steps while respecting local laws.
- Advice on using a Synology NAS for iPhone photo backups, including model recommendations and app limitations.
- High-end Transformers toy: Introduction of the $1,199 Super Megatron with 36 servo motors, appealing to adult collectors.
- Troubleshooting Microsoft Word issues, including potential causes and solutions for file corruption.
- Apple's adoption of RCS: Discussion on improved messaging capabilities and cross-device syncing.
- Data recovery techniques for an old Windows Home Server, focusing on extracting data from the hard drive.
- Monthly photo assignment: "Weathered" theme, showcasing standout submissions and discussing photographic challenges.
- Explanation of Argon2 for password hashing in Bitwarden and its security benefits.
- Debunking the rumor about Southwest Airlines using Windows 3.1 and discussing airline redundancy systems.
- Challenges of connecting a Shure MV88 lightning microphone to USB-C devices.
- Corsair Elgato Creator Platform Six table and associated gear for streaming and production.
- Advice on preserving data on SSDs and USB sticks, emphasizing the reliability of modern storage devices.
- Running Windows on Apple's M series processors through Parallels, outlining limitations and compatibility issues.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2035
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- betterhelp.com/ATG
- Craig Newmark and pancakes
- After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome
- Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds
- Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage
- Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts
- Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS
- NYT vs OpenAI
- Google's goo.gl links will stop working in August 2025
- Deadpool and Wolverine are Google's first Easter eggs in Circle to Search [Gallery]
- Google's Alphabet Inc. doubles down on robotaxis, committing another $5 billion into Waymo
- X replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason
- CNN attempts to answer the question: What does it mean to be brat?
- An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Rolls Over. The 'Hotdoggers' Are OK.
- The quiet rise of Nick Pickles: the Yorkshireman gaining power at Elon Musk's X
- Mark Zuckerberg says he's "more comfortable" with new appearance after AI interview
- Google wants to steal Ray-Ban maker from Meta for Gemini smart glasses
- "Ignore all previous instructions"
- The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B
- Taylor Lorenz: We're all learning about major events through increasingly bizarre digital formats.
- Stolen Buttons
- Succession comes to life
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- betterhelp.com/TWIG
- bitwarden.com/twit
CrowdStrike: Terrible name, terrible outage
- CrowdStrike, a company no one has ever heard of, ships an update that borks Windows PCs, servers, and clouds services at the heart of the worldʼs infrastructure. Naturally, everyone blamed Microsoft at first
- Microsoft says outage impacted under 1 percent of PCs. It was just the worst PCs imaginable
- Microsoft blames EU regulation for its inability to be like Apple
- That is not a good look. It's also deceptive.
- Microsoft issues repair tool (later updates).
- CrowdStrike explains what it did wrong. TLDR: everything.
Windows
- Windows 11 version 23H2 is fully available! Wait, what?
- Surface Laptop 7 review: big, heavy, no presence sensing or fingerprint reader. Right, I love it.
- Also, the ThinkPad T14s arrived.
- Related: Intel cops to mistake in Core Gen 13/14 processors, will issue fix. Why this is unprecedented. And also precedented. Also, why precedented is a word.
- Microsoft is FINALLY bringing ads to the Microsoft Store search box.
- Microsoft starts testing new Start menu layouts. Surely one of them has live tites.
- Canary build today: Duplicate File Explorer tab, not much else.
AI/Antitrust
- Meta is making a surprising—and surprisingly strong—case for AI as open-source.
- Proton adds an AI writing assistant to its Drive-based Docs.
- Amazon lost an alleged $25 billion on Alexa devices over four years, so itʼs all in on AI-based devices now! (Panos Panay is the perfect fit for this business if the goal is to be unprofitable).
- Google effectively kills Privacy Sandbox in a victory for regulation.
- Microsoft probably cleared the final hurdle to avoid EU antitrust action on cloud licensing. Hey, it worked with security companies and the Windows kernel!
It's That Time of the Quarter Again
- Alphabet / Google: Double-digit revune gains YOY, but how much of this is AI?
- Subscription services (Netflix, Spotify, not so much Game Pass) are KILLING it,but theyʼre also in full-on enshirtification mode - how do we fix this? Can we fix this.
Xbox
- FTC complains about Xbox Game changes. They're not wrong. But they're not
right either. - Call of Duty Modern Warfare III lands on Game Pass today - what the what
- Also, Microsoft muffed the landing badly - but it appears to be working now
- Halo TV series canceled. It's the worst thing that's happened with Xbox this entire year
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: The best thing about Copilot in Windows 11 now
- With Copilot switching from a pane to an app, thereʼs an unintended benefit that comes into play when you use an AI PC with a Copilot key on it. Youʼre never going to believe what happens next.
App pick of the week: Microsoft Designer for image generation
- Microsoft Designer exited preview last week and thereʼs at least one secret benefit to using it: Unlike Copilot, you can create wide and portrait images (and not just square) without paying. This is why I pay for Copilot Pro. (You do need to sign in with an MSA, however.)
RunAs Radio This Week: Data Risk Management using Purview with Joanne Klein
- https://runasradio.com/Shows/Show/942
Brown Liquor Pick of the Week: Writerʼs Tears Tequila Cask
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- e-e.com/twit
- betterhelp.com/WINDOWS
- Melissa.com/twit
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- Cellebrite unlocks Trump's would-be assassin's phone.
- Cisco reported on a CVSS of 10.0
- Entrust drops the other shoe
- Google gives up on removing 3rd-party cookies
- Miscellany
- Snowflake and data warehouse applications
- CDK auto dealership outage
- Polyfill.io and resource hashes
- MITM
- Blocking Copilot
- Blocking incoming connections via IP
- CrowdStruck
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-984-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- panoptica.app
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- bigid.com/securitynow
Could foldable iPhones be coming in 2026? Apple is making a marketing push to warn users to stop using Google Chrome. India is cutting import tax on smartphones. And Apple scored 72 total Emmy Award nominations for its Apple TV+ lineup.
- Foldable iPhone is coming in 2026 with top-down fold design.
- The DOJ's assault on Apple will harm consumers.
- CrowdStrike aftermath: Microsoft claims it cannot legally implement the same protections as Apple.
- Apple warns millions Of iPhone users—stop using Google Chrome.
- India cuts import tax on smartphones in boost for Apple.
- Adobe's Photoshop can now generate AI images via prompts like Dall-E or Midjourney.
- Apple scores record 72 Emmy Award nominations and sweeps across top categories...
Picks of the Week:
- Mikah's Pick: Philips Hue UV Light Sanitizer Box
- Leo's Pick: Platform:6 Creator Edition Desk
- Andy's Pick: Casio F108WH
- Alex's Pick: Matt the Electrician
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- 1password.com/macbreak
- Biden drops out of the race via tweet
- "CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say
- Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds
- Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
- Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks
- The Paris Olympics Will Show Us the Future of Sports on TV
- Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures
- FBI Used New Cellebrite Software to Access Trump Shooter's Phone
- Hundreds more Californians get housing with Apple's help
- Microsoft's new AI system 'SpreadsheetLLM' unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity
- Bethesda Game Studios workers unionize under Communications Workers of America
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Ashley Esqueda, and Anthony Ha
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- lookout.com
- mintmobile.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- motific.ai
In this episode of Ask The Tech Guys, Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent dive into the recent CrowdStrike security update disaster, discuss the end of Google's URL shortener, and address listener questions about Apple Music libraries and Mac upgrades. The hosts also share insights on the show's upcoming studio changes and the importance of Club TWiT memberships for the network's sustainability.
- CrowdStrike security update causes widespread Windows crashes, affecting airlines, hospitals, and major companies
- Google announces "goo.gl" links will stop working in August 2025, potentially breaking many existing services
- Matthew asks about moving his Apple Music library to an external drive and keeping the most recent versions of files
- Leo discusses the upcoming closure of the current TWiT studio and transition to home-based production
- The evolution of studio equipment and how consumer technology now enables high-quality home production
- Fransisco inquires about using an older MacBook Pro with Big Sur for online banking and purchasing
- Hosts advise using third-party browsers for security and discuss the timing of purchasing new Macs
- Dan wants to know how to best preserve his father's microcassette tapes
- Jim can't hear the text tone on his Apple Watch and wants to know how to change the sound.
- Jeff from Michigan asks about recording high school marching band events, with Leo suggesting using smartphones or the Sony ZV-1 camera for better quality and ease of use.
- Ann from Antioch inquires about allowing Bluetooth permissions for a garage door opener app.
- Richard from Tennessee reports issues with his new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra crashing when opening YouTube.
- Bill from Tarzana asks if leaving devices plugged in constantly is harmful, with the hosts reassuring that modern devices have circuitry to manage battery health.
- Mark from Racine inquires about Leo's switch from Authy to 2FAS for two-factor authentication, with Leo explaining his reasons for preferring 2FAS.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2034
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
- AT&T says criminals stole phone records of "nearly all" customers in new data breach
- AT&T (T) Hack Is Part of Snowflake (SNOW) Customer Cyberattack Campaign
- Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks
- Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable
- Elon Musk Has Said He Is Committing Around $45 Million a Month to a New Pro-Trump Super PAC
- This Is The Fastest Object Ever Made by Humans, And It's Not Slowing Down
- EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue "checkmark"'
- Mercedes-Benz's 400kW EV chargers are coming to Starbucks
- FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations
- Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
- Google in talks to buy Wiz
- Google switches to selective indexing
- Google reportedly offered EU cloud firms over $500 million to continue antitrust case against Microsoft
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's $27 million mansion is a 'lemon' with a leaky pool, lawsuit alleges (with video tour)
- Taboola to sell ads for Apple
- The New Satanic Panic: Exorcism in the Age of TikTok
- Kenya's biggest protest in recent history played out on a walkie-talkie app
- OpenAI's AGI progress chart
- Samsung's new AI image generating tool is a little too good - The Verge
- Giant Google Pixel 9 leak reveals the Fold, faster charging, battery, and more
- YouTube Music sound search rolling out, AI radio in testing
- Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results
- Gemini on Android just got a lot more useful on the lock screen
- OpenAI illegally stopped staff from sharing dangers, whistleblowers say
- Mistral releases Codestral Mamba for faster, longer code generation | VentureBeat
- Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI
- Carlos Watson, Ozy Media Founder, Is Found Guilty of Fraud
- Drone conquers Everest
- The Planets Today
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- 1password.com/twig
This episode features Paul, Richard, and Leo discussing Microsoft's new "checkpoint cumulative updates" and HP's announcement of its AMD-based AI PC. Afterward, Paul goes over his review of the Yoga Slim 7x laptop, which features a 14.5-inch OLED display. Other topics include the hiring of Inflection staff, Microsoft's settlement with the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe, Leo's ZDTV hat, .NET 9 Preview 6, OS/2 Warp, the Xbox Game Pass mess, Amazon Prime Day, and a controller designed by Deadpool!
Windows
- Windows 11 version 24H2 introduces a new way to update Windows because WTF Microsoft
- HP announces an AMD-based AI PC that is/is not a Copilot+ PC - lots going on here
- AMD comes clean on the new chips, which ship at the end of July
- With a Snapdragon X-based ThinkPad on the way, Paul reviews the Yoga Slim 7xp
- Windows 11 Photos app now integrates with Microsoft Designer
- Dev (last week): Testing/deployment of new features resumes after long pause
- Beta (last week): More changes to the home page in File Explorer
- Release Preview (last week): Duplicate a File Explorer tab, drag and drop to pin from Start to Taskbar, more. Also a Windows 10 build (hooray?)
AI/Antitrust
- UK CMA investigates Microsoft for its Inflection AI hirings
- Microsoft settles with (most of) CISPE on cloud licensing in EU
- iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia public betas arrive, but with no Apple Intelligence features
- Opera beta on iPhone and iPad has new UI, some AI
Dev
- .NET 9 Preview 6 arrives
- Paul makes massive progress on Windows 11 port of .NETpad with the updated WPF. Plus a neat third-party add-on that might put this project over the top
- Google is bringing Android Studio to the web
Xbox
- Xbox controversy of the month, but this one is real: Microsoft ensh*ttifies Xbox Game Pass - more info now that the dust has settled, but still no announcement from Microsoft
- Microsoft, you HAVE to announce what's going on with AB and Game Pass
- Now that Microsoft owns Call of Duty, Xbox gamers are getting next beta on day one - well, Game Pass members anyway
- Microsoft offers a cheap Xbox streaming bundle on Amazon
- The Deadpool Xbox wireless controller is priceless
- Microsoft announces three day-one titles for Game Pass, none from AB
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Amazon Prime Day is here
- App pick of the week: Proton Pass
- RunAs Radio this week: The Power of Data in the Cloud with Arun Ulag
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Crown Royal Blender's Mash
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- bigid.com/windowsweekly
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Using Content Delivery Networks Safely
- The CDK Global Ransomware Attack
- The IRS and Entrust
- Polyfill.io fallout
- Microsoft's Behavior
- A Snowflake's Chance
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-983-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- panoptica.app
- lookout.com
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
The public betas for iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and other operating systems for Apple devices are out now. Apple, along with Nvidia and Anthropic, used thousands of YouTube videos to train their AI systems. How close does Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra compare to Apple's Watch Ultra? Apple also opened its payment service to rivals in Europe following a settlement of a case from the European Union.
- Apple releases public betas for iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and more.
- Jason's macOS Sequoia first look.
- iOS 18 adds new 'Recovered' album to the Photos app for finding lost or damaged content.
- Taboola to sell ads for Apple
- Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu.
- Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos.
- Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic used thousands of swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI.
- Apple beats lawsuit over forcing developers to use its closed ecosystem.
- Apple settles EU case by opening its iPhone payment system to rivals.
- India antitrust probe finds Apple abused position in apps market.
- Apple seeks 'killer app' for its $3,500 Vision Pro headset.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Anker Surge Protector
- Andy's Pick: CamelCamelCamel
- Alex's Pick: Toad the Wet Sprocket
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays
- FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children
- AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in new data breach
- EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue 'checkmark'
- After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad
- AI PCs: Qualcomm (QCOM), Microsoft (MSFT) Turn to AI to Revive PC Market
- Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable
- U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans
- Disinfo spreaders set their sights on Paris Olympics
- My 28,000-follower Twitter account was hacked—and it changed my life for the better
- Is anyone concerned that Palmer Luckey's new compay Anduril (aka Aragorn's sword from LOTR) is making military products and has a mission statement straight out of Robocop?
- Apple now makes it easier to switch from Google Photos to iCloud Photos
- FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mike Elgan, Denise Howell, and Harry McCracken
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- e-e.com/twit
- motific.ai
- bitwarden.com/twit
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
Is there an easy way to convert an email into an audio file? Why can't I back up my files using both iDrive and iCloud? Why aren't banks using proper two-factor authentication methods? Plus, Sam Abuelsamid talks about the Cadillac CELESTIQ display and how manufacturers are leaning in more to software-driven features.
- FTC fires a warning shot at eight companies over 'Right To Repair' violations.
- Goldman Sachs: AI is overhyped, wildly expensive, and unreliable.
- This is the fastest object ever made by humans, and it's not slowing down.
- Toll of Snowflake hack widens with theft of AT&T text, calling data.
- Micah from the Airplane Geeks podcast calls in to ask if there's a proper lightning to USB-C adapter that he can use with his Shure microphone, which has a lightning connection and no USB-C connection.
- Dan emails the show asking for alternatives to Amazon Echo devices for his parents, who aren't very tech-savvy, that can stream music throughout the home on various devices.
- Sam Abuelsamid joins Leo and Mikah on the show this week. Sam talks about how car manufacturers are utilizing more software-driven features in their vehicles.
- Genet writes in, wondering what it means to "Sign In with Apple" on various websites and if it's safe to use this. Miakh explains how "Sign In with Apple" works.
- Patch has a 2015 MacBook Pro, and the battery is nearing its end of life, which is affecting some of its laptop functions. What can he do about the battery issues?
- Jay writes in, wondering if there's an app that can translate an email into an audio file for his mother.
- Charles calls in with a follow-up to Jay's question and suggests using Siri's VoiceOver function on the iPhone / iPad to do exactly what Jay is looking for.
- Ken is wondering why he's getting errors when trying to backup his files through both iDrive and iCloud, as he's trying to back up his files to multiple locations.
- Mel is in the market for a new computer for general computing needs, such as email and document writing, and is wondering what Mikah and Leo would recommend.
- Aaron has a simple question for the Tech Guys: why do the banks continue to avoid using 2FA applications like Google Authenticator?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2033
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
- 'We're Living in a Nightmare:' Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
- Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutral
- ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034
- AI-Driven Behavior Change Could Transform Health Care
- Google brings new Gemini features and Wear OS 5 to Samsung devices
- Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu
- Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays
- Esports World Cup: Riyadh Offers Bigger Prize Than PGA
- Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users
- 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it's 360.
- FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children
- Temu Breaks With Direct-From-China Strategy In Threat to Amazon
- A new Illinois law will force influencer parents to compensate their children for appearing in social media content
- THERE BUT FOR THE GEESE OF GOD
- Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM
- Cutting Board Designer
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau
Guest: Molly White
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- e-e.com/twit
In this episode, Paul seems to be sitting in a familiar room! Could this be a sign that a game-changing enhancement to Notepad is rolling out? That's not all, as OneDrive seems to be undergoing some behavioral changes in a positive direction. After 3 weeks since the Copilot+ PC launch (2 weeks since Paul got his 1st model), the future of Intel and x86 may not be as dire as some think. Plus, Affinity announced that its award-winning Photo, Designer, and Publisher apps are now free for 6 months with no obligation to buy!
The Morning After
- The end of Intel and the x86 era? You guys are cute
- Comparing the HP, Lenovo, and Microsoft entries: A few differentiators, but these things are very, very similar. There's a reason why
- IDC throws cold water on the AI PC/Copilot+ PC parade
- We still need official Windows 11 on Arm ISOs, Microsoft. Until then, there are workarounds.
Windows 11
- GAME CHANGER: Notepad FINALLY supports spell-checking and auto-correct!
- ACTUAL GAME CHANGER: Microsoft is apparently stepping back some of the OneDrive terribleness in Windows 11 version 24H2
- Patch Tuesday: BIG deal for Windows 11 22H2, 23H2 with 24H2 features
- Nothing to speak of for 24H2, as predicted - just security updates
- It's nice when things happen as expected for a change
- Canary: Lock screen widget changes
- Paul put the Windows 11 Field Guide on a diet - and then the other books too
- PDF went from 377 MB to 107 MB, EPUB went from 344 MB to just 86 MB (!)
- Similar gains for Windows Everywhere, Windows 10 Field Guide
- Updated the Win10 add-in that comes with the Windows 11 Field Guide too
Surface
- Surface Laptop 7 and Pro 11 get second firmware updates
AI
- The OpenAI drama consumes Microsoft
- Opera brings Aria AI features to its GX gaming browser too
Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price hike
- Xbox Cloud Gaming is now available on newer Fire TV Sticks. Also, free Fortnite!
Tips and Tricks
- Tip of the week: Get all three Affinity apps on all three platforms for free for six months!
- App pick of the week: Firefox 128 and Vivaldi 6.8
- RunAs Radio this week: The Hardware of Azure with Rani Borkar
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Raasay Single Malt
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Guest: Mary Jo Foley
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- bigid.com/windowsweekly
- 1password.com/windowsweekly
- Entrust Responds
- Other major Certificate Authorities respond
- Passkey Redaction Attacks
- Syncing passkeys
- Port Knocking
- Fail2Ban
- The Polyfill.io Attack
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-982-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- bitwarden.com/twit
- panoptica.app
Apple finally approves the Epic Games marketplace app after Epic Games calls out Apple. Do the new Microsoft Surface ARM laptops outperform Apple's MacBooks? Be careful when considering stealing campaign posters; they might have an AirTag in them. And could a HomePod with a touchscreen display be coming?
- Jony Ive shaped the iPhone. These are the songs that shaped him.
- On the origins of DS_store.
- Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe.
- Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports.
- Microsoft Surface ARM laptops beat MacBook Air – but not MacBook Pro.
- Sign Snatchers beware, that campaign poster might have an AirTag.
- Tim Cook talks Apple Vision Pro as spatial computing goes down under.
- First teaser revealed for Apple Original Films' movie 'F1'.
- Touchscreen-ready interface hidden in tvOS beta amid rumors of HomePod with display.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Monoprice 8x8 Matrix
- Andy's Pick: Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher 2 6-month Trial
- Jason's Pick: KUXIU X36 Pro MAX iPad Magnetic Charging Stand
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- e-e.com/twit
- fastmail.com/twit
- 1password.com/macbreak
- Why Surgeon General's Social Media Warning Label is a Bad Idea
- Russia says Apple blocks 25 VPN apps in Russia, IFX reports
- Microsoft MSFT Tells Texas Agencies They Were Exposed in Russian Hack
- Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
- Declare your AIndependence: block AI bots, scrapers and crawlers with a single click
- Perplexity's grand theft AI
- The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
- Zotac's Big Mistake | Consumer Warranty & Business Data Exposure
- NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk
- The White House will host a conference for social media creators
- Meta's Threads hits 175 million users one year after launch
- Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
- Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paris Martineau, Allyn Malventano, and Larry Magid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- panoptica.app
- expressvpn.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- 1password.com/twit
Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity!
- Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications.
- Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone.
- Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI.
- Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool.
- Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup.
- Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server.
- Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup.
- The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K.
- Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice.
- Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test.
- Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers.
- Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity.
- Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV.
- Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online.
- Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com/twit
- In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections
- In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News
- Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media
- Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas
- What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
- Threads turns 1
- Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo.
- Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board
- The White House will host a conference for social media creators
- Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
- llama.ttf
- Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76
- Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
- Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened
- Perplexity's grand theft AI
- Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
- MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI
- Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI
- Tim Wu Is Out Of Control
- Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature
- Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch
- This week's news on human cells
- 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate
- Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen
- the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram
- Calculus Advice Poem
- The Material
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Cathy Gellis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
It's only been one week, but it's really been 14 years, and Paul is calling: Microsoft and Qualcomm have finally made Windows 11 on Arm both viable and desirable. Nothing is perfect, but this platform is pretty incredible. Some notes from the past week:
Mission Accomplished
- As a reminder, Paul finally got the Yoga Slim 7x last week and updated on app compatibility, hardware compatibility, gaming, and in-box AI experiences in time for WW - only found one non-working app, Google Drive. Then...
- More app and game compatibility testing. Since then, played a lot more DOOM (2016), ran into one issue that's surely WOA-related (note beta graphics driver, though)
- Video encoding performance: Snapdragon X vs Snapdragon X vs Core Ultra 9 H-series vs MacBook Air M3
- Initial thoughts on battery life and then More thoughts on battery life. The Yoga Slim 9x and Surface Laptop both get about 10 hours of real-world battery life (so far), compared to 15 hours for the MacBook Air 15-inch M3.
- Hardware compatibility update: Only one of my devices doesn't work, the Focusrite.
- Surface Laptop 7 first impressions and second impressions
- HP Elitebook Ultra first impressions
Windows 11
- After skipping Week D last Tuesday, Microsoft belatedly delivers a Week D preview update for Windows 11 version 24H2
- No new features, so next Patch Tuesday will be light for 24H2
- 22H2 and 23H2 got a big Week D update last Tuesday, so Patch Tuesday will be meaningful
- As of July's Patch Tuesday, 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 will all provide the same basic feature set
- Canary, Dev, Beta (last Friday): nothing exciting, a few small features or changes
AI & Microsoft 365
- European Commission "shifts" investigation of Microsoft/OpenAI partnership. Is Ken Starr in charge of this thing?
- Microsoft highlights new Copilot features coming to Microsoft 365 in July
- Copilot in OneNote can now recognize handwritten text. It's 2002 all over again!
- Pixel 9 family will promote unique "Google AI" features
- Brave introduces a BYOM plan for its web browser
- Thanks to AI, Google Translate now supports 110 new languages
Xbox
- Xbox Cloud Gaming Fire Sticks it to Amazon
- Another two weeks of Xbox Game Pass
- Forza Horizon 4 (from 2018) to be delisted December 15. Why?
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Get $10 off Tony Redmond's Office 365 for IT Pros 11th Edition
- App pick of the week: Docs in Proton Drive
- RunAs Radio this week: NGINX as a Service with Buu Lam
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Jack Daniels Old No. 7
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- cachefly.com/twit
- The regreSSHion Bug
- 50BTC moved
- Voyager 1 Update
- Email @ GRC
- SyncThing
- DNS queries
- Recall
- The End of Entrust Trust
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-981-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bigid.com/securitynow
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- panoptica.app
- lookout.com
The European Competition Commissioner says that Apple is showing anticompetitive behavior by withholding the release of its AI system in Europe. iOS and macOS Apps are exposed to supply chain attacks through critical flaws in CocoaPods. Happy Repair Independence Day! And Apple TV+ is growing in the US, overtaking Paramount+.
- EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior.
- Apple has sent a mysterious request for materials relating to the development of OLED+CF Displays for future headsets to Samsung & LG.
- Apple to begin mass production of AirPods with cameras by 2026.
- Critical flaws in CocoaPods expose iOS and macOS apps to supply chain attacks.
- Apple may want to monetize advanced Apple Intelligence features in the future.
- Apple's "Longevity, by Design" whitepaper argues its huge scale affects its repair policies.
- Today, twenty percent of the US has the right to repair electronics. Happy Repair Independence Day!
- Apple TV+ continues to grow in the US, overtaking Paramount+.
- The mute button gets a welcome, no-brainer upgrade in iOS 18 and tvOS 18.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Central Control
- Andy's Pick: Swish Window Manager
- Jason's Pick: Unshaky
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com/twit
Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests
- Murthy Decision Should Not Foreclose Cases Against Actual First Amendment Violations
- What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more
- Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks
- Mark Cuban's public email was hacked after receiving call from a fake Google rep
- The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over
- Microsoft's bundling of Office and Teams breaks antitrust law, EU says
- EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior
- Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web
- Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC is finally the best clamshell laptop on the market after 8 years of iterations
- Tested: Don't buy a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for PC gaming
- Signal 65 Snapdragon battery testing
- The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
- Wherein The Copia Institute Asks The Second Circuit To Stand Up For Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All
- Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cathy Gellis, Ryan Shrout, and Doc Rock
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- 1password.com/twit
Four thousand people were arrested in a crackdown on online scam networks. What's the best way to get started working in IT? What are good alternatives to the Windows Mail app? And Mikah and Leo give their recommendation for a Wi-Fi system that's great for older users.
- Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks.
- I paid $365.63 to replace 404 Media with AI.
- Microsoft tells Texas agencies they were exposed in Russian hack.
- NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk.
- The White House will host a conference for social media creators.
- Apple explores novel method for making iPhone batteries more replaceable.
- A caller is taking an online course to get a certification towards working in the field of IT and has started to look at online jobs. They found a job they are interested in, but it's asking for five years of experience, and the caller will only have this certification when applying. How can they find the ideal job to start their career in the IT field?
- Shele wonders how they can back up their iPhone data to network-attached storage rather than through iCloud.
- Nate uses a Mac and a Windows machine with multiple hard drives connected to it. Whenever he reboots his Mac though, the Windows machine with the drives goes offline, and he has to reconnect them every time manually. Is there a way to reconnect the drives automatically?
- Nate is also wondering why when driving in his vehicle and as he gets close to his house, Siri activates from his iPhone and takes over the audio in his vehicle?
- Jeff is having issues getting back into his email account after supposedly violating the email providers' service agreement.
- Jim has a website for wedding officiation. However, when people try to visit his website, the server can't be found unless they add "https://" to the URL. What's preventing people from visiting Jim's website?
- Kevin writes in to try to find alternatives to Windows's Mail app after being mandated to switch from it to Microsoft Outlook.
- David calls in trying to understand why he can only update the operating system through the command line when running Linux Mint.
- James calls in looking for a recommendation for a Wi-Fi system he can install for his parents and have them manage it themselves rather than relying on James.
- Andrew is looking for recommendations for his next laptop and to see if there's any spamware protection he can install for his Pixel 8.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2031
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
- Expected follow-up on CVE-2024-30078
- From Russia with Love
- An EU privacy agency complains about Google's Privacy Sandbox?
- Email @ GRC
- Security Now SPAM?
- Orange Tsai needs help!
- Recall and 3rd Party Leakage
- Errata
- The Mixed Blessing of a Crappy PRNG
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-980-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- 1password.com/securitynow
- mylio.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
Brussels accuses Apple of breaking EU rules. There may be more indication of Apple's plans for its Vision Pro product lineup. Apple was contemplating partnering with Meta to integrate their AI system into the iPhone. And the Final Cut Camera app is now available on the App Store.
- Brussels accuses Apple of breaking EU competition rules.
- Apple won't roll out AI tech In EU market over regulatory concerns,
- Apple Vision plans: cheaper model in late 2025, Vision Pro 2 in 2026, AR Glasses.
- First iPhone game-streaming service brings 1,300 retro classics.
- Apple says no to PC emulators on iOS.
- Apple spurned idea of iPhone AI partnership with Meta months ago.
- Apple sets bold new goals for automating iPhone factories.
- For Apple's AI push, China is a missing piece.
- The world's first Spatial Computing Hack: I finally found a bug that literally fills your room full of bugs.
- Final Cut Camera for iPhone now available on the App Store.
- MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5.
- How broken are Apple's Parental Controls? It took 3 years to fix an x-rated loophole.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Combustion Predictive Thermometer
- Alex's Pick: Final Cut Pro & StreamVoodoo
- Andy's Pick: Shure MV7+ Podcast Mic
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- 1password.com/macbreak
Would you pay a monthly fee for an AI Alexa?? Can I extend the connection between my AirPods and my Mac? What's going on with my connection to my network when using Apple's Private Relay? Plus, Dick DeBartolo talks about the MAD exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum and the new AeroPress Go Plus!
- How the dash to ditch paper money created a playground for criminals.
- 'This Old House' pays tribute to creator Russell Morash.
- Apple won't roll out AI tech in EU market over regulatory concerns.
- AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules.
- Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp.
- Mark is wondering if a smartwatch is a good device to catch up on missed notifications and if there's a way to have the watch re-send any notifications he missed previously.
- Jesse is getting an 0x80d02002 error when downloading files on their Windows machine and is trying to figure out how to stop the error. They also ask why they can't get their Roku TV to connect to their Apple AirPlay.
- Dick Debartolo joins the show this week to talk about the MAD exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum and the new AeroPress Go Plus.
- Steve writes to ask if there's a way to extend the connection of their AirPods to their Mac.
- Bala's phone was stolen recently, and they got a new phone to replace it. But they're wondering if the thieves can easily access the information on their old phone.
- Vidak ask why his mesh system is not correctly connecting to the node they want it to connect to?
- Tim wonders why if Apple is such and advocate for privacy, why they allow downloaded apps from the App Store to collect information on you Tim is also having issues getting Apple's Private Relay to connect to their WiFi network.
- David writes in wondering what the best way to hook up their Apple TV to a project and get sound out with a soundbar or speakers.
- Emil emails the show asking why their 2nd Gen AirPods Pro constantly pauses audio playback from almost any movement.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2030
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- wix.com/studio
- The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels
- The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
- Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly
- Tesla takes fight for Elon Musk's pay package back to court
- US sues Adobe for 'deceiving' subscriptions that are too hard to cancel
- Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say
- Mozilla buys Anonym, betting privacy is compatible with ads
- Jeff on Perplexity Discover
- Luma extends memes
- Gutenberg animated by Dream Machine
- Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, Daniel Levy announce Safe Superintelligence Inc.
- Paper: "ChatGPT is bullshit"
- How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Drug Development
- McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test
- US bank Wells Fargo fires employees for 'simulating' being at their keyboards
- BeReal acquired by mobile apps and games company Voodoo
- Netflix to Open Massive Entertainment, Dining and Shopping Complexes in Two Cities in 2025
- Sounds of the Forest - Soundmap
- Hamburger Dad
- Reuters annual news report
- ChatGPT of the Reuters report
- Original YouTube deal memo & pitch deck
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eufy.com
- 1password.com/twig
Copilot+ PC Launch Chaos, Recall Delay, Windows 11 Updates
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/886
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
- CVE-2024-30078
- "Recall" has been recalled
- Matthew Green on Apple's Private Cloud Compute
- A WGET flaw with a CVSS of 10.0?
- Thou shall not Resolve!
- Email @ GRC
- Downloading email with MailStore Home
- IT at The New York Times
- ReMarkable
- The Angle of the Dangle
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-979-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- 1bigthink.com
- kolide.com/securitynow
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
Apple has reportedly ceased work on the next Vision Pro with a focus on releasing a cheaper model in 2025. More information about Apple Intelligence is starting to roll out. Cheaper Vision Pro, Apple Pay Later, Apple Watch. And it's hard to talk about rumors sometimes, but reportedly, the upcoming Apple Watch Series 10 may get a larger screen and thinner design, according to Ming-chi Kuo.
- Apple's new AI is made in Google data centers.
- Apple to 'pay' OpenAI for ChatGPT through distribution, not cash.
- This is our best look yet at RCS working on an iPhone.
- Tim Cook may have met with Trump during WWDC to discuss second term priorities.
- Apple suspends work on next Vision Pro, focused on releasing cheaper model in late 2025.
- What are all these Apple executives doing with their legs?
- Steven Spielberg's Apple Watch keeps throwing false "Fall Detection" alerts during his packed talk Tribeca Film Festival; he throws it in desperation.
- US sues Adobe for 'deceiving' subscriptions that are too hard to cancel.
- Apple discontinuing Apple Pay Later, ahead of new features launching this fall.
- Ok, fine, here's Apple Intelligence.
- An accidental lock-in feature of the Apple ecosystem.
- Apple Watch Series 10 to get larger screen and thinner design, per Ming-chi Kuo.
- macOS Sequoia brings an unexpected update to Apple's Chess game.
- Howard Schultz, former Starbucks CEO, says Steve Jobs 'screamed in his face' telling him to fire his entire leadership team—and he was right.
- Apple refuses to notarize emulators in EU.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Mix Effect Pro
- Andy's Pick: ODOSOLA Tablet Stand
- Jason's Pick: Zoom H6Essential
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wix.com/studio
- cachefly.com/twit
Ukranian Bot Farms, LA Public Health Dept. Phished
- MS Recall and Apple AI
- Congress grills Microsoft boss Brad Smith after 'cascade' of security errors
- Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack
- Exclusive: MediaTek designs Arm-based chip for Microsoft's AI laptops
- Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law
- Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say
- Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered
- Successful phishing attack at LA County Department of Public Health exposes PID of 200k + people
- Bot Farm that attacked Ukrainian phones is shut down
- Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call
- Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
- Talking about Mark Zuckerberg
- The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
- T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
- Games that the panel members are playing
- Lynn Conway, a true pioneer, passes away at 86
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Daniel Rubino, Devindra Hardawar, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- IntouchCX.com/twit
- panoptica.app
- bitwarden.com/twit
Apple & Meta will likely face charges for failing to comply with EU rules. Can you play Apple Spatial audio files outside of Apple Music? How can you start learning how to program and develop an application? Plus, Rod Pyle talks about the Boeing Starliner launch, and Chris Marquardt goes over the past month's photo assignment of Minimalist!
- Apple WWDC24, Apple Intelligence, and RCS coming to iPhone.
- Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say.
- Matthew calls in, asking if upgrading his network from 2.4GHz to 5GHz is worth it.
- Chris wants to know how to play his Apple Spatial audio files in other applications outside of Apple Music.
- Rod Pyle talks about the Boeing Starliner launch, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch, and China's Chang'e 6 mission.
- Kevin likes having everything on his Mac open up in one Finder window with multiple tabs. How can Kevin keep Finder from opening links he clicks on in iMessage on his Mac to opening in the same Finder window where he has his multiple tabs?
- Henry emails Leo and Mikah, wondering where he can go to start programming an app he has an idea for.
- After upgrading to Mac OS Sonoma, Steve gets a notification that "Steve's iPhone microphone is not available." He wants to know why he's constantly getting this notification and how to stop it?
- Randy writes that they have a music collection on Apple Music, but he wants to save those files on his iPhone in the Apple Music app without constantly paying for a subscription. Is there a way for Randy to do this?
- Chris Marquardt goes over the Minimalist photo assignment and assigns the next assignment!
- Patrick calls in with a problem about why, when he's sending text messages on his iPhone through iMessage, the messages go from the Apple standard blue bubbles to green bubbles randomly at times. Patrick also wonders why his Apple Watch is receiving notifications inconsistently from apps like iMessage and WhatsApp.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Rod Pyle and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2029
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- eufy.com
- Apple Introduces Image Playground - a new AI image tool
- Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
- Hallucination is Inevitable
- Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call
- Mike Lynch: Autonomy co-founder cleared of fraud in US trial
- New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
- Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming antitrust trial
- Joey Chestnut is out of 2024 Nathan's hot dog eating contest in beef over vegan franks
- There's an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK
- No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn
- Elon Musk's Boundary-Blurring Relationships With Women at SpaceX
- Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse Movie-Theater Chain
- Ren Faire on HBO - all 3 parts out now!
- "The most difficult recipe" damnit
- TikTok cottage cheese search
- NotebookLM goes global with Slides support and better ways to fact-check
- 12 useful features Google just announced for Pixel phones, watches, and tablets
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- fastmail.com/twit
Recall to be opt-in, Auto SR, new Xbox Series models
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/885
Sponsors:
- HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko
- kolide.com/ww
- cachefly.com/twit
- MS on Recall changes
- Thanks for the "Memory"
- New York Times (and Wordle) leak
- Apple's own password manager app
- DJI drones on the defensive
- SlashData reveals some interesting developer statistics
- Are we going to turn programming over to AIs?
- The Linux Kernel Project goes CVE crazy
- Email @ GRC
- Pizza in 2024
- Microsoft Recall at work
- Google Domains to Squarespace DNS migration
- T2F2-NFC-Dual keys
- The rise and fall of code.microsoft.com
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-978-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- mylio.com/twit
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- 1bigthink.com
- kolide.com/securitynow
A bevy of announcements came from Apple during it WWDC24 event! Apple Intelligence is coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac with features like Image Playground. iPadOS 18 is coming soon, including an official Calculator app for the iPad and Smart Script when using the Apple Pencil. And the Apple Vision Pro is expanding into new countries and regions, such as China and Singapore, starting June 28th.
- Introducing Apple Intelligence, the personal intelligence system that puts powerful generative models at the core of iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
- Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple's ChatGPT integrations.
- The iPhone is now an AI trojan horse.
- Apple introduces Image Playground - a new AI image tool.
- iPadOS 18 introduces powerful new intelligence features and apps designed for Apple Pencil.
- iOS 18 makes iPhone more personal, capable, and intelligent than ever.
- Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18.
- visionOS 2 brings new spatial computing experiences to Apple Vision Pro.
- Blackmagic Design announces the world's first commercial camera system and editing software for Apple Immersive Video on Apple Vision Pro.
- Apple Vision Pro arrives in new countries and regions beginning June 28.
- iOS 18 finally adds T9 dialling on iPhone.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: NotebookLM
- Leo's Pick: Reconditioning a classic Mac 128K
- Mikah's Pick: Appe Developer app
- Alex's Pick: Decibel X
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ecamm.com/twit or use Promo Code TWIT
- Melissa.com/twit
- wix.com/studio
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 opened with a content-rich keynote showcasing significant updates to Apple's ecosystem. From enhancements to operating systems to the introduction of Apple Intelligence, the event set the stage for the next generation of Apple products and experiences.
Entertainment
- Apple TV+ enters its 5th year with a strong lineup of originals and upcoming shows and movies
- Gaming experiences on Apple devices are enhanced by the unified gaming platform, leveraging Metal and Apple silico- Notable upcoming games include Frostpunk 2, Control, and Assassin's Creed: Shadows for both Mac and iPad
Operating System Updates
- visionOS 2 for Apple Vision Pro introduces enhanced gestures, improved Mac Virtual Display, and expanded developer APIs
- iOS 18 brings deeper customization for the Home Screen and Control Center, privacy improvements, and a major Photos app redesign
- iPadOS 18 features a new floating tab bar for apps, Smart Script handwriting recognition, and the new Calculator app with Math Notes integration for Apple Pencil
- macOS Sequoia introduces iPhone Mirroring for wireless phone control from your Mac, improved window tiling, presenter preview for video calls, and the Passwords app
- watchOS 11 includes Training Load for workout impact analysis, the Vitals app for health metric insights, and an updated Photos watch face
Apple Intelligence
- Personal AI capabilities for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
- Siri receives significant upgrades with more natural interactions, personal context understanding, and cross-app actions
- Systemwide Writing Tools assist with rewriting, proofreading, and summarizing text across apps
- Genmoji and the Image Playground allow for playful image creation using simple descriptions
- Integration with ChatGPT brings powerful external AI models to Apple devices
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- How to Kill a Smart Device: Spotify Car Thing Post Mortem
- Stealing everything you've ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster.
- Windows won't take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in
- NVIDIA Drive Thor with 2,000 TOPS to be implemented by Li Auto
- Oral-B Sold a $230 Alexa Toothbrush—and Then Pulled the Plug
- Adobe's new terms of service unacceptably gives them access to all of your projects, for free
- Adobe has clarified controversial shrinkwrap license terms, but the damage may have already been done
- Samsung sues Oura preemptively to block smart ring patent claims
- I watched NVIDIA's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold
- TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a move impossible
- Intel CEO Takes Aim at NVIDIA in Fight for AI Chip Dominance
- This is Lunar Lake — Intel's utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks
- Instagram confirms test of 'unskippable' ads
- Gurman's Epic Pre-WWDC Leak Report
- New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Louis Maresca, Stacey Higginbotham, and Brian McCullough
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- kolide.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
VoIP Woes, Rogue Voice Memos, and Pet Tracking
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2028
Sponsor:
- fastmail.com/twit
- 'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good?
- Trump joins TikTok, the app he once tried to ban
- Unanimous SCOTUS To States: No Strong-Arming Third Parties To Silence Those You Dislike
- Federal Preemption of State Privacy Law Hurts Everyone
- The Internet's Final Frontier: Remote Amazon Tribes
- That time Rupert Murdoch almost married a woman from Petaluma
- The Very Online Afterlife of Franz Kafka
- Finally! Someone has figured out how to make money in the media biz
- The Uncanny Rise of the World's First AI Beauty Pageant
- a16z: no human will ever again have to make a call.
- India's election wasn't the deepfake doomsday many feared
- MS Recall
- Perplexity will research and write reports
- Visiting local chickens
- Bragging: Gutenberg review
- Paris' tabs
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Cathy Gellis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- kolide.com/twig
Recall debate, orchestration, Bing turns 15
Attack of the Copilot+ PCs
- Nvidia: GeForce RTX AI PCs will get Copilot+ PC status ... some day
- AMD: Ryzen AI 300 series (laptops) and AMD Ryzen 9000 series (desktops) have 50 TOPS NPUs and an on-stage apology, er, admission, from Microsoft
- Intel: Lunar Lake delivers 48 TOPS NPU, new GPU
- Qualcomm - Don't forget us! We're going to go after every PC form factor there is
- Thinking about AI, NPUs, and local workloads - Is an orchestrator in our future?
- Microsoft needs to address the Recall controversies
- Framework Laptop 13 is coming with Intel Core Ultra chips
- HP earnings - PC business up 3 percent in Q
- Dell earnings - PC business is flat
Windows 11
- Microsoft delivers its Week D preview update a day late
- If you're on 24H2 like I recommended last week, you get ... wait for it ... Copilot as an app
- Canary: Copilot as an app, Emoji 15.1 support
- Dev: Copilot as an app
- Microsoft adds a Windows 10 Insider Preview Beta channel to test new features
Microsoft
- Bing is 15 years old. What can we possibly celebrate?
- More Microsoft layoffs, this time in Mixed Reality and Azure
AI
- Apple reportedly partnering with OpenAI. Microsoft reportedly pissed about Apple partnering with OpenAI
- Google is fixing its AI overviews in Search
- And if anyone still trusts Google AI for some reason, Google Gemini 1.5 Pro and 1.5 Flash are now GA
- Amazon brings AI search, and to Fire TV for some reason
- When Raspberry Pi 5 can do AI is AI just everywhere now?
Xbox
- Asus announces ROG Ally X gaming handheld - are these to gaming what 8.1-inch tablets were to Windows 8.1?
- PlayStation VR2 adapter for PC is $60
Tips & Picks
- App pick of the week: Opera
- RunAs Radio this week: Apple and Microsoft Entra with Michael Epping
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Nikka "From the Barrel"
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko
- "Tornado Notes"
- Email @ GRC
- Have I Been Pwned?
- A new "supply chain" attack vector
- Another CA in the DogHouse
- ICQ to shutter its service
- Steve reviews "Déjà vu"
- Hide my email
- Security in Windows
- SpinRite update
- A Large Language Model in Every Pot
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-977-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
- kolide.com/securitynow
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- Melissa.com/twit
A new 3D 'Floor Plan' feature has been shipped with the latest HomeKit update. Apple mislabeled the number of GPU cores on the M2 iPad Air. You too can design your kitchen with the Apple Vision Pro & Lowe's. Plus, do cheap lightning-connected earbuds actually use Bluetooth even though it's a wired connection?
- Qualcomm uses 'I'm a Mac' actor Justin Long to promote ARM PC.
- Controller for HomeKit updated with new 3D 'Floor Plan' feature.
- M4 iPad Pro uses Secure Indicator Light for mic/camera access.
- Apple mislabeled GPU cores on M2 iPad Air; speed claims unaffected.
- Cheap lightning earbuds use Bluetooth?!
- Review: "What If?" shows off the Vision Pro's strengths.
- This is the best look yet at Apple's immersive video cameras.
- Apple Vision Pro Mindfulness App may get 'Respiration Tracking' feature.
- Lowe's wants you to use the Apple Vision Pro to design your kitchen.
- Apple News+ subscriptions growing 4x faster than major publishers, says report.
- This is Lunar Lake — Intel's utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks.
- TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a move impossible.
- Qualcomm: Snapdragon coming to "all PC form factors," including desktops.
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Pick: Bioluminescent Petunias
- Andy's Pick: Ulysses
- Alex's Picks: Zoom Tiles Beta
- Jason's Pick: Webaround Big Shot 5
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eufy.com
- fastmail.com/twit
- mylio.com/twit
Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee
- Spotify says it will refund Car Thing purchases
- VC Says "Chaos" Coming for Startups, Ads, and Online Business as Generative AI Eats Web
- Perplexity AI's new feature will turn your searches into shareable pages
- Who's having kids?
- The panel discusses Ticketmaster
- T-Mobile to acquire most of U.S. Cellular in $4.4 billion deal; U.S. Cellular shares surge
- Ticketmaster hacked. Breach affects more than half a billion users.
- Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack
- 'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good?
- Inside the scramble to 'prebunk' election misinformation before it takes hold
- TikTok Pins Its Hopes on Trump to Avoid Ban
- How a Self-Published Book, 'The Shadow Work Journal,' Became a Best Seller
- Twitch streamers host a fundraiser for Palestinians.
- The IRS is making its free Turbo Tax alternative permanent
- Tribeca to Screen AI-Generated Short Films Created by OpenAI's Sora
- North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation
- Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified
- Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Nicholas De Leon, and Emily Dreibelbis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- IntouchCX.com/twit
- wix.com/studio
- eufy.com
- mintmobile.com/twit
- lookout.com
Alex Lindsay joins Leo Laporte this week for Ask The Tech Guys. What's the best way to start podcasting? Which iPad and Apple Pencil is great for drawing? Why is my iPad lagging when using a certain application? Plus, Scott Wilkinson talks about some of the technology demonstrated at Display Week 2024, and Johnny Jet talks about how you shouldn't share your itinerary information on social media.
- Data of 560 million Ticketmaster customers for sale after alleged breach.
- Tribeca to screen AI-generated short films created by OpenAI's Sora.
- How can I start podcasting?
- What's the easiest way to pull a plethora of photos off your iPhone and to store these photos?
- Scott Wilkinson and Display Week 2024.
- What apps are available to listen to radio stations on a vehicle with an infotainment system running Android Automotive OS?
- What's the best iPad & pencil for drawing?
- Johnny Jet and why you shouldn't share pictures of your itinerary online.
- I have a telestration setup at home with my iPad and Video Pencil, but how can I reduce the lag on my iPad when using the software?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2027
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- wix.com/studio
- HP.com - ATG - https://bit.ly/3K4ax9W
- cachefly.com/twit
- Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
- Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter
- OpenAI researcher who resigned over safety concerns joins Anthropic
- UN statement on risks from generative AI
- We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
- Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet
- Everything Google announced at its big Chromebook showcase
- Google adds AI-powered features to Chromebook
- Here's the Google Home app 'Favorites' widget
- Google Ads Now Being Mixed In With Organic Results
- YouTube's free games catalog 'Playables' rolls out to all users
- How Shein and Temu Snuck Up on Amazon
- BuzzFeed Clashes With Vivek Ramaswamy, Its New Activist Investor
- Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack
- HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm
- TikTok offered an extraordinary deal. The U.S. government took a pass
- Parents Dance Like It's the '80s on TikTok, and Bring Down the House
- Meta's white, male advisory group
- My weekend plans: Ren Faire on HBO
- Canva meets Hamilton
- Top 50 podcasts
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- YahooFinance.com
- cachefly.com/twit
Bing outage, NVIDIA's record Q1 FY25, WPF's rebirth
Windows 11
- A quick look back at the Copilot+ PC launch
- Paul did end up making a video of each MacBook Air reference during last week's launch
- The Copilot+ PC event was also notable for its many references to the past: Paul counted at least 7 in the first 7 minutes alone
- After some soul-searching, Paul went all-in on Surface Laptop by canceling the first preorder and bulking it up with more RAM and storage
- Release Preview (last week): 24H2 comes to RP, suggesting it hits stable on Tuesday, June 11 (in preview), one week before the first Copilot+ PCs arrive with this build preinstalled
- Beta (last week): 23H2 build with no new features (arriving after 24H2 in Release Preview, of course)
- Microsoft Edge is getting more responsive thanks to a "WebUI 2.0" initiative
- Lenovo earnings up 9 percent in quarter, down 8 percent for the year. The future? AI PCs, duh
AI
- There was a massive Bing outage late last week. Press hold on all the obvious jokes, this impacted Copilot everywhere, DuckDuckGo, other services
- Cue the Chicken Little "this is why I'll never use AI" crowd, which used to be the "this is why I'll never use the cloud" crowd
- Copilot comes to Telegram for some reason
- Google goes live with AI overviews in Search and the world grinds to a halt
- Google adds Gemini to Chromebook Plus, gives one free year of Google One AI Premium to new device buyers
- WWDC is coming soon and we're seeing hints of how Apple will add more AI to its products
- Opera partners with Google Cloud on Gemini in Aria AI and image understanding/image generation in browser
- And it now plans to make 2000 SLMs available in the browser
- NVIDIA revenues were a record in Q1, up 262 percent YOY
Dev
- Last week, we learned that WPF is making a comeback. This week, Paul revived his .NETpad project and is going to modernize it using the new features
Xbox
- We finally have some news about Activision Blizzard games and Game Pass!!! But it's only one game, and it doesn't happen until November
- Atari buys the Intellivision brand. I wish we knew more about this
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Beware the dark patterns
- App pick of the week: Windows 11 version 24H2
- RunAs Radio this week: PowerApp Extensibility with Christina Wheeler
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Glen Garioch 1797 Founder's Reserve
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
- The bigger problem with AI Overview
- https://udm14.com/ -and- https://tenbluelinks.org/
- The horses have left the barn
- VPNs and Firewalls
- Email @ GRC
- Extension to fix Google search
- Passwords and SPAM
- Fixing motherboard components
- Vertical tabs in Firefox
- FritzBox routers
- Too many PINs
- More Google search fixes
- Testing Windows XP
- The 50 Gigabyte Privacy Bomb
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-976-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- bitwarden.com/twit
- 1bigthink.com
Could Apple change the orientation of its logo on future iPads? An OLED iPad mini is allegedly in development for a 2026 release. Would you buy a Lego model of an Apple Store? And why did Apple Music even bother releasing a top 100 list of the best albums on Apple Music?
- Apple might change the orientation of its logo on the back of future iPads.
- When are AirPods Max 2 coming? Here's the latest reporting...
- Apple iOS 18, macOS 15 AI features: Project Greymatter, Privacy, OpenAI deal.
- Three new games are now available for the Apple Vision Pro.
- New parkour Apple immersive video out now on Apple Vision Pro.
- This Lego Apple Store model needs votes for a slim chance of getting made.
- Apple Music 100 best albums.
- Apple Pencil Pro casts a fake shadow based on which tool you're using.
- Apple reportedly developing OLED iPad mini for 2026.
- All-screen M5 MacBook with foldable display and Vision Pro price now rumored for 2026.
- Prototype 3rd-gen iPod reveals that Apple built a Tetris clone for the iPod but never released it.
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Pick: MapleRead
- Jason's Pick: Lex.Games
- Andy's Pick: Tactiq YouTube Transcript Generator
- Alex's Picks: Kewpie Mayonaise & Merlin Bird ID
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/macbreak
- wix.com/studio
- YahooFinance.com
- cachefly.com/twit
Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation
- OpenAI didn't copy Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT, records show
- China's latest answer to OpenAI is 'Chat Xi PT'
- Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in
- Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
- Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
- Rabbit Holed
- Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs
- A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision
- Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand
- Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet
- Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold
- Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18
- Bitcoin pizza day
- C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Wesley Faulkner, and Alex Wilhelm
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- bitwarden.com/twit
- IntouchCX.com/twit
Congress recently made it nearly impossible to track private jets. Is WiFi 7 worth buying into right now? What resources are out there to help with the process of building a computer? How can I tag and organize photos based on the date taken? Plus, Dick DeBartolo stops by to share some LED lights that he loves and can magnetically stick to metal surfaces!
- Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired 'Doge' meme, dies at 18.
- Congress just made it basically impossible to track Taylor Swift's private jet.
- U.S. screens record 2.95 million airline passengers in single day.
- Is there a way to pinpoint an issue causing my Safari browser not to work?
- Is WiFi 7 a worthwhile upgrade for better data transfer between my NAS and computer?
- Are there AI note-taking tools that can effectively summarize notes from a meeting and are not as costly?
- Dick DeBartolo and the motion sensor LED light pucks!
- Can I tag photos based on dates?
- Leo shows off the mini Bluetooth keyboard he recommended for a viewer last week to use with your iPad. What does Leo think of the device?
- Are there tools out there that can organize photos of one person by date of older to newer?
- What resources are out there to help with the process of building a computer?
- How can I determine which custom ringtones are set to my contacts on my cellphone?
- Why are my Edge browser profiles not syncing across my various devices?
- How can I make a searchable database for my podcast?
- What's the easiest way to create annotations for my videos on my iPad?
- Could the Framework laptops be a good choice for running AI models locally?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2026
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- eufy.com
- HP.com - ATG - https://bit.ly/3K4ax9W
- Scarlett Johansson was 'shocked, angered' by ChatGPT voice that sounded like her
- It's Time to Believe the AI Hype
- Steven Levy's Extremely Stupid AI Piece
- Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments
- Congress Shouldn't End the Internet's Sunrise With a Section 230 "Sunset" Repeal
- Buy This Legislation or We'll Kill the Internet
- Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way
- French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn
- 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds
- Microsoft unveils 'Copilot + PC' initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI
- jacking Wendy's ai
- Google is bringing back classic search, with no AI – and I couldn't be happier about that
- Does One Line Fix Google?
- Google's AI Overviews are getting ads soon
- Google rolls out immersive, AI-powered Shopping Ads
- Google's new 'Add to Chromebook' badge makes web apps easier to find and install
- After beating Sonos case, Google brings back group speaker controls
- Magic Editor for older Pixel phones starts rolling out
- Google Pay will show your card benefits, Autofill with PIN/face unlock over security code
- YouTube seems to once again be rolling out its widely hated new web redesign
- New: OpenAI, Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Strike Content Deal
- Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice
- C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
- Let Bions Be Bygones
- United flight because of passengers stuck laptop
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Ed Zitron
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- YahooFinance.com
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- kolide.com/twig
Windows 11 and the Copilot+ PC
- Microsoft announces Copilot+ PC and our world collapses
- Microsoft announces new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop 13/15 as expected
- What the heck is this new bifurcation of features in Windows? Why?
- Paul ordered a Surface Laptop 15 the second Yusuf Mehdi said he could
- The other shoe finally drops: Every Copilot+ Pro PC has a fan. Is this a problem?
- Sorry, Chicken Little, Microsoft Recall is not a privacy concern
- Windows 11 is getting a lot of new security features
- Qualcomm is offering a $899 Copilot+ PC Mini and it looks awesome
- Windows 11 24H2 just entered the Release Preview channel
Inside baseball
- Everyone is mad at Microsoft about Monday's event
- Intel had people on-site to attend and present, Microsoft took their badges away and asked them to leave (AMD seemingly placated by Build keynote mentions). Intel countered with its own pissy announcement
- Qualcomm, the darling of the event, would like to know why it took Microsoft 40 minutes to say the word "Snapdragon"
- PC makers were told they would get equal billing with Surface, but they were afterthoughts during the event and at the showcase
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Announces Team Copilot
- Microsoft adds new features to Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Edge is getting a real-time translation feature
AI
- Microsoft adds a multimodal model to its Phi family of on-device SLMs
- Microsoft brings Copilots to developers, updates Power Platform
- Microsoft partners with Khan Academy on AI training
Dev
- Microsoft announces Windows Copilot runtime, but it's not a runtime
- Also, WTFF WPF is BACK with WinUI support too!
- Visual Studio 2022 17.10 adds integrated GitHub Copilot
- Plus some .NET 9 updates in pre-release
- Windows 11 24H2 is getting a bunch of new features for developers
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the Week: Windows 11 Security Book & Surface Laptop Report
- RunAs Radio This Week: The End of Windows 10 with Paul Thurrott
- Brown Liquor: Eagle Rare 10
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko
- When you're the biggest target...
- Searching for Search
- How long will a Windows XP machine survive unprotected on the Internet?
- Free Laundry
- VPNs and Firewalls
- Netgate SG1100
- Ad Industry vs. Google Privacy Sandbox
- Bitwarden and passkeys
- Token2 passkey dongle
- 312 Scientists & Researchers Respond
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-975-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- 1bigthink.com
- business.eset.com/twit
- mylio.com/TWIT25
Microsoft unveiled its new Copilot+ PCs to compete with Apple's MacBook Air. Apple released an update to iOS that fixes the issue of deleted photos reappearing, or as most articles are fixated on, deleted NSFW photos. And could new Mac Studio and Mac Pros be released in 2025?
- Scarlett Johansson was 'shocked, angered' by ChatGPT voice that sounded like her.
- Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in.
- I tried Microsoft's new AI-Focused PCs. Windows is exciting again.
- iOS 17.5 is allegedly resurfacing pictures that were deleted years ago.
- Apple says its latest iOS update fixes the issue that caused some NSFW deleted photos to reappear.
- macOS Sonoma 14.5 is the best release this cycle.
- iPad Pro 13's hide a repairability win, still hard to fix.
- Mac Studio, Mac Pro will be released in 2025.
- Secret meeting between Apple and TSMC reported, possibly to reserve all 2nm capacity.
- Apple's 27% app store fee plan gets skeptical reception by judge.
- The forged Apple employee badge.
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Pick: WWDC Index
- Jason's Pick: Provenance
- Andy's Pick: PGYTECH SD Card Case & Reader
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- YahooFinance.com
- ecamm.com/twit or use Promo Code TWIT
- IntouchCX.com/twit
OpenAI and Reddit, Signal Smear Campaign
- GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)
- It's Time to Believe the AI Hype
- The panel discusses their experiences with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude
- OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT
- OpenAI Superalignment team is gone
- 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds
- Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way
- French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn
- Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments
- Vermont's data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists
- How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal
- Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it
- Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Ben Parr, Dan Patterson, and Iain Thomson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mylio.com/TWIT25
- wix.com/studio
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- IntouchCX.com/twit
- eufy.com
This week is Bitcoin Pizza Day, celebrating the anniversary of someone paying 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas in the first Bitcoin transaction. What's the best way to manage multiple email accounts? Are there simple remote controllers one can use with an iPad? Plus, Rod Pyle talks about the recent Blue Origin flight, and Chris Marquardt goes over the Tough assignment.
- Bitcoin Pizza Day is this week.
- Mikah and Leo got their new iPad Pro's
- Is there a screen protector for my 15-inch laptop that can reduce glare and block blue light from the screen?
- Rod Pyle & the Blue Origin flight.
- What's a good point-and-shoot camera to take on a safari trip?
- What's going on with various companies & even states handling the privacy of their users?
- Can you merge Google Workspace emails with a personal Gmail account? What's the best way to manage multiple email addresses from one central location?
- Chris Marquardt & the 'tough' assignment. The next assignment is 'minimalist.'
- A previous caller recommends some new books for Leo and Mikah.
- Are there remote controllers you can use with an iPad?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Rod Pyle and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2025
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- HP.com - ATG - https://bit.ly/3K4ax9W
- mylio.com/TWIT25
- 1bigthink.com
The new iPad Pros are here! Jason Snell shares his thoughts on the iPad Pro, and Mikah unboxes his iPad Pro as Leo and Andy watch with excitement. Logic Pro gets updated for the Mac and iPad with new AI features: is this a prelude to this year's WWDC? Apple is working on revamping Siri to catch up to its competitors' offerings in generative AI. And people are mad at Apple's 'Crush' iPad Pro ad.
- M4 iPad Pro review: here we go again.
- Breaking down the iPad Hype: M4 and Tandem OLED!
- Apple releases Logic Pro for Mac and iPad updates with new AI features.
- Daring Fireball: The M4 iPad Pros.
- Apple will revamp Siri to catch up to its chatbot competitors.
- Apple working to fix iPhone alarm problem.
- Apple releases iOS 17.5 with cross-platform tracking detection, EU app downloads from websites and more.
- VMware Fusion Pro 13 goes free for personal use, here's how to get it.
- Hydraulic Press Channel reproduces the iPad ad for real.
- Apple apologizes for 'Crush' iPad Pro ad that sparked controversy.
- Apple still isn't done building its dream iPad
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: Not Boring Habits
- Mikah's Pick: Morpholio Trace
- Jason's Pick: Ferrite Recording Studio
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- wix.com/studio
Windows 11
- Patch Tuesday
- Windows 11 gets those stupid lock screen widgets
- Snipping Tool is being updated with emojis and QR code scanning
- Microsoft is testing widgets in the Windows 11 Start menu
- New Dev and Beta builds
- Dell PCs based on Snapdragon X leak
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Word gets a long-overdue overhaul to default paste
AI
- OpenAI kicks off the week with its Spring Update
- Google I/O follows up with a Microsoft-style keynote
Xbox
- Microsoft to launch Xbox mobile games store in July
- Xbox consoles will support game update pre-loads, finally
- Microsoft discounts Xbox 360 titles ahead of Store closure
- We have another round of Game Pass titles and you're never going to believe what we didn't get, again
- Starfield May Update is here with 60 fps support on Series X
- Xbox Cloud Gaming supports keyboard and mouse with 26 games
- Xbox app gets more improvements tied to handheld gaming PCs
- Sony has now sold almost 60 million PS5s, roughly even with PS4 at this point in
time
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Remote Desktop is another feature semi-broken by MSA sign-ins
- App pick of the week: VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free
- RunAs Radio this week: MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Lagavulin 16
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- HP.com - WW - https://bit.ly/4adilko
- Melissa.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
- Picture of the Week.
- Most to least common 4-digit pins.
- Enhanced LORAN.
- Passkeys.
- Microsoft's Head in the Clouds.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-974-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- 1bigthink.com
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- kolide.com/securitynow
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Alex Kantrowitz react live to the Google I/O presentation.
- Gemini
- Search with Gemini
- Agents
- Deepmind
- Gemini Flash
- Project Astra
- Imajen 3
- Veo
- Trillium
- Search
- Ask with Video
- Gemini for Workspace
- Virtual Teammate
- Gemini App
- Android
- Google AI Studio
- Gemma
- SynthID
- LearnLM
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Alex Kantrowitz
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- eufy.com
- YahooFinance.com
- Melissa.com/twit
Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis watch OpenAI's Spring 2024 Update as the company unveils the latest update to its ChatGPT system, GPT-4o, and demos its AI system's new capabilities as it interacts with text, voice, and photos.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Solar Storm Knocks Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting Season
- Apple Closes in on Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone
- Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
- Google is getting even worse for independent sites
- Musk Plans More Layoffs as Two Senior Tesla Executives Depart
- At Tesla, a Wild Week That Defined the Company's Future
- TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban
- Telegram vs. Signal
- Sony reverses unpopular Helldivers 2 decision after blistering player reaction
- Apple apologizes for 'Crush' iPad Pro ad that sparked controversy
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paris Martineau, Sam Abuelsamid, and Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- mintmobile.com/twit
- eufy.com
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent ask Sam Abuelsamid of the Wheel Bearings podcast what is going on at Tesla following Elon's dismissal of the supercharger team. Can you completely silence a group message in iMessage for a selected period? Is there a device that can automatically reboot a router following a network failure? Leo, Mikah, and others at TWiT also start talking about mechanical keyboards and their preferences following a listener's question about them.
- Apple nears deal with OpenAI to put ChatGPT on iPhone.
- Is the VPN security flaw following the Option 121 vulnerability a big issue after Steve Gibson's report on it?
- Sam Abuelsamid and what happened with the Tesla Supercharger team.
- A caller gives their recommendation for DeleteMe (a sponsor on the TWiT network).
- What WiFi system do Leo and Mikah recommend for a 7000 sq ft house with multiple levels?
- Is there a comparable service to ComiXology that can help sort comic books into different categories easily and quickly?
- Can you silence a group message in iMessage during a selected period?
- Are there devices that can automatically reboot a router?
- Are there mechanical keyboards that closely mimic an old IBM Selectric typewriter?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2024
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- wix.com/studio
- 'It's Been Painful': What Jonah Peretti Says Went Wrong at BuzzFeed
- The first Pulitzer prize for tech journalism in a decade!
- Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
- Google is getting even worse for independent sites
- Heat Death of the Internet
- What's happening at Tesla? Here's what experts think.
- They Put a 65-Foot Hot Dog in Times Square, and It's a Blast
- Read the wild email Tesla is sending to suppliers amid Supercharger chaos
- Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production
- TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban
- Meet Pixel 8a
- YouTube's AI-powered 'Jump Ahead' feature rolling out widely to Premium users
- Google is changing how you set up 2FA
- Google Chrome Now Has a Gemini AI Shortcut
- Google TV's magic button is finally here, so what does it do?
- Number Of Search Results Dropped Google Search Results Page
- I Love Facebook. That's Why I'm Suing Meta.
- Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk's X
- (God help us) Elon Musk's Plan For AI News
- The Forgotten War on Beepers
- AI-Voiced Audiobooks Top 40,000 Titles on Audible
- geospy.ai
- MacWhisper
- Is This the Most Boring Man in the World?
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- YahooFinance.com
Microsoft is promising to put security first, again. Three features have been added to Windows 11 Canary build 26212. Microsoft shuts down some game developer studios under its Xbox Games Studios, including a popular one that published Hi-Fi RUSH. And Playstation recinds PSN account requirement for Helldivers 2 on PC.
Microsoft & Security
- Microsoft promises to put security first. Again.
- Microsoft adds passkey support to Microsoft accounts.
Windows 11
- Windows 11 Canary build 26212 adds three features from the beta channel.
- Microsoft starts controlled feature rollouts (CFRs) on Windows Insider dev channel.
- Microsoft acknowledges VPN connection issues on Windows 11 and Windows 10.
- More improvements to Tiny11 Builder.
- Arc for Windows shipped last week.
Armed and Ready
- Apple announces M4 along with new iPad Pros.
- Qualcomm earnings flat, but big promises for current quarter.
AI
- Better prompt writing is coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- OpenAI is allegedly testing its replacement for Google Search.
- Microsoft allegedly testing LLM that challenges OpenAI.
Xbox
- Microsoft shuts down more Xbox studios, triggering a new round of angst.
- Starfield is getting the 60 FPS support it should have had at launch on Xbox Series X.
- Nintendo has now sold over 141 million Switch consoles, promises Switch 2.
- Just kidding on the PSN account requirement for PC Helldivers 2.
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Build Blogger Bash
- App pick of the week: DesktopGPT
- Plus: Proton Pass gets much-needed account protection features.
- RunAs Radio this week: Identity Governance with Jef Kazimer.
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Shelter Point Cask Strength Single Malt.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- kolide.com/ww
- The vulnerability of GPS
- Is the sky falling on all VPN systems?
- Multi-user Passkeys, YubiKeys?
- The iCloud Keychain
- The UK and Google's Topics
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-973-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- kolide.com/securitynow
- lookout.com
- bitwarden.com/twit
Apple held its iPad event early on Tuesday morning and announced new iPad Pros with M4 chips! The iPad Air 6 was also announced with a redesigned model. The iPad Pros also have nano-texture glass for their displays, but only for the 1TB and 2TB models. Plus, an Apple Pencil Pro with squeeze and roll gestures and Find My support!
- Apple announces new iPad Pro: OLED display, M4 chip, thinner redesigned chassis.
- Apple debuts Magic Keyboard for M4 iPad Pro with larger trackpad, function row, aluminum palm rest.
- Nano-texture glass for M4 iPad Pro only available on 1TB and 2TB models.
- Apple's new cellular iPad Air and iPad Pro models are eSIM only.
- iPad Air 6: Redesigned model available in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes, landscape front camera.
- Apple unveils M4: Its first chip made for AI from the ground up.
- Apple's new iPad Pro should turn device into true laptop replacement.
- Apple Pencil Pro launches, with squeeze gesture and roll, plus Find My support.
- New versions of Final Cut and Logic Pro for iPad take advantage of the power of the M4 chip.
- New iPad Pro lacks mmWave 5G and Ultra-Wide camera.
- Google paid Apple $20 Billion to be default search engine in 2022.
- Apple reports second quarter results.
- Apple mulling potential partnership with Rivian.
- Apple's Star Wars themed Precision Finding ad.
- Apple is developing AI Chips for data centers, seeking edge in arms race.
Picks of the Week:
- Doc's Pick: GL.iNet GL-MT3000 Travel Router
- Mikah's Pick: Misting Pet Brush
- Andy's Pick: Portal
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko
Guests: Doc Rock and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- eufy.com
- wix.com/studio
- ecamm.com/twit or use Promo Code TWIT
Apple unveiled a series of updates to its iPad lineup, introducing new models, features, and accessories.
- Redesigned iPad Air: The new iPad Air, available in 11-inch and 13-inch models, features the M2 chip, an updated camera layout, improved connectivity, and increased storage options.
- Next-Generation iPad Pro: The all-new iPad Pro boasts an ultra-thin design, advanced Ultra Retina XDR display, and the powerful M4 chip. It comes in 11-inch and 13-inch models.
- Introduction of the M4 Chip: Apple's latest silicon, the M4 chip, enables the iPad Pro's sleek design and impressive display capabilities while delivering significant performance improvements.
- Updates to Pro-Level Apps: Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro receive substantial updates, with new features like Live Multicam, Final Cut Camera, Session Players, ChromaGlow, and Stem Splitter.
- Debut of Apple Pencil Pro: The new Apple Pencil Pro offers an enhanced user experience with pressure sensitivity, haptic feedback, gyroscope-based control, and Find My integration.
- Redesigned Magic Keyboard: The updated Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro is thinner, lighter, and includes a function row, aluminum palm rest, larger trackpad, and haptic feedback.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
In this episode of This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte is joined by Georgia Dow, Shoshana Weissmann, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, tackling a wide range of thought-provoking topics, from the ethical implications of AI in sensitive fields to the challenges of creating and consuming content in an increasingly commercialized digital landscape.
- The panel grapples with the potential risks and benefits of AI-powered therapists and priests, stressing the need for human empathy and discernment in these emotionally charged roles.
- They confront the harsh realities of the internet's "heat death," as the relentless pursuit of profits and engagement leads to a glut of low-quality content and erodes user trust.
- The group reflects on the double-edged sword of democratized media, celebrating the value of supporting emerging voices while acknowledging the importance of professional standards.
- As Twitter faces existential challenges, the panel surveys the social media horizon, evaluating alternative platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky, and weighing the implications of Jack Dorsey's departure from the Bluesky board.
- Elon Musk's reckless tweets about taking Tesla private have come back to haunt him, with the Supreme Court upholding an SEC settlement requiring his Tesla-related posts to be vetted by a lawyer.
- The FCC has cracked down on major telecom companies for the illegal sale of location data, while legislators push for reforms to prevent the government from exploiting privacy loopholes.
- Congress continues its misguided crusade to protect children online, with ill-conceived age verification mandates and privacy-eroding measures that threaten the very foundations of digital security. The panel offers an impassioned critique of these shortsighted efforts.
- The once-beloved video game Helldivers 2 serves as a cautionary tale of platform overreach, as a heavy-handed PlayStation Network login requirement sparks a massive player revolt and torpedoes the game's reputation.
- Apple's quarterly results are analyzed, and all eyes are on Apple's upcoming event, where new iPads and an enhanced Apple Pencil are expected to take center stage. But the real buzz surrounds the rumored M4 chip and its tantalizing AI capabilities, hinting at a potential game-changer for the iconic brand.
- The group geeks out over Disney+'s radical revival of X-Men '97 and Amazon's ambitious Fallout adaptation, complete with an immersive easter egg phone experience
- The freewheeling discussion also touches on Shoshana's ingenious Alexa hacks for Sabbath TV viewing, a UK council's apostrophe apocalypse, the looming cicada invasion, and Fr. Robert's role as a guardian angel for the Vatican's feral felines.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Shoshana Weissmann, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Stamps.com promo code TWiT
- kolide.com/twit
- IntouchCX.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
The people are pushing for the ban of TikTok within the U.S. Trying to use your WiFi network while on your mobile hotspot. Why is my Safari browser constantly crashing on start up? Be aware when purchasing SD cards on websites like Amazon. What happens with data that is stored in your iCloud but not on your phone? Plus, Scott Wilkinson stops by to talk about the new TVs Sony announced recently.
- Arc Browser available for Windows.
- Heat Death of the Internet.
- Apple reports second quarter results.
- Meet the powerful tech insiders behind the push to ban TikTok
- Can you use a WiFi network when using a hotspot on the AT&T network?
- Scott Wilkinson and Sony's 2024 TV's.
- A caller suggests some novels for Leo & Mikah to read.
- A follow-up question to last week's show about images stored within BitWarden and the idea of a "secure delete."
- Talking about the AT&T security breach that happened recently.
- How does the iPhone manage files & data on your phone and within iCloud when handling older files and data from a previous iPhone?
- After upgrading to Sonoma OS on my Mac, why is the Safari browser constantly crashing on startup for me?
- How can I know when I'm purchasing a legitimate SD card on websites like Amazon?
- Are there any bank institutions that offer 2FA through applications such as Authy or Google Authenticator rather than text messages?
- How can I block outgoing traffic from Amazon's Alexa on my Ubiquiti network?
- If I have a bunch of HDMI cables from over the years, how can I test the cables to tell which is HDMI 1.0 and the other is HDMI 2.0?
- Why is my Windows Start menu disappearing after my machine goes to sleep mode?
- What's the best way to encrypt a USB drive?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Scott Wilkinson
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2023
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Stamps.com promo code TWiT
- eufy.com
- cachefly.com/twit
- Google is building a fart button into Android
- The Rabbit R1 is loosely based on Android after all
- Alphabet Leaps Into $2 Trillion Club as Results Show AI Strength
- Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia
- Google cuts hundreds of 'Core' workers, moves jobs to India, Mexico
- Google workers fired for protesting Israeli contract file NLRB complaint
- Meet the powerful tech insiders behind the push to ban TikTok
- A Chinese Firm Is America's Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington.
- FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data
- The FCC just doled out big privacy fines. It could soon lose that power.
- Supreme Court Rejects Musk's 'Twitter Sitter' Appeal in SEC Win
- Twilio Founder Jeff Lawson Has Some Serious Plans for The Onion
- Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes
- Musk Wins China's Backing for Tesla's Driver-Assistance Service
- Elizabeth Spiers: That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All Elon Musk's Flaws
- Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles and public policy team
- Supreme Court declines to block Texas pornography restriction
- Bruce Perens proposes draft Post-Open Zero Cost License
- Remember that Sora balloon video?
- From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.
- Related: Yann LeCun & AI as 4-year-old
- Is history repeating itself? I have concerns.
- The Cheyenne Supercomputer is going for a fraction of its list price at auction right now
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/twig
- YahooFinance.com
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
FY24 Q3 Earnings, AI Explorer, Github Copilot Workspace
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/879
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
- cachefly.com/twit
- GCHQ: No more default passwords for consumer IoT devices!
- What happened with Chrome and 3rd-party cookies?
- Race conditions and multi-threading
- GM "accidentally" enrolled millions into "OnStar Smart Driver +" program
- Steve recommends Ryk Brown's "Frontiers Saga"
- SpinRite update
- Passkeys: A Shattered Dream?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-972-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- business.eset.com/twit
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- 1bigthink.com
- lookout.com
Could Apple's announcement of its new iPad's next week be positioned as an AI-powered device? What happened with Apple IDs being reset suddenly for some users? Apple is replacing its titanium Apple cards from the 2019 batch. And Mercedes-Benz is planning not to adopt the next iteration of Apple's CarPlay in its vehicles.
- Apple rivals retool to challenge the iPhone and Vision Pro.
- Apple's OpenAI talks intensify as it seeks to add AI features.
- Many people say their Apple IDs were inexplicably reset last night.
- FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data.
- Apple starts replacing titanium Apple cards from 2019 batch.
- Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says.
- Epic Games is dragging Apple back to court over anti-steering.
- iPad used to fire modern weapons in old Ukrainian jets.
- Mercedes-Benz won't let Apple CarPlay take over all its screens.
- Why an iPhone can survive a drop from a plane, but not from your kitchen counter.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Alpaka
- Leo's Pick: Loctote
- Andy's Pick: The Boston Public Library
- Jason's Pick: Grammarly Desktop
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wix.com/studio
- ecamm.com/twit or use Promo Code TWIT
- Melissa.com/twit
- cachefly.com/twit
TikTok Ban, Intel's Struggles, Google's Ensh*ttification
- 'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill
- A Chinese Firm Is America's Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington.
- The panel taks about AI
- With YouTube Booming, Podcast Creators Get Camera-Ready
- A new California bill would restrict line-skipping service 'Clear' at airports in the name of equity
- The Man Who Killed Google Search
- Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operating reality'
- Oracle is moving its world HQ to Nashville
- Google delays third-party cookie demise yet again
- Alphabet Leaps Into $2 Trillion Club as Results Show AI Strength
- U.S. chipmaker Intel was once dominant, now struggles to stay relevant
- Twilio Founder Jeff Lawson Has Some Serious Plans for The Onion
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amy Webb and Kevin Rose
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- wix.com/studio
- mylio.com/TWIT25
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
TikTok will be banned within the U.S. in nine months unless Bytedance divests, but now the government may be seeking to ban another popular Chinese product within the country. Why are a caller's photo uploads to Instagram failing? How can I get Siri to stop bringing up duplicate contacts when using it? Plus, Dick DeBartolo brings some exciting gadgets to the show, and Chris Marquardt goes over the Power photo assignment!
- Banning TikTok just puts a Band-Aid over social media's problems.
- Many people say their Apple IDs were inexplicably reset last night.
- A Chinese firm Is America's favorite drone maker. Except in Washington.
- With YouTube booming, podcast creators get camera-ready.
- What off-site backup options do Leo and Mikah like the most?
- Troubleshooting why a sound bar is no longer connecting to a caller's WiFi network automatically.
- Dick DeBartolo and the semi-smart lightbulb.
- Why are my photos failing to upload to Instagram?
- Is there an app that can allow me to send the same pre-recorded voicemail to those that I call?
- How can I get Siri to stop bringing up multiple instances of one contact when using the digital assistant?
- Is there a way to securely open JPGs within BItwarden without re-downloading it or opening the image externally?
- Why is my iPhone 11 unable to connect to my printer?
- Chris Marquardt and the Powerful assignment review.
- Why is the quality of my audio so poor when streaming through Xfinity?
- Is it time to upgrade my Intel iMac to the most recent Mac mini? Should I wait for Apple to refresh the Mac minis later this year?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2022
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- mylio.com/TWIT25
- 'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill
- TikTok ban would be a gift from Congress to Meta and Google
- How the TikTok ban could survive a court challenge
- The Chilling of TikTok
- FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements That Restrict Job Switching
- Sam Altman-backed crypto project Worldcoin faces an orb shortage
- Paris' nuts
- Rabbit R1
- brilliant.xyz
- More wearable AI: IYO One
- The Man Who Killed Google Search
- Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operating reality'
- The solution to scary Boston Dynamics bots? Make robots hairy
- Meta shares plummet 10% after second quarter outlook disappoints
- Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to 'bring back the open web'
- Beware of The Fake Podcast Invite Scam
- Bravely Exploring the Squalor of a 'Boy Room'
- This fun little web game: Equinox.Space
- magCulture
- No one buys books
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- YahooFinance.com
- bitwarden.com/twit
Leo, Paul, and Richard steer towards the performance race as they speculate about how Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite/Plus PCs will compare to Apple Silicon MacBooks. What makes a laptop truly user-friendly? System reliability, UI consistency, battery life? Plus, the recent Fallout TV series, the practicality of using winget for browser installations, and how the ARM chipset switch is revving up the PC market.
ARMed & ready
- Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon X Plus and confirms Paul's report that the Snapdragon X Elite will have three SKUs (product editions)
- All four SKUs outperform Apple M3, Intel Core Ultra 7/9, AMD Ryzen 9 7940/8945HS on most benchmarks
- Why? PC makers asked Qualcomm for familiar choices
- Previously, an X Plus-based Surface Pro 10 and an X Elite-based ThinkPad T40s leaked. Paul can now confirm from a source that Surface Laptop 6 (13 and 15-inch) and Surface Pro will all be on X (something}
- Vivaldi is bringing its browser to Windows on Arm too
Windows 11
- The April 2024 Week D preview update is here: Recommended apps and frequently used apps in Start, Widgets icon updates, Lock screen widgets improvements
- Canary: Moves off 24H2 train to build 26200, no more switch to Dev, minor changes to the Widgets board and Taskbar (no new build for Dev)
- Beta: New Widgets design with navigation bar, new account manager in Start, Gmail in Share, MSA recovery advertisement, and new Game Pass recommendation card in Settings
- Microsoft Store app downloads from the web get simpler, more sophisticated
- After yet another Quest 2 Headset price cut, and mounting problems for Apple's Vision Pro, Meta opens up Horizon OS, Microsoft is sort-of on board
Microsoft 365/Dev
- Office LTSC 2024 commercial is now available in preview
- Classic Teams rides off into the sunset on July 1
- Dropbox offers deeper Microsoft 365 integration
- GitHub sees success in 2FA push
AI
- The European Commission will not formally investigate Microsoft/OpenAI partnership
- Microsoft released a new SLM
- Microsoft gives a sneak peek of VASA-1, a crazy and scary "talking faces" AI tool
- Google copies Microsoft again, announces massive AI reorg - that has Pixel fans worried
- Adobe's generative AI image capabilities are predictably fantastic
Xbox
- Get an Xbox Mastercard in the US, if you're a tool
- Microsoft announces IGN x ID@Xbox digital showcase - indie games
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Have you heard the one joke about the one time you need to use Edge?
- App pick of the week: Tiny11 Builder
- RunAs Radio this week: PowerShell 7.4 with Sydney Smith
- Brown liquor pick of the week: GlenKinchie 12
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
- What do you call "Stuxnet on steroids"??
- Voyager 1 update
- Android 15 to quarantine apps
- Thunderbird & Microsoft Exchange
- China bans Western encrypted messaging apps
- Gentoo says "no" to AI
- Cars collecting diving data
- Freezing your credit
- Investopedia
- Computer Science Abstractions
- Lazy People vs. Secure Systems
- Actalis issues free S/MIME certificates
- PIN Encryption
- DRAM and GhostRace
- AT&T Phishing Scam
- Race Conditions and Multi-core processors
- An Alternative to the Current Credit System
- SpinRite Updates
- Chat (out of) Control
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-971-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- lookout.com
- kolide.com/securitynow
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
Apple announced a May 7th event, hinting very heavily that new iPads will be announced at the event! Will Apple stop producing its FineWoven accessories following negative reviews of the product? Apple is continuing its environmental push. And is Apple cutting its future Vision Pro shipment forecasts?
- Apple announces May 7th event for new iPad.
- Apple reportedly stops production of FineWoven accessories.
- Apple hits 18 gigawatts of clean energy in its environmental push.
- What really happens when you trade In an iPhone at the Apple Store.
- Apple finally plans to release a Calculator app for iPad later this year.
- macOS 15 rumored to feature revamped Calculator app.
- Apple says it was ordered to pull WhatsApp from China app store.
- Apple cuts 2024 & 2025 Vision Pro shipment forecasts.
Picks of the Week:
- Shelly's Pick: Quinn Martin TV Shows
- Andy's Pick: MediaHuman Audio Converter
- Alex's Pick: Apple Reality Composer
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Shelly Brisbin
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- YahooFinance.com
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- kolide.com/macbreak
- Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
- TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again
- Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration
- Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe
- Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024
- Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
- How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
- Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High After Lull
- Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal
- Tesla asks shareholders to approve Elon Musk's nixed $56 billion pay plan
- Cool or creepy? Microsoft's VASA-1 is a new AI model that turns photos into 'talking faces'
- GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading advisories
- Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
- Schools Want to Ban Phones. Parents Say No.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Howell, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eufy.com
- IntouchCX.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- lookout.com
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent dive into a variety of engaging tech topics, from controversial phone bans in schools to the future of AI and data privacy. The duo also tackles listener questions on VPNs, mobile hotspots, Apple App Store subscriptions, and more. Special guest Rod Pyle joins to discuss the latest updates on Voyager 1 and the Mars Sample Return mission.
- Mobile Phones in Schools: Leo and Mikah discuss the growing controversy around schools banning phones to prevent students from being distracted in class, despite parents' concerns about wanting to stay connected with their children.
- Biometric Security and Privacy: A recent court ruling determined that police officers can compel suspects to unlock their phones using biometric data like fingerprints, sparking a debate about privacy rights and the Fifth Amendment.
- TikTok Ban Passes in the House Again: The hosts examine the implications of the U.S. House of Representatives once again passing a ban on TikTok, which is now headed to the Senate as part of a foreign aid package.
- John asks how to ensure that a VPN is truly protecting his privacy, and Leo explains the importance of trust in a connected world.
- Eric inquires about using NFC chips to log onto Wi-Fi networks with an iPhone, and Mikah clarifies that this feature is not currently available on iOS devices.
- Limitless: Leo pre-ordered a new wearable device called Limitless, which uses AI to record and transcribe conversations while respecting privacy by requiring consent from participants.
- Space expert Rod Pyle joins the show to discuss the latest developments with Voyager 1's corrupted memory and NASA's decision to cut ties with JPL for the Mars sample return mission due to cost and time concerns.
- Dan experiences issues with his mobile hotspot disconnecting when using his computer, and the hosts troubleshoot potential solutions, including checking for metered connections and power-saving settings.
- Fernando inquires about running local AI models for his work at a hospital, and Leo provides insight into retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and various open-source AI options like Dot.
- Tim asks about using multiple payment methods for Apple App Store subscriptions, and Mikah explains the workaround of manually reordering payment methods.
- Steve wants to move his photos from Google Photos to a hard drive, and Leo recommends using Mylio to easily import and manage the photos from Google Takeout.
- A listener, also named Tim, asks for recommendations on moving their DNS hosting away from Google while still supporting dynamic DNS updates, and the hosts suggest using Cloudflare or a router with built-in dynamic DNS support.
- Shelly experiences issues with mismatched drive sizes when attempting to clone her hard drives, and Leo advises using a sector-by-sector copying tool or rsync for more precise duplication.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2021
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- wix.com/studio
- Craig Newmark the Pigeon Man / more AI Music
- Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
- Marques Brownlee calls the Humane AI pin "the worst product I've ever reviewed."
- limitless ai
- brilliant.xyz
- Maria Cantwell wants a privacy law. She's been one of its biggest obstacles.
- Experts Provide Early Analysis of the American Privacy Rights Act
- Unclear Protections in the American Privacy Rights Act Not Worth Broad Preemption
- Google tests stopping news links in California because of CJPA
- Whoops! Computer error leads to wrong couple getting divorced
- Hey, Paris: How Neopets' nostalgic revival tripled users in six months
- Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, disappointing dozens
- Panic-as-a-Business is Expanding
- Crypto Trader Searched Web for 'Fraud' Before $110 Million Haul
- 'Eat the future, pay with your face': my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint
- Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?
- Prophet Song
- Strands, the superior NYT game
- Cow magnets
- Vinod Khosla's tech-determinist TED wet dream
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Stacey Higginbotham
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eufy.com
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- cachefly.com/twit
Backlash against tech criticism, Ralf Groene retires, Hardcore Software
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/877
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30
- kolide.com/ww
- Melissa.com/twit
- An update on the AT&T data breach
- 340,000 social security numbers leaked
- Cookie Notice Compliance
- The GDPR does enforce some transparency
- Physical router buttons
- Wifi enabled button pressers
- Netsecfish disclosure of Dlink NAS vulnerability
- Chrome bloat
- SpinRite update
- GhostRace
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-970-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- bitwarden.com/twit
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
- 1bigthink.com
The rumor mill has begun on the upcoming M4 chips. Could these M4 chips be a way for Apple to start pushing into the AI-powered device market? Apple notifies users in 92 countries about attempted spyware attacks on select iPhone users. And Apple expands repair options for its devices with support for used genuine Apple parts.
- Apple readies M4 chip Mac line, including new MacBook Air and Mac Pro.
- Apple is reportedly planning a big AI-focused M4 Mac upgrade.
- Apple's mysterious fisheye projection.
- Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks.
- Apple drops term 'state-sponsored' attacks from its threat notification policy.
- Apple to expand repair options with support for used genuine parts.
- Apple opens access to used iPhone components for repair.
- 'Dickinson' showrunner says she ended the show after Apple 'actively gaslit' her.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: Liminal
- Andy's Pick: Downie
- Jason's Pick: The Masters Tournament on the App Store for Vision Pro
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- wix.com/studio
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- AI Music with Suno and Udio
- Google's DeepMind finds 2.2M crystal structures in materials science win
- Vana plans to let users rent out their Reddit data to train AI
- How I Built an AI-Powered, Self-Running Propaganda Machine for $105
- AI's Victories in Go Inspire Better Human Game Playing
- Why the California Journalism Preservation Act is putting support of the news ecosystem at risk
- Google and the CJPA
- Consumers will finally see FCC-mandated 'nutrition labels' for most broadband plans
- SAG-AFTRA union secures AI protections for artists in deal with major record labels
- Peter Higgs, physicist who proposed Higgs boson, dies aged 94 | Peter Higgs
- BESSY II: How pulsed charging enhances the service time of batteries
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Denise Howell, Larry Magid, and Owen Thomas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mintmobile.com/twit
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- wix.com/studio
Leo shows off Udio and Suno, AI-generated music services that've been making a splash in the news recently. What's the easiest way to rip DVDs nowadays? Is AliExpress a safe website to purchase goods from? Plus, Sam Abuelsamid talks about how AI is being utilized in the design of automotive vehicles. That and more are coming up on Ask The Tech Guys!
- Suno and Udio.
- Apple Music execs reveal months of work behind releasing Taylor Swift's new album.
- My HDR videos are taking forever to export from Adobe Premiere. What could be causing this issue?
- Can I force my S23 Ultra to get the latest security update?
- Sam Abuelsamid and AI's application in the design of automotive vehicles.
- How can I bypass copy protection on DVDs?
- Is there a thing as having too many eero routers on my network?
- Is AliExpress a safe website from which to buy goods?
- How can I host my own public game server? Can I do it myself?
- What are some recommended, budget-friendly video capture adapters for Mac computers?
- After creating a new email address, how can I easily notify others about the change in my email?
- How safe am I using tech given/purchased from someone else?
- Why can't I cast my Netflix streams from my phone anymore?
- I'm transferring my data from an iPhone to a Pixel 8 Pro, but my WhatsApp information always fails. What could be causing this issue?
- What Windows virtualization application does Leo and Mikah recommend for the Mac?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2020
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- eufy.com
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps
- The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island
- FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband
- Talking about the old internet
- Jeff's paper on the California Journalism Preservation Act
- Twitter's Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers
- Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop
- SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line
- NYC Chicken Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On Zoom
- First look at federal privacy bill
- Instagram Generated Almost 30% of Meta's Revenue in Early 2022
- Elon Musk's 'self-inflicted wounds' and other highlights from a newly released deposition
- 5 Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next '24
- Fitbit app rolling out redesigned Sleep stats
- Google's Nest Secure is shut down — and you've got options besides ADT
- Google brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for free
- The wonderful world of Taskmaster
- Also! A report from the teens at PS 47
- Mario meets Pareto
- Suno music
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- fastmail.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
On this episode, Paul shares his thoughts on the Snapdragon X Elite chip with Leo and Richard. Windows 11 24H2, AI, NPUs, and SoCs from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are all on the way this year. But a schedule is finally starting to emerge. And it looks like we'll soon have answers to the questions about how or why AI will matter on PCs.
Windows, AI, and the future
- Windows 11 version 24H2 - staggered release schedule as discussed last week
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite-based PCs in May/June - nothing but good news to date, but Paul went hands-on last week. It's the real deal.
- Intel's first-gen Core Ultra chipsets are lackluster, but now we have big promises for Arrow Lake in late 2024
- Microsoft Build 2024 is in mid-May, and now we have a session list with some nice clues. For example, Introducing the Next Generation of Windows on Arm
- Microsoft is expected to unveil 24H2 and new X Elite-based Surface PCs at Build
- Computex and other milestones, and then back-to-school and holiday selling periods
Windows 11
- Moment 5 arrives in stable with yesterday's Patch Tuesday (which is now called the General Availability channel, by the way). Of course, we still don't have all the features. In particular, waiting on Android phone as a webcam.
- IDC says PC market grew by 1.5 percent in Q1 and acts like it's the turnaround of the century
- Microsoft is manually blocking certain registry keys related to default browsers now: Apple-like non-EU belligerence or pragmatic protection of user choice? Why can't it be both?
- Beta channel (last week) - Copilot actions improvements
- New Store app update improvements performance dramatically
- The Windows 11 de-ensh*ttification experiments continue
- Does Windows 11 Enterprise solve the problem? No. So it's time to move on
Hardware
- TSMC gets some of that sweet, sweet CHIPS Act money to expand its US operations
AI
- Three AIs comparison
- Blockbuster report claims OpenAI/Microsoft, Google, and Meta stole content at scale to train AI
- Microsoft opens a new AI hub in London
- Google mulls charging for generative AI in Search
- Spotify lets user create AI playlists using text prompts now
- Brave brings Leo to iOS, so it's on all supported platforms now. And it added Leo to Brave Talk Premium too
- Google rebrands Studio Bot to Gemini in Android Studio, still in preview. This is their GitHub Copilot
Xbox
- Microsoft rolls out April updates for Xbox consoles, Xbox app on PC
- Xbox reorgs, Kareem Choudhry leaves Microsoft
- A rumored game preservation team is too obvious not to be true
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Microsoft Store hosts its annual Spring Sale
- App picks of the week: Standard Notes & Beeper
- RunAs Radio this week: Securing AI with Sarah Young
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Dalwhinnie 15
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com/twit
Out-of-support DLink NAS devices contain hard coded backdoor credentials
Privnote is not so "Priv"
Crowdfense is willing to pay millions
Engineers Pinpoint Cause of Voyager 1 Issue, Are Working on Solution
SpinRite Update
Minimum Viable Secure Product
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-969-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- business.eset.com/twit
- lookout.com
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
When will new iPads be announced? Apple confirms layoffs are coming to the company, hitting the former Apple Car division and other sectors. Apple's App Store now allows for gaming emulators. Apple is also challenging ITC's ban on the Apple Watch pulse oximetry feature.
- When will Apple release the new iPad Pro?
- Apple explores home robotics as potential 'next big thing' after car fizzles.
- Apple cut at least 600 workers when car, screen projects stopped.
- Beeper is joining Automattic.
- Apple teaching an AI system to make sense of app screens – could power advanced Siri.
- App Store guidelines now allow game emulators; more.
- Apple challenges ITC's ban on Apple Watch pulse oximetry feature.
- Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple.
- Teenagers still overwhelmingly want iPhone and Apple Watch more than any other brand.
Picks of the Week:
- Shelly's Pick: Zoom H6essential
- Andy's Pick: Brewintosh by Kevin Noki
- Alex's Pick: NAB
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Shelly Brisbin
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ecamm.com/twit or use Promo Code TWIT
- rocketmoney.com/macbreak
- wix.com/studio
- House, Senate leaders nearing deal on landmark online privacy bill
- Marissa Mayer's eternal Sunshine
- Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop
- Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech
- X's 'complimentary' Premium push gives people blue checks they didn't ask for
- President Biden is now posting into the fediverse
- Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News
- MrBeast calls for slowing down video editing styles
- A TikTok Whistleblower Got DC's Attention. Do His Claims Add Up?
- Price of zero-day exploits rises as companies harden products against hackers
- App Store guidelines now allow game emulators; more
- How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
- Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle 'Incognito' Lawsuit
- SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line
- Apple (AAPL) Explores Home Robots After Abandoning Car Efforts
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Lisa Schmeiser, and Harry McCracken
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
- robinhood.com/boost
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- mylio.com/TWIT25
Leo's Atari 400 arrived recently and demos the device during the show. Can you use an Apple Newton on newer Macs? Why do HP printers get disabled sometimes? How can you make your photos and videos searchable by various defined parameters? Plus, Johnny Jet shares his multi-plane trip to Hawaii and to be aware that the price of applying for Global Entry is going up soon!
- Leo's Atari 400 arrived and demos the device.
- Mahbod Moghadam, who rose to fame as the co-founder of Genius, has died.
- How can I extract audio from my Apple TV from HDMI and put it into an external speaker?
- What alternatives to Google Podcasts do Leo and Mikah recommend? Plus, can I use my Apple Newton on newer Macs?
- How can I re-enable my HP printer to print again when HP disabled my printer for failing to pay for HP Instant Ink?
- Is it worth repairing the screen on my iPad Pro, or am I better off replacing the device?
- How can I prepare my smartphone and DSLR cameras to capture the upcoming solar eclipse?
- Why is my Bitwarden browser plugin not logging in?
- What's the best way to convert DVD and VHS media into a digital format?
- Johnny Jet and his recent multi-plane journey to Hawaii.
- How can I make all of my photos & videos in Google Drive searchable by various set parameters?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2019
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- cachefly.com/twit
- The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
- Here Are the Cable News Ratings for March 2024
- Why YouTube Decided to Take Over Cable Television
- YouTube is increasing the price of premium (Red) subscription by nearly 50%
- Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify?
- Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle 'Incognito' Lawsuit
- 20 years of Gmail
- AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online
- Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News
- Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech
- Google is Bringing Gemini Nano to Pixel 8 and Circle to Search to More Devices
- Tips for Linking Shell Companies to their Secret Owners
- Google to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome Browser
- Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Are Going 'AI-First,' Yum's New Tech Chief Says
- Jon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his podcast
- Apple sues former iOS engineer for allegedly leaking Vision Pro, Journal app details
- Very good by Katie Harbath: Digging Into Ten Overused Tech Tropes
- Hume, an "empathic" voice-to-voice AI chatbot
- Harvard Releases the Caselaw Access Project
- Ant: I streamed with Logitech's Mevo Core camera and it nearly beat out my $3,600 Canon
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- kolide.com/twig
Windows 11 version 24H2 is coming and you're not going to believe what happens next... and then again 6 months later
- Microsoft reveals Windows 10 Extended Security Updates pricing
- Paul reinstalled Windows 10 after three years on Windows 11. There's some good and some bad
- Multiple sources have revealed a staggered release schedule for Windows 11 version 24H2
Insider Builds
- Canary/Dev - Widgets improvements head out to more people
- Canary/Dev (today) - New build today with minor changes, bug fixes (24H2 RTM-ish?). Canary/Dev switch is ending soon
- Microsoft is moving Photos app to Windows App SDK (from UWP, presumably). Paul has theories
- Microsoft will move the Widgets button in Windows 11 if you put the Start button on the left
- Dropbox comes to the Microsoft Store in Windows 11. It only took 12 years
AI
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 is getting many new features by the end of April
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 picks up priority ChatGPT-4 Turbo and no more conversation limits
- You can use ChatGPT without an account now, asterisk, asterisk
- Amazon concludes its $4 billion investment in Anthropic
- Opera is bringing local LLMs to Opera One web browser
- Google: Just kidding, non-Pro Pixel 8 will get Gemini Nano too, and you can suck on the performance issues
- Is Intel circling the drain?
Antitrust
- The EU is predictably investigating Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon—for not complying with the DMA.
- Notably absent from that list? Microsoft. Which is unique among Big Tech in that it is being reasonable with DMA compliance and antitrust in general
- Microsoft debundles Teams from Office. Too little too late?
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft 365 Basic picks up some new features
- A random Microsoft engineer found a backdoor lurking in a Linux utility and might have saved the world
- LinkedIn isn't just getting games, it's getting TikTok-style videos too
- .NET 7 EOL is coming. Is the .NET support schedule too aggressive?
Xbox
- A MASSIVE LIST OF ACTIVISION GAMES ARE COMING TO GAME PASS! Just kidding, you're getting Shadow of the Tomb Raider, jerks
- Xbox is getting an AI-powered support agent. Huh. Kind of like a personal assistant then. If only they had a name for this thing
- Phil Spencer says he's open to rival games stores on Xbox
- Take-Two is buying (most of) Gearbox for $460 million. A Grand Theft Auto and Duke Nukem cross-over is inevitable
- Rumored white Xbox Series X emerges. White and discless? YOU'RE white and discless!
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: You can still access legacy File Explorers in Windows 11
- App pick of the week: Two for two
- RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Copilot for Security with George Coldham
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Clonakilty Irish Whiskey
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- A near-Universal (Local) Linux Elevation of Privilege vulnerability
- TechCrunch informed AT&T of a 5 year old data breach
- Signal to get very useful cloud backups
- Telegram to allow restricted incoming
- HP exits Russia ahead of schedule
- Advertisers are heavier users of Ad Blockers than average Americans!
- The Google Incognito Mode Lawsuit
- Canonical fights malicious Ubuntu store apps
- Spinrite update
- A Cautionary Tale
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-968-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- 1bigthink.com
- kolide.com/securitynow
- Melissa.com/twit
- vanta.com/SECURITYNOW
Does Apple need help with its approach to immersive videos? During its production, Jon Stewart was not allowed to interview the FCC chairwoman, Lina Kahn, on its Apple TV+ show. And, Apple sues a former employee for leaking the iPhone Journal app to the media.
- Apple's Immersive Video problem.
- MLB for visionOS strikes out on Opening Day.
- PSA: The MLB app doesn't work on the Mac anymore.
- MLB tvOS app adds Multiview, and it's a winner.
- Spatial Personas launching on Vision Pro today.
- Vision Pro engineers moved to folding iPhone project; delayed to 2027.
- Here's what Apple retail's new machine to update iPhones in the box looks like.
- Jon Stewart interviews Lina Kahn, says Apple wouldn't let him.
- The AltStore, an alternative app store coming to the EU, will offer Patreon-backed apps.
- Apple sues former employee for leaking iPhone's Journal app and more.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: SmallRig
- Jason's Pick: Baseball Savant
- Andy's Pick: Torchy Blane in Panama
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- eufy.com
Gmail turns 20, AI PC definition, xz Utils backdoor
- 20 years of Gmail
- Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
- An Accidental Discovery of a Backdoor Likely Prevented Thousands of Infections
- EU probes Apple, Meta and Alphabet under landmark new law
- Google Podcasts service shuts down in the US next week
- Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 - The New York Times
- The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
- Social Media, Authoritarianism, and the World As It Is - LPE Project
- Phison Announces Strategic Partnerships Deploying aiDAPTIV+ at NVIDIA GTC 2024
- Microsoft says this single key is the difference between an AI PC and just a PC with AI
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Allyn Malventano, Daniel Rubino, and Doc Rock
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- wix.com/studio
- Download StepDog
- www.stamps.com promo code TWIT
- eufy.com
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
Leo Laporte shows off another one of his recent Instagram purchases. Can you send out text messages similarly to a BCC email? Gmail turns 20! Plus, Scott Wilkinson joins the show to talk with Leo and Mikah Sargent about physical media and how often one wants to watch older movies.
- An accidental discovery of a backdoor likely prevented thousands of infections.
- The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
- What is My Ping Tag?
- Can I text multiple people on an iPhone to function similarly to a BCC email?
- With the changing landscape of broadcast television, a caller wants to know if Leo and MIkah think that traditional TV is dying.
- Scott Wilkinson and March 2024's Home Theater of the Month.
- 20 years of Gmail.
- How long can I continue to safely use an older version of an app on my phone?
- Is there a way to backup photos without using a laptop?
- With the discontinuation of Echo Connect, is there a similar service or process to announce phone calls and allow calls to be initiated by voice?
- What hard drives should I get when purchasing a Synology NAS?
- What's a good Linux OS to install on an older computer?
- Why are certain shows on my YouTube TV recordings quieter than others?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Scott Wilkinson
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2018
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- wix.com/studio
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- ecamm.com/twit or use Promo Code TWIT
- Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90
- Andrew Huberman's Mechanisms of Control
- Bill Maher to Launch Podcast Network
- Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running
- AI news that's fit to print
- How Google uses AI to improve global flood forecasting
- Elon Musk requires 'FSD' demo for every prospective Tesla buyer in North America
- 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here's the Inside Story
- BBC develops AI plans and talks to Big Tech over archives access
- Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. Bioweapons
- Collective AI' expected to resemble Star Trek's Borg — only nicer (hopefully)
- Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
- Microsoft Agreed to Pay Inflection $650 Million While Hiring Its Staff
- Scientists turn to AI to make beer taste even better
- Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79
- Here's why AI search engines really can't kill Google
- Instagram co-founders' AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all
- Intercept sues OpenAI not on copyright but on DMCA
- Google Chat rolling out voice messages for Workspace
- Gemini in Google Messages beta rolling out for some
- Google's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert
- General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers
- Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point
- ELON MUSK FOUGHT GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE — WHILE PROFITING OFF GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE
- MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
- [Exclusive] Google Pixel 9 design revealed through 5K renders; will launch alongside Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL
- Shine by Sunshine on the App Store
- Good by David Kaye on the risks of internet regulation
- Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts
- Tennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists' Voices From AI Impersonation
- Apple's Journal app
- The fish doorbell
- 'Beyond our wildest dreams': How the Forward removed its paywall – and generated 37% more revenue
New Google NY office has foot-washing station - Sign o' the Times: Brooklyn apartment building to include podcast studio
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zscaler.com/zerotrustAI
- bitwarden.com/twit
It happened: Apple officially switches from lightning to USB-C on the new iPhone 15 & 15 Pro lineups! Plus, USB-C the AirPods case as well? Apple announces the new Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches with a new 'Double Tap' gesture. And the panel talks in-depth about the new camera system on the iPhone 15 Pro lineup.
- Apple Watch Series 9 unveiled with S9 chip, 'Double Tap' gesture, and more.
- Apple - A major step toward being carbon neutral by 2030.
- Apple announces iPhone 15: USB-C port, 48-megapixel camera, Dynamic Island, new colors.
- Apple announces iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max with titanium case, USB-C, Action button, A17.
- Use AssistiveTouch on your Apple Watch.
- Apple unveils Apple Watch Ultra 2.
- Apple launches new USB-C charging case for AirPods Pro 2.
- iPhone 15 Pro is powered by new industry-leading 'A17 Pro' chip.
- Apple introduces new 6 TB and 12 TB iCloud storage tiers, priced at $30 and $60 a month.
- iPhone 15 Pro Max Now Starts at 256GB of Storage for $1,199.
- iPhone Mini is dead.
- In lieu of Picks of the Week, the panel share what colors they would order for the new iPhone 15's and Apple watches.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- expressvpn.com/macbreak
Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent tune in on Apple's September 2023 'Wonderlust' event unveiling the new iPhone 15 lineup, Apple Watch Series 9, and Apple Watch Ultra 2.
- The event opens with a short showcasing how Apple devices have saved lives through features like crash detection and ECG.
- Apple Watch Series 9: New S9 chip, brighter display, faster on-device Siri, and a "Double Tap" gesture for control.
- Environmental Initiatives: Apple plans to reduce their carbon footprint through phasing out leather, 100% clean electricity, reducing emissions, and planting forests and mangroves, aiming for every product to be carbon neutral by 2030, starting with the Apple Watch lineup.
- Apple Watch Ultra 2: Gets the same upgrades as Series 9, plus a brighter display with a new "night mode."
- iPhone 15: Dynamic Island comes to the base models, A16 chip, a new smoothed "color-infused" glass back, 48MP main camera with 2x telephoto, and a USB-C connector.
- iPhone 15 Pro: Debuts a lightweight titanium design, the powerful new A17 Pro chip, Wi-Fi 6E support, a new Action button, USB‑C connector with USB 3 speeds, and spatial video recording for Apple Vision Pro, and an all-new 5x Telephoto camera on iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Elon Musk Biography, Google Anti-trust, Clubhouse
- Clubhouse is BACK
- Book Review: 'Elon Musk' by Walter Isaacson
- Elon Musk biographer moves to 'clarify' details about Ukraine and Starlink after backlash
- Senate votes to approve Anna Gomez as 5th FCC Commissioner
- Margrethe Vestager is Stepping Aside to Bid on a New Job
- Meta May Allow Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe to Pay to Avoid Ads
- In Its First Monopoly Trial of Modern Internet Era, U.S. Sets Sights on Google
- FTC Antitrust Suit Against Amazon Set for Later This Month After Meeting Fails to Resolve Impasse
- UK backs down from nonsensical law after threats from Apple, WhatsApp
- NFTs, Once Hyped as the Next Big Thing, Now Face 'Worst Moment'
- Elon Musk Threatens to Sue The Anti Defamation League
- Elon Musk's X is suing California over its online moderation reporting bill
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai reflects on Google's 25th birthday
- YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says
- I Tried It: Working Aboard an Amtrak Train
- PowerPoint co-creator Dennis Austin is dead at 76
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Taylor Lorenz, Amy Webb, and Jill Duffy
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- cs.co/twit
- nureva.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Elon Musk's new biography from Walter Isaacson came out recently with some interesting information about Musk & Tesla. Is upgrading to the 2nd generation AirPods Pro from the 1st generation worth it? And why is my IP address showing me in a different location than where I am?
- Takeaways from a new Elon Musk biography: Ukraine, Trump and more.
- North Korea-backed hackers target security researchers with 0-day.
- 5th Circuit rules Biden administration violated First Amendment.
- Why is my internet connection so bad, and can I do anything to improve it?
- Should I return my mechanical keyboard? How easy is it to replace the switches in it?
- Is upgrading my 1st gen AirPods Pro to the 2nd generation worth it
- Sam Abuelsamid and Elon Musk's biography.
- Why are my Echo devices randomly switching to my guest network on my eero network?
- How do I unlock my SIM card?
- Why is my IP address showing me in a different location?
- Why are my podcasts not staying synced with my iPhone and Apple Watch?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1991
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TECHGUY
- Miro.com/podcast
- Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Online Safety Bill
- When Tech Says "No"
- Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans
- The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals
- Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia
- Jeff Jarvis Moving on From CUNY
- Judge strikes down porn age-verification law in Texas : NPR
- The Department of Defense Launches the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website
- Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics course requirements for admission
- NFT Hype Fades in Crypto Market as Sales Volume Plunges
- Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach
- Google updates the Android brand with new logo and 3D robot
- Google raising the price of Nest Aware and Aware Plus
- Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
- Google rolls out file locking for Workspace customers
- Empire of the Sum book (GF)
- Nice Work, Joe Esposito
- Nice Work, #JacobPruitt
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
Leo, Paul, and Richard discuss issues with the reliability of File Explorer (is XAML the root cause?), Microsoft's decision to retire WordPad, antitrust lawsuits and investigations into Big Tech companies, Microsoft's upcoming Surface(?) event, automatic OneDrive uploads for Xbox captures, the launch of Bethesda's Starfield, digital decluttering tools, and more!
Windows
- Canary: some changes to the Dynamic refresh rate feature, no more Power & Battery page in Settings, etc
- Dev: Bug fixes
- Beta: File Explorer fixes (INTERESTING, given last week's rant)
- A moment of silence, please: WordPad will be retired
- The secret life of WordPad via its source code release and it being an example for developers (over time) of MFC, open Word document format support, the ribbon, and more
- The future is open plain text: embrace Markdown
- Notepad and Snipping Tool are getting new features
- Microsoft is changing how it counts your OneDrive storage usage
Events
- We forgot the Amazon devices event, which is September 20
- Microsoft will host a OneDrive/AI event on October 3
- Ignite registration just opened up - November 14-17 in Seattle
Antitrust
- Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and others are all gatekeepers, EU says
- Bing: Hold my beer
- Zoom would like the FTC to unbundle Teams/M365 in the US
- Google is heading into an antitrust trial against the DOJ next week.
- Microsoft's approach to antitrust has changed a bit
- Margrethe Vestager is stepping aside to bid on a new job
- Google has tentatively settled a US Play Store class action antitrust lawsuit brought by over 30 states; the settlement is subject to the court's approval, according to a legal filing
- FTC to file antitrust lawsuit against Amazon after firm made no concessions, may seek to break up the company
Xbox
- Microsoft to add auto OneDrive upload to Xbox game clips
- Xbox September Update is here with Discord game streaming
- New Game Pass titles for early September - Starfield among them
- Your Xbox Series S has arrived, Mr. Vader
- Lenovo has a Steam Deck competitor
Tips & Picks
- Tip/app pick of the week: Digital decluttering
- RunAs Radio this week: Breach Reporting with Troy Hunt
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Old Perth 23
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
- Steve provides an update on ValiDrive, his new freeware utility for testing USB drives. It identifies bogus mass storage drives and performance differences between drives.
- There has been another sighting of Google's Topics API, this time on Android phones. It allows apps to get information about users' interests based on recent app usage.
- Apple has opened up their iPhones to security researchers through their Security Research Device program since 2019. Researchers get access to customize kernels, entitlements, and other low-level features without compromising security.
- Research reveals vulnerabilities in browser extensions that allow them to steal plaintext passwords from a website's HTML source code. Even sites like Google, Facebook, Amazon, IRS, and Capital One are affected.
- Feedback from listeners on topics like Apple's stance on scanning iCloud data for CSAM, Microsoft's broken TLS timestamp implementation, using VirusTotal to check downloaded files, ReadSpeed limitations, and downloading malware for VirusTotal checks.
- Apple publicly shares a letter from a CSAM activist demanding they implement scanning to detect child abuse images in iCloud Photos. Apple responds clearly stating they will not compromise user privacy and security to do so.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-938-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- panoptica.app
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
If it wasn't for the EU, would Apple have stuck with the lightning connector port until they completely phased out ports on its smartphones? Why the iPhone 15 Pro may see a price increase when it gets announced at next week's Apple event. Plus, is Apple developing a low-cost MacBook to compete in the Chromebook market?
- Apple is set to embrace an iPhone charger change it didn't want.
- iPhone 15 Pro: 'Major price hike' coming for these two reasons.
- Apple to launch 'low-cost' MacBook series next year to rival Chromebooks.
- Apple and Microsoft fight Brussels over 'gatekeeper' label for iMessage and Bing.
- Apple details reasons to abandon CSAM-scanning tool, more controversy ensues.
- Apple launches new "Apps by Apple" page.
- How to set up recurring Apple Pay Cash payments in iOS 17.
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: SHAWE Phone Holder * Andy's Pick: 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams * Alex's Pick: 101 Things I Learned in Product Design School
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- Thousands stuck in mud at Burning Man festival
- Australia and Texas overturn laws requiring age verification for adult websites
- Right to repair advocates score victory in California with Apple now supporting it
- NFT sales and prices plummeting showing the downfall of the once-hyped digital assets
- Twitter to lift ban on political ads ahead of 2024 election
- Social media companies failing to curb Russian propaganda says EU report
- Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors' social media accounts blocked by judge
- Congress working on protecting minors on social media but raises privacy concerns
- Barbie film leaks online ahead of official release showing persistence of piracy
- NFL, NBA, UFC want faster DMCA takedowns to combat live streaming of games
- Gannett admits AI-written local sports stories were "hilariously terrible"
- Department of Defense launches website for tracking UFOs/UAPs
- Georgia election interference trial for Trump to be livestreamed on YouTube
- Google killing Pixel Pass after just 22 months despite promise of ongoing new phones
- Microsoft retiring WordPad after 28 years
- Cruise self-driving cars causing problems by blocking emergency vehicles in San Francisco
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Nicholas Deleon, Dan Moren, and Iain Thomson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mintmobile.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- lookout.com
Microsoft is killing WordPad after 28 years. Is there a workaround for using unsupported printers on a Chromebook? Should you switch to wireless charging? Plus, Scott Wilkinson talks about Oppenheimer and its dialogue, and Johnny Jet shares how he saved on his Spectrum bill!
- Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years.
- Apple's September 12th event: iPhone 15 with a USB-C port.
- Driverless taxis blocked ambulance and patient later died, San Francisco Fire Dept. says.
- SpaceX sending iPhone Emergency SOS satellites to space.
- Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics course requirements for admission.
- What is the easiest way to pair your headphones to a TV?
- How can I fix my old laser printer?
- Are there any workarounds to setting up unsupported printers on Chromebooks?
- Where is Linux storing my applications on the hard drive?
- Scott Wilkinson and Oppenheimer's dialogue.
- Why are my IR remotes and receivers not working?
- What should one consider when installing in-home internet for a first-time home buyer?
- What are some recommendations for DVRs with cable?
- Johnny Jet and how to save on your Spectrum bill & Google's flight price guarantee.
- Should I switch to wireless charging my devices rather than continue using wired cables?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1990
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- mylio.com/TWIT
- lectricebikes.com
- Google announces Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th
- Samsung buys popular meal planning app Whisk and rebrands it as Samsung Food
- Google discontinues Pixel Pass subscription bundle after just one year
- Chrome OS 116 adding auto correct and local file search
- Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack and Teams
- Elon Musk makes controversial appearance at Valorant esports tournament
- Tesla planning LA supercharger location with diner and drive-in movie theater
- Facebook lifting ban on political ads in preparation for 2024 election
- Senator Chuck Schumer hosting AI forums with tech executives
- Meta removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese influence campaigns
- Canada's news ban on Facebook failed to reduce platform's usage
- Twitter facing thousands of arbitration cases from fired employees
- WordPress offering 100-year domain name registration option
- Nvidia posts record profits on demand for AI and gaming chips
- Zuckerberg demonstrates typing 100 words per minute in VR using digital keyboard
- New Sony Alpha A7C and A7C-R compact mirrorless cameras announced
- Donation options to support Hawaii residents impacted by recent hurricanes
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mylio.com/TWIT
- Building Cyber Resilience Podcast
Windows 11 bugs drive Paul crazy, Microsoft AI event coming, no Xbox mid-cycle refresh
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/844
Sponsor:* GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Picture of the Week: Steve shares a funny "what we say vs what we mean" image about tech support conversations.
- WinRAR v6.23 fixes: Steve explains that updating to the latest WinRAR is more important than initially thought, with two critical vulnerabilities being actively exploited by hackers since April to install malware.
- HTTPS for local networks: Responding to listener email, Steve agrees HTTP is fine for local network devices like routers but notes risks in larger corporate networks.
- Portable domains for email: Steve endorses a listener suggestion to purchase your own domain and use third-party services, retaining control if a provider shuts down.
- Google Topics and monopolies: Steve and Leo debate whether Topics favors large advertisers with greater reach to get user targeting data.
- Voyager 2 antenna analysis: A listener calculates the antenna beam width mathematically, showing 2 degrees off-axis may not be as remarkable as it sounded.
- Windows time settings: Steve clarifies the STS issue does not impact end users changing Windows clock settings, it's enterprise server-side.
- Unix time in TLS handshakes: The hosts discuss why Unix time stamps are sent but not required for TLS, tracing back to early nonce generation.
- Fake flash drives: Steve warns of a slew of fake high-capacity thumb drives flooding the market, explaining how SpinRite tests detected the flaw.
- Man-in-the-middle attacks: While agreeing HTTPS helps prevent malicious injection, Steve examines MITM attack practicality, arguing they are difficult for hackers to pull off.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-937-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Building Cyber Resilience Podcast
It's official: Apple's event is on September 12th at 10:00 a.m. Pacific. Apple reversed its stance and endorsed right-to-repair legislation. Plus, Apple defends its App Store before the Australian government.
- Apple announces 'Wonderlust' event expected to feature iPhone 15, Apple Watch Series 9 and more.
- "Wonderlust" invite is the first invitation since 2020 not to contain an AR easter egg.
- iPhone 15 Pro Max starts mass shipments, claims Kuo.
- We're Winning': Apple formally endorses right to repair legislation after spending millions fighting it.
- Apple to buy TSMC's entire supply of 3nm chips for 2023.
- The case for — and against — Apple shipping a larger iMac.
- Giving up the iPad-only travel dream.
- Stephen discusses his time at the Podcast Movement in Denver, and then the panel talks about the future of podcasting.
- "We can't be cheating because our apps aren't that successful."
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: Relay FM for St. Jude * Andy's Picks: Panels comic book reader * Stephen's Picks: Downie, Transloader, & Hazel
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Stephen Robles
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- mylio.com/TWIT
- Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons
- Following Elon Musk's lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation
- Elon Musk's Shadow Rule
- Exclusive: Tesla wins as Texas requires state-backed charging stations to include its plug
- Mike Moritz, Reid Hoffman and Other Silicon Valley Titans Said to Be Behind Mysterious Land Deals
- We're Winning': Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It
- A Young Congressman Is Sounding Alarms About Election Security. We Should Listen to Him.
- Government Contractors Keep Getting Hacked. A GOP Congresswoman Is Proposing a Solution.
- Brianna talks all about Baldur's Gate
- Microsoft to sell off Activision cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft in bid for UK approval
- The Reactions To Call Of Duty's Nicki Minaj Operator Are Priceless
- Enter the Gungeon
- AOC will stream on Twitch again this weekend
- Fifth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn't Need Warrants To Search Phones At The Border
- Whats on the horizon for the guests in the coming months?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Eric Geller, Jason Koebler, and Brianna Wu
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Will Apple's Boot Camp work on newer Mac computers? Dick DeBartolo shares the newer cover of the upcoming Mad Magazine and shares the Double Bubble Blaster. Which older iPhones will be supported with the upcoming iOS 17? Plus, some really geeky questions from callers!
- The Silicon Valley elite who want to build a city from scratch.
- Fifth Circuit says law enforcement doesn't need warrants to search phones at the border.
- YouTube is testing a much smaller 'Skip Ads' button.
- Can I still run Boot Camp on newer Mac computers?
- What's the best way to convert my HDMI 2.0 signal to a 2.1 signal?
- Dick DeBartolo and the Double Bubble Blaster.
- How can I transfer files between two Linux servers?
- Will the upcoming iOS 17 support my older iPhone?
- Sam Abuelsamid and EV batteries.
- How do you backup a website hosted on Amazon Web Services before taking it offline?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1989
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires
- Canadian Media Orgs Said That Meta Linking To News Was Anticompetitive; Now They Say NOT Linking To News Is Anticompetitive
- The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process
- Elon Musk's Shadow Rule
- How is Spotify doing with its podcast business?
- Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners
- YouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs
- A Few Unpopular Opinions about AI
- New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
- AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless
- Create real estate flythroughs with AI
- The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here's how to apply.
- Meta launches web version of flagging Threads app
- YouTube is testing a much smaller 'Skip Ads' button
- YouTube Music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS
- Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here's How It Works
- Google Photos Rolls Out New Editing Tools For Web
- New Gmail 'Verify it's you' prompt appears when attempting 'sensitive actions'
- Google TV update brings NFL Sunday Ticket integration, more free TV channels
- Gmail for Android and iOS rolling out translate feature
- Adobe's Co-Founder John Warnock Dies at 82
Picks:
- Mike - Textify
- Mike - Unriddle
- Mike - TextFX
- Jeff - Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now
- Jeff - TikTok meets Dukes mayo
- Ant - Vegas Pro 21 Update with Boris FX
- Ant - Shout out to Harry Williams: Free Form Living Light
- Leo's AI Flythrough
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- panoptica.app
- discourse.org/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
This week on Windows Weekly, Leo, Paul, and Richard dive deep into Microsoft's prolonged acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, the launch of Edge for Business, and the Mixed Reality collaboration between Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Magic Leap.
CMA: F&$% you, common sense!
- Despite appearing to step back from the wrong decision it made about Activision Blizzard, the CMA has instead rejected the deal again... because cloud gaming
- So Microsoft has offered to give Ubisoft (non-exclusive) rights to cloud streaming all AB games (except in the EU)
- Now the EU is wondering how/if this impacts its own agreement with Microsoft - a close reading of the Microsoft and Ubisoft announcements provides some clues that all is well
Windows 11 * It's Week D, so we just got the preview versions of next month's Patch Tuesday CU * And it's August, so Microsoft has probably finalized 23H2 and could ship it in preview form in September's Week D * Perhaps not coincidentally, Microsoft has scheduled an in-person Surface/Windows event in NYC for the following week * Insider: we got new Dev and Beta builds last week * Dev: rich thumbnail previews in Start, new Cast flyout, never-combine Taskbar mode * Beta (23H2): native support for RAR and other archive formats, never-combined Taskbar mode, rich thumbnail previews in Start, Snipping Tool update with links to Paint and Clipchamp, new app defaults behavior (that one is in the preview update above) * Edge for Business is now available * Microsoft sets Windows Mixed Reality Toolkit free because AI is the new AR
AI + Dev
- As predicted, the addition of AI-based Bing Chat has not helped Bing usage share in the slightest: "Bing AI is cute, but not a game changer". Microsoft is not happy.
- AI-generated Microsoft travel guide recommended a food bank in Canada to those with "empty stomachs"
- Brave is bringing a safe and private AI assistant to Brave because of course it is
- Quick hands-on with Project IDX. Yep, it's Visual Studio Code on the web
Xbox
- The end of an era: Xbox 360 store to shut down in one year
- Age of Empires IV is now available on Xbox and Xbox Game Pass
- PC Game Pass has arrived on NVIDIA GeForce Now
- Sony's PlayStation Portal Remote Player is launching later this tear at $199.99
- The nostalgia keeps coming: Atari announces the 2600+ console
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Enjoy my video archive on YouTube
- App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 19
- RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Fabric with Andrew Snodgrass
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Oban 14
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- lookout.com
- OpenSUSE goes private.
- Android to get satellite comms.
- SanDisk and Western Digital in hot water.
- You're asking for it: YouTube children's privacy.
- Whoopsie! 8Base.
- Where the money is.
- The TSSHOCK vulnerability.
- BitForge.
- A Quantum resilient security key.
- Removed Chrome extensions notifications.
- HTTPS by default?
- WinRAR 6.23 final released.
- Closing the Loop.
- When Heuristics Backfire.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-936-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- panoptica.app
- kolide.com/securitynow
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
Your Apple Watch is covered in bacteria, to the surprise of no one: here's how often you should clean it. Apple Insider got hands-on with the Apple Vision Pro. Also, we mourn the passing of Adobe's co-founder, John Warnock, who passed away at 82.
- Your Apple Watch band is likely covered in bacteria, new study says.
- How to clean your Apple Watch.
- Apple seeds sixth beta of macOS 14 Sonoma to developers.
- Apple reverses course, moves iPhone 'end call' button back to middle in latest beta.
- Hands on with Apple Vision Pro in the wild.
- A Disney sale to Apple? Don't count it out this time.
- Apple buying Disney isn't the fairy tale it once was.
- Siri Shortcuts support added to Tesla mobile app.
- macOS updates for Apple silicon Macs are larger than reported.
- Next slide please: A brief history of the corporate presentation.
- Adobe's co-founder John Warnock dies at 82.
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: Tavarish: Flooded 2015 McLaren P1 Series * Andy's Picks: Project Binky & Subler * Alex's Pick: Sennheiser Ambeo VR
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- discourse.org/twit
This episode of TWiT explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on creative industries like writing, the monopolistic practices of Big Tech, and the concepts of open-washing and chokepoint capitalism.
- Cory Doctorow discusses his upcoming appearance in a Futurama episode inspired by his book Chokepoint Capitalism
- The downsides of Twitter under Elon Musk as an example of chokepoint capitalism unwinding
- Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive's copyright disputes over digitized books in its Emergency Library
- Canada's law requiring Big Tech to pay news publishers, and Meta's ban on news sharing in response
- The CFPB cracking down on predatory data brokers
- Google's "topics" proposal for interest-based ads on Chrome and privacy concerns
- The threats AI poses to creative professions like writing, and the implications of copyright
- The misleading hype around AI and job loss statistics from companies like IBM
- The importance of interoperability for technology platforms and digital rights
- How copyright law views AI-generated art and content
- The issues around copyrighted content being used to train AI systems by companies like OpenAI
- The concept of "open washing" and whether companies like OpenAI really embody openness
- The America COMPETES Act, proposed antitrust legislation targeting Big Tech's ad market power
- The role of users and tool creators in establishing boundaries on things like advertising
- Rebecca Giblin's experience publishing out-of-print Australian books as the non-profit publisher Untapped
- The podcast IP Provocations and its discussions relating to AI and intellectual property
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- mintmobile.com/twit
Leo and Mikah answer whether you should let AI do your taxes; Rod Pyle stops by to talk about what happened with the Luna-25 spacecraft mission; and what are some excellent cloud services to back up your files that won't break the bank!
- Microsoft to hold 'special event' in New York City on September 21st.
- Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing.
- "WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs."
- How can I stop my audiobook from starting to playback whenever my Bluetooth earbuds connect to my phone?
- What are the best travel routers?
- Is there a password manager that can store the login info on my pc but allows me to sync via Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi?
- Can I get AI to do my taxes?
- How can I move my emails to another service but keep my domain?
- Rod Pyle and Russia's Luna-25 Spacecraft.
- What's the best email program to manage all my email accounts under one roof? Also, what's a great budget professional camera?
- A caller calls back in with a follow-up to their previous question about copying files from their Mac hard drive.
- Chris Marquardt and the review of the crowded assignment
- What are good cloud services to back up many video files cheaply?
- Where can I get started to stay up to date with AI?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Rod Pyle and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1988
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Google's updates to NFL Sunday Ticket, including flexible billing, student plans, live chat, polls, and more
- Linear TV viewing falling below 50% for the first time
- Streaming gaining more market share, but subscription costs rising
- Congressional inquiry into harmful data broker practices
- Google using AI to generate key points in web pages
- Google considering allowing AI summaries directly in search results
- YouTube cracking down on videos promoting ineffective cancer cures
- Google Photos getting AI-powered auto-generated titles and organization
- Google Slides enabling presenters to draw and annotate while presenting
- Changes coming to YouTube Shorts, including blocking links to combat spam
- Google's hotel for employees during COVID now offering discounted rates as they push back towards in-office work
- California allowing self-driving cars to operate in San Francisco 24/7, leading to traffic jams
- Google eliminating many of its private label consumer product brands due to poor sales and distrust
- Internet Archive being sued by record labels for digitizing and hosting out of print 78rpm records
- Update on researcher Joan Donovan's firing from Harvard and new role at Boston University
- Proposal for new rules regulating data brokers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Analysis of surveillance capitalism and its effects on society
- Discussion on public distrust of medical institutions and ""elite"" doctors
- Speculation on Elon Musk's erratic behavior on Twitter including visiting Mark Zuckerberg's house
- Review of the movie Oppenheimer and how its portrayal connects to the ethical dilemmas of technology
- Several lighter topics including bollards on Twitter, introducing grandparents to TikTok, and AI-generated poetry
Picks:
- Stacey - Homey Pro
- Jeff - She introduced Grandpa to TikTok
- Ant - Better Smartphone Photography with Lisa Carney at Donner Lake
- Ant - In-Person or Online: How You Can Support Maui Wildfire Relief
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Building Cyber Resilience Podcast
This fun episode of Windows Weekly features Paul and Richard answering questions from listeners in the Club TWiT Discord! Plus, they chat about minor Windows Insider updates, strategies for saving money on streaming services, new gaming releases like the enhanced Quake II, and more.
Windows
- New Canary build JUST released - Nothing major; the wait for 12 continues
- Dev Home Preview 0.4 JUST released - accessibility and other improvements
- Windows 365 Switch comes to the Windows Insider Dev and Beta channels
- Here comes Edge for Business
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft is releasing a new default theme for Office
Mobile + AI
- Google Photos gets a new AI-powered Memories view
- Opera brings Aria AI to its iOS browser
- Google brings more features to its generative AI search service
- Amazon adds more AI-generated review summaries on mobile
- Google to add Audio Magic Eraser feature with Pixel 8 series
- Apple to finally pay its victims for Batterygate
Xbox
- Overview of Microsoft's new system to suspend toxic players on Xbox via strikes
- Now Netflix is testing a cloud gaming solution
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Dealing with subscription fatigue
- App pick of the week: Quake II Remaster
- RunAs Radio this week: PowerShellGet in 2023 with Sydney Smith
- Brown liquor pick of the week: EH Taylor Small Batch
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Picture of the Week.
- Security Now!'s 18th birthday!
- Closing the Loop.
- Firefox Multi-Account Containers.
- A question about Full Disk Encryption on SSD's.
- Should I run SpinRite before I back up my drives to a NAS?
- Overly complex password rules.
- DuckDuckGo's email alias.
- The new Russian Astra Linux based OS can not legally be possible.
- Regarding satellite crowding: The skies won't be darkening anytime soon.
- This is what came to mind on the Voyager 2 segment with the shout.
- Can you please share the name of the session manager that you use in Firefox?
- The numbers behind the Voyager recorrection.
- "Topics" Arrives.
- How Topics Works.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-935-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- cs.co/twit
- Building Cyber Resilience Podcast
- bitwarden.com/twit
Apple released its first iMac 25 years ago today. Is September 12th the rumored date for Apple's upcoming event? And, could Amazon's One palm reading payment service directly compete with Google and Apple in the digital wallet space?
- iMac turns 25 today.
- Apple Event September 12, 2023: Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2; Watch X later.
- An Apple malware-flagging tool is 'trivially' easy to bypass.
- Five new features coming to AirPods Pro 2.
- Apple didn't infringe on Bluetooth pairing lawsuit, court declares.
- Amazon wants you to pay with your palm. It's a sneak attack on Apple and Google.
- Why do people save their empty Apple boxes?
- Ford hires ex-Apple TV Plus chief Peter Stern to lead the customer software team.
- Ireland's Alchemy battles e-waste by giving Apple products a new life.
- Lionel Messi's inter Miami CF journey subject of new Apple TV+ docuseries.
- Apple to Finally Pay Out $500M Over iPhone Slowdown Lawsuit, after final appeal nixed by judge.
- iPhone 14 satellite emergency call 'literally' saved a family trapped in the Hawaii wildfires.
- Researcher says they were behind iPhone popups at Def Con.
An underrated icon shines in Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie.
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: Callsheet by Casey Liss * Alex's Pick: Feather * Andy's Pick: The Nib * Leo's Pick: LG StanbyME Go Portable Smart Touch Screen.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Brooklinen.com Use Code MACBREAK
Leo Laporte delves into Samsung's latest foldable phone, the Galaxy Z Flip 5, and discusses the improved hinge and front screen, the various widgets and customization options, the selfie camera, and how it compares to the other foldable phones.
Get the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5: https://amzn.to/47xnW4C
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Find more products we recommend at https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork
Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter
- Oppenheimer and IMAX.
- AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype.
- Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.
- The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat.
- The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide .
- America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security.
- Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters' data.
- AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT.
- New 'Downfall' Flaw Exposes Valuable Data in Generations of Intel Chips.
- An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass.
- Maui Wildfire Relief Fund.
- Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy.
- CISA boss says US alliance with Ukraine over past year is closer than Five Eyes.
- Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say.
- From $40 billion to 'going concern' — WeWork warns of possible bankruptcy.
- I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires).
- BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down.
- Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars.
- Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud.
- E.U. slaps Meta with record $1.3 billion fine for data privacy violations.
- Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers.
- Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93.
- MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers.
- Travis Kalanick expands 'dark kitchens' venture across Latin America.
- Crypto's Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Iain Thomson, and Rob Pegoraro
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- cs.co/twit
Get ready to boost your tech know-how as we tackle a range of fascinating topics on Ask The Tech Guys! Tune in as we unpack everything from extending your home Wi-Fi network to a barn and small office, building a monster workstation PC for Unreal Engine, Leo's review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5, and more.
- An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is 'Trivially' Easy to Bypass
- Music labels sue Internet Archive over digitized record collection
- The CNET lesson: Content pruning Is dumb for news content, don't do it
- Apple Mail: crashes after downloading emails from Spectrum
- Troubleshooting Apple Mail crashing with Spectrum
- How to extend your home Wi-Fi network to a garden office or shed
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 Review
- Issues copying files between Windows and Mac and iCloud interference
- Good keyboards for Mac
- Router recommendations and Thread technology discussion
- Building a workstation PC for Unreal Engine
- Privacy in smart homes: Nest and Eve
- Open-source home automation software Home Assistant and WiFi extenders
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1987
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- mylio.com/TWIT
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TECHGUY
- Leo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5.
- Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims.
- Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records.
- Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal.
- Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud.
- Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book.
- BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down.
- Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say.
- Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers' work unless companies opt out.
- I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires).
- Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement over use of immortal 'HeLa cells'.
- 'Every single' Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO.
- AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT.
- Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates.
- Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts.
- Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default.
- Gmail for Android and iOS adding translate feature.
- Google gives Pixel Tablet first discount 1.5 months after launch.
- California regulators to decide the future of Cruise and Waymo.
- YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off.
- WeWork Raises 'Substantial Doubt' About Staying in Business.
- Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years.
- MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers.
- Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars.
- The Expanse Online Auction.
- Introducing Project IDX, An Experiment to Improve Full-stack, Multiplatform App Development.
- $5 billion Google lawsuit over 'incognito mode' tracking moves a step closer to trial.
- Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93.
- Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers.
Picks:
- Stacey - SmartThings Energy.
- Leo - The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books.
- Jeff - ESPN Strikes $2 Billion Sports-Betting Deal With Penn Entertainment.
- Ant - The Best $9 You Can Spend.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- mylio.com/TWIT
Windows 365 Switch public preview, Project IDX, digital decluttering
Windows 11
- Patch Tuesday arrives - nothing to see here, first PT this year with no new Windows 11 22H2 features
- New Canary build today: Two features from Dev, one new feature, plus a few minor fixes
- Windows 365 Switch is now available in public preview
More Earnings Learnings
- Amazon revenues up 11 percent, but we have lots of AWS info
- Apple revenues flat as smartphone market slide continues - but services
Microsoft 365, AI, etc
- Bing Chat comes to (some) third-party mobile browsers
- Slack is getting a major UI refresh
Dev
- Microsoft issues final .NET 8 preview, RC next
- Google uses VS Code to make its new AI-based code editor in the browser
- GitHub Copilot adds a beta code referencing tool
Xbox
- New Zealand OK's Activision Blizzard acquisition
- Microsoft, er, Activision announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Sony revenues soared 33 percent in the previous quarter, with PlayStation 5 unit sales up 38 percent to 3.3 million
- PS5 Cloud Streaming goes live for some (requires PS Plus)
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: One strategy for digital decluttering
- Tip of the week #2: Back-to-school sale at the Microsoft Store
- Tip of the week #3: Subscribe to Thurrott Premium, Windows Intelligence newsletter, and Club TWiT
- Podcast pick of the week: Azure Innovations with Mark Russinovich
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Port Askaig 100 Proof
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- cs.co/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- NASA "shouted" at Voyager.
- Another view of Microsoft.
- What about this Chinese attack?
- AI meets Keyboard Acoustic Side-Channel attacks.
- Closing the Loop.
- Revisiting Global Privacy Control.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-934-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
- Apple Q3 2023 charts: $81.8B revenue, down 1%.
- How Apple will save billions of dollars on chips for new iPhone.
- Apple iPhone 15 Pro goes on sale September 22, announced september 12 or 13.
- Apple tests 2024 M3 Max MacBook Pro chip with 16 CPU cores, 40 GPU cores.
- Apple and Samsung are preparing big investments in chip designer Arm.
- Apple buys Foxconn servers for testing its AI services.
- Apple's college football TV deal, and a century-old athletic conference, fall apart.
- Gizmodo editor-in-chief sues Apple, alleging 'Tetris' movie on TV+ rips off his book.
- Google's AI-powered code editor enables Android, iOS, and web dev online.
- Google wants iPhone switchers to know 'It's all good' on Android.
Picks of the Week: * Jason's Picks: MacWhisper & Aiko * Leo's Pick: FullJourney * Alex's Pick: Filmtools * Andy's Pick: SingleFIle
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mylio.com/TWIT
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR
- An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.
- 'Barbie' joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors.
- Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans.
- Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain.
- Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers.
- Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2023.
- Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) to Face Slimmed-Down Antitrust Lawsuit Over Search.
- Brave Search Breaks Free Of Bing With Standalone Image Index.
- Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine.
- Apple Services Salvage a Blah Quarter.
- Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short.
- NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence.
- Fortnite's adding a museum about the Holocaust.
- Exclusive: Inside Meta's Horizon Worlds reboot.
- The Exorcist: Legion VR on Oculus Quest 2.
- Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million.
- Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line.
- U.S. ban on popular lightbulb goes into effect Aug. 1.
- Is that a TV in your pocket? Rokid is making a TV dongle for its AR glasses.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Mike Masnick, and Janko Roettgers
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- lookout.com
- Elon Musk's 'fund your legal bill' tweet is a brand new level of BS.
- Google is offering an on-campus hotel 'special' to help lure workers back to the office.
- NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence.
- Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short.
- Google is making it easier to remove your private information from Search.
- What earbuds do Leo & Mikah recommend that are waterproof and great for swimming?
- Can I add a number sequence on my pictures as I take them with a smartphone or camera?
- Scott Wilkinson and why there aren't more HDMI ports on TVs.
- What will be new with the iPhone's released later this year?
- What is the best way to learn Excel nowadays?
- Can you pause and play videos from a Mac computer with the Apple Watch?
- Johnny Jet and sleeping at airports.
- Also, Johnny has a question! He's wondering why his laptop's battery is not charging after installing a replacement battery some time ago.
- Is the Lenovo Nano laptop a good choice for basic computing needs, such as using Microsoft 365?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1986
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- lectricebikes.com
- fastmail.com/twit
- Shift Happens is about to ship!
- Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers.
- Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain.
- The buttons on Zenith's original 'clicker' remote were a mechanical marvel.
- Facebook's ad business recovers from Apple's attack; watch out TV.
- A view from DC: Adtech is built on a privacy fault line.
- Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized Ads in Europe.
- Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line.
- Uber Investors Ought to Look at the Big Picture.
- An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.
- The incandescent light bulb still isn't dead — but 'normal' ones are now truly banned.
- We visited three Worldcoin orb locations since its July launch.
- Kenya suspends Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto project.
- Point of no return: Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently.
- China to Cut Internet Access to Minors.
- Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Checkmark of Shame.
- Google delists AI Test Kitchen app on Android and iOS.
- Meta's new AI model can create sounds that are technically music.
- Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans : NPR.
- AI can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists, study finds.
- Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor.
- Superconductor Breakthrough Findings Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing.
- Johnny Cash sings ""Barbie Girl"" (A.I.) - YouTube.
- Google Releases Nearby Share for Windows.
- YouTube TV price drops temporarily for new users.
- ChromeOS could split out browser updates this month.
- 4 new Chrome mobile features to quickly find information.
- Google's generative search feature now shows related videos and images.
- Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you.
- Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million.
- The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas.
- My First Ankle Monitor (fake but fun).
Picks:
- Glenn - Removal of airline change fees + airline apps.
- Jeff - Facebook surpasses 3 billion monthly active users.
- Jeff - Content Moderation's Legalism Problem.
- Ant - Order Prints From Joe Akbrud.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Building Cyber Resilience Podcast
- panoptica.app
EU investigates Teams, Loop in the Microsoft Store, Beta build 22631.2129
Windows
- Insider: Last week, Canary got features from Dev plus some new features of its own.
- Dev channel: Improved screen cast, HDR background support, more Voice access, presence sensing, more.
- Beta channel: Windows Copilot, Dev Drive, enhanced Narrator/Excel integration, new Voice access text authoring features, passwordless experience for Windows Hello for Business, plus screen cast, presence, and voice access from above.
- Intel is profitable again, hopeful for the future (and massive fab expansion in Oregon)
- AMD revenues fell 18 percent, but also some hope for the future
Microsoft 365
- The EU announces formal investigation of Teams bundling in Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Teams gets spatial audio support
- Microsoft lowers storage allotments for M365 Education customers, kills Office 365 A1 Plus
- Clipchamp is coming to Microsoft 365 commercial (with OneDrive storage integration)
Dev
- Microsoft to launch .NET 8 at .NET Conf in November
Xbox
- CMA publishes Microsoft's list of "material changes" in its Activision Blizzard case, gives public four days for feedback
- Unexpectedly, not a single new concession, just a bunch of new "evidence" that appeared since the decision
- Xbox Games with Gold goes out with a whimper
- Here come the first August Game Pass titles
- Final Fantasy XIV Online is FINALLY coming to Xbox
- Microsoft starts testing game streaming from Xbox to Discord
- You can buy Xbox controller parts now
- Sony has now sold over 40 million PS5s
- EA revenues up 9 percent in Q2
- Nintendo's next Switch to debut next year
- Microsoft is killing the Xbox Console Companion app, has never made a new solution for getting Xbox console screenshots and videos on the PC
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Enroll in the Windows Insider Beta channel if you want to test 23H2
- App pick of the week: Loop for Windows is now available
- RunAs Radio this week: Windows 11 and Windows Update for Business with Julie Andreacola
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Angel's Envy
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- Satellite Turla: APT Command and Control in the Sky.
- OS 17 to further crack down on device fingerprinting.
- Android to start warning of "unknown trackers".
- The 7th branch of the US military.
- Russia criminalizes open source project contribution.
- VirusTotal's 2023 report.
- Closing the Loop.
- TETRA:BURST.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-933-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- podtail.com/podcast/building-cyber-resilience
- bitwarden.com/twit
- drata.com/twit
- UPS, teamsters reach agreement on new contract, averting strike.
- Apple iPhone 15 Pro features: USB-C port, new design, thinner bezels.
- Foldable iPad is still a possibility for Apple.
- Apple hit with French objections over advertising user data.
- App Store developers must detail why they're using some APIs
- Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you.
- Apple wants to know why users are turning off Conversation Awareness on AirPods Pro.
- Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA form Alliance for OpenUSD to drive open standards for 3D content.
- Apple again fails to save classical music.
- How the Partnership Between Apple and Goldman Sachs Soured.
- Reed Jobs' Yosemite plans using venture capitalism to fight cancer.
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: GoPro Max * Andy's Pick: Recipe Keeper * Alex's Pick: 32 Sounds
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+
- Elon Musk's New Flashing X Sign Is Infuriating Neighbors: 'It's Hard to Describe How Bright It Is.'
- Is anyone still using Threads?
- With Starlink, Elon Musk's Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms.
- Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: We Must Regulate Big Tech.
- Licensing Social Media Companies Makes No Sense.
- Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb.
- The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'.
- Facebook passed 3 billion users for the first time.
- NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform.
- Uber's Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Saga Ends With the Operator Avoiding Prison.
- Tesla's secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints.
- Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you.
- YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Up 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates.
- Microsoft earnings: FY23 Q4.
- FTC readies lawsuit that could break up Amazon.
- How Blind Became the App Silicon Valley Bosses Love to Hate.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paris Martineau, Louis Maresca, and Shoshana Weissmann
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- Twitter's rebrand is the next stage in Elon Musk's vision for the company.
- With Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite dominance is raising global alarms.
- NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform.
- Uber's fatal self-driving car crash saga ends with the operator avoiding prison.
- The NSA is lobbying Congress to save a phone surveillance 'loophole'.
- What iPad should I upgrade to from the 6th generation iPad?
- How can I write a computer script to do a specific task within it?
- Mikah got his hands on the Bitzee toy after Dick DeBartolo showed it off in episode 1984.
- What's wrong with my printer?
- Can I isolate the iPad screen as its own video output to my streaming software?
- What is a good Linux OS for newer users to install on Chromebooks?
- Is there a way to have a backup cell provider if the power goes out in my area?
- What are some recommendations for a Wi-Fi extender? Is there an alternative solution to using a Wi-Fi extender?
- Is there an iPhone app to track my car maintenance over time?
- Are there external hard drives very close to Apple's internal SSD speeds that I can use without paying for more storage in a new Mac?
- Why should I update the firmware on my TV if I don't connect it to the internet?
- A caller calls in with a suggestion for the caller back in episode 1982 on re-sizing their photos in large batches using Adobe Lightroom.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1985
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Twitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon.
- Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud.
- YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Rise 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates.
- Google's CFO just got a promotion.
- Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts.
- Google Street View is back in Germany after 10+ year halt.
- Jeff talks about his trip to Google previewing NotebookLM.
- Google software engineer got $605,000 bonus, plus more from massive salary leak.
- Google's nightmare "Web Integrity API" wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web.
- Top tech companies form group seeking to control AI.
- ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI.
- Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to Fuchsia.
- Google Play services ending support for Android 4.4 KitKat.
- Everything Samsung Announced at Summer Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
- ChromeOS 115 rolling out: Android App Streaming, PDF signatures.
Picks:
- Stacey - Weighted Vest.
- Jeff - IMAX emulates PalmPilot software to power Oppenheimer's 70 mm release.
- Ant - "Google Stadia" Lives On For Me.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- discourse.org/twit
- AWS Insiders - TWIG
- fastmail.com/twit
Microsoft's FY23 Q4, Zenbleed vulnerability, Nearby Share for Windows
Microsoft Earnings
- Microsoft had another blockbuster quarter. What else is new?
- Fiscal quarter: a net income of $20.1 billion on revenues of $56.2 billion. Those figures represent year-over-year (YOY) gains of 20 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
- Intelligent Cloud was again Microsoft's biggest business unit, delivering $24 billion in revenues (up 15 percent YOY) on the strength of server and cloud services revenue growth of 17 percent. Azure and other cloud services grew 26 percent YOY, and Enterprise Mobility saw its installed base grow by 11 percent to over 256 million seats.
- Productivity and Business Processes was Microsoft's second-biggest business, with $18.3 billion in revenues, a gain of 10 percent YOY. Here, Microsoft reported that Office commercial revenue was up 12 percent, Office 365 commercial revenues were up 15 percent, and Office consumer revenues were up 3 percent. Microsoft 365 consumer subscribers grew 12 percent to 67 million customers.
- More Personal Computing once again brought up the rear, with $13.9 billion in revenues, a decline of 4 percent YOY. Windows revenues from PC makers declined 12 percent. Surface (and HoloLens, but really just Surface) revenues were down 20 percent YOY, as that product line continues to struggle. Gaming revenue overall was up 1 percent, with Xbox hardware revenues down 13 percent YOY and Xbox content and services revenues up 5 percent, "driven by growth in third-party content and Xbox Game Pass."
AI Stuff
- Top AI companies agree to safeguards (just not for privacy).
- Microsoft opens up Bing Chat to users on Chrome and Safari.
- ChatGPT for Android is available in the U.S. to handle all your mobile AI needs.
- GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in Beta, stage one of the transition to GitHub Copilot X.
- Apple is rumored to be working on its own ChatGPT.
Windows * This just in: Preview cumulative update for 22H2 arrives a day late. * Insider: Microsoft tests 23H2 features in the Beta channel. * AMD to fix Zenbleed vulnerability. * Microsoft could release a Surface Studio Laptop 2 this year. * U.S. Army to test upgraded HoloLens soon.
Activision Blizzard
- Paul looked at how the Activision Blizzard acquisition will impact its quarterly financials. Not much, actually.
- Chief regulators from the FTC and CMA have spoken a bit publicly about their mishandled Microsoft cases.
- Mirroring what happened with the CMA last week, the FTC ended an internal trial against Microsoft so the sides can reach a settlement.
Xbox
- Microsoft starts rolling out YAHE (yet another home experience)
- Google Play Games for PC expands
- Blizzard is bringing key titles to Steam
Tips and Picks * Tip of the week: Clipchamp's hidden gems * App pick of the week: Nearby Share for Windows * RunAs Radio this week: Future of Integrated Communication with Bob Serr * Brown liquor pick of the week: Bottles!
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- R.I.P. Kevin Mitnick.
- Apple says: "Thanks, but we'd rather leave."
- Web Environment Integrity.
- Web Analytics under the spotlight.
- More progress on the IoT security front.
- The "Expeditionary cyber force".
- Ransomware payouts being made much less often.
- MOVEit Update.
- TikTok + Passkeys.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Satellite Insecurity, Part 2.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-932-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- bitwarden.com/twit
- iOS 16.6, macOS Ventura 13.5, and other updates patch actively exploited vulnerabilities.
- Unity's Apple Vision Pro game development tool opens in beta.
- Apple Vision Pro: will developers sell visionOS apps for the $3,499 Device?
- Apple is testing "Apple GPT" generative AI tools.
- French antitrust watchdog issues statement of objection over Apple app tracking.
- Apple targeted in App Store antitrust damages class-action suit that's seeking $1BN+ for UK developers.
- Apple threatens to pull iMessage and Facetime in the UK if proposed laws against end-to-end encryption pass.
- Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system.
- Apple may face 'severe' iPhone 15 Pro shortage over large display production issue.
- iPhone 15 Pro production concerns over thinner bezels may be exaggerated.
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: Ridiculous Fishing EX * Andy's Pick: Tony Bennett * Alex's Pick: MotherGrid YouTube Channel
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- discourse.org/twit
- drinkAG1.com/macbreak
- fastmail.com/twit
Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick
- Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'.
- Threads use is down to about 6 minutes a day.
- Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system.
- Microsoft-Activision $69B Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned.
- Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023).
- Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million.
- Apple can delay App Store changes to file Supreme Court plea.
- Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama.
- Self driving in SF with Alex.
- G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics.
- The Biden administration announces its new smart home cybersecurity label.
- Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data.
- Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity.
- The Screen Savers - Kevin Mitnick Is Free.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Ranjan Roy
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- NetSuite.com/TWIT
- mintmobile.com/twit
- kolide.com/twit
- drinkAG1.com/twit
- Twitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon.
- Retrieval operation underway after hundreds of drones plunge into Melbourne's Yarra River.
- Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system.
- Can you transfer a Gmail account from a personal account to a business account?
- What can I do with my extra iPhone that I received from my insurance?
- Is it worth upgrading from an older Apple TV 4K to the current model of the 4K TV, or wait?
- What devices would be safe to bring to Defcon?
- Dick Debartolo and the Bitzee virutal pet.
- Are there "dumb" Smart 4K TVs one can buy?
- How can I deal with a computer virus on my computer?
- A caller calls in to add to the hearing aid discussion that has occurred throughout today's show.
- Am I being safe by adding my social security number to a dark-web monitoring service, such as Google One?
- How can I manage my battery's life span on my laptop?
- Am I being even safer when using NextDNS services ontop of using a VPN, or is it redundant?
- Is there a device similar to my Logitech Harmony Hub that will communicate with my Alexa Echo?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1984
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- drinkAG1.com/techguy
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- The White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan.
- Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open.
- Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023).
- Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company "Unstable".
- Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama.
- Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it.
- Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models.
- G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics.
- AI can't even tell you the chronological order of 'Star Wars' movies.
- OpenAI strikes $5 million-plus local news deal.
- Devindra: AI put me in a 'South Park' episode.
- The risks of AI are real but manageable.
- This AI Watches Millions Of Cars And Tells Cops If You're Driving Like A Criminal.
- Google launches Nearby Share for Windows and partnering to pre-install.
- Google confirms related search operator is going away.
- Google is testing AI-generated Meet video backgrounds.
- Now Google's Bard AI chatbot can talk and respond to visual prompts.
- PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week.
Picks:
- Stacey - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Leo - The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
- Leo - Click for a random web 1.0 web site
- Jeff - Vox Media stops using Chorus, proprietary CMS, for its own websites
- Ant - Peak Design Camera Cube
- Ant - Yellowgold - This Road
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG
It's happening! Microsoft will absolutely acquire Activision Blizzard
- An amazing (ahem) blizzard of activity on the acquisition front leaves Microsoft on the verge of consummating this deal. It's amazing how much has happened since last week.
- FTC appealed its court loss and was immediately defeated again
- UK CMA extends deadline for its review of Microsoft's new concessions
- Microsoft and Sony agree to a Call of Duty deal (!) - not clear if it's for 10 years
- UK court formally pauses CMA block of AB acquisition so the two sides can negotiate
- Microsoft and Activision agreed to extend the acquisition deadline to October 18 to accommodate the CMA
Windows
- Windows 11 23H2 will be deployed as an enablement package, virtually providing our theories that 23H2 = Moment 4.
- Tied to this, Microsoft finally explains how it updates Windows now, literally 8 years after the release of Windows 10. It's easy to be cynical, but a Microsoft whitepaper offers a lot of overdue transparency about updating
- Insider Program: New Dev build today. Passwordless for Windows Hello Business, local file sharing improvements, Outlook now an inbox app
- Insider Program: New Beta and Release Preview builds out last week.
- Beta is 23H2. Galley view in Explorer, new Paint app
- Release Preview is 22H2, just fixes
- The NUC lives!
- Microsoft has a new font
An AI told you so
- Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing (for commercial) and it is exactly as expensive as we warned
- Bing Chat adds visual search support
- Bill Gates dismisses the dangers of AI. "We've done this before."
- FTC is investigating OpenAI
Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass Core to replace Xbox Live Gold in September
- The next Game Pass titles for July
- Game Pass Friends and Family Preview is ending in August
- More fun retro gaming as Anstream Arcade is coming to Xbox on July 21
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Enable passkeys in GitHub
- Book of the week: John Romero wrote a book
- RunAs this week: Securing Sprawling Services with Karinne Bessette
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenfarclas 12
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- kolide.com/ww
- Picture of the Week.
- Kaspersky on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday.
- As the worm turns: WormGPT.
- Microsoft revokes 100+ malicious drivers.
- MOVEit Update.
- Does Dun & Bradstreet know you?
- No Threads for you! (or EU!)
- All Bitcoin addresses look alike.
- Twitter changes DM settings.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Satellite Insecurity, Part 1.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-931-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- drata.com/twit
- cs.co/twit
- iPadOS 17 & macOS Sonoma public betas are out.
- How long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hints.
- Apple creates new vision products group (VPG) for future mixed-reality headsets.
- Apple TV+ Messi introduction stream hit by audio problems.
- Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million.
- Apple chided by appeals judge as it heads to US Supreme Court in antitrust case.
- Apple can delay App Store changes to file Supreme Court plea.
- Actors now on strike as Apple and other Hollywood studios fail to reach deal with Screen Actors Guild.
Picks of the Week * Leo's Pick: Spectre Camera * Alex's Pick: Saramonic SmartRig+ * Andy's Pick: AR Space Invaders * Jason's Pick: MLB App
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- hellofresh.com/macbreak50 and use code macbreak50
Microsoft Activision victory, Amazon Prime Day, writer's strike, Taylor Swift
- FTC loses appeals court bid to temporarily block Microsoft-Activision deal.
- Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard.
- Amazon Prime Day Drives Online Sales Up 6.1%, Lags Estimate.
- Here's what shoppers bought on Amazon Prime Day 2023.
- Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act.
- Elon Musk says Twitter cash flow is still negative amid 50% drop in ad revenue.
- Congressional Report Finds Meta and Tax Prep Companies "Recklessly" Shared Taxpayers' Data.
- Can AI solve the problems with social media?
- Kathy Baxter: Here's what could go wrong if we don't take AI safety seriously.
- Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement.
- The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training.
- Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights 'for the rest of eternity'.
- Fran Drescher Slams Bob Iger's 'Repugnant' and 'Tone Deaf' Strike Comments: If I Were Disney, 'I Would Lock Him Behind Doors'.
- Oppenheimer actors walk out of UK premiere as Hollywood stars join writer strike.
- How is TikTok doing right now?
- That dangerous TikTok trend on the Today Show? It was fake.
- First Amendment org challenges restrictions on TikTok at Texas universities.
- Taylor Swift's Re-Recorded 'Speak Now' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With 2023's Biggest Week.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Dan Patterson, Daniel Rubino, and Abrar Al-Heeti
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- hellofresh.com/twit50 and use code twit50
- cs.co/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- FTC loses appeals court bid to temporarily block Microsoft-Activision deal.
- Here's what shoppers bought on Amazon Prime Day 2023.
- Is it worth upgrading my TV to a newer model?
- How can I record a documentary with today's available technology?
- Are there carriers that handle sim jacking better than the other?
- Rod Pyle and India's Chandrayaan-3 mission.
- What are my options for acquiring hearing aids?
- Is it a security risk to continue using a router whose firmware is outdated?
- Is Proton Pass a good choice of a password manager?
- Can I import my MP3s to my iPhone within Linux?
- How does Apple's Time Machine work when backing up my hard drive?
- Chris Marquardt and the Tasty Assignment review.
- Rosemary Orchard of iOS Today shares a shortcut that you can use to help re-size photos in large batches as a response to a caller from last week.
- Why is my printer not being detected on my network?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Rod Pyle and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1983
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TECHGUY
- Threads has 100 million users, and many are on Android.
- Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy.
- Facebook's Threads is so depressing.
- Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads.
- Amazon Prime Day Pushes US Online Sales Up 6% in First 24 Hours.
- Lina Khan Is Taking on the World's Biggest Tech Companies—and Losing.
- Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act.
- In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI.
- Anthropic's Claude Is Competing With ChatGPT. Even Its Builders Fear AI.
- Nirit Weiss-Blatt's taxonomy of the promoters & marketers of AI panic.
- Google's medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals.
- Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall.
- Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement.
- Google Embroiled in Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Products.
- The AI Dividend.
- Scariest bridge in America via Frank Garufi Jr.
- NotebookLM: Google's AI-powered notes app is launching today.
- Android 14 Beta 4 lets Pixel devices automatically unlock when you type in the PIN.
- Google app rolling out 'Finance Watchlist' stocks widget.
- Google News offering free 4-month New York Times trial.
- Google Play Changes Policy on Tokenized Digital Assets, Allowing NFTs in Apps and Games.
- Jeff & Alan Rusbridger discuss the Gutenberg Parenthesis in London.
Picks:
- Stacey - Different ways that Stacey uses sensors.
- Jeff - 2023 Digital media trends: Immersed and connected.
- Jeff - Scotland fries.
- Ant - "Taller Desk Chair"
- Ant - Watch FLOSS Weekly with Ant!
- Ant - Cheers To Mr. Terrell C. Woods.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- drinkAG1.com/twig
MICROSOFT BEATS FTC IN DRAMATIC FASHION
- Judge throws out FTC's request to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- For once, common sense prevails
- FTC threatens to appeal, but legal experts say this will fail
- UK CMA (sort of) realizes the error of its ways and will renegotiate with Microsoft and then later said it may require a new investigation because they are terrible
- Just a quick note about an old friend: AdDuplex is shutting down
- Amazon is first Big Tech firm to legally challenge EU's new anti-Big Tech laws
Windows
- Microsoft releases Moment 3 for the fourth time
- Insider: New Canary build (today) brings new features from Dev, Arm32 deprecation, etc.
- Amazon Appstore for Windows 11 is now generally available
- Microsoft Edge now blocks spam pop-ups. Finally, a reasonable Edge feature
- Intel is killing the NUC, will exit the PC business
Cloud/Enterprise
- Microsoft is renaming Azure AD to Entra ID
- Former original NT team member burns bridges as he leaves Google for second time
Dev * Microsoft is bringing .NET MAUI is coming to Visual Studio Code * Microsoft Dev Box is generally available * Raspberry Pi open-sources its Code Editor * GitHub announced the public beta of passkey authentication
Xbox
- Digital Eclipse is going to release a series of interactive classic video documentaries on Xbox
- Xbox introduces new voice reporting feature to help battle online toxicity
Tips & Picks * Tip of the week: You can get a $1 Game Pass trial again * App pick of the week: Nostalgia (for Intellivision) * RunAs Radio this week: Windows 11 Deployment with Johan Arwidmark * Brown liquor pick of the week: Smooth Ambler Old Scout
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- AWS Insiders - WW
- Brooklinen.com Use Code WINDOWS
- cachefly.com
- Picture of the Week.
- Another Critical Unauthenticated SQLi Flaw Discovered in MOVEit Transfer Software.
- And as for MOVEit...
- What's a "Rug Pull" ??
- "Avast, ye Matey"
- China's OpenKylin v1.
- TootRoot!
- Firefox 115.
- Did Russia Disconnect?
- Use some honey if you want to catch some flies.
- Cryptocurrency losses.
- International Consumer Data Transit.
- Apple's emergency update retraction.
- Syncthing Revisited.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite's first RTM release.
- RTOS-32.
- Rowhammer Indelible Fingerprinting.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-930-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- bitwarden.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Ray Maxwell, a long-time friend of the TWiT network, joins the show to talk about his review of the new Mac Pro.
- Apple pulls iOS 16.5.1 and macOS 13.4.1 rapid security response updates due to Safari bug.
- Linus Tech Tips Labs tests the new Mac Studio M2 Ultra.
- Apple has arrived to the Threads party as new platform approaches 100M users.
- Goldman is looking for a way out of its partnership with Apple.
- Apple Vision pro headset to launch in US stores by appointment.
- Apple's 32-inch iMac not expected until late 2024 at the earliest, but does it even need to exist?
- Apple TV+ shows may have been filmed for Apple Vision Pro all along.
Picks of the Week * Ray's Pick: Super-Earth Mother * Alex's Pick: Monitor+ * Andy's Pick: MarkDownload * Jason's Pick: All Souls Lost by Dan Moren * Leo's Pick: Bear 2
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Ray Maxwell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- drinkAG1.com/macbreak
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
Threads by Meta, TweetDeck returns, Causal AI, thumbs-up emoji lawsuit
- What to know about Threads.
- Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads.
- Elon Musk Is Making Mark Zuckerberg Seem Cool Again.
- The good version of TweetDeck is back, but for how long?
- Why We Don't Recommend Ring Cameras.
- Your School's Next Security Guard May Be an AI-Enabled Robot.
- Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones.
- Gizmodo used AI to write a Star Wars story. It was filled with errors.
- The next artificial intelligence frontier: Causal AI.
- A 25-Year-Old Bet about Consciousness Has Finally Been Settled.
- Bay Area tech company Evernote lays off most staff, relocating to Europe.
- Farmer owes $82,000 in a contract dispute over the use of a 'thumbs-up' emoji, judge says.
- Here's the deal with the giant sphere causing a buzz in Las Vegas.
- Pokémon Sleep gameplay and pre-registration for Android revealed.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Ben Parr, Reed Albergotti, and Seth Weintraub
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mintmobile.com/twit
- hellofresh.com/twit50 and use code twit50
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Meta launches Threads, a competitor to Twitter.
- Is there software to alter photos in large batches?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Cruise self-driving cars.
- An update to Leo's six rules of security.
- Why can't I open my Lightroom Classic application and access my current catalog?
- Could Apple's Vision Pro headset work with a Bluetooth keyboard?
- How can I maintain my ring activity streak on my Apple Watch when traveling overseas?
- A librarian calls in to talk about how you can improve your searching when using Google.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1982
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:* Miro.com/podcast
- Jeff's book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, is out!!
- Fireworks Have a New Competitor: Drones.
- Rise, Goldfish: Elden Ring's bosses are now being humiliated by a fish somehow hooked-up to the controls.
- An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products.
- Jeff Elgie, local news owner, says Google will bring the government to the table.
- Village Media's C-18 Update.
- Google Analytics Violates GDPR, Says Swedish Watchdog.
- The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews.
- Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it's on the verge of collapse.
- Update on Twitter's Rate Limits.
- The Instagram Threads launch countdown jumped forward and is now targeting 7PM ET.
- Google Says It'll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI.
- Talking about a 'schism' is ahistorical.
- Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve.
- Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials' Contacts With Social Media Sites.
- Android Auto is adding new features for electric vehicles.
- Google Slides opens up Duet AI image generation with Imagen.
- Google Messages web app now supports direct reply.
Picks:
- Stacey - Roku Home Security Cameras.
- Leo - Next-Gen Samsung Foldable Reservations Now Live.
- Jeff - ChatGPT lawyer's forced apologies.
- Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.
- Ant - Rokinon 35mm T1.5 High Speed Wide Angle Cine DSX Lens for Canon EF.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- AWS Insiders - TWIG
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
EU's Big Tech gatekeepers, AI-powered shopping tools, Windows Copilot Preview
- The EU officially identified the first Big Tech "gatekeepers" that will be held to a higher regulatory standard, and Microsoft made the list.
- Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook (Meta)
- Plus, TikTok owner ByteDance (?) and Samsung
- Booking.com says it was notified it will be on the next list for some reason too
- What is the standard? What are the penalties for non-compliance?
- Microsoft to face EU antitrust investigation after discussions break down.
Windows * Microsoft JUST makes its self-imposed June deadline, releases first public preview of Windows Copilot to (some) Windows Insiders. * Windows Copilot hands-on * Windows 365 Frontline exits preview
AI
- Microsoft adds new AI-powered shopping tools to Bing and Edge. I'm sure they won't just recommend Microsoft products.
- Google changes its privacy policy, admits it will scrape the Internet to train its models
Hardware
- Hybrids bridge the gap between the new and the old, and they're all around us. In personal tech, the laptop was an early hybrid, but today's hybrids—like folding smartphones—are getting interesting and are inarguably the future of the premium, and then the mainstream, smartphone market. So much for "right tool for the job."
Xbox * Nadella claims he wants videogame exclusives to go away. This explains why Microsoft has purchased so man game studios, and why its wants Activision Blizzard. Somehow. * What would a "mobile-native" version of Game Pass look like? And how could Microsoft get past the mobile gatekeepers? * Microsoft announces its July Xbox Games with Gold titles * Microsoft also announced its first Game Pass titles for July
Tips & Picks * Tip of the week #1: Enable Windows Copilot (Preview) * Tip of the week #2: Get Office 365 for IT Pros 2024 Edition for $10 off * App pick of the week #1: Stella * App pick of the week #2: Firefox 115 * RunAs this week: Power Platform Proliferation with Luise Freese * Brown Liquor this week: Dewars 12
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Twitter self-DDoS, Flipper, Ethernet 50 years old, SCOTUS cyberstalking
- Twitter bug causes self-DDOS tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits
- Apple is a $3 trillion company — again.
- The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark.
- Twitch Star xQc Signs $100 Million Deal With Kick, a Rival Platform.
- Flipper hacking device on track to make $80M worth of sales.
- Padre talks all about the Vatican.
- An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products.
- Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view.
- YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views.
- Twitch adds new paid chat feature to rival YouTube's Super Chat.
- David Bohrman Dead: Former CNN Executive Was 69.
- Want to feel old? Ethernet just celebrated its 50th birthday.
- UK regulator may refer Adobe's $20 billion Figma deal to deeper probe.
- Supreme Court Rebuffs Apple in Billion-Dollar Caltech Patent Case.
- The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews.
- Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims.
- Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Millions of Song Lyrics.
- SiriusXM to Shut Down Stitcher Podcast App.
- Pokémon Go Developer Lays Off 230 Employees, Closes LA Studio.
- Goldman Is Looking for a Way Out of Its Partnership With Apple.
- Scoop: TSA to expand facial recognition program to over 400 airports.
- Prigozhin-controlled Russian media group shuts after mutiny.
- UT Mourns Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor and Nobel Prize Recipient John Goodenough.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Iain Thomson, and Brianna Wu
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- decisions.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- kolide.com/twit
- Some US cities are replacing 4th of July fireworks with environmentally friendly drones.
- Twitter limits the number of tweets users can read amid extended outages.
- Do I need any security programs for my router?
- How can I revive my old laptop?
- Who are VPNs for?
- Leo reviews the Denon PerL Pro.
- Why can't I play Dolby Atmos music from my iPhone through my speakers?
- What are my options to back up sensitive personal data to the cloud?
- Johnny Jet and international eSims.
- How can I save files to my iCloud without them saying on my phone or Mac?
- Do you need an antivirus program for Mac, and how can I update my photos on my Mac to have the correct data?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1981
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- lectricebikes.com
- Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims.
- Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics.
- Talking about the new TWiT AI show.
- What makes human and what makes conciousness?
- AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists.
- Billionaires and Bureaucrats Mobilize China for AI Race With US.
- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT.
- Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System.
- Biden announces $42 billion high-speed internet initiative.
- RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days.
- Leo reviews the Pixel Tablet.
- TP-Link's New Smart Light Switches Support Matter.
- Coway Airmega Air Purifier.
- Leo and Lisa's trip to VidCon.
- YouTube Music now automatically adds songs to your last playlist.
- Google introduces a new shop tab for rentals and purchases on Android TV | TechCrunch.
- Google Search rolling out 'Perspectives' filter for more personal and human results.
- Google updating the Android logo with 3D robot head, new wordmark.
- Google is giving Find My Device a new logo.
- Canada Forces Google and Facebook to Pay News Outlets for Linking to Articles.
- Plot Twist at Turner Classic Movies Upsets Film Fans.
- Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk say they're up for a cage match. Who would win?
Picks:
- Jeff - The typical OpenAI engineer makes $925,000
- Stacey - Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror + Lightstrip Kit
- Ant - Sony ZV-E1 firmware update
- Ant - BimmerCode
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- AWS Insiders - TWIG
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Microsoft/FTC hearings reveal numerous details about the Xbox business
- The FTC's economist could not explain how the acquisition would actually harm competition
- The FTC bungled its questioning of Phil Spencer so badly that he had to explain how mergers work to the agency.
- Microsoft decided to pursue AB after it learned that Sony was paying publishers to skip Xbox and that it was trying to make Starfield exclusive to PlayStation
- A Bethesda executive asked Phil Spencer why AB was so different, noting that some Bethesda titles became Xbox exclusives
- Phil Spencer says that Microsoft "expects" Xbox to be profitable, but he never said that it ever was. Its continual third-place finishes in the console market is what kicked off Microsoft's game studio buying spree: Sony was outspending it on exclusives
- Phil Spencer also admitted to what I think is Xbox's biggest failure, it's lack of an "organic" strategy for mobile.
- Spencer: there is no native Minecraft on PS5 because Sony. (Related: if Microsoft buys AB, Sony will not give AB advanced access to PS6)
- Xbox Cloud Gaming was promoted as a way to get Xbox in front of 3 billion more eyeballs, but it's been used as a way for Xbox console users to test new games before they buy them.
- Sony's PlayStation boss came off badly during the hearings.
- Microsoft considered "spending Sony out of business." If this deal fails, it should do just that
- AB demanded a better revenue share and threatened to pull COD off Xbox otherwise. They had no choice, so AB gets an 80/20 revenue split instead of the usual 70/30. Blackmail!
- Microsoft considered buying over 100 separate companies to gain a foothold in mobile gaming (and overall). Key among them are Zynga, Bungie, Sega, CD Projekt Red, and Gearbox
Windows 11
- Deja vu: Microsoft issues Windows 11 version 22H2 Moment 3 as a preview update
- A quick update on that new switch in Windows Update
- Welcome to the nanny state: Windows 11 just can't stop telling us how to do things
- Microsoft wants to bring Cloud PC to consumers for some reason
- DuckDuckGo's web browser is here for Windows in beta. It's as safe and private as Brave, but it is still lacking too many core features for daily use
Microsoft and AI
- ChatGPT adds Bing integration in iOS
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks about his AI conversion
Xbox
- Meta launches a VR Quest+ subscription service
- Google is bringing games to YouTube
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Xbox Series X/S storage hits lowest prices ever
- App pick of the week: Stardock Deskscapes 11
- RunAs Radio this week: Patching in 2023 with Sami Laiho
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Green Spot:
Regular - 40% - $50
Leoville Barton - 46% - Bordeaux - $100
Chateau Montelana - 46% - Zinfandel - $100
Quails Gate - 46% - Pinot Noir - $100 CAD
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- Catching Leo up to speed from last week.
- DuckDuckBrowse.
- And an updated Tor Browser.
- Opera, now enhanced with "AI".
- The KasperskyOS Phone.
- The cost of doing business in Russia.
- Slowly turn the wheels of justice.
- The US to create a new "Cyber Force".
- Apple.com now supports Passkeys.
- Selective GDPR enforcement?
- Facial Recognition is Photo Recognition.
- Google cybersecurity clinics.
- Progress/MOVEit sued.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Operation Triangulation.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-929-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- drinkAG1.com/securitynow
- lookout.com
- drata.com/twit
Leo Laporte conducts a head-to-head comparison between the Google Pixel Tablet and the Nest Hub Max to determine which device provides the best value for its price. He discusses their sound quality, screen quality, app compatibility, and more. If you're torn between these two Google devices, this review will help you make an informed decision.
Host: Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Find more products we recommend at https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork
- Apple releases visionOS SDK to developers and details testing process
- Apple Vision Pro Will Support WebXR for Fully Immersive Experiences in the Browser
- Developers are already working on apps for Vision Pro - here are five we love
- Meta launches new VR subscription 'Meta Quest+' for $7.99
- Diva smart dimmer
- Gurman: Apple Reportedly Developing Larger iMac With Over 30-Inch Display
- Apple 2023 and 2024 Road Map: iPhone 15, M3 Macs, iPad Air, Vision Pro Headset
- Apple's Vision Pro headset may not come with a top strap in the box
- 4 arrested in shooting death of Bakersfield woman, 61
- Taco John's responds to Taco Bell's Taco Tuesday lawsuit
- Supreme Court Rebuffs Apple in Billion-Dollar Caltech Patent Case
- Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle
- Apple's Beats Studio Pro Headphones Listed in FCC Database Ahead of Launch
- Apple execs discuss third-party watch faces and watchOS 10 design decisions in new interview
- The iPhone has a discovery problem
Picks:
- Jason's pick: MAMP
- Andy's pick: Comic Mono font
- Alex's pick: Midjourney 5.2
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- drinkAG1.com/macbreak
Amazon vs Walmart, Prime dark patterns, Canadian link tax, Zuck Musk cage match
- A new book reveals how Amazon used 'shady' strategies at its bookstores to drive up Prime subscriptions.
- Trader Oooh's.
- FTC Sues Amazon Over 'Manipulative' Tactics Used to Enroll Millions in Prime.
- Deceptive Patterns: Hall of Shame.
- Sony's PlayStation chief privately said Microsoft's Activision deal wasn't about Xbox exclusives.
- Amazon will hold Prime Day 2023 on July 11-12, adding invite-only deals and 'Buy with Prime' sites.
- TikTok prepares 'Project S' plan to break into online shopping.
- The Curious Case of Chris Evans's Sweater in "Knives Out".
- NFL finalizes new 11-year media rights deal, Amazon gets exclusive Thursday Night rights.
- Gannett sues Google over its alleged ad tech monopoly.
- As Canada Passes Corrupt Link Tax, Meta Says No More News Links In Canada.
- Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets by Jason Del Rey.
- Disney Adds Facial Recognition to Parks.
- Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha Boycott Venues Using Face-scanning Tech.
- Hacker responsible for 2020 Twitter breach sentenced to prison.
- Google's YouTube Is Testing an Online-Games Offering.
- Meta Will Launch Twitter Competitor In Mid-July: Report.
- Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg's fight started before Meta's Twitter rival.
- "Stunning"—Midjourney update wows AI artists with camera-like feature.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Denise Howell, Alex Lindsay, and Jason Del Rey
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- athleticgreens.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Miro.com/podcast
- Vidcon was this past week.
- Why am I getting a mix of different languages in my Windows applications?
- Can you use a Bluetooth transmitter with an old record turntable?
- How can I put the latest version of the Android operating system on my old smartphones?
- Dick DeBartolo and the 132-hole bubble machine.
- Are these USB-C to headphone adapters good enough since most smartphones don't have a headphone jack?
- How can I easily make a video of life memories for a senior family member?
- Why is my wired internet slower than my wireless?
- What's the best way to manage all my photos on my smartphone/computer?
- Leo reviews the new Google Pixel tablet.
- Is there a way to load my images more quickly on my website?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1980
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- fastmail.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- cachefly.com
- James Thomson joins the show to talk about the Vision Pro and gives a developers' look at what happened at WWDC.
- Apple's secret weapon to getting PC games on Mac.
- Japan pushes for Apple and Google to allow sideloading.
- EU: smartphones must have user-replaceable batteries by 2027.
- Apple expanding self-service repair program to iPhone 14 lineup and more Macs.
Picks of the Week * James' Pick: MiSTer FPGA * Andy's Pick: Ealain screensaver * Alex's Pick: Keynote Update Version 13
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: James Thomson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- athleticgreens.com/macbreak
- Melissa.com/twit
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
Reddit CEO, Diablo 4, Esports struggle, "Hey Disney!", Twitter eviction
- Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent.
- Twitter stiffs Google.
- Will Elon Lose Control of Twitter?
- Reddit Aims for IPO in Second Half as Market's Gears Quietly Turn.
- One of Reddit's largest communities is protesting changes to the platform by posting only photos of John Oliver 'looking sexy'.
- Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the ax in favor of "focus".
- TIKTOK'S ENSHITTIFICATION.
- WHIPPED.
- 'The Flash' Disappoints With $55 Million Debut, Pixar's 'Elemental' Flops With $29.5 Million in Battle of Box Office Lightweights.
- Google's Ads Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says.
- The streamer who spent $1M on an esports team says esports is a terrible business: 'Everyone is losing a lot of money'
- Nintendo shuts down Smash World Tour 'without any warning'.
- Whoopi Goldberg is Still Upset About Diablo 4, Calls for Blizzard's Response.
- Baldur's Gate 3.
- Apple's Secret Weapon to Getting PC Games on Mac.
- FCC chair to investigate exactly how much everyone hates data caps.
- Meta Lowers Age Requirement for Quest VR Headsets to Allow Preteens.
- How many Star Wars movies are there? In order of chronology, release date and 'machete.'
- Amazon's 'Hey Disney!' voice assistant is now available.
- Meta scientist Yann LeCun says AI won't destroy jobs forever.
- Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard.
- RowdySkeleton.com
- FTC reportedly seeks an injunction to stop Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Ashley Esqueda and Alex Wilhelm
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- cs.co/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- grammarly.com/GO
- Leo got the new 15" MacBook Air and gives his first impressions of the device.
- Steve Huffman and the Reddit revolt.
- What must I do to protect my personal data after a data breach?
- What's the easiest way to start a podcast?
- How can I make sense of the Apple error messages?
- Rod Pyle and NASA's UFO/UAP Report.
- Why does Leo dislike using the hibernate or sleep functionality on Windows?
- As a first-time cellphone owner, what should I do next with my iPhone?
- Chris Marquardt and the Dull assignment review.
- What exactly is artificial intelligence?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Rod Pyle and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1979
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- drata.com/twit
- lectricebikes.com
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TECHGUY
- Google's Ads Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says.
- Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts.
- Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout 'will pass'.
- Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO's internal memo.
- What Reddit Got Wrong.
- Why The New York Times Will Lose to The Huffington Post.
- Hawley-Blumenthal bill denies Section 230 protection for AI.
- ChatGPT Goes to Court.
- Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard.
- Music Companies Sue Twitter for Alleged Copyright Violations.
- Beyond Meat (BYND), Impossible Foods Burgers Are Just Another Food Fad.
- Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance.
- Taco Bell's Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars.
- Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says.
- In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S.
- Google to Launch Long-Delayed News Showcase Product in U.S. This Summer.
- Google Lens can identify rashes and other skin conditions.
- 'Help me write' comes to Gmail for Android and iOS.
- Google's new generative AI lets you preview clothes on different models.
- June Feature Drop + Android 13 QPR3 rolling out: Pixel 7 Pro macro video, Palm Timer, new wallpapers, Home Panel.
- Pixel Watch June Feature Drop: SpO2 tracking & high/low HR alerts, Metal Band coming Friday.
- YouTube drastically lowers requirements for video monetization.
- Google Photos website adding advanced editing tools from Google One.
- Google brings At a Glance to the Pixel Watch.
- Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song.
- Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over.
- Google forced to postpone Bard chatbot's EU launch over privacy concerns.
- Doctors Are Using ChatGPT to Improve How They Talk to Patients.
- FCC creating a Privacy and Data Protection task force.
- The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens.
Picks:
- Stacey - Google Home launches powerful Script Editor for automation.
- Jeff - Spotify Laying Off 200 Employees in Reorg of Podcast Division.
- Jeff - 24 hours of earth's rotation.
- Ant - Update to Lightroom Mobile.
- Ant - Have a Laugh With Greg Warren.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- athleticgreens.com/twig
- Melissa.com/twit
Microsoft & Activision Blizzard, Windows 11 22H2, OpenAI, Xbox Updates
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/833
Sponsors:* Brooklinen.com Use Code WINDOWS * cs.co/twit * cachefly.com
- Picture of the Week.
- Cryptomining Rude Surprise Billing.
- Musk's Twitter is refusing to pay for Cloud Services.
- IoT DDoS rapidly rising.
- H1CA found executing code on client machines.
- Apple's WWDC Redux.
- France takes a different approach...
- Russia: Scanners stay out!
- Miscellany.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Scanning the Internet.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-927-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- bitwarden.com/twit
- athleticgreens.com/securitynow
- Eyes (and head) on with the Apple Vision Pro.
- Sony refuses to increase Vision Pro screen production capacity for Apple.
- Here's what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple's Vision Pro.
- 15-inch MacBook Air review: Sometimes bigger is better.
- Ultra Mac Studio review: Top of the line.
- Trailer for the second season for Apple TV+ series 'Foundation.'
Picks of the Week * Alex's Tip: 9x19 * Andy's Pick: Bike Outliner * Leo's Pick: Logseq * Jason's Pick: Libby
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/macbreak
- hellofresh.com/macbreak16 and use code macbreak16
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
Apple Vision Pro, Reddit API fallout, Tesla Autopilot casualties, UFOs
- What are the guests driving?
- Apple's Vision Pro Isn't the Future.
- Reddit's users and moderators are revolting against its CEO.
- Lemmy.world
- 17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla's Autopilot.
- Nicole and Sam ride around Austin in a Cruise Robotaxi. \
- Cruise faces backlash after self-driving car appears to block crews responding to SF's Mission District shooting.
- Mercedes first to sell vehicles in California with hands-free, eyes-off automated driving.
- FORD EV CUSTOMERS TO GAIN ACCESS TO 12,000 TESLA SUPERCHARGERS; COMPANY TO ADD NORTH AMERICAN CHARGING STANDARD PORT IN FUTURE EVS.
- I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly, I feel duped.
- Does the U.S. Government Want You to Believe in U.F.O.s?
- US sues Coinbase as crypto crackdown widens.
- A decade on, Edward Snowden remains in Russia, though U.S. laws have changed.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Nicole Wakelin, Roberto Baldwin, and Sam Abuelsamid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- decisions.com/twit
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- Miro.com/podcast
- lookout.com
- Apple announced the Vision Pro AR headset at WWDC23.
- It's the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking film Jurassic Park.
- Why are subreddits like r/iPhone going private?
- Why am I getting a bluescreen of death (BSOD) on my computer?
- Can I use an AR/VR headset while visually impaired?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Combined Charging System.
- Is the Kindle Oasis good for my elderly parents?
- What kind of jobs should I look out for after getting my IT cert?
- What is some good cellular coverage for when I travel to Japan? And is it safe for me to enter my password in my password manager while on open WiFi?
- Can I charge my eBike at EV charging stations?
- How should I back up my hard drive?
- How can I run modern browsers on my 2008 iMac?
- Why is the wrong album art popping up on my Apple Music app?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1978
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TECHGUY
- Melissa.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Miro.com/podcast
- Inside the Meltdown at CNN.
- What is Solutions Journalism?
- The platforms give up on 2020 lies.
- Elon Musk Is All About the Nonstop Grind. And He Can't Stop Talking About It.
- Perspective: Tackling Misinformation on YouTube.
- Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter.
- Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer.
- US collects intact UFOs as part of secret program, Air Force veteran claims.
- Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys.
- 'Minecraft' for ChromeOS leaves early access, works on more machines.
- Stacey's tips on surviving poor air quality.
- US sues Coinbase as crypto crackdown widens.
- The SEC is wrong about crypto exchanges.
- Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service.
- Health firm wrongly told hundreds of people they might have cancer.
- Excel spreadsheet error leads Austrian party to announce wrong leader.
- Bard gets Google Sheets export, improved logic and reasoning skills.
- Google releases Android TV 14 Beta, ditches Android 13.
- Google Assistant adds two new voices with Lime and Indigo.
- Google starts rolling out image generation in Slides, more Duet AI for Gmail and Docs.
- 'Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise' hits pre-order for businesses.
- Google's AI to power virtual travel agent from Priceline.
- Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress.
- CNET's new guidelines for AI journalism met with union pushback.
- iHeartMedia warns employees not to use ChatGPT.
- A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips.
- AI killing the Internet Archive with love.
- Andreessen: Why AI will save the world.
- OpenAI Sued for Libel After ChatGPT Allegedly Accuses Man of Embezzlement.
- Linda Yaccarino is officially on the job as Twitter CEO.
Picks:
- Stacey - Awair: Air Quality Monitor.
- Stacey - 3M Filtrete.
- Jeff - Kastle: Getting America Back to Work.
- Ant - Floating Road.
- Ant - Queen Charlotte.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
Cortana's Windows death, 3 months with no Xbox, thoughts on WWDC23
Developer Story
- As the developer conference season winds down with WWDC, a look at how Apple, Google, and Microsoft are both similar to and different from each other
- Hololens flashbacks anyone?
Windows
- She's dead, Jim: Microsoft kills Cortana in Windows 10, 11 - this is all about marketing
- Teams for Windows (consumer) gets new features that no one will notice either
- Windows Insider Preview: Microsoft Paint gets Dark mode support (FINALLY) and more in Canary and Dev
- Canary: New build brings SMB signing requirement (Enterprise ed only), camera app troubleshooting (plus new build today)
- Dev (new): redesigned Home view for File Explorer, modernized address bar and search box, Dynamic Lighting settings
- Dev: File Explorer tabs and gallery view improvements, Add Phone Photos button for setting up OneDrive camera roll
- Beta: WPA3 support in Phone Link, fixes
- Microsoft Edge arrives with Workspaces (but not the new UI)
- Brave finally gets vertical tabs
- One week after HP, Dell posts 20 percent revenue fall
Xbox
- Well, Paul finally did it: 3 months without Xbox
- WD Xbox Series X|S expansion cards start at just $80
- Minecraft comes to chromebooks
- Microsoft was fined $20 million by the FTC for collecting kids' data (Amazon was fined $25 million)
- Report explains why Redfall failed. (It sucks)
- Apple brings Windows games to macOS using Wine-based toolkit
- Amazon kills Luna app on Windows and Mac, focuses on web. Are we facing a Stadia moment now?
Tips & Picks * Tip of the week: Passkeys come to Google Workspace accounts too * Tip of the week #2: Get the updated Windows 11 22H2 ISO * RunAs Radio this week: Microsoft Sentinel with Sarah Young * Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- AWS Insiders - WW
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- Another week of silence from HP.
- Mandatory "SMB Signing" coming to Windows 11.
- OWASP.
- Did Apple help the NSA attack the Kremlin?
- Kaspersky's analysis of this iPhone attack and compromise.
- The Trifecta Jackpot!
- Who wrote that?
- Tor gets anti-DoS protection.
- Cybersecurity at Educational institutions.
- Civilian Surveillance Cameras in Ukraine.
- Cyber Mercenaries.
- Closing the Loop.
- Windows Platform Binary Table.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-926-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- joindeleteme.com/twittv
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer.
- That crowd reaction when Apple announced the pricing of Vision Pro.
- Vision Pro: I just tried Apple's first spatial computer, and here's what I think.
- Rossignol: "Apple has a WWDC session out today that mentions xrOS..."
- Introducing Apple Vision Pro and visionOS.
- Apple introduces the 15‑inch MacBook Air.
- Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple silicon to Mac Pro.
- Apple introduces M2 Ultra.
- Apple's most expensive M2 Ultra Mac Pro is $40,000 cheaper than the maxed-out Intel model.
- iOS 17 Preview.
- iPadOS 17 Preview.
- macOS Sonoma Preview.
- macOS Sonoma drops support for another wide swath of Intel Macs.
- Introducing watchOS 10, a milestone update for Apple Watch.
Picks of the Week
- Mikah's Pick: Knots 3D
- Andy's Pick: Arc Browser
- Alex's Pick: ZoomCuts
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- Melissa.com/twit
During Apple's WWDC 2023 keynote, the tech giant unveiled their first spatial computer, the Vision Pro, featuring a micro-OLED display with a resolution of over 4K per eye and a unique dual-chip design with the M2 and new R1 chip. Additionally, Apple introduced a larger 15-inch MacBook Air and updates to the Mac Studio and Mac Pro with a more powerful M2 Ultra chip. The company also unveiled updates to its operating systems with iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, and watchOS 10.
Host: Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
WWDC preview, AI scientist statement, virtual kidnapping
- Microsoft Build 2023 - Panos Panay Keynote.
- Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out.
- AI Makes Mistakes But Could It Destroy Us?
- A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips.
- Everything Apple Plans to Show at WWDC: XR Headset, iOS 17 and More.
- Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $499.99.
- Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor.
- Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. Shapiro.
- Is cybersecurity an unsolvable problem?
- Deceptive.design: What are deceptive patterns?
- How I Nearly Fell for a Frightening 'Virtual Kidnapping' Scam.
- Quick Guide to Virtual Kidnapping.
- A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working.
- Amazon to pay more than $30 million to settle FTC privacy complaints over Alexa and Ring.
- Intel to add AI engine to all 14th-gen Meteor Lake SoCs.
- Amazon is discontinuing Alexa's celebrity voices, even if you paid for them.
- Will There Be Any Successors to 'Succession'?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Dan Gillmor, and Larry Magid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- kolide.com/twit
- athleticgreens.com/twit
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- WWDC is this Monday. What will Apple announce at the event?
- Reddit is charging for API access. With this API change, many subreddits are going dark to protest how this will affect 3rd party apps.
- How can I delete my emails permanently from my Yahoo account?
- A caller suggests how Susan from last week can shoot their family reunion interview.
- Scott Wilkinson stops by to share some updates with him and his Club TWiT exclusive show, Home Theater Geeks!
- A caller shares an excellent option for tracking your family heritage on the Mac.
- Leo demos some notetaking apps & devices like the Amazon Kindle Scribe.
- Johnny Jet and saving on car rentals & a new scam targeting seniors.
- Why can't I print things from my smartphone or Chromebook?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1977
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- lectricebikes.com
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out.
- Pessimists Archive.
- Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already.
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI.
- Stacey gets grilled on AI.
- Big Tech Isn't Prepared for A.I.'s Next Chapter.
- George Hotz wants to 'make driving chill' with next-gen Comma 3 hands-free driver assist.
- The Spectrum-X ethernet switch offers ""lossless"" transmission via a new kind of congestion control, says Nvidia.
- Once Mighty Intel Struggles to Escape 'Mud Hole'.
- The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet.
- Google starts rolling out Search Generative Experience (SGE) in preview.
- Google Assistant's 3rd-party Notes & Lists integration is shutting down.
- Messages Magic Compose beta starts rolling out: RCS only, priority for Google One subs.
- NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV will support unlimited simultaneous streams.
- Google quietly ends support for decade-old Chromecast.
- YouTube Stories, Google's clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26.
- 230: Supreme Court rejects lawsuit that sought to hold Reddit responsible for hosting child pornography.
- Amazon's Kill List: 37 Projects That Are No More.
- Twitter may be worth only a third of its pre-Musk value, Fidelity says.
- Sonos wins $32.5 million patent infringement victory over Google.
- Leo previews new Mastodon features.
Picks:
- Stacey - Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond.
- Jeff - Wonderful discussion between Reid Hoffman & Trevor Noah.
- Jeff - Google offloading 1.4 million square feet of Bay Area office space.
- Ant - Talking Science and Sports with Stephen A Smith and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- CDW.com/HPE
One more look back at Build
- Microsoft talked a lot about what's coming to Windows, was vague on the timing. Speaking of vague, Microsoft gave the impression that there were "1 billion" Windows 11 users. There are not.
- Paul can confirm that Panos Panay was purposefully sidelined.
- Dev Drive: excellent. Dev Home: Eh. Windows Copilot, Winget config: maybe
- A theory about 23H2 = Moment 4
Windows 11
- New Insider Preview builds.
- Canary: Microsoft Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies on Windows on ARM.
- Dev: Dev Drive, Windows Backup, never combine in Taskbar.
- Beta: Minor changes.
- Don't forget that Moment 3 arrives next week.
- Hackers fully crack Windows XP activation.
- HP revenues fall 22 percent as PC market doldrums continue.
- Intel CEO discusses "serious leadership issues" at Intel and the rocky turnaround.
Surface
- Surface Pro X camera just stops working, so Microsoft issues a temporary fix.
Xbox
- Margrethe Vestager discusses the UK CMA and Activision Blizzard.
- New Games for Gold titles - Adios is available now, and on Windows too (a first?).
- New Game Pass titles.
- Xbox app gets May update.
- Google Play Games for PC Beta comes to Europe, New Zealand.
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Get started on what's next for Windows 11
- App pick of the week: Greenshot, ImageGlass, VLC
- RunAs Radio this week: Azure Sticker Shock with Aidan Finn
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Crown Royal Northern Rye Harvest
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- Picture of the Week.
- HP = "Huge Pile"
- The ".ZIP" TLD — What could possibly go wrong?
- PyPI gets more serious about security AND privacy.
- "No logs saved anywhere"???
- Twitter in the EU?
- Bitwarden's support for Passkeys.
- A €1.2 billion fine will grab your attention.
- Editing WhatsApp messages.
- A new Google Bug Bounty.
- SpinRite.
- Brave's Brilliant Off the Record Request.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-925-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- cs.co/twit
- drata.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
- A first look at the headset that could be Apple's biggest competition.
- Gurman: "Apple will start accepting trade-ins of the Mac Studio, 13-inch M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro on June 5th, the same day as WWDC."
- Apple's WWDC23 Swift Student Challenge winners code to share their passions with the world.
- Apple's 'My Photo Stream' service shutting down in July 2023.
- Apple's $50 million butterfly keyboard settlement is finally approved.
- Actor Brent Sexton sues Apple due to COVID vaccine mandate.
- Lisa: Steve Jobs' sabotage and Apple's secret burial documentary from The Verge.
- Final episode of "Ted Lasso" drops on Wednesday.
Picks of the Week * Alex's Pick: Phase Plant * Andy's Pick: Generations for iPhone * Jason's Pick: Audio Hijack 4.2
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
AI Spoof, Twitter and DeSantis
- Twitter Cut Key Software Before DeSantis Audio Glitch
- Elon Musk's Neuralink says has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans
- Here's What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT
- Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already
- The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions
- 'Verified' Twitter accounts share fake image of 'explosion' near Pentagon, causing confusion
- An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets
- Politicians cheating (AI)
- Top 5 announcements from Microsoft Build 2023
- Google or Bing for Search Results
- Why Google Search Is Getting Bad According to Marissa Mayer
- Stop being ridiculous: Microsoft is NOT building its own processor for Surface
- This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy
- Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns
- The Pessimists Archive
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Owen Thomas, Daniel Rubino, and Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- wwt.com/twit
- lookout.com
- Apple's $50 million butterfly keyboard settlement is finally approved.
- Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy for President on Twitter: it didn't go well.
- Apple's 'My Photo Stream' service shutting down in July 2023.
- Elon Musk's Neuralink wins FDA approval for human study of brain implants.
- Why is the text on my 2017 iMac display so small?
- How do I obtain a TLS/SSL certificate?
- What's the best way to record a family reunion interview?
- Dick DeBartolo and the ZVOX Speaker & Bryte Balance Smart Bed Mattress
- What are some recommendations for a smart countertop oven?
- How can I segment my internet?
- Netflix might ruin password sharing for everyone.
- What happens with quarantined malware when you uninstall a trial of anti-virus software?
- What's happening with my Google Mini?
- What are Leo's recommendations for DSLR cameras?
- What are some good studio speaker monitors for home use?
- Why is my camera not focusing correctly on action shots?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1976
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- lookout.com
- athleticgreens.com/techguy
- cachefly.com
- Chris Messina talks about the birth of the hashtag.
- Why did Chris leave Twitter?
- What is Chris doing in AI right now?
- DeSantis Picked Twitter Spaces to Announce His Run.
- Next Steps for Neeva.
- Ford reverses course and decides to keep AM radio on its vehicles.
- Jack Dorsey shares Robert F. Kennedy Jr. video echoing conspiracy theories.
- Mourning the state of Twitter.
- Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns.
- TikTok sues Montana over law banning the app.
- Instagram's New App Could Be Here By June.
- Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state.
- Meta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules.
- Are you sad that Google+ didn't survive?
- Where do you stand on the quote-tweet controversy?
- Technical issues plague Ron DeSantis's presidential announcement on Twitter.
- It's the 140th Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- New Biden FCC Commissioner Nominee Is Lawyer Anna Gomez.
- Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case.
- Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place.
- I tried the AI novel-writing tool everyone hates, and it's better than I expected.
- Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff by Sean Penn.
- Drag Your GAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation on the Generative Image Manifold.
- Meta's new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages.
- Adobe adds its Firefly AI image generator to Photoshop.
- Verified Twitter Accounts Spread AI-Generated Hoax of Pentagon Explosion.
- An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets.
Picks:
- Chris - Arc has a big launch tomorrow...
- Leo - Google Bard adds images for more visual responses.
- Mike - Three new tools attempt to fix news.
- Jeff - USC Optical Sound Effects Library.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/twig
- fastmail.com/twit
At day 2 of Microsoft Build 2023, Rajesh Jha, EVP, Experiences + Devices, and Panos Panay, EVP & Chief Product Officer, shares how developers can leverage the power of Microsoft 365 apps, Windows, and the Microsoft Graph to develop next-generation AI-powered applications.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Build 2023 key(note) takeaways, Neeva shutting down, Leo updates to Moment 3
Microsoft Build 2023
- Microsoft's keynotes are a combination of marketing and developer talk and that stands in sharp contrast to how Google and Apple handle their developer shows. It's good and bad, but Microsoft's keynotes must be mostly boring and/or pointless to mainstream users.
- Microsoft announces Windows Co-pilot, with yet another Taskbar button and a new sidebar
- Dev Home is a dashboard for developers with ReFS and winget configuration
- Qualcomm makes its case for local and hybrid AI
- AI is coming to the Microsoft Store
- Microsoft also talked up Moment 3
- Microsoft Edge gets a major UI revamp, a business experience, and more
- Avatars are coming to Teams this week
- Microsoft 365 Co-pilot is getting plug-in support
- Bing becomes the default search engine for ChatGPT
- Microsoft's tsunami of AI for customers and developers
- ChatGPT comes to the iPhone
- Neeva shuts down its paid search service to focus on AI
- Chris Cap is unfairly raked over the coals for his comments to employees about getting raises
Xbox
- China is the "37th country" to OK Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Microsoft snags a legal victory in ridiculous "gamers' lawsuit"
- Microsoft brings its first PC games to NVIDIA GeForce Now
- Sony sold 600,000 PSVR2 headsets in 6 weeks somehow
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Grateful Geek
- App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Beta
- RunAs Radio this week: Incident Response Readiness with Paula Januszkiewicz
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Woodinville Straight Rye
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- Miro.com/podcast
- Picture of the Week.
- Tracker Follow-Up.
- Automatic IoT device updating.
- HP 9020e - error code 83C0000B.
- Section 230 Stands.
- The KeePass Vulnerability.
- Apple joins Samsung, Amazon and Verizon in banning ChatGPT.
- Google's Privacy Sandbox moves forward.
- The FBI heavily misused FISA powers.
- Supply Chain Nightmare.
- SpinRite.
- VCaaS – Voice Cloning as a Service.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-924-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- athleticgreens.com/securitynow
- lookout.com
- Apple shares WWDC 2023 schedule ahead of special event at Apple Park.
- Apple announces multibillion-dollar deal with Broadcom for U.S.-made chips.
- Apple Design Award finalists announced ahead of WWDC 2023.
- Apple's EU tax saga reaches the top court in Europe.
- Hands on with Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad.
- Android switching to iPhone highest level since 2018.
- France is fighting to save your iPhone from an early death.
- Reality Pro OS – Apple has now trademarked five names, inc xrOS.
- The key Apple executives behind the mixed-reality headset coming at WWDC.
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: Mimestream 1.0 * Andy's Pick: Glypha - Vintage * Jason's Pick: ChatGPT for iOS
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- athleticgreens.com/macbreak
At Microsoft Build 2023, CEO Satya Nadella shares insights on the new era of AI and announces the launch of Windows Copilot, Azure AI Studio, and Microsoft Fabric, and CTO Kevin Scott is joined by OpenAI's Greg Brockman to explore how Microsoft and OpenAI's full-stack AI platform empowers developers and outlines a framework for building AI apps and copilots.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
TikTok Montana ban, Instagram's Twitter clone, Tears of the Kingdom, and more.
- Everything we know about Instagram's Twitter clone, due this summer.
- How Apple's headset could be a $3,000 flop—and a success.
- Pixel Fold.
- TikTok Users Sue Montana, Calling State Ban Unconstitutional.
- Dear Section 230 Critics: When Senators Hawley And Cruz Are Your Biggest Allies, It's Time To Rethink.
- Tears of the Kingdom sold 10 million copies in just three days.
- Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case.
- Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place.
- Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state.
- The government can't seize your data — but it can buy it.
- Apple created its new voice feature for—and with—people with ALS.
- CNET staff are unionizing, citing editorial independence and use of AI tools.
- AI-Generated 'Seinfeld' Show Banned on Twitch After Transphobic Standup Bit.
- Have we oversold the potential of AI?
- Bard vs ChatGPT.
- OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections.
- NASA picks Blue Origin to make a second human-crewed lunar lander.
- D&D streaming TV channel on the way, will include cartoons, actual play.
- Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date.
- The triumph—yes, triumph—of BlackBerry.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cathy Gellis, Harry McCracken, and Amanda Silberling
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- grammarly.com/GO
- noom.com/twit
- cs.co/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- AM Radio is being removed from cars.
- Neeva is shutting down.
- My Edifier Bluetooth speakers keep outputting audio from my neighbors. How can I keep others from connecting to my speakers?
- How can I move files off my camera onto my phone directly without a computer or having to pull out the SD card every time?
- Can I safely put a Ring doorbell camera on the door frame itself?
- Leo shows off the Flipper Zero device.
- Why is my laptop display not working after swapping my hard drive on my laptop?
- Dr. Mom calls in to give an update on their previous problem.
- Is there hearing aid tech that processes audio from your smartphone?
- What is the best way to recover data off a dead hard drive?
- Chris Marquardt and the FANCY assignment review.
- Is the Google Nest system a good option for a WiFi system?
- Google is supporting top-level domains of .zip and .mov. Why is there such an uproar over this decision from Google?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1975
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- Brooklinen.com Use Code TECHGUY
- mintmobile.com/atg
- fastmail.com/twit
WARNING: This episode examines the topic of self harm and suicide. Anyone dealing with these issues can find help by calling or texting 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visiting the website to chat by going to 988lifeline.org.
- Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game.
- OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing.
- Updating our inactive account policies.
- Universal Short Title Catalogue.
- TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle.
- Where to preorder Amazon's new Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, and Echo Buds.
- Review: HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is the best of ChromeOS.
- Uber puts family (even teens) at the center of its new products and features.
- After a 29-year run, Vice files for bankruptcy.
- Heather Armstrong, 'Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,' Is Dead at 47.
- Lithium battery fire and smoke incidents on airplanes worry pilots, flight attendants.
- Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date.
- Pixel 7a's free Pixel Buds and case offer ends this weekend.
- Google Docs adding collapsible headings, custom building blocks.
- Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook are syncing up. Kind of.
- Google teases more Workspace AI: Gmail inbox org, Meet notes, Slides soundtrack maker.
- Android TV now has a 'Live' tab with free channels, just like Google TV.
- Pixel phones to gain new ringtone inspired by Kenny G.
Picks:
- Stacey - PSA: Older Wemo Smart Plugs Have Vulnerability That Leaves Them Open to Attack.
- Jeff - Rebranding the Wienermobile.
- Jeff - The World Talks.
- Ant - Early Morning Photo Contest Winners Announced.
- Ant - Don't Leave Home Without It.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- AWS Insiders - TWIG
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Windows 11: We're having another moment!
- After hitting Release Preview last week, Moment 3 will arrive in preview form next week (Week D) or the following week and then head to stable on June 13 (Patch Tuesday).
- Now we have a better understanding of Microsoft's update schedule for Windows 11
- Feature Updates - one per year in H2, deployed logically using best-known configurations first
- Moments - once per quarter
- Controlled Feature Releases (CFRs) - almost every month, deployed randomly
- App updates - can happen anytime based on readiness\
- Continuous innovation isn't just for Windows. In fact, we can assume that mobile was the inspiration for this. Windows feels pressure from mobile. Does mobile feel pressure from web?
- When Moment 3 arrives, can people in Release Preview automatically exit Insider Preview?
- Phone Link support for iPhone goes to stable
- Windows 10 version 21H2 exits support next month, leaving 22H2 as the last version standing for non-managed businesses
Bing/AI/cloud
- Bing chatbot gets contextual chat, a few changes on mobile
- EU begins an antitrust investigation of Azure
- Google barely mentioned Android 14 and didn't mention Google Assistant at IO keynote. This is by design: Like Microsoft marketing the cloud before it was ready for 10 years, Google is marketing AI
Dev * First Rust code shows up in the Windows kernel (in Insider) * Visual Studio is getting its first visual refresh in over 10 years * Build 2023 is next week! Any sessions stand out? (You can save sessions you want to see to your virtual backpack)
Xbox * EU regulators approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard * UK CMA acts like a bunch of crybabies * Microsoft announces more Game Pass titles for May * Here comes another Windows-based gaming handheld
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: There is a new Windows 11 ISO coming
- App pick of the week: Brave
- RunAs Radio this week: Dealing with Vulnerable Exchange Servers with Gareth Gudger
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Goodridge & Williams Northern Grain Whiskey
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Picture of the Week.
- SpinRite.
- Location Tracker Behavior.
- Formal definitions from the specification.
- Bluetooth LE devices have MAC addresses and therein lies a problem.
- All devices are serialized.
- And now, that "pairing registry".
- Privacy considerations.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-923-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- App Store stopped more than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2022.
- Apple launches new concert discovery features on Apple Maps and Apple Music.
- Apple introduces new features for cognitive accessibility, along with Live Speech, Personal Voice, and Point and Speak in Magnifier.
- Apple devices to occupy 90% of TSMC 3nm capacity in 2023
- First M3 Pro Macs may launch by end of the year, chip has more CPU/GPU cores compared to M2 Pro.
- Apple executive in charge of TV+ and sports businesses to depart.
- Apple service outages are at unacceptable level given the importance of the ecosystem.
- Leaker claims Apple used 'multi-step sting' operation to identify and fire their source ahead of WWDC.
- Most states halt use of Google and Apple's COVID-19 exposure notification system.
Picks of the Week * Alex Pick: Ainope USBC 3.2 Gen 2 * Andy's Pick: Whats.New * Jason's Pick: Laya's Horizon
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- hellofresh.com/macbreak16 and use code macbreak16
- Miro.com/podcast
AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs
- The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb.
- Google IO saw the introduction of many of the company's AI efforts.
- A Charge of Bots — The Tech World As We Know It Is About To Be Rewritten.
- BS Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber.
- ChatGPT Plugins And Web Browsing Beta Rollout For Plus Users.
- What about "The Singularity"?
- Google is changing up Search. What does that mean for news publishers?
- What is the best-case scenario of where AI is headed in 5-10 years?
- Absci: Biologics Drug Discovery.
- Why Linda Yaccarino was picked as Twitter CEO by Elon Musk.
- Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss.
- An influencer's AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute.
- Replika: The AI companion who cares.
- Has Meta given up on the Metaverse?
- Checking in on some of the latest shows on Apple+ and HBO.
- End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars.
- Groundbreaking Pilot of New Friendly™ Mosquitoes Demonstrates 96% Suppression of Dengue-spreading Aedes aegypti in Urban Communities in Brazil.
- Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amy Webb and Phil Libin
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- hellofresh.com/twit16 and use code twit16
- expressvpn.com/twit
- Miro.com/podcast
- Elon Musk appoints Linda Yaccarino Twitter's new chief.
- Once a week in the US, there's a lithium-ion incident on an airplane.
- Why aren't there cellular radios in laptops?
- What Linux distro should you use for a MacBook laptop?
- How can I install applications in Linux Mint?
- Sam Abuelsamid and EV vehicles and the Alfa Romeo.
- How can I adjust the icon sizes on my iPad?
- Why am I not getting notifications when I get a text on my phone?
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom hands-on.
- Is it worth switching to an MVNO service? What advantages do you get from having an MVNO provider?
- Why am I getting frame drops during video playback on my Linux laptop?
- What are some options to get kids to learn programming?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and John Ashley
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1974
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- drata.com/twit
- Everything announced at I/O
- Google I/O Keynote
- Google Search in Google Labs and Project Tailwinds
- What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer
- Impressed by Google I/O Annoucements?
- Acapela AI
- New Pixel Hardware
- Google Fold watch party ad
- The Pixel Fold is Google's $1,800 entry into folding phones
- Wendy's, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot
- Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
- UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies
- Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams
- Your Kids Want Their Roblox Videogame Avatars to Look Hip. Aspiring
- Fashion Designers Are on the Case
- DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs
- Fortnite is now an Olympic esport
- Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker
- Microsoft Inks Deal to Use Fusion Energy by 2028
- Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over
- Jeff thread on Verge Google AMP story
- Earth Could Soon Be More Detectable by Aliens, Study Says
- Is this the TWiG Blob? Humane shows off its concept (real or not) for a wearable AI-powered agent
- Why are Americans smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel? Blame TikTok.
Picks:
- Stacey: Happy Mother's Day
- Jeff: Nirit's 7 ways AI coverage fails
- Ant: The TGU For EVERYONE To Try
- Ant: Thank You National Preps For Being Real
- Ant: Jacob Pruitt On The Rise
- Ant: Jacob Pruitt - Champion and New School Record
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
Google presents the 2023 Google I/O Keynote
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Windows 11
- Patch Tuesday: Windows 11 gets that one new feature that Microsoft was awfully quiet about.
- New builds last week across Canary, Dev, and Beta - Nothing in Canary, lots in Dev, two changes to Beta.
- Beta channel: Photos app gets new slideshow and spot fixing tool.
- Beta channel: No features for consumers, one feature for IT pros, a Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) fix.
- Widgets might be coming to the desktop because it's 2009 again.
- Related: Qualcomm revenues cough up a lung too.
Microsoft 365 * Bing chatbot is available to all, Edge is about to get a makeover. * Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in early access. * Microsoft is partnering with AMD on Project Athena, no it isn't. * Microsoft starts throttling traffic from legacy Exchange servers.
Xbox * Report: EU will approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard soon - it worked for the UK! * Phil Spencer does what Phil Spencer does and speaks plainly about AB and Redfall troubles. * Redfall proves that Xbox Game Pass makes sense. * The Xbox May update brings Discord integration. * Halo Infinite May update adds Super Fiesta Mode because seriously WTF. * Xbox storage expansion cards finally get a price reduction. * Nintendo Switch sales are officially on the decline, but 125m sold so far.
Tips and Picks * Tip of the week: Know your screenshot keyboard shortcuts. And then get a real screenshot program. I recommend Greenshot. * Stardock Groupy 2 is now in beta, adds tabs to almost any app, groups them on the taskbar, $6.99 on sale. * Firefox 113 fixes a million-year-old bug! * RunAs Radio this week: Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator with Jen Sheerin. * Brown liquor pick of the week: Bus Whisky.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- kolide.com/ww
- AWS Insiders - WW
- Picture of the Week.
- Google & Passkeys.
- TP-Link routers DO auto-update.
- US Marshals Service: Where's the backup??
- T-Mobile keeps getting breached.
- Chrome: No more LOCK icon.
- Apple's new "Rapid Security Response" system.
- Elon Musk, making friends wherever he goes...
- A quick Mastodon aside.
- Here come the fake AI-generated "news" sites.
- Russia to replace "American" TCP/IP with "Russian Internet".
- Vint Serf's 3 mistakes.
- Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-922-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsor:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad.
- Apple reports better-than-expected quarter driven by iPhone sales.
- Apple Q2 2023 results: $94.8B revenue, better than expected.
- CEO Tim Cook says layoffs are a 'last resort' and not something Apple is considering right now.
- Apple extends share buybacks by another $90 billion.
- The downfall of Brydge: iPad keyboard company folds, leaving staff unpaid and customer orders unfulfilled.
- Apple fails to fully reboot iOS simulator copyright case.
- EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones.
- UK antitrust regulator refused permission to appeal Apple probe ruling.
- Apple confirms iOS 16.5 will be released next week with these new features (required for Apple Pride watchface).
- Apple releases release candidate for macOS Ventura 13.4.
- Apple's former head of iCloud will be in charge of making GM car software without CarPlay.
- Apple partner Foxconn buys more land in India and Vietnam.
Picks of the Week * Stephen's Pick: Gling AI Editing Tool * Andy's Pick: What The Car? * Leo's Pick: Peridot * Alex's Pick: Izotrope
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Stephen Robles
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
AI chatbots, Writer's Guild strike, Pluto ad-supported TV
- AI is already writing books, websites, and online recipes.
- AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create Dozens of News Content Farms.
- Google Adding AI Chatbot, More Video to Stay On Top of Search.
- Amnesty International criticized for using AI-generated images.
- I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family.
- Larry Magid: Voice cloning makes virtual kidnapping more convincing.
- DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs.
- Samsung Bans ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Other Generative AI Use by Staff After Leak.
- Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks With Fail.
- Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says writers' strike will be ended by 'love for the business and the love for working.'
- Pluto co-founder is building an ad-supported TV.
- Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker.
- Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in.
- Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy.
- The Morning After: Google officially reveals its first foldable phone: The Pixel Fold.
- 'The Godfather of AI' Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead.
- Tim Cook Just Was Asked About AI. His 3-Word Response Was the Best I've Heard Yet.
- Inside Amazon's canceled plan to make Halo a fitness success.
- Solidigm Synergy 2.0 SSD Software with benchmarks.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Louise Matsakis, Allyn Malventano, and Janko Roettgers
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- athleticgreens.com/twit
- ziprecruiter.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones.
- Def Con to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs.
- Sport shooting competition created in Fortnite added to Olympic Esports Series 2023.
- Why is my backup being rescheduled constantly with iMazing?
- Is there a website or software that will tell me what software won't work after updating my operating system?
- Julian calls to share some great resources for those who are blind.
- Scott Wilkinson joins the show today to talk about YouTube experimenting with picture quality enhancements.
- James calls in to talk with Leo about F1 racing! And to ask Leo how he watches the races as well.
- Why is my router acting up when using Private Wi-Fi Address with my iPhone?
- Can I use my laptop closed with an external display?
- Johnny Jet and the new Airbnb Rooms.
- What is causing my Sonos player to not respond to me adjusting its volume?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1973
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- lectricebikes.com
- athleticgreens.com/techguy
- Melissa.com/twit
- Bluesky buzz: Why the social media platform is being called the next Twitter.
- The Best Dressed Stars From the 2023 Met Gala.
- Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in.
- Google plans to add end-to-end encryption to Authenticator.
- For Bluesky to thrive, it needs sex workers and Black Twitter.
- Chrome replacing HTTPS lock icon with Material You redesign.
- Pornhub Blocks All of Utah From Its Site.
- Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks With Fail.
- Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy.
- 'The Godfather of AI' Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead.
- IBM to Pause Hiring for 'Back-Office' Jobs That AI Could Kill.
- Edtech Chegg tumbles as ChatGPT threat prompts revenue warning.
- Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Our Search for Meaning: Oliver Sacks on ChatGPT, 30 Years Before ChatGPT.
- Why Chatbots Are Not the Future.
- Google Photos is getting a more powerful search.
- Stability introduces AI that can incorporate text into images.
- LinkedIn Cofounder Reid Hoffman Launches a ChatGPT Rival.
- Kamala Harris to discuss A.I. in meeting with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs.
- A Brain Scanner Combined with an AI Language Model Can Provide a Glimpse into Your Thoughts.
- New Standard for Car Entry Using Your Smartphone (UWB and Bluetooth).
- Bluesky codes for sale for $150+
- Publishers insist platforms owe them money for linking to them but whine when they don't link.
- Gmail is adding a blue checkmark to better verify senders.
- Google officially teases the Pixel 7a, confirming May 11 availability.
- Your Google TV Just Got a Nice Performance and Storage Boost.
- Nest Hub 2nd Gen updates to Google's Fuchsia operating system.
- Android 13 with May security patch live; download Pixel OTA image now.
- YouTube Music is officially launching podcasts in the US on Android, iOS, and the web.
Picks:
- Stacey - UnaBell, Smart Button for IoT.
- Jeff - Apple's Unionized Store Workers Seek Tips and Higher Holiday Pay.
- Jeff - a font of type (Ryan Cordell's U of I class)
- Ant - Black Community Version of Succession?
- Ant - The Michael Jordan of YouTube? (bad pun, I know)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- Miro.com/podcast
Windows 11 LTSC, PC peripheral consolidation, CFRs
WE GOT ROADMAPS
- Microsoft updated the Windows roadmap. And there are two takeaways
- Windows 11 LTSC will finally arrive in the second half of 2024
- Windows 10 version 22H2 is the final version of Windows 10, and it will be supported with only security updates until October 14, 2025
Windows 11
- Last week, we talked about Week D monthly preview updates. This week, we need to talk about Controlled Feature Rollouts (CFRs). This is what happened with that Search "pill" late last year, not that Microsoft ever announced that, and it's all about testing new features first in stable. Is the Insider Program in trouble?
- Microsoft is adding Rust to the Windows kernel
- Insider Program: Microsoft is testing new Widget board improvements
- Web usage statistics show us how Edge has failed where Safari has succeeded
- Oops! A stupid new feature in Edge is causing Microsoft to report all your web browsing to Bing
- Intel revenues are circling the drain, but it promises a brighter future. And AMD fell hard too, with the same guidance
Microsoft 365
- One domain to rule them all and in the darkness bind them
- Microsoft Loop Preview now supports personal accounts
- Microsoft Designer arrives in open preview, offers DALL-E-powered AI graphics designs
- Links in Teams and (the new) Outlook will soon open in Edge no matter which browser you chose
- Microsoft is overhauling OneDrive for work and school on the web. You know, eventually
- Microsoft brings payments to SMBs in Teams with PayPal, Stripe, and... GoDaddy?
Surface
- Is Surface Duo dead? Was it ever not dead?
- Microsoft consolidates all of its keyboards and other PC peripherals under the Surface brand
Xbox
- Microsoft signs yet another 10-year Xbox deal, this time with an EU cloud streaming company
- Microsoft "fixes" the Xbox Dashboard. Again
- Here are the (two) Games with Gold titles for May
- Redfall and other titles are heading to Xbox Game Pass in May
- Xbox launches a Game Pass friend referral program
- Sony has now sold 38.5 PlayStation 5 consoles
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Afraid of command lines? Use WingetUI
- App pick of the week: Brave Search
- RunAs this week: Large Language Models and Windows with Paul Thurrott
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Redbreast 12
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- The Encryption Debate.
- Age does matter...
- Age Verification.
- WhatsApp: Rather be blocked in UK than weaken security.
- Exposing Side-Channel Monitoring.
- Closing the Loop.
- A new UDP reflection attack vector.
- Google Authenticator Updated.
- Does Israel use NSO Group commercial spyware?
- A Russian OS?
- TP-Link routers compromised.
- A pre-release security audit.
- Another Intel side-channel attack.
- Windows users: Don't remove cURL!
- AI comes to VirusTotal.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-921-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- joindeleteme.com/twittv
- drata.com/twit
- Apple uses iOS and macOS Rapid Security Response feature for the first time.
- NSO zero-click iPhone hack accessed HomeKit, but blocked by Lockdown Mode.
- Apple drops suit against ex-chip exec Williams who started Nuvia.
- Apple to upgrade its watch operating system with new focus on widgets.
- Apple and Google team up to stop unwanted AirTag tracking.
- NYC to give out 500 Apple AirTags for residents to put in their cars to combat car theft.
- The original Apple Store is moving to a new modern home.
- Apple Pay, Apple Card, Apple Cash all hit by simultaneous outage.
- Apple's new savings account draws nearly $1 billion In deposits in first four days.
- Apple's AI chief struggles with turf wars as new era begins.
- Apple's Safari browser surpasses Microsoft Edge in popularity.
- Earnings call Thursday: Apple to issue disappointing forecast this week, Bank of America predicts.
Picks of the Week * Jason's Pick: StopTheMadness * Andy's Pick: EstateSales.net * Alex's Pick: Sennheiser Ambeo
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
Bluesky, the end of Twitter, Flipper Zero, Supreme Court and AI
- Bluesky buzz: Why the social media platform is being called the next Twitter.
- Jack Dorsey says Elon Musk shouldn't have bought Twitter after all.
- More on moderation and security challenges of social media.
- What would Alex do if we were to start from scratch with social media?
- Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media.
- Alex talks about the WiFi Pineapple.
- Flipper Zero — Portable Multi-tool Device for Geeks.
- Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks.
- There Is No A.I.
- OpenAI: ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands.
- Watch an A.I. Learn to Write by Reading Nothing but...
- AI For Everyone Course.
- US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions.
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media.
- Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk.
- The web's most important decision.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Stamos, Jeff Jarvis, and Brianna Wu
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- noom.com/twit
- lookout.com
- What is BlueSky? Is it here to overtake Twitter?
- Wikipedia will not perform age checks in coordination with the Online Safety Bill that's currently before Parliament.
- Rod Pyle joins the show to talk about SpaceX's rocket launch that suffered a "rapid unscheduled disassembly".
- A viewer has a question about their sound system placement within their entertainment setup.
- Is it better to own your own modem rather than rent one from your cable provider?
- What are some recommendations for a file-transfer protocol client & HTML editor for the Mac operating system?
- What movies or documentaries would Leo and Mikah recommend that covers old and nostalgic technologies?
- A beginner's introduction to the Raspberry Pi.
- What are some recommendations for a video smart camera system?
- How can Apple expand or innovate on how the Apple Watch monitors one's health?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1972
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- cachefly.com
- Alphabet reports revenue and earnings beat for first quarter.
- Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk removed their checkmarks.
- Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness.
- Facebook Made BuzzFeed, Then Killed It.
- Jonah and the Whale.
- Traffic by Ben Smith.
- Pichai teases AI, Pixel, and Android at Google I/O 2023.
- Nate Silver Out at 538, ABC News as Disney Layoffs Hit ABC News.
- These celebrities 'subscribed to Twitter Blue.' Except they're dead.
- Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again.
- Jarvis thread on further research regarding teens and social media.
- Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms.
- Meta Reports First Quarter 2023 Results.
- Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News.
- Look Out, Tesla, There's a Really Tiny Competitor in Your Rearview Mirror.
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media.
- School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste.
- Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash.
- Video of the Pixel Fold.
- AI-generated Drake song is an insult to the artistry of hip-hop.
- Grimes invites people to use her voice in AI songs.
- Google Authenticator finally, mercifully adds account syncing for two-factor codes.
- Google on why Authenticator sync isn't E2E encrypted, but the option is coming later.
- Google Messages starts showing end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats out of beta.
- Google is making it much easier to search for tools in Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
- Google ups Chromebook privacy with a new camera and mic switch.
- Google Bard can now write, debug, and explain code.
- Google Assistant will stop speaking after turning on smart home devices.
Picks:
- Stacey - Aqara Adds Presence Sensor FP2 to its Smart Sensor Portfolio.
- Leo - Mouthpad: The world's first available hands-free touchpad.
- Jeff - EXTREMELY ONLINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF FAME, INFLUENCE, AND POWER ON THE INTERNET by Taylor Lorenz.
- Jeff - Google median income: $279,500.
- Ant - My Big Round World: (in a Little Square Book) by Shawn Powers.
- Ant - Much Respect For Mr. Sharpe and His Work.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/twig
- CDW.com/HPE
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
CMA blocks Activision Blizzard deal, FY23 Q3 earnings, Mad Dogs Hot Dogs
Microsoft earnings
- Microsoft announced that it earned a net income of $18.3 billion on revenues of $52.9 billion for the quarter ending March 31. Those figures represent gains of 9 and 7 percent, respectively, year-over-year.
- Intelligent Cloud, the home of Azure and Server, was once again the software giant's biggest business, with $22.1 billion in revenues, up 16 percent YOY.
- Productivity and Business Processes, which houses Office, delivered $17.5 billion in revenues, up 11 percent YOY.
- Windows, Xbox, and Surface once again tripped over themselves, with $13.3 billion in revenues, down 9 percent.
Analysis of Microsoft's F23Q3
- Yet another AI theory: After years of 70 percent-ish growth in Azure revenues driving its stock price and market cap, Microsoft needed something exciting for Wall Street. (Azure grew "just" 27 percent in this quarter)
- Windows revenues from PC makers fell 28 percent in the quarter. Windows Commercial products and cloud services increased 14 percent YOY, "driven by strong renewal execution and an increase in agreements that carried higher in-period revenue recognition."
- Surface was a no-show: Devices revenues fell by 30 percent.
- Xbox: Xbox console sales and other hardware revenues fell 30 percent in the quarter while gaming revenue, overall, declined 4 percent and Xbox content and services revenue grew 3 percent. But revenue from Xbox subscriptions reached nearly $1 billion in the quarter.
- Teams: over 300 million MAUs.
- Microsoft 365: Office commercial revenue grew 13 percent in the quarter. Paid Office 365 commercial seats were up 11 percent YOY to 382 million. Office consumer revenues were up, sort of, by 1 percent, while the Microsoft 365 consumer user base grew 12 percent to 65.4 million.
Windows 11
- A new monthly preview update to think about
- Phone Link for iOS is now rolling out to everyone
- New Beta channel builds: new Live Caption languages
- Leak: Microsoft will bring (back) app labels and grouping to the Windows 11 Taskbar
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft rumored to unbundle Teams from Office to appease regulators
- Does Microsoft have an antitrust problem?
Xbox
- UK CMA blocks Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard... because of cloud streaming??
- Microsoft Flight Simulator has a new World Update
- Atari just acquired over 100 classic games from the 80s and 90s
- ASUS ROG Ally is a new Windows gaming handheld
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Bulk-install apps with Winget and Winstall
- App pick of the week: Google Authenticator
- On RunAs this week: Building your Data Analytics Team at SQLBits!
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Ohishi Whisky Sherry Cask
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- lookout.com
- kolide.com/ww
- Picture of the Week.
- Lockdown Mode seen succeeding.
- A growing black market for ChatGPT accounts.
- Decommissioned Corporate Routers Leak Secrets.
- Jaguar Tooth: Cisco router vulnerabilities.
- Security Research Legal Defense Fund.
- A quick Firefox fix.
- Kubernetes security audit.
- Google Chrome zero-day.
- An End-to-End Encryption Proposal.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-920-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- athleticgreens.com/securitynow
- lookout.com
- It's been over 400 days since Apple SVP John Ternus said 'Mac Pro' is 'for another day'.
- Apple's Find My shows unreleased Mac models.
- How Apple Savings compares vs other high-yield savings accounts.
- Apple's entrance into savings accounts may cost neobanks and traditional FIs.
- When Apple Comes Calling, 'It's the Kiss of Death'.
- Apple plans iPhone journaling app in expansion of health initiatives.
- Why GM is dropping CarPlay.
- Shady Mac App Store apps capitalize on the ChatGPT gold rush.
- iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite saves the day for Utah college kids trapped in 500-foot deep canyon.
- Ridley Scott's Apple movie 'Napoleon' invades Sony's CinemaCon presentation.
Picks of the Week
- Andy's Pick: DayOne
- Jason's Pick: Surfed
- Alex's Pick: Disaster Group
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- athleticgreens.com/macbreak
Musk risk intensifies, UK emergency alert, Google AI panic, Parrots on Zoom
- Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness.
- In 24 Hours, Elon Musk Reignited His Reputation for Risk.
- Twitter Blue nets 28 signups so far since legacy checkmark purge.
- There Is No A.I.
- How My AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition.
- Emergency alert test fails to sound on some phones.
- School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste.
- Can Parrots Talk Over Video Chat? Experiment Shows How They Adapt and Connect.
- Here's How You Can Get In On Facebook's $725 Million Class Action Settlement.
- Chip designer Arm makes its own advanced prototype semiconductor.
- Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash.
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai's 2022 Compensation Valued at $226 Million.
- Google's AI panic forces merger of rival divisions, DeepMind and Brain.
- Alphabet's Google and DeepMind Pause Grudges, Join Forces to Chase OpenAI.
- Google's rush to win in AI led to ethical lapses, employees say.
- YouTube TV is testing significant picture quality improvements.
- Netflix's DVD Business: Redbox Owner Interested in Buying Division.
- Imgur will ban explicit images on its platform this month.
- When Apple Comes Calling, 'It's the Kiss of Death'
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Nate Lanxon, Mike Elgan, and Paris Martineau
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wwt.com/twit
- grammarly.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
- Leo Laporte has returned from his trip! He shares what tech he ended up using during the trip.
- Dick DeBartolo joins us to talk about the gadget of the week: the Anker M650 Wireless Microphone!
- Why are most modems for you to rent by providers such as Comcast so sub-par?
- Are there smart lights out there that use Bluetooth?
- Leo shows off the Inky Impression 7.3" Color Display.
- Why is my laptop with Linux installed on it going through my battery quickly?
- How do I disable iCloud Desktop & Documents syncing without losing all my files and folders on my desktop?
- Is there any reason not to continue using Apple's Airport Extremes / Expresses?
- Why am I getting a certificate error when listening to TWiT podcasts?
- Over-50 gamers feel overlooked, study finds.
- Should I get rid of my old Sonos V1 hardware that I haven't used in some time?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1971
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Elon Musk and Others Call for Pause on A.I., Citing 'Risks to Society'
- Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and their impact on humanity
- The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
-
TikTokBan videos have 1.7b views on TikTok
- Random stupid moment from Tiktok hearing
- Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
- The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else
- Norwegian company says TikTok data center is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition
- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
- Utah governor signs laws requiring parents' consent for minors to use social media.
- William Wulf obit
- Original Intel business model and NSF Net History
- Maryland court reinstates murder conviction of 'Serial' subject Adnan Syed
- The Pope and the puffer coat
- Amazon delivery driver goes viral for dropping off package during a police standoff in North Carolina.
- Rupert Murdoch's next wife is from Petaluma
- Glenn's Pick: Everything But the Bagel Potato Chips
- Jeff's Pick: Kevin's review of the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook
- Jeff's Pick: My Ontario TVO debate
- Ant's Pick: Put These At Your Desk
- Ant's Pick: Get 'Em Bonica
- Follow The Laporte's Vacation Photos
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- CDW.com/HPE
Week D production-quality updates, revamped widgets board, Microsoft Teams redesign
Windows 11
- Microsoft debuts new Windows 11 features in Preview. And now we have a new updating schedule!
- Coming via Canary: another Widgets UX update
- Surface Hub 2S is still a thing and will be upgradeable to Teams Rooms OS soon
- You can hide the Bing button in Edge 111.x now
Microsoft 365
- As expected, Microsoft announces Teams 2.0 with Apple-like improvement claims
AI o' the week
- OpenAI announces ChatGTP plug-ins capability - Now it's a platform! Next stop: sentience
- Microsoft brings AI-based copilot capabilities to security pros
Xbox
- UK CDMA: Just kidding on Microsoft's AB acquisition issues, will likely approve it
- Japan FTC approves Microsoft's AB acquisition without conditions
- Activision CEO disappointed in his best partner, Sony
- Microsoft announces red and blue (get it?) Elite Series 2 Core Controllers
- No more $1 intro offer on Xbox Game Pass
- Now even Xbox developers can help your console use less power
- Steam will drop support for Windows 7/8.x in 2024
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Still on Windows 7/8.x? Switch to Firefox
- App pick of the week: Oofhours.com Media Creation tool
- This week on RunAs Radio: When does Multi-Cloud Make Sense with Phoummala Schmitt
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Dalmore 12
(Thumbnail artwork by Club TWiT member Joe Esposito)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- kolide.com/ww
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- Synacktiv wins this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own
- GitHub: Mistakes happen
- DDoS for Hire. . .Or Not
- 144,000 malicious packages published
- No iPhones For Russian Presidential Staff
- I NUIT
- Edge Gets Crypto
- Microsoft's Email Extortion
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-916-notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- lookout.com
- kolide.com/securitynow
- Melissa.com/twit
- Daring Fireball: Wavelength.
- Apple releases iOS 16.4 with new emoji, Safari web push notifications, beta changes, voice isolation for calls and more.
- Mark Gurman on Twitter: "When Apple set out to develop iOS 17, the initial thinking was to call it a tuneup release..."
- Cabel Sasser's blog: "Apple passwords deserve an app".
- Tim Cook praises Apple's 'symbiotic' relationship with China.
- China urges Apple to strengthen data security.
- Apple Pay Later is finally launching.
- At Apple, rare dissent over a new product: Interactive Goggles.
- Apple is threatening to take action against staff who aren't coming into the office 3 days a week, report says.
- Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos.
- Apple to spend $1 billion annually on movies, aiming for major theatrical releases.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Whisper Transcription by Jordi Bruin
- Alex's Pick: Sony FX30
- Andy's Pick: COB Mini LED light
- Leo's Pick: Infinite Mac
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues: Another audiobook that Amazon won't sell
- Red Team Blues
- The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
- Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead
- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
- Bill Gates: The Age of AI has begun
- Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and their impact on humanity
- How Forcing TikTok To Completely Separate Its US Operations Could Actually Undermine National Security
- A TikTok ban would upend Hollywood
- Introducing Acropalypse: a serious privacy vulnerability in the Google Pixel's inbuilt screenshot editing tool
- At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles - The New York Times
- Part of Twitter Source Code Leaked
- The secret history of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI
- Elon Musk Offers Employees Stock Grants Valuing Twitter at About $20 Billion
- The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions
- Man Loses Maine Vanity Plates Describing His Love For Bean Mush
- A 90-Year-Old Tortoise Named Mr. Pickles Is a New Dad of Three
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cory Doctorow, Rene Ritchie, Georgia Dow, and Iain Thomson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- kolide.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
- shopify.com/twit
- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, dies at 94.
- Microsoft pushes OOB security updates for Windows Snipping tool flaw.
- The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions.
- Why am I getting different internet speed results from different websites?
- Dick Debartolo and the Dippin' Designs Egg Wraps and the Quickshot Fom Blaster!
- Why is my iPhone backing up to the cloud at the same time I'm backing it up to my computer?
- Is there a software-based soundcard I can use?
- Johnny Jet finally makes it to the show!
- Leo shows off his favorite bags, along with other devices, in response to a video question from last week.
- Should I get rid of my LastPass vault after switching off of the service?
- Why is my music from Apple Music suddenly playing in my car after not using the service for a period of time?
- Why can't I install select applications in Windows 11? What is S Mode?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1967
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- A TikTok corner just for Stacey (h/t @cbryancan@twit.social)
- DPReview.com to close: Digital Photography Review
- Archive Team to Backup DPReview
- Stacey's AI Tweet
- The Age of AI has begun Bill Gates
- Leo Gets BARD
- Google Bard Sign-up
- Looking at New Midjourney
- ChatGPT Radio!
- Adobe Intro's Generative AI into Creative Cloud - Firefly
- Follow The Laportes on Vacation - Polarsteps
- Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead
- (2021) Libby is stuck between libraries and publishers in the e-book war
- Google finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets
- Google Workspace ambush and fix
- Support for Google Workspace #nocost
- Reid Hoffman wrote a book with GPT-4
- Stochastic Parrots Day video
- Bellingcat founder Believes He Was Banned From Midjourney After His AI Images Of Donald Trump Getting Arrested Went Viral.
- CEO on TikTok in DC
- Lawmakers say TikTok is a national security threat, but evidence remains unclear.
- Blackberry, the trailer
- Have your cake and print it: the 3D culinary revolution is coming
- Google Kills Jacquard
- Stacey's Pick - Tapo TP-Link Matter Plug
- Leo's Pick - LoFi Air Traffic Control
- Jeff's Pick - The Vesuvius Challenge
- Ant's Pick - 50% Off an Annual Subscription to Particle Illusion by Boris FX (use code PIPLUGIN50)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- bitwarden.com/twit
Microsoft Loop preview FINALLY arrives
- Microsoft Loop web app launches in public preview for MSA and work/school accounts - Yeah, it's a Notion rip-off. Alarmingly so.
Windows 11
- Now, Microsoft is testing Windows 11 features first in Release Preview
- New Dev channel build: Seconds in the system tray is a game changer! /s
- Minor changes coming to default apps
- Based on a single hardware review, it appears that 13th Gen Intel Core processors have the same problem with docks and hubs as do 12th Gen processors.
AI all the things
- Bill Gates describes AI as the biggest technology transformation since the GUI.
- Bing Chatbot can now generate images from text
- GitHub launches ChatGPT-4 powered Copilot X
- Adobe launches responsible/ethical generative AI tools
- Google launches Bard in early access
- Mozilla.ai startup goes live
- Opera adds AI prompts, sidebar ChatGPT
Xbox
- Microsoft's AB acquisition is all about mobile, not COD
- Microsoft announces it will launch mobile apps store on iPhone and Android as soon as regulators make it possible
- FOSS patents: We've moved into the acceptance phase, and this acquisition is on track
- Netflix is expanding its mobile games library dramatically
- Microsoft releases a third set of Game Pass titles for March
- Get a Steam Deck for 10 percent off to celebrate its first birthday
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Inbox Zero
- App pick of the week: Visual Studio Code
- RunAs Radio this week: SMB over QUIC File Servers with Ned Pyle
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Ben Nevis 10
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- kolide.com/ww
- cachefly.com
- Picture of the Week.
- Multiple Exploitable Samsung 0-Days.
- A good idea for NPM.
- The TikTok Tick Tock.
- Google pushes for 90-day TLS certificate life.
- CHESS is safe.
- CISA has begun scanning!
- Flying Trojan Horses.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-915-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- Inside Apple's companywide cost-cutting push to avoid layoffs.
- Carrot Weather gets snarky ChatGPT update.
- How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant lost the A.I. race.
- Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones.
- This is crazy and absolutely surreal! I trained an AI on Steve Jobs' voice...
- Original iPhone sells for over $50,000 in recent auction.
- European Union hurts Apple again – cannot limit USB Type-C charging speed.
- Half-Life 2 Source Engine running natively on Apple Silicon.
- Apple seeks India labor reform in push to diversify beyond China.
- Microsoft plans mobile games app store to rival Apple and Google.
Picks of the Week
- Doc's Pick: 2023 Universal Smartphone Content Creators Rig
- Leo's Pick: Polarsteps
- Andy's Pick: Infuse Video Player
- Jason's Pick: Camo Studio 2
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Doc Rock
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivers the GTC 2023 keynote, introducing the latest advancements in generative AI, the metaverse, large language models, robotics, cloud computing, and more.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
GPT-4, TikTok's looming fate, Internet Archive vs Libraries, Olympic Esports
- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model.
- Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive.
- Here's how to participate in Monday's oral arguments.
- TikTok's plan to stave off government intervention: Flood D.C. with influencers.
- The FBI And DOJ Are Investigating ByteDance's Use Of TikTok To Spy On Journalists.
- Why are the Olympic Esports Series games so strange? We asked the IOC.
- Meta's place in the social media landscape.
- The Ugly Lessons of Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse.
- The Over-Financialization Of Tech And The SVB Backlash.
- Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff.
- Dark Web 'BreachForums' Operator Charged With Computer Crime.
- FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages.
- Carrot Weather gets snarky ChatGPT update.
- GM wants to bring ChatGPT-like assistant to drivers.
- Google is working on AI for ultrasound diagnosis and cancer therapy.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Steven Levy
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- Miro.com/podcast
- kolide.com/twit
Bluetooth pairing, new HomePods, and online security.
- The Olympic Esports Series 2023.
- Epic must pay $245M after luring customers into 'Fortnite' purchases.
- TikTok Sale.
- Pairing Bluetooth headphones easily to your Apple devices through an app/workflow.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Nissan Ariya.
- What's the best way to speed up my computer?
- Extracting images from iMessages to your Windows computer.
- Chris Marquardt and the Photo Assignment Review of 'crazy.'
- Webhosting & email provider recommendations.
- Router recommendations & setups.
- Leo demos the new Apple HomePods.
- Recommendations for bags & backpacks.
- Protecting your accounts online.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1966
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model.
- Silicon Valley Bank is imploding, prompting bank run.
- T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile in a $1.35 billion deal.
- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model (again).
- Grammarly adds ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more.
- Gmail, Google Docs, and more are getting ChatGPT-like generative AI features.
- Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online.
- Microsoft Lays Off Team That Taught Employees How to Make AI Tools Responsibly.
- The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) presents Stochastic Parrots Day.
- Google opens up its AI language model PaLM to challenge OpenAI and GPT-3.
- Carrot Weather gets a snarky ChatGPT update.
- Nabla, a digital health startup, launches Copilot, using GPT-3 to turn patient conversations into action.
- Rent Going Up? One Company's Algorithm Could Be Why.
- TikTok now offers a feed dedicated to science and tech.
- Meta is working on a decentralized social app.
- Gowalla returns to see if location-based networking is ready for its mainstream moment.
- Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT.
- Google has discontinued the Glass Enterprise Edition.
- YouTube TV Multiview lets you watch up to 4 games in preview for March Madness.
- Google Play will now machine translate Android apps for free.
- Google Workspace is getting a price increase and other changes.
- March Pixel Feature Drop with Android 13 QPR2 is now rolling out.
- Stranded on a mountain, he tied his phone to a drone to text for help.
- Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff.
- A Look Inside Elon Musk's $50,000 Prefab Tiny House.
- The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold or risk a nationwide ban.
Picks:
- Stacey - Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock Hardcover by Jenny Odell.
- Jeff - Kottke.org Is 25 Years Old Today, and I'm Going to Write About It.
- Jeff - Lifehacker sold by G/O to Ziff Davis.
- Jeff - Here's Everything That Happened at the #BlackTwitterSummit.
- Jeff - The Color Printer.
- Mike - ChatPDF.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- eightsleep.com/twit
OpenAI's GPT-4 released, KB5023706 update, YouTube Music
Windows 11
- Moment 2 is official; mostly a solid update
- The ensh*ttification of Windows/Microsoft 365 continues: Microsoft Word, Paint, Teams, and Edge
AI all the things
- One wonders, if everything is AI, is anything AI?
- OpenAI releases ChatGPT 4
- Microsoft "reveals" it was using an early version all along, duh
- BING CHATBOT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE
- Bing will move Chatbot responses to the top of search results
- Microsoft's LinkedIn is adding GPT AI to improve the writing of profiles and job postings
- Grammarly adds more AI
- Google Workspace is getting generative AI features, obviously... and it's raising prices (coincidentally!)
- Duolingo adds two new AI features at great cost
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Word is getting two keyboard shortcuts it should have always had: "Paste as Text" & Zoom
Dev
- Microsoft Build 2023 is May 23-25, live and remote
- GitHub starts rolling out its 2FA requirement for contributors
Xbox
- Microsoft announces two 10-year cloud gaming deals with companies not named Sony: Boosteroid & Ubitus
- Epic Games takes a page from the Microsoft Store and will allow self-publishing
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: YouTube Premium member? Play some games
- App pick of the week: YouTube Music
- This week on RunAs: Incident Management with Hila Fish
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Springbank 10
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- kolide.com/ww
- Picture of the Week.
- Another Malicious Chrome Extension.
- Germany to join the Huawei & ZTE ban.
- Putting "phishing" into perspective.
- The Polynonce attack.
- Plex's RCE now in CISA's KEV.
- Sci-Fi: Andor.
- Sony Sues Quad9.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-914-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- fortra.com
- bitwarden.com/twit
- plextrac.com/twit
- Apple Music Classical app launching March 28.
- Tim Cook bets on Apple's mixed-reality headset to secure his legacy.
- To ship or not to ship, headset edition.
- First real-world look at Apple Mixed-Reality Headset parts seemingly shown in leaked images.
- Apple shareholders approve 40% pay cut for CEO Tim Cook at annual meeting.
- Why are so many Apple executives leaving? Who are successors at Apple?
- You can buy your next iPhone from Apple over a video call.
- Apple could reportedly release a HomePod with a display.
- Report: Apple to 're-examine' AI development.
- Apple TV+ wins Academy Award for best animated short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
- Story of Sosumi & the Mac startup sound.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Marvel Snap
- Andy's Picks: Swish & Rectangle
- Zac's Picks: The Cure Tour, Fleishman Is In Trouble, Tiny Crossword+, and 9to5 Mac Happy Hour
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Zac Hall
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/macbreak
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
Silicon Valley Bank collapse, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, Apple headset
- Hedge funds are offering to buy startups' deposits stuck at Silicon Valley Bank.
- Etsy is delaying seller payouts following Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.
- FDIC to Silicon Valley Bank workers. We'll give you a 50% raise or double-time OT, but you'll lose your job in 45 days.
- U.S. officials weigh protecting all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank.
- Silicon Valley Bank profit squeeze in tech downturn attracts short sellers.
- Meta to end Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram if Bill C-18 becomes law.
- Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC.
- Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook Ordered Headset Launch Despite Designers Warning It Wasn't Ready.
- Daylight savings time change 2023 starts Sunday with "spring forward".
- Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle
- The privacy loophole in your doorbell.
- YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized.
- Apple Music Classical app launching March 28.
- Chat with Jason Calacanis (post credits)
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Reed Albergotti, Glenn Fleishman, and Jason Calacanis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
- kolide.com/twit
- Daylight Saving Time has begun!
- Silicon Valley Bank collapses: what this could mean.
- Why can't I broadcast MLS through Apple TV on my TV?
- Should I be using an ethernet connection with my Apple TV?
- Bill Nye on the importance of space exploration.
- What's wrong with the trackpad on my laptop?
- Dr. Mom calls into the show!
- What are the latest and greatest WiFi-6 Mesh system options?
- What are some alternatives to Google Photos to de-Google?
- Leo demos the new Rode NT1 and talks about 32-bit float recording.
- What options are there for a virtual audio mixer?
- Is there a better way to improve the speed when searching for something in Windows?
- Is there a speed improvement when plugging in a solid-state drive to a Raspberry Pi?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1965
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
- Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?
- FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names.
- Olauncher. Minimal AF Launcher.
- YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized.
- Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle.
- 'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore.
- Google I/O 2023 takes place on May 10.
- Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online.
- How AI Generates New Images: GANs Put Simply.
- The privacy loophole in your doorbell.
- Rest of World receives a $200,000 grant from Ford Foundation to expand coverage of how tech is impacting workers.
- Fitbit is getting rid of the best reasons to use a Fitbit, which is a big mistake.
- Florida bill would require bloggers who write about the governor to register with the state.
- Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, and software liability reform.
- A New 'MAS*H' Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J.
- 20% of YCombinator classes are built on machine learning.
- ChatGPT enters slack; the machine plays office politics.
- Prepare for the Textpocalypse by Matthew Kirschenbaum.
- Farewell to a tech brand of which I'll always be proud. Vox Media is "retiring the Recode branding" today.
- CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role.
- March 2023 Pixel Feature Drop changelog leaks out.
- Google rolling out Android 14 Developer Preview 2.
- Blurry subway photos may offer our latest Pixel Fold leak.
- Here's everything new in Android 14 Developer Preview 2 [Gallery].
- Google begins rolling out its new look for Docs and other Workspace apps.
- Google One brings VPN to $1.99/month plan, adding dark web info monitoring.
- Pixel Buds Pro spatial audio with head tracking update rolling out.
- Android 15's dessert is apparently 'Vanilla Ice Cream'.
- Google launches the new Google Trends portal.
- Google Chrome is making it easier to delete autofill data.
Picks:
- Stacey - COVID
- Leo - Opal C1
- Leo - Camo
- Jeff - The New Gatekeepers by Benedict Evans.
- Ant - Peak Design TRAVEL BACKPACK 45L.
- Ant - FINALLY coming to "TV". Silo series based on books by Hugh Howey.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- Miro.com/podcast
Microsoft adds Windows 12 to the Insider Program
- Last week's feature release shows you how these Insider channels map to the next release, which is sometimes a Moment now and not just a formal Feature Update. Don't worry. They didn't tell anyone that.
- Canary - big changes that need lots of incubation time (e.g. kernel changes), no release target
- Dev - changes that need incubation, no release target
- Beta- testing changes targeting the next release
- Release preview - testing changes that are slated to ship imminently in the next release barring any major explosions (e.g. printers)
- Stable - nothing works
- First Canary build today: Access keys and File Recommendations in File Explorer, LSA Protection Enablement on upgrade.
- Dev channel: This channel is "rebooted" to 23000 series now, per above. This build has live captions in more languages, access keys in the File Explorer context menus (another Win11 regression), Recommendations in File Explorer, and other changes.
- Dev channel (last week): Microsoft is working on a new volume mixer.
Windows 11
- Microsoft is bringing "video super resolution" to Microsoft Edge
- We're still not done with PC maker results: Dell goes down in Q4 too
AI
- Satya Nadella, marketing AI, now says that Cortana was "dumb as a rock." Come on.
- Microsoft to talk up AI in work next week
- Microsoft talks up AI in Microsoft 365 - this will never end now
- Microsoft brings more AI to devs at Azure Open Source Day
- Brave Search adds an AI-powered Summarizer
- DuckDuckGo adds a similar Answer feature
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Outlook is now free on the Mac
Xbox
- EU likely to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Told you so?
- Halo Infinite Season 3 is live. Can it save this game?
- Halo players have created over one million maps with Forge Beta
- Microsoft announces new titles for Xbox Game Pass
- Starfield arrives in September
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Don't be a statistic
- App pick of the week: Start11
- RunAs this Week: FIDO2 and Passwordless with Kyle Kotowick
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Craigellachie Bas Armagnac Cask Finish 13
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- Picture of the Week.
- DDoS'ing Fosstodon.
- DDoS for Hire takedowns.
- TikTok Insanity.
- Illegal Warrantless Surveillance.
- Strategic Objective 3.3.
- GitHub Secret Scanning.
- CISA's Covert Red-Team.
- What's left?
- What's old is new again.
- TCG TPM vulnerabilities.
- WordPress "All In One SEO".
- Russia fines Wikipedia.
- A Fowl Incident.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-913-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- drata.com/twit
- kolide.com/securitynow
- Apple releases new watch bands! So your new yellow iPhone won't clash!
- Hello, yellow! Apple introduces new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.
- Redesigned Outlook for Mac no longer requires Microsoft 365, rebuilt and optimized for Apple Silicon.
- Cabel Sasser: "A short story. We once submitted Untitled Good Game to the Mac App Store."
- First look at Google Chrome's Blink engine running on an iPhone.
- EU holds "stakeholder workshop" on compliance with new DMA standards; Spotify calls for two key changes in how Apple runs the App Store.
- Sonos speakers will support Apple Music spatial audio starting March 28th.
- When is Apple releasing new Mac Pro, 15-inch MacBook Air, New iMac, M3?
- Apple may kick off M3 launch with 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air by WWDC, OLED iPad with M3 coming next year.
- Rumors clash over new MacBook Air release date.
- Apple releases 600 MB beta firmware update for Apple Studio Display.
- Someone turned the iPhone alarm into a beautiful piano score and you need to hear it.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: T-Mobile offers customers a year of MLS on AppleTV+
- Jason's Pick: Zones - Time Zone Conversion
- Andy's Pick: Playdate March Updates!
- Alex's Pick: Izotope
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger registry
- Bing Chat has a secret 'Celebrity' mode to impersonate celebrities.
- @emollick: Bing, write the first chapter of Genesis as a corporate memo.
- CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role.
- Father Robert defines the Singularity.
- LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach.
- Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offer, sources say.
- Amazon Illegally Fired NYC Union Organizer, Labor Board Says.
- 50 Years Later, We're Still Living in the Xerox Alto's World.
- Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer.
- Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, software liability reform.
- Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state.
- U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok.
- White House: Federal agencies have 30 days to remove TikTok from devices.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Louis Maresca, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Dan Moren
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/twit
- decisions.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- Twitter cut off its API access, and developers of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific are offering specific options to help them out.
- A new iMac is coming out soon?
- Why can't I access my files from the Google Takeout service? Is there another service I can use to access my Google data?
- Is there an iOS shortcut for this?
- The Father of Modern Genomics, Dr. George Church.
- Lucid dreaming & headphones you can wear to sleep.
- Is there an easy way to move contacts over to Fastmail?
- Ant Pruitt & moving from Windows to Mac.
- Is it worth setting up IoT devices on its own network?
- Does Apple send out a notification to your old iPhone when your device reaches its end of life?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Ant Pruitt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1964
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- lectricebikes.com
- fortra.com
In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown.
They also talk about:
- How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600)
- Where are we on sequencing the entire human genome, and why would we even want to?
- How close are we to reversing aging?
- Should we use gene therapy to double the human lifespan?
- Why genetically engineering cold-resistant elephants could be important for climate change, and what about ultimately bringing back the Mammoth?
- He explains the difference between the hype and reality of CRISPR
- sequencing, synthesis, and delivery
- What are the privacy concerns about companies sharing your genome?
- They discuss the controversy and benefit of reconstructing old viruses like the 1918 flu and even inventing new viruses.
Dr. Church is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in personal genetics. He is credited with developing the first methods for sequencing the first genome and also the CRISPR technology. He created several companies, including Nebula Genomics and Veritas Genetics.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Dr. George Church
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-events.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown.
They also talk about:
- How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600)
- Where are we on sequencing the entire human genome, and why would we even want to?
- How close are we to reversing aging?
- Should we use gene therapy to double the human lifespan?
- Why genetically engineering cold-resistant elephants could be important for climate change, and what about ultimately bringing back the Mammoth?
- He explains the difference between the hype and reality of CRISPR
- sequencing, synthesis, and delivery
- What are the privacy concerns about companies sharing your genome?
- They discuss the controversy and benefit of reconstructing old viruses like the 1918 flu and even inventing new viruses.
Dr. Church is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in personal genetics. He is credited with developing the first methods for sequencing the first genome and also the CRISPR technology. He created several companies, including Nebula Genomics and Veritas Genetics.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Dr. George Church
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.
- Our Growing TikTok Moral Panic Still Isn't Addressing The Actual Problem.
- U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok.
- Apple Watch potential ban: What you need to know.
- All about Salt_Hank's upcoming cookbook.
- YouTube's new head talks 2023 priorities, including AI, podcasting, Shorts and more.
- Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar.
- OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit.
- Planning for AGI and beyond.
- You Are Not a Parrot And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
- Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub.
- Talking about the diminishing drive to share on social media.
- Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app.
- YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot.
- In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO.
- Elon Musk's defense of Scott Adams shows why he is misguided and dangerous.
- Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Based AI' Because ChatGPT Is Too Woke.
- Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth's pre-seed funding.
- Google Drops 9 New Android and Wear OS Features.
- Google Chrome's new zoom on mobile blows things up by up to 300 percent.
- Google Keep's new Android widget makes it easier to check off items on your to-do list.
- Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices.
- Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook.
- Waymo starts autonomous testing in LA with no human driver.
- Google's bringing Magic Eraser to all Google One subscribers — including iPhone users.
- Gmail's client-side encryption is now available to more businesses.
- Google rolls out fall detection on the Pixel Watch.
- Your Google Docs are about to look a little bit different.
Picks:
- Jason - Artifact for Android.
- Jeff - Jeff with teenage look filter.
- Ant - New Affordable Amaran COB S-Series Lights.
- Ant - How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordon.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- fastmail.com/twit
New features in KB5022913 update, Microsoft's defense of Activision Blizzard bid
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/818
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- Windows 11? ... anyone?
- As Plain as Ever.
- Edge's new built-in VPN?
- LastPass Incident Update.
- Signal says NO to the UK.
- More PyPI troubles.
- The QNAP bug bounty program.
- SpinRite.
- The NSA @ Home.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-912-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsor:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- Steve Jobs Archive shares a special photo memory of the late Apple co-founder with the Mac in 1984.
- Apple has procured TSMC's entire first run of 3nm chips.
- Apple suppliers leaving China.
- New iPhone SE with 6.1-inch OLED display and Apple's 5G chip planned.
- Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook.
- Apple's noninvasive blood glucose technology for future Apple Watch reaches 'proof-of concept' stage.
- Schools are banning Apple Watches.
- A woman who got locked out of her Apple account minutes after her iPhone was stolen and had $10,000 taken from her bank account says Apple was 'not helpful at all'.
- Apple: massive decline in net cash.
- Apple takes another step towards ads on TV Plus.
Picks of the Week
- Andy's Pick: PICO-8 Fantasy Console
- Alex's Pick: Scenario
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Marco Arment
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- fastmail.com/twit
Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban
- U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance.
- Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption.
- Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.
- It's Time to Tear Up Big Tech's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card.
- Section 230 Won't Protect ChatGPT.
- Twitter lays off another 50 employees as cost cutting continues under Elon Musk: report.
- FreshRSS: A free, self-hostable feed aggregator.
- Sumi.news.
- Tiny Tiny RSS is a free and open source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator.
- Calckey: A greatly enhanced fork of Misskey with better UI/UX, security, features, and more!
- Mammoth is a new free Mastodon client for iOS and macOS.
- Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers.
- SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches.
- Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify's Podcast Colonization Flops.
- YouTube tests adding podcasts to 'Create' button alongside other new podcast tools & analytics.
- Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama.
- Apple Orders Entire Supply of TSMC's 3nm Chips for iPhone 15 Pro and M3 Macs.
- Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit.
- Apple Watch ban: Biden will make decision next week.
- OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mike Masnick, Alex Lindsay, and Owen Thomas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- noom.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
- www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Blood glucose monitoring soon to Apple Watches.
- US Supreme Court declines to hear a case by Wikipedia that challenges NSA surveillance.
- US Supreme Court hears case on Gonzales vs Google and Section 230.
- BitWarden adds support for Argon2. What does that mean for you?
- How can you get all your computers to read each other within your home network?
- Alternatives for website hosting & how to move/export the content?
- Leo shows off the ASUS 516 GE Chromebook.
- How can you export your Apple Keychain passwords within Windows?
- Is there an alternative solution to Google to store family photos/videos safely?
- Rod Pyle joins the show!
- What are some recommendations for a camera that can act as a peephole on your front door?
- How can I set up a company-wide defender scan that is schedulable for multiple computers within an organization?
- How can you set up your mobile phone to work in international countries?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1963
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.
- Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments.
- Cathy's Amicus brief.
- Supreme Court Wrestles With Suit Claiming Twitter Aided Terrorists.
- What happened to the K9YO pico balloon? Shot down by an F-22 Raptor.
- The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn...
- Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight.
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan.
- NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops.
- Mark Zuckerberg - Good morning and new product...
- Inside Meta's Push to Solve the Noisy Office.
- Google Reassessing Timeline for Massive San Jose Campus.
- German government banned from operating Facebook page.
- Flooded with AI-created content, a sci-fi magazine suspends submissions.
- Mercedes partners with Google to bring Maps and YouTube into its vehicles.
- Subway planning EV charging oasis. Now if it were Taco Bell...
- Google Messages is finally just calling it 'RCS'.
- Google's long-awaited Tasks and Reminders consolidation starts in March.
- ChromeOS 110 rolling out: Super Resolution Audio, Select-to-speak, channels labels, more.
- Acer Chromebook 516 GE.
- Google Weather gets an accidental dark theme via the Android System Webview update.
- Google Chrome rolls out Memory and Energy Saver modes.
Picks:
- Cathy - Montalbano.
- Jeff - AI.com now takes you to ChatGpt.
- Jeff - Never use a URL shortening service - even if you own it.
- Ant - Borix FX Particle Illusion Updated.
- Ant - Hagibis USB-C Hub with Hard Drive Enclosure.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- CDW.com/HPE
Microsoft FINALLY brings Windows 11 on Arm support to Apple Silicon Macs
- A new Release Preview build shows us what the next Moment update will look like
- New Beta channe builds are a bit less interesting
- More PC maker fallout with Lenovo revenues down 24 percent in Q4
Bing AI
- Bing AI is a lying liar who lies. Questions about Microsoft releasing it in this state continue
- After many Bing AI freakouts, Microsoft limits the length of chats... and then it bumps up the length a bit just a few days later.
- Microsoft brings Bing AI to Bing, Edge, and Skype mobile apps
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft IS releasing Teams 2.0 in March.
Dev
- Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2022 17.5, and it's a big update
- Microsoft releases .NET 8 Preview 1
- Visual Studio gets an integrated .NET Upgrade Assistant... previously only a command line tool
- Paul examines WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK.
- Microsoft is moving File Explorer from XAML Islands to Windows App SDK.
Xbox
- Microsoft defends the Activision Blizzard acquisition in court.
- Microsoft inks 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo
- Microsoft's PC games are coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends & Family Plan comes to 6 new countries, none of which are your country
- As suspected, we're getting a third Xbox Game Pass title drop this month
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: 2FA all the things
- App pick of the week: Craiyon
- RunAs Radio this week: Migrating to Windows 11 with Michael Niehaus
- Brown liquor pick of the week: The Macallan Estate
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
GoneDaddy, Section 230, NPM malware, Hyundai Kia mess, Meta Verified
- Picture of the Week.
- GoneDaddy.
- Section 230.
- No Blue, No SMS-based 2FA.
- Bitwarden gets Argon.
- "Meta Verified".
- Emsisoft Fake Code Signing.
- Attacks breaking records.
- More Mirai.
- NPM malware.
- Patch Tuesday.
- Samsung announces "Message Guard".
- The Hyundai & Kia mess.
- A Clever Regurgitator.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-911-notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Parallels Desktop for Mac: The solution for running Windows 11 on Apple M-Series Macs.
- Apple making the case that Apple Silicon Mac & iPhone are great gaming machines.
- U.S. escalates Apple probe, looks to involve antitrust chief.
- Trellix advanced research center discovers a new privilege escalation bug class on macOS and iOS.
- Apple holds 'WWDC for AI' employee event: 'The talent we have is truly at the forefront'.
- Veteran Apple product marketing exec and GarageBand 'co-creator' departs the company.
- Apple flexes lobbying power as Apple Watch ban comes before Biden next week.
- First look: new emojis in iOS 16.4.
- Apple launches new 'Car Key Tests' app for iPhone as adoption lags.
- OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Ross Dashboard
- Andy's Pick: Duet Display
- Dan's Pick: Hatch Rest
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Dan Moren
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA
- Parallels Desktop for Mac: The Solution for Running Windows 11 on Apple M-series Macs.
- Microsoft will limit Bing chat to five replies to stop the AI from getting real weird.
- From Bing to Sydney.
- Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.
- Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing.
- There's an AI for that.
- Is AI a commodity?
- Amateur balloonist group from Illinois says small balloon last reported over Alaska 'missing in action'.
- White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake.
- Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication.
- Meta verification, only $12 a month!
- The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn... by Praveen Seshadri.
- First Look: New Emojis in iOS 16.4.
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan.
- Microsoft February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 exploited zero-days, 77 flaws.
- OPWNAI : Cybercriminals Starting to Use ChatGPT.
- Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court.
- Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge.
- Sam Bankman-Fried's Prosecutors Raise New Concerns Over Internet Use.
- BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI.
- Data brokers are now selling your mental health status.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Daniel Rubino, Owen JJ Stone, and Ben Parr
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- mintmobile.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- shopify.com/twit
- Miro.com/podcast
- Running Windows 11 on the Mac.
- White Castle fined for scanning employees' fingerprints.
- Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group's small radio balloon?
- Why is my printer printing out a page of random characters?
- Dick DeBartolo and the 17th anniversary of The Giz Wiz!
- Why am I getting a warning when trying to update my version of Windows through the Microsoft store in my Windows virtualization software?
- Chris Marquardt and the Gentle photo assignment review.
- How to set up redundant internet through my router from different providers?
- What international phone plans could one use when traveling to the US?
- Leo has his hands on the Samsung S23 Ultra and shows off some photos he took with it!
- How can you forward your email from Yahoo without paying for Yahoo Plus?
- How many internet switches can you put on a network?
- Plus, some special guests stop by the show!
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1962
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- eightsleep.com/twit
- Elon Musk's reach on Twitter is dropping — he just fired a top engineer over it.
- Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first.
- Google's AI chatbot, Bard, sparks a $100 billion loss in Alphabet shares.
- Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.
- What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?
- How, why and when generative AI will kill the search engine.
- writeGPT - OpenAI's GPT prompt assistant.
- From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- This artist is dominating AI-generated art. And he's not happy about it.
- Google Launches Privacy Sandbox for Android Beta Test.
- Google Drive adding stylus and finger PDF annotation on Android.
- YouTube TV subscribers will get a discount on NFL Sunday Ticket, access launches September 10.
- Google Fiber rolling out $125/month 5 Gig service in 4 cities.
Picks:
- Stacey - Radio Garden.
- Mike - Wikenigma.
- Mike - StealthGPT.
- Ant - Centralized vs Decentralized on FLOSS Weekly.
- Ant - Tiktok Since Mr. Jarvis is Off This Week.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Miro.com/podcast
The AI morning after
- A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It's still Bing. And it's still competing against Google
- Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
- Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement
- Microsoft to add AI to Office in March
- Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion
Windows 11
- New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions
- IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's dead, Jim
- 2FA is coming to Windows 11. It's all in the toast
Microsoft 365
- Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade
- And full of "meet your new girlfriend" messages if you don't lock down from defaults
- Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you're never going to believe what happened next
Corporate
- GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote
- More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox
Xbox
- Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year
- Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some "creator prompts" that will jumpstart certain types of tasks:
-Letter (Write a letter)
-Code (Write code)
-Movie (Write a script)
-Story (Write a story)
-Poem (Write a poem)
-Summary (Write a summary)
-Tweet (Write a tweet)
-Blog post (Write a blog post)
-Quiz (Write a quiz)
-Joke (Write a joke)
- App pick of the week: DALL-E
- This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Picture of the Week
- ESXiArgs follow-up
- ChatGPT's Malicious Use
- Google Security Key Giveaway
- Brave goes HTTPS-by-default
- 1Password Makes Another Passkeys Move
- Russian Patriotic Hackers
- Amazon to FINALLY Secure Its AWS S3 Instances
- More Anti-Chinese Camera Removals
- Microsoft to embed Adobe Acrobat PDF reader into Edge
- Password Exhaustion
- One Time Passowrd OTPAuth
- Password Exhaustion
- Ascon
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-910-notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- plextrac.com/twit
- fortra.com
- About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.2.1.
- macOS 13.2.1 update fixes WebKit security breach.
- PSA: Don't update to iOS 16.3.1 if you're a Google Photos user.
- 15.5-inch MacBook Air rumored to arrive in early April 2023.
- HomePod (second generation) review: More of the same.
- Apple's manufacturing shift to India hits stumbling blocks.
- What if... Apple's next big thing never comes?
- Apple's push into next-generation financial services hits delays.
- Apple hires its first People Officer in executive reshuffle.
- Audiobook narrators fear Apple used their voices to train AI.
- Jony Ive's latest design is the emblem for King Charles' coronation.
- Ted Lasso' season 3 sets premiere date at Apple, drops first teaser.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Tweaks for Twitter
- Alex's Pick: RLSOCO Hard Case for Apple Mac Studio M1
- Andy's Pick: Tempso Classical Music Player for iPhone
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
Microsoft AI Search, CPU Decline, Google Bard
- US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China
- U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist
- Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing-Google employees are apparently very unhappy with Bard and Sundar Pichai
- Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo
- Dan O'Dowd Funding Superbowl Ad Opposing Tesla Full Self Driving
- PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years
- The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video
- iOS Access For All book
- 'Disrespectful to the Craft:' Actors Say They're Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI
- ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why
- A Google Co-Founder Is Building a Massive 400-Foot Airship for Humanitarian Missions
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brian McCullough, Sam Abuelsamid, and Shelly Brisbin
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- Superbowl TV ads.
- PC sales see steep decline.
- AI is being placed into Bing & Google search engines.
- Why am I not receiving emails from specific email addresses?
- What is quick connect for Synology and how do you use it?
- Daniel Suarez interview from Trianguation / TWiT Events.
- A story about fake storage devices from Amazon...
- Leo gives an overview of the Soundblast Creative Labs X5 sound card.
- What is BadUSB, and is there a way to safely read USB drives if you're unaware of its origin?
- Mikah demonstrates using iMazing to recover files from your iPhone backups.
- Bad DNSs and how to override them.
- How to delete your LastPass vault and further protect your password from being breached.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1961
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance.
Get 'Critical Mass': https://amzn.to/3Yjb9xu
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Daniel Suarez
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-events.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance.
Get 'Critical Mass': https://amzn.to/3Yjb9xu
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Daniel Suarez
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.
- Shift Happens: A book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary.
- Matias Tactile Pro.
- I Tried Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing. Search Will Never Be the Same.
- Google unveils its own ChatGPT-like AI chatbot.
- Bret Taylor starts AI company; Google VP joins.
- Twitter Places Limits on Tweet Frequency, Impacting Business and Individual Accounts.
- Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo.
- Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involvement.
- Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.
- Google will soon blur explicit images by default in search results.
- Google is adding some new features for EVs with built-in Google Maps.
- Google winds down feature that put playable podcasts directly in search results.
- Google launches Android 14 Developer Preview for Pixel.
- Jason Howell reviews the OnePlus 11 5G.
- Harvard Misinformation Expert Joan Donovan Forced to Leave by Kennedy School Dean, Sources Say.
Picks:
- Stacey - Sunnyside - Healthier Drinking Habits That Fit Your Lifestyle.
- Jeff - Watch our new Fixed on Pixel ad ahead of the big game.
- Jeff - Coffee for Ant.
- Ant - Early Mornings Photo Contest.
- Ant - Shout out to TWiG Listener.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- fastmail.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
WORLD WAR AI
- OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus
- Google responds to ChatGPT with Bard
- Microsoft announces AI-powered Bing and Edge.
- Google hosted its own AI event and it announced multi-search, Maps improvements, and Translate improvements, and discussed how AI can make life better
- Semi-related: Paul was let into the Notion AI beta
Windows
- Paul has some thoughts about Windows 12 and what an AI-based Windows could look like
- Ads are coming to the Microsoft Store. FINALLY
- New Insider build for the Beta channel. No new features, but a new policy that lets IT admins customize how Search looks on the Windows 11 Taskbar
- Microsoft is integrating Adobe Acrobat PDF with Microsoft Edge, but only on Windows 10 and 11 for now
Microsoft 365
- Native Apple Silicon version of Skype is 3X faster. What took so long?
Hardware
- Microsoft says it's still committed to HoloLens 2 and MR, tries not to laugh
- Samsung is working on XR hardware with Qualcomm and Google.
Dev
- Microsoft updates its .NET language strategy. Nothing has changed, other than they way they document their .NET language strategy
More Big Tech Earnings
- Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta earnings
- Zoom just showed us the way to handle layoffs
Xbox
- Sony is fighting Microsoft subpoena in AB case. It's fighting the FTC subpoena, too
- UK CMA says AB deal is "anti-competitive" but would accept some concessions
- New Game Pass titles announced for the middle of February
- Sony says the PS5 is immune to the downturn
- Nintendo says Switch is not immune to the downturn, but it's still dominating
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Protect your privacy in Windows 11
- App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev
- Brown Liquor of the week: Mackmyra
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- Miro.com/podcast
- Picture of the Week.
- The European Union's Internet Surveillance Proposal.
- 30,000 patient records online?
- .DEV is always HTTPS!
- Google changes Chrome's release strategy.
- Russia shoots the messenger.
- A fool and his Crypto...
- QNAP is back.
- CVSS severity discrepancy.
- Closing the Loop.
- How ESXi Fell.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-909-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Apple results and charts: $117.2B quarter is still a step back.
- Apple in 2022: The Six Colors report card.
- Apple TV users can now watch Major League Soccer matches with MLS Season Pass.
- Apple execs on M2 chips, winning gamers and when to buy a Mac.
- Apple decides to drop role of Industrial Design Chief in post-Jony Ive era.
- If you need an instant vintage Apple collection, here's where to get it.
- Apple highlights child protection for Safer Internet Day.
- The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Calibre
- Andy's Pick: Doppler music player for iPhone and Mac
- Leo's Pick: Monocle
- Alex's Pick: Grog Knots
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive
- Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers.
- Safer Internet Day USA.
- Netflix Reveals How Password Sharing Crackdown Will Be Enforced.
- Alphabet Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, YouTube Ad Revenue Down 8%.
- Facebook's VR Division Lost $13.72 Billion In 2022.
- Apple Sales Shrink as Pandemic Rally Ends for iPhone Maker, Other Tech Giants.
- Apple Decides to Drop Role of Industrial Design Chief in Post-Jony Ive Era.
- Jony Ive, designer of the iPhone and iPod, just designed a 'clown nose' for a British charity.
- Tesla increases Model Y, cuts Model 3 prices in the U.S.
- Twitter Is Killing Off The Fun Bots.
- Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.
- Amazon (AMZN) earnings Q4 2022.
- Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple's App Store and Google Play.
- ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
- Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
- CNET pushed reporters to be more favorable to advertisers, staffers say.
- Paradigm shifts of yesteryear, today and tomorrow.
- Hogwarts Legacy releases this week for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S - but April for PS4 and XBO and June for Switch.
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge Prepping 'Tomb Raider' TV Series for Amazon.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Wil Harris, Denise Howell, and Larry Magid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- expressvpn.com/twit
- The Chinese spy balloon.
- Facebook on your phone drains your battery quickly? A former employee suggests that it does.
- Elon Musk was found not liable in the lawsuit around his "funding secured" tweet.
- Scott Wilkinson and TVs to watch the Super Bowl.
- Why can't I back up my iPhone SE to the cloud?
- A story from a caller about canceling your cable subscription...
- How to clear out your Siri suggestions.
- Alex Lindsay and Midjourney.
- What are some good external speakers for your new Mac Mini?
- What are the laptop stands that Leo and Mikah use during the show?
- What are some cheap eSim suggestions when traveling to the US?
- The right router for your fiber optic connection.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Alex Lindsay
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1960
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity.
- ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
- Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
- Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years.
- History of AI by Shaan Ray.
- MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
- AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse.
- OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future.
- Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.
- Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
- Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.
- The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
- How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
- US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
- Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.
- Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
- Live test of Clear Calling.
- Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.
- Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.
- Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.
- YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.
- Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.
- Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.
- PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.
- New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.
- Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.
- Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.
- Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.
- Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.
- Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.
Picks:
- Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.
- Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.
- Jeff - I'm on Team dog.
- Ant - You People.
- Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- eightsleep.com/twit
Halo engine switch, Intel Q4 2022 revenues, Ground News
Windows 11
- Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon
- Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get people to upgrade to 11
- Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 heads to Dev channel with new Spotify and Phone Link widgets, new Start menu "exploration"
- Screen recording in Snipping Tool rolls out to users in Windows Insider Beta channel
More earnings
- Since Microsoft's mixed earnings last week, a few more relevant firms have checked in on Q4 2022
- Intel earnings fall off a cliff: Cutting pay 5% rather than layoffs, VPs 10%, leadership 15%, CEO 25%
- AMD - not bad thanks to datacenter, but this quarter will be down 10 percent
- And it's not just the PC: IDC says smartphone sales declined 18.3 percent in Q4
Dev
- A quick look at .NET MAUI desktop app capabilities
- .NET MAUI gets a cross-platform media player control
- GitHub says it has over 100 million developers on the service. From what Google indicates, there are only ~27 million developers in the world
Xbox
- After layoffs at 343, a smaller team will start over with Unreal Engine
- Why not just disband the whole disaster and let Halo fly free?
- Microsoft announces Xbox Games with Gold for February... and new Game Pass titles for first half of February
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox consoles
- Xbox Series X|S get a price hike in Japan
- Did Sony really halve PS VR2 production?
- VR is not having a good time right now... probably this whole year.
- Rumor: Microsoft will skip E3 along with Nintendo and Sony
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Complete your password manager switch
- Plus: Quick update on the new book
- App pick of the week: https://ground.news/
- Brown alcohol pick of the week: Crown Royal
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Miro.com/podcast
- Melissa.com/twit
- drata.com/twit
- Android to start blocking old and unsafe apps.
- Microsoft to block Internet sourced Excel add-ins.
- An example of saying "no" even when it may hurt.
- Hacked Wormhole funds on the move.
- Kevin Rose Hacked.
- Facebook will be moving more users into E2EE.
- iOS 6.3 and FIDO.
- Scan thy Citizenry.
- The Hive ransomware organization takedown.
- Errata.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Data Operand Independent Timing.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-908-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- kolide.com/securitynow
- New HomePod can still stain some wooden surfaces.
- 4chan members allegedly used Eleven Labs to create disturbing audio content in celeb voices.
- Apple is planning both a foldable screen and a kickstand for the iPad.
- Apple's Superbowl coverage.
- New 256GB Mac Mini and 512GB MacBook Pro have slower SSD speeds than previous models.
- Apple beefs up smartphone services in "silent war" against Google.
- Apple extends Chinese censorship to Hong Kong users.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: Mac 30th Anniversary Icons as SVG
- Jason's Pick: Make.com
- Andy's Picks: HiDock & HandMirror by Rafael Conde
- Alex's Pick: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- fastmail.com/twit
AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJet
- Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023).
- Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
- If ChatGPT doesn't get a better grasp of facts, nothing else matters.
- Move over ChatGPT, Microsoft's new AI tool is helping developers code faster.
- ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
- OPWNAI: Cybercriminals starting to use ChatGPT.
- MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
- Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.
- AI-powered "robot" lawyer won't argue in court after jail threats.
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun calls ChatGPT "not particularly innovative".
- Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.
- US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
- Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent.
- GitHub: 100 million developers and counting.
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
- The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
- Why Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition at Concerts.
- James Dolan gives fiery interview defending facial recognition tech at MSG.
- AI makes Ariana Grande sing a Billie Eilish song.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Harry McCracken, Tim Stevens, and Christina Warren
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wwt.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- bitwarden.com/twit
- What can AI do for us in the future?
- "How Platforms Die."
- Moving files off an old iPod
- Where can you purchase lossless audio tracks?
- Is there some best practices to prep your photo and video files for better long-term storage on a network-attached storage (NAS)?
- Syncing your calendars across multiple platforms.
- Hands-on with the Amazon Echo Show 10.
- Why are there several partitions on my USB drive?
- What are my options for remote support with my parents?
- Some lovely restaurant recommendations in Petaluma.
- Is it worth upgrading o the new M2 MacBook Pro that was released earlier in January?
- How to work within a restricted WiFi network to do wireless printing from a tablet and use Alexa to make phone calls?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Ant Pruitt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1959
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
- Interview with Richard Hay.
- Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts.
- Meta to Reinstate Trump's Facebook and Instagram Accounts.
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
- Mastodon founder has a message for Elon Musk.
- Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
- Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt.
- Ivory: The Magnificent Mastodon App.
- We tried to run a social media site and it was awful.
- DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market.
- Justice Department calls for breakup of Google in new antitrust lawsuit.
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft.
- ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor.
- @divergencearran: Earlier this evening @kevinrose was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens.
- ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
- PCs past fans: active cooling chip.
- HBO's 'The Last of Us' Infects Your Google Search With Creepy Fungus.
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
- Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook.
- The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off.
- Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel.
- Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls.
- Waze now supports Android Auto's 'Coolwalk' dashboard; will users actually start getting it now?
Picks:
- Stacey - Jabra 85H.
- Stacey - The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face.
- Jeff - The library that Jeff wants.
- Ant - StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Richard Hay
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- CDW.com/HPE
F23Q2 analysis, the subscription future, Microsoft 365 Insider program
- Microsoft announced a net income of $16.4 billion on revenues of $52.7 billion for the quarter ending December 31. Net income decreased by 12 percent year-over-year (YOY) in the time period while revenue was up just 2 percent. It was a mixed quarter, at best, and below expectations.
- Intelligent Cloud delivered $21.5 billion in revenues in the quarter, up 18 percent YOY.
- Productivity and Business Processes was Microsoft's second-biggest business in the quarter, with $17 billion in revenues, up 7 percent.
- More Personal Computing was again the laggard with $14.2 billion in revenues, down an astonishing 19 percent YOY.
- The cloud saved the quarter
- Windows tanked
- Windows won't get better any time soon
- Surface tanked even worse than Windows
- Surface also won't get better any time soon thanks to "execution challenges"
- Xbox tanked, but was at least inline with expectations
- Teams has over 280 million users
- Microsoft 365 to evolve into an AI-first platform
- Office did OK overall, big shift away from one-off product sales to subscriptions
Windows
- It's time to suck it up: the future of Windows is all advertising and subscriptions
- Microsoft is working on yet another File Explorer redesign
- Microsoft also starts testing tabs in Notepad
- Microsoft is also testing a side-by-side view for web pages in Edge
- And now a new Insider build for the Dev channel with a new (Facebook) Messenger widget
- Microsoft kills Altspace VR as part of an AR/MR house-cleaning move
- Microsoft may be walking away from AR/MR, but Apple's coming headset will allegedly switch between the two modes
Microsoft 365
- Office Insider Program renamed to Microsoft 365 Insider Program
- This rebranding crusade is a mistake and is reminiscent of the .NET branding mistake
Antitrust
- EU to announce antitrust case against Microsoft Teams
- DOJ announces antitrust case against Google for advertising and Google responds
- Google lays off 12,000. Nothing from Apple?
Dev
- Github now has over 100 million developers
- Google announces what's next for Flutter
- An examination of .NET MAUI reveals what it's good for on the Windows desktop
Xbox
- N64 classic GoldenEye is coming to Xbox, Game Pass January 27
- Sony pushes forward with VR2 plans
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Paul is working on a new book and needs your help
- Tip of the week #2: Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 downloads
- Brown alcohol pick of the week: Nomad Outland Whisky
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- PayPal Credential Stuffing.
- iOS 16.3 : Cloud encryption for all.
- InfoSecurity Magazine: "ChatGPT Creates Polymorphic Malware".
- CheckPoint Research: OPWNAI : Cybercriminals Starting to Use ChatGPT.
- "Meta" fined for the third time.
- Bitwarden acquires "Passwordless.dev".
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Credential Reuse.
Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-907-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- drata.com/twit
- 2023 MacBook Pro review: More of the same, in a good way.
- M2 Mac Mini review: Whatever you want it to be.
- Apple resurrects full-size HomePod with updated acoustics.
- Cat activates Homepod music playback.
- Apple postpones AR/VR glasses, plans cheaper mixed-reality headset.
- How Apple's upcoming mixed-reality headset will work.
- iOS 16.3 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities.
- About security keys for Apple ID.
- Apple builds on privacy commitment by unveiling new education and awareness efforts on Data Privacy Day.
- Apple enlists 'Ted Lasso' star power and Today at Apple sessions for 'Data Privacy Day'.
- How Apple has so far avoided layoffs: Lean hiring, no free lunches.
- iOS 16.3 code reveals Apple continues to work on classical music app.
- Apple releases HomePod 16.3 software with humidity and temperature sensing, find my improvements, audio tuning, and more.
- AI and the Big Five.
- The Lisa: Apple's most influential failure.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Ivory
- Andy's Pick: Iconfactory - Tot/Tot Pocket
- Alex's Pick: Affinity Bundle
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP
- Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
- Twitterrific: End of an Era.
- In Memory of Tweetbot.
- Extremely Hardcore.
- Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.
- Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms.
- Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230.
- R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google.
- Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.
- India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary.
- As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin.
- TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral.
- How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation.
- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
- Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees.
- Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens.
- Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL).
- How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches.
- Comixology hit hard by Amazon's massive layoffs.
- Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
- CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy.
- The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
- Former Exec explains why on Reddit.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Patrick Beja, Brianna Wu, and Shoshana Weissmann
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- shopify.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- Twitter's 3rd party API disconnected.
- Supreme Court hearing a case regarding Section 230.
- Massive tech layoffs at multiple companies this past week.
- Amazon Smile has been discontinued.
- With all of the tech layoffs occurring in tech companies, how could this affect research and development at these companies?
- Using BitWarden Command Line Interface in the Linux operating system.
- Affordable devices to control aspects of your livestream.
- Discord troubleshooting.
- What are some tablets for young kids, and how can you restrict what apps they can use on the devices?
- Securing your router using pfSense, and do you need to do much with it when setting it up?
- Why is Facebook Live not livestreaming when using OBS to do so?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1958
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- fortra.com
- acilearning.com
- Twitter Auction Complete
- Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
- Sawyer Merritt on Twitter: "Boston Dynamics shows of their robots latest skills
- Tesla staged 2016 self-driving demo, says senior Autopilot engineer
- Twitter admits it's breaking third-party apps, cites 'long-standing API rules'
- Google Images Was Created Because Of Jennifer Lopez
- Leo's wake-up call
- Dozens of media companies set 2023 content deals with Twitter
- Free the nipple: Facebook and Instagram told to end ban on bare breasts
- New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt
- Saunas and cold shock
- Google's brief to SCOTUS on 230
- Nick Cave says imitation ChatGPT song is 'a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human'
- Point-by-point rebuttal of that litigation
- Reid Hoffman makes a podcast with ChatGPT
- Nest cofounder's next thing: mail your dessicated food waste to him for chickenfeed
- Google Changelog
- YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget
- Your Google Stadia controller won't be a paperweight after the service shuts down | Engadget
- Google plans AirTag clone, will track devices with 3 billion Android phones
- Google Translate now supports 33 new languages offline
- Fitbit step and heart rate data is appearing in Google Fit
- ChromeOS 109 rolling out with a tweak to how Android apps launch
- Google's bringing new features to older versions of Android
- Android Auto redesign rolling out draggable seek bar in music apps
- Google Discover rolls out three-column UI ahead of Pixel Tablet
- Android 13 is running on 5.2% of all devices five months after launch
- We like this compost bin
- Govee Smart Kettle
- State Dept phases out Times Roman in favor of 14 pt Calibri
- I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays by Tom Segura
- Marshawn Lynch Shows Kevin Hart Beast Mode In The Cold Tubs
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- acilearning.com
AI for the consumer client side, HoloLens request rejected, Azure DevOps
Layoffs
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella informs employees of 10,000 layoffs
- Is Surface on the cutting block?
- Amazon to layoff 18,000
Welcome to the AI era
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms Microsoft's AI moves: Azure Open AI service, ChatGPT APIs, and infusing AI across the entire Microsoft stack
- This is a much bigger deal than Microsoft's pivot to the cloud 20 years ago because it infuses everything that it does. When Wall Street latched onto Azure and cloud computing and made Microsoft the second biggest company in the world, the software giant effectively ignored personal computing because no one wanted to hear about legacy. That era is over.
Windows 11
- New Insider Preview build for the Dev channel adds a developer feature, OneDrive storage quote display
- New Insider Preview build comes to the ... Release Preview channel? This one is interesting.
- Now we know the full story of the bloodbath that was PC sales in Q4 2022: a 28.3 percent drop in unit sales YOY. Yikes
- Intel ships its first 6 GHz CPU, reminding us again that this—and not efficiency—is what Intel is good at
- 12 years after Windows 8 and Surface, Apple is adding touchscreens to the Mac.
Devices
- US Congress nixes Army purchase of more HoloLens units
Xbox
- Google and NVIDIA voice concerns about Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- EU likely to issue warning on Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Public support for the acquisition is strong. Even about PlayStation users!
- Google turns the Stadia controller into a normal Bluetooth controller
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: The OneDrive storage upgrades you didn't know about
- App pick of the week: MSEdgeRedirect
- Enterprise pick of the week: Azure DevOps
- Whisky pick of the week: Glenlivet Nadurra
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- tanium.com/twit
- Picture of the Week
- About Password Iterations
- EBC or CB
- Norton Lifelock Troubles
- Chrome Follows Microsoft and Firefox
- Chromium is Beginning to Rust
- BYOVD and Windows Defender Failures
- Closing the Loop (feedback)
- The Rule of Two
Show notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-906-notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- plextrac.com/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- New M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pro.
- New M2 / M2 Pro Mac Mini.
- Digital IDs on iPhone launching soon in California.
- Apple is working on adding touch screens to Macs in major turnabout.
- 'Retro Pod' app yanked from the App Store.
- wInd3x, the iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late.
- Goldman Sachs lost $1.2 billion in just nine months in newest division.
- The Apple TV expects you to have an iPhone in order to accept new iCloud terms and conditions.
- Fake SSDs with great reviews are still popping up on Amazon.
- Dropbox to roll out update with full support for macOS 12.5 by April.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Gator Frameworks Microphone Clip Quick Release.
- Andy's Pick: Runestone Plain Text Editor for iPhone and iPad.
- Jason's Pick: OpenAI Whisper.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter
- CES 2023 Recap
- A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency's passwords in minutes
- Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
- CNET Is Experimenting With an AI Assist. Here's Why
- A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What?
- Acer 516 Gaming Chromebook
- Neeva Ad-free Search Engine
- NFL Playoffs 2023: Fox Sports Details 1080p/HDR Production Efforts
- Apple rumored to be prepping bid for English Premier League football streaming rights
- YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget
- Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Lost $1.2 Billion in Just Nine Months in Newest Division - Bloomberg
- iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late
- YouTube may fix controversial policy to demonetize videos with swearing | Engadget
- New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Paris Martineau, and Connie Guglielmo
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- decisions.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- Steps you can take to strengthen your password manager.
- Using an iPad Pro with your Mac through Apple's sidecar.
- What are some good watches for the Android OS comparable to the Apple Watch?
- Scott Wilkinson and the CES 2023 TV tech Roundup.
- Could AI services like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion AI generate more jobs for people or take away jobs?
- Resetting your master password in LastPass.
- What are some recommendations for an email aggregator app for Mac computers?
- Chris Marquardt and the start of the monthly photo assignment (Gentle).
- Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell talk about battery health for iOS and Android devices.
- How can you visit places abroad without relying on a smartphone?
- Is there a risk in using a free password manager like BitWarden (sponsor of the TWiT Network), similar to if you were to use a free VPN service?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1957
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
- Stadia player count hinted at by Destiny 2 figures.
- The DNSSEC Root Signing Ceremony.
- KSK Key Signing Ceremony (16 Jun 10).
- Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT.
- OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot.
- Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.
- neeva.ai
- Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.
- Ryan Reynolds used ChatGPT to make a Mint Mobile ad, and the results were 'mildly terrifying'.
- NYC education department blocks ChatGPT on school devices, networks.
- Microsoft VALL-E voice models.
- Apple does AI-read audiobooks.
- Russia to replace crew capsule at space station after coolant leak.
- Gigabit-ready internet connections are now mandatory in new homes in England.
- Flights Resume Across U.S. After FAA Outage: Live Updates.
- FAA giving airlines another year to fix altimeters that can't handle 5G signals.
- Chipotle is adding the TikTok-famous quesadilla hack to its official menu.
- These dogs ride a bus like humans 'and now the internet is in love'.
- Georgia Tech paper arguing TikTok is no security danger.
- Footage of Tesla in self-driving mode stopping on Bay Bridge (!), causing pileup.
- Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up.
- Afroman Got Raided by Cops, So He Put Them in His Music Video.
- rsync.net Warrant Canary.
- Amazon and Disney team up to launch an entirely new, Alexa-enabled experience for fans called Hey Disney!
- Researchers Hacked California's Digital License Plates, Gaining Access to GPS Location and User Info.
- Google Pixel phones add 5G support in India.
- Google Messages rolls out group chat end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in beta.
- Google Maps for Wear OS adds phoneless navigation on LTE watches.
- Google's new high-definition maps are arriving first on Volvo and Polestar electric vehicles.
- Google's new split-screen look for Android Auto is rolling out to everyone.
- Google Meet rolling out in-call emoji reactions.
- Google Docs adds a feature we thought it already had: non-printing characters.
- California Governor Teases Support for Digital IDs: 'We're Going to Do It Like No Other State'.
- John Deere vows to open up its tractor tech, but right-to-repair backers have doubts.
Picks:
- Stacey - Tramontina Induction Cooking System.
- Jeff - Finnish Parliament rejects EU copyright legislation as a violation of rights to education, science.
- Jeff - After Months Of Protest, Google Search Quality Raters Finally Get A Raise.
- Ant - Kevin Hart Guesses Cheap vs. Expensive Wines.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave
- Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019
- Surface Pro X, also from 2019, featured the first-ever NPU in a Surface product
- Eye contact announced in 2020 - requires NPU
- Windows Studio Effects announced at hybrid work event in April 2021 - adds Voice clarity, Voice focus, Automatic framing, Portrait blur, and Background blur to Eye contact
- Windows Dev Kit 2023 (Volterra) arrives in late 2022 with NPU
- Did Microsoft just soft announce Windows 12? Panos Panay awkwardly joins Lisa Su at AMD announcement at CES. Still, this is potentially huge
- Let's not forget VALL-E
- Now, Microsoft is reportedly seeking to expand its OpenAI partnership with $10 billion investment, could lead to 49 percent ownership stake
Windows 7 + Windows 8.1 are on a farm chasing rabbits
- Microsoft issues the final Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. They're dead, Jim. And ... oddly, Microsoft added Secure Boot to Windows 7 at the last second
- Windows 7 was beloved, Windows 8 was reviled, both were horribly misunderstood
More Windows
- First Windows Insider builds of 2023 reveal more UI tinkering
- Android 13 comes to WSA in the Insider Program
- Preliminary results (from IDC) confirm what we knew about the PC industry in 2022
Surface + devices
- After claiming that Surface Duo remained important, rumors of major Surface Duo developments, um, surface - Microsoft to move to folding display design, could add standalone phone
- And let's not forget this little patent from 2017!
- Microsoft launches shared device mode for frontline workers
Microsoft
- Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Basic - what used to be called OneDrive 100 GB Standalone plan
- Microsoft acquires Fungible for $190 million (estimated)
- There's a Microsoft education event coming in February
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Install Windows Subsystem for Android correctly
- App pick of the week: BitWarden
- Enterprise pick of the week: Local Administrator Password Solution V2
- Bourbon pick of the week: Angel's Envy
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
- Picture of the Week.
- LastPass Aftermath.
- LastPass Vault De-Obfuscator.
- What more do we know this week regarding LastPass?
- The most alarming discovery by listeners.
- Understanding the scale of GPU-enhanced password cracking.
- On the true strength of passwords.
- Feedback from listeners regarding LastPass.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-905-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- tanium.com/twit
- drata.com/twit
- iPhone announcement anniversary.
- Keynote introduction anniversary.
- Safari is released to the world.
- Apple releases audiobooks with AI narrators.
- Apple's dumping Broadcom, but keeping Qualcomm for now.
- Apple releases minimal in 2023, except for that headset.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Atomic Clock
- Leo's Pick: Foreca
- Andy's Pick: Algorithms to Live By
- Jason's Pick: Mela
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
CES 2023, Lastpass hack, Meta's EU fine, FCC's robocall fine, Tesla autopilot
- Adorable Rice Balls Reimagine Japan's Cutest Bird as Anime-Style Delinquents.
- Yo-Kai To Debut Desktop Ramen Robot For Space-Constrained Retail Formats at CES 2023.
- Stacey sets the stage for CES 2022.
- CES 2023 kicks off with more than 112,000 attendees.
- There was a lot of pee on the CES 2023 show floor.
- The tech that went too far at CES 2023.
- Surprise: Samsung is making SmartThings hardware again!
- M-Pwr By Masonite.
- Podcast: CES has more Matter and many voices.
- Nanoleaf's latest smart lights boast Matter support and learning automation.
- GE Profile Smart Stand Mixer.
- Lastpass: Hackers stole customer vault data in cloud storage breach.
- Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker.
- European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry.
- FCC proposes record $300 million fine against auto warranty robocall campaign.
- Ana de Armas Fans Can Sue Over Deceptive Movie Trailer, Court Rules.
- Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up.
- The importance of communite for creators.
- About the founder of Sound Blaster
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Stacey Higginbotham, Iain Thomson, and Doc Rock
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- New tech from CES, like tech for your toilet?
- The LastPass Breach and what you should know about it.
- How can you call in to Ask The Tech Guys? Mikah quickly gives a demo to show you.
- What happens when traveling outside of the US when you have Advanced Data Protection enabled in iOS?
- Is there a free upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 8.1?
- Sam Abuelsamid calls into the show to talk about automotive companies at this year's CES convention.
- Fr. Robert Ballacer gives his CES 2023 report.
- Is it worth getting an iPad Pro to use it as a secondary display with Apple's Sidecar feature? What are the pros and cons of this?
- Concerned about using LastPass since its data breach? Leo shows how you can transfer your data from LastPass into another password manager.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/1956
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- This Device Will Not Let You LOL Unless You Mean It.
- The Mutalk Microphone Seals Your Voice In Virtual Reality.
- Bird Buddy's new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species.
- Roku Is Now Making Its Own TVs.
- Sony breaks from tradition and won't announce new TVs at CES 2023.
- This Virtual Twitch Streamer is Controlled Entirely By AI.
- Bills safety Damar Hamlin in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest.
- YouTube TV lands Sunday Ticket with deal between Google, NFL.
- European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry.
- Shift Happens.
- Typewriter art.
- Public Domain Expansion 2022: Highlights of the Harlem Renaissance and Modernist Writers in HathiTrust's Newly Opened Volumes.
- False Match That Led to Arrest Highlights Danger of Facial Recognition.
- Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker.
- Ana de Armas Fans' Lawsuit Puts Studios at Risk Over Deceptive Trailers.
- ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists.
- Google and Meta's Advertising Dominance Fades as TikTok, Streamers Emerge.
- Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever to Lose $200 Billion.
- Twitter's San Francisco HQ reportedly a hub of stinky smells.
- Mastodon 9 million: growth continues in fits and starts (but not all millions are the same).
- Eugen turns down VC investment; vows to stay nonprofit.
- friendica – A Decentralized Social Network.
Picks:
- Jeff - Golden Gate gets $400 million for earthquake retrofit.
- Leo - Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann.
- Ant - Coach Prime on Amazon.
- Glenn - Robert Garcia plans swearing in on part on a Superman comic.
- Jeff - George Santos humor.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Jonathan Bennett kick off the new year with a round table discussion regarding the world of open source. The hosts are joined by a special guest for this discussion, Leo Laporte. It's a great discussion regarding open source security, centralized versus decentralized products on the web, and much more.
Hosts: Doc Searls, Jonathan Bennett, Katherine Druckman, and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly
Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.
Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- fastmail.com/twit
- kolide.com/floss
- Picture of the Week.
- SpinRite.
- Leaving LastPass.
- Is there reason for concern?
- Well known password cracker Jeremi Gosney's LastPass rant.
- Steve shares his plan regarding LastPass.
- What is Steve's next password manager?
- What should LastPass users do to protect themselves?
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-904-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- fortra.com
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Dark Sky shut down as promised.
- Apple didn't release any new Macs this quarter for first time since 2000.
- Epic CEO teases Fortnite coming back to iOS as Apple is rumored to allow alternative app stores.
- Next-generation QI2 wireless charging standard embraces Apple's MagSafe for Universal compatibility.
- Kuo: Apple to cancel or postpone 2024 iPhone SE 4.
- iPhone 14 Pro back in stock, ads back on air.
- Inside Apple's war for chip talent.
- Apple's battery replacement prices are going up by $20 to $50.
- Apple Home new architecture roll-out paused.
- iPhone 14 has another crash detection problem, this time it's skiing.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: June Oven
- Andy's Pick: MarsEdit 5
- Jason's Pick: Channels
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- acilearning.com
- fastmail.com/twit
Highlights from throughout the year
- Remember SECOND LIFE? Its Founder is Back For The METAVERSE!
- Neil Young's Spotify Ultimatum.
- Fidonet vs. the Internet.
- Apple Studio Display Doesn't Cut It.
- How To Remove Personally Identifiable Info From Google Search.
- Apple Supports FIDO Passkey.
- Google's LAMDA AI "Sentient"?
- Attorney's iPhone Seized in January 6th Investigation.
- Audiophiles Fall For MoFi's Digital Tricks.
- Why Did Cable Lose Broadband Market Share?
- LastPass hack.
- How Do You Really Feel About the Dynamic Island?
Host: Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- plextrac.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- decisions.com/twit
Leo Laporte looks back on some of the memorable calls and guest segments of 2022, as well as some changes coming for 2023!
- I need to get Hearing Aids: what should I expect?
- Livestreaming equipment for a school
- Are internet cookies a security risk?
- Rod Pyle: James Webb Telescope
- Chris Marquardt: Smartphone photo apps
- Getting started with NFTs
- 2-Factor Authentication and Yubikeys
- Chris Marquardt: OpenAI's DALL-E 2
- Recovering a hacked Instagram account
- Johnny Jet: Power adapters for travel
- Johnny Jet: Ukraine War and travel
- Scott Wilkinson: the right fit for earbuds
- How to import old DV tapes
- Sam Abuelsamid: Polestar O2 electric roadster concept car with an automatic drone
- Dick DeBartolo: It's Bananas! The Monkey Game
- Steve Martin announces Leo's retirement from radio
Host: Leo Laporte
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1955
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
- How Has Google FAILED at Messaging So Badly?
- MORAL PANIC!!!
- Hair and makeup.
- FLoC Is OUT, Topics Takes Its Place.
- Some Dude Hacked North Korea.
- Mazda Infotainment Systems Bricked By Radio Station.
- Facebookers Now Called Metamates.
- A Painful Looking Keyboard.
- Stacey's Pick: Firewalla Purple.
- Unsolicited Dik-Diks.
- Jeff's Roboburger Adventure.
- Jeff Jarvis being sold on eBay.
- Insteon Shut Down Suddenly.
- T-Mobile's 5G Home Internet is Enticing.
- iRobot OS breaks Stacey.
- Snapchat's Googly Eyes Make Everything Creepy.
- Why Google AI Isn't Sentient.
- Higginbot has spoken.
- Jeff gets personal with Stacey and Ant.
- Moral Panic bumper gets an upgrade.
- Leo goes French.
- Wrong Number Text Scam Revealed!
- Alex Stamos Describes How He Got Into Security.
Host: Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Looking back on the year in Microsoft, from Paul's rants to Mary Jo's beer! The world of Windows has had one wild 2022!
- Activision Blizzard acquisition begins
- Autocorrect/autocomplete baffles Mary Jo!
- Experimenting with Ads in File Explorer!? Uh oh!
- Farewell to Clippy/Gottfried
- DuckDuckGo's controversial Microsoft problem
- Interrupted by a crisis in Leo's office!
- Zac Bowden & Rich Woods discuss the new Windows update schedule
- Live widget notifications are annoying!
- Outlook? More like Look-Out... for advertisements
- Multiple Apple integrations announced
- Mary Jo Foley's final beer pick of the week: Sororicide
- Revolver's 2022 mix is an incredible musical achievement
Host: Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays
- drata.com/twit
- Anatomy of a Log4j Exploit.
- Will Russia Disconnect?
- FCC Says Kaspersky Labs is a National Security Threat.
- Lenovo UEFI Firmware Troubles.
- That ""Passkeys"" Thing.
- Dis-CONTI-nued: The End of Conti?
- Steve's Take on the LastPass Breach.
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- kolide.com/securitynow
Looking back at some of MacBreak Weekly's best moments from 2022.
- Apple's new Mac Studio & iPad Air.
- Apple's response to AirTag stalking concerns.
- A farewell to the iPod.
- Apple's vision of a passwordless future.
- Rene Ritchies leaves the show, and Jason Snell joins the show.
- M2 MacBook Air review.
- The Dynamic Island.
- The Apple Watch Ultra with Stephen Robles.
- Are there too many new iPads with the release of Apple's new A14 iPad?
- Gambling ads in the App Store.
- A song and dance from the panel of MacBreak Weekly during some tests.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
2022 year in review, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence, Ukraine, Elon Musk
- Spotify Boycott
- War in Ukraine
- Crypto crash & FTX
- Acquisitions
- Twitter and Elon Musk
- The Metaverse
- Apple
- Tech worker revolt
- Hacking
- Government
- Passkeys
- Streaming Wars
- AI Revolution
- In Memoriam
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paul Thurrott, Steve Gibson, Jeff Jarvis, and Doc Searls
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- itpro.tv/twit
- Life Expectancy by occupation for people with a wikipedia page.
- How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties.
- OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models.
- On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?
- 'Magic Avatar' App Lensa Generated Nudes From My Childhood Photos.
- MSG's Facial Recognition at Radio City Gets Girl Scout Mom Kicked Out.
- A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
- We should talk about consent in IoT.
- Lionel Messi's World Cup celebration is now the most-liked post on Instagram.
- Looking ahead to CES 2023.
- Public Domain Day 2023.
- Tom Lehrer Songs – Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer.
- John Fetterman's TikTok Whisperer.
- Police provide first official details of Elon Musk's alleged stalker incident.
- Alex Barredo: "@joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
- Elon Musk now says he'll step down as Twitter CEO.
- Who is John J. Ray III, FTX's new chief executive?
- Ex-Google Contractor Settles Lawsuit Over Religious Sect.
- Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta.
- Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access.
- Bear scratching Festivus pole.
Picks:
- Stacey - Therabody Smart Goggles
- Jeff - What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
- Ant - Sony Alpha Holiday Deals
- Ant - Spyder Checkr Photo on Sale
- Leo - Medieval chaperon, Medieval woolen chaperone, Medieval hood, Medieval hat, 14th century hood, 15th century hat, Medieval headwear, Chaperon
- Leo - movetodon.org
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- fastmail.com/twit
Microsoft in 2022: the good, the bad, the meh
- Activision Blizzard. It's the gift that keeps on giving. I mean, Brazil OKed the deal. COME ON
- Microsoft Teams turned 5. Is it unstoppable? (Stack is asking for a friend)
- Games in Teams?
- Just one feature update per year? Just kidding! Microsoft released Windows 10 version 22H2 in October. Since then, we've seen the unexpected, largely (or completely) untested rollout of three new features: Search "pill," Task Manager access from the Taskbar, and now a new OneDrive. Each has inconsistently rolled out to different PCs. One has a regression. One was actually tested with the Insider Program. And one wasn't tested at all.
- Don't like Windows 11? Please, let the designers explain it
- One Outlook (Project Monarch) arrives, sort of, changes nothing
- Loop doesn't arrive, changes nothing
- .NET MAUI lands. Is it the future? Or just "a" future?
- Project Voltera looks cool, but Arm is still down the road
- DuckDuckGo colluded with Microsoft, then didn't
- Alex Kipman was just trying to be like Bill Gates!
- GitHub CoPilot: friend or foe?
- PC sales fell off a cliff. That cliff is about to get higher. Deeper. Whatever
- Joe B leaves. Like Mad Men, he might have stuck around too long
- The year the Insider Program broke - there is no way out of Dev, Beta, or WOA builds
Windows 11
- Microsoft brings Android 13 to WSA in preview
Hardware
- Microsoft touts HoloLens 2 "momentum," says that an HL3 will need to be "meaningful"
- Lenovo is pre-gaming CES with major PC announcements. Isn't this how E3 started to fall apart?
- Google Android/Nest and Amazon both go live with early Matter implementations.
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft will let all EU cloud customers store their data locally.
- Microsoft teams with AWS, Meta, and TomTom to take on Google Maps
- Microsoft, Teams has failed with consumers. Just bring back Skype already
- In its second announcement all year, Skype adds real-time translation that imitates your voice
- Amazon settles EU antitrust case. Did it learn anything from Microsoft?
Xbox
- Microsoft launches a massive sale on Xbox games
- Amazon expands in gaming, will publish next Tomb Raider title
- John Carmack leaves Meta, has a lot to say. Little of it good
- Ubisoft is giving Stadia customers the PC versions of the games they bought
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Make Mastodon less sleepy
- Apps of the year: Brave, Notion, ImageGlass, Modern Warfare II
- Term of the Week: Overwhelm Freeze
Holiday cocktail pick of the season: Winter Warmer
- Mix equal parts apple whiskey and cranberry juice with a few good shakes of ginger bitters.
- Warm gently on the stovetop or in the microwave--to a little above room temperature, not hot like tea or coffee.
- Serve with a cinnamon stick or dried apple slice.
- You can make a batch for a party and keep it warm on the stove or in a crock-pot, just keep in on low or the alcohol will evaporate.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Guest: Richard Campbell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays
- Picture of the Week.
- A malware operation known as URSNIF.
- Pwn2Own Toronto 2022.
- Citrix and Fortinet recently released security updates to patch 0-day vulnerabilities.
- Patch Tuesday.
- Another Uber breach?
- Elon Botches 'Bot Blockage.
- Vivaldi integrates Mastodon in its desktop browser.
- 5,200 Dutch government warnings.
- CIB: "Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior"
- GitHub to require 2FA by the end of next year.
- Bye bye SHA-1.
- WordFence's VERY useful looking WordPress add-on vulnerability database.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- A Generic WAF Bypass.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-902-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsor:
- plextrac.com/twit
- Rich Siegel & his experience with the Apple App Store over the years.
- Microsoft finds macOS bug that lets malware bypass security checks.
- Apple continues to test new 'Rapid Security Response' updates, this time for macOS users.
- Apple backs out of Sunday Ticket negotiations with NFL.
- When will Apple release the Apple Silicon Mac Pro with M2 Ultra Chip?
- New 15.5-inch MacBook Air rumored to arrive in early 2023.
Picks of the Week
- Jason Pick: Notchmeister
- Andy's Picks: Photoscan by Google & Comicraft New Year's Day Fonts Sale.
- Alex's Pick: Sony FR7
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Rich Siegel
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- addigy.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
- Alex Barredo: @joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
- Impulsive and Unjustified: CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists – Including Its Own Donie O'Sullivan.
- Elon Musk Launches a Manhunt After Alarming Incident.
- Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council, Yoel Roth flees home.
- Elon Musk, Management Guru?
- Senate votes to ban TikTok use on government devices.
- What is TikTok & is TikTok Safe?
- TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds.
- FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas.
- FTX Investor Impact: Timeline of Realized Cryptocurrency Gains and Losses Shows FTX Hit Investor Wallets Less Than Previous Crises.
- Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards.
- Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful: We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise.
- Apple backs out of Sunday Ticket negotiations with NFL.
- Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta.
- Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access.
- Netflix lets advertisers take their money back after missing viewership targets.
- ConnectSafely giving out $1K grants to schools & nonprofits.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Hiner, Mike Elgan, and Larry Magid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Stamps.com promo code TWiT
- noom.com/twit
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- wwt.com/twit
The Twitter saga continues: you can no longer link to other social networks in your tweets! How The Tech Guy has evolved over the many years. Can you disable the password / pin screen after your computer wakes up? Can you direct a smart TV to default to a specific input rather than whichever device is active? How can you convert VHS tapes to a DVD or a digital file? Why aren't timestamps appearing with my text messages on my Android phone? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Apple backs out of NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations.
- On Twitter, you cannot link to other social networks like Facebook or Mastodon.
- John Carmack leaves Meta.
- Mike B calls in reminiscing about how The Tech Guy has evolved over the years.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the new Toyota Tundra & replacing the audio systems in newer vehicles.
- Can you disable the password / pin screen in Windows 11 after your computer wakes up?
- Is there a TV that allows you to set a default input rather than constantly changing when a device powers on?
- Is there a way or a program to recover deleted text messages?
- What are some good smart switches?
- Chris Marquardt and a trip down memory lane.
- Is there a program or an easy way to convert VHS tapes?
- How can YOU help someone with a tech question?
- Why aren't my timestamps showing up on my Android device?
- A caller shares The Eclipsophile: climate and weather for celestial events.
- Rod Pyle and the Soyuz crew on the International Space Station.
- And thanks to everyone who has listened to The Tech Guy on the radio over the years! Stay tuned for the Ask The Tech Guys podcast starting in January.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1954
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
Scanning with a vintage scanner, pairing Echo with AT&T and Verizon
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, Rich DeMuro, and Dick DeBartolo
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1953
Sponsor:
- noom.com/twit
- "I thought I'd been hacked. It turned out I'd been fired": tales of a Twitter engineer.
- Elon Musk booed by crowd after Dave Chappelle brings him on stage at comedy gig.
- How Manu feels about the Twitter debacle.
- Did Manu ever get any heat for doing his comics while working at Google and Twitter?
- Does Manu still like Twitter?
- How did Manu feel about Elon when everything first started months ago?
- What was the cartoon that Manu gave to Elon?
- Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk's private jet, despite billionaire's 'free speech' pledge.
- twittoons.com
- What is TikTok & is TikTok Safe?
- More about how Manu coded at Twitter.
- How does Manu draw his comics?
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas.
- @cfarivar: BREAKING: A federal judge in SF has just ruled against Twitter, mandating that severance packages to fired employees must include mention of an ongoing lawsuit, Cornet v. Twitter.
- The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)
- Leo looks a the Goomics book.
- Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft's Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge.
- FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.'s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- We're All Capable of Going 'Goblin Mode'
- How To Listen to and Understand Great Music.
- Students Rebel Against Heat-Sensing Crotch Monitor Surveillance Devices.
Picks:
- Stacey: DIRIGERA: Hub for smart products.
- Manu: How many elements are in a modern smartphone?
- Stacey: The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All 118 Elements in the Periodic Table.
- Ant: Have I Been Trained? (AI)
- Ant: Shout Out To Miss Sheila Johnson.
- Leo: Google's Blob Opera is back with Guitar Hero-inspired rhythm-based music game.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Manu Cornet
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/HPE
- tanium.com/twit
- cachefly.com
FTC sues to block Activision Blizzard acquisition
- FTC goes after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- The FTC's action against Microsoft is ridiculous given the real-world abuses by Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta
- Did the FTC lie about Microsoft? And what does this say about its case?
- Spencer: Sony wants to make PlayStation bigger by making Xbox smaller
- Microsoft offered to bring Call of Duty to PlayStation Plus
- Microsoft offered the FTC a legally-binding consent decree to address their needs.
12th-Gen Intel update
- There are problems with 12th-Gen Intel Core-based PCs from all major PC makers using USB-C, Thunderbolt 3, and Thunderbolt 4 docks.
- It appears that Dell has released a flurry of firmware updates that may have fixed the issue. This hints at how the issue will be fixed: by PC makers.
Windows 11
- Dev channel: latest build has more Search experiment, final Dev channel build of 2022
- Dev channel: New build last week removed sign-in requirement for Widgets
- Dev channel: everyone is getting an update Snipping Tool with screen recording and an updated Media Player with who cares
- Stable: Microsoft quietly updated OneDrive, never tested it with the public first
- Microsoft Edge 110 will drop support for Windows 7/8.1 in January 2023
Microsoft 365
- OneNote for Windows is getting vertical tabs because that's what's wrong with OneNote
- Microsoft Authenticator drops support for Apple Watch. The reason is... curious
Microsoft
- Microsoft buys 4 percent of the London Stock Market
Surface
- Surface Duo 2 December Update addresses calling issues. Remember, it's not a phone
Xbox
- Riot games come to Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft gives Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers 3 months of Calm
- It's been a good year for the Xbox app on Windows. Sure, but what about accessing your console screenshots and recorded clips?
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Enable text suggestions in Windows 11
- App pick of the week: Typora
- Apple pick of the week #2: Firefox
- Word of the week: Contronym
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- nordlayer.com/twit
- Code Comments
- Picture of the Week.
- Chrome does Passkeys.
- SYNC.COM suffered its first outage.
- Medibank reboot.
- Totally fake cryptocurrency trading platforms.
- Malware on Telegram.
- Texas gets in on the TikTok banning.
- The LastPass class action lawsuit.
- Rackspace had a big embarrassing problem.
- Rackspace is now facing at least three class action lawsuits.
- Another country goes on the offensive.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Miscellany.
- Apple Encrypts the Cloud.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-901-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- bitwarden.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- Apple will allow 3rd Party App stores.
- Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups.
- Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained.
- iOS 16.2 is out.
- macOS 13.1 with Freeform is out.
- Apple claims a new iMessage can alert you if state-sponsored spies are eavesdropping.
- Apple to end employee gagging clauses after activist campaign.
- Tim Cook praises partnership with Sony for creating 'world's leading camera sensor for iPhone' during Japan trip.
- Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via satellite feature is now live in France, Germany, Ireland and the UK.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: Draw Things - Stable Diffusion in your iPhone
- Andy's Pick: Ulysses 29
- Alex's Pick: ChatGPT
- Jason's Pick: Sports Alerts
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- policygenius.com/macbreak
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- rocketmoney.com/MACBREAK
Microsoft's Activision deal, Esports fading, Twitter Files, Apple car delays
- Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft's Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge.
- TikTok National-Security Deal Faces More Delays as Worry Grows Over Risks.
- The Hype Around Esports Is Fading as Investors and Sponsors Dry Up.
- Musk calls to prosecute Fauci, drawing swift backlash.
- Twitter HQ is putting office supplies up for sale in a big auction.
- Musk's 'Twitter Files' offer a glimpse of the raw, complicated and thankless task of moderation.
- Tesla calls self-driving technology 'failure,' not fraud.
- 11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles.
- Elon Musk's Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse.
- China Scraps Most Covid Testing, Quarantine Requirements in Policy Pivot.
- Apple Scales Back Self-Driving Car and Delays Debut Until 2026.
- Apple's Anti-Union Tactics in Atlanta Were Illegal, US Officials Say (AAPL).
- Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups.
- NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon.
- San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots.
- End of an era as the last 747 rolls off the production line.
- We're All Capable of Going 'Goblin Mode'.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Connie Guglielmo, Iain Thomson, and Alex Wilhelm
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Musk's 'Twitter Files', finding a good internet provider, Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now open to everyone, recovering deleted Notes on Mac, Amazon Fire TV on Echo Show 15, create AI-generated images on iPhone, stop spam calls and emails, and NASA's historic Artemis I mission. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Musk's 'Twitter Files' and the complexity of content moderation.
- How to find good internet service in your area.
- Sam Abuelsamid talks about how Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now open to everyone in North America.
- How to recover deleted Notes on Mac with Time Machine.
- Amazon Fire TV is now available on Echo Show 15.
- How to find out what's on local TV and streaming.
- Chris Marquardt speculates what AI-generated images mean for the future of photography and shares how you can create your own on an iPhone with Draw Things.
- How to get less spam email.
- Running Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp.
- Tips for traveling to Dubi.
- Rod Pyle talks about NASA's Artemis I mission and its successful return from the Moon.
- How to stop spam calls.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1952
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
- ChatGPT
- Twitter is selling office supplies from its San Francisco HQ to the highest bidder | Fortune
- Heritage Global Partners | Twitter: Online Auction Sale Featuring Surplus Corporate Office Assets of Twitter!
- Tesla calls self-driving technology 'failure,' not fraud - Los Angeles Times
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- Techtool Pro 16 - Micromat
- Gigapan
- Plume SuperPods With Wi-Fi 6 Review: Adaptive Cloud Mesh | WIRED
- Plume HomePass
- Jim Salter | Ars Technica
- ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue
- Why International Travelers Should Follow President Biden's Valuable Advice in Welcome Home Speech to Brittney Griner - JohnnyJet.com
- Viral Video of a Baggage Handler Violently Slamming Luggage Down Will Make You a Better Traveler - Here's How - JohnnyJet.com
- Jaw-Dropping Video: Danny MacAskill's Postcard from San Francisco is a Work of Awesomeness
- Canon Support for imageFORMULA DR-5010C Color Production Scanner | Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Your Devices – gracedigital
- https://new.twit.am/radio/8000/listen
- IdeaPad Flex 5 (14") | Flexible 14" 2-in-1 Laptop | Lenovo US
- Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5-1570 Repair - iFixit
- How to fix Flex 15 touch screen issue after Windows 10 upgrade - Lenovo Support US
- Alexa Together
- Link Alexa with Your AT&T or Verizon Mobile Number - Amazon Customer Service
- Aura Frames | The Best Digital Picture Frame
- ONEPLUS Nord Buds True Wireless Earbuds, Deep Bass, IP55-rated Water & Dust Resistance, High Sound and Call Quality, 4 Mics, 30 Hrs Playtime, Fast Charge, Dolby Atmos, Black Slate
- STM ChargeTree Go - Portable 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station for iPhone/Samsung/Android (15W/7.5W), AirPods (5W), Apple Watch (3W) - Qi Certified Charging Stand - White (stm-931-322Z-01) : Cell Phones & Accessories
- Danigh-buy Long Range Green Laser Pointer High Power,[Material Upgrade] Laser Pointer Pen，[2000 metres] Green Lazer Pointer Rechargeable for Hiking,Cat Laser Toy USB Charge
- Back up and restore data or files on your Galaxy device
- SMS Backup & Restore - Apps on Google Play
- Here's a quick & inexpensive way to decorate the inside or outside of your house! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, Dick DeBartolo, and Rich DeMuro
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1951
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- addigy.com/twit
- The founder of Craigslist on giving away his money, whether billionaires should exist, and why so many of our plutocrats lose their mind.
- S.F. officials investigating allegedly illegal bedrooms at Twitter HQ, as Elon Musk criticizes Mayor Breed.
- Sam Altman: "ChatGPT launched on wednesday. today it crossed 1 million users!"
- Jailbreaking ChatGPT on Release Day - by Zvi Mowshowitz.
- I asked GPTchat to write about folding T-shirts in the style of Malcolm Gladwell.
- AI Homework.
- Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge.
- Elon Musk's Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse.
- Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more.
- Google Faces Pressure in Hong Kong Over Search Results for National Anthem.
- Open Source Hospital Price Transparency.
- The Supreme Court battle for Section 230 has begun.
- Online safety bill returns to parliament after five-month delay.
- "Org charts" comic by Manu Cornet.
- A Twitter software engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company says he was fired because he's a 'troublemaker'.
- "I thought I'd been hacked. It turned out I'd been fired": tales of a Twitter engineer.
- Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups.
- TikTok Is Sued by State of Indiana, Accused of Targeting Young Teens With Adult Content.
- TikTok Shares the Top Clips, Creators and Trends in the App for 2022.
- Corn Kid Is Doing Just Fine.
- Microsoft Eyes 'Super App' to Break Apple and Google's Hold on Mobile Search.
- NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon.
- Pantone's 2023 color of the year is 'Viva Magenta'.
- Leo plays with ChatGPT.
- Google Search brings continuous scrolling to desktop.
- Google will show you suggested keywords right under the search bar.
- Chrome '@' shortcuts search tabs, bookmarks, and history right from the address bar.
- ChromeOS 108: Files app Trash can, touchscreen keyboard redesign, more.
- Google Photos will get worse at estimating your photo locations.
- Google Messages starts rolling out group end-to-end encryption.
- December Pixel Feature Drop has Clear Calling, a free VPN, and new Recorder tools for Google's latest phones.
Picks:
- Stacey - Best binoculars 2022: Top picks for stargazing, wildlife and more.
- Stacey - Ember Mug²
- Stacey - Letter Napkin (Set of 4).
- Stacey - Nori Press, Compact Iron & Steamer for Clothes.
- Jeff - We all use phones on the toilet. Just don't sit more than 10 minutes.
- Jeff - 52 things I learned in 2022.
- Ant - First Look at KRK GoAux Studio Monitors.
- Ant - The Woman King.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- onlogic.com/TWIT
- hover.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
There have been major moves in the Activision Blizzard drama this week
- Brad Smith publicly lays out Microsoft's argument for the acquisition
- Smith compares Sony to Blockbuster
- He complains about Apple and Google app stores, but this deal won't help
- He confirms that Microsoft offer Sony a 10-year Call of Duty contract
- Microsoft comes to 10-year Call of Duty agreement with Nintendo, Steam... and then heads to Washington D.C. to explain to the FTC how Sony never even responded to this offer
- Conclusions? Everyone is obsessed with Call of Duty but this is more about mobile than it is about COD. And Microsoft is remaining true to its vision for making games available wherever the gamers are. They did this with Minecraft, Flight Simulator, and more. And they will do this with AB's titles
Windows 11
- Beta channel: Builds 22623.1028 and 22621.1028 finally address long-standing game performance issues in Windows 11. Right, they supposedly fixed this in stable already.
- Microsoft is spamming Windows 10 users with ads for Windows 11... in the product, of course. Because slippery slope. There's even an ad in the OOBE no
- Microsoft Edge version 108 is here with no new features for end users
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft announces a free, Discord-like feature for Teams, starting on mobile. It's called Communities
Xbox
- Microsoft announces that new AAA first-party games will be $70 starting next year
- Microsoft Flight Simulator hits a big milestone
- Here are the first Game Pass titles for December
- Amazon Luna customers can now stream PC-based Ubisoft games for free
Tips and picks
- Thurrott's Top Podcasts of the Year
- Thurrott's Top Audiobooks of the Year
- Thurrott's Top Music of the Year
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- rocketmoney.com/WINDOWS
- Melissa.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- Don't mess with Australia.
- Facebook / Meta fined by Ireland.
- REvil's full Medibank dump.
- Is nothing sacred?
- Mozilla yanks a (no longer) trusted root.
- Android Platform Certs Escape.
- South Dakota says: No more Tik-Tok.
- Albania blames its IT staff.
- Good news on the memory safe languages front.
- Black Hat USA 2022.
- Another Chrome 0-day bites the dust.
- Anker's Eufy Camera debacle.
- An amazing-looking WiFi-6 router... $119.
- Elon really said this.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- LastPass Again.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-900-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/securitynow
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- plextrac.com/twit
- Apple makes plans to move production out of China.
- TSMC triples Arizona chip investment to $40bn.
- Apple in talks to move some iPad production to India as part of its exodus from China.
- Apple's anti-union tactics in Atlanta were illegal, US officials say.
- St. Louis Apple Store employees explain U-turn on unionization effort.
- The NLRB says Apple interrogated and coerced employees in Atlanta.
- Elon Musk says Apple is Twitter's largest ad client; has now 'fully resumed' advertising on the platform.
- Apple introduces Apple Music Sing.
- Apple's new patent countersuit against AliveCor aims to 'set the record straight'.
- Apple TV+ teases 2023 content slate.
- Apple sued by two women over AirTag stalking.
- Colorado grandmother sues police detective following SWAT raid based on false 'Find my iPhone' ping.
- Carrot Weather gets mini-games, Live Activities support for all precipitation, Layout redesign, more.
- Apple launches self service repair program in Europe.
- Man with 300 iPhones violently robbed near Apple's Fifth Avenue flagship.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Broadcasts 3.0
- Andy's Pick: A Christmas Carol, read/performed by Patrick Stewart
- Alex's Picks: Tis the Season & Reality Scan
- Leo's Pick: Search All Apple Keynotes on Context
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- rocketmoney.com/MACBREAK
- cachefly.com
Musk and Ye, chatting with ChatGPT, SF killer robots, Apple China protests
- Elon Musk explains why Ye was suspended from Twitter.
- EU warns Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation.
- Twitter reinstates account of Daily Stormer's infamous neo-Nazi creator.
- Elon Musk's Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America.
- Which VR headset does Georgia prefer?
- China pledges to slowly exit 'zero covid'.
- Apple to Lose 6 Million iPhone Pros From Tumult at China Plant.
- Inside the Covid revolt at the Zhengzhou 'iPhone City' plant.
- Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China.
- Elon Musk Says 'Misunderstanding' With Apple Is Resolved.
- Apple limited a crucial AirDrop function in China just weeks before protests.
- Stable Diffusion with Core ML on Apple Silicon.
- @hankgreen: Someone suggested that I ask MidJourney to show me a cat but to keep adding "A"s until it wasn't a cat anymore. Here is "cat."
- Who Is the Woman Haunting A.I.-Generated Art?
- ChatGPT.
- @JoannaStern: HOLY #@*%!!!! The robots can indeed replace me. And they have a better handle on dash and comma usage.
- Jailbreaking ChatGPT on Release Day.
- Leo plays around with ChatGPT.
- Building A Virtual Machine inside ChatGPT.
- SF police killer robots could be approved. Here's what that means.
- U.S. Army Planned to Pay Streamers Millions to Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty.
- Feds likely to challenge Microsoft's $69 billion Activision takeover.
- Happy birthday and farewell, SMS! It's time for RCS.
- U.S Cable TV Companies Quietly Bled Another 785,000 Paying Customers Last Quarter.
- Smash World Tour organizers blame Nintendo for championship shutdown.
- Report: ID.me Lied About Pretty Much Everything While Providing Identification Services To The Government.
- Physicists Create 'the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine'
- Pantone's 2023 color of the year is 'Viva Magenta'
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Owen JJ Stone, and Rene Ritchie
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- podium.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
- policygenius.com/twit
- rocketmoney.com/TWIT
Apple plans to move iPhone production out of China. How do you transfer your calendar & text messages from an Android phone to an iPhone? What are some excellent wireless charger options? Is it worth purchasing an international plan when traveling overseas? Is it secure to store sensitive documents in the cloud, and what are my options for a secure cloud services? What are some recommendations for universal remotes nowadays? Should you wait for the next generation of the Apple Mac Studio? Why can't I play mp3 files on my Samsung phone? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt & the Blue assignment review, and Rod Pyle!
- Apple planning to move iPhone production out of China.
- How to transfer and sync your calendar & chats from your Android phone to your iPhone.
- Sam Abuelsamid & Tesla's Semi trucks.
- Setting up a home theater system in 2022: doing it yourself and how to start?
- What will happen to radio in the future?
- What are some good wireless chargers?
- How to prepare for overseas travel? Do you need to buy an international plan from your mobile provider?
- Chris Marquardt and the Blue assignment review
- What cloud storage options are best for secure documents?
- Recommendations for universal remotes.
- Should you wait for the next Apple Mac Studio?
- Should I get a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? M1 or M2?
- Rod Pyle and 3D-printed structures on the moon.
- Why can't I play my mp3 files on my Samsung phone?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1950
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- UnifyMeeting.com code TECHGUY50 for subscription and code TECHGUY for displays
- onlogic.com/TWIT
How to customize a Mastodon server. How to set up a shuffling iPhone Lock Screen. Suggestions for improving WiFi in a metal building. Troubleshooting embedded video on a webpage. Providing an internet connection to rural security cameras. Upgrading to a mesh networking system at home. Tips for mitigating tinnitus. Playing PC games on a Mac. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Steve Martin, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Veriforever - a personalized plaque to commemorate your Twitter verification
- Amazon Alexa is a "colossal failure," on pace to lose $10 billion this year | Ars Technica
- Mastodon Help - Guide - Personalize your iPhone Lock Screen - Apple Support
- UISP airMAX NanoStation M2 – Ubiquiti Inc.
- UISP airMAX NanoStationM 5 GHz loco Station – Ubiquiti Inc.
- Guy Parsons on Twitter: "'#AI, make me a movie.'
- ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue
- RadioLabs - The Wireless and Radio Experts - RadioLabs
- Hardball: How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game: Matthews, Chris: 9780684845593: Amazon.com: Books
- Arlo Go 2 versus Eufy 4G Starlight: LTE camera head-to-head - The Verge
- Arlo Go 2 Wireless Security Camera with LTE & Wi-Fi Connectivity | Arlo
- Ben Franklin effect - Wikipedia
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- YAY! American Airlines Brings Back Its Best Online Booking Feature -
- eero Wi-Fi 6 IEEE 802.11ax Ethernet Wireless Router - Walmart.com $119.99
- Informed Delivery - Mail & Package Notifications | USPS
- Play background sounds on iPhone to mask environmental noise - Apple Support
- Monitor your environmental noise exposure with Apple Watch - Apple Support
- Boot Camp Assistant User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
- StableDiffusion can generate an image on Apple Silicon Macs in under 18 seconds, thanks to new optimizations in macOS 13.1 - 9to5Mac
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1949
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- nureva.com/twit
- cachefly.com
- Introducing Alex Stamos.
- Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests.
- How did Alex get into security?
- Alex's Joe Sullivan story.
- How COVID impacted teens and social interaction.
- The mechanics of Apple's CSAM scanning.
- How do we integrate security into basic education curriculum?
- How does Alex feel about the Fediverse?
- Advice for hosts of Mastodon instances.
- How is Google doing security-wise and for its users?
- What does Alex hear about Facebook these days?
- Will there be trouble on Twitter in the 2024 election?
- Who is responsible for keeping people protected from disinformation?
- Should TikTok be shut down?
- South Dakota bans TikTok from government-owned devices.
- Stanford Internet Observatory.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Alex Stamos
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- nureva.com/twit
- rocketmoney.com/TWIG
- Secureworks.com/twit
New Microsoft 365 additions, Reset this PC, Revolver: Special Edition
Windows 11
- A quick look at "moments" and what it means for the future of Windows. The October/November update was a moment. There will be big moments and little moments. Also, moments is a terrible name for this.
- Microsoft issues its last Preview Update for Windows 10/11 of 2022
- Windows Insider: New Dev channel build adds VPN status, search design tests
Microsoft 365
- Games for Work in Teams
- Schedule send in Teams
- Sign language in Teams - update on the conversation from last week
- Microsoft Create launched - Microsoft's template site for creators
Surface
- Surface Duo might be getting its own Insider Program
Troubleshooting
- New phone, message and phone call weirdness
- Brother-in-law's laptop
- Daughter's laptop
- An update on 12th-Gen Intel suspicions.
- Some Mastodon questions: US English? Notification sounds?
Revolver
- We need to discuss the 2022 remix of The Beatles' Revolver album
Xbox
- Microsoft ready to make concessions on Activision Blizzard
- Games with Gold titles for December
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Don't be a afraid of Reset this PC
- App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays
- nordlayer.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- iSpoof you no more.
- Here come the Freebie Bots!
- Anatomy of the real-time Cryptocurrency heist.
- Lookin' for something to do?
- Boa server vulnerability.
- The dilemma of closed-source Chinese networking products.
- The Cyber Defense Index.
- Malicious Docker Hub images.
- Since we've been tracking 0-days for a while.
- CISA on Mastodon.
- Miscellany.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-899-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- plextrac.com/twit
- nordlayer.com/twit
- Musk's fight with Apple is one he's likely to lose.
- Musk claims Apple threatens to remove Twitter from App Store.
- Apple restricted AirDrop in China before widespread protests broke out.
- iPhone 14 Pro demand to 'disappear' as Apple misses shipment goal by 20 million units.
- An 'unthinkable morning': 1 dead, 16 injured after car crashes into Apple store in Hingham.
- Apple Watch Ultra's powerful diving tools arrive with the Oceanic+ app.
- We went diving with the Apple Watch Ultra. In short: dive computer makers should be worried.
- No, Apple isn't planning to buy Manchester United.
- Apple battling ESPN for rights to stream Dutch soccer league.
- Judge approves Apple's plan to pay $50 million to settle butterfly keyboard lawsuit.
- World Cup soccer balls plugged into chargers.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: ReadKit 3.1
- Andy's Pick: Bondic Liquid Plastic
- Alex's Pick: Sound Devices A20-RX
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- go.newtek.com/twit-tv
Apple chaos in China, Robocall crackdown, NFT nightclubs, Black Friday slump
- The Top Tech and Tools You Need for Taking Digital Notes.
- Ford Mustang Mach-E loses its Consumer Reports recommendation.
- Musk will restore Twitter accounts banned for harassment, misinformation.
- Twitter new user signups at an 'all-time high,' says Elon Musk.
- Protests Erupting Across China.
- Mass resignations of iPhone workers; report of 30% production hit
- China Covid: Protests continue in major cities across the country.
- Apple hobbled a crucial tool of dissent in China weeks before widespread protests broke out.
- Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China.
- FCC cuts off a voice provider for failing to protect against robocalls.
- New York Imposes 2-Year Moratorium on New Proof-of-Work Mining After Gov. Hochul Signs Bill.
- El Salvador's $300 Million Bitcoin 'Revolution' Is Failing Miserably.
- Miami nightclub owners are struggling with slumping sales after losing top-spending crypto clientele in wake of FTX implosion and crypto downfall, report says.
- Restaurant and private members lounge to be built controversially in San Francisco's 'public' Salesforce Park.
- Amazon Alexa is a "colossal failure," on pace to lose $10 billion this year.
- Callisto - Lockheed Martin.
- Black Friday Lured Shoppers Back, in Early Test for Holiday Spending.
- The Best Cyber Monday Deals 2022: Laptops, Robot Vacuums, AirPods, More.
- French man wins right to not be 'fun' at work in wrongful termination case.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Jill Duffy, and Owen Thomas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- onlogic.com/TWIT
The FCC has finally taken action against a mobile carrier for flouting its robocall rules. What's the future of Intel as more companies like Apple start to produce their own chips? Can you upgrade Microsoft Office on a laptop running Windows 8.1? Black Friday numbers are out! Is there an online service that can notify others when you pass away? How easy is it to access a deceased family member's Google account? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- The voice of TikTok.
- You can no longer be fired for not having fun in France.
- FCC taking has taken action on RoboCalls.
- What's the future of Intel?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Genesis GV60.
- What are my options for setting up a large group chat system for a local neighborhood?
- Can I update Microsoft Office on a laptop running Windows 8.1?
- Chris Marquardt and some photography basics.
- How can you view your CPU usage on your Android devices?
- Is there an easy way to detect GPS trackers on your vehicle?
- Black Friday numbers are out!
- Is there an online app or service notifying others if you pass away?
- What Google Timeline can do to track you possibly.
- Rod Pyle and Callisto.
- How can I recover deleted phone contacts on my iPhone?
- Is there a way to access a deceased user's Google account?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1948
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- noom.com/twit
- Ziprecruiter.com/techguy
Recovering access to a Facebook account with a Driver's License or ID. Hiding digital photos in the Google Photos app. Following the death of a loved one, gaining access to their locked Windows XP PC. Troubleshooting a perplexing Safari downloads problem. Finding a lost Windows user folder. Getting an internet connection in a metal building. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Steve Martin, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Foxconn protests: iPhone factory offers to pay its workers to quit and leave Zhengzhou campus | CNN Business
- iPhone Delivery Delays Weigh on Apple Ahead of Holiday Season (AAPL) - Bloomberg
- Elon Musk says Twitter will manually verify accounts again - The Verge
- Elon Musk on Twitter: "Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?" / Twitter
- Robocall-Enabling Provider Gets the Digital Death Penalty From the FCC | PCMag
- FCC Seeks to Fill Challenging Gap in STIR/SHAKEN Robocall Defenses | Federal Communications Commission
- How to Send Your Own Message to the iPad on Artemis 1 As It Orbits the Moon - The Mac Observer
- Callisto | Lockheed Martin
- Debut 2.0 Series | ELAC
- Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams | 1Password
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- Merry TubaChristmas Los Angeles
- Why Facebook may ask you to upload an ID | Facebook Help Center
- SSL Certificate Checker - Diagnostic Tool | DigiCert.com
- Hide your sensitive photos & videos - Google Photos Help
- L0phtCrack - Wikipedia
- Yubico | YubiKey Strong Two-Factor Authentication
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel -
- Change Privacy & Security settings on Mac - Apple Support
- Fix User's Folder not Show Up/Disappearing in Windows 10 Error – EaseUS
- How to Recover Your Lost Windows 10 User Profile
- Windows 10's missing profile bug seems to have made a return - MSPoweruser
- Naval Tactical Data System - Wikipedia
- NETGEAR Powerline 2000 + Extra Outlet PLP2000-100PAS - Best Buy
- What Is Powerline Networking and How Do You Use It? | Digital Trends
- Powerline | TP-Link
- RadioLabs - The Wireless and Radio Experts - RadioLabs
- Fun Fidgets! Some in the Fidget Advent Calendar & More Just Jammed In A Box! | Giz Wiz Biz
- Dick DeBartolo - YouTube
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1947
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- addigy.com/twit
- I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It.
- Musk, journalist Kara Swisher trade barbs.
- Warner: Parents should be 'very concerned' about TikTok.
- Elon Musk and Twitter: a masterclass in moving fast and breaking things...
- Chaos on Twitter Leads a Group of Journalists to Start an Alternative.
- Post.news
- Amazon Alexa is a "colossal failure," on pace to lose $10 billion this year.
- How to Send Your Own Message to the iPad on Artemis 1 As It Orbits the Moon.
- Watch Howard Stern's Special Interview with Bruce Springsteen on HBO and HBO Max.
- The leap second's time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks.
- Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in.
- Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year sentence explained by tech bubble.
- Lessons from a decade of 'Candy Crush'.
- FTX Founder Deepfake Offers Refund to Victims in Verified Twitter Account Scam.
- Movie theater stocks pop after report says Amazon plans to spend $1 billion on releases.
- Google Fi discounts Pixel 7 to $399 and offers $300 off 7 Pro for Black Friday.
- The best Black Friday Google deals you can get.
- Google launches new search, shopping and maps features.
- YouTube releases in-depth podcasting guide with best practices.
- You can now ask Google Assistant to search and play podcasts by guest, episode.
Picks:
- Mathew - A plaque that shows you are verified on Twitter.
- Mathew - Bizarre study finds common parasite can make you more attractive.
- Mathew - Christie's Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for 'Further Study'.
- Jeff - Pew teens and social media.
- Ant - Boris FX Black Friday Discount.
- Ant - Prep football: Campolindo edges Rancho Cotate in NCS semifinals.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mathew Ingram
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- CDW.com/HPE
Slippery slope
- Ten years of advertising in Windows, and it's about to get even worse
- Windows 11
- Dev channel: Windows 11 build 25247
- The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now generally available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11
- Qualcomm reveals new 'Oryon' CPU to be used in Windows on ARM PCs
PC sales11
- HP announces financial results, with PC business falling off a cliff and layoffs looming
- AMD CEO comments on industry issues to CNBC
Windows 10
- Windows 10 version 22H2 is ready for broad deployment
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Teams add sign language view for meetings
- New One Outlook app adds multiple account support
- Surprise! Microsoft brings SwiftKey for iPhone back from the dead, promises new features
Xbox
- Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year deal on Call of Duty
- Hyperkin is selling an Xbox 360 controller for the new Xbox consoles
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week #1: Get an Xbox Series S on sale and other Black Friday deals
- Tip of the week #2: Download your Twitter archives
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Secureworks.com/twit
- Code Comments
- rocketmoney.com/WINDOWS
- Picture of the Week.
- Firefox v107 was released last Tuesday.
- Google settles for a cool $391.5 million.
- Red Hat Signing its ZIP file Packages.
- The FBI purchased Pegasus for "research and development purposes".
- Greece bought Predator for €7 million.
- A passkeys support directory.
- Quantum decryption deadline.
- Attorneys General ask the FTC for online privacy regulation.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Wi-Peep.
Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-898-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- tanium.com/twit
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- Secureworks.com/twit
- iOS developers say Apple's App Store analytics aren't anonymous.
- Apple Watch can help spot another life-threatening heart condition.
- Evernote's next move: joining the Bending Spoons suite of apps.
- Everyone thinks Apple's negotiations with the NFL are dragging on.
- VMware Fusion 13 adds Windows 11 virtualization for Apple Silicon Macs.
- A secret Apple Silicon extension to accommodate an Intel 8080 artifact.
- SwiftKey is unexpectedly back on iOS.
- ByteOverlord/Watch_Quake: Quake 1 port for Apple Watch.
- Something new is brewing. I created Homebrew nearly 13 years ago...
- Apple's taken the joy out of its Books app with iOS 16.
- Chinese Government steps in to help an Apple iPhone factory.
- Apple pivots to Samsung for iPhone memory chips following US trade ban against Chinese suppliers.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Flighty
- Andy's Pick: Pentel Presto! Jumbo Correction Pen
- Alex's Pick: Streamdeck+
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- rocketmoney.com/TWIT
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- Elon Musk restores Donald Trump's Twitter account.
- Twitter Locks Its Office and Suspends Badge Access.
- I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It.
- Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Theranos Fraud.
- Nigerian Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Launder Tens of Millions of Dollars from Online Scams.
- How Much Trouble Is FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried In?
- Evernote's Next Move: Joining the Bending Spoons Suite of Apps.
- Ahead of Its Time, Behind the Curve: Why Evernote Failed to Realize Its Potential.
- Tom Brady and Larry David among those accused of defrauding investors in FTX collapse.
- H'wood FTX Frenzy as Michael Lewis Reveals He Spent 6 Months with Founder.
- Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants us to 'ignore' Web3: 'Web3 is not the web at all'
- Leo talks about the road map for The Tech Guy.
- The long-awaited US broadband internet maps are here — for you to challenge.
- Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in.
- NASA's Modern Moon Program Is Finally off the Ground.
- Greg Bear (1951-2022).
- Fred Brooks Has Died.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Phil Libin, Dwight Silverman, and Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- nureva.com/twit
- wealthfront.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
Waymo's driverless rides in San Francisco, Elon Musk's possible intentions for Twitter's quality, searching for a good dash cam, verifying links on Mastodon, next steps when an iMac starts up slow, buying a docking station for a MacBook Air, and more! Plus, hanging out with Sam, Chris, and Rod!
- Alphabet's Waymo recently got San Francisco's permission to provide driverless rides around the city. Waymo can't charge for those rides, though.
- Tech companies continue to lay off many employees that they originally hired during their pandemic growth.
- Twitter is a disaster right now, but Elon Musk may be intentionally driving it into the ground in order to get out of his unwanted situation.
- What is a good dash cam, other than Owlcam, for keeping track of car accidents?
- Sam Abuelsamid describes Waymo & Geely's upcoming "transportation-as-a-service" electric vehicle.
- How can I properly verify myself on Mastodon via the HTML it asks me to paste?
- If my 2017 iMac is slow to start up, should I completely erase the drive, ask for a repair, or look for a new Mac?
- Ben is building a Linux-from-scratch install and Leo is very impressed!
- Chris Marquardt chats about Lexica, DreamBooth, Astria, and AI Painter.
- What's a great docking station for an M1 MacBook Air in order to avoid dongle life?
- When moving to another country, how do I transport my financial stuff securely and efficiently?
- What is the future of cryptocurrency and regulation after this recent FTX fiasco?
- Rod Pyle talks about the Artemis 1 launch.
- What kind of laptop specs should be sufficient for editing hi-res 4K video?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1946
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- kolide.com/twit
Understanding and using Mastodon. Using a third-party repair service to fix a third-gen iPad. Saving contacts on iOS via the Mail app. Avoiding scams and phishing attempts on Venmo. Thoughts on TikTok data privacy. Disabling photo auto-syncing with Microsoft OneDrive. Understanding the benefits of paying for email. Exploring a complex phishing attempt with free physical hardware. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Steve Martin, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Hundreds of Twitter employees resign after Elon Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum - The Verge
- CBS News Pauses Twitter Posts 'In Light of Uncertainty' Over Platform - Variety
- Mastodon Help - Guide
- Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
- Monoprice SB-300 Virtual Dolby Atmos 2.0Ch Soundbar, 2 HDMI Inputs, 4K HDR/DV Passthrough, eARC, Bluetooth, Optical, Coax, Remote - Monoprice.com
- Monoprice SB-600 Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer and Wireless Surround Speakers, 2 HDMI Inputs, 4K HDR/DV Pass-Through, eArc, Bluetooth, Toslink, Coax, Remote - Monoprice.com
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- Speaker Deals & Sales - Premium Home Audio | Klipsch
- Louis Rossmann - YouTube
- VCC Board Repairs – iPhone Microsoldering & Data Recovery Services
- The Secret Is Out! - TWiT.tv
- Watch Out for This Popular Venmo Money Scam
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- Cross-country storm to threaten travel headaches around Thanksgiving | AccuWeather
- AskTSA (@AskTSA) / Twitter
- Apple celebrates the holiday season - Apple
- How to stop syncing photos in camera roll..? - Microsoft Community
- Amazon.com: 101 Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone: Updated, Simplified and Revised for iOS 12: 9781731457943: DeMuro, Rich: Books
- You Can Never Have Enough Disco Lights! (Even in 2022) | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Steve Martin, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1945
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- UnifyMeeting.com code TECHGUY50 for subscription and code TECHGUY for displays
- cachefly.com
- Larry David, Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Other Celebs Sued Over FTX Crypto Exchange Collapse.
- Stars Likely to Be More Careful in Ads After Lloyd Bridges Case.
- Taylor Swift ticket meltdown sparks outrage about Ticketmaster's power.
- Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th.
- Elon Musk ignored Twitter's internal warnings about paid verification.
- Mastodon Has Officially Retired the 'Toot,' Its Version of the Tweet.
- Substack isn't a social network. It's better.
- Proposal for quote-boost.
- Elon's paranoid purge.
- Musk issues ultimatum to staff: Commit to 'hardcore' Twitter or leave.
- Elon Musk delivers jaw-dropping, bold testimony at his Tesla trial over Twitter's issues with the FTC.
- Farewell from Protocol.
- Amazon begins layoffs as economic woes mount.
- With 10k layoffs looming, Jeff Bezos grants Dolly Parton millions and pledges his fortune to charity.
- Evernote's Next Move: Joining the Bending Spoons Suite of Apps.
- Twitter is Going Great!
- City birds are changing their tune.
- NASA's Modern Moon Program Is Finally off the Ground.
- Google Wallet arrives on Fitbit smartwatches, new countries.
- Android Auto beta program opens up to more users.
- Google Fi's throwing in a free year of YouTube Premium for Unlimited Plus subscribers.
- Google One VPN app rolls out for Mac and Windows.
- Facebook fact-checkers will stop checking Trump after presidential bid announcement.
Picks:
- Mike - Debirdify
- Mike - palette.fm
- Jeff - Portable, off-grid hotels
- Ant - JAYEGT Motorized Rotating Display Stand
- Ant - I Thought #Hardhead Had 5 Of 'Em
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- rocketmoney.com/TWIG
- itpro.tv/twit
- onlogic.com/TWIT
Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition, Xbox Transparency Report, Task Manager ImprovementsWindows 11* Beta channel: Microsoft starts testing Task Manager improvements * Photos app integration with iCloud is now available * Windows App SDK 1.2 is here
Microsoft* Independent report faults Microsoft on employee discrimination and harassment, it will do better
Microsoft 365 * The Office mobile app is losing two sharing features as it transitions to Microsoft 365 * Games are coming to Microsoft Teams for some reason * NVIDIA partners with Microsoft on massive cloud AI computer * When it comes to Microsoft 365, there is the past (Office) and then this other stuff * Flashback: maybe let's look at that Google One VPN for Windows thing one last time
Hardware* Microsoft announces a Surface Pro 9 Liberty Special Edition that, no, is not USA! USA! USA! * Qualcomm announces its next flagship smartphone chipset. Assume a PC chipset announcement is imminent
Xbox* Spencer: Seriously, Call of Duty is staying on PlayStation * Xbox releases its first-ever transparency report, will do so regularly going forward * Xbox Game Pass in the second half of November * A new Xbox Series S bundle adds digital perks * Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition adds helicopters, gliders, and more oh my * Xbox November Update is here * A few more thoughts about the CliffyB book * IT'S HERE! CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II SEASON 01!!!
Tips & Picks* Tip of the week: Twitter is dead, long live Mastodon * App pick of the week: Descript * App pick of the week #2: DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection for Android
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Code Comments
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- UnifyMeeting.com code WW50 for subscription and code WW for displays
- Picture of the Week.
- Patch Tuesday review.
- Shennina Framework - Automating Host Exploitation with AI.
- GitHub's welcome new feature.
- Three LightSpeed vulnerabilities.
- Shufflecake: Plausible deniability encrypted Linux volumes.
- Australia has decided to get proactive!
- Apple's iOS 16.1.1 everyone file sharing time-limits to 10 minutes in China.
- A couple of Decentralized Finance notes because I can't help myself.
- "The Helm" was unable to survive COVID-19.
- Elon meets Twitter.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Memory-Safe Languages.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-897-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- grammarly.com/tone
- Apple sued for allegedly deceiving users with privacy settings after Gizmodo story.
- One trick Apple uses to make you think green bubbles are "gross".
- Apple to begin mass production on AR & VR headset in early 2023.
- Apple's latest iOS beta gives you more control over the iPhone's always-on display.
- Apple to restrict 'Everyone' option in AirDrop to 10 minutes in China with iOS 16.1.1.
- Apple's Satellite Emergency SOS Feature: a review & deep-dive explainer.
- Berkshire Hathaway bought a $4.1B stake in Apple chipmaker TSMC.
- The Apple TV's upgrade experience needs an upgrade.
- tvOS bug limits 128GB Apple TV 4K to 64GB.
- Queen of Christmas bails out of Apple TV+, lands on CBS.
- Steve Jobs' Birkenstocks sold for $218,750
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/macbreak promo code MACBREAK30
- policygenius.com/macbreak
- addigy.com/twit
Twitter brand chaos, Meta job cuts, FTX fiasco, Apple sued, Kevin Conroy RIP
- Casey Newton on Twitter: "Update: company sources tell me that yesterday Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract employees".
- Twitter CISO flies the coop.
- Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer.
- Twitter Users Create Havoc by Impersonating Brands.
- What is Elon really up to in all of this?
- Is centralization good for end users?
- Nearly half of Meta job cuts were in tech, reorg underway - execs say.
- Render yourself invisible to AI with this adversarial sweater of doom.
- Sean Penn loans his Oscar to Ukraine's president Zelenskiy.
- Crypto.com Preliminary Audit Shows That 20% of Its Assets Are in Shiba Inu (SHIB) Coin.
- Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Empire Faces US Probe Into Client Funds, Lending.
- Prosecutors push 15-year sentence for Theranos' CEO Holmes.
- Apple Sued for Allegedly Deceiving Users With Privacy Settings After Gizmodo Story.
- PleaseRobMe.com
- Apple Loses Web Search Technology Chief to Google.
- Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Nov. 12 and Nov. 13.
- Sadly, the Easiest Types of Cyberattacks Still Work.
- Kevin Conroy's Best Batman Moments, as Chosen by Fans.
- Two weeks of chaos: Inside Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: David Spark, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Amy Webb
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wwt.com/twit
- onlogic.com/TWIT
- mintmobile.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
Tech layoffs have begun in big tech companies. The fall of FTX. What alternatives to Slingbox are there right now? What to know about copyrighted music through YouTube. VR headset suggestions for kids. Why is my external monitor causing my application to crash when I plug it into my computer? Good big screen TVs for under 500 dollars. How can I update my older Macs to the newest operating systems? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Tech layoffs have begun at major tech companies: Meta has laid off over 10k+ workers & Twitter fired a large portion of its contract workers.
- The crypto market has taken a huge hit with the fall of FTX.
- Sam Abuelsamid and software-defined vehicles.
- Is there anything available that is comparable to Slingbox as Slingbox has ceased operations??
- Can you convert iMessage messages to pdf files on Windows? What are the best options for iCloud subscriptions?
- What do I need to know about copywritten music on YouTube?
- Chris Marquardt and The Subject.
- What are some VR headset suggestions for kids?
- The DISH Anywhere app: an alternative to the Slingbox?
- Why is my external monitor causing an application to crash?
- Why am I getting an audible humming noise from my audio interface?
- Rod Pyle and the LOFTID mission.
- What are some 55" TVs for around 500 dollars?
- How can I update older Mac machines to the latest operating system?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1944
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- onlogic.com/TWIT
- Code Comments
Finding a new cybersecurity provider. Cleaning a laser printer and looking at the pros and cons of switching to an InkJet printer. Spam call warnings. The benefits and downfalls of hosting your own password manager. Understanding how AirTag tracking works over Bluetooth. Using "Hey Siri" with more than one device. Remembering to reboot when troubleshooting tech problems. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Meta is killing Portal and both its unreleased smartwatches - The Verge
- Meta lays off 11,000 workers as it faces competition from TikTok - The Washington Post
- 2022 tech layoffs: The companies that have cut jobs this year
- Internet Security for Your Business Devices | Spectrum Business
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- How to Clean Your Laser Printer and Toner Cartridges - Toner Buzz
- Amazon.com: Brother Compact Monochrome Laser Printer
- Amazon.com: Epson EcoTank ET-3830 Wireless Color All-in-One Cartridge-Free Supertank Printer
- Comcast Rolls Out Nation's Largest Landline Voice Verified Caller ID Solution to Combat RobocallsCombating Spoofed Robocalls with Caller ID Authentication | Federal Communications Commission
- KeePass Password Safe
- pCloud - The Most Secure Cloud Storage
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- FTX says 'unauthorized transactions' drained millions from the exchange - The Verge
- After Binance deal fails, FTX cryptocurrency investors' money in limbo - The Washington Post
- Web3 is Going Just Great
- Amazon.com: LandAirSea 54 GPS Tracker
- Apple wants to change Siri command to just 'Siri' - 9to5Mac
- Amazon Echo - SNL - YouTube
- Use the Driving Focus on your iPhone to concentrate on the road - Apple Support
- Hate The End of Daylight Savings Time? | Giz Wiz Biz
- 'I Had Never Seen Anything Like It Before': Steve Martin on the Spark That Led Him to Become One of the Top Collectors of Australian Indigenous Art | Artnet News
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1943
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- podium.com/twit
- Twitter vs Mastodon.
- Twitter begins to roll out, then kills, grey checkmarks for high-profile accounts.
- Here's how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks.
- identi.ca
- Meta Lays Off More Than 11,000 Employees.
- Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Empire Faces US Probe Into Client Funds, Lending.
- Robinhood Collapses Following Difficulties of Savior.
- Twitter Is Our Future - by James Fallows.
- SpaceX adds data restrictions for Starlink power users.
- On Twitter, Elon Musk Details His Plans for Twitter's Business.
- Bullshit Reporting: The Intercept's Story About Government Policing Disinfo Is Absolute Garbage.
- Matter launch event: Hands-on with the newest Matter devices.
- Google Messages tests redesigned photo picker.
- Stadia refunds start today as Google provides more details on what to expect.
- Google One VPN coming to desktop with Mac and Windows apps.
- First Pixel 7 update rolling out with three fixes for display and system.
- Optimized YouTube Shorts player for TVs rolling out.
- Google and Renault are developing a 'software-defined vehicle' together.
- Berkeley moves toward banning all right turns on red lights.
- Amazon's new electric vans will be making deliveries in over 100 U.S. cities this holiday season.
- TikTok slashes global revenue targets by at least $2bn.
- How online mobs act like flocks of birds.
- Zoomtopia.
Picks:
- Glenn - Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics.
- Jeff - Dystopian Candy Crush Drone Fleet Unleashed Into Skies Above New York.
- Jeff - Drones complete incomplete monuments.
- Ant - LumaFusion available in Beta on Android and ChromeOS.
- Ant - Canon EOS Webcam Utility PRO Announced.
- Ant - There_I_Ruined_It on Instagram.
- Ant - Rancho Cotate Athlete of the week Jacob Pruitt.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twig
- cachefly.com
"Hey, Github!" voice coding, KB5019980 update, Control FreakWindows 11 Why Windows 11 usage is down so low and what Microsoft could do to fix that * Microsoft ships the "November update for Windows 11 22H2 * A different Search button on the Taskbar * New Beta channel build adds three new features
Microsoft 365* Zoom launches Mail and Calendar beta to take on Google Workspaces and M365 * Microsoft moves to kill custom domains in Outlook.com ... again * Microsoft brings certificate-based authentication for AAD to mobile * Google One VPN arrives on Windows and Mac
Still more earnings* Lenovo reports first drop in revenues in 2.5 years * Qualcomm misses expectations too ... and promises that 2024 will be the year for WOA
Dev* Microsoft issues .NET 7 * GitHub announces new features for devs and the enterprise
Xbox* Winter has come for Halo Infinite * EU to take a longer look a Activision Blizzard acquisition * Microsoft may make your Xbox more efficient * Nintendo lowers Switch sales forecast, but it's still doing great * Steam comes to more Chromebooks in beta * Netflix is working on a Gears of War movie and animated TV series
Tips & Picks* Tip of the week: A new industry book to read * App pick of the week: Keepa
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- rocketmoney.com/WINDOWS
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- Picture of the Week.
- A minor Dropbox breach.
- OpenSSL follow-up.
- FTC sued and settled with a repeated offender.
- $1.2 billion in reported ransomware payments during 2021.
- Akamai's Q3 Threat Report.
- Initial Access Brokerages.
- How do today's bank heists work?
- De-Fi De-struction De-jour.
- Russia moves to Linux.
- We're The Red Cross. Don't attack us, please!
- Where there's a will, there's a way.
- From China with Love.
- The UK's NCSC scan plan.
- Miscellany.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-896-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- drata.com/twit
- Apple expects iPhone 14 shipments to be delayed by Covid restrictions in China
- Apple's bargain with Beijing: access to China's factories — and consumers.
- Chips and China.
- Apple building 'advertising network for live television'.
- "You Might Also Like" - Basic Apple Guy.
- Internal Tech Emails on Twitter.
- Apple Supposedly Dumping the 'Hey!' From Siri's Wake Phrase.
- Apple's AR glasses could be pushed back to 2025 or 2026 amid 'design issues'.
- Apple design chief role hard to fill; three options, all of them problematic.
- Level responds to lock picker opening its $330 Apple Store lock in seconds.
- Eufy releases FindMy-compatible smart tracker
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Pick: Metatext for Mastodon on iOS
- Alex's Pick: Nomad Sculpt
- Andy's Pick: Das Keyboard MacTigr Keyboard
- Jason's Pick: Feedbin
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/macbreak
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok
- Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted.
- -2000 Lines Of Code.
- Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back.
- What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter?
- @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended.
- It's hard out here for a billionaire.
- League of Legends World Championship Finals.
- Quiz show!
- Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk.
- Is Twitter good for brands?
- Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week.
- Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in'
- Finally, is this the end for the fax machine?
- Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok.
- Github Universe.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- onlogic.com/TWIT
- rocketmoney.com/TWIT
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- podium.com/twit
Apple wants to simplify Siri by taking "Hey" out of the trigger phrase, Elon Musk slashes Twitter staff, recovering an external hard drive with proprietary connections, stopping automatic Windows updates, spotting online scams, and more!
- Apple is reportedly working to simplify Siri's trigger phrase
- Twitter slashes its staff as Musk era takes hold on platform
- Can I open up a WD MyPassport external hard drive and still connect to Sata?
- Lucid UX 2.0 Lucid Air
- wheelbearings.media
- Airless Tires
- Why won't Congress make Daylight Saving Time permanent?
- Will TrueCrypt update automatically?
- VeraCrypt
- GRC InControl
- How to tell if a suspicous message is a scam
- Converting audio files
- Spotting Twitter scams
- Man busted in 2020 Twitter hack, bitcoin scam of Biden, Obama, Musk, Buffett accounts
- Astronomers have detected another 'planet killer' asteroid. Could we miss one coming our way?
- Space rock slams into Mars, forming a crater that revealed chunks of ice
- nytimes.com/wirecutter TP-Link AC1750 Dual Band Wireless Gigabit WiFi 5 Router- (Archer C7)
- UofSC discovery of widespread platinum may help solve Clovis people mystery
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1942
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- addigy.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
Picking the right service to create a blog and website. Troubleshooting poor WiFi connectivity in a home. Finding an alternative to Helm's personal email server. Tips on finding travel deals. Finding a Windows laptop. Improving audio dialogue when watching film and TV. Troubleshooting an old installation of Microsoft Office on a modern MacBook. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Richie's Plank Experience on Oculus Quest 2 | Oculus
- jack on Twitter
- Albert J. Dunlap - Wikipedia
- Astronomers Concerned About Candy Crush Drone Show Over NYC Night Sky
- WordPress.com: Fast, Secure Managed WordPress Hosting
- Blogger
- Website Builder — Create a Website in Minutes — Squarespace
- Tumblr
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- 6P Color
- TUF Gaming AX5400｜WiFi Routers｜ASUS Global
- Nighthawk R7000 Router | NETGEAR
- Wifi Analyzer - Apps on Google Play
- Helm Shutdown FAQ – Helm Support
- Facts about Google's acquisition of ITA Software
- Track flights & prices - Computer - Travel Help
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- The Beatles: Get Back (TV Mini Series 2021) - IMDb
- Lenovo ThinkCentre | M Series Desktop Computers | Lenovo US
- Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It)
- Shop Wireless Sound Bars & Home Theater Systems | VIZIO
- Install Office 2007
- iWork - Apple
- Office 365 Login | Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Office Home & Business for Mac 2021: Lifetime License (2-Pack) | StackSocial
- Home | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft
- How to remove Search Marquis browser hijacker on Mac | Trend Micro Help Center
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1941
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- cachefly.com
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- Elon Musk is negotiating his new Twitter fees in real time with Stephen King.
- Ad giant IPG advises brands to pause Twitter spending after Musk takeover.
- Scoop: Musk team working to reboot Vine this year.
- Twitter discontinues ad-free articles for Blue subscribers.
- Welcome to hell, Elon.
- Elon discovers micropayments. Sigh.
- What kind of open networks are out there?
- Pixelfed - Federated Image Sharing.
- Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok.
- US curbs on microchips could throttle China's ambitions and escalate the tech war.
- Italy to ban 'illegal' raves following Modena party.
- My tweet promoting our conversation with Rabble made Piers Morgan's show.
- Google Hangouts is dead, half-baked RCS is not a replacement.
- Roblox and Parsons School of Design are creating a digital fashion course.
- Google acquires Twitter-backed AI avatar startup Alter for $100 million.
- Amazon Music goes free for Prime members on Shuffle Mode.
- Amazon makes staff cuts at Amp, the app it launched this year to 'reimagine radio'.
- NASCAR: Ross Chastain's daring wall-riding move legal for now.
- Google's AI image model Imagen is getting a very limited public outing.
- Google's new prototype AI tool does the writing for you.
- Google is discontinuing support for the standalone Street View app and pulling it from app stores.
- Google One for Android gets slick homescreen redesign.
- Google expands flood and wildfire tracking.
- Google revamps Assistant parental controls and adds a kids' dictionary.
- Google's putting its Lens image search right on its home page.
- Google Play Android games now available on PC in beta.
- YouTube's new Primetime Channels puts 34 streaming services in one place.
- Google's building package tracking right into your Gmail inbox.
- How John Deere built its own cellular network for its factory.
Picks:
- Stacey - Google Nest Wifi 6E review.
- Jeff - Twitter co-founder Dorsey holding onto stake in company.
- Jeff - Mastodon Patreon.
- Jeff - Infinite conversation.
- Ant - Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 Announced.
- Ant - Daniel Suarez's Critical Mass book is available.
- Ant - Family bragging moment: 20-Year Streak Broken.
- Ant - Thank you Press Democrat.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- tanium.com/twit
- onlogic.com/TWIT
- rocketmoney.com/TWIG
New Dev & Beta builds, Phone Link update, Joe Belfiore, Modern Warfare II
Windows 11
- New Dev build today: Build 25236 feature a minor change to the Windows 11 search experience and a Store UX update
- Dev Build 25231 adds the tablet-optimized taskbar for all Insiders, and the ability to rearrange icons in the (new) System tray
- Beta Build 22623.875 also adds the tablet-optimized taskbar for all Insiders (who are getting new features), plus Taskbar-based access to Task Manager
- Big Phone Link app update for owners of select Samsung Galaxy devices lets them instantly access their phone's hotspot from Quick settings on their PC. (Requires a Samsung device with One UI 4.1.1+ and a PC with Windows 11 build 22621 or higher)
Microsoft 365
- Here's what Microsoft added to Teams in October. Some of the biggest updates: Assign seats in Together mode, shared content in a separate window, Live Translated Captions (Teams Premium), some new certified hardware, and suggested replies in group chats
- Edge hits 107 but doesn't look a day over 95 - Let's talk about Edge
- The new unified OneNote app is in the Microsoft Store...sort of
Microsoft
- Joe B is retiring - it's not clear what he was doing for the past three years, but we go way back and he's been around since Windows 95
More Earnings
- Intel continues to struggle
- Apple comes on strong, but Mac & iPad were low points
- Samsung's smartphone business grew
- Amazon kills it, but may be lucky to break even in holiday quarter
Xbox
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is here. Some thoughts.
- Xbox loses money on each console
- Spencer: Seriously, we are not taking COD off of PlayStation. Think Minecraft
- Spencer takes on Meta's metaverse and once again reveals himself to be the single greatest leader in Big Tech
- Xbox price increases? Probably, but not in 2022
- Microsoft reveals the first Xbox Game Pass titles for November, with a nice surprise
- Games with Gold, meanwhile, is looking a bit sad
- Twitch partners with Xbox for free PC Game Pass subscriptions when you buy Twitch subscriptions
- Sony reports decent earnings, but PlayStation is stumbling
- PS VR2 coming Feb 22 for $550
- Google's Play Games on PC comes to US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: It's finally here! The Windows 11 Field Guide eBook
- Tip of the week #2: Using Edge? You need to configure it correctly
- Tip of the week #3: The big asterisk on the Windows Dev Kit 202
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- Windows driver blocklist to be updated next Tuesday.
- More Microsoft shenanigans.
- An upcoming OpenSSL CRITICAL vulnerability update -- get ready!
- A new TCP/IP RCE in Windows.
- A study of malicious CVE proof of concept exploits in GitHub.
- "Stranger Strings" : An exploitable flaw in SQLite.
- PayPal to add support for Passkeys.
- A browser exploitation tutorial!
- Kathleen Booth: July 9th, 1922 – September 29, 2022.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- After 20 years in GCHQ.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-895-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- nordlayer.com/twit
- kolide.com/securitynow
- itpro.tv/securitynow
- Amid tech industry fears, Apple reports record Q4 results .
- Report: M2 Pro and M2 Max Macs coming in 2023, not 2022.
- Amazon Prime now comes with a full music catalog of 100 million songs and ad-free podcasts.
- Apple halts gambling ads in App Store.
- Apple's Online Store and Information Systems Chiefs are leaving.
- First public beta of Freeform now available, with iPadOS 16.2, iOS 16.2.
- iPhone workers walking out after COVID-19 outbreak; Foxconn offers bonuses for staying.
- Apple Music quietly pulls Kanye West Essentials Playlist from platform.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Moises
- Andy's Pick: Panic Playdate
- Jason's Pick: Retrobatch
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- addigy.com/twit
- cachefly.com
It's Only Fleas - Musk takes over Twitter, Apple's cash mountain, gambling ads, NVIDIA RTX 4090
- Welcome to hell, Elon.
- Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Paperback by Brent Schlender.
- FeedLand is a place to share and discover feeds. We use Twitter to identify each user.
- Apple was a bright spot.
- Apple's cash mountain is back where it was in 2010.
- iPhone now supports 86-year-old Dvorak keyboard layout natively, delighting Woz.
- Apple halts gambling ads in App Store.
- KGO replaced by 'rapid-fire sports smack' gambling station.
- Mexico scraps daylight savings time except along border.
- Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal Interviews Craig Federighi About Apple's Upcoming Child Safety Features.
- Greg Joswiak confirms iPhone's future move to USB-C.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 review: Unholy power.
- Startups Have a Sellout Problem. There's a Better Way.
- Adobe to Acquire Figma.
- Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter.
- RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language.
- OpenWallet Foundation.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Doc Searls, Devindra Hardawar, and Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- wealthfront.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
Why do my phone calls go to voicemail without any call notification coming through? What is Apple's Private Relay, and is it a suitable replacement for a VPN? Why is my audio coming from my phone so low? What's a better operating system for older laptops: Chrome OS or Linux? What to know about generating QR codes. What should you look for when selecting a USB extension cable for your devices? Why did my photos disappear in my text messages after transferring my data from one phone to another? Plus, conversations with Chris Marquardt and Rod Pyle!
- Elon Musk and Twitter: what happens from here as Elon Musk officially buys Twitter.
- What's going on with my Samsung S10e? My calls are suddenly going to voicemail directly without any notification coming through.
- How does Apple's Private Relay feature work?
- My audio is coming in low through my Moto G7 phone speakers. How can I fix this?
- Is it better to run Chrome OS or a Linux operating system on older laptops?
- My phone number suddenly is no longer in service after porting it to another carrier.
- Chris Marquardt and Spooky Photography.
- What are phone permissions, and how does it work on Android?
- Generating QR codes correctly & safely.
- Is there a device to detect an item, such as a key fob?
- Rod Pyle and the independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs).
- What kind of USB hub should I get for my computer? What to look for when picking out USB-C extension cables?
- Why did my photos disappear in my text messages when transferring data between my old Android phone to my new iPhone?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Chris Marquardt and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1940
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- onlogic.com/TWIT
- eightsleep.com/twit
- UnifyMeeting.com code TECHGUY
Elon Musk owns Twitter... now what happens? Who is the real Chief TWiT? How to watch the World Series in 4K, what should I look for in a new laptop? Finding a Linux distro with customizable graphics drivers, setting up remote desktop for a small business, why you should bring your own charging brick when you travel, will a 5g phone get better reception when camping in remote areas? Leo's first impressions of the new Meta Quest Pro, wireless charging on the new iPhones, a useful travel charger from the GizWiz, and more!
- Welcome to hell, Elon - The Verge
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- How to watch the World Series in 4K | Digital Trends
- Dell XPS Laptops - Dell Laptops | Dell USA
- Laptops | Shop Laptops, 2 in 1s, & More | Lenovo US
- Legion 5 Series Laptops | Gaming Laptops | Lenovo US
- GitHub - Askannz/optimus-manager: A Linux program to handle GPU switching on Optimus laptops.
- Pop!_OS by System76
- Get started with the macOS client | Microsoft Learn
- GRC | Port Authority, for Internet Port 3389
- LogMeIn Remote Access | Secure Remote Software
- TeamViewer: The Remote Desktop Software
- Chrome Remote Desktop
- How to Use Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection | PCMag
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel -
- 2013 Roadtrek For Sale - Roadtrek RVs Near Me - RV Trader
- Samsung Galaxy S9+ - Full phone specifications
- What is a Hotspot? Mobile WiFi, Portable Devices & More | T-Mobile
- Google Pixel 7 - Google Store
- Richie's Plank Experience on Oculus Quest 2 | Oculus
- How to wirelessly charge your iPhone - Apple Support
- Anker Wireless
- Make MagSafe Yours | NOMAD
- MagSafe - All Accessories - Apple
- iMac 24-inch - Apple
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1939
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- addigy.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
Leo Laporte tries out Meta's new Quest Pro VR/MR headset.
Watch the full unedited version in Club TWiT on the TWiT+ feed: http://twit.tv/clubtwit
Get the Meta Quest Pro: https://amzn.to/3TL0qKb
Host: Leo Laporte
You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
- Interview with Rabble.
- How Odeo turned into Twitter.
- What did Rabble do before Odeo?
- What did Rabble learn at TXTmob that came over to Twitter?
- Why Jaiku was so cool.
- What did Rabble work on at Yahoo from Uruguay?
- What was the core mistake of Friendster?
- What is the Scuttlebutt protocol and how does it work with Planetary?
- How does Rabble feel about Bluesky?
- What should I be able to export from Twitter right now?
- What's coming soon on Planetary and Scuttlebutt?
- Elon Musk dubs himself 'Chief Twit,' visits Twitter HQ with deal set to close.
- Do you worry about taking money for Planetary?
- Some use cases for how to use Planetary.
- Goodbye to Rabble.
- Musk Tells Bankers He Plans to Close Twitter Deal on Friday.
- Spotify Wants to Get Into Audiobooks but Says Apple Is in the Way.
- Shutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAI.
- Study: Playing lots of video games may benefit kids' brains.
- The Wire Retracts Its Meta Stories.
- Why audio will never capture the hearts of social media users.
- The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World Hardcover by Jonathan - Freedland.
- Is MrBeast actually worth $1.5 billion?
- Uber will show ads now. But don't count on a lower fare.
- Marco Arment: "Now my app's product page shows gambling ads, which I'm really not OK with.
- Republicans sue Google claiming spam filter blocks email.
- Leo's Meta Quest Pro.
- The Real Chief TWiT: Comfort Tee.
- Texas Sues Google Over Use of Facial Images.
- Google Home web app starts rolling out to view live Nest feeds, older cameras supported.
- Google Maps has removed its COVID-19 layer.
- Google is giving Workspace Individual subscribers a big storage bump.
- YouTube's new design makes it easier to fast-forward or rewind to the right part.
- YouTube Premium is getting a price hike for family plans to $22.99/month.
- Google Messages tests new design for delivered and read indicators.
- New Google Messages and Contacts app icons rolling out, Phone left.
- Rabble returns!
Picks:
- Rabble - Planetary
- Jeff - 76% trust the technology sector
- Rabble - Web3 is Self-Certifying
- Leo - The Crypto Story
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Evan Henshaw-Plath (Rabble)
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
Q1 FY23 Earnings, Q2 pessimism, Sinofsky reflects on Windows 8
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/800
Sponsors:* nordlayer.com/twit * kolide.com/ww * itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- Picture of the Week.
- Firefox 106 is out.
- Google's Open Source IoT KataOS and Sparrow.
- This Week in CryptoCurrency Craziness.
- New Windows 0-day bypasses executable security checks.
- Apple's 9th 0-day of the year bites the dust.
- The evolutionary demise of banking malware.
- VMWare's Critical CVSS 9.8 Update.
- Closing The Loop.
- Miscellany.
- Data Breach Responsibility.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-894-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- Secureworks.com/twit
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- Jason's macOS Ventura review: A work in progress.
- "My next Mac might be the last."
- macOS 13 Ventura: The Ars Technica review.
- Apple releases iOS 16.1 with support for iCloud Shared Photo Library, Matter, Live Activities and more
- Absurd Apple Pencil dongle sends fans into spiral of grief.
- Jason's 2022 iPad and iPad Pro review: mixed feelings.
- ESPN, Formula 1 extend track with new rights deal.
- Apple's Industrial Design Chief Hankey to leave three years after Ive.
- Bono finally apologizes for U2's 2014 iTunes ambush.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Inkplate 6 COLOR
- Andy's Pick: DuckDuckGo for Mac Public Beta
- Alex's Pick: Artemis Pro
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
- go.newtek.com/twit-tv
Twitter & Musk to close buyout, Apple's new iPads, artist burns art for NFTs, AI chatbot for dead loved ones, and more.
- Semafor.com - A new global news platform for breaking stories and analysis.
- American Airlines is trying to stop a popular iPhone app Sequence Decoder that's become a 'must have' for its flight attendants.
- Twitter and Elon Musk make progress on a buyout, and Musk plans to cut 75% of its workforce.
- The dark side of a super app like WeChat in China.
- Pocket Casts mobile apps are now open source.
- Jack Dorsey-founded Bluesky is building a protocol for decentralized social networks.
- Damien Hirst is burning thousands of his paintings for an NFT project.
- Adware clicker apps in Google Play have been downloaded over 20 million times.
- Apple's macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 will be released on October 24.
- Apple announced a new iPad and M2-powered iPad Pro, but the iPad lineup now seems like a mess.
- Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K with an A15 Bionic chip and HDR10+ for $129.
- More ads are coming to Apple's App Store starting next week.
- Apple's head of hardware design Evans Hankey is leaving three years after the departure of Jony Ive.
- NFL and Apple are at odds in Sunday Ticket negotiations.
- Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent 'misleading data' being shown to pilots.
- Hearing aids can now be sold over the counter in the US.
- Kanye West is buying the 'free speech platform' Parler.
- Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK antitrust watchdog CMA.
- Are we ready for an AI chatbot that lets us speak to our dead loved ones?
- Red Bull co-founder and Red Bull Formula One owner Dietrich Mateschitz dies at 78.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Louise Matsakis, Harry McCracken, and Louis Maresca
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- shopify.com/twit
Will the sale of Twitter go through with Elon Musk? How does one "use" Twitter? Why can't I access certain websites on my Chromebook? How do you send audio over Bluetooth & TV speakers at the same time? Why is my router acting up every hour? Where are my email attachments? What's a better phone operating system: Android or iOS? It depends. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Will Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter actually go through?
- There's technology that lets you "speak" with passed relatives.
- Ads coming to the Apple App store starting October 25th.
- How do I use Twitter effectively?
- Sam Abuelsamid and dealing with dealerships.
- Issues accessing certain websites on old Chromebook laptops.
- Is there a way to safely use an old smartphone after its end-of-life support?
- How can you get audio to both your Bluetooth headphones & TV speakers at the same time?
- Chris Marquardt and fall weather.
- Why is my router cutting out every hour or so?
- When is it necessary to update drivers on your computer?
- Why does it seem more troublesome to move between Android phones than between Apple phones?
- Why are my email attachments disappearing from my emails?
- Rod Pyle and Elon Musk, Starlink, and Ukraine.
- Are there printers that produce the same quality photos one can get at a pharmacy? What other items should one get to that kind of quality photos?
- Android or iOS: which option is better? How easy is it to switch between the two?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1938
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/techguy
-
- Kanye West is buying 'free speech platform' Parler.
-
- Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect.
-
- Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show.
-
- I have seen the frightening future of spam. It is this $1.5b AI bot co (formerly Jarvis.ai)
-
- Jack Dorsey-Founded Bluesky Unveils Roadmap for Decentralized Social Networks.
-
- What happened to XMPP?
-
- New York attorney general release report on "chilling" Buffalo shooting.
-
- How TikTok ate the internet.
-
- Ai-Da the robot sums up the flawed logic of Lords debate on AI.
Picks:
- Glenn - @GlennF: New acquisition in the Not-Dr Fleishman's Cabinet of Printing Wonders: the "golden" Sun or the "paper that poisoned its printers." Printed in honor of the coronation of Queen Victoria on June 28, 1838, the gold-hued type sickened the paper's printers.
- Jeff - Freedom House report on internet freedom.
- Kevin - Free Domain Names via Indie Web Camp.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guests: Glenn Fleishman and Kevin Marks
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/twit
- CDW.com/HPE
- nureva.com/twit
Windows 11
- Microsoft rolls out optional October update for Windows 11 22H2, adding tabbed File Explorer
- New to the Dev channel: Some stack orchestrator and other minor updates
- New to the Beta channel: System tray updates
- Microsoft showed off a new Windows 11 UI with a floating taskbar at Ignite
- Paul is (temporarily) using Microsoft Edge again and has some thoughts
- Paul's review of the Snapdragon-based ThinkPad X13s
Windows 10
- Windows 10 22H2 is here
Microsoft 365 and cloud
- Is Microsoft 365 taking over the Office brand? Not really
- Microsoft 365 Apps are coming to Windows Server 2022 after all
- Mary Jo interviews Microsoft Cloud and AI chief Scott Guthrie
- Dark Mode finally comes to Word for the web
Microsoft
- Microsoft lays off almost 1000 employees
- Q2 FY23 earnings are happening next Tuesday, Oct. 25
Xbox
- A Plague Tale: Requiem, Persona 5 Royal come to Game Pass in October
- Xbox October Update is out now
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Customize an Elite Series 2 Controller on Xbox Design Labs
- App pick of the week: PC Game Pass
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 365 app is now in public preview
- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Intune - rebranding and new add-ons, plans coming
- Beer pick of the week: Fall | Maine Beer Company
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- drata.com/twit
- tanium.com/twit
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- Picture of the Week.
- Microsoft "Won't Fix".
- Malicious Kernel Drivers.
- Microsoft has finally added an RSS feed for Windows Updates!
- Passkeys [dot] Dev.
- Largest DDoS attack.
- Signal will be dropping its SMS/MMS support.
- Brute-force protection for Windows local admin accounts.
- Other than that...
- SpinRite.
- Closing The Loop.
- xchg rax, rax and "xorpd"
- ZimaBoard Goodness.
- Password Change Automation.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-893-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- wwt.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- Apple announces Apple TV 4K with A15 Bionic Chip and HDR10+ for $129.
- Apple's redesigned entry-level iPad has an A14 chip and USB-C charging.
- Apple announces an M2-powered iPad Pro with WiFi 6E.
- DaVinci Resolve coming soon to iPad Pro, enhanced by the M2 chip.
- Apple plans Google Tablet-Like Home Hub.
- Apple Card will let users grow Daily Cash rewards while saving for the future.
- NFL Sunday Ticket still up for grabs as Apple pushes for flexibility with game rights.
- Apple Watch Ultra with polished titanium finish? This jeweler is offering it for everyone.
- Meta gets final order to sell Giphy from UK antitrust watchdog.
- Leaked Apple memo acknowledges iPhone 14 SIM card software error.
- Apple freezes plan to use China's YMTC chips amid political pressure.
Picks of the Week
- Doc's Pick: Shure MV88+ Video Kit
- Andy's Pick: David Bowie Store - Stickers & Apple Watch Bands
- Alex's Pick: QR Factory (and scan Alex's QR code!)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Doc Rock
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
- newrelic.com/macbreak
- itpro.tv/macbreak
Future of Microsoft Office, Legs in VR, NVIDIA RTX 4090, Project Starline
- Peach Only SMA 11:04 Brianna Wu.
- Meta Meets Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- Microsoft (MSFT) US Army HoloLens Goggles Gave Soldiers Nausea, Headaches.
- Is this a technology that anybody really wants?
- @warren_craddock: I've worked on a number of high-profile failures. They all had a fatal flaw. Everyone saw the flaw. But the culture that arose in these teams purposefully ignored the flaw.
- Lenovo's new Glasses T1 are the coolest PC accessory I've seen that just makes sense.
- Google's Project Starline is the real deal.
- Meta's Virtual Reality Legs Video Was A Lie, Used Some Mocap.
- Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere.
- Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator.
- Steve Jobs AI features in spooky 'interview' with Joe Rogan AI.
- Synthetic Media Startup D-ID Launches Image-to-Video Platform.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 review: Unholy power.
- American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Companies After U.S. Ban.
- GiveDirectly: Send money to people living in poverty.
- Vault by CNN shutdown results in "rug pull" accusations from NFT buyers.
- Mac shipments shoot up a whopping 40%.
- When Is Apple Launching the M2 iPad Pro and M2 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro?
- Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show.
- Elon Musk is now selling perfume that smells like burning hair.
- Elon Musk tweets on Starlink: 'We'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free'.
- Netflix Basic with Ads streaming launches in November.
- Alex Jones Says Brianna Wu Defamed Him in a Tweet.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brianna Wu, Daniel Rubino, and Sam Abuelsamid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Stamps.com promo code TWiT
- kolide.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
Switching ISP & cellular providers as seamlessly as possible. Should I upload sensitive files to cloud providers such as Google Drive or iCloud? Why am I no longer receiving emails? What's an easy way to get rid of duplicate photos? Turning off voice assistant on your phone. Why did they stop making computer accelerators? How easy is it to regain access to a Google account that you're locked out of? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- AI-Generated Art & DALL-E 2.
- Changing ISP & cellular providers.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the VISION-S 02 & the Sony Honda Mobility company.
- Is it safe to upload sensitive files to servers like Google Drive or iCloud?
- Why did I stop getting emails?
- Chris Marquardt and light.
- Is there an easy way of getting rid of duplicate photos?
- Turning off Samsung Voice Assistant.
- A suggestion for a file recovery program from a previous episode.
- Switching from ink printers to laser printers.
- Regaining access to a camera system from a brand that's no longer in business.
- Rod Pyle & NASA's DART mission and the Orionid Meteor Shower.
- Why did they stop making computer accelerators?
- How can I regain access to my Google account?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1936
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- podium.com/twit
- shopify.com/twit
Leo's thoughts on the Google Pixel 7 Pro, resetting your Mac password, Microsoft 365 alternatives, switching from Windows to Mac, recovering files from a hard drive that can't be mounted, how to improve your home network for Zoom meetings, and more. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo.
- Meta Quest Pro - costs $1,499 and ships October 25th
- Meta's Horizon Worlds legs video was a lie
- New Microsoft Surface devices - Surface Pro 9 lets you pick between Intel or Arm 5G
- Leo's thoughts on the Google Pixel 7 Pro
- How to reset your Mac login password when locked out
- Scott Wilkinson: TCL 6-Series TV - TCL's 85" TV with Mini-LED technology
- Microsoft Office vs. LibreOffice and other alternatives like Google Workspace, Google Docs, and Zoho WorkDrive
- Resources for transitioning to macOS from Windows
- Will Apple hold one more event in 2022?
- How to recover files from a hard drive with the 'click of death'
- Johnny Jet: The trend of blended travel or 'workcations' and how to avoid crowded airports
- How to troubleshoot a printer's poor print quality
- Running Windows 11 on a Mac with VirtualBox 7
- Happy 34th birthday, IRC
- More hard drive recovery help: The format is unrecognizable
- How to cast media and screen share to an LG OLED TV and other smart TVs
- How to improve your internet connection to Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and other virtual meetings
- DeBartolo: Xplora XGO 3 - 'Kid's First Smart Watch'
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1935
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- Ziprecruiter.com/techguy
- Andy Warhol's portraits of Prince get their 15 minutes of fame in Supreme Court copyright showdown.
- Communia Copyright recommendations.
- Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899.
- Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro review: Should you upgrade?
- Google gets serious about wearables with the Pixel Watch.
- Google Fi 'VCN' on Pixel keeps cellular data anonymous.
- Google starts rolling out passkey support for Android and Chrome.
- Meta Meets Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- This Is Life in the Metaverse.
- Steve Jobs AI features in spooky 'interview' with Joe Rogan AI.
- 'Chat' with Musk, Trump or Xi: Ex-Googlers want to give the public AI.
- Google approves Truth Social for Play Store.
- Google Kills Cloud Gaming Service, Announces Cloud Gaming Laptops.
- Tour Amazon's dream home, where every appliance is also a spy.
- NASA's DART mission successfully shoved an asteroid.
- Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report.
- Musk Spoke to Kanye About Tweet That Got Him Kicked Off Twitter.
- Google unifies its BI services under the Looker brand.
- YouTube to broadly support the @username format with launch of YouTube handles.
- Google Meet will soon send you a transcript of your meeting.
- New Pixel Buds Pro firmware update rolling out with 5-band EQ, bug fixes, and more.
- Assistant Driving Mode ditches Google Maps integration, no longer an Android Auto replacement.
Picks:
- Cathy - Theater review: Hail to thee, 'Blithe' Lansbury.
- Jeff - iPhones calling 911 from owners' pockets on rollercoasters.
- Ant - Amaran 100d LED Light.
- Ant - Ant on Mobile Filmmaking Podcast.
- Ant - Queen Pruitt Spongebob The Musical Tix Available.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Secureworks.com/twit
- cachefly.com
Apple integrations, Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft Designer
Microsoft Ignite 2022
- Loop components news!
- Teams Premium Add-on, Mesh avatars in preview, more new features
- New/rebranded Microsoft 365 app for Windows, mobile devices, and the web
- Microsoft Places: A new app for coordinating hybrid work
- Microsoft Edge is getting a workspaces feature
- Dev Box in preview
- New Outlook features for hybrid work
- Microsoft Editor gets some AI updates
Surface Event
- Surface Laptop 5, Surface Pro 9, Surface Studio 2+ announced - all of it leaked already.
- Oddly, the new peripherals are more interesting. OK, not oddly...
- What exactly is Microsoft trying to accomplish with Surface?
- Microsoft: iCloud Photos, Apple TV and Apple Music are coming to Windows 11
- Microsoft Designer steals the show (and will be up next on "Killed by Microsoft")
Windows 11
- Let's talk 22H2, October update, and new features — there is some confusion
- New Dev build adds support for third-party widgets
More Microsoft
- Microsoft partners with Meta on the Metaverse ... productivity and games
Xbox
- Brazil OK's Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition
- Enthusiasts spy device on Phil Spencer's shelf, it's just an old prototype
- You can launch Xbox Cloud Gaming titles from Bing search results for some reason
Tips and picks
- Microsoft has a tip: disable security features to improve gaming on Windows 11!
- App pick of the week: Oracle VirtualBox 7.0
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Syntex
- Codename pick of the week: Haven
- Beer pick of the week: Southern Tier Pumking
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Secureworks.com/twit
- hover.com/twit
- kolide.com/ww
At Microsoft's 2022 Surface event, the company announced the next generation of Surface devices, including the Surface Laptop 5 with Thunderbolt 4 support, the Surface Pro 9 2-in-1 with the SQ3 Arm-powered processor with 5G support or Intel's 12th Gen Core processors, and the Studio Surface Studio 2+ all-in-one powered by Intel's 11th-Gen Core i7-11370H processor and Nvidia's RTX 3060 GPU. Plus new Adaptive Accessories, Microsoft Designer and Image Creator apps with AI-generated art powered by Dall-E 2, and more.
Host: Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Picture of the Week.
- Breach of Customer Information
- Meta-targeted Malware
- Uber's Chief Security Officer Found Guilty
- More Cryptocurrency Chaos
- The UK to drop GDPR
- Summer Internship with the NSA
- Many Incident Responders are Stressed Out
- Microsoft's newest dual 0-day Exchange Fumbles
- SpinRite news
- ZimaBoard
- Closing the Loop
- Source Port Randomization
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-892-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- Secureworks.com/twit
- newrelic.com/securitynow
- bitwarden.com/twit
- Mac shipments shoot up a whopping 40%.
- Steve Jobs AI features in spooky 'interview' with Joe Rogan AI.
- This is Meta Quest Pro.
- iPadOS 16.1 slated for late October launch with new hardware.
- The iPhone 14 keeps calling 911 on rollercoasters.
- Apple 'notebooks' become 'laptops' in sweeping Mac branding change.
- iPhone now supports 86-year-old Dvorak keyboard layout natively, delighting Woz.
- Apple owns 40% of the fast-growing pre-owned smartphone market.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Kodo Libra 2
- Andy's Pick: Etymotic Research ER3SE Studio Edition Earphones
- Alex's Pick: Izzycast
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/macbreak
- wwt.com/twit
The browser, Brave, is starting to block annoying cookie consent banners. Why your external hard drive may not get detected by your computer. How do you hold onto a phone number when moving to another country? What can you do after your Facebook account gets deactivated? Why is there a loud humming noise coming from my laptop? What are some things you can do to speed up an older computer? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- The Brave browser is starting to block annoying cookie consent banners.
- Why is my external drive not being detected by my computer?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Ford Charge Station Pro.
- Is there a way to keep a phone number when moving to another country? Can it be ported?
- Google Pixel Watch, Pixel 7's announced this past week.
- What can I do after my Facebook account was accidentally & unrightfully disabled?
- Chris Marquardt and the EVIL assignment review.
- What's going to happen with Elon Musk & the Twitter acquisition?
- Why am I getting a humming noise from my laptop?
- Integrating your own router to an AT&T modem/router setup.
- Rod Pyle & the SpaceX Crew-5 mission.
- What can you do to improve & speed up older computers?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1934
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- UnifyMeeting.com code TECHGUY
- cachefly.com
Pixel Watch, banning AirTags, Musk's Twitter buy, Instagram ads
- Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899.
- WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach.
- Does Google have a chance against Samsung and Apple?
- Google Pixel Watch Announced.
- Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust.
- Larry Page's electric air taxi startup is winding down.
- Lufthansa Has NOT Banned AirTags (But If It Ever Does, Travelers Won't Comply)
- Zelenskyy, Musk in Twitter showdown over Ukraine 'peace' plan.
- The Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial is on hold until October 28th.
- Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him.
- How Twitter employees are reacting to today's Elon Musk news.
- Chris Anderson on Twitter: "Amidst all the sneering, I'd like to offer a prediction for how the @elonmusk acquisition of Twitter will play out."
- Bake Off contestant horrifies viewers with avocado peeling method during controversial Mexican Week episode.
- Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline.
- Yes, even Signal is doing stories now.
- The Right Stuff dating app.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
- FCC Finally Gets Around To Cracking Down On Annoying Robotexts.
- Google settles Arizona location data suit for $85 million.
- Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password-stealing apps.
- Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors.
- Area Man Is Arrested for Parody. The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief.
- Boston Dynamics pledges not to arm robots.
- Israel sets up AI-controlled machine gun in occupied Hebron.
- SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security.
- $570 million worth of Binance's BNB token stolen in another major crypto hack.
- Critical Akamai bug could have let hackers poison millions of major brands' websites.
- Business Envy podcast.
- White House turns to TikTok stars to take Biden's message to a younger audience.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Huyen Tue Dao, Iain Thomson, and Ben Parr
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wealthfront.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- Secureworks.com/twit
Finding a replacement for Logitech's Harmony remote. Turning off Conversation View in Gmail online. Finding a Linux flavor with long-term support and security updates. A tip for folks who are unhappy with the Apple TV remote. Choosing the right travel router for safe, secure, private browsing while on the go. Making a copy of an old computer before migrating to a new one. Finding a replacement for Picasa. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Google Pixel 7 - Google Store
- Google Pixel 7 Pro - Google Store
- Google Pixel Watch - Google Store
- Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors • The Register
- Zelle | A fast and easy way to send and receive money
- Zelle fraud is on the rise—and many victims are denied refunds | Ars Technica
- New Report by Senator Warren: Zelle Facilitating Fraud, Based on Internal Data from Big Banks | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
- KGO host talks about Bay Area radio station's abrupt signoff
- Report: KGO Will Flip To Sports Betting Format As 'The Spread.' | Story | insideradio.com
- About the Show | CEDIA Expo
- CEDIA Expo: Victrola Turntables Stream Directly to Sonos - CEPRO
- The 2 Best Universal Remote Controls of 2022 | Reviews by Wirecutter
- Amazon.com: SofaBaton Universal Remote Control with Mobile Phone APP, Super Easy One-Click Universal Remote for FirTV/Roku/Nvidia Shield/Vizio/Marantz/Yamaha Streaming Players (Support IR & Bluetooth Devices) : Electronics
- Amazon Fire TV Cube streaming device
- Function101 Button Remote for Apple TV Compatible w/ Apple TV 4K
- Acoustic Transparent Projector Screen| Best 4k Projector Screen
- Group emails into conversations - Computer - Gmail Help
- Clear cache & cookies - Computer - Google Account Help
- Pop!_OS by System76
- Manjaro
- Aviation on Twitter: "UA 747 low pass over the Golden Gate britoca https://t.co/7rTI3u4yXS" / Twitter
- Use other remotes to control Apple TV - Apple Support
- GL.iNet - Connecting The World To Secure Wi-Fi
- Tiny Hardware Firewall VPN Client
- Aircove: A Router With Built-In VPN | ExpressVPN
- SuperDuper!
- Mac Backup Software | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software
- Moving on from Picasa
- Photos Resources - Select multiple pictures in Google Photos
- A Beginner's Guide To Google Photos -- Store, organize, and share your photos for free!
- Snap Circuits Make Learning How To Make A House Green, A Snap! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1933
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- shopify.com/twit
- newrelic.com/twit
At Made by Google '22, Google unveiled its latest Pixel lineup with the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro powered by Google's 2nd-gen mobile chip, the Tensor G2, powering more AI and machine learning features like Super Res Zoom, Photo Unblur, Cinematic Blur. Also announced was Google's first smartwatch, the Google Pixel Watch, with Fitbit's health and fitness expertise, and shared some details on the Pixel Tablet with a charging speaker dock coming in 2023.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ron Richards
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster 'Likely Cheated' More Than 100 Times
- Matter is now official
- Twitter vs. Musk trial remains on schedule, judge says
- Here are some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump
- Just before Musk backtracked, a judge said Twitter could hunt for secret chats with whistleblower
- Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him.
- Chris Anderson says Musk's Twitter could be great
- Planetary Social
- There Was One Person Who Didn't Embarrass Himself in the Elon Musk Texts
- Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust
- Google's Big SCOTUS Season
- The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief
- Google to Pay $85 Million to End Arizona Consumer-Privacy Suit
- Walmart, CVS face trial for putting sham homeopathic products next to real meds
- Samsung Rolling Out Android 12 To More Devices
- 4 New Maps Updates
- Google Home app is getting a website with Nest cam live feeds, automation 'Script Editor' in 2023
- Home App is getting better, but barely
- New Nest products and features for a better smart home
- The Pixel 4 hits end of life after three years of service
- Google Maps is wrong!
- Everything Set
- The most common restaurant cuisine in every state, and a chain-restaurant mystery
- The restaurant data is here and interactive
- Mr. Doodle's mansion
- The Fun of Google Streetview
- Wear Pink
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2022
- Pre-Order Jeff's Book: The Gutenberg Parenthesis
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twig
- Secureworks.com/twit
Windows 11 2022 Update issues, Industry Clouds, Stadia's best feature
Windows 11 22H2 Deployment Drama
- Microsoft says that it is speeding up the delivery of 22H2
- But why can't you get 22H2 yet? One reason: printers
- One year ago today: Windows 11 started rolling out to mainstream users
- Task Manager is coming back to the Taskbar!
- October update features head to Release Preview channel
- Microsoft investigating slow copy speeds in 22H2
Microsoft 365/cloud
- Microsoft pushes industry specific clouds
- Microsoft Edge 106 is now available
Xbox
- EU to decide on Activision Blizzard acquisition by November 8
- Google kills Stadia, and what Xbox can learn
- Flight Simulator flies to Canada
- A Plague Tale, more come to Xbox Game Pass
- Only TWO games in Games for Gold this month
- Halo rumored to adopt a new rendering engine
- Microsoft is looking at letting users disable Quick Resume on console
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Ignite session catalog is now live
- App pick of the week: HDR Calibration
- Enterprise pick of the week Defender for Individuals gets Identity theft monitoring
- Enterprise pick 2: From the M365 Admin dashboard
- Throwback pick of the week: We miss you, Steve!
- Beer pick of the week: Other Half Anchovy Testarossa
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- UnifyMeeting.com code WW
- Secureworks.com/twit
- Picture of the Week. (What Could Possibly Go Wrong)
- Microsoft Teams - Unecessarily Insecure
- Roskomnadzor blocks Soundcloud
- Microsoft Exchange Server Under Attack Again
- I'm (Still) Not a Robot!
- Google TAG History
- Closing the Loop
- Poisoning Akamai
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-891-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- ziprecruiter.com/securitynow
- itpro.tv/securitynow
- kolide.com/securitynow
- The EU will require USB-C charging for mobile devices by the end of 2024.
- Apple loses second bid to challenge Qualcomm patents at U.S. Supreme Court.
- Ventura 10 beta seeded to devs.
- Apple seeds fourth iOS 16.1 and tvOS 16.1, fifth iPadOS 16.1 betas to developers.
- Adaptive Transparency for AirPods Pro 1. It's a bug!
- Apple's Tony Blevins to leave after making crude remarks in Daniel Mac TikTok.
- 'Storming' iPhone 14 Pro demand sees assembler Foxconn set new record revenue.
- Dynamic Island UI result of years of discussion, biggest iOS change in five years – Apple execs.
- TSMC reportedly overpowers Apple in negotiations over price increases.
- Apple publishes new design guidelines for Live Activities on the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island.
- Tim Cook's European Vacation - Visits the "Ted Lasso" set, has private audience with the Pope.
- Apple hopes you'll forgive Will Smith by Christmas / Emancipation, a new movie starring Smith.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Now Playing Plus
- Andy's Pick: "Fletch" Book Series
- Alex's Pick: Qlab 5
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- hover.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- cachefly.com
Stadia is done, Zuck's UFC appearance, General AI, OG App, Amazon event
- Stadia is issuing refunds - How to get yours.
- Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with nearly 6,000 hours on Stadia begs Rockstar for character transfer.
- Adobe can't Photoshop out the fact its $20bn Figma deal is a naked land grab.
- Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe's $20B acquisition move.
- Is Mark Zuckerberg Fighting at This Weekend's UFC Show?
- Texts show roll call of tech figures tried to help Elon Musk in Twitter deal.
- The True Genius of Tech Leaders.
- "Buying Our Way In" was Palantir's (PLTR stock) Secret Plan to Get into the NHS.
- Elon Musk unveils Optimus
- Is general AI right around the corner?
- Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
- James Bridle's "Ways of Being"
- In Delaware's Kathaleen McCormick, Elon Musk Finds A Judge Who Means Business.
- Klobuchar, Cruz strike deal to advance journalism antitrust bill.
- Inside Podcasters' Explosive Audience Growth.
- The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed.
- Amazon hardware event 2022.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Cory Doctorow
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- nureva.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- podium.com/twit
- policygenius.com/twit
Bruce Willis did NOT sell his likeness to a deepfake company. A caller shares his story with Google Fi & its customer support. AOL changed how you sign in. Is my file opening as a .pdf, or as a .doc? Is it possible to pull real-time data from your car? How do you get in contact with Google customer support as a blind user? How can you play DVDs within your Synology? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid & a caller about the 1976 Datsun B210, and Rod Pyle & the Polaris Dawn mission!
- Bruce Willis selling his likeness to a deepfake company is NOT true!
- Tesla AI Day.
- Google Stadia is shutting down.
- A travel nightmare story with Google Fi & customer support.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Volvo EX90 EV.
- AOL changed how you sign in. Here's what you do.
- Is my file a pdf or a doc file?
- Can you get real-time data from your car? And why is my car shocking me constantly?
- How to recover a hacked Instagram account?
- How to replace my Pixel phone as a blind user?
- A "geeky" question about managing audio from an iPad.
- Why is my connection so poor with my phone?
- How can I play DVD files from my Synology?
- Rod Pyle and the possible reboost mission to Hubble Space Telescope!
- How do you best prepare electronic devices for e-waste recycling?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1932
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- itpro.tv/twit
Re-learning Apple Pay gestures on an iPhone with Face ID. Leo's favorite flavor of Linux. Using Chrome and Chrome Remote Desktop on Linux. Finding a new, high-resolution monitor to replace a broken one. Learning about some of the changes and updates coming to Amazon's eero Wi-Fi routers. Using a Siri Shortcut for automatically redialing a number on an iPhone. A history of auto-redial machines. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY - September 19, 2023 - National Today
- Elon Musk reveals Optimus TeslaBot prototype during AI Day 2022 - The Verge
- Google Stadia Will Shut Down in 2023, All Purchases to Be Refunded - CNET
- Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with nearly 6,000 hours on Stadia begs Rockstar for character transfer | GamesRadar+
- Google Graveyard - Killed by Google
- Deepfake tech allows Bruce Willis to return to the screen without ever being on set
- Deepfake Bruce Willis may be the next Hollywood star, and he's OK with that | Ars Technica
- James Earl Jones Retires From Voicing Darth Vader | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
- How a deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok turned into a very real AI company | CNN Business
- Use Apple Pay for contactless payments on iPhone - Apple Support
- Tech Talk with Scott Wilkinson Volume 11: AIX Records Founder & President Mark Waldrep | AVS Forum
- HTotM - August 2022 Home Theater of the Month Powered by Anthem | AVS Forum
- Trombone Champ Makes a Hit Video Game of an Unlikely Instrument - The New York Times
- The Chromium Projects
- Set up Chrome Browser on Linux - Chrome Enterprise and Education Help
- Set up Linux on your Chromebook - Chromebook Help
- Enterprise Open Source and Linux | Ubuntu
- Pop!_OS by System76
- Manjaro
- LG 32" 32UN880-B UltraFine™ Display Ergo 4K HDR 10 Monitor
- Amazon announces Echo Studio and Echo Dot speakers with improved audio | Engadget
- When kids yell 'Alexa, play poop,' you'll hear these songs : NPR
- 2022 Fall Foliage Map & Nationwide Peak Leaf Forecast
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- Everything You Need To Know About Automated Dialing Laws " Ricochet360
- Coolio, 'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper, dead at 59 | CNN
- powerdialer: Search Result | eBay
- shepfan on eBay
- Jean Shepherd - Wikipedia
- loud hacked warning with pop up asking me to call Microsoft Security - Microsoft Community
- Stay protected with Windows Security
- Malwarebytes Cybersecurity for Home and Business | Anti-Malware & Antivirus
- Need Earbuds? Anker Introduces Three New Earbuds At A NY Press Event. | Giz Wiz Biz
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1931
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
Writer/activist Cory Doctorow and scholar Rebecca Giblin join Leo Laporte to talk about their latest book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. They argue that we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to competition that enable them to capture value that should rightfully go to others.
Get "Chokepoint Capitalism": https://chokepointcapitalism.com
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.
Writer/activist Cory Doctorow and scholar Rebecca Giblin join Leo Laporte to talk about their latest book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. They argue that we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to competition that enable them to capture value that should rightfully go to others.
Get "Chokepoint Capitalism": https://chokepointcapitalism.com
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-events.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Interview with Douglas Rushkoff.
- How Rushkoff discovered the topic for his new book.
- Survival of the Richest: The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind.
- When Rushkoff decided to write the book.
- How billionaires define "winning"
- How do WE create a better future?
- What is Rushkoff's manifesto?
- What was Rushkoff's major?
- Team Human is a podcast striving to amplify human connection.
- Meta ordered to pay Voxer $175 million for violating live-streaming patents.
- Bitcoin Rises 6.5 Percent as a Strong Dollar Sinks Other Currencies.
- Meta Sued For Tap Dancing Around Apple's New App Privacy Rules.
- The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed.
- Chipotle is moving its tortilla robot to a real restaurant.
- Israel Deploys AI Powered Turret in the West Bank.
- No, There's No 'Ghost In The Machine' On Board American Airlines Aircraft.
- Penpot inks $8M, as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe's $20B acquisition move.
- Darth Vader's Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine.
- DallE is open to all!
- Help pick the cover of Jeff's book.
- Amazon hardware event 2022.
- What Did Axios Do?
- Amazon launches a Kindle you can write on.
- 10 biggest announcements from Google Search On 22.
- LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years.
- Chromecast with Google TV (HD) goes official for $29.99 with 1080p, HDR, 8GB storage.
- Google discontinues its last traditional Chromecast, but software support will continue.
- Chrome now lets you search your @history and @bookmarks from the address bar.
- Google lays out Manifest V3's 2023 transition timeline for Chrome extensions.
- Here are all of the new features and updates coming to Google Maps.
- Android Auto 8.2 beta begins rolling out, tweaks dock of 'Coolwalk' redesign.
- NASA's DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test.
- Images show chunks DART took out of asteroid.
Picks:
- Leo - Rezmason/matrix: matrix (web-based green code rain, made with love).
- Jeff - TikTok transparency report.
- Jeff - Preorder The Gutenberg Parenthesis.
- Ant - Osee Tech On-Camera Monitors.
- Ant - Register for Adobe Max for FREE (Virtual).
- Cool plank-bike video.
- Let me out of the Dynamic Island!
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Douglas Rushkoff
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Photos app update, Intel 13th Gen Core Desktop CPUs, Microsoft Viva expansion
Windows
- A quick update on Windows 11 22H2 update availability.
- Microsoft begins testing the new Photos app that will come with the October update.
- Edge team has a plan to make PWA more native ... and on Linux and Mac, too!
- Can Intel crack the code on Windows/iPhone interop? Dell did, but that app has been killed.
- Bye-bye, SwiftKey for iOS
- Intel announces 13th-Gen Core desktop chipsets. Guess what? more cores!
Microsoft 365
- The new unified Outlook app for Windows (project Monarch) is going out to more testers, getting some missing features.
- Study results show that Teams is an OS/platform and needs app store-like protections.
- Microsoft expands Viva.
Surface
- Surface Studio 3 shows up at FCC
Xbox
- Nadella "very confident" Activision/Blizzard deal will be OKd by regulators. As he should be.
- Logitech announces an Xbox Cloud Gaming handheld
- Microsoft may let Xbox users mute startup sounds
- E3 is coming back next for some reason
- Microsoft announces a new camo wireless controller with charging dock
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Windows 11 Field Guide update
- App pick of the week: WindowBlinds 11 open beta
- Enterprise pick of the week: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition moves to a twice-yearly update schedule
- Codename pick of the week: Surface codename-palooza
- Beer pick of the week: Ayinger Celebrator
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- drata.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- Can't have it both ways.
- Denmark has become the fourth EU member to rule that the use of Google Analytics is illegal.
- Rockstar Games hacker is busted!
- Mozilla says: No fair!
- Vivaldi, Manifest V3, webRequest, and ad blockers.
- Sticky Chrome vulnerabilities.
- SMB authentication rate limiter now on by default in Windows Insider.
- US bill to secure FOSS software.
- Iran vs Albania.
- Closing The Loop.
- The Silver Ships.
- SpinRite.
- DarkNet Politics.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-890-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- grammarly.com/securitynow
- Secureworks.com/twit
- drata.com/twit
- Apple Watch Running Review - Runner's Newsletter.
- New M2 iPad Pro and Mac mini, with no event.
- Apple to sponsor the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
- Apple Pay Later may not arrive until next year due to 'technical and engineering' setbacks.
- iPhone 14 production begins in India.
- Meta sued for tap dancing around Apple's new app privacy rules.
- iPad Pro is revolutionizing how archaeologists preserve the history of Pompeii.
- Oprah Winfrey & Apple TV+ end content partnership.
- Apple TV+ lands Vince Gilligan's new TV project.
- Ted Lasso in FIFA 23?
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: The Steve Jobs Archive
- Mikah's Picks: Xnapper & Tidbyt
- Leo's Pick: The OG App
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko
Guests: Stephen Robles and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- go.newtek.com/twit-tv
Apple Watch Ultra, YouTube dislike button, Serial podcast, AI and Getty Images
- Leo talks about his new Apple Watch Ultra.
- How Fitbit helped me lose 15 pounds.
- YouTube's 'dislike' and 'not interested' buttons barely work, study finds.
- Adobe's Aquisition of Figma is a Land Grab.
- Slack's Canvas feature puts a document editor in your chat window.
- TwistedWave, an Audio Editor.
- Word Jazz by Fred Katz and Ken Nordine.
- Ken Nordine - Levis Ad.
- Adnan Syed, Subject of 'Serial,' Is Released From Prison.
- California woman who faked her own kidnapping sentenced to 18 months in prison.
- The FDA may have unintentionally made 'Nyquil Chicken' go viral on TikTok.
- Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges.
- 'A.I. Should Exclude Living Artists From Its Database,' Says One Painter Whose Works Were Used to Fuel Image Generators.
- The AI Unbundling.
- OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system.
- No, There's No 'Ghost In The Machine' On Board American Airlines Aircraft.
- Darth Vader's Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine.
- Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers.
- How 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Finally, After 43 Years, Got Completed.
- Enterprise Connect: Facing the Tough Issues on Hybrid Work: How Communications Technology Will Support New Ways of Working.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Larry Magid, and Shelly Brisbin
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- shopify.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
Leo got the new Apple Watch Ultra! Do you need antivirus software when using Linux? Is there such a thing as too many Bluetooth devices on a network? Why is your "recent apps" section on your phone filled with active apps after a device restart? Why can't I connect to another Apple computer within macOS Monterey? What's up with MLB on AppleTV+? Why can't I watch TWiT.tv on my Amazon Fire Stick? Plus, chatting with Rod Pyle!
- Apple Watch Ultra & AirPods Pro 2.
- Do you need antivirus software on a Linux platform?
- What are some smart security system options for a remote location?
- Is there such a thing as too many Bluetooth devices on a network?
- Can you get Bluetooth interference if you have metal rods in your legs?
- Why is my "recent apps" section on my phone filled with active apps after I restart it?
- Accessing encrypted data with a backup program on Windows.
- Is there anything comparable to the eero mesh router system?
- Why can't I connect to another Apple computer within macOS Monterey?
- Why are my emails from AOL mail in Apple's Mail client only showing the last six months of emails?
- An issue with MLB on Apple TV+ from a caller.
- Rod Pyle and NASA's DART spacecraft.
- Can I watch TWiT.tv content on an Amazon Fire Stick?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1930
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/twit
- cachefly.com
Sorting out spam texts. Fixing WiFi connection issues with a Pixel 6 Pro. Updating to a new MacBook for photo editing. Troubleshooting AutoCAD remote use. Determining the most important specs for a laptop upgrade. Syncing videos and photos from an iPhone to an iMac. Converting an old Windows PC to a Linux PC. Troubleshooting MSN News on the iPad mini. Fixing WiFi connectivity issues with an Android phone. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Made by Google launch event announcement
- Microsoft announces a Surface event for October 12th - The Verge
- Received message "Your Messenger verification code is G-XXXXXX" but I didn't require a code - Google Account Community
- Mobile Fidelity's Digital Vinyl Debacle: Are your records really analog? | Audioholics
- MoFi Faces Fraud Lawsuit for Selling Vinyl Reissues as "Purely Analog" While Using Digital Masters | Pitchfork
- AVS Forum
- MacBook Air with M2 chip - Apple
- F.D.A. Warning on NyQuil Chicken Alerts Many to Existence of NyQuil Chicken - The New York Times
- Google has yet another 'heated' all-hands grilling CEO Sundar Pichai over spending cuts. He replies workers 'shouldn't always equate fun with money' | Fortune
- TechTV - Wikipedia
- AutoCAD Software | Get Prices & Buy Official AutoCAD 2023 | Autodesk
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- JT Genter on Twitter: "I'd definitely be the guy at 1:07" / Twitter
- Max Tracker Hurricane WPLG on the App Store
- ABBA The Concert | Hollywood Bowl
- No, There's No 'Ghost In The Machine' On Board American Airlines Aircraft - View from the Wing
- Use AirDrop on your Mac - Apple Support
- iMazing | iPhone, iPad & iPod Manager for Mac & PC
- Pop!_OS by System76
- Downie - YouTube Video Downloader for macOS - Charlie Monroe Software
- Google Play adds app download preferences to save your data - CNET
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1929
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- noom.com/twit
- Framework's new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable.
- Yes, there's a Framework Chromebook, but...
- YouTube's 'dislike' and 'not interested' buttons barely work, study finds.
- Why Figma is Worth $20B And Other Observations From The Adobe Acquisition.
- Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges.
- Amazon memo says 'Thursday Night Football' drew record number of Prime signups for a 3-hour period.
- Mark Zuckerberg's US$71 billion wealth wipeout puts focus on Meta's woes.
- 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate.
- Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?
- Amazon's $1.7 Billion Proposed Purchase of Roomba Maker Under FTC Investigation.
- Judge Vacates Adnan Syed's Murder Conviction, Subject of 'Serial' Podcast.
- Helium Founders, T-Mobile Launch Crypto-Powered 5G Mobile Service.
- Ethereum activates The Merge as it shifts to proof of stake.
- No One Is Profitable': GPU Mining Faces Dark Days After Ethereum Merge.
- Robert Kyncl, YouTube's Former Chief Business Officer, Named CEO of Warner Music Group.
- Clearview AI, Used by Police to Find Criminals, Now in Public Defenders' Hands.
- Coding Made AI—Now, How Will AI Unmake Coding? It won't replace many coding jobs, but many coding jobs will be increasingly AI-dependent.
- Google Fi offering former users free service (up to $720 value) for the remainder of 2022.
- Google app starts rolling out 'Results about you' to help remove personal information.
- Google is finally making its to-do list and reminder tools work together.
- Stadia begins rolling out 1440p quality setting, exclusive to Pro members.
- YouTube Partner Program expands with Shorts revenue sharing; 'Creator Music' catalog coming.
- Google begins testing Matter update for Nest Hub Max that drops bridge/extender features.
- Chrome Incognito tab access can now require your fingerprint on Android.
- Spotify Makes a Bet on Audiobooks.
Picks:
- Stacey - 5 ways Matter will disappoint users at launch.
- Jeff - Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America by Joan Donovan.
- Ant - InShot App.
- Ant - Portrait AI If These Celebs Were Alive Today.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- Melissa.com/twit
- Secureworks.com/twit
Windows 11 version 22H2 Arrives!
- Repeat after me: you use the Windows 11 2022 Update to upgrade to Windows 11 version 2022. Got it? Good. Because Microsoft does not.
- Windows 11 upgrade remains free, the hardware requirements are unchanged.
- Seekers with no blocking holds can use Windows Update or the Installation Assistant.
- Build number is 22621.521. Except when it isn't. (There are at least three, including .382 and .105)
- Paul has tried to upgrade several PCs. You'll never believe what happened next.
- Some features are coming in an October update, including tabs for File Explorer, updates to Photos app, new Taskbar overflow experience, and improved Nearby Share.
- Managed businesses will not get post-22H2 interim updates ... until 22H3. With one hilarious caveat.
- New business features are mostly security-related. But some of the best new features are for consumers too.
- New gaming features in Windows 11 22H2.
- New accessibility features.
- A theory about how Microsoft's A-B testing in the Beta channel previewed how 22H2 builds will work going forward, split between Home/Pro (features on) and Ent/Edu (features off).
- Plus: New Insider Preview builds today for some reason.
- New Photos app is now rolling out to Insiders.
What about Windows 10 version 22H2?
- It's arriving in October
- No idea on new features, if any
Hardware
- The Fall Surface launch date is official: October 12
- Intel to rebrand Pentium, Celeron. How the mighty have fallen
More Microsoft
- Microsoft Teams has a major new vulnerability. Microsoft: "Eh"
- Power Platform just got some interesting new features, all in the name of "Collaboration Apps"
- Microsoft Learn subsumes Docs, just like it did Channel 9. Hopefully not just like.
- Canva is creating a Docs web app, will take on Notion, Microsoft 365
- The merged version of OneNote is coming in October
Xbox
- Xbox September Update is here
- Logitech G Cloud is a handheld gaming machine with Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft quietly changed how DRM works on Xbox.
- Here are the rest of September's Xbox Game Pass titles
- Hacker breaks into Rockstar, leaks lots of GTA VI footage
- Xbox app for Windows updated with HowLongToBeat integration and better performance
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Enable Smart App Control
- App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Open Beta
- Enterprise pick of the week: Power Up
- Developer pick of the week: Microsoft CTO of Azure Mark Russinovich is all in on Rust
- Beer Pick of the week: Firestone Walker Maple Parabola
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/windows
- Secureworks.com/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- This is Patch News-Day.
- Lloyd's of London backing away from Cyber-Insurance.
- Uber Oops!
- Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto 6 Massive Leak.
- LastPass Breach Update.
- A CVSS 9.8 for WordPress.
- What cost, Security?
- Use-after-freedom: Google's "MiraclePtr"
- Closing The Loop.
- Spell-Jacking.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-889-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- bitwarden.com/twit
- tanium.com/twit
- iPhone 14 Pro Camera preview: the hardware changes.
- iPhone 14 Pro drop test: How it holds up.
- Wait times for iPhone 14 Pro models up to 6 weeks as demand surges.
- Kuo - Some predictions for the recent trends of Apple, iPhone 14, and supply chain.
- Apple on top of American Customer Satisfaction Index for Macs & iPads.
- Federico Viticci: 'Apple has tweaked the design of the battery percentage icon in iOS 16.1 beta 2.'
- iOS 16 would like your permission to paste.
- Apple Executive responds to annoying iOS 16 Copy and Paste Prompt: 'Absolutely Not Expected Behavior'.
- Phone 14 Pro Camera: Scotland
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Knotwords
- Andy's Pick: Upscayle
- Leo's Picks: DiffusionBee & Hit the Island
- Alex's Pick: Sonnet Echo Express
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/macbreak
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
Ethereum merge, GPU demand shifts, Adobe's Figma deal, GTA 6 hack
- Ethereum activates The Merge as it shifts to proof of stake.
- No One Is Profitable': GPU Mining Faces Dark Days After Ethereum Merge.
- GeForce GPUs are 80% of EVGA's revenue—but it's cutting ties with Nvidia anyway.
- Farthest Frontier on Steam.
- Nvidia is about to make a big announcement during a difficult time.
- Some iPhone 14 Pro customers are getting their preorders delayed by Apple.
- The iPhone 14 Index: How much of a yearly salary you need to spend to afford an iPhone 14 around the world.
- Adobe (ADBE) Agrees to Buy Figma in $20 Billion Software Deal.
- The career rise, fall, and return of Adam Neumann, the controversial WeWork cofounder who is back with another real-estate startup.
- iPhone 14 is eSIM-only in the US.
- We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.
- Floppy Disks Are Still Used for 1,900 Government Procedures In Japan. They Must Go, Its Digital Minister Says.
- Apple adds souped-up period and ovulation tracking to Apple Watch Series 8.
- Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120.
- Massive GTA 6 gameplay video leak depicts male and female playable characters.
- Google loses appeal over illegal Android app bundling, EU reduces fine to €4.1 billion.
- Fifth Circuit rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation.
- Why Do All These 20-Somethings Have Closed Captions Turned On?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Carolina Milanesi, Alex Wilhelm, and Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- noom.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- Blueland.com/TWIT
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Why are a caller's Wyze cameras calling the cops randomly? Affordable laptops for a trucker on the go? Why is my printer not connecting to my network? Is Starlink better than a cellular network, such as T-Mobile, for wireless coverage? What is Cellular at Sea? How do you extract footage from a miniDV tape? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- The Ethereum merge: from proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake.
- A caller's Wyze cameras are calling the cops randomly. What could be causing that to happen?
- Sam Abuelsamid and his ride in the Cruise driverless cars.
- Cheap laptop suggestions for on-the-road usage.
- The sale of Figma to Adobe for $20 billion.
- Apple iOS 16.0.1 update.
- Why is my printer not connecting to my network?
- Chris Marquardt and getting kids excited about photography.
- Should I use Starlink over T-Mobile / AT&T cellular networks for wireless coverage?
- The passing of Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel Communications.
- What is Cellular at Sea, and how does it work?
- Apple's Internet Sharing.
- Rod Pyle and the next Artemis 1 launch attempt & NASA's work with SpaceX
- Bluetooth Helmets for biking?
- How to extract footage from miniDV tapes?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1928
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- UnifyMeeting.com code TECHGUY
Comparing PDF files on Windows. Choosing the right Sony camera — A7S3 & FX6 Cinema — for video production. Discussing the implications of automated license plate readers. Improving the audio quality of Zoom calls. Choosing the default application to open specific files on macOS. Understanding Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro. Finding an app to clean up junk on Windows. Discussing the differences between a 3-color and 5-color printer. Upgrading an out-of-date iMac to a new version of macOS or using it as a display for a Mac Mini. What to do when your smartphone battery starts swelling. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- iPhone 14 Pro Max - Apple
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- Harman Kardon - Wikipedia
- JBL Synthesis
- Compare PDF & Word Documents Online - Draftable
- diff-pdf
- The 8 Best Tools to Compare Two PDFs Side by Side
- Adobe's Figma acquisition is a $20 billion bet to control the entire creative market - The Verge
- Sony Alpha a7S III Mirrorless Digital Camera | ILCE7SM3
- FX6 Cinema Line Camera with Full-Frame Sensor | Sony LR
- Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Exciter | Products for Professional Audio, Recording, Broadcast, Audio Applications | Aphex
- How to Use the Advanced Aphex Aural Exciter & Big Bottom on the RØDECaster Pro - YouTube
- Cranky Dorkfest is Tomorrow – Cranky Flier
- ZIPAIR Official Website
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- LIVE from CRANKY DORKFEST 2022 | LIVE Los Angeles (LAX) Airport Plane Spotting - YouTube
- Choose an app to open a file on Mac - Apple Support
- Everything the Dynamic Island can do on the iPhone 14 Pro | Macworld
- CCleaner Professional | Try the world's most trusted PC cleaner, free!
- CleanMy PC: Best PC Cleaner. Optimize and Clean My PC.
- Clean Your System and Free Disk Space | BleachBit
- Amazon.com: Epson Expression Premium ET-7700 EcoTank Wireless 5-Color All-in-One Supertank Printer with Scanner, Copier and Ethernet : Office Products
- macOS Monterey is compatible with these computers - Apple Support
- OpenCore Legacy Patcher
- Remember Amusement Park Bumper Cars? Now You Can Own One Just Like It! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1927
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- ClickUp.com use code TECHGUY
- Interview with Matt Mullenweg.
- Stable Diffusion Finally Released To The Public.
- Did you know in the beginning what you wanted to do with Automattic?
- How do you feel about Twitter's Bluesky initiative?
- How has Wordpress survived the blogging winter?
- What excites you about how Wordpress is being used?
- When did Tumblr come along and how does it contrast with WordPress?
- What is the ongoing investment in scale of effort to keep Tumblr "nice"?
- How does Tumblr make money?
- What does it take to reinvigorate comments?
- Is Tumblr in competition with other traditional social networks?
- What are your interests outside of Automattic these days?
- Introducing Sonic Sphere, the 9th Kugelauditorium.
- Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Jacob Collier.
- LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN: "Moon River"
- What do you think of Web3?
- What frontiers are next for Matt Mullenweg?
- Google's next Pixelbook Chromebook is canceled.
- Twitter Shareholders Are Poised to Approve Elon Musk Takeover Deal.
- TikTok's Secret To Explosive Growth? 'Billions And Billions Of Dollars' Says Snap CEO Evan Spiegel.
- Photography on VERO.
- Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company.
- News of Queen Elizabeth II's death broke on Twitter before the BBC.
- Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year.
- Google loses appeal over illegal Android app bundling, EU reduces fine to €4.1 billion.
- Mr Beast bonkers in NJ.
- Shake Shack and YouTube team up for new menu items.
- Chipotle's New Menu Item Made Its Debut in a Metaverse Game.
- Judge Allows McFlurry Machine Repair Lawsuit to Proceed.
- Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030.
- We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.
- Amy Klobuchar's Link Tax Bill Put On Hold Because She Doesn't Understand Her Own Bill And Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand The 1st Amendment.
- Google Photos rolling out collage editor, Memories sharing, and more styles.
- Google previews iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for Gmail, Maps, and more.
- Get more done and have fun with new Android features.
- Here's everything new in Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1.
- Pixel 6a September update rolling out with fingerprint sensor 'improvements'.
- Google previews Android's new emoji ahead of December launch, releases animated collection.
Picks:
- Ant - 2 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4.0 shake Santa Rosa.
- Ant - Here's Why Craigslist Still Looks the Same After 25+ Years.
- Jeff - $6 billion paid to the music industry in 12 months.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Matt Mullenweg
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- IRL Podcast
- cachefly.com
Windows 11
- Last week, Build 25197 came to the Dev channel and brings back the tablet-optimized Taskbar
- This week, we got build 25201 with an expanded widgets view that's almost full-screen and ISOs.
- Separately, Dev channel Insiders got two updates: the Calculator app is now ARM64 native, and the Media Player app got a new shortcut so you can edit the current video in Clipchamp.
- Builds 22621.598 and 22622.598 headed to the Beta channel earlier this week, removing the ability to uninstall apps with dependencies.
Surface
- Google kills Pixelbook as part of a cost-cutting measure. Should Microsoft kill Surface?
- Consider: Google needed to establish Chromebook as a viable laptop alternative. Microsoft did not.
Microsoft Ignite
- You can now register for Microsoft Ignite, which is happening October 12-14.
Dev
- You can now install .NET runtimes and SDKs using the Windows Package Manager
Xbox
- The head of 343 Industries abruptly steps down. Coincidence?
- Sony chief: Microsoft lied about Activision Blizzard and Call of Duty
- Microsoft is experimenting with the Xbox Dashboard
- Discord voice chat is now available on Xbox consoles
- Goldeneye 007, the original console first-person shooter, is coming to Xbox Game Pass
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Remix your Teams ringtone
- App pick of the week: Voxel Doom
- Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Space: The family is expanding
- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: PatchTuesday.com
- Beer pick of the week: Grimm Festooning
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- infrascale.com/TWIT
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- ClickUp.com use code WINDOWS
- Picture of the Week.
- Cyberwarfare: Albania vs Iran.
- Crypto Heist — this or that.
- The White House "Tech Platform Accountability" Listening Session.
- Changes to the Dutch Intelligence Law.
- Another QNAP mess.
- D-Link's being taken over by MooBot.
- Sci-Fi Discovery: "The Silver Ships".
- Closing The Loop.
- The EvilProxy Service.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-888-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- newrelic.com/securitynow
- Apple releases iOS and macOS fixes to patch a new zero-day under attack.
- iPhone 14's notch vs. iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island compared.
- Apple Watch's S8 chip features same CPU as S6 and S7.
- Underestimating Apple's bold moves.
- iPhone 14 battery capacities for all four models revealed ahead of launch.
- iPhone 14 Pro Max dominates first weekend of pre-orders, iPhone 14 Plus disappoints.
- Here are iOS 16 features that will delay.
- Emmys: Jason Sudeikis and Ted Lasso win big for Apple TV+.
- As Apple's WeatherKit launches, Dark Sky for iOS to wind down operations by year-end.
- Phone hardware subscription service still in the works by Apple.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: ZoomISOv2
- Andy's Pick: AllTrails
- Leo's Pick: izi.Travel
- Jason's Pick: Widgetsmith
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/macbreak - use code MACBREAK30
- kolide.com/macbreak
Apple iPhone 14, Dynamic Island, Intel Optane, ETH merge, Atari 2600
- News of Queen Elizabeth II's death broke on Twitter before the BBC.
- The Steve Jobs Archive.
- The Church of Apple Is a Religion Because We Made It One.
- Tim Cook would rather have you buy an iPhone than use RCS.
- Underestimating Apple's bold moves.
- Why the Soviet Union wanted to nuke this hot dog stand.
- Apple picks Globalstar for emergency satellite service on iPhone 14.
- iPhone 14 is eSIM-only in the US: Here's what you need to know.
- iPhone 14 Pro: An in-depth look at how Dynamic Island works with apps, animations, more.
- The Apple Watch Ultra looks like the ultra-rugged smartwatch we've been waiting for.
- Passkeys in iOS 16.
- Google announces October 6 event for Pixel 7, Watch.
- Twitter Whistle-Blower Never Flagged Spam, Company Tells Judge.
- Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Requests a New Trial.
- US Treasury to Recommend Issuing Digital Dollar if in National Interest.
- Google Is Counting Down to Ethereum Merge with 'Easter Egg' on Search Engine.
- 3D XPoint™ Breakthrough Non-Volatile Memory - Intel.
- The Atari 2600 at 45: The Console That Brought Arcade Games Home.
- Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year.
- Instagram fined $400 million over children's data.
- Looria analyzes Reddit posts and comments to find the most popular products.
- Cirrus Vision Jet Pilot Pulls Chute in Florida.
- New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Allyn Malventano, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Rene Ritchie
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- UserWay.org/twit
- kolide.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
Is it worth upgrading to the iPhone 14? Why do you get low trade-in offers for specific newer devices? What does it mean when a modem is "not synchronizing"? What are some printers I can use in an RV? How do you safely transfer data between two Mac computers? How do you install Windows without a Microsoft account? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- The Apple Event this past week. Here's what got announced at it.
- Should I upgrade from the iPhone 12 Pro to the 14 Pro?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Chevy Equinox EV & Jeep's announcement of electric vehicles.
- Why did I get such a low trade-in value for my device? What can I do about this?
- What does it mean by a modem "not synchronizing"?
- Printers for an RV.
- Apple's Migration Assistant.
- Chris Marquardt and photo walks.
- Installing Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account.
- Can I save my DVR recordings when cutting the cord?
- What's the future of passwords?
- Rod Pyle and SpaceX's 41st launch & the Artemis 1 leaky seal.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1926
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
Bringing back Reader Mode in the Chrome browser. Finding the best hardware for wireless HDMI. Finding the best macOS duplicate detection app for photos. Using an app to print out text messages from an Android device. Troubleshooting slow ethernet speeds. Upgrading a 2016 iPad Pro and Windows laptop, and finding the best photo-editing apps for iPad Pro. Avoiding burn-in on an OLED TV and troubleshooting auto-dimming features. Finding the right smartwatch for a child in 2nd grade. Deciding whether to upgrade from the iPhone 13 to the recently announced iPhone 14. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Reader Mode gone | Chrome 105 : chrome
- Sony A80K OLED Review (XR-55A80K , XR-65A80K, XR-77A80K ) - RTINGS.com
- Sony A95K OLED Review (XR-55A95K, XR-65A95K) - RTINGS.com
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- The 3 Best Wireless HDMI Video Transmitters of 2022 | Reviews by Wirecutter
- Amazon.com: Nyrius Aries Home+ Wireless HDMI 2X Input Transmitter & Receiver for Streaming HD 1080p 3D Video and Digital Audio from Cable Box, Satellite, Bluray, DVD, PS4, PS3, Laptops, PC (NAVS502) : Electronics
- Gemini 2: The Best Duplicate File Finder for Mac. Smart selection and fast scan.
- Made by Google launch event announcement
- SMS Backup+ - Apps on Google Play
- How do I set up Quality of Service (QoS) on my Nighthawk Pro Gaming router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
- Slow Ethernet speeds - Apple Community
- Change the order of the network ports your Mac uses - Apple Support
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- Johnny Jet | The Time I Met Prince Charles, Princess Kate and Watched Queen Elizabeth Takeoff
- Pixelmator Photo
- Darkroom
- Affinity Photo – Professional Image Editing Software
- iPad Keyboards - Apple
- EKG Anywhere, Anytime | Kardia
- The image on my TV screen sometimes shifts | Sony USA
- Set up Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support
- Tim Cook revealed the real reason Apple won't add RCS to the iPhone - The Verge
- Use your Apple Watch without your iPhone nearby - Apple Support
- Answer phone calls on Apple Watch - Apple Support
- Bose Invents Earbuds With Sound Customized For Your Own Ears! | Giz Wiz Biz
- What the Heck Is It? | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1925
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- Stamps.com promo code TWiT
Apple's September 'Far Out' event, Apple announces the new iPhone 14 with Satellite Emergency SOS, the iPhone 14 Pro with the Dynamic Island, the Apple Watch 8 with menstrual cycle tracking and crash detection, Apple Watch Ultra with the Oceanic Plus app, and the new AirPods Pro with adaptive transparency.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Mica Alt, USB4 Version 2.0, Teams Rooms Pro, Halo Infinite Co-op
Windows 11
- Windows 11 22H2 inches towards release with SDK, WDK/EWDK releases
- Windows 11 to get new visual effect
- Xbox subscription into coming to Settings in Windows 11
PCs/hardware
- PC sales will fall in 2022 and 2023 now
- AMD announces new naming convention for PC mobile chips
- Lenovo announces 16-inch ThinkPad X1 Fold
- Here comes USB4 Version 2.0
- Army to get its first HoloLens delivery
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft splits Teams Rooms into free/paid tiers
- Microsoft is killing its Scheduler meeting coordination service
Xbox
- UK CDMA complains about Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft makes concessions
- Microsoft announces Elite Controller Core ... which explains the white version rumors
- Good news/bad news for Halo Infinite
- Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family is real. Just not here.
- Here are the first Game Pass titles for September
- Xbox party chat gets AI-based noise reduction
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Customize your Windows 11 privacy settings
- App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.62
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Stream mobile app gets a do-over
- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Microsoft eCDN
- Beer pick of the week: Apple2 (squared)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- UnifyMeeting.com code WW
- tanium.com/twit
- Checking in on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
- Checking in on House of the Dragon.
- Sweeping Children's Online Safety Bill Is Passed in California.
- 'I turned my back on my film career to protect children online'.
- Kiwi Farms removed by Cloudflare.
- He used AI to win a fine-arts competition. Was it cheating?
- @negar_rz: Can't believe Stable Diffusion is out there for public use and that's considered as "ok"!!!
- Exploring 12 Million of the 2.3 Billion Images Used to Train Stable Diffusion's Image Generator.
- Illustrating Books from the Gutenberg Project.
- Trint AI transcription.
- Trint vs Otter.
- DALL·E: Introducing Outpainting.
- Yachts and Watches? The Real CEO Flex Is Washboard Abs.
- Apple's 'Pro' Products Will Steal Show at iPhone 14 Launch Event.
- Fitness bike usage down 23%.
- Take Control of Find My and AirTags by Glenn Fleishman.
- Proof Collective raises $50 million in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
- Hacker steals $185,000 in ethereum from Bill Murray after NFT charity auction.
- Crypto.com mistakenly paid a woman millions. She bought a mansion.
- Jessamyn West - @jessamyn
- USB 4 Version 2.0 Announced With 80 Gbps of Bandwidth.
- Take Control of Untangling Connections by Glenn Fleishman.
- T-Mobile and Verizon home internet is a new threat to cable.
- Doctor Uses His Rivian R1T To Perform Vasectomy During Power Outage.
- The Animal Translators.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paris Martineau, Glenn Fleishman, and Dan Moren
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- podium.com/twit
- ClickUp.com use code TWIT
- zapier.com/TWIT
- Stamps.com promo code TWiT
USB Version 4 2.0 is coming soon to a device near you. How do you properly maintain your phone's battery lifespan? How can I listen to my voicemail in Google Voice? What's causing my smartwatch to get its screen burnt in? How to stop the Windows PowerShell application from starting up? How to start an e-commerce website? What's going on with my TV not powering up? What's going on with something being detected as a Virus, and what is Win32/Hive.ZY? Anonymity in an online world with VPNs. Plus, chatting with Sam Abuelsamid & the Ford F150, Chris Marquardt and some photography news, and Rod Pyle and the scrubbed Artemis Launch!
- iPhone 14 is set to be announced at the upcoming Apple event on 9/7/2022.
- USB Version 4 2.0, coming soon to a device near you.
- Rivian was used in a vasectomy procedure.
- How do you properly charge your phone and maximize the battery's lifespan?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Ford F150 Lightning as a generator.
- How do I view my messages in Google Voice?
- Why is my Samsung smartwatch getting its screen burnt in?
- Stopping the Windows PowerShell application from starting up.
- What to keep in mind when transferring applications & files between multiple drives on your computer?
- Best options for home internet service?
- Chris Marquardt and some photography news.
- Starting an e-commerce website & entry-level printers for shipping labels.
- The Arsenal 2, the Intelligent Camera Assistant.
- Why is my TV not turning on anymore, and how easy is it to fix it?
- What up with a Win32/Hive.ZY being detected as a virus?
- Rod Pyle and the scrubbed Artemis launch.
- Anonymity in an online world, especially with VPNs.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1924
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
Playing back H.264 video from a security camera recording system. Determining the authenticity of password breach emails. Backing up text messages from a hacked phone. Reinstalling Windows 10 on a factory-restored PC. A review of Anker's new Soundcore Space A40 headphones. Finding a screen recorder to capture video and audio on a Mac. Teaching Python coding through the use of drones. Finding a laptop with upgradeable RAM. Confirming the rumor that Apple is discontinuing the iPhone mini. Adding copy protection to a video slideshow burned to a DVD. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- What's Coming at Apple's (AAPL) Sept. 7 Far Out iPhone 14 Event? - Bloomberg
- DALL·E 2
- Stable Diffusion - a Hugging Face Space by stabilityai
- Midjourney
- Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN
- HTotM - July 2022 Home Theater of the Month Powered by Anthem | AVS Forum
- Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
- Password Manager for Families, Businesses, Teams | 1Password
- Recent security activity | Google
-
1 Password Manager & Vault App with Single-Sign On & MFA Solutions | LastPass
- Bitwarden Open Source Password Manager | Bitwarden
- FTC Investigating Amazon Deal to Buy One Medical Network of Health Clinics - WSJ
- FTC Scrutinizes Amazon's Planned Acquisitions of One Medical, iRobot | PCMag
- Samsung says a data breach revealed some customers' names, birthdays, and more - The Verge
- Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File)
- HP PCs - Configuring the boot order in the system BIOS | HP® Customer Support
- Airline Customer Service Dashboard | US Department of Transportation
- Flighty — A new way to track flights
- Quordle
- Record your screen in QuickTime Player on Mac - Apple Support
- Downie - YouTube Video Downloader for macOS - Charlie Monroe Software
- Snagit = The Best Screen Capture Software (Free Trial) | TechSmith
- The TRi Group - Home
- DRAM, Solid State Drive (SSD) & Memory Upgrades | Crucial.com
- MSI Gaming Laptops
- How to Make a Copy Protected DVD | Techwalla
- Jon Lech Johansen - Wikipedia
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
- What the Heck Is It? | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Johnny Jet, Scott Wilkinson, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1923
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- California Senate Passes Three Awful Bills For The Internet; Will Newsom Sign Them?
- 'I turned my back on my film career to protect children online'
- Senator Klobuchar's Latest Bad Idea: Letting Smaller Journalism Outlets Demand Payments For Links.
- Elon Musk Cites Whistle-Blower Report as Reason to Scrap Twitter Deal.
- Twitter Circle now available to everyone – here's how it works.
- How Twitter's child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor.
- Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is that Twitter was a company at all.
- How Snap's Pandemic Hiring Frenzy Set It Up for Mass Layoffs.
- Megan Coyne, the voice of New Jersey, is headed to the White House.
- Fitness bike usage down 23%
- Comcast and Charter face a grim new reality: actual competition.
- AWS Private 5G – Build Your Own Private Mobile Network.
- To save lives, issue connected vehicle technology waiver, NTSB tells FCC.
- The Animal Translators.
- Gumpy chef that swears alot.
- Robert Kyncl Stepping Down as YouTube Chief Business Officer.
- Google Search, Maps will identify confirmed veterans hospitals and abortion providers.
- New 'Made for Fitbit' accessory line includes Pixel charging stand for Sense 2, Versa 4, & Charge 5.
- Google Meet gets push-to-talk with space bar unmute shortcut.
- How to Use Emojis in Google Docs: It Just Got Easier.
- Pixel 4 and 4 XL dropped from Android Beta Program ahead of 13 QPR1.
- Nest Doorbell will get these ringtones over the holidays – Oktoberfest starts September 5.
- Watch Material You and Android UIs interpreted 'in more physical ways'.
- DALL-E adds "out-painting".
- A "prompt marketplace" for DALL-E, et al.
Picks:
- Stacey - Philips Hue Tap Dial Switch.
- Leo - Lexica.
- Jeff - Crikey defense fund.
- Jeff - Inside 'crypto Woodstock,' where technologists plot a utopian future.
- Jeff - Invite to the first PAWA Paris Oct 14-15 2022.
- Ant - Football Season is Here.
- Ant - An Honor Shooting These Folks.
- Ant - Like Astrophotography? Print Available.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Masnick
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/HPE
- ClickUp.com use code TWIG
- newrelic.com/twig
Windows
- Jensen Harris has come out against the Windows 11 Start menu.
- AMD launches Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPUs
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Outlook is picking up Microsoft To-Do integration.
- Microsoft to drop its Kaizala group-messaging service in 2023.
Cloud
- Microsoft addresses its EU-based cloud licensing issues...No, it doesn't.
- Microsoft brings Arm-powered VMs to Azure - Ubuntu couldn't be happier, but it's not just Ubuntu
- It's been a tough couple of days for folks running Ubuntu VMs on Azure. (Blame DNS. Always)
- Semi-related (thanks to AKS): Microsoft continues to plod along in trying to move M365 to Azure
Surface
- Microsoft might consolidate Surface Pro/Pro X brands
Xbox
- No price hike for Xbox
- September Games with Gold includes Portal 2!
- Humble Games titles are coming to Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft tests a unified gaming library on Xbox
- White Elite Controller rumors continue
- First it was PCs, but now Sony is going after mobile gaming too
Tips and picks
- App pick of the week: ImageGlass
- App pick of the week #2: NextDNS
- Tip of the week: First, do what you can to protect yourself from trackers
- Enterprise pick of the week: SelfX
- Codename pick of the week: CBL-Mariner
- Beer pick of the week: Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- infrascale.com/TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- LastPass Breached.
- The US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava.
- The US Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation into mobile carriers' geolocation data practices.
- California, here I come!
- A conversation with a Ransomware Attacker.
- DuckDuckGo's Privacy-Enhanced eMail Forwarding.
- Another IoT mess care of "Hikvision"
- SpinRite.
- Closing The Loop.
- Wacky Data Exfiltration.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-886-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Sponsors:* Secureworks.com/twit * grammarly.com/securitynow
- Apple Event: September 7th, 2022.
- Leaker claims to have hands-on iPhone 14 details from developers.
- Apple iPhones make up half of all premium smartphones sold in China.
- Apple faces growing likelihood of DOJ antitrust suit.
- Mark Gurman: Apple Watch changes coming to all modern Apple stores.
- How to build tomorrow.
- Apple's self-repair program manages to make MacBooks seem less repairable.
- System Settings in Ventura is a mess: Jason suggests some ways to make it better.
Picks of the Week
- Stephen's Pick: Max Stand for AirPods Max.
- Andy's Pick: Merlin Bird Identifier app.
- Jason's Pick: Elsewhen
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Stephen Robles
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Twitter whistleblower, LastPass hack, Ethereum merge, Artemis 1, Zuck meets Rogan
- Twitter whistleblower says the platform was unable to guard against insider threats on January 6.
- Twitter Whistleblowing Report Actually Seems To Confirm Twitter's Legal Argument, While Pretending To Support Musk's.
- Apple's 'Far out' iPhone event will be held on September 7.
- SpaceX, T-Mobile to Connect Satellites to Cellphones in Remote Areas.
- Nichelle Nichols' ashes will head to space on a rocket.
- Scientists announce the first detection of carbon dioxide on a faraway planet with James Webb Space Telescope.
- LastPass developer systems were hacked to steal source code.
- How big is your haystack?
- Ethereum's Merge: Opportunities and risks.
- The Crypto World Can't Wait for Ethereum's 'Merge.'
- Web3 is going just great.
- A Month on 'Mars': Flags and Footprints of the Moon and the Arctic.
- Hackers Are Breaking Into and Emptying Cash App Accounts.
- 10 Million Watched 'House of the Dragon' Premiere, HBO Says.
- Big budget blockbusters arrive amid fears of 'peak TV.'
- Mark Zuckerberg Tells Joe Rogan That Running Facebook Sucks, Metaverse Is Better.
- California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars.
- Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is that Twitter was a company at all.
- Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code.
- Meet Commander Moonikin Campos, the mannequin going farther than any astronaut.
- NASA's asteroid-deflecting test mission is just 1 month away from impact.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Becky Worley, Rod Pyle, and Wil Harris
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- policygenius.com/twit
- UserWay.org/twit
- wealthfront.com/twit
- go.newtek.com/twit-tv
Apple's event is confirmed for September 7th. LastPass had a security breach: update your passwords! Amazon devices aren't working within a caller's WiFi network. What can you do about your Linux server getting DDoS'd? What to do about a satellite receiver? Syncing smart TVs to your Apple HomePod Mini. What are some mirrorless camera suggestions? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Apple is having its iPhone event on September 7th.
- LastPass security breach: change your passwords!
- The ashes of Nichelle Nichols is set for deep space.
- A caller's Amazon devices are not working with the WiFi network. Could it be an issue with his multiband router?
- Sam Abuelsamid and how to perform a hard reset on your electric vehicle (Lucid Air in Sam's case).
- Talking about replacing personal vehicles with more public transit & ride-sharing services.
- Can I install Linux on my Mac?
- What to do about my Linux server getting hit by a denial-of-service attack (DDoS)?
- What are the common causes of a blue screen of death (BSOD) on your Windows machine?
- Chris Marquardt and the Friendly assignment review.
- Using technology to better support those in major metropolitan areas?
- Can the iPad do "Smart Albums" like Photos on the Mac?
- A caller's satellite receiver is dying. How easy is it to repair it, or does it need to be replaced?
- Rod Pyle and his return from the arctic circle & the Artemis 1 launch.
- Syncing smart TVs to the Apple HomePod Mini.
- What are some suggestions for good mirrorless cameras?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1922
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- UnifyMeeting.com code TECHGUY
Understanding storage options for a new Mac Mini. Disabling first-party ads on Windows 11. Leo Laporte's thoughts on the Tesla EV. Creating a home media server with Plex. Troubleshooting an iTunes verification issue. Troubleshooting Firefox's picture-in-picture feature. Finding a doorbell camera without a monthly subscription. Troubleshooting poor cellular service on an iPhone 11. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Relax: Instagram Did Not Turn on 'Precise Location' to Help People Stalk You | PCMag
- Mark Zuckerberg Tells Joe Rogan That Running Facebook Sucks, Metaverse Is Better
- Horizon Worlds | Virtual Reality Worlds and Communities
- Randomly selected quotes from Zuck's very, very long interview | TechCrunch
- What Is 'the Merge'? - The New York Times
- Mac mini - Apple
- Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support
- Tech Talk with Scott Wilkinson Episode 9: Light Field Labs CEO Jon Karafin | AVS Forum
- Light Field Lab
- How to disable annoying ads on Windows 11 | Windows Central
- Media Server Downloads | Plex Media Server for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and More
- Synology Inc.
- Plugins | Plex Support
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- Remove and reinstall iTunes and related software components for Windows 7 and later - Apple Support
- iTrax – High-Resolution Music Downloads
- AIX Records – High-Resolution Music
- Amazon.com: Digital Music
- Amazon.com : sandisk clip
- About Picture-in-Picture in Firefox | Firefox Help
- How to Be More Productive with Hot Corners in Windows - Make Tech Easier
- Logitech Circle View Wired Video Doorbell - HomeKit Enabled
- Smart Video Doorbell | Netatmo
- Dual Cameras, Double Security - eufy
- Nest Doorbell Front Door Video Cameras - Google Store
- Video Doorbells – Wyze
- LastPass developer systems hacked to steal source code
- Small Size, Big Sound! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1921
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- cachefly.com
- Former security chief claims Twitter buried 'egregious deficiencies'
- Masnick on Mudge & Musk
- Who is Newton Minow?
- Annie Leibovitz proves yet again: she can't photograph Black women
- AI Image Generators Compared Side-By-Side Reveals Stark Differences
- A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools
- Facebook users reporting celebrity spam is flooding their feeds
- Mark Zuckerberg responds to metaverse memes with a redesign
- Do We All See Baby Mark Zuckerberg as Jesus in This 18th Century Sculpture?
- YouTube removes video of Tesla fans using kids to test whether the carmaker's Full Self-Driving software stops for children
- 'BlackBerry': Story of Doomed Smartphone Company Casts Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton, XYZ Films Boards Sales for TIFF
- Sanas, the buzzy Bay Area startup that wants to make the world sound whiter
- Taylor Lorenz: Niche internet micro-celebrities are taking over the internet
- YouTube Podcast page
- YouTube TV getting split screen mode and Shorts are coming to televisions
- Apple Music 4.0 for Android now in beta with iOS 16 features and 'Apple Classical' mention
- YouTube․com/podcasts go live as simple 'Explore' page
- Google Docs update helps everyone stay on task
- Instagram's next feature might be a copy of BeReal
- Capitol Records Just Signed a Virtual Artist, FN MEKA. He Has Over 10 Million Followers On TikTok
- Capitol Records "Severs Ties" With AI Rapper FN Meka, Apologizes To The Black Community
- Why the once exciting smart home is now boring
- Razorblade Tears
- Will It Waffle?
- Dash Waffle
- Crikey to Lachlan: Come get us, and he does
- Times explains it dark methods
- Streaming surpasses both broadcast & cable viewing
- I needed a Laugh. Thanks Adreana L
- I needed a Laugh #2. Thanks Alonzo Boden (37:58)
- Queen Pruitt's in a Musical
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- IRL Podcast
The Windows 11 2022 Update, Windows 95's 27th birthday, Edge Sidebar
Windows 11
- It looks like Microsoft will call the 22H2 update the "Windows 11 2022 Update."
- Today is the 27th anniversary of the launch of Win 95.
- New Win 11 test builds for Dev and Beta channels. Mostly fixes.
- New test build in the Release Preview channel for those on Win 11 22H2. Some minor feature updates.
- Edge gets a sidebar. For some reason.
Microsoft 365
- Outlook Mobile is now displaying even more ads. And Outlook.com (and other Outlooks) are making ads look like unread emails!
- The pilot of ads in Search in the Microsoft Store begins!
- The new unified Outlook app (Project Monarch) now supports personal accounts (for Office Insiders in the beta channel).
- Microsoft is planning to add a boatload (official term) of features to Whiteboard.
IoT
- Google is exiting the IoT market. But Microsoft isn't. Why?
Xbox
- Microsoft brings more Wolfenstein and Quake titles to PC Game Pass.
- GeForce NOW can stream 1440p/120 fps in Chrome and Edge.
- Sony finally takes on the Xbox Elite controller.
- Alexa Game Control is coming to Xbox, PC games soon. Why?
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Catch the MAUI .NET Conf on replay
- App pick of the week: Death Stranding for PC Game Pass
- Enterprise pick of the week: ACS for Teams hits GA
- Codename pick of the week: O'Hare
- Beer pick of the week: Japas Cervejaria Kasato Maru
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- newrelic.com/windows
- VIDEO of the Week
- Crashing Laptop Computers With Janet Jackson
- RealTek SoC flaw affects many millions of IoT devices
- 46 Million RPS - requests per second
- Chrome's 5th 0-Day of 2022
- Apple: Not to be left behind...
- RubyGems to require MFA
- Closing The Loop: Domain Name Ownership
- Closing The Loop: Growing in Cybersecurity
- The Bumblebee Loader
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-885-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- Melissa.com/twit
- Apple is just three weeks away from showing off the iPhone 14.
- Apple workers launch petition over company's reported return-to-office plan.
- Apple's new iPad multitasking system doesn't cut it
- Apple releases iOS, iPadOS and macOS security fixes for two zero-days under active attack.
- Tim Cook, Jony Ive, and Laurene Powell Jobs to speak at Code 2022 conference next month.
- iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims.
- M2 MacBook Air runs Windows 11 faster than pricier Dell laptop.
- Former Apple engineer accused of stealing automotive trade secrets pleads guilty.
- John Foster: In memoriam.
- 10 million watched 'House of Dragon,' HBO says.
- Apple fails in bid for Big Ten Conference streaming package.
- Apple brings Self-Service Repair to the Mac.
- Jason found a funny bug in macOS beta.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Stellar X2
- Andy's Pick: Anker Nano II 65W GaN Charger
- Jason's Pick: One Thing & Shortery
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
- newrelic.com/macbreak
- Game of Thrones' v. 'Lord of the Rings': The Biggest Battle in Fantasy TV History Is Here.
- How About We Just Don't Watch the 'Game of Thrones' Prequel?
- HBO Max to Remove 36 Titles, Including 20 Originals, From Streaming.
- Regal Owner Cineworld Nears Bankruptcy as Theater Comeback Lags.
- U.S. Streaming Tops Cable TV Viewing for First Time, Nielsen Says.
- Amazon's 'Thursday Night Football' Coverage to Be Tracked by Nielsen.
- Mark Zuckerberg responds to metaverse memes with a redesign.
- Do We All See Baby Mark Zuckerberg as Jesus in This 18th Century Sculpture?
- Elon Musk's viral Chinese doppelgänger, Yilong Ma, has been suspended from China's versions of TikTok and Twitter.
- A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.
- Apple releases iOS, iPadOS and macOS security fixes for two zero-days under active attack.
- Why Janet Jackson made laptops crash.
- HBO Achieves New Heights of Corporate Synergy With Bizarre 'House of the Dragon' Tie-Ins.
- Ring's new TV show is a brilliant but ominous viral marketing ploy.
- Amazon's Alexa could soon speak in a dead relative's voice, making some feel uneasy.
- Snap Scraps Development on Flying Selfie Pixy Drone.
- Now selfie drones can fly inside Apple stores.
- The US plans to block sales of older chipmaking tech to China.
- A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Hiner, Nicholas Deleon, and Owen Thomas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- noom.com/twit
Facebook Metaverse demo receives the meme treatment. Is Linux a secure operating system for online financial activity? How to start recording podcasts with hosts in different locations? What kind of a machine can I get to run an application like AutoCAD that isn't too expensive? Why is my camera system not working with my modem/router combo device? Can you limit an iPad to run one single app? Why is my LastPass desktop application not working all of a sudden? Plus conversations with Sam Abuelsamid about the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT & Rod Pyle calling again from the arctic circle!
- A New York Times article about a father being flagged by Google as a criminal.
- Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse demo receives the meme treatment.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT.
- Is Linux as an operating system secure enough for online financial activity? How to record podcasts online.
- Can a Man in the Middle attack occur between the user & a secure connection like a bank?
- Using AutoCAD on Windows or Mac? And how good of a machine do I need to run an application like AutoCAD?
- A caller's Wink camera hub is not working with a new modem/router. What's causing the Wink system to not work with the modem/router device?
- How to limit an iPad to a single application?
- Why is my SmartTV not connecting to my WiFi network?
- Why is my iPhone suddenly acting like it's a new phone after the iOS 15 6.1 update?
- Why are certain features disappearing from newer, more modern cellphones?
- Rod Pyle calls from the arctic circle! He talks about his adventures in the circle the past week.
- Why is my desktop LastPass application not working on my Mac? Do I even need the desktop application, or is the browser plug-in more than enough?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1920
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- noom.com/twit
Troubleshooting WiFi issues on an iPhone 13. Understanding 7-Zip encryption. Setting up files and folders on a new MacBook Pro. Organizing Windows device management. Troubleshooting WiFi access loss after re-installing a Ring doorbell. Buying a new computer to use with AutoCAD. Using Apple's AirPlay 2 technology with a TV connected to a Denon receiver. Finding software to repair corrupted JPG files and corrupted SD cards. Troubleshooting a smart TV's lost WiFi connection. Streaming live concerts from Nugs.net. Plus, conversations with Johnny Jet and Dick Debartolo.
- If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch won't connect to a Wi-Fi network - Apple Support
- 7-Zip
- Advanced Encryption Standard - Wikipedia
- Move your content to a new Mac - Apple Support
- GRC's | Password Haystacks: How Well Hidden is Your Needle?
- GitHub - microsoft/winget-cli: Windows Package Manager CLI (aka winget)
- Chocolatey Software | Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows
- Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once
- Nest Wifi - Mesh Router - Google Store
- Factory reset Google Nest Wifi or Google Wifi devices - Google Nest Help
- Move Over SeatGuru: There's a New Sheriff In Town When It Comes to Seating Charts - Johnny Jet
- System requirements for AutoCAD 2022 including Specialized Toolsets | AutoCAD 2022 | Autodesk Knowledge Network
- Solution Path Viewer | Autodesk
- 9 Best AutoCAD Graphics Cards in 2022 (August)
- How to use Airplay & what LG TV's support Airplay 2 | LG USA Support
- ARC / eARC COMPATIBILITY
- File Repair | How to Repair Corrupted File (PST, PDF, Photo, etc.) - EaseUS
- Free Memory Card Recovery Software for SD Card Recovery - EaseUS
- LG TV- How to reset my LG Smart TV | LG USA Support
- Ring's new TV show is a brilliant but ominous viral marketing ploy | MIT Technology Review
- Official Website of Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Stream Live Music and Concert Downloads from Artists
- A Versatile LED Photo/Video Light That Fits In A Shirt Pocket! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1919
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
- Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones.
- Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman.
- Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability.
- Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch.
- Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits.
- Hank Green IRA explainer.
- Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal.
- Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption.
- The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever.
- A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave.
- Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow.
- The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids.
- Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms.
- Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach.
- Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer.
- Ringtone interpretive dancing.
- Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians.
- music street.
- Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt.
- Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'.
- Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings.
- How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts.
- Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is.
- "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core.
Picks:
- Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health.
- Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android.
- Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45.
- Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange.
- Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Secureworks.com/twit
- nomadgoods.com/TWIG
Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box Preview
Windows 11
- Windows 11 version 22H2 arrives in September
- Windows 11 is getting widget notifications
- Camera app goes native on Arm, gets privacy shutter support
- Microsoft shuts down Windows Insider enterprise test bed
Microsoft 365
- Outlook for Windows moves the cheese. Predictably, no one is happy
- About those ads in Outlook Mobile...
Dev
- Microsoft makes Dev Box available in preview
- Microsoft, Canonical bring native .NET to Ubuntu Linux
- Microsoft launches a Markdown language server
Mobile
- Android 13 arrives a month early. Any other surprises?
- Paul reviews the Pixel 6a - It's terrific.
Xbox
- Microsoft only sold ~50 million Xbox Ones. Thanks, Kinect!
- Here is the second round of Game Pass titles for August
- Sony complains about Microsoft AB acquisition - but there's a simple fix for Sony's Microsoft/COD concerns
- Sony to make an even bigger push on PC gaming
- Google lets you launch cloud-streaming games from search results
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- App pick of the week: Brave for iOS
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft still won't say what's happening with S4BS
- Codename pick of the week: LaTTe: Language Trajectory Transformer
- Beer pick of the week: Transmitter Brewing W4 Dry Hopped Gose
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- ClickUp.com use code WINDOWS
- infrascale.com/TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- Patch Flashback Tuesday.
- Facebook is cautiously creeping toward default E2E encryption.
- VNC's inherent insecurity.
- The need to control domain names.
- And speaking of backup: Cyotek WebCopy.
- Google's Ryan Sleevi Retweeted Jens Axboe.
- SandSara Update from Ed Cano.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- TLS Private Key Leakage.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-883-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- newrelic.com/securitynow
- Secureworks.com/twit
- Apple sets return-to-office deadline of Sept. 5 after Covid delays.
- A single flaw broke every layer of security in macOS.
- Zoom's auto-update feature came with hidden risks on Mac.
- Apple finds its next big business: showing ads on your iPhone.
- Unclear effects of app tracking transparency.
- iOS Privacy: Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: Folder Tidy
- Jason's Pick: CraftCloud 3D
- Alex's Pick: Insta360 Link
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:* itpro.tv/macbreak promo code MACBREAK30
FTC's privacy push, the fall of social media, Excel esports, Netflix gaming
- AngledDesigners on Etsy.
- This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion.
- Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption.
- The FTC has kicked off its massive push to regulate the data economy.
- Guide to Competitive Programming: Learning and Improving Algorithms Through Contests.
- Excel esports on ESPN show world the pain of format errors.
- Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS.
- TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants.
- Sunset of the social network.
- Cable Finally Loses Broadband Market Share in Q2 with First Negative Growth Quarter Ever.
- Apple is in talks to acquire streaming rights for Big Ten athletics, report says.
- Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares.
- IBP Inc. v. Tyson Foods.
- Starlink Ground Stations Successfully Hacked.
- California DMV accuses Tesla of deceptive practices in marketing Autopilot and Full Self-Driving options.
- The Creators of 'King's Quest' Are Back With a New Game.
- Netflix's slow start in gaming.
- Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Denise Howell, Doc Rock, and Brian McCullough
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- mintmobile.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
- ClickUp.com use code TWIT
Google fines over $40M for misleading settings for data collection. Why Android Auto isn't working with older Android phones anymore. Microphone suggestions for smartphones. Suggestions for gaming laptops on a budget. Getting comfortable with pro-level cameras. How can I bypass hard drive passwords? Are there general concerns with TikTok? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle!
- A breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy.
- Google is fined a little over $40M for misleading data collection settings.
- NASA is sending an iPad with Alexa to the moon!
- Issues with Android Auto & older Android phones.
- Sam Abuelsamid & the GM OnStar mandatory subscription for 2023 models.
- Microphones for smartphones.
- Why is the HDR toggle missing on Windows 10?
- Some information about calling 911 from a caller.
- Gaming laptops on a budget.
- Volume issues in Windows.
- Getting comfortable with pro-level cameras.
- Bypassing set hard drive passwords.
- Rod Pyle is calling in from the Arctic Circle yet again! He talks about how things are going for him during his expedition in the arctic.
- Should I use a provided modem by my internet provider, or should I get my own modem to connect to the internet?
- Are there concerns with TikTok?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1918
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- UnifyMeeting.com code TECHGUY
- cachefly.com
Recovering data from a corrupted SD card. Regaining access to a hacked Yahoo email address. Finding a digital camera in the range of $500 to $600. Publishing video on Instagram. Picking the right Linux laptop. Updating Windows 7 to the latest supported version. Understanding the difference between QLED and OLED. Using the Tor browser on a flash drive connected to a Linux laptop. Troubleshooting a Tracphone Android phone that won't connect to the internet over cellular. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Left-Handers Day, August 13th - Official Site #lefthandersday
- "Wrong number" text message scams are surging
- Microsoft urges Windows users to run patch for DogWalk zero-day exploit | Computerworld
- Dev Null - Wikipedia
- Free Memory Card Recovery Software for SD Card Recovery - EaseUS
- Download Recuva | Recover deleted files, free!
- 2022 Laser TV Showdown | Ultra Short Throw Projector Shootout Winner
- Cinema in Your Living Room and Office - Formovie Global
- Recover Yahoo account: password, with & without phone number
- Yahoo Mail - Account Recovery
- Fastmail | We Respect Your Privacy & Put You in Control
- T90 - Canon Camera Museum
- Pixel 6a - Google Store
- Videos | Instagram Help Center
- Poseidon AmphibWorks | StartEngine
- Johnny Jet | Simplify your Travel
- Amazon.com: Battery Tender Plus 12V Battery Charger and Maintainer
- Framework | Introducing the new and upgraded Framework Laptop
- System76 - Linux Laptops, Desktops, and Servers
- Linux Workstations, Laptops, and Desktops | Dell USA
- Best Linux Laptops And Computers For 2022 | Ubuntu Laptop | Lenovo US
- Home - Linux Mint
- Microsoft Update Catalog
- The Last Windows 7 ISO You'll Ever Need: How to Slipstream the Convenience Rollup
- QLED vs. OLED TVs: Which TV Technology Is Better in 2022? - CNET
- What Is Full-Array Local Dimming?
- Tor Project | How to install Tor
- Solved: Samsung Galaxy A51 unable to use Mobile Data on Tr... - Samsung Community - 1805554
- Switch between 2G/3G/4G - Samsung Android - Android 5.0 - Device Guides
- Hammacher Schlemmer - The Unexpected Gifts -Hammacher Schlemmer
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1917
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- UserWay.org/twit
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed.
- Wear OS is getting a revamped Play Store and offline Google Maps later this year.
- Political Chips by Ben Thompson.
- Biden signs $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act.
- Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Effing Deal.
- Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress.
- Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion.
- Maps, mops and Matter: Why Amazon wants iRobot.
- What Amazon's Roomba and One Medical Deals Have in Common.
- The smart home doesn't need a robot — it should be a robot.
- The Radical Scope of Tesla's Data Hoard Logs and records of its customers' journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets.
- Barney McCallum - Pickleball Hall of Fame.
- More with Barney McCallum.
- Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment.
- This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion.
- Google Set to Face DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad Market Monopoly.
- Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS.
- Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology.
- Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a 'public debate' about bots.
- Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares.
- Scientists hid encryption key for Wizard of Oz text in plastic molecules.
- NASA is sending an iPad to the moon.
- If you're having problems with Google search, you're not alone.
- Meta's AI Chatbot Has Election-Denying, Antisemitic Bugs to Work Out.
- Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
- Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes.
- Google launches new website for kids learning to read.
- Google Fiber Blog: What's next for Google Fiber.
- Google Meet live sharing brings shared YouTube watching, Spotify listening, and games.
- Google rolling out GPS fix for Pixel 6/Pro and 6a, August update coming.
- @PessimistsArc: 1983 debate about home PC, with comparisons to hula hoop fad.
Picks:
- Stacey - Eve Aqua Smart Water Controller.
- Stacey - B-Hyve Smart Wi-Fi Irrigation Controller.
- Jeff - Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022.
- Ant - Vegas Pro 20 Launched.
- Ant - Send Me Your Photography "Ooops" Moments for Hands-On Photography.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Compiler - TWIG
- cachefly.com
MLX Team layoffs, Clipchamp Essentials plan, OneDrive turns 15
- Microsoft lays off its Modern Life Experiences teams, has perhaps halted almost all hiring.
Windows
- New build (22621.382) for the Windows 11 Insider Preview Release Preview channel - 22H2 is still being refined. But there's no blog post and the support page for this release 404s.
- New builds for Dev and Beta channels, and Devs get an ISO
- Windows Package Manager 1.3 arrives with support for portable apps
- Clipchamp has a single paid tier now but it's still too much.
- Microsoft is making its emoji library available on GitHub and Figma
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Edge 104 arrives
- DuckDuckGo to block Microsoft trackers after embarrassment
- OneDrive turns 15 and Microsoft is redesigning its home page
.NET/dev
- Visual Studio 2022 17.3 arrives with MAUI support, plus several .NET milestone releases
Xbox
- Microsoft is FINALLY testing an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Family plan
- Xbox Series S gets a memory boost
- Microsoft is returning to Gamescom for some reason
- A white Elite controller leaks and it is horrible
- Unity picks Azure for its cloud developer tools
- Nintendo has sold over 111 million Switch consoles
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Upgrading/Upgraded to Windows 11? You need to look at this OneDrive setting
- App pick of the week: Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac
- Enterprise pick of the week: Revisiting the M365-Office connectivity warning
- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Entra Verified ID now generally available
- Beer pick of the week: Trillium Brewing Congress Street IPA
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- UnifyMeeting.com code WW
- Secureworks.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- Crypto is Hard.
- VirusTotal: Deception at a scale.
- Windows 11 might damage encrypted data.
- Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management.
- Closing The Loop.
- Daniel Bernstein sues the NSA.
- The Maker's Schedule.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-883-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/securitynow
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- drata.com/twit
- Ted Lasso stars thought no one would watch Apple TV+.
- Apple kept Ben Stiller in the dark over 'Severance' viewership.
- Apple TV+ aims for Pixar highs with the launch of its first major animated feature film 'Luck.'
- Apple in talks to acquire streaming rights for Big Ten athletics, report says.
- iOS 16 beta 5 finally adds the battery percentage to the status bar.
- Comment: The problem with the iOS 16 battery percentage icon.
- Kuo: iPhone 14 series not facing impacts on supply chain as mass production and shipment schedule are on track.
- iMessage and the Secret Service.
- iCloud class action lawsuit sees Apple agree to pay $14.8M to paid tier subscribers.
- Samsung Display and LG Display developing OLEDoS and LEDoS techs.
- Beats partners with Kim Kardashian on new neutral Beats Fit Pro colors.
- Steve Jobs' turtleneck designer Issey Miyake dies aged 84.
- OtterBox now offers $150 for broken iPhone screens when using these screen protectors.
- AppLovin offers to buy Unity Software for $17.5B in all-stock deal.
- Find My has a new sound alert with iOS 16 beta 5, here's how it sounds.
Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Firestar Toys
- Andy's Pick: Week of 8/8 - Free Concerts in Boston Common
- Leo's Pick: Übersicht Widgets
- Alex's Pick: Farplay
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
- Nuvei.com
Amazon buys iRobot, Mofi vinyl controversy, Cybertruck cost increase
- Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion.
- Amazon's iRobot Deal Would Give It Maps Inside Millions of Homes.
- Ring, Google, and the Police: What to Know About Emergency Requests for Video Footage.
- Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK.
- Disney could soon lose exclusive rights to Mickey Mouse.
- California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot.
- U.S. Senate passes major $430 billion bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs.
- Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress.
- Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.
- Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a 'public debate' about bots.
- Tesla's Cybertruck is going to be more expensive than originally planned.
- How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire.
- Citing Danger of "Ink Spills" Epson Programs End of Life for Some Printers.
- Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour.
- Pearson (LON:PSON) Sees NFT, Blockchain Helping Making Money From E-Books Sales.
- Samsung Unpacked Date Is Aug. 10: This Is What To Expect.
- Tinder scales back its plans for dating in the metaverse.
- HBO Max, Discovery+ to Launch as Merged Product in Summer 2023.
- Why HBO Max Spent $130 Million to Shelve 'Batgirl' and 'Scoob 2'.
- French Scientist's Photo of 'Distant Star' Was Actually Chorizo.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Georgia Dow
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Blueland.com/TWIT
- podium.com/twit
- UserWay.org/twit
Gadget planned obsolescence and e-waste, apps for writing books, how to play PC games on Mac, streaming home movies to friends and family, problems connecting modems to routers, customizable keyboards on Android, 2023 solar eclipse in the US, smart speaker recommendations, and more of your calls. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid about EV tax credits, Chris Marquardt on OpenAI's DALL·E 2, and Rod Pyle with NASA's Haughton-Mars Project.
- Citing danger of 'ink spills' Epson programs end of life for some printers
- Electronics are built with death dates. Let's not keep them a secret.
- Bill Gates: We're on the Verge of a Remarkable Moment for Congress and the Country
- French Scientist's Photo of 'Distant Star' Was Actually Chorizo
- How to play Stray and other PC games on Mac
- Sam Abuelsamid talks about EV tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act
- Microsoft Word alternatives for writing books and novels
- 'Cancel Culture' and social media
- How to stream and share home videos
- Chris Marquardt shows off OpenAI's DALL·E 2, an AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language.
- Problems connecting CenturyLink fiber modem to a home router
- Android keyboard apps and custom keyboard layouts
- 2023's solar eclipse in the United States
- Rod Pyle calls in from the Arctic Circle to talk about NASA's Haughton-Mars Project
- Smart speaker suggestions for the home theater
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1916
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
The best place to post and share videos online. Finding a laptop keyboard with enough key travel. Using an external display with an iPad. Troubleshooting location errors on a PC after moving to a new state. Recovering data from an Android smartphone. Troubleshooting two-factor authentication on Facebook. Understanding photo backup solutions for iPhone. Restoring macOS on a MacBook that won't boot. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Amazon to Acquire One Medical Clinics in $3.9 Billion Deal - The New York Times
- Amazon wants to map your home, so it bought iRobot - The Verge
- Amazon.com: Amazon Sidewalk: Amazon Devices & Accessories
- YouTube
- TikTok - Make Your Day
- VE's TV Shootout® Evaluation - Value Electronics
- Help Guide | Using the TV as a center speaker (only models with TV center speaker mode)
- ThinkPad | Mobile workstations, laptops, & 2-in-1s for your business | Lenovo US
- Are there any laptops with decent keyboards? | Technology | The Guardian
- Light & Magic | Disney+ Originals
- USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter - Apple
- GlobalEntryNow! (@GlobalEntryNow) / Twitter
- EaseUS® MobiSaver - iPhone data recovery for Windows and Mac
- What to do if you can't log in with two-factor authentication on Facebook | Facebook Help Center
- Facebook 2FA is stuck in a loop and I have tried everything I can to get back into my account : facebook
- How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support
- How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
- My 40 Year Old Verizon Landline Is Now Wireless! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1915
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
- Instagram walks back TikTok-style changes — Adam Mosseri explains why.
- Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri Need You All to Stop Being Big Babies.
- Wrong number' text message scams are surging.
- CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries.
- FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications.
- Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from $2.99 to $4.99 monthly.
- Roku has a problem — its buttons aren't printing enough money.
- FTC's Lina Khan Overruled Staff to Sue Meta Over Virtual-Reality Deal (META).
- Meta officially cuts funding for U.S. news publishers.
- 'Days Of Our Lives' Moving From NBC To Peacock.
- Peacock's paid subscribers stayed flat at 13 million, losses widen to $467 million.
- Lollipops Hustle on Amazon Costs Family Candy Business Millions.
- I quit my job to buy and resell used books on Amazon. Now, I use my 6-figure income to travel the world.
- Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.
- Google CEO to employees: Productivity and focus must improve.
- Pixel Buds Pro get a demo area in NYC.
- TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants.
- A TikTok Music app could challenge Spotify and Apple.
- Sandwich guy goes solo.
- Gordon Ramsey judges cooking TikToks.
- Ali Spagnola doorstop keyboard.
- Ali Spagnola chiapet toilet.
- Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows.
- Investing in VeeFriends.
- Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs.
- GPT-3 writes Wikipedia's deletion report in the style of Hunter S. Thompson.
- Google Search's built-in timer has disappeared and no one's saying why.
- YouTube Music can now show 'Other performances'.
- YouTube's new tool lets creators turn their own videos into Shorts.
- Google is switching your Gmail interface to this new look.
- Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.
- Google Play Store takes aim at annoying game ads, copycat apps, and misinformation in new rules.
- Google Play Store removes version numbers from Android app listings.
- Netflix's lawsuit against the 'Bridgerton Musical' could change online fandom.
- The Hunt for Shelved $90 Million 'Batgirl' Movie Is On.
Picks:
- Jeff - 'Please do not erase': A treasured whiteboard at Boston Children's Hospital has not been touched for 15 years.
- Jeff - Werewolf erotica is the latest global gig work trend.
- Ant - My Personal Best Has Been Beaten.
- Ant - Stolen Gear: Help Rancho Cotate High Track Team.
- Ant - Thank You Nichelle Nichols.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- IRL Podcast
- newrelic.com/twig
- eightsleep.com/twig
Intel down, AMD up, the Windows 10 22H2 mystery continues
Windows 10 22H2
- Microsoft enters the final test phase for Windows 10 22H2 before rollout - but doesn't announce what the new features are
- Microsoft said information about the "scoped features" will come later
Windows 11
- Dev channel got a new build today with Game Pass widget
- Beta Channel gets two new builds because of course it does
- Windows Subsystem for Android to get gamepad support
Microsoft 365
- Outlook Lite arrives for low-end Android devices
- Uber emails are crashing Outlook
- Teams for Apple silicon Macs is rolling out 'in the coming months'
More Earnings Learnings
- Apple: All businesses but iPhone and Services were down, and Services growth was half that of the past year, and they lost subscribers
- Amazon: Net loss because of Rivian investment, but AWS revenues jumped 33 percent YOY to $19.74 billion
- Intel: Net loss of $454 million on revenues of $15.3 billion, a decline of 22 percent year-over-year. Why? PCs
- AMD: Net income of $447 million on revenues of $6.6 billion in the quarter ending June 25, 2022
- Microsoft added more than 40,000 employees in the last year and is now well over 200K employees
Xbox & Gaming
- Activision Blizzard limps through the quarter, and Microsoft disses them to pass regulatory approval
- Google is not killing Stadia. Yet
- Amazon Luna heads to 2022 Samsung Smart TVs
- PS5 sales plummet, but Sony finalizes Bungie acquisition
- Nintendo misses on earnings, sales down 4.7 percent
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Buy the PC you need, not the PC you might need
- App pick of the week: VMWare Fusion 22H2 for Mac
- Enterprise pick of the week: More Microsoft Defender products for defending all the things
- Codename pick of the week: Oasis
- Beer pick of the week: Deciduous Lollipop Forest
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- infrascale.com/TWIT
- UserWay.org/twit
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- Picture of the Week.
- Atlassian's "Confluence" under attack.
- LS-Anvil.
- Google delays Chrome's cookie phase-out again.
- Attacker responding to loss of Office Macros.
- SpinRite.
- Closing The Loop.
- RIP: Nichelle Nichols.
- "The Dropout" on Hulu and "WeCrashed" on AppleTV+.
- Winamp releases new version after four years in development.
- Rowhammer's Nine Lives.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-882-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- tanium.com/twit
- itpro.tv/securitynow use code: SN30
- grammarly.com/securitynow
- Apple reports third quarter results.
- Six Colors charts.
- People aren't buying as many PCs — and Intel is feeling the multibillion-dollar burn.
- Apple nabs key Lamborghini executive to work on its electric car.
- Electronics are built with death dates. Let's not keep them a secret.
- First batch of Apple Arcade games removed as developer contracts end.
- Sorry, Apple will no longer help you set up a dial-up modem on your Mac.
- Why does Jason hide a keyboard under his desk?
- Secret Service may disable iMessages to avoid repeat of Jan. 6 controversy.
- Belkin's MagSafe Continuity Camera mount for iPhone shown off in new videos.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Downlink
- Alex's Pick: Light and Magic Documentary
- Andy's Picks: Superscope C-106 Cassette Recorder & SpinFit Earbud Tips
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- nomadgoods.com/MACBREAK
- cachefly.com
- CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries.
- Intel (INTC) earnings Q2 2022.
- Intel Kills Optane Memory Business Entirely.
- Apple's $83B quarter by the numbers.
- FY22 Q4 - Press Releases - Investor Relations - Microsoft.
- Amazon (AMZN) Q2 2022 earnings.
- Peacock's paid subscribers stayed flat at 13 million, losses widen to $467 million.
- Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports.
- Collect and Trade NFL Highlights As NFTs.
- Spotify has 188 million Premium users, but continues to lose money.
- Spotify forks out $295M for Findaway, Podsights, Chartable, and Sonantic, filing reveals.
- FTC's Lina Khan Overruled Staff to Sue Meta Over Virtual-Reality Deal.
- Instagram Admits It's 'Not Good' After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok.
- Instagram walks back TikTok-style changes — Adam Mosseri explains why.
- Facebook Is Finally Giving People A Non-Algorithmic News Feed.
- Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from $2.99 to $4.99 monthly.
- Twitter v. Elon Musk trial date set to start October 17th.
- FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications.
- Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us.
- T-Mobile to pay $500M for one of the largest data breaches in US history.
- Tim Hortons offers free coffee to settle mobile app class action lawsuits.
- Russia tried to hijack some of Apple's internet traffic for 12 hours.
- Details from FBI Raid of U.S. Private Vaults Being Kept from Public.
- Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet.
- HBO Max will begin streaming 'Game of Thrones' in 4K HDR next month.
- Ultiworld on Twitter: "Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) with the MASSIVE sky for @PrideofNY at the World Ultimate Club Championships"
- NASA on Twitter: "We celebrate the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible."
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Snell, Shoshana Weissmann, and Dan Patterson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
- kolide.com/twit
- go.newtek.com/twit-tv
Should I go with the latest and great phone, or is last year's model just as good? Why is my computer crashing when using iMovie? The new text scamming that is happening. Alternatives to Microsoft Word. Space! Vintage Macs and PCs. How do you change the default location of saved scanned documents? NAS recommendations. Plus, chatting with Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt!
- "How to relive the pleasures of a landline."
- A slightly older phone or the latest and greatest when upgrading a phone?
- Sam Abuelsmaid and the Ford Lightning vs. Rivian R1T electric trucks.
- Why is my computer crashing when using iMovie & what Mac computer to upgrade to?
- The new text scam.
- Why is Microsoft Word slowing down suddenly, and what are some alternatives to Microsoft Word?
- Chris Marquardt and the Beautiful Assignment Review.
- Spaaaaaaaceeeee!
- Why are my photos not being sent to my iCloud & Mac suddenly?
- Vintage Macs, PCs, and the value of older computers.
- Changing the default location of your HP scanner for saving scanned documents.
- NAS recommendations.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1914
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- noom.com/twit
- ClickUp.com use code TECHGUY
Troubleshooting an iPhone battery replacement, dialing in the right settings for HDMI and eARC, finding the right display settings for a projector, combatting spam calls, streaming live musical performances with a Mac Studio, troubleshooting a gaming PC whose games keep crashing, finding an on-site replacement for cloud-based and consumer-focused security cameras, fixing black thumbnails for videos stored in Google Photos. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Senate passes $280 billion chip manufacturing bill - Protocol
- Amazon Drive is shutting down at the end of 2023 - The Verge
- Apple announces $83B fiscal third quarter – Six Colors
- Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from $2.99 to $4.99 monthly - The Verge
- Amazon (AMZN) Q2 2022 earnings
- David Bohrman Creates "The Site", the First TV Show to Feature a Character Animated in Real Time : History of Information
- iPhone SE 2020 Battery Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide
- About genuine iPhone batteries - Apple Support
- Who Will Be Crowned King? 2022 Value Electronics 4K TV Shootout - YouTube
- The FCC's Push to Combat Robocalls & Spoofing | Federal Communications Commission
- National Do Not Call Registry
- ROAM Luggage - Premium Customizable Suitcases Made in the USA
- BlueRibbon Bags
- aha! Air Hotel Adventure is a Reno-Tahoe based airline serving West Coast destinations.
- Open Broadcaster Software | OBS
- Reincubate Camo - Use your phone as a pro webcam, free
- Ecamm Live - Powerful Live Streaming Platform for Mac
- Logitech C920s PRO Full HD Webcam with Privacy Shutter
- Flurry (AMD) – ViprTech
- Apex Legends - Best settings for Apex Legends on PC
- Swimply - Rent private pools by the hour
- Firewalla Gold: Multi-Gigabit Cyber Security Firewall & Router Protect | Firewalla
- Reolink: Global Innovator in Smart Home Security and Camera Solutions
- Synology Incorporated
- Ubiquiti - Simplifying IT
- All "video" thumbnail in "Google photos" are black !! - Google Photos Community
- How to Set Video Thumbnails? - Google Photos Community
- Edit your videos - Android - Google Photos Help
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1913
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- cachefly.com
- Alphabet misses on earnings and revenue for second quarter.
- Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected.
- Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for 'intense period'.
- Instagram Admits It's 'Not Good' After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok.
- Introducing Home and Feeds on Facebook.
- Zuck Turns Up the Heat.
- Sunset of the social network.
- @elonmusk: The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine.
- Inside TikTok's Attempts to 'Downplay the China Association'.
- Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
- Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant.
- TikTok's Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment.
- Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege.
- Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?
- A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok.
- Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps.
- Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image.
- Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary.
- Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail.
- Pixel's At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts.
- Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets.
- Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell.
- Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor.
- Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us.
- Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing.
- The drive to save Choco Taco.
- Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of a seven-year-old opponent.
- Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024.
- Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet.
- How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App.
- Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports.
- Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion.
- Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases.
Picks:
- Stacey - @secengineer on TikTok.
- Jeff - @jeffjarvis: Well, damn, now I'm crying all over again. Newport put up two high-quality and complete videos from @jonimitchell's set.
- Ant - Mac Arnold's 80th birthday celebrated with blues jam.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsor:
- ClickUp.com use code TWIG
Earnings Learnings 2022, Windows 11 22H2 review, Sound Schemes
Microsoft earnings
- Microsoft reported that it earned a net income of $16.7 billion on revenues of $51.87 billion in the quarter ending June 30.
- Microsoft discloses Teams usage numbers.
- This was the first time MSFT has missed on earnings since 2016 - and it adjusted its guidance in June too.
Windows 11
- Paul reviewed Windows 11 22H2 and found lots of little improvements... but also little in the way of addressing feedback.
- Also, let's recap the new servicing and Windows 12 rumors.
- Windows 10 22H2 is also coming with no new features.
- Microsoft Edge adds disk caching compression with v102.
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft now blocks external VBA macros by default.
- Ignite is coming October 12-14. It's a hybrid event with a few in-person venues worldwide.
Dev
- The next .NET Conf will focus on .NET MAUI
- Power Platform now has over 7 million MAUs
Xbox
- Microsoft speeds Xbox Series X|S boot time by 5 seconds.
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Get to Sound schemes as quickly as possible
- App pick of the week: iA Writer
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 11 onboarding and deployment kits
- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Office 2016 and 2019 users: Mark your calendars
- Beer Pick of the week: Hill Farmstead Charlie
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- tanium.com/twit
- newrelic.com/windows
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- Picture of the Week.
- Patch Tuesday Redux Redux.
- Windows 11 Start button failure.
- The continuing saga of Windows VBA macros.
- Windows 11 now blocks RDP brute-force attacks by default.
- Black Hat and DefCon coming soon.
- SpinRite.
- pfSense and TailScale.
- Closing The Loop.
- The MV720.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-881-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- Apple begins to show rare vulnerability ahead of economic showdown.
- For All Mankind' prop fused an Apple Newton MessagePad 120 and an iPhone 12.
- M2 MacBook Air teardown: Apple forgot the heatsink?
- Meet the new Creator Liaison: Rene Ritchie.
- Apple Silicon is an inconvenient truth.
- Steve Jobs' prototype for the original Apple computer is being auctioned off, and bidding has already hit $230,000.
- Apple, Koss settle wireless-headphone patent fight before trial.
- The Apple Store Time Machine.
- Apple Brompton Road celebrates creativity with vibrant design and events featuring local artists.
- TikTok is fastest growing news source for UK adults, Ofcom finds.
- Instagram admits it's 'not good" after Kardashians beg it to stop copyin TikTok.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Floppy EMU
- Andy's Pick: AirShot
- Alex's Pick: News Over Audio (NOA)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- hover.com/twit
Twitter sues Elon Musk, Ev leaves Medium, Juul ban, World Emoji Day
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/672
Sponsors:* newrelic.com/twig * cachefly.com
Mid-Year Predictions, Dev Channel Build 25158, Search Highlights
- Microsoft layoffs. Ahead of Q4 earnings on July 26
- What will happen with Windows 10 and 11 for the rest of this year?
- EdgeOS vs. ChromeOS?
- Where is Fluid?? Where is Teams 2.0?
Windows
- New Dev Channel build 25158 out today that adds notification badging with widgets
- A closer look at the new Rufus 3.19 Windows 11 ISO capabilities
- Patch Tuesday arrives. Gentlemen and ladies, start your updates
- Windows Autopatch is now GA and (maybe) here to help
- PC sales to fall in 2022 ... and for a LOT of reasons
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft plays rope-a-dope with Office VBA macro blocking
Dev
- Microsoft announces EOL date for .NET Core 3.1
Surface
- Surface Duo 2 gets camera improvements in the July update
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Back-to-school sale
- App pick of the week: PowerToys 0.60
- Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Wave 2 plans for 2022
- Codename pick of the week: Salus
- Beer pick of the week: A Deal With the Devil
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/LenovoClient
- Nuvei.com
- Picture of the Week.
- OpenSSL's Patch For Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability.
- NIST Announces First Four Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms.
- Yubico donated 30,000 Yubikeys to Ukraine.
- Apple's new extreme "Lockdown Mode".
- Microsoft to re-enable Office Macros.
- This Is the Code the FBI Used to Wiretap the World.
- Closing The Loop.
- The Rolling Pwn.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-879-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- tanium.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
NASA reveals the highly anticipated first batch of color images from the James Webb Space Telescope, including the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date.
All about Webb: https://webb.nasa.gov
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Rod Pyle
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
- Apple's iOS 16, macOS Ventura and watchOS 9 public betas are ready to download.
- Inside Apple's eight-year struggle to build a self-driving car.
- Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware.
- Midnight M2 MacBook Air shipment moves to mid-August, Space Gray model still the fastest option available.
- First benchmark result surfaces for MacBook Air with M2 chip.
- Apple adding first MacBook Pro with touch bar to vintage products list.
- Apple TV+ tops Hollywood Critics Association Awards.
- Apple TV+ scores 51 Primetime Emmy nominations, led by Severance and Ted Lasso.
- The Oregon Trail's new Apple Watch app tracks steps for in-game progress.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: Phil Plait and Bad Astronomy on SYFY.com
- Jason's Pick: SwiftBar
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/macbreak
- ourcrowd.com/macbreak
- expressvpn.com/macbreak
Musk bails on Twitter, Europe's big data laws, China's big data hack
- Elon Musk tries to walk away from the Twitter deal.
- Twitter will sue Elon Musk for calling off his $44 billion takeover.
- Elon's out, and his bid to buy Twitter was likely a joke.
- When Elon Musk dreams, his employees have nightmares.
- Report: Tesla Factory Workers Are in Danger Because Elon Musk Hates the Color Yellow.
- How Elon's bizarre Twitter takeover saga could have just been a cover for him to sell $8.5 billion in Tesla stock.
- Europe's Big Tech Law Is Approved. Now Comes the Hard Part.
- Biden order fortifies data privacy ahead of state-by-state legal battle over abortion.
- Hacker claims to have stolen 1 bln records of Chinese citizens from police.
- What the Heck Is a 'Super App' and Why Are Elon Musk, Evan Spiegel, and Jack Dorsey Interested?
- Web3 projects have lost more than $2 billion to hacks this year.
- Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should "Die in a Fire".
- Starlink on your yacht, so hot.
- Apple's Mac Studio shows the power of its M1 chips, but isn't priced for mere mortals.
- The fate of Apple and Sunday Ticket to be determined by fall, says NFL commissioner.
- Apple's New Lockdown Mode for iPhone Fights Hacking, Spyware.
- Why the Soviet Union wanted to nuke this hot dog stand.
- NASA will unveil the James Webb Space Telescope's 1st science photos this week. Here's how to watch.
- The machine behind the 'God particle' is on the hunt for dark matter.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amy Webb, Dwight Silverman, and Connie Guglielmo
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Indochino.com promo code TWIT
- UserWay.org/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
Apple has opened orders for the new MacBook Air with an M2 chip, but depending on which one you get, it may take a while to get to you. How can you scale the resolution on a monitor to read the text more easily? Why does it seem that newer modem routers die off after only so long? AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon? A caller is having issues with their emails syncing across multiple computers. What are the best options for recording and sharing a video call? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Apple opened orders for new MacBook Air with M2 chip.
- How to re-scale a computer monitor's resolution to read the text more easily?
- Sam Abuelsamid and some listener car questions.
- Is there an inherent problem with newer modem routers that causes them to die after a year? Is it better to get a stand-alone modem and router?
- Soundbar recommendations from a caller.
- What's the best mobile network to be on? It may come down to where you're located and the coverage in your area.
- Chris Marquardt and the James Webb telescope.
- What is IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol), and why a callers' emails are not syncing across other devices?
- Radio stations & their apps.
- Rod Pyle and the OSIRIS-REx mission.
- Best options for recording & sharing a video call.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1910
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- Melissa.com/twit
Finding a projector with enough brightness for outdoor use. What to do before upgrading to a new Android phone. Finding the right display for a Mac Studio and understanding the difference between 4K and 5K display scaling. A reminder about the value of mid-tier Samsung phones. Troubleshooting HDMI-CEC, HDMI ARC, and sound bar output. Some travel tips from Airplane Geeks' Micah Engber. Understanding the FIDO alliance and our password-less future. A comment on medical diagnostics companies and privacy concerns. Troubleshooting an illegitimate ban on Facebook Marketplace. Plus, a conversation with Dick Debartolo.
- Elon Musk notifies Twitter he is terminating deal
- SEC Filing
- The Best Projectors for 2022 | PCMag
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 case information leaks | Android Central
- Galaxy Z Fold 4 & Flip 4 Official Cases Appear Online
- Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 — everything we know so far | Tom's Guide
- Mac external displays for designers and developers, part 2
- Amazon.com: Cable Matters USB C to DisplayPort 1.4 Cable (USB-C to DisplayPort Cable, USB C to DP Cable) Supporting 8K 60Hz in Black 6 ft - Thunderbolt 4 /USB4 /Thunderbolt 3 Compatible with MacBook Pro Dell XPS : Electronics
- Why NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Matters So Much | Quanta Magazine
- Galaxy S20 FE 5G | Fan Edition | Samsung US
- Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra | Samsung US
- Expert RAW
- Use Anynet+ on your TV or projector
- Amazon.com: [Ultra High-Speed HDMI Certified] Cable Matters 3-Pack 48Gbps 8K HDMI Cable 6.6 ft / 2m with 8K@120Hz, 4K@240Hz and HDR Support for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, RTX3080/3090, RX 6800/6900, Apple TV, and More : Electronics
- About 4K, HDR, and Dolby Vision on your Apple TV 4K - Apple Support
- Airline SAS clashes with striking pilots over U.S. bankruptcy filing | Reuters
- Travel Insurance Quotes - Compare & Buy Trip Insurance
- More than 300 Virginia state employees resign as telework option ends - Washington Times
- FIDO2 - FIDO Alliance
- How ID.me's Face Recognition for IRS, Unemployment Works
- Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware - Apple
- Are there only bots on Facebook marketplace?? : FacebookMarketplace
- Potential Facebook Marketplace Ban Fix: Flipping
- How to set up two-factor authentication for Facebook | iMore
- Shake & Wake! For Folks Who Need Help Waking Up. | Giz Wiz Biz
- Clocky, the original alarm clock on wheels (loud)
- Amazon.com: Tiangtech Novelty Digital LED Alarm Clock Gadget Run Away Flying/Rolling Helicopter Chopper Propeller Clock Creative gift : Home & Kitchen
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1909
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsor:
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- British Government Gone Rogue
- Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling
- Google on women's data after Roe
- EU regulation passes: The DMA and DSA just got real
- Common Crawl
- What is Web 3 and the Decline of Crypto
- Bored Ape Yacht Club Founder Criticizes Campaign That Says The BAYC Has Nazi Symbolism
- Great little BBC movement
- Scientific American Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper about Itself—Then Tried to Get It Published
- Jeff asks GPT-3 to write an op-ed about moral panic and the net
- And a short story
- 25 years of Google search: a tour
- Rise of the woebots: why are robots always so sad?
- I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to learn how conspiracy theories spread
- Meta warns employees of 'serious times' in internal memo listing key product bets
- Android 12 July security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
- Samsung July 2022 update is now rolling out for these Galaxy devices
- Google Photos starts rolling out a new pop-up UI for quick sharing and library management
- New Zero Day Threat Revealed For Millions Of Google Chrome Users
- Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking
- Arby's, Old Spice, and meat sweats
- Don't buy this
- ZGCINE NPF Battery Quick Charger
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- nomadgoods.com/TWIG
- eightsleep.com/twig
Beta Channel split, Outlook Lite app, Rufus
Windows 11
- Windows 11 is on over 20 percent of (consumer) PCs now
- Over 20 percent of Steam gamers are on Windows 11 now
- Windows Insider Beta Channel splits into 2, but this time there is a major (and positive) caveat
- What is an "enablement package"? When did this start? What is its use on 22H2?
- Microsoft's small improvements that no one seems to have noticed
- Windows Subsystem for Android updated for Insiders in the United States
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft is working on a Lite version of Outlook.
- Microsoft wants people to join the Family Insider Program
- Microsoft is trying to turn OneDrive into a social platform
- Former Microsoft exec Javier Soltero is leaving Google after just 2.5 years
- EU makes moves against Big Tech
Xbox
- Microsoft announces the first Xbox Game Pass titles for July
- Microsoft to drop Xbox 360 titles from Games with Gold in October.
- Samsung Gaming Hub brings Xbox Cloud Gaming (and more) to the 2022 Samsung Smart TVs
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Join the Halo Infinite network campaign co-op beta
- App pick of the week: Rufus (3.19 Beta or newer)
- Enterprise pick of the week: Azure capacity limits are continuing. What can you do?
- Enterprise pick 2 of the week: The Office 365 for IT Pros eBook (9th edition)
- Beer pick of the week: Jolly Pumpkin La Roja Du Kriek
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- infrascale.com/TWIT
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- tanium.com/twit
- Picture of the week.
- Chrome's fourth zero-day of 2022.
- Mozilla's new Firefox privacy-enhancing feature.
- HackerOne discloses a malicious insider incident.
- Closing the loop.
- The ZuoRAT.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-878-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/securitynow
- itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30
- tanium.com/twit
- The 30-year-old comic book that became a Silicon Valley bible.
- Apple is preparing three new M2 Macs.
- "We discovered severe thermal throttling with Apple's new M2 MacBook Pro."
- iFixit teardown shows M2 MacBook Pro is just a recycled laptop with a new chip inside.
- Apple forced to cut iPhone 14 orders by 10%, despite anticipating strong demand.
- Apple not releasing their own 5G Modem Chip relates to a long-standing patent battle with Qualcomm and not because of a development failure.
- EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules, but enforcement a worry.
- Gurman: Apple Watch Series 8 to feature body temperature sensor (as long as it passes internal tests).
- Apple TV+ makes San Diego Comic-Con debut.
- President Biden to award Steve Jobs with posthumous Medal of Freedom.
- Pokemon Go creator Niantic cancels four projects, cuts 8% of staff.
- MKBHD Easter egg latest clue to suggest 2022 MacBook Air pre-orders will start on Friday.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Grey Matter Podcast
- Andy's Picks: Understanding Comics & Commander X16 computer and emulator
- Rene's Picks: Geekerwan Chinese & Geekerwan English
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- ue.com/fits promo code MACBREAK
- cachefly.com
Don't Buy Entry Level M2 Macbook Pro, Google To Delete Abortion Clinic Visits
- GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit
- Section 230 Is a Last Line of Defense for Abortion Speech Online
- Hello! You've Been Referred Here Because You're Wrong About Section 230 Of The Communications Decency Act
- Google will start auto-deleting abortion clinic visits from user location history
- Elon Musk Takes Unusually Long Twitter Break
- Google Allowed a Sanctioned Russian Ad Company to Harvest User Data for Months
- Dollars for Docs
- Department of Justice seized iPhones from two attorneys involved in January 6 probe
- Bitcoin Crash Continues
- Instagram tests ditching video posts in favor of Reels
- TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data
- FTC commissioner's solo TikTok memo that was misreported around the world
- Mike's recent Computerworld piece on the inevitability of the "splinternet"
- Judge Luttig: Here's why I spoke so slowly at Jan. 6 hearing
- Apple's Entry-Level M2 MacBook Pro Turns Into a Celeron Under Heavy Load
- Steve Jobs Receives Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Mike Elgan, and Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- policygenius.com/twit
- zapier.com/TWIT
- podium.com/twit
- Blueland.com/TWIT
Why crackling audio might be coming from your speakers. How to re-tune television frequencies from your TV antenna nowadays? Should I upgrade to Windows 11 if I use screen reader programs? What can you do with old cellphones after their last-ever security patch? How to stop your Samsung TV from asking permission to use your remote control app on the iPhone. Can you get an external computer into the Surface Studio monitor? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle!
- Why you might be getting crackling sounds coming from your speakers.
- Sam Abuelsamid and Chevy's EV plans.
- What are some cellphone options that have 4G only and an SD card slot?
- Re-tuning television frequencies.
- What are cookies and can cookies be compromised?
- Can screen reader programs like JAWS handle Windows 11 currently?
- Do old cellphones after their last-ever security patch have any other uses?
- Why is my Samsung TV constantly asking permission to use the remote control app on my iPhone?
- A follow-up to a previous question about Windows 11 & screen reader programs.
- Can you get an external computer into the Surface Studio monitor?
- Rod Pyle and the first images from the James Webb Telescope.
- Touch-screen monitor suggestions.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1908
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Setting up mail and contact sync on an iPhone. Replacing or repairing a MacBook Pro with a malfunctioning keyboard. Troubleshooting Wyze Cam connectivity issues. Sourcing parts for a custom-built PC. Using online manuals for family tech support. Unclogging an InkJet printer's printheads. Troubleshooting battery drain for a SimpliSafe keypad. Logging in to Gmail on an iPhone. Finding a replacement for Quickbooks. Plus, conversations with Johnny Jet, Scott Wilkinson, and Dick Debartolo.
- Ignoring the Jan. 6 hearings? Michael Luttig explains why you shouldn't. - The Washington Post
- @judgeluttig (@judgeluttig) / Twitter
- Gmail - Email by Google on the App Store
- Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- DM-50D - Pioneer DJ - USA
- Turntables, Home Theater Surround Sound Speaker Systems and Home Audio Products | Fluance
- MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Late 2013 Keyboard Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide
- Refurbished 13.3-inch MacBook Air Apple M1 Chip with 8‑Core CPU and 7‑Core GPU - Gold - Apple
- Wyze Cam v3 | Wired Security Camera
- How to reset your Wyze Cam v3 – Wyze
- Amazon.com: 20Pcs Mounting Plastic Pins for Intel LGA 775 Socket CPU Cooler Heatsink Fans : Electronics
- LGA 1366/Socket B Computer Fan/Heatsink Brackets and Accessories for sale | eBay
- TCL Support
- Amazon.com: Amazon Brand - Solimo 99% Isopropyl Alcohol For Technical Use, 16 Fl Oz (Pack of 12) : Health & Household
- SimpliSafe Home Security Systems | Wireless Home Security Alarms
- Keypads drain batteries in 1 week | SimpliSafe Community
- Use our built-in browser in QuickBooks Desktop
- Invoice and Accounting Software for Small Businesses - FreshBooks
- What's The Worst Thing About Having A Food Processor? | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1907
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Roe vs. Wade, Amazon robots, Twitter Notes, Nothing Phone (1)
- U.S. tech industry frets about handing data to states prosecuting abortion.
- Meta Clamps Down on Internal Discussion of Roe v. Wade's Overturning.
- Google tells workers they can relocate 'without justification' following the Supreme Court decision.
- Big Tech is silent on data privacy in post-Roe America.
- For people seeking abortions, digital privacy is suddenly critical.
- We Need to Take Back Our Privacy.
- Amazon's Latest Trick: Pipe In a Dead Person's Voice Through Alexa's Speakers.
- No, Paris Hilton and Tom Cruise aren't dating: A TikTok video with impersonator confuses fans.
- Amazon announces its first fully autonomous mobile warehouse robot.
- A leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire.
- Elon Tells Twitter He Needs Moar Data, Twitter Gives It to Him.
- Elon Musk says he's worried about keeping Tesla out of bankruptcy.
- Elon Musk says Tesla's AI humanoid robot 'Optimus' that can walk at 5mph and deadlift 150lbs will be ready in THREE MONTHS.
- @Twitter: Introducing: Notes We're testing a way to write longer on Twitter.
- Prime Day 2022 Will Start July 12—Here's What to Expect.
- Google News returns to Spain and unveils redesign promoting local news and fact checks.
- The underbelly of tech journalism.
- Nothing Lives Up to Its Name, Hypes Up Nothing.
- For All Mankind' prop fused an Apple Newton MessagePad 120 and an iPhone 12.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brianna Wu, Iain Thomson, and Florence Ion
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- wealthfront.com/twit
- expressvpn.com/twit
- UserWay.org/twit
What equipment should I start with to do live video streams? Is it a problem if someone is using my YouTube TV service (knowingly) in a different location constantly? Issues with Adobe Premiere after a Windows 10 update and what could be causing that problem. How to verify an email account with an old phone number? WiFi or ethernet connection for streaming video content? Is there any potential problem accepting random friend requests on Facebook? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, Rod Pyle, and Dick DeBartolo on a rare Sunday appearance.
- Netflix to add a lower-cost ad-supported tier.
- Amazon is developing a feature to synthesize a person's voice through short audio clips to put in deceased relatives into your Amazon Echo?
- Average U.S internet household uses a record average of 6 over-the-top streaming services.
- What equipment should I get to start doing video livestreams?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Ford Driving Dynamic Lab.
- YouTube TV & managing locations.
- A Windows 10 update is causing issues with Adobe Premiere.
- Is it worth updating to Windows 11 from Windows 10 currently?
- What can a caller do to verify a Yahoo email account through a phone number they no longer use?
- Chris Marquardt and used film cameras.
- Should you have an ethernet connection for streaming video content, or is WiFi sufficient enough?
- Suggested email services for easy use.
- Is there a hazard to accepting a plethora of random Facebook friend requests?
- Rod Pyle and the Jovian Vortex Hunter program & the 5-planet planetary alignment!
- Dick DeBartolo and the Kodak Reelz Digitizer Converter.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, Rod Pyle, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1906
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- wealthfront.com/techguy
- cachefly.com
Privacy considerations for personal email domains. Choosing the perfect Apple Watch model for a birthday gift. Understanding QD-OLED and deciding which TV brand to choose. Praise for the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. Using Windows on an M1 Mac Studio Ultra. Finding a budget laptop for page design, email, and layout. Using an Android phone to set up an Apple Watch. Troubleshooting poor internet speeds with an ethernet-based network. Finding a TV with built-in Bluetooth output and doing something about those loud commercials on Hulu. Plus, conversations with Johnny Jet and Scott Wilkinson.
- Italy's data watchdog latest to warn over use of Google Analytics | TechCrunch
- Google: Garante privacy stop all'uso degli Analytics. Dati trasferiti... - Garante Privacy
- Opinion | We Need to Take Back Our Privacy - The New York Times
- U.S. tech industry frets about handing data to states prosecuting abortion | Reuters
- hip-dac2 by iFi audio - Our portable USB dac/amp. Listen to Spotify, Tidal on the move.
- FiiO Q3 Headphone Amplifier High Resolution DSD512 | 768K/32Bit AK4462DAC with THX AAA amp Technology for Mobile Phone & PC with (2.5/3.5/4.4mm) Output - Newegg.com
- Apple Watch Series 7 GPS + Cellular, 45mm Midnight Aluminium Case with Oat Milk/Lemon Zest Sport Loop - Apple
- Making Singing Easier | VocalMist Portable Nebulizer
- LCD vs. LED vs. Mini LED vs. OLED: A quick guide | Ars Technica
- Four-Station Las Vegas Rollout Of ATSC 3.0 Marks Biggest Bet Yet For New Tech Standard
- Airplane Geeks Podcast - The weekly podcast that explores and expands your passion for aviation.
- 12 Things in Travel You Need to Know Today - JohnnyJet.com
- How clean is the air on planes?
- Aranet - Smarter Than Others
- (PDF) The on-board carbon dioxide concentrations and ventilation performance in passenger cabins of US domestic flights
- The Mars Express spacecraft is finally getting a Windows 98 upgrade - The Verge
- Parallels Desktop 16.5 for Mac Supports Both M1 and Intel Chips
- Layout design and desktop publishing software | Adobe InDesign
- Adobe PageMaker - Wikipedia
- Dell XPS 15 Laptop | Dell USA
- ASUS USA
- Acer Aspire 5 | Windows Laptop | Acer United States
- Google Pixel Watch - Google Store
- Galaxy Watch4 Classic Smartwatch | Samsung US
- Smart Watches - Fossil
- VIZIO M-Series Quantum - 50 to 65 inch Smart 4K TVs | VIZIO
- Loud Commercials | Federal Communications Commission
- Sennheiser RS 2000 - Wireless TV Earphone Headphone Stereo
- Roku TV | What Is Roku TV? | Roku
- Hulu Support on Twitter: "Ads too loud? Learn about how YOU can help improve @hulu's Ad Volume Normalization here: http://hu.ly/xc3zR Thanks for your feedback! #hulu" / Twitter
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1905
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- go.acronis.com/techguy
- The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya.
- Trust by Hernan Diaz.
- City on Fire by Don Winslow.
- Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison by Daniel Genis.
- The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler by Kathryn S. Olmsted.
- Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange.
- The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen.
- Play with GPT-3 yourself here.
- Finding out whether GPT-3 can take the SAT.
- VidCon Returns as Chill Falls on Creator Economy.
- Elon Musk said he wants Twitter to become the WeChat of the western world in his first meeting with employees.
- When Elon met Twitter.
- Introducing: Notes We're testing a way to write longer on Twitter.
- SpaceX employees say Elon Musk is an 'embarrassment' as he waffles on work-from-home.
- Microsoft, Meta, and others are founding a metaverse open standards group (no Apple or Roblox).
- 'Snow Crash' Author Neal Stephenson Is Building a 'Free Metaverse' Called Lamina1.
- Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar.
- How Thom Browne became 2022's hottest red carpet commodity.
- Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire.
- Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.
- NPR & Edison Research: Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 35% of Americans.
- Leo's day with his voice assistant.
- Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization.
- Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall Are Said to Be Divorcing.
- Bill Nye the Married Guy! "Science Guy" star tied the knot last month.
- Researcher Hacks Into Backend for Network of Smart Jacuzzis.
- Leaded aviation gasoline is poisoning a new generation.
- Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listing.
- Proof By Seth Abramson.
- SpaceX: Starlink Risks Becoming 'Unusable' If Dish Gets 12GHz Spectrum.
- Google News (now 20 years old) gets a redesign.
- Google Password Manager now has an Android home screen shortcut.
- Chrome 103 replaces the built-in password list with Android's default manager.
- Google Password Manager starts offering on-device encryption on Android, iOS, and Chrome.
- Google TV Profiles have arrived, and will allow each user to have their own personalized experience.
- Google Maps dark mode appears broken on Android Auto for some after recent updates.
- Why America Will Lose Semiconductors.
Picks:
- Stacey - KitchenAid Shave Ice Attachment
- Jeff - TikTok Italian sandwich guy
- Ant - Pro Mist Filter from Tiffen
- Ant - Moment's Cine Bloom Filter
- Ant - New Updates to Premiere Pro
- Ant - Capture One Update
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/twig
- policygenius.com/twig
- Blueland.com/TWIG
Windows Defender, Microsoft Viva, GitHub Copilot
Windows
- New Windows 11 Insider Build Brings OneDrive Information
- Microsoft Gets Ready to Roll Out Search Highlights on Windows 11
- Xiaomi Launches its First Windows on ARM 2-in-1 PC
Microsoft 365 & Cloud
- Microsoft launches Defender for Individuals for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers
- Microsoft's Viva Sales: A new companion app that works with many CRM systems (not only Microsoft's)
- Microsoft to curtail some of its facial recognition capabilities in the name of 'Responsible AI'
- From Nvidia to IKEA: Here's who's joining the Metaverse Standards Forum
Dev
- GitHub Copilot, Microsoft's AI pair-programming service, is generally available
- The Directions on Microsoft Briefing | Directions on Microsoft
Xbox
- Xbox Cloud Gaming to Get Mouse and Keyboard Support on PC
- Microsoft Warns About Supply Shortages for Xbox Controllers
- Far Cry 5 is Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft's Xbox App on PC Adds a Performance Indicator
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Learn about the new features in Windows 11 22H2
- App pick of the week: Reading apps
- Enterprise pick 1 of the week: Microsoft's Secured Core comes to IoT devices
- Enterprise pick 2 of the week: Don't be fooled: Patch Tuesday isn't going away
- Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Rainbows Everywhere
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- hackerrank.com/WW
- newrelic.com/windows
- go.acronis.com/ww
- Picture of the Week.
- Double Decryption (Last week's key-strength puzzler).
- 3rd Party Authenticators.
- Firefox: Total Cookie Protection.
- We keep breaking DDoS attack records.
- MS-DFSNM.
- An Apple Safari regression.
- One Million WordPress sites force-updated.
- High-Severity RCE in Fastjson Library.
- Miscellany.
- Closing The Loop.
- Microsoft's Patchy Patches.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-876-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- privacy.com/securitynow
- newrelic.com/securitynow
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
CAPTCHAs, Web Apps, Clarus
- Senators call for US to adopt common charger.
- Apple workers at Maryland store vote to unionize, a first in the U.S.
- Biden says he is proud of Apple workers who voted to join a union.
- You'll be able to bypass CAPTCHAs in iOS 16.
- Stage Manager's iPad requirements.
- Former Apple engineer details why the first iPhone didn't have copy and paste.
- New M2 13-inch MacBook Pro available to order. Starts arriving 6.24.
- Microsoft Defender extends malware protection to macOS and Android—for a price.
- Apple's relationship with web apps will improve in 2023.
- Hidden anti-cryptography provisions in internet anti-trust bills.
- Apple's macOS Ventura | 7 New Security Changes to Be Aware Of.
- How I learned to stop caring about Diablo Immortal's pay-to-win mechanics.
- Apple's first dual-port USB-C power adapters now available to order.
- MacOS Ventura dev beta brings back Clarus the Dogcow.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: Aranet4
- Rene's Pick: Night of the Coconut
- Andy's Pick: Google Scanned Objects Dataset (1000+ sdf objects)
- Alex's Pick: HidrateSpark
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Nuvei.com
- itpro.tv/macbreak - use code MACBREAK30
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
-
Meta is launching a clothing store for your avatars
-
Verizon and AT&T delay 5g rollout near airports
-
An Apple store votes to unionize
-
A former Amazon Web Services employee was convicted for the Capital One data breach
-
Sam Abuelsamid: In-cabin sensing is gaining attention
-
Tools to help blind individuals
-
Be My Eyes
-
Seeing AI
-
Would an iPhone SE still be able to view my security cameras?
-
Getting internet to rural areas
-
Chris Marquardt reviews your colorful photos
-
Retrieving a deleted message
-
Saving a live stream to your hard drive
-
Does Microsoft Office still offer a perpetual license?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1904
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- onepeloton.com
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
Crypto bust, Musk talks to Twitter, China gets TikTok data, ADAS crash data
- Bitcoin's Cascading Losses Accelerate in Record-Breaking Rout.
- El Salvador's bitcoin-backing president asks for patience as crypto sinks.
- Jake Paul Is 'Broke' After Putting All Of His Money In Cryptocurrency.
- Dogecoin Pumps 8% After Elon Musk Says He's Still Buying.
- Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over an alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme.
- Elon Musk Tells Staff Twitter Should Allow 'Pretty Outrageous' Tweets.
- SpaceX employees say Elon Musk is an 'embarrassment' as he waffles on work-from-home.
- Senators call for US to adopt common charger.
- Microsoft to retire the Internet Explorer browser and redirect users to Edge.
- Sure, Internet Explorer Had Its Faults. But Fans Are Mourning Its Death Anyway.
- Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China.
- Oracle finally won TikTok's US data storage business.
- Larry Ellison's Lanai Isn't for You—or the People Who Live There.
- NHTSA releases first batch of ADAS crash data.
- Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Coming. Is America Ready?
- What's up with San Francisco?
- Carbon Fiber Wheels Could Be Next Boost For EV Range.
- What are the broad everyday impacts of AI?
- Paris' pick: Magic Ring (Magic Mifare 1k + T5577).
- Former Amazon engineer convicted in 2019 Capital One data breach.
- Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S.
- A leaked Amazon memo says the company may run out of available labor by 2024.
- White House rolls out task force to curb online abuse.
- Pluralistic: 15 Jun 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow.
- Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar.
- Diablo Immortal's Microtransactions Have Made It $24 Million In Two Weeks.
- Nothing reveals Phone 1 design a month early.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paris Martineau, Owen Thomas, and Sam Abuelsamid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- noom.com/twit
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- UserWay.org/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
Finding good hearing aids and preparing for a hearing exam. Troubleshooting internet speeds for a T-Mobile home internet connection. Exporting and printing multiple notes from an iPhone. Repurposing an old Chromebook from Dell. Migrating an iPhotos Photo Library to macOS's Photos app. Troubleshooting auto-launching apps on an LG G6. Using a Vizio soundbar with ARC and HDMI-CEC. Using an external SSD to run macOS. Recording an audio stream on iPad. Transferring files from an iPad to a Windows PC using AirDrop. Plus, conversations with Johnny Jet, Scott Wilkinson, and Dick Debartolo.
- Steam Deck™
- Senators call for US to adopt common charger | TechCrunch
- Letter to Department of Commerce on e-Waste
- Elon Musk's plan is to run Twitter off the top of his head - The Verg
- ReSound hearing aids and wireless accessories | ReSound US
- Starkey | Find the Best Hearing Aid for You
- S.670 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
- Hearing aids, information on hearing loss and tinnitus | Oticon
- Eargo Hearing Aid Products
- Widex Hearing Aids & Hearing Care Solutions
- Amazon.com: Windows 11 Tips and Tricks: Master Windows 11 in 3 Weeks eBook: Ganeshlal, Bhaju: Kindle Store
- iMazing Store
- Transfer iPhone, iPad or iPod touch notes to your Mac or PC computer
- DB Browser for SQLite
- Check when your Chromebook's updates will stop - Chromebook Help
- harper on Twitter: "I thought planes were supposed to have good air circulation https://t.co/UeTnqCmwo4" / Twitter
- Aranet4 - CO2 monitor
- Import photos from another library in Photos on Mac - Apple Support
- LG G6 Battery - iFixit Store
- How to Control Which Apps Open on Android Startup - DroidViews
- Vizio Sound Bar HDMI ARC Not Working: 7 Quick & Easy Fixes [2022]
- How to enable HDMI-CEC and ARC on your TV | Official Roku Support
- SuperDuper!
- Take a screenshot or screen recording on iPad - Apple Support
- ZOOM Recorders
- LANDrop
- LANDrop - Drop any files to any devices on your LAN
- I've Seen The Light!!! (And this isn't it.) | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1903
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- meraki.cisco.com/twit
- UserWay.org/twit
- cachefly.com
- The Google engineer who thinks the company's AI has come to life.
- DALL·E mini: AI model generating images from any prompt!
- Nonsense on stilts.
- Federal safety agency expands its investigation of Tesla's Autopilot system.
- Musk to address Twitter employees for 1st time this week.
- Elon Musk says Tesla's fake robot might be ready by September 30th.
- Jack Dorsey's TBD Presents Bitcoin-based Decentralized Web5.
- Some thoughts on stock photos on tech websites and the Developer Aesthetic.
- @rasmus_kleis: 2022 Digital News Report out now. A huge effort by an amazing team that I'm proud to be part of.
- Meta Hits the Brakes on Portal, AR Glasses, and Other Hardware.
- Amazon Set to Launch Drone Delivery in California.
- Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham.
- Jay-Z Is Giving Back to the Community He Grew Up In... With a 'Bitcoin Academy'.
- Qualcomm wins fight against $1 bln EU antitrust fine.
- Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff.
- The perfect TWiG link: Tiktok, Chipotle, queso.
- YouTube's new corrections feature lets creators fix the record more easily.
- Google Chrome's on-device machine learning blocks noisy notification prompts.
- Google Maps now shows toll prices on Android and iOS.
- Files and folders in various locations in Drive to be replaced with shortcuts.
- Google lists their recommended third-party apps for Google Workspace.
- Google's changing its calendar invites to be clearer and more modern.
- Google Talk is surprisingly still operational, but that ends on Thursday.
- The Floppotron 3.0.
Picks:
- Stacey - Kindle Paperwhite 8th Generation Review
- Jeff - Sure, Internet Explorer Had Its Faults. But Fans Are Mourning Its Death Anyway
- Leo - lagplorer.tms.sx
- Ant - Video "editing" in Adobe Lightroom
- Ant - Nice Closeout Pricing on a Benro Tripod While Supplies Last
- Leo - Toucan - Learn a new language just by browsing the internet
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- nureva.com
- CDW.com/HPE
- cachefly.com
Changes to Windows 11 22H2, Microsoft's Gaming Announcements, Farewell IE11
- Windows 11 File Explorer Tabs Are Now Available for Beta Channel Testers
- Microsoft Finalizes Windows 11 Version 22H2
More Windows
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136 | Windows Insider Blog
- Windows 11 Insider Build 25140 is Here with More Bug Fixes
- Hands-On with Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 2 on Arm
- June 15: It's the end of the Internet Explorer era
- Saying Goodbye to Internet Explorer
- Report: PC Sales to Fall Over 8 Percent in 2022
Microsoft & Gaming
- Microsoft to allow Xbox Cloud Gaming users to bring their own games later this year
- Microsoft Edge is Getting New Gaming Features
- Xbox Design Lab Comes to More Markets with New Options
- Xbox Game Pass Will Add Demos of Upcoming Games Next Year
- Xbox Cloud Gaming Will Soon Let You Play the Games you Own
- Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to 2022 Samsung Smart TVs This Month
- Microsoft Shows Over 30 Games Coming to Xbox in the Next 12 Months
- This is Why Apple Blocks Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Activision Announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Microsoft 365
- Report: Microsoft Has Started Testing Casual Games in Teams
- Microsoft is adding echo cancellation and anti-interruption features to Teams
- Outlook Mobile is Getting an Algorithmic Newsfeed
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Save big on games
- App pick of the week: Firefox
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Admin Center comes to the Azure portal
- Codename pick of the week: Gibraltar
- Beer pick of the week: Wild East Brewing Alfresco Cucumber
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/IntelClient
- drinktrade.com/windows
- kolide.com/ww
- Picture of the Week.
- Apple's Passkeys presentation at WWDC 2022.
- WebAuthn.
- FREE Penetration Testing course with Kali Linux.
- Proof of Simulation.
- A valid use for facial recognition: The Smart Pet Door!
- Closing The Loop.
- The PACMAN Attack.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-875-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- plextrac.com/twit
- NetFoundry.io/TWIT
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
13" MacBook Pro, CarPlay, MLS
- 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 will be available to preorder on June 17th.
- At WWDC, Apple finally turned all its devices into one big platform.
- Apple resizes the iPad's workflow with Stage Manager.
- Jay-Z is giving back to the community he grew up in... with a 'Bitcoin Academy'.
- App Tracking Transparency antitrust investigation launched because Apple exempts its own apps.
- WhatsApp finally makes moving from Android to iOS less painful.
- Apple still plans iPad Pro updates for fall 2022.
- Apple's new CarPlay is the foreshock to releasing its own vehicle.
- Apple's giving up ground in its App Store fight with Dutch regulators and Tinder.
- Apple and Major League Soccer to present all MLS matches around the world for 10 years, beginning in 2023.
- Apple Headset is closer to reality as LG Display aims to supply MicroOLED panel.
- Apple Music, gaming to bring in over $8 billion in revenue by 2025, J.P. Morgan says.
Picks of the Week
- Rene's Pick: Bill C11
- Andy's Pick: Joyce DiDonato Voice Masterclass at SFCM
- Alex's Picks: Sprig Cable Management & 2 Minute Paper
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/macbreak
- Melissa.com/twit
- newrelic.com/macbreak
Apple WWDC, Sentient Google Chatbot AI, Bill C-11, Bored Ape Returns
- Apple Announces M2 SoC: Apple Silicon for Macs Updated For 2022
- Apple Announces Resident Evil Village and No Man's Sky for M2 Devices
- Glasses or no glasses, this year's WWDC is all about AR
- Apple Embraces the Ever-Expanding Dashboard Touchscreen
- Apple's Passkey Replaces Passwords With iPhone and Mac Authentication
- Apple's set to make big bucks off its new lending service
- Who the hell asked Apple for widgets on their lock screen?
- IOS, iPadOS, WatchOS are now one big platform
- Apple will make USB-C gadgets ask for your permission to pass data in macOS 13
- USB-C will be mandatory for phones sold in the EU 'by autumn 2024'
- The Google Engineer Who Thinks the Company's AI Has Come to Life
- Apple's Giving Up Ground In Its App Store Fight With Dutch Regulators and Tinder
- The Bill C-11 And What It Could Mean For Content Creators
- In Reversal, Twitter Plans To Comply With Musk's Demands For Data
- Friendlyjordies: John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google Over YouTube Videos
- Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin Venture TBD Unveils Proposal For Decentralized Web Platform
- Seth Green's Stolen Bored Ape Is Back Home
- Jake Paul Slams President Biden, Lists Priority Issues Including Crypto
- Nothing Will Reveal Its First Phone on July 12th
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Patrick Beja, Rene Ritchie, and Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Blueland.com/TWIT
- checkout.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
Google engineer claims that an AI chatbot is truly sentient. Leo's thoughts on the EU mandating USB-C charging ports on electronic devices. Some resources to help empower blind users. What causes the "This site can't be reached" error to occur in Google Chrome? Is a specific folder constantly appearing on my phone something to be concerned about? Why does my UI on my Android phone look so weird after updating to Android 12? Earbuds that are similar to the Google Pixel Buds. Plus, converstaions with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- WWDC 2022 recap.
- Google engineer claims an AI chatbot is sentient.
- Leo's thoughts on the EU mandating USB-C charging ports on electronic devices.
- Sam Abuelsamid and Apple's self-driving vehicle...?
- Resources to empower blind users.
- Why a caller's new SSD is booting up so slowly.
- What causes the "This site can't be reached" error in Google Chrome?
- How is junk mail filtering into your inbox at times?
- Chris Marquart and photo filters.
- Is a folder that's constantly popping up in my phone a problem?
- How to delete software from your computer?
- Why is my Surface Pro battery draining so quickly when in sleep mode?
- Why does my UI on my Android phone look so weird after upgrading to Android 12?
- Is it worth setting up anti-virus software for an Android phone?
- Rod Pyle and NASA & UFO's.
- A reminder that 3G service is starting to become no longer supported on all cellphone carriers.
- Earbud suggestions that are similar to the Google Pixel Buds.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1902
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- go.acronis.com/techguy
- wealthfront.com/techguy
Troubleshooting PIN login on Windows 10. Fixing flickering projectors with shielded cables. Ceasing Apple ID login prompts. Running Windows on an old Mac. The problems with sharing an iCloud account. Finding a solution for auto-playing music in the car. Troubleshooting the silent switch on an iPhone. Creating an app-specific password for Outlook and Gmail. Finding an iPhone with "Find My iPhone" turned off. Access remote files without using a server. Plus, conversations with Johnny Jet and Dick Debartolo.
- Apple unveils M2 with breakthrough performance and capabilities - Apple
- MacBook Air with M2 chip - Apple
- MacBook Pro 13-inch - Apple
- Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution In Economics And Technology: Gilder, George: 9780671705923: Amazon.com: Books
- Passkeys Overview - Apple Developer
- iPadOS 16 Preview - Apple
- I have to enter my PIN constantly ...any ideas ...i can't find - Microsoft Community
- Fix: Windows 10/11 PIN not working [Full Guide]
- Import and export keychain items using Keychain Access on Mac - Apple Support
- Move your iCloud Passwords from Safari to 1Password
- Watch out for card skimming at the gas pump | Consumer Advice
- Mac startup key combinations - Apple Support
- Mac Specs, Prices, Answers, and Comparison: EveryMac.com, Est. 1996
- What is Family Sharing? - Apple Support
- iOS 16 Makes It Easier to Share Photos With Family Using New Shared iCloud Library - MacRumors
- Import or export a vCard in Contacts on iCloud.com - Apple Support
- A a a a a Very Good Song (Silent Track) - Single by Samir Mezrahi on Apple Music
- How to stop your iPhone from auto-playing music in the car | iMore
- How to put your iPhone on vibrate, ring, or silent mode - Apple Support
- Erase iPhone - Apple Support
- Sign in with App Passwords - Gmail Help
- How to set up a IMAP/SMTP password in Gmail
- Using Microsoft Outlook With Gmail? Maybe Not After May 30 | Daves Computer Tips
- Set up Gmail with a third-party email client - Google Workspace Admin Help
- Manage files and folders in OneDrive
- Here's really versatile external battery charger! PD 3.0 + QC 4.0 | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1901
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- Blueland.com/TECHGUY
- Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta.
- In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk's demands for data.
- Texas AG launches investigation against Twitter for allegedly misreporting fake bot accounts.
- @TwitterBlue: Available now in Top Articles—a new way to find even more content you want to read: "People they follow" expands your results, showing the most-shared articles from the people you follow who they follow.
- How San Francisco Became a Failed City.
- New York state passes first-ever 'right to repair' law for electronics.
- I Tried to Fix My iPhone Myself...Big Mistake.
- We Tried Apple's iPhone Repair Program. You Shouldn't (Probably).
- Right to disconnect: new law in effect in Ontario.
- USB-C will be mandatory for phones sold in the EU 'by autumn 2024'.
- In meme stock trading fix, S.E.C. to preview new rules.
- Rewriting Wall Street's Rulebook.
- Google Fi expands coverage on Pixel with Wi-Fi 'W+ network'.
- Android 13 Inches Even Closer to Launch with Its Third Beta.
- Android 12 Beta Program ends with QPR3, Pixel phones will automatically be unenrolled.
- June's Pixel Feature Drop: At a Glance flashlight & doorbell alerts, 'pocket operator' music maker.
- Android Auto for Phone Screens is officially dying for everyone.
- Pixel 6 Pro $100 off in first direct US Google Store discount.
- Google Photos face grouping has a new retention policy, thanks to $100 million lawsuit.
- Taco Bell of the Future!
- DALL-E 2 generates images of Kermit The Frog in various films.
- High-School Start Times Are Still Too Early for Teens.
- Time for digital detox.
- Twitter world leaders policy: What changed?
- Nothing will reveal its first phone on July 12th.
- Apple's Passkey Replaces Passwords With iPhone and Mac Authentication.
- New York Mayor Adams Prioritizes Crypto Hype Over Affordable Broadband.
- Bird is laying off 23% of staff.
- Google employee Emma Haruka Iwao calculates the record pi digit.
- Friendlyjordies: John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google over YouTube videos.
- Trippiest tech glitch ever.
Picks:
- Ant - NCAA Track and Field Championship Begins
- Ant - Turn Signl
- Ant - Order a Print from Ant
- Jeff - Oh, you must have met the Queen
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- hackerrank.com/TWIG
- Melissa.com/twit
- hover.com/twit
Alex Kipman leaves Microsoft, Windows 11 gets updates, Microsoft unions
- Report: Toxicity Continues at Nadella's Microsoft
- HoloLens chief Kipman is out. So what's next for Microsoft's metaverse strategy?
- Microsoft is Leaving Russia
- Microsoft Will Respect Unionization Efforts from its Employees
Windows 11
- Microsoft begins rolling out Windows 11 22H2 to testers in the Release Preview channel
- Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Insider Build 25131 and ARM64 Microsoft Store
- Windows 11 Version 22H2 is Showing Up on Some Unsupported PCs
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft: Next version of Exchange Server not until 2025
- Apple Revamps the iPad Multitasking Experience with iPadOS 16
Dev
- Microsoft Releases Windows App SDK 1.1
Xbox
- Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition Launches on PC Today
- E3 is Coming Back as a Physical and Digital Event Next Year
- Announcing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II - Xbox Wire
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Learn about the new features in Windows 11
- Tip of the week: Add Windows 11 visual style to Microsoft Edge
- Tip of the week: Transcribe any audio or video file with Word for Web
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Customer Connection Program
- Enterprise pick of the week: IE users — June 15 is the day
- Beer pick of the week: Hudson Valley Demiurge sour IPA
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- plextrac.com/twit
- Nuvei.com
- hover.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- ServiceNSW Responds.
- ExpressVPN pulls the plug in India.
- And speaking of pulling the plug.
- "Follina" under active exploitation.
- And a Windows Search URL schema can be abused, too.
- "Critical UNISOC Chip Vulnerability Affects Millions of Android Smartphones".
- Ransomware sanctions are causing trouble.
- Conti spotted compromising motherboard firmware.
- Errata.
- Closing the Loop.
- Passkeys, Take 2.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-874-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30
- cloud.jumpcloud.com/securitynow
- bitwarden.com/twit
- Apple unveils M2, taking the breakthrough performance and capabilities of M1 even further.
- Apple Announces M2 SoC: Apple Silicon for Macs updated for 2022.
- Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air, supercharged by the new M2 chip.
- 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2.
- Hands-on: Using the iPhone as a webcam with iOS 16 and macOS Ventura.
- iPadOS 16 - All New Features.
- macOS Ventura - All New Features.
- iOS 16 - All New Features.
- iOS 16 code includes multiple 'always-on display' references ahead of iPhone 14 Pro.
Picks of the Week
- Mikah's Pick: G'Day World
- Andy's Pick: Dual Monitor Stand Mount
- Alex's Pick: Shokz OpenComm
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- Blueland.com/MACBREAK
- cachefly.com
Apple announced updated versions of its operating systems, including iOS 16, iPadOS 16, watchOS 9, and macOS Ventura. The company also announced its latest Apple Silicon chip, the M2, and two new Macs: an M2 MacBook Air and an M2 MacBook Pro.
- Apple unveils an all-new Lock Screen experience and new ways to share and communicate in iOS 16
- watchOS 9 delivers new ways to stay connected, active, and healthy
- macOS Ventura adds powerful productivity tools and new Continuity features that make the Mac experience better than ever
- iPadOS 16 takes the versatility of iPad even further with powerful new productivity and collaboration features
- Apple unveils M2, taking the breakthrough performance and capabilities of M1 even further
- Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air, supercharged by the new M2 chip
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sheryl Sandberg steps down, WWDC preview, Texas social media law, right to repair
- Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta
- What to Expect at WWDC 2022: iOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and Possibly New Macs
- Apple Plans to Make the iPad More Like a Laptop and Less Like a Phone
- Apple's AR/VR Headset Will Dominate WWDC—Even Though It Won't Be There
- What's Coming at Apple (AAPL) WWDC? IPad Upgrades That Make It More Like Laptop
- Supreme Court Halts Texas Social Media 'Censorship' Law
- Twitter Clears US Antitrust Review on $44 Billion Musk Deal
- New York state passes first-ever 'right to repair' law for electronics
- Ontario becomes first province to have a right to disconnect law
- A Bunch of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Were Stolen (Again)
- US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading
- PC Mag 40 yr anniversary - Bill Gates on the Next 40 Years in Technology
- Dave Smith Dead: Prophet-5 and MIDI Pioneer Dies at 72
- In Memoriam - John Foster
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Dan Gillmor, Jill Duffy, and Alex Wilhelm
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wealthfront.com/twit
- podium.com/twit
- Indochino.com promo code TWIT
- nureva.com
A Right to Repair law passes in New York. What are some alternative scanner software? What's the best way to integrate a newer TV into an older receiver? Can you recover deleted emails in iCloud? Laptop recommendations for basic computing needs. What's the easiest way to move files from a laptop to your iPhone? Why are a caller's outbound cellphone calls constantly failing? 17" laptop & printer recommendations. Plus, catching up with Rod Pyle.
- Right to Repair law passed in New York.
- Right to Disconnect policy in Toronto.
- 32-bit vs 64-bit machines.
- Alternative scanner software.
- Integrating a new TV into an older receiver.
- Troubleshooting internet connectivity in rural America.
- Recovering deleted emails in iCloud.
- An informative story from a caller about Mint Mobile and Twitter.
- Laptop suggestions for basic computing needs.
- Moving files from a laptop to your iPhone.
- Rod Pyle and Voyager acting up & new moon suits.
- Why is a caller's outbound cellphone calls failing constantly?
- 17" laptop & printer recommendations.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1900
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- linode.com/techguy
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Upgrading an old PC for gaming. Improving the picture quality of an OLED TV. Shutting down an HP Spectre Laptop that refuses to completely power off. Finding a new laptop for video editing. Using an old PC as a network-attached storage device. Refilling SodaStream canisters. Troubleshooting Google's login sessions. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- WWDC 2022: What to expect, iOS 16, new operating systems, redesigned MacBook Air, more - 9to5Mac
- Mark Gurman on Twitter: "The new MacBook Air has been planned to launch at WWDC. I think the only way it doesn't is if the China factory shutdowns created such a supply and release date gap that it wouldn't make sense to announce it on Monday." / Twitter
- New York state passes first electronics right-to-repair bill | Ars Technica
- Learn About the Right to Repair — The Repair Association
- iFixit: The Free Repair Manual
- Windows 10 Home and Pro - Microsoft Lifecycle | Microsoft Docs
- AVS Forum
- Projector & Smart Theater To Go | The Freestyle | Samsung US
- HT2050A 1080p Home Theater Projector | BenQ US
- Nebula Mars II Pro | Smart Portable Movie Projector
- LG C2 77-Inch evo OLED TV (OLED77C2PUA) | LG USA
- Amazon.com: Spears & Munsil UHD HDR Benchmark (UHD Blu-ray Disc) : Stacey Spears, Don Munsil, Stacey Spears: Movies & TV
- Solved: HP Spectre will not shut down; shutdown causes reboot - HP Support Community - 7136403
- Process Explorer - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs
- How do I shut down or restart my Windows computer via command prompt? | Information Technology Services
- What is Wake-on-LAN, and how to enable it in Windows 11 - OnMSFT.com
- MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch - Apple
- When Searching Hotels Don't Make This Common Mistake - JohnnyJet.com
- Vacation Division: Designing Trips for You | TravelStore
- Amazon S3 Glacier Storage Classes | AWS
- Homepage - Wasabi
- Use Your Old Mac as a Server or NAS Drive — Here's How
- Robot's Tech Room - YouTube
- Reincubate Camo - Use your phone as a pro webcam, free
- Discover YubiKeys | Strong Two-Factor Authentication for Secure Login
- Hot Weather's Coming — Help Is On The Way! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1899
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
- go.acronis.com/techguy
- Sheryl Sandberg leaving Meta after 14 years.
- Zuckerberg: It's the end of an era. After 14 years, my good friend and partner Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as COO of Meta.
- Elon Musk asks all Tesla employees to come back to the office or quit.
- High Court Halts Texas Law Targeting Social Media Platforms.
- Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry's influence.
- Block's Cash App adopts Lightning Network for free bitcoin payments.
- Star Wars stands with Obi-Wan Kenobi's Moses Ingram amid racist fan backlash.
- What is @SwedenGate? How the Internet Turned on Sweden For Not Feeding House Guests.
-
SwedenGate: This Twitter thread explains why Swedes don't serve their guests food.
- Tim Hortons App Tracked People Illegally, Canada Watchdogs Say.
- Top Gun: Maverick Used A.I. to Recreate Val Kilmer's Voice.
- Hear Val Kilmer's AI voice – Sonantic.
- US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading.
- France officially bans English gaming terms like 'eSports' and 'streaming'.
- Want to make it in the music industry? You better go viral on TikTok.
- This Maine lobsterman is a TikTok sensation.
- The joy of watching movies through a Snapchat filter.
- Google is combining Meet and Duo into a single app for voice and video calls.
- Google Docs is getting a big upgrade to formatting.
- YouTube for Android and iOS can now connect to your TV for easy commenting and sharing.
- Google TV's new app launches on the iOS App Store with the ability to use a mobile device as a remote.
- Google TV app is now available on iOS, replaces Play Movies & TV.
- Chrome OS 102 rolling out: USB-C cable alerts, better ZIP file handling, more.
- Dotdash (Meredith/Time Inc) killing mass print, going for niche print.
- Jonas Brothers start new texting subscription business.
- iRobot OS is the newest 'brain' for your Roomba.
- We tried it: Clockwork's 10-minute "robot manicure".
Picks:
- Stacey - Bo Burnham's new hour-long video goes behind Inside (and has new songs)
- Jeff - Who are the people at the center of Black Twitter?
- Jeff - Meet TikTok's 2022 Class of LGBTQ+ Trailblazers
- Jeff - It's always Pride on the Old Gays TikTok
- Ant - Canon R10 announced
- Ant - Canon R7 announced
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Indochino.com promo code TWIT
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- newrelic.com/twig
Microsoft Entra, Win11 version 22H2, Surface Laptop Go 2
- Quick update on the Windows 11 version 22H2 rollout at Casa de Thurrott
- Spotify releases a native ARM version of its client on Windows 10/11
- PC maker earnings
- New report suggests Microsoft's dirty tactics in Windows 11 are the reason for Edge usage gains
- Microsoft announces Entra, a new set of business identity services
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft drops three Microsoft 365-exclusive Excel features: Money, Wolfram Data Types, and partner exclusives
- DuckDuckGo has a Microsoft problem. But I don't think it's as bad as many are making out
Surface
- Surface Laptop Go 2 leaks and is now officially announced
- Surface Laptop Studio finally gets a dynamic refresh rate feature
Xbox
- Microsoft skips "Keystone" but is still working on a dongle
- New Games for Gold for June
- New Game Pass titles for the first half of June
- June Xbox Update Makes Secret Achievements Visible
- Sony is going big on the PC
Tips and picks
- App pick of the week: Camo
- App pick of the week #2: Vivaldi 5.3
- Enterprise pick of the week: WSL comes to Win Server 2022
- Codename pick of the week: Zuma
- Beer pick of the week: Brasserie Dieu du Ciel Rosee d'Hibiscus
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- Melissa.com/twit
- hackerrank.com/WW
- Picture of the Week.
- New South Wales DDL — Digital Driver's License.
- The latest Microsoft Office 0-day remote code execution vulnerability.
- GhostTouch.
- Vodafone's new TrustPiD.
- Closing the Loop.
- DuckDuckGone?
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-873-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- zentrysecurity.com/twit
- kolide.com/securitynow
1 Billion Safari Users, SwiftUI in 2022, BTS
- WWDC 2022: What to expect, iOS 16, new operating systems, redesigned MacBook Air, more.
- WWDC 2022 full schedule.
- Apple's Safari browser now has more than 1 billion users.
- Michael Tsai - SwiftUI in 2022.
- Judge rules Cydia's antitrust case against Apple can move forward.
- Apple VP kindly reminds retail workers that they can say no to unions.
- We Tried Apple's Self Repair Program. You Shouldn't. (Probably).
- Foxconn raises outlook, saying supply chain situation improving.
- Kuo: TSMC roadmap indicates this year's iPhone 'A16' chip will stick to 5nm fab, same as A14 and A15.
- Apple has won a patent for a future Apple Watch with an integrated camera in its digital crown and more.
- Tesla is considering adopting Apple's AirPlay to improve audio quality.
- Apple Music 1 launching a new show hosted by K-pop sensation BTS.
- Formula One pilot Sebastian Vettel chases thieves using the iPhone's Find My app.
- Remembering Apple's Newton, 30 years on.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: ChauvetDJ
- Andy's Pick: Buy Nothing App for iOS
- Rene's Pick: Rene's Nebula Class
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ue.com/fits promo code MACBREAK
- kolide.com/macbreak
- wealthfront.com/macbreak
Seth Green's NFT stolen, DuckDuckGo and Microsoft, Apple Union battle
- Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape And Star Of His New NFT Show.
- Best Crypto Wallets by Nicholas De Leon.
- A California bill could allow parents to sue social-media companies for up to $25,000 if their children become addicted to the platforms.
- Court upholds the block on Florida's social media 'censorship' law.
- Senator Klobuchar Fixed None Of The Problems With Her Antitrust Bill; But Made Sure To Carve Out ACTUAL Monopolists Like Telcos And Finance Companies.
- DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement.
- These Period Tracker Apps Say They Put Privacy First. Here's What We Found.
- Apple VP kindly reminds retail workers that they can say no to unions.
- We Tried Apple's Self Repair Program. You Shouldn't. (Probably).
- Apple Shows AR/VR Headset to Board in Sign of Progress on Key Project.
- Microsoft is making a native Arm version of Visual Studio 2022 and a mini PC.
- Elon Musk Called Out for Using Stolen Cartoon to Illustrate Twitter Takeover.
- Twitter shareholders sue Elon Musk and Twitter over chaotic deal.
- After 17 years, Peter Thiel has officially left Meta's board.
- DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- Twitter to pay $150 mln to settle with U.S. over privacy, security violations.
- Want to make it in the music industry? You better go viral on TikTok.
- Elizabeth Holmes pleaded with a judge to overturn her Theranos convictions, citing 'insufficient evidence'.
- End of an era as New York removes last public payphone.
- Analog City: NYC B.C. (Before Computers).
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Nicholas De Leon, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- zapier.com/TWIT
- UserWay.org/twit
- drinktrade.com/twit
- privacy.com/twit
How to set up a failover router. Which platform is best for buying ads? Why did an LG phone fail a "routine safety check?" What is cryptocurrency? Alternatives to SlingBox. What's the no-sender glitch on iPhone? How to digitize old family photos. Can you output video from an all-in-one computer? What is Starry? Plus, a conversation with Sam Abuelsamid.
- Seth Green's Bored Ape stolen: now he can't make his NFT show.
- Setting up a failover router & dynamic IP's.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Kia EV6.
- Most efficient ads one can buy to promote something.
- Locked out of Windows account after attempting to install Microsoft Office.
- Why a LG phone failed a "routine safety check."
- What is Cryptocurrency and what can you do with it?
- Are there SlingBox alternatives after support has ended for the product?
- What's the no-sender glitch on iPhone?
- Digitizing old family photos.
- A caller's universal remote is not working with their TV.
- Outputting video from an all-in-one computer.
- Starry: another option for an ISP?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1898
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
Discussing Project Volterra and Windows on ARM. Syncing and boosting audio on a home theater system. Soundbar recommendations. Troubleshooting wireless charging with a battery case. Picking a smartphone for photography to bring on a trip to Italy. Troubleshooting memory issues on a smart TV. Using your TV speakers as the center channel in a surround sound setup. Recommendations for managing battery charging. Gadgets to protect one's self from catalytic converter theft. Finding a legitimate place to sell used electronics. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- The Halsey TikTok Trend Complaining About Record Labels Is A Plant
- Payola - Wikipedia
- Plugola - Wikipedia
- DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement
- Project Volterra: Everything you need to know about Microsoft's ARM developer kit | Windows Central
- Solved: Soundbar? Have an issue hearing voices. - Samsung Community - 786416
- Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It)
- Shop Wireless Sound Bars & Home Theater Systems | VIZIO
- SOUND BARS - HDMI Cable, Home Theater Accessories, HDMI Products, Cables, Adapters, Video/Audio Switch, Networking, USB, Firewire, Printer Toner, and more!
- Google Fi - A Phone Plan, by Google
- How To Check Hospitalization Numbers of Your Destination - JohnnyJet.com
- My Dad Has COVID-19 ... For the Third Time! - JohnnyJet.com
- Roku – Streaming players, smart TVs, wireless speakers & audio | Roku
- TV & Home - Apple
- Can I Use My TV Speakers as a Center Channel? – Home Theater & Sound
- Use the TV speakers as the center speaker | Sony USA
- Battery University Homepage
- Buy and Sell Used Cell Phones and Electronics | Gazelle
- Buy and Sell Used Phones, Laptops and More - Swappa
- See Your Name In Lights! (Even if you can't sing or dance!) | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1897
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- wealthfront.com/techguy
- 21 killed in Texas elementary school shooting.
- Beto O'Rourke disrupts news conference on shooting.
- The Problem With The Otherwise Very Good And Very Important Eleventh Circuit Decision On The Florida Social Media Law.
- And Now The Copia Institute Tells The US Supreme Court There's A Big Problem With Texas's Social Media Law.
- Inside VeeCon: 4 Days of NFT Fanaticism at U.S. Bank Stadium.
- Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape And Star Of His New NFT Show.
- Just after Texas shooting, California Senate passes Texas-style bill targeting assault weapons, ghost guns.
- California Assembly Unanimously Passes Blatantly Unconstitutional Bill To Allow Parents To Sue Websites Because Their Kids Are Depressed.
- Snap Sends Shiver Through Ad Stocks.
- Big Tech Is Getting Clobbered on Wall Street. It's a Good Time for Them.
- Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter's board of directors.
- Twitter shareholders vote to boot Silver Lake co-CEO Durban, a long-time Musk backer, from board.
- Twitter jumps after Musk increases commitment in takeover bid to $33.5 billion, in talks for other funding.
- Anna Lapwood ends up playing organ for Bonobo at Royal Albert Hall.
- Ukrainian soldiers sing a tribute to their drones.
- Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air.
- DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement.
- DOJ Announces It Won't Prosecute White Hat Security Researchers.
- Electrify America will be 100 percent solar-powered by 2023.
- OpenAI: Look at our awesome image generator! Google: Hold my Shiba Inu.
- @horsewizrd: (content warning: endless screaming) ok the AI refuses to give me a normal cat but when I ask for "a centaur except the man part is a jumbo shrimp.
- @Thinkwert: Not as good as the viral tweet, I'm afraid. A centaur except the man part is a jumbo shrimp.
- "Tough to forge" digital driver's license is... easy to forge.
- Sources: Pixel Watch boosts Exynos 9110 with co-processor, most RAM Wear OS has ever seen.
- FB Is Paying Residents of Illinois $397 Each in Lawsuit Settlement.
- Kellyanne Conway: 'My husband George abandoned me for Twitter'.
- 'This can't be real': Grubhub promotion turns New York City restaurants into a 'war zone'.
- Introduction of MS Excel in 92.
- Open call – your field recordings of obsolete sounds wanted!
Picks:
- Cathy - @HueyLewisNews: Huey also stopped by the Andy Warhol Museum while he was in Pittsburgh
- Cathy - @CathyGellis: I had a party yesterday to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. Here was the cake...
- Kevin - Obsolete Macs to run old software
- Kevin - I don't care about your crypto boy
- Jeff - Students create an edible tape to hold that messy burrito together
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guests: Cathy Gellis and Kevin Marks
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Codecademy.com promo code TWIG
- eightsleep.com/twig
- policygenius.com/twig
Build 2022 Updates!
- 'Project Volterra': Microsoft is building an Arm dev kit on the Snapdragon compute platform
- Microsoft is making virtual developer workstations available in the cloud via Dev Box
- Build 2022: Microsoft Opens Windows 11 Widgets to Third-party Developers
- The Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform: Bringing together databases, analytics and governance
- Build 2022: Microsoft Announces Power Platform Advances
- Microsoft Teams and Power Platform to get more collaboration, AI-assisted additions
- Build 2022: .NET MAUI is Now Generally Available
- Build 2022: Microsoft Highlights Windows 11 Microsoft Store Momentum
- Microsoft: Here are the new features coming to OneNote on Windows
Windows 11
- Microsoft Finalizes Windows 11 Version 22H2
- New Windows 11 Build Heads to the Release Preview Channel
- Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Insider Build 25126
- Windows 11 Subsystem for Android Gets a Big Update
- Quality, Quality, Quality (Premium)
Xbox
- Xbox Outsold PS5 in Japan for the First Time in this Console Gen
- Microsoft Launches "Simply Next Gen" Ad Campaign for Xbox Series S
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Get Windows 11 version 22H2 now
- App pick of the week: YouTube
- Enterprise pick of the week: Keep up with Microsoft Linux
- Codename pick of the week: Black Rock
- Beer pick of the week: Bell's Oberon Ale
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- tanium.com/twit
- CDW.com/IntelClient
- Picture of the Week.
- Emergency mid-cycle update for Active Directory.
- Clearview AI -vs- {Illinois, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom}.
- Clearview AI in Ukraine.
- Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022.
- The DoJ takes a welcome step back.
- Sometimes, unlocking can be too convenient.
- Closing The Loop.
- Dis-CONTI-nued: The End of Conti?
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-872-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- plextrac.com/twit
- NetFoundry.io/TWIT
Craig's Whiteboard, EA Gaming, FCPX
- Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 6 with keynote address
- Craig's whiteboard leaks WWDC22.
- Brian Roberts' one that got away.
- Apple in talks to buy EA gaming. Disney and Amazon are also potential suitors.
- Losing Ian Goodfellow to DeepMind is the dumbest thing Apple's ever done.
- Apple response to "Final Cut Pro in TV and Film" open letter.
- TIME 100 most influential people of 2022 features Tim Cook – Laurene Powell Jobs wrote his entry.
- Apple unveils new Apple Watch Pride Edition bands.
- Apple TV+ now streaming Prehistoric Planet.
- Apple expands Today at Apple Creative Studios, providing new opportunities to young creatives.
- FCC filings reveal Apple's mysterious 'Network Adapter' that runs iOS.
- Apple looks to boost production outside China.
- Guest drops Apple Watch on EPCOT ride & jumps out to get It, then has $40,000 in fraudulent credit card Charges.
Picks of the Week
- Rene's Pick: Apollo 1.3
- Andy's Pick: Amplosion
- Alex's Pick: Audio Design Desk
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/macbreak promo code MACBREAK30
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
- kolide.com/macbreak
NY goes after Twitch, Musk's real plan, Apple's DeepMind defection
- Elon Musk says Twitter deal can't happen until bot account dispute is resolved.
- Twitter asks shareholders to support Musk's purchase.
- NY Launches Ridiculous, Blatantly Unconstitutional 'Investigations' Into Twitch, Discord; Deflecting Blame From NY's Own Failings.
- @kendraschaefer: My goodness. China's cyberspace watchdog, the CAC, just published a long (and unprecedented) set of draft regulations for recommendation algorithms.
- Why is the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial so visible on social media?
- The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
- Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell.
- Dianetics and scientology technical dictionary by L. Ron Hubbard.
- Losing Ian Goodfellow to DeepMind is the dumbest thing Apple's ever done.
- The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel.
- Apple Shows Headset to Board in Sign It's Reached Advanced Stage.
- VeeCon: Exclusive Conference Around Web 3 and Culture.
- Fears grow for smaller nations after ransomware attack on Costa Rica escalates.
- Ransomware gang Conti 'shuts down' in midst of Costa Rica attack.
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
- Bobiverse by Dennis Taylor.
- The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman.
- Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand.
- Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science by Harry R. Lewis.
- Pinball Map
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amy Webb and David Spark
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT
- expressvpn.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
- Indochino.com promo code TWIT
The Department of Justice is no longer prosecuting security researchers. Good password management when dealing with patient portals. Autonomous vs. traditional automotive vehicles. Why your video & audio is off sync sometimes while streaming video content? Is the idea of search engines broken? RAW vs JPEG images. Troubleshooting a computer. What is "powerwashing"? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt.
- DOJ no longer prosecuting security researchers! Huzzah!
- NY Attorney General's Office launched an investigation into Twitch and Discord in connection to the mass shooting in Buffalo.
- Proper security through a Patient Portal for medical needs?
- Sam Abuelsamid and the 'Elon Musk Crash Course' documentary.
- Autonomous vs. traditional vehicles.
- Why is a TV sound & picture sync while streaming is off at times?
- What could be causing your streaming content to buffer constantly?
- Is the idea of "searching" in a search engine broken?
- Chris Marquardt and Focus & Bokeh.
- Working with RAW images vs JPEG.
- What are the benefits to "cookies"?
- Is your Windows PC dying? What are some signs that it may be time to replace it?
- Why a computer monitor or TV may not be connecting to your computer.
- What to know about "powerwashing" a Chromebook.
- Does a caller need both Frontier Communications & Dish network or can they ditch one of them?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1896
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- onepeloton.com
- go.acronis.com/techguy
Safely using Zelle for payments. The difference between the Samsung Galaxy A52 and A53. Finding high-quality 1080p TVs in a 4K world. Cost-effective solutions for a call-in podcast. Troubleshooting CarPlay drop-outs and disconnects. Connecting outdoor lighting to a WiFi network. Deciding between an iMac and a Mac Mini or Mac Studio. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Apple's Self Service Repair now available - Apple
- Russian Troops Locked Out of $5M of Stolen John Deere Equipment
- Malicious Compliance
- Is my information secure? | Zelle
- Reviews and Ratings - RTINGS.com
- Samsung Galaxy A53 vs A52: What are the major differences?
- How to fix your Android 12 power button so it turns off your phone - The Verge
- How to use Do Not Disturb mode on Android
- Effect of Ultra-high-definition Television on Ocular Surface and Fatigue - PMC
- Flicker, the display affliction
- Glasses that Work Just as Hard as You – Felix Gray
- Call in Studio - The cloud-based call-in platform for broadcasters.
- Create and Listen to Online Radio Shows | Blog Talk Radio
- Message. Video. Phone. | RingCentral
- Customers Questions - RingCentral Community Forums
- Best Podcast Software / Platform: Record, Host, and Distribute | TalkShoe
- Taylor Swift's Clever Tip for Flying Southwest Airlines -
- The Service That Makes Covid-19 Testing So Much Easier For Travelers - JohnnyJet.com
- Apple Music Insights: Royalties - Apple Music for Artists
- Wireless CarPlay and Bluetooth issues | Jeep Wagoneer Forum
- comma – introducing comma three
- Project Titan | TechCrunch
- The VOID | A Virtual Reality Experience
- Chameleon MR-16 Wifi RGBW Color Changing Light
- Finally, a Whole Home WiFi System That Works-Best Coverage Mesh Wifi by eero
- Understanding Panoramic Wifi
- Ubiquiti - Simplifying IT
- Sisel Instant Kaffé - Healthy Coffee | Sisel International
- Why Infrared Roasting – Healthy Coffee Lifestyles
- The Oven Door | Open For Healthy Living
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1895
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- UserWay.org/twit
Tripp Mickle joins Leo Laporte to discuss his new book, "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul". They discuss the shift in Apple's dynamic and approach to products after the passing of Steve Jobs from a company of innovation with Jony Ive, to a company of efficiency under Tim Cook.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Tripp Mickle
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation.
Tripp Mickle joins Leo Laporte to discuss his new book, "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul". They discuss the shift in Apple's dynamic and approach to products after the passing of Steve Jobs from a company of innovation with Jony Ive, to a company of efficiency under Tim Cook.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Tripp Mickle
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-events.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
- Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.
- Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.
- Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.
- What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?
- Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?
- You can't always blame algorithms.
- Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.
- People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.
- Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.
- 1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.
- jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).
- Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.
- Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.
- Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.
- Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.
- Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.
- Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.
- Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.
- China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.
- Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.
- Living the #ConventLife.
- TikTok ruins everything.
- TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.
- YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.
- 'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.
- Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.
- Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.
- Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.
- Shuffled By the iPod.
Picks:
- Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).
- Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.
- Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.
- Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Shoshana Weissmann
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- BuckMason.com/twig
- nureva.com
- CDW.com/HPE
One Outlook, Microsoft's VPN, Windows 11 Broad Deployment
One Outlook
- Microsoft starts rolling out new 'One Outlook' Windows email client to testers
- Quick Hands-On: Outlook (Pre-Release)
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Teams Lands on the Windows 10/11 Microsoft Store
- Microsoft Announces Secure Network for Edge
Windows 11
- Windows 11 known issues and notifications | Microsoft Docs
Microsoft Corporate
- Microsoft to Adjust Employee Compensation
- Microsoft Channel Chief Rodney Clark departs
- Microsoft goes public with planned changes to undo restrictive cloud licensing policies in Europe
Xbox
- Microsoft Imagines System Giving Disc-less Consoles Access to Physical Games
- Jurassic World Evolution 2, More Coming to Xbox Game Pass in May
- Bethesda's Starfield and Redfall Have Been Delayed to 2023
- Sony Reveals Games Included With its New PlayStation Plus Plans
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Go back in time with Google Maps
- App pick of the week: Alternative browsers, again
- Vivaldi & Brave
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft's eval center is broken. Here's a workaround\
- Codename picks of the week: Delridge and Quinault
- Beer pick of the week: Talea Haba Haba Splash
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/ww
- go.acronis.com/ww
- drinktrade.com/windows
- Picture of the Week.
- An "eventful" Patch Tuesday.
- Patch Tuesday.
- Apple patched a 0-day.
- Google's "Open Source Maintenance Crew".
- Conti suggests overthrowing the new Costa Rican government.
- Policing the Google Play Store.
- The situation has grown more dire for F5 systems' BIG-IP boxes.
- Errata.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- The New EU Surveillance State.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-871-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- cloud.jumpcloud.com/securitynow
iOS 15.5, Accessibility, USB-C iPhones?
- Everything new in iOS 15.5 for iPhone.
- Apple previews innovative accessibility features combining the power of the hardware, software, and machine learning.
- Apple adds live captions to iPhone and Mac, plus more accessibility upgrades to come.
- Apple delays the plan to have staff in the office three days a week.
- Virtual product placement ads are coming to Amazon Prime Video and Peacock.
- The same fake potato chip brand is in a mind-blowing number of TV shows.
- Apple now letting developers automatically charge for some subscription price increases.
- USB-C iPhone 15 is in the works, claims Kuo, following supply-chain survey.
- Dolby Atmos coming to podcasts with Wondery as first supported platform.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: "All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business" by Mel Brooks
- Rene's Pick: Swift Playgrounds (Update)
- Alex's Pick: Shure MV7
- Leo's Pick: AirSelfie Air Neo
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/macbreak
- Melissa.com/twit
- ourcrowd.com/macbreak
- Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.
- Two Twitter Leaders Are Leaving Company Following Musk Deal.
- Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.
- Just How Incredibly F'd Up Is Texas' Social Media Content Moderation Law?
- Elon Musk praises Chinese workers for 'burning the 3am oil' – here's what that really looks like.
- Jeff Bezos Hits Back at Joe Biden in Twitter Spat Over Inflation.
- Google previews the Pixel Watch, coming this fall with Pixel 7.
- The Pixel Tablet is coming in 2023.
- It's not a phone, it's an alliance.
- Google Glass's successor teased at I/O.
- Google announces Pixel 6a powered by Tensor processor for $449.
- More than $200 billion erased from the entire crypto market in a day as the sell-off intensifies.
- Yellen Renews Call for Stablecoin Regulation After TerraUSD Stumble.
- 'The Guilt Is Unbearable': UST-Luna Investors Discuss the 99.99% Crypto Crash.
- Take Control of Cryptocurrency by Glenn Fleishman.
- Caitlin's podcast: Crypto's big crash.
- Coinbase chief says 'no risk of bankruptcy' after regulatory filing sparks alarm.
- Man seeks to excavate a landfill that allegedly has half a billion dollars worth of bitcoin.
- UK's Royal Mail aims to open up to 50 drone routes for rural deliveries.
- How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell.
- The iPod is dead.
- A Visual History of the Apple iPod.
- Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022.
- Netflix Exploring Live Streaming For First Time; Plans To Roll Out For Unscripted Series & Stand-Up Specials.
- Disney Plus added almost 8 million new subscribers as Netflix struggles.
- Virtual reality mask adds realism by making it harder to breathe.
- Here's What the Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way Looks Like.
- TikTok to surpass YouTube in the US.
- TIkTok introduces first ad product with rev share for creators.
- House where Facebook was created lists for $5.3M.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Denise Howell, Glenn Fleishman, and Caitlin McGarry
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twit
- wealthfront.com/twit
- Blueland.com/TWIT
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
Stopping your phone from automatically connecting to WiFi networks, Canon printers & Canon Direct Connect, issues with Windows updates, progressive glasses & photography, running a KVM in Ubuntu, how to move photos from a camera onto an iPhone directly, cars with 3G connectivity, and Raspberry Pi's. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Google IO this past week.
- How to stop your phone from automatically connecting to WiFi networks.
- Computer mouse & audio acting up for caller after a Windows update.
- Sam Abuelsamid & the Ford F150 Lightning.
- Canon printers & Canon Direct Connect
- After resetting their network, a caller is having issues installing Windows updates.
- iPhone 13 not playing nice with Google One, Google's version of iCloud.
- Working with progressive glasses when doing photography.
- Chris Marquardt and the Elegant assignment review.
- Running a KVM (kernel-based Virtual Machine) in Ubuntu.
- Moving photos from a camera to an iPhone directly.
- What to do with cars with 3G connectivity as 3G networks have shut down? (Hint: not much)
- Rod Pyle & the Super Flower Blood Moon.
- Getting a Raspberry Pi to be recognized as a drive on your network.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1894
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- cachefly.com
Fixing stuck pixels on an LCD monitor. Adding security cameras to food trucks. Expected WiFi speeds for a gigabit internet plan. Archiving email from an IMAP server. Upgrading to a new monitor. Creating and accessing a database of fine art. Buying a new Windows 11 laptop. Remotely monitoring a CNC machine. Understanding the Cricut cutter. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- What to know as crypto such as Bitcoin and stablecoins plunge : NPR
- Elon Musk pauses Twitter deal: What that means | Protocol
- Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal fires two top executives, freezes hiring - The Verge
- Royal Mail wants fleet of 500 drones to carry mail to remote UK communities - BBC News
- The EU Commission's New Proposal Would Undermine Encryption And Scan Our Messages | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- DJI's new Mini 3 Pro drone hits the aerial photography sweet spot | TechCrunch
- Stuck Pixel Fixing Guide (Diagnose, Fix, Prevent!)
- Display Week > 2022
- The Mobile Scoop Shop - The Mobile Scoop Shop
- Owlcam | AI-Powered Car Security Camera System
- Arlo Pro 2 Add-on Camera | Arlo Accessories
- MOVING IMAP MAIL TO LOCAL DRIVE - Apple Community
- Thunderbird — Make Email Easier. — Thunderbird
- MailStore - The Standard in Email Archiving
- Email Backup Software to Download Emails from Cloud-Based Services
- Here's What Travelers Need to Know Before Their Memorial Day and Summer Trips
- The Easiest Way to Digitize Your Old Photos - JohnnyJet.com
- Ninox Database
- Use Claris FileMaker to Build Business Applications — Claris
- Galleries - Séraphine - LongShadowStudio
- Airtable Product - Build a Better Way to Work | Airtable
- Laptops | Shop Laptops, 2 in 1s, & More | Lenovo US
- 12th Gen Intel Core Laptop Computers | Dell USA
- Antivirus.com - Cybersecurity, Data Leaks & Scams, How-Tos, and Product Reviews
- Windows Security: Defender, Antivirus & More | Microsoft
- TRUMPF SE + Co. KG | TRUMPF
- TruTops Fab Software helps you Monitor your TRUMPF Machines from Anywhere - Headland Machinery
- Cricut Home
- Tech Guy Labs | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1893
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- go.acronis.com/techguy
- wealthfront.com/techguy
Google IO, Hawley's copyright bill, Texas social media law, Keyboardio Atreus
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Masnick
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/663
Sponsors:* eightsleep.com/twig * Codecademy.com promo code TWIG * twit.cachefly.com
Google presents the Google I/O Keynote, unveiling improvements in Google Maps, Google Workspace, Google Assistant, and tools for fighting skin color bias with the Monk Skin Tone Scale. Google also announces virtual credit cards in Chrome, demos new AI capabilities with LaMDA and PaLM, previews new features for Android 13 with Google Wallet, Emergency SOS, and more. Google ends the keynote by showing off upcoming hardware with the Pixel 6a, Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Buds Pro, Pixel Watch, Pixel Tablet, and AR glasses.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Howell, and Jeff Jarvis
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
FIDO, Microsoft Build 2022, Power Pages
- Microsoft starts testing 'Suggested Actions' in new Windows 11 test build
- Microsoft Issues New Windows Insider Preview Build to Dev and Beta
- Apple, Google, and Microsoft to Work Together on Passwordless Logins
- Microsoft Releases Physical Copies of Windows 11
- Windows 11 is Getting a "New" Sound Recorder App
Microsoft 365 & IT
- Microsoft readies its latest 'industrial metaverse' pitch
- Microsoft's new Outlook email client is live (at least for now)
- Quick Hands-On: Outlook (Pre-Release)
- Microsoft to rechristen Power Apps portals as 'Power Pages'
Hardware
- Microsoft Unveils New Adaptive Accessories Coming This Fall
- Microsoft, Volkswagen are working to enable HoloLens headsets to be used in vehicles
- Intel Adds a New Member to the 12th Gen Core Processor Family
- AMD Launches New Chipsets for Chromebooks
Dev
- Microsoft's Build 2022 Session Catalog is Now Available
- Microsoft Announces New .NET Milestones
- Google Announces Flutter 3.0
Xbox
- Report: Microsoft Still Plans Xbox Streaming Device
- Sony Has Sold 19.3 Million PlayStation 5 Consoles
- Nintendo Sold 23 Million Switch Consoles in the Past Year
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Read "After Steve"
- App pick of the week: Fortnite
- Enterprise pick of the week: Replacing the Store for Business and Store for EDU
- Codename pick of the week: Haven
- Beer pick of the week: Lowercase Brewing Mexican Lager
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Nuvei.com
- cloud.jumpcloud.com/windows
- newrelic.com/windows
- Picture of the Week.
- Google updates Android to patch an actively exploited vulnerability.
- Connecticut's recently passed data privacy bill became law last Wednesday.
- Ransomware victim snapshot.
- US State Department offering $10 million reward for information about Conti members.
- The worst threat the US faces...
- The White House and Quantum Computers.
- The ongoing threat from predictable DNS queries.
- F5 Networks Remote RCE warning and exploitation.
- Closing The Loop.
- Sci-Fi.
- That "Passkeys" Thing.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-870-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- zentrysecurity.com/twit
- kolide.com/securitynow
- privacy.com/securitynow
The history of the iPod, Apple & FIDO, Apple's AR plans
- Apple discontinues iPod touch, ending 20 year run of iconic 'iPod' brand
- Andy's photos from the 2006 U2 iPod event with Steve
- Apple is planning to shake up its massive Services business to push further into streaming and advertising
- Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to expanded support for FIDO standard to accelerate the availability of passwordless sign‑ins
- Apple is a massive force in AR. It's also been holding the technology back.
- Apple director of machine learning departs over a return to in-person work policy
- How Apple overcame its culture of secrecy to create AirPods Pro
- Workers at Apple China Plant Clash With Guards Over Lockdowns
- AirTag helps Australian photographer recover over $7000 worth of stolen gear
- Uncovering the sounds of a galaxy far, far away with Mac
- UK antitrust body will be able to fine Apple and Google 5% of their global turnover per day
- Fortnite fights its way back to iOS (sort of) without the App Store
Picks of the Week
- Rene's Pick: DJI Mini 3 Pro
- Andy's Pick: BlurScreen App
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Blueland.com/MACBREAK
- ue.com/fits promo code MACBREAK
- go.newtek.com/twit-tv
Is Google going downhill? Firefox reaches 100, finding duplicate photos and videos, accounting software for charities, could an iPhone be compromised by a fraudulent text message? Factory resetting an iPhone, adding more ethernet ports to a router, a map of the internet, finding the right Mac computer for a relative, and conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle.
- I Cut Google Out Of My Life. It Screwed Up Everything - Kashmir Hill
- Celebrating Firefox 100
- Data Brokers Track Abortion Clinic Visits for Anyone to Buy - Wired
- Julian Vargas - techjv.com
- Top 11 Low-Cost Nonprofit Accounting Software - doublethedonation.com
- Could an iPhone be compromised by a fraudulent text message?
- Factory resetting an iPhone
- Adding more ports to a router
- Map of the Internet - infrapedia.com
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1892
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- Blueland.com/TECHGUY
Tech stocks are crumbling, NFTs losing steam, SafeGraph, Google IO preview
- Elon Musk raises $7 billion in new funding for Twitter buyout.
- Evaluating Elon Musk's Plan To Fix Twitter.
- Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout.
- Why Tech Stocks Are Crashing and Burning.
- Bitcoin drops below $35,000 over the weekend, extending Friday's losses.
- NFT Sales Are Flatlining.
- NFTs Are Legally Problematic ft. Steve Mould & Coffeezilla.
- Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment by David F. Swensen.
- Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.
- Vatican Offers, Mysteriously Rescinds Interview About Pope's Metaverse Plans.
- Data Broker SafeGraph Stops Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Planned Parenthood.
- CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders.
- Global Privacy Control (GPC).
- Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions.
- The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship.
- Ian Goodfellow, Apple's director of machine learning, is leaving the company due to its return to work policy.
- AMD sales jump 71%, shrugging off concerns about PC slowdown.
- Salt_Hank on TikTok.
- Nvidia pays $5.5 million for allegedly hiding how many gaming GPUs were sold to crypto miners.
- Intuit to pay $141M settlement over 'free' TurboTax ads.
- Frontier lied about Internet speeds and "ripped off customers," FTC says.
- New York City sues Activision, targeting CEO Bobby Kotick.
- Apple's Self Service Repair now available.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brianna Wu and Alex Kantrowitz
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- wwt.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- policygenius.com/twit
Migrating media libraries from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Upgrading or fixing an old plasma-screen TV. Troubleshooting an HP all-in-one with a CMOS error. Maintaining 400 or more IoT devices on a network. Disabling "Dynamic QoS" on the Netgear Nighthawk router. Understanding Microsoft's new Dev Channels. Buying used Mac computers. "OK, Google" location lag. Adobe Lightroom compatibility issues. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson and Dick Debartolo.
- Frontier lied about Internet speeds and "ripped off customers," FTC says.
- TurboTax owner Intuit to pay $141 million to customers.
- AI research is a dumpster fire and Google's holding the matches.
- MIMO for ATSC 3.0 | IEEE Journals & Magazine.
- LG C2 77-Inch evo OLED TV (OLED77C2PUA).
- SABRENT USB 3.0 to SATA External Hard Drive Lay-Flat Docking Station for 2.5 or 3.5in HDD, SSD
- Ubiquiti | Reddit
- How do I enable or disable the Automatic Dynamic QoS database update on my Nighthawk X4 R7500?
- How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support
- Introducing Windows Insider Channels | Windows Insider Blog
- Certified Refurbished Products - Apple
- Set your home, work & other location - Android - Google Assistant Help
- Understand & manage your location when you search on Google - Android - Google Search Help
- A list of cameras that can be tethered to Lightroom Classic.
- Capture One photo editing software.
- Luminar 4 | An Old Version Of The Product.
- At The Pepcom "Home Now" Event We Discover Two New & Very Helpful Kitchen Gadgets.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1891
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- UserWay.org/twit
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout.
- Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands.
- Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid.
- Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions.
- The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship.
- Parliament invites Elon to visit.
- Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users.
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala.
- The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner.
- Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine.
- Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever...
- All About Waffle House.
- Concede defeat against bad speech.
- Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives.
- Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments.
- SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming.
- T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers.
- Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year.
- Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab.
- Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.
- Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords.
- May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback.
- Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space.
- Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans.
- How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide.
- Salt_Hank is killing it!!
Picks:
- Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives
- Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay
- Jeff - The Long S
- Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand
- Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty
- Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic
- Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- privacy.com/twig
- Compiler - TWIG
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Edge VPN, Office Web Apps, .NET MAUI, Tech Earnings
Windows 11 Inside story — How we made the Start
- Care About Windows? Do Not Watch This Video
Windows 11
- Microsoft's latest Windows 11 test build adds new group policies, drops SMB1 enablement by default
- Microsoft Edge Starts Testing Built-in VPN Powered by Cloudflare
- Desktop Browser Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats
- Microsoft Edge Version 101 is Now Available
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft 365 Web Apps Gain Support For Seamless Account Switching
Dev
- .NET MAUI Hits RC2, Adds Tizen Support
- GitHub to Require 2FA by the End of 2023
More earnings
- Intel Earnings Beat Estimates, Arrive with a Warning
- AMD Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
- Qualcomm Reports Record Revenues
- Apple Delivers Another Blockbuster Quarter
- Amazon Revenues Hit $116.4 Billion in Q1
Xbox
- Halo Infinite's Season 2 Launches Today on Xbox and PC
- Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for May
- Microsoft Reveals New Games with Gold for May
- Microsoft Releases the May Xbox Update
- Microsoft Launches Deep Pink Xbox Wireless Controller
- Microsoft Announces Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase on June 12
- Embracer Group Acquires Square Enix Western Studios and their IPs
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Programming Windows series is almost done
- App pick of the week: Mozilla Firefox
- Cocktail pick of the week: The Agua Fresca
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- CDW.com/IntelClient
- Melissa.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- Picture of the Week.
- DoD DIB-VDP Pilot Overview.
- The OpenSSF and the Package Analysis project.
- Connecticut moves toward state privacy protections.
- Closing The Loop.
- Global Privacy Control.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-869-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- plextrac.com/twit
- bitwarden.com/twit
- itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30
PayPal & Apple, Apple Silicon flaw, Q2 Results
- PayPal helped spur EU antitrust complaint against Apple payments.
- Researchers find flaw in Apple Silicon chips, but it's not 'that bad'.
- How Technocrats Triumphed at Apple.
- Apple reports second-quarter results.
- Apple Q2 2022 results: A record $97 billion quarter.
- Apple's Self Service Repair now available
- iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max taller displays and notch replacement corroborated in leaked panels.
- iPhone 14 — No A16 Chip?
- Why iPhone 14 PRO needs USB-C.
- Nvidia GeForce Now app adds native support for Apple M1 Macs just in time for Lost Ark arrival.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick of the Week: Twelve South HoverBar.
- Andy's Pick of the Week: Penbook for iPad.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- BuckMason.com/macbreak
- twit.cachefly.com
Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliens
- Twitter Has a New Owner. Here's What He Should Do.
- Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation.
- Jack Dorsey is tweeting through it.
- Judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to end the 2018 settlement with SEC.
- Bored Ape Metaverse Frenzy Raises Millions, Crashes Ethereum.
- Web3 is Going Great - Molly White.
- The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties.
- Labor Department Criticizes Fidelity's Plan to Put Bitcoin on 401(k) Menu.
- Doctorow Femur by Cory Doctorow.
- You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results.
- New options for removing your personally identifiable information from Search.
- Spotify Boosts Subscribers Despite Russia Ban, Joe Rogan Drama.
- Data From Fake Legal Requests Used to Sexually Extort Minors.
- These scientists want to tell aliens where Earth is — not everyone is happy.
- Netflix's Bad Habits Have Caught Up With It.
- Alphabet Q1: YouTube Ad Revenue Growth Slows Dramatically.
- Apple shares dip after the company warns of a possible $8 billion hit from supply constraints.
- Snap announces a mini drone called Pixy.
- Fort Worth, TX the first city in the U.S. to mine bitcoin.
- TikTok was the top app by worldwide downloads in Q1 2022.
- Meta Platforms' 'Metaverse' Division Loses $3B in 1Q.
- Microsoft Earnings: Cloud Growth Propels Higher Sales, Earnings.
- Hollywood's Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly.
- From CNN+ to Fyre Festival: A collector seeks swag from companies with epic ends.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cory Doctorow, Tim Stevens, and Owen Thomas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- podium.com/twit
- ourcrowd.com/twit
- nureva.com
- UserWay.org/twit
A US city is getting into the bitcoin mining business. The Internet Archive & Brewster Kahle. How to download Instagram Live videos. Google Chrome and the "Oops" error. Getting HDMI video into a video. Why did a phone do a random factory reset after a major update? A physical copy of a Windows installer...? Why your camera may not detect your SD card during the first use. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Forth Worth getting into mining bitcoin.
- The Internet Archive.
- Downloading Instagram Live videos.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Ultium EV vehicles.
- Google Chrome is running out of available memory & the "Oops" error.
- Intel 12th Gen CPUs.
- Getting HDMI video into a computer.
- Chris Marquardt and Photography at the sea.
- Caller's Moto G phone did a factory reset after a major update. What may have led to it?
- Do you need a Windows installer disc to install Windows?
- Rod Pyle and Russia quitting the International Space Station & the asteroid 2008 AG33.
- A caller's camera is unable to detect a microSD card.
- Why do email attachments disappear when replying or forwarding the email to someone?
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1890
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- go.acronis.com/techguy
Discussing content moderation on Twitter. A Blockbuster documentary recommendation. Troubleshooting legacy email connections. Changing the default search engine for Windows. Troubleshooting and disabling WiFi Protected Setup. Upgrading to wired ethernet in every room. Finding a way to video chat with pets while you're away from home. Understanding ad tech. Syncing a local Outlook account with Outlook online. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results – Krebs on Security
- Remove your personal information from Google - Google Search Help
- Spokeo - People Search | White Pages | Reverse Phone Lookup
- Why Netflix Is the Worst Performing Stock in the S&P 500 - The New York Times
- FY22 Q3 - Press Releases - Investor Relations - Microsoft
- https://abc.xyz/investor/static/pdf/2022Q1_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf
- Meta Earnings: Facebook Parent's Profit Drops 21% - The New York Times
- Spotify — Spotify Technology S.A. Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2022
- The Shadow Crew Who Encouraged Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover - WSJ
- Framework | The Framework Laptop is now in stock!
- Thanks for Joining Us at the 2022 NAB Show - 2022 NAB Show
- ATSC 3.0 - Wikipedia
- CNET: Free 4K from an antenna - These 2021 TVs from Samsung, Sony and LG can get it - ATSC : NextGen TV
- $200 NextGen TV Tuner Now Available on Amazon | TV Tech
- Features - ZapperBox
- The Last Blockbuster (2020) - IMDb
- Prodigy.net - Is Prodigy Down Right Now?
- Configure Gmail to Pull Mail from prodigy.net | Red Stamp Mail
- Windows 11: How to set Google as your default search engine instead of Bing - CNET
- The Internet's Most Unique Clock Uses Google Earth - JohnnyJet.com
- Earth Clock
- This man is trolling his airline with PowerPoint presentations to find his missing bag. | CNN Travel
- SCOTTeVEST: It's not Rocket Science. It's Pocket Science!
- theoriginalmusclebeach.com
- Furbo Dog Camera | Treat Tossing Pet Camera with Barking Alerts
- Alexa's most underrated feature: Why you should 'drop in' on Amazon Echo more often - CNET
- Interactive Pet Camera • Best Dog Camera 2020 • PetChatz®
- High-Speed, Secure & Anonymous VPN Service | ExpressVPN
- NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
- uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad content blocker.
- Insects Like Your Skin? Here's A Way To Take The "Bite Away" | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1889
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- wealthfront.com/techguy
- Elon Musk: There's a reason no smart buyer already purchased Twitter.
- Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation.
- Musk Not Allowed to Disparage Twitter When Tweeting About $44 Billion Deal.
- Elon Musk buys Tesla a pounding Chinese headache.
- Matt Levine's Money Stuff: Elon Musk Got His Deal for Twitter.
- Why exactly does Elon Musk want Twitter?
- Elon Musk Might Be Just What Twitter Needs.
- Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won't buy Twitter.
- Again a man lets me fall on the spikes by myself.' Amber Heard laments about her public breakup from Elon Musk and admits she wasn't in love with him in emails to agent.
- New York Times Pitchbot - @DougJBalloon.
- CNET Rebrands And Invests For The Future.
- Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann.
- Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult.
- YouTube's huge miss shows digital media ad market is getting hit hard.
- Google tells shareholders that YouTube Shorts is doing great, don't worry about TikTok!
- Pixel 6 is 'fastest-selling Pixel ever' as Sundar Pichai teases Android, new hardware at I/O 2022.
- Alphabet announces $70 billion buyback.
- Facebook earnings beat sends Meta stock soaring, but sales hit the slowest growth in a decade.
- Jack Dorsey ditches Block CEO title for 'Block Head'
- CNN+ streaming service pulls a Quibi, will shut down a month after launch.
- Christina Warren's CNN+ swag and swag from failed companies and festivals.
- Google Rolls Out New Cookie Rejection Banner in Europe.
- Meta's Sheryl Sandberg Pressured Daily Mail to Drop Bobby Kotick Reporting.
Picks:
- Glenn - Web3 is going just great
- Jeff - Reddit is spending $1 million to fund its users' best ideas and competitions
- Leo - Mastodon
- Leo - Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts
Take Control of Untangling Connections by Glenn Fleishman - https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/untangling/
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guests: Cathy Gellis and Glenn Fleishman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Codecademy.com promo code TWIG
- ourcrowd.com/twig
- eightsleep.com/twig
Learnings from Microsoft's Q3 Earnings Call
- Microsoft: Cloud revenue at $23.4 billion in Q3, up 32 percent
- Analysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium)
- Microsoft: Windows PC has 'never been more relevant'
- Analysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium)
- Google/Alphabet Revenues Were Up 23 Percent in Q1
Windows
- AdDuplex: Windows 11's Market Share Continues to Stagnate in April
- Windows 11 Auto HDR Feature Gets an Intensity Slider
- Microsoft Offers Insights from its Internal Windows 11 Upgrade
Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft's Teams app is coming to the Microsoft Store
- Microsoft Teams Adds Beta Support for Apple Silicon Macs
Hardware
- U.S. Army Could Waste $22 Billion on HoloLens
Build & Dev
- Microsoft Opens Registrations for its Virtual Build 2022 Conference
Xbox
- Xbox Beat US Sales Records in March 2022
- Report: Sony is Also Exploring Ads in Free-to-play Games
Tips and Picks
- App pick of the week: Clipchamp
- Tip of the week: Find assets for YouTube
- Enterprise pick of the week: Your M365 apps are moving to the Monthly Channel
- Buzzword pick of the week: Lots of buzzy buzzwords on that earnings call
- Beer pick of the week: New England Brewing G-Bot
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- tanium.com/twit
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- plextrac.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
- Lenovo UEFI Firmware Troubles.
- Everscale Blockchain Wallet.
- Java 15, 16, 17, and 18 received MUST UPDATES last week.
- Closing The Loop.
- Sci-Fi.
- SpinRite.
- The 0-Day Explosion.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-868-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- NetFoundry.io/TWIT
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- grammarly.com/twit
Studio Display Fix, Apple Union Fight, macOS Server
- Apple releases fix for Studio Display.
- Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company.
- Twitter's legal team has been an aggressive defender of free speech; Will that continue under Musk?
- Apple warns developers it will pull apps without recent updates from the App Store.
- Apple protests Japan's report seeking fair competition in OS market.
- Apple hires anti-union lawyers in escalating union fight.
- M1 Thunderbolt ports don't fully support USB 3.1 Gen 2.
- Apple announces service program for Apple Watch Series 6 'blank screen issue'.
- Google Pixel Watch: Exclusive leaked images seem to show Google's first smartwatch.
- Apple's Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable teardown shows why the accessory is expensive.
- Apple pulls the plug on dated $20 macOS Server app.
- Gurman: Apple Watch could feature satellite connectivity in a future model.
- Gurman: iMac with M3 chip already in the works, could be released later next year.
- Man uses AirTags and PowerPoint presentation to ask airline for his lost bags.
- Apple's latest Shot on iPhone 13 Pro short film spotlights food culture in Singapore.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: Postman
- Alex's Pick: Maxon Cinema 4D
- Rene's Pick: MotionVFX: mKBHD
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
- wealthfront.com/macbreak
- itpro.tv/macbreak promo code MACBREAK30
Netflix declines, CNN+ folds, Pixel Watch rumors, Moonbirds NFT, salty chopsticks
- Netflix Q1 net subscribers unexpectedly decline, revenue misses expectations.
- Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Sells Entire Netflix Stake, Taking $400 Million Loss.
- Netflix Says 100 Million+ Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords.
- CNN+ streaming service pulls a Quibi and will shut down a month after launch.
- Rupert's Age, Apple/NFL, and the Bomb of the Pandemic.
- Puzzle over Elon Musk Twitter plan after cryptic 'moving on' tweet.
- Elon Musk, Baloney King.
- House Republicans demand Twitter's board preserve all records about Musk's bid to buy the company.
- Apple warns developers it will pull apps without recent updates from the App Store.
- Google files a trademark application for 'Pixel Watch'
- Google's Rumored Smartwatch Should Take a Page From Its Pixel Phones.
- Google Pixel Watch: Exclusive leaked images seem to show Google's first smartwatch.
- Google's AI-Powered 'Inclusive Warnings' Feature Is Very Broken.
- Uber lifts mask mandate for drivers and riders.
- Shanghai Reports Record Daily Covid Deaths in Current Outbreak.
- What is the Moonbirds NFT collection, and why did it surge so quickly?
- HBO Max backs 'Minecraft' movie with 'Aquaman' star Jason Momoa.
- "Oreology" investigates the mystery of why Oreo creme filling usually sticks to one side.
- Watching TV from behind the wheel of a self-driving car is allowed under UK law.
- A Tesla vehicle using 'Smart Summon' appears to crash into a $3.5 million private jet.
- Americans are drowning in spam.
- The lickable-TV guy created electric chopsticks to make food taste saltier.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Nate Lanxon, and Lisa Eadicicco
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- noom.com/twit
- wealthfront.com/twit
This week in the continuing Elon Musk/Twitter saga, CNN+ will shut down at the end of April, can I use a mobile hotspot as my primary internet in an RV? Using a digital audio workstation (DAW) for Twitch streaming, getting old printer drivers for Linux, troubleshooting unpredictable mouse movement, safely using old versions of Windows online, importing footage from old DV tapes on a new computer, setting up an SSD cache on a Synology NAS, cloning an old MacOS hard drive to a new computer. And conversations with Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle.
- The Elon Musk/Twitter saga so far
- CNN+ will shut down at the end of April
- Netflix will explore ad supported subscriptions
- Can I use a mobile hotspot as my primary internet in an RV?
- Lincoln Star Concept
- Using a DAW for Twitch streaming
- Can I get an old printer working on Linux?
- Troubleshooting unpredictable mouse movement
- Safely using old Windows versions online
- Importing footage over a Firewire connection
- Setting up an SSD cache on a Synology NAS
- Cloning a MacOS hard drive to move to a new computer
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1888
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- twit.cachefly.com
Replacing the battery on a 10-year-old MacBook Air. Connecting a wireless subwoofer to a TV without a receiver or soundbar. Troubleshooting auto-playing audio from an iPhone while in the car. Regaining access to a hacked Facebook account. Connecting a 2.4 GHz wireless device to a WiFi network. Discussing the rising costs of streaming services and the benefits of cable. Regaining access to a Lastpass account after it was hacked. Troubleshooting cellular data issues. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Jack Dorsey ditches Block CEO title for 'Block Head' - Protocol
- Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing for Twitter deal - CNN
- Media gets it wrong on Elon Musk and Twitter: The issue is oligarchy, not "free speech" | Salon.com
- Moonbirds: The official PROOF PFP
- Dogecoin spikes 10% as Elon Musk takes an almost $3 billion stake in Twitter | Fortune
- Foxconn's largest iPhone plant escapes COVID lockdown | AppleInsider
- Macbook Air — Search - iFixit
- AVS Forum - YouTube
- Home - ATSC : NextGen TV
- ZVOX Home Theater & AccuVoice Sound Bars and SoundBase TV Speakers – ZVOX Audio
- Onkyo Announces Two Subsidiaries Will Cease Operations & File for Bankruptcy - Strata-gee.com
- How to stop your iPhone from autoplaying music in the car | iMore
- How to Stop Apple Music From Automatically Playing
- Recover a Hacked Facebook Account
- How to cancel a subscription from Apple - Apple Support
- How to Enjoy Great Hotel Pools Without Booking a Room or Jumping the Fence -
- If You Love Travel and Geography, Then You'll Love This Wordle-Inspired Game - JohnnyJet.com
- How do I change the wireless channel on my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
- How do I get a replacement SIM? | Mint Mobile
- Motorola Secret Code - Hardware Test Code & USSD Codes
- WOWCube – 24 Screens – 8 CPU's – In A Cube — WOW! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1887
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- Stamps.com promo code TWiT
- go.acronis.com/techguy
- Netflix slowdown a sea change for streaming.
- Netflix Says 100 Million+ Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords.
- @KarlBode: I always enjoy watching one-time innovators, now huge and successful, pivot to turf protection.
- Elon Musk Wants to Buy Out Twitter (TWTR) in Final $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid.
- Back to the Future of Twitter.
- Musk or Not, Twitter CEO Needs To Go.
- Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Unleashes Ahead of Board Exit.
- Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine.
- Google Docs Starts Nudging Some Users To Write Less Dumbly.
- Google's AI-Powered 'Inclusive Warnings' Feature Is Very Broken.
- Marquis Who's Who.
- Insteon is down and may not be coming back.
- Google playing with puffs of air, little taps as signals.
- Rolling Stone pivots to creators.
- Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed.
- Joe Kahn Is Named Executive Editor of The New York Times.
- Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.
- Google Search on desktop tests redesign that puts Images, Video, and more to the left.
- Google's AirDrop competitor, Nearby Share, is reportedly getting a big upgrade.
- Google issues third emergency fix for Chrome this year.
- Google rolls out new badges for Chrome extensions.
- Google One 2TB+ subscribers can get a free Titan Security Key — Here's how to redeem.
- Google rolling out conversion migration tool for Google Analytics 4.
- The Wisconsin Mom Who Made the Viral 'Welcome to POUNDTOWN' Sign Shares Her Inspiration.
- This company makes vodka out of thin air to save the planet.
- Center Cam is a tiny middle-screen webcam that delivers a better human connection through our eye-to-eye HD camera technology.
Picks:
- Stacey - With Insteon down, possibly for good, what options do you have for your devices?
- Jeff - Digital Advertising Soared 35% to $189 Billion in 2021 According to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report
- Jeff - Taking Stock With Teens: Piper Sandler completes 43rd semi-annual Generation Z survey of 7,100 U.S. teens
- Jeff - New suicide hotline number is unknown to most Americans
- Ant - Davinci Resolve 18 Beta Is Available
- Ant - Adobe Max Announced for IN PERSON
- Ant - Dawn Staley
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- policygenius.com/twig
- BuckMason.com/twig
- Blueland.com/TWIG
Checking in on Windows 11, Microsoft Purview, Build 2022
- Report: More PCs Running Windows XP, 7, and 8 Than Windows 11
- Microsoft disables SMB1 file-sharing protocol by default in Windows 11 Home
- Microsoft Gets Ready to Disable SMB1 Protocol on Windows 11
- Windows 10 Version 21H2 is Now Available for All Users
- PC Sales Fell 6 Percent in Q1 2022
Microsoft
- Microsoft rebrands its compliance and data-governance products as 'Microsoft Purview'
- Microsoft 365 Bug Bounty Program Now Offers up to $26K Rewards
Dev
- Microsoft Starts Filling up its Build 2022 Session Catalog
- Microsoft Issues .NET 7 Preview 3, .NET MAUI RC
Surface
- Microsoft Rolls Out Voice Clarity Feature on Surface Laptop Studio
Xbox
- Xbox Game Pass Will Soon Get More Ubisoft Games
- Microsoft May Soon Allow Ads in Free-to-Play Xbox Games
- Chris Novak Leaves Xbox After Almost 20 Years
- Sony and Nintendo Agree to Change Auto-Renew Subscription Practices
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Disable Google AMP
- App pick of the week: Google Drive for Windows
- Enterprise pick of the week: Loop components rolling out to Outlook
- Codename pick of the week: MetaOS' "Hubs"
- Beer pick of the week: Delirium Black Barrel Aged
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- drinktrade.com/windows
- hackerrank.com/WW
- newrelic.com/windows
- Picture of the Week.
- Chrome's 3rd 0-day of 2022.
- Patch Tuesday Redux.
- WordPress once again...
- Apache Struts Framework needs a critical update.
- Are America's nuclear systems so old they're un-hackable?
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- A Critical Windows RPC RCE.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-867-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- cloud.jumpcloud.com/securitynow
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- zentrysecurity.com/twit
Shot on iPhone Winners, Environmental Progress, M2 Chips
- From Tupac to ABBA: Will the metaverse change how we attend concerts?
- Apple unveils the best photos from the Shot on iPhone Macro Challenge.
- filmicpro on Twitter
- Demand for iPhone 13 tracking higher than in past cycles, iPhone SE demand muted
- Foxconn's largest iPhone plant escapes COVID lockdown
- Apple says nearly 20% of all material used in its products in 2021 was recycled, adds a recycled gold certificate.
- Apple expands the use of recycled materials across its products.
- Apple made a robot.
- Apple readies several new Macs with next-generation M2 chips.
- Apple claims third place in the 2022 brand intimacy rankings.
- Apple's privacy rules leave its engineers in the dark.
- Apple to donate $1 to World Wildlife Fund for every Apple Pay transaction in its stores.
- AirPods looted by Russians giving away their location via Find My.
- Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says.
- Unreal Engine-based game creation tool Core is expanding to iOS and Mac this summer.
- Facebook parent Meta set to take nearly 50% cut from virtual sales — and Apple is calling it out.
- Report: NFL Sunday Ticket 'Apple's to lose,' deal could already be done behind the scenes.
- Niantic's latest AR title 'Peridot' is Pokémon without the franchise overhead.
Picks of the Week:
- Rene's Pick: Why THE BATMAN Is So Beautiful.
- Andy's Pick: ToothFairy
- Alex's Pick: Blackmagic Cloud
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- hover.com/twit
- Blueland.com/MACBREAK
Elon Musk, Bill Gates' Metaverse, Zuckerberg security detail
- Fast track.
- Elon Musk Sued Over Delay in Disclosing Twitter (TWTR) Stake.
- Elon Musk Wants to Buy Out Twitter (TWTR) in Final $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid.
- Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk takeover.
- Fox News says it didn't authorize Truth Social account.
- Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.
- Researchers find new malware variant after stopping attack on Ukrainian energy provider.
- Ukraine Soldier Tears Down Russian Drone, Finds DSLR Camera, Bottle Cap.
- California proposed ban on new gas-fueled cars by 2035.
- Muting your mic reportedly doesn't stop big tech from recording your audio.
- AI software from Uniphore, Sybill and Zoom detects customer emotions.
- TikTok launches its own AR development platform, Effect House.
- Mark Zuckerberg's Augmented Reality.
- What a 1994 Bill Gates keynote tells us about the metaverse.
- Remembering eWorld, Apple's forgotten online service.
- Big Tech Is Pouring $925 Million Into Carbon Removal.
- Intel sets 2040 net zero goal for carbon emissions.
- Houston Astros' stadium will be the first in MLB to use Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' tech.
- Mark Zuckerberg Security Costs $26.8 Million for Meta.
- Bored Apes Go Hollywood With Coinbase-Produced Movie Trilogy.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brian McCullough, Harry McCracken, and Alex Lindsay
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- checkout.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- Blueland.com/TWIT
A caller is having issues with an application they recently installed. Why your computer monitor may not be suddenly receiving a signal from your computer. Is it worth transferring an old XP Pro license to a new computer? What steps you can take when you forget the password to your computer. Why are my WiFi speeds way slower than they should be? Also, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- New Macs with M2 chips?
- Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter.
- Memory issues with a Mac application? There may be more to that.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Toyota bZ4X.
- A caller is not getting video to his monitor from his computer.
- Transferring an old Pro XP license to a new laptop and upgrading it to Windows 11?
- HDCP error from Roku player after an over-the-air update.
- An older HP laptop hitting end of life after recent Windows 10 update?
- Chris Marquardt and the Expensive assignment review.
- What do to when you forget the password on a PC.
- Why WiFi speeds may be slower than they should be.
- Why emails are being bounced back from a different email address rather than the original address.
- Protecting yourself from online scammers & what you can do to remove malicious software safely.
- Rod Pyle & the Space Launch System.
- What is Dropbox & Microsoft OneDrive?
- Trouble pairing the new iPhone SE to a car's bluetooth system.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1886
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- wealthfront.com/techguy
Replacing an old all-in-one computer, connecting an M1 Mac Mini to Displayport, trouble removing a review from Google My Business, extending the range of a mobile hotspot, should I get an anti-virus app for iPhone? Troubleshooting a slow Frontier FIOS and AmpliFi Mesh Network, should I give the people developing my website the username and password for my domain registrar? Properly routing audio from multiple sources. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo.
- Sure Elon Musk Might Buy Twitter - Bloomberg
- Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk takeover
- Inspiron 3910 Compact Desktop : Inspiron Desktop Computer | Dell USA
- BRAVIA XR X95J 75" Full Array LED TV | Sony US
- 75-Inch Class 4K TV | QN90A Samsung Neo QLED Smart TV | Samsung US
- Samsung QN90A QLED Review - RTINGS.com
- Amazon.com: Cable Matters USB C to DisplayPort 1.4 Cable
- Mac Studio - Apple
- Apple (AAPL) Testing New Macs With Next-Generation M2 Chips - Bloomberg
- Amazon.com: Anker 577 Thunderbolt Docking Station
- Announcing AVS Forum's Tech Talk | AVS Forum
- How to remove reviews from your Business Profile on Google
- Franklin T10 Mobile Hotspot | 1 color in 256 MB | T-Mobile
- RadioLabs - The Wireless and Radio Experts - RadioLabs
- Leo Laporte Alaska Holland America July 16-23, 2022 | TravelStore
- How to Enjoy Great Hotel Pools Without Booking a Room or Jumping the Fence
- If You Love Travel and Geography, Then You'll Love This Wordle-Inspired Game - JohnnyJet.com
- Hopper - Book Flights & Hotels on Mobile
- IDrive: Cloud backup solutions for home and business
- Objective-See: LuLu
- Objective-See: KnockKnock
- Sysinternals - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs
- VirusTotal - Home
- You're muted — or are you? Videoconferencing apps may listen even when the mic is off
- Changing the Network's DNS Address – AmpliFi
- How to set up Cloudflare DNS on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Linux
- NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
- GRC's | DNS Nameserver Performance Benchmark
- Register Domain Names at Register.com - Business Web Hosting Services and Domain Name Registration Provider
- Simple, Secure Identity Verification | ID.me
- Use OAuth or Secure Mail Key for Email Apps - Email Customer Support
- Visual Interpreting – Get Live, On-demand Access to Visual Information
- Rogue Amoeba | Quality Audio Software for macOS
- Wireless Headsets and Headphones for Office, Music & Sport | Jabra
- The Giz Wiz Visits The NY Auto Show 2022! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1885
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- twit.cachefly.com
- Twitter Edits You 2022-04-06.
- Twitter reverts change that left blank spaces in place of deleted embedded tweets.
- How does Kevin Marks code his website?
- Elon Musk Sued Over Delay in Disclosing Twitter (TWTR) Stake.
- Elon Musk cancels town hall with Twitter employees after declining Twitter board seat.
- In major reversal, Elon Musk won't join Twitter board.
- Ukrainian power grid 'lucky' to withstand Russian cyber-attack.
- TikTok's Russia strategy: Censorship, loopholes and propaganda.
- Internet 'algospeak' is changing our language in real time, from 'nip nops' to 'le dollar bean'.
- The mystery of ⍼, a Unicode character of unknown purpose.
- How to Protect Children From Big Tech Companies.
- Gilbert Gottfried Was the Voice of Clippy.
- Big Tech Is Pouring $925 Million Into Carbon Removal.
- Intel sets 2040 net zero goal for carbon emissions.
- Amazon's IMDb TV changes its name to Freevee.
- CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users.
- Mark Zuckerberg Security Costs $26.8 Million for Meta.
- Google quietly launches its awaited 'Switch to Android' app on iOS.
- Google Fi drops prices for its unlimited plans and adds more data.
- Google now lets you search for things you can't describe — by starting with a picture.
- Google joins Samsung in working with iFixit on a self-repair program.
- Latest Android 12 QPR3 Beta includes fix for Dirty Pipe exploit on Pixel 6.
- DALL·E 2 can create original, realistic images and art from a text description.
- New York's NFT vending machine.
- Newmark puts $50 million into "cyber civil defense".
- Roomba sucks up dogs tail.
- 10 Audiobooks Narrators You Need To Follow on TikTok.
- How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur.
- Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal.
- The Sandman: Book of Dreams by Stefano Massini.
- The Lehman Trilogy.
- Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart.
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich.
Picks:
- Stacey - Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- Jeff - Shein $100b valuation
- Kevin - ElectricityMap.org: Carbon intensity energy map
- Kevin - indieblog.page: Random indieweb page
- Kevin - Web3 is going just great
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Kevin Marks
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- nureva.com
- eightsleep.com/twig
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Windows 11 Taskbar, Windows on ARM, Surface Laptop Go 2
- Customers aren't happy about Microsoft's restrictive cloud licensing policies
- Critics Say Windows Licensing is Anticompetitive
- Microsoft Has No Plans to Let You Move the Windows 11 Taskbar
- Microsoft Releases Windows 11 Insider Build 22598
- New Apcsilmic Dot 1 Windows on ARM Mini PC Starts at $229
- Microsoft Says Edge's Sleeping Tabs Now Save Even More Resources
- New Windows 11 Security Feature Will Require a PC Reset
Surface
- Report: Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go 2 Could Be Released This Spring
- Microsoft Releases April Updates for Surface Duo and Surface Duo 2
- Deal: Microsoft's Surface Duo 2 is Currently $500 Off
Xbox
- Microsoft Previews Halo Infinite Season 2
- Microsoft Launches an Xbox Spring Sale
Tips and Picks
- App of the week: Start11 v1.2
- App pick of the week #2: DuckDuckGo for Mac
- Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Autopatch
- Codename pick of the week: Night's Watch
- Cocktail pick of the week: Maple Splash
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- go.acronis.com/ww
- CDW.com/IntelClient
- kolide.com/ww
- Picture of the Week.
- Could NGINX have a 0-day?
- Microsoft's new Autopatch system.
- Another instance of Russian Protest in JavaScript's repository.
- End-of-service life for some popular Windows editions.
- Miscellany.
- Closing The Loop.
- Spring4Shell.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-866-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- plextrac.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/securitynow
Mac Mini Rumors, AirPods Security Flaw, Apple TV+
- Apple introduces new version of iMovie featuring Storyboards and Magic Movie.
- New Mac mini model?
- New Mac mini reference spotted in Studio Display firmware.
- Apple brings modern automation to iWork for Mac with Shortcuts.
- OOPS! Apple forgets Studio Display exists, pulls, then restores latest firmware update.
- Apple's U.S. shipments boost Mac's global share in slowing PC industry.
- Apple begins requiring in-person work starting today with hybrid plan.
- Apple targets watch blood-pressure tool for 2024 after snags.
- Apple introduces broadcasters and production details for "Friday Night Baseball," beginning April 8 only on Apple TV+.
- Leaked images show alleged 35W Dual USB-C Power Adapter from Apple.
- Thousands of Apple AirPods returned through Walmart and other retailers are being stockpiled due to an apparent security issue.
- Apple restores opposition app to its App Store in Russia.
- Senior EU officials were targeted with Israeli spyware.
- Apple's new Tap to Pay on iPhone feature gains new partner ahead of launch.
- Introducing DuckDuckGo for Mac: A private, fast, and secure browsing app.
- Apple TV+ strikes overall television deal with Tom Hanks' Playtone production company, Greyhound sequel in development.
- Apple joins the true-crime genre with TV+ 'Run, Bambi, Run' original podcast.
Picks of the Week:
- Alex's Pick: RealityScan
- Andy's Pick: Inoreader
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ue.com/fits promo code MACBREAK
- expressvpn.com/macbreak
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
The new Mac Mini's and getting the right displays to work with them. Why voicemails may be arriving late, even on different phones or other carriers. Slower internet speeds with different routers? Issues with bluetooth devices on Windows 11. How you can sync radio casts with tv broadcasts. Should you backup a factory laptop before using it? Ways to remote into another person's computer. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- AmTrak Twitch channel.
- Amazon returns problem.
- Apple WWDC Conference.
- Elon Musk became the largest shareholder of Twitter.
- The continuing saga of the new Mac Mini's and getting certain displays to work with it.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the robotics competition.
- Voicemails coming in late on different iPhones & carriers.
- Modem's, ISP's, and internet speeds.
- Video platform services & livestreaming.
- Chris Marquardt and event photography.
- Bluetooth issues with Windows 11.
- Syncing local radio casts with tv broadcasts.
- Are eSims safer than regular sims?
- Livestreaming with DSLR's.
- Rod Pyle & the first all-civilian crew to the ISS.
- Backing up a new laptop before using it?
- Remoting into another person's computer.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1884
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- go.acronis.com/techguy
- Blueland.com/TECHGUY
Elon Musk's Twitter stake, Unreal Engine 5, WWDC predictions
- Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter.
- Twitter Should Make Musk CEO.
- @TwitterComms: now that everyone is asking... yes, we've been working on an edit feature since last year!
- Elon Musk asks court to scrap SEC agreement over his tweets, claiming he was 'forced' to enter into it.
- SEC Probes Trading by Elon Musk and Brother in Wake of Tesla CEO's Sales.
- Mike raises a glass to 17 years of TWiT.
- Podcast listeners are likely to be more curious and less neurotic.
- Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference returns in its all-online format.
- Windows powers the future of hybrid work.
- The 'Great Return' to the office is happening — now what?
- How Argan Oil Is Made and Is So Expensive.
- Gastronomad: THE MOROCCO EXPERIENCE.
- Please don't use this new Windows 11 feature.
- NVIDIA Broadcast App: AI-Powered Voice and Video.
- Updated MacBook Air could launch at WWDC 2022.
- Apple M1 Ultra vs M1 Max: Head-to-head shootout with photo and video editing apps.
- Intercepted audio reveals Russians yelling at each other after getting pinned down in Ukraine.
- As Russia Plots Its Next Move, an AI Listens to the Chatter.
- Microsoft takes down APT28 domains used in attacks against Ukraine.
- Apple defies the Russian government and restores opposition voting app.
- Unreal Engine 5 is finally ready to power a new generation of games.
- Apple Sets the Date for Another Virtual WWDC—Here's What to Expect.
- Inside Apple's 'Bionic Virtual Meeting Room'.
- Magic Leap: Enterprise augmented reality (AR) platform.
- How Amazon plans to fix its massive returns problem.
- The only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis.
- r/Place and the battle of pixels.
- Alphabet's Wing is bringing drone delivery to Texas this week.
- Windows 3.1 is officially 30 years old.
- MLB to allow pitchers and catchers to use anti-sign-stealing technology during regular season, sources say.
- Amtrak Is Streaming an Empty Railroad on Twitch to Beef With Freight Rail Companies.
- Chatterbox Smart Speaker.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Doc Rock, Mike Elgan, and Daniel Rubino
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wwt.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Owlcam, removing duplicate files, installing Chrome on Windows 10 in S Mode
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1883
Sponsor:* Melissa.com/twit
Twitter gets Elon Musk, Twitter edit feature, TikTok Musical wins a Grammy
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/658
Sponsors:* Melissa.com/twit * CDW.com/HPE * twit.cachefly.com
Windows 11 for Hybrid Work, Phone Link, Process Mining
Windows 11 for Hybrid Work
- Windows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium)
- Tabs are coming to Windows 11's File Explorer. But here's what's more interesting
- Here Are the New Windows 11 Features That Microsoft Announced
- Microsoft provides a glimpse of future Windows 11 and Cloud PC integrations
Windows 11
- Windows 11 Insider Build 22593 Brings File Explorer Changes
- Microsoft to rebrand 'Your Phone' as 'Phone Link'
- Microsoft Edge Becomes the Second Most Popular Web Browser
- Microsoft Releases Edge Version 100
Cloud/Microsoft 365
- Microsoft brings Arm support to Azure virtual machines
- Microsoft Teams Adds New Video Filters
Microsoft
- Microsoft Silently Withdrew From ACT
- Google Claims Microsoft Makes Governments Less Secure
- Euro Commission looks into Microsoft cloud practices • The Register
- Report: Microsoft Adds New Android Division Following Internal Reorg
Xbox
- Microsoft Announces First Xbox Game Pass Titles for April
- Microsoft Releases April 2022 Xbox Update with HDMI-CEC Improvements
- Xbox Game Pass Family Plan is Reportedly in the Cards
- E3 2022 is Officially Canceled
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Watch Halo episode 1 for free
- App pick of the week: Shotcut
- Enterprise pick of the week: Reading the latest ScottGu reorg tea leaves
- Watchword of the week: Process mining
- Beer pick of the week: Torch & Crown Bat Flip
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- cloud.jumpcloud.com/windows
- Melissa.com/twit
- hackerrank.com/WW
- Picture of the Week.
- 0-Day Watch.
- Spring Forward (Java: Spring4Shell)
- QNAP and the OpenSSL DoS vulnerability.
- Sophos has a 9.8.
- CISA orders federal civilian agencies to patch the Sophos vulnerability.
- Browser-in-the-browser.
- The supply-chain attacks on NPM have been growing.
- FinFisher bites the dust.
- A LAPSUS$ in judgment.
- Not so Wyze.
- Closing The Loop.
- Port Knocking.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-865-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- bitwarden.com/twit
- itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30
- kolide.com/securitynow
WWDC Online, 0-Day Fixes, Hearing Technology
- Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference returns in its all-online format.
- Studio Display Teardown: Is this secretly an iMac?
- Apple fixes multiple zero-day exploits with iOS 15.4.1 and macOS 12.3.1
- Craig Federighi reveals why some people get iPhone updates before others.
- Above Avalon: Apple is in a league of its own.
- The Olive Max 2-in-1 hearing aids come with adaptive hearing tech.
- Apple and Meta gave user data to hackers who used forged legal requests.
- Apple enables external link support in 'reader' apps, and updates App Store dating app policy to satisfy Dutch regulators.
- Apple wields its lobbying might against LGBTQ laws.
- Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colorado) threatens to use antitrust to attack 'woke' Apple.
- Apple TV+ reveals first look at epic natural history event series "Prehistoric Planet"
- Harrison Ford to star in 'Shrinking' Apple TV+ series from Jason Segel, Bill Lawrence & Brett Goldstein.
- Analysts: Apple to keep cutting iPhone orders, services now 'key differentiator'.
- Forget Monterey: System 7 and Mac OS 8 are now available for your M1 Mac.
- Hulu update adds SharePlay support for iPhone and iPad users.
- 'RealityScan' is a new app from Epic Games that uses the iPhone camera to create 3D models.
- Postpartum exercises are coming to Apple Fitness Plus.
- An engineer just made the world's first Android phone with a working Lightning port.
- CleanMyMac X now detects apps that may endanger the privacy of your data.
Picks of the Week:
- Rene's Picks: Picard Season 3 & the Canon EOS R5C
- Alex's Pick: MakerBit
- Andy's Pick: Audio Hijack 4
- Leo's Pick: Elgato Wave XLR
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ourcrowd.com/macbreak
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- twit.cachefly.com
Wyze camera flaw, E3 is over again, Dorsey apologizes for centralized web
- Wyze knew hackers could remotely access your camera for three years and said nothing.
- Lapsus$: Two UK teenagers charged with hacking for gang.
- Lapsus$ and SolarWinds hackers both use the same old trick to bypass MFA.
- E3 2022 - Digital and Physical - Has Officially Been Canceled.
- Sony merges PS Now and PS Plus to create a three-tier subscription service.
- There Are Only 2 Million Units Of Bitcoin Left To Mine -- Why Does It Matter?
- Ubiquiti seeks $425 million in damages against industry blogger Brian Krebs.
- Apple Is First Streamer to Win the Best Picture Oscar for 'CODA'.
- Tim Cook's Oscar Moment Didn't Come Cheap.
- The guest's current WFH status.
- At GitHub You Don't Need No Stinkin' Office, But There Is A Nice One If You Do.
- Apple is at its best when it doesn't know best.
- 32" M8 UHD/4K Smart Monitor with Streaming TV and SlimFit Camera.
- Above Avalon: Apple Is in a League of Its Own.
- Intel Core i3-12100 and i5-12400 review: Fast, affordable, and hard to criticize.
- Jack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internet.
- Facebook paid a Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok.
- Waymo says fully driverless rides are coming to San Francisco.
- Elon Musk on Twitter: There will come a time in the future where people will be surprised that we let practically anyone drive a 2 ton death machine anywhere they want.
- Dyson's bizarre new headphones have a built-in air purifier.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Dan Moren, and Christina Warren
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ourcrowd.com/twit
- nureva.com
- wealthfront.com/twit
- podium.com/twit
GPU suggestions for Linux computers. Resources for those who have lost a limb and/or use a wheelchair to operate a motor vehicle. Why didn't Apple release a new 27" iMac? Moving an iTunes library from a PC to a Mac. A possible solution to connect two monitors to a Mac Mini? Suggestions for a flight yoke system for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Chromebooks for the elderly. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Spam on phones & FCC Call Authentication.
- Wyze Security Vulnerabilities.
- GPUs for Linux machines.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Ford Charge Angels.
- Driving resources for people who use wheelchairs & amputees.
- No new 27" iMac? What gives?
- Blockchain & Web3's direction for the future.
- Chris Marquardt and Subject Amplifiers.
- Can a laptop still work after the battery can no longer hold a charge?
- Moving an iTunes library from a Windows PC to a Mac.
- A caller calls in with a suggestion to a previous question about connecting two screens to the Mac Mini.
- A computer set up to run Microsoft Flight Simulator & a Flight Yoke System.
- Rod Pyle & the NASA Budget Request. Plus the Artemis Lunar Lander!
- Chromebook recommendations for the elderly.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1882
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Did you get a strange text from yourself? We're almost out of Bitcoin, change your password on Ubiquity routers, keep your business emails from going to customer's spam folders, getting inside QLED TVs, installing Linux on a PC, remembering when Google's April Fool's jokes got out of hand, finding a phone number to get help for Walmart's website, troubleshooting audio static on a live stream, custom sort files on a USB stick, why does Siri give a wrong number for Amazon? Does a VPN help when banking online?
- Did you get a text from yourself? Don't click on anything
- Scammers are texting you from your own number now — here's what to do if that happens
- What Happens When All Bitcoin Are Mined?
- Ubiquiti sues Krebs on Security for defamation
- Ubiquiti sues journalist, alleging defamation in coverage of data breach
- QLED TV teardown and analysis
- Martin Pope, Whose Research Led to OLEDs, Dies at 103
- Google skips April Fools Day 2022, but is that a good thing? [Poll]
- Synology FloppyStation
- OBS Studio
- Shoot Pro Webcam for Mac & PC
- ATEM Mini
- ZT Baseball Club
- Is JetBlue Playing an April Fools' Joke or is This a Glitch? Regardless, An Important Lesson Involving Delayed Flights
- The First Thing I Do When I Check into a Hotel Room to Ensure a Good Night's Sleep
- Combating Spoofed Robocalls with Caller ID Authentication
- HDMI Media Player, Black Mini 1080p Full-HD Ultra HDMI Digital Media Player for -MKV/RM- HDD USB Drives and SD Cards
- Here's A Handy Rechargeable LED Bulb Great For Emergencies!
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1881
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- linode.com/techguy
- Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.
- Joan explains what she's seeing from Russian disinformation with the war in Ukraine.
- Verizon blames 'bad actors' for the spam text you got from your own number.
- SBU exposes five enemy "bot farms" over past month.
- Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok.
- TikTok being used by 16% of British toddlers, Ofcom finds.
- Do people REALLY believe flat Earth conspiracy or is it performative?
- FCC commissioner starts dangerous strategy to impose speech on platforms.
- 'Devious licks' and 'slap a teacher' trends were reportedly part of Meta's anti-TikTok campaign.
- The White House is briefing TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine.
- Are you most vulnerable to disinformation when you are in information seeking mode online?
- The marketplace of rationalizations.
- Analysis of the mematic foundation of "Don't Say Gay" bill.
- Will Smith's Shocking Oscars Slap Ignites Twitter With Highest Overall Engagements to Date.
- Twitter data indicates most of country backs Chris Rock after Oscars spat with Will Smith.
- A Google billionaire's fingerprints are all over Biden's science office.
- Waymo says fully driverless rides are coming to San Francisco.
- Google Docs is getting more Markdown support.
- Create externally friendly booking pages with appointment scheduling in Google Calendar.
- Google rolling out Nest Hub UI redesign that bootloops some displays in the process.
- Gboard will 'Emojify' what you've typed with new magic wand button.
- Google marks Chrome OS 100 with preview of upcoming Launcher redesign.
- Google Chrome hits version 100 with new icon for desktop and mobile.
- A return-to-office pain in the ass: Google is taking away its bidets.
- Google Docs can write your meta descriptions.
- TIkTok dining.
- Because Oil Drilling Isn't Destructive Enough, ExxonMobil Is Getting Into Bitcoin Mining, Too.
Pick:
- Joan - Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
- Jeff - Looking Back on the Origin of Skip Intro Five Years Later
- Leo - Vinyl record sales in 2021 at highest level for 30 years
- Leo - Museum of Endangered Sounds
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Joan Donovan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- eightsleep.com/twig
- Blueland.com/TWIG
- ourcrowd.com/twig
Windows 11 default browser, Microsoft Build 2022, Microsoft bribes
- Windows 11 Usage Stagnates in Latest AdDuplex Report
- Microsoft Graveyard - Killed by Microsoft
- Windows 11 to get soon a one-click default browser option
- Microsoft is adding a new driver-blocklist feature to Windows Defender on Windows 10 and 11
- Microsoft Build 2022 developer conference: Coming May 24 to a screen near you
Business
- Microsoft Accused of Violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Again
- EU Aims to Open Up Big Tech's Walled Gardens with Digital Markets Act
Xbox
- Microsoft Announces New Games with Gold for April
- Sony Revamps PlayStation Plus to Better Compete With Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft Now Offers Refurbished Xbox Series X Consoles Online
- Microsoft's Cloud Gaming Division Aims to Bring Cloud-Native Games to Xbox
- Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update VIII Focuses on the Iberian Peninsula
- Halo TV Series Comes to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate With Free Paramount+ Trial
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Get a month of Paramount+ for free
- App pick of the week: OBS Studio
- Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Front Door revisited
- Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Get ahead of Microsoft product deprecations
- Beer pick of the week: Grimm Plink
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
- Picture of the Week.
- A high severity 0-day vulnerability update for Chrome.
- An interview with the CTO of a large Ukraine ISP, Ukrtelecom.
- NPM under attack, again.
- Honda says, nothing to worry about...
- The U.S., the FCC, Kaspersky Labs and Chinese Telecoms.
- Closing The Loop.
- Targeted Exploitation.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-864-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- grammarly.com/securitynow
- NetFoundry.io/TWIT
- wwt.com/twit
Apple & the EU, iPhone Subscriptions, Mac Studio Teardown
- EU provisionally agrees on a law that would force Apple to allow alternative app stores, sideloading, and iMessage interoperability.
- Security experts say new EU rules will damage WhatsApp encryption.
- CODA Oscars win Caps Apple's 'Quality Over Quantity' approach.
- Russian tech giant Yandex's data harvesting raises security concerns.
- Apple's fine over Dutch dating apps antitrust order hits €50M — but ACM welcomes revised offer
- Apple is working on a hardware subscription service for iPhones.
- iFixit teardown shows that Mac Studio's internal storage is replaceable but not upgradable.
- Apple launches the first driver's license and state ID in Wallet with Arizona.
Picks of the Week:
- Rene's Pick: Ryan George
- Andy's Pick: Overcast
- Alex's Pick: Small Rig iPhone
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wealthfront.com/macbreak
- itpro.tv/macbreak promo code MACBREAK30
- eightsleep.com/macbreak
Kaspersky on Security Risk List, Lapsus$ hackers caught, EU's messaging law
- The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large
- Kaspersky Named First Russian Company on Security Risk List.
- F.B.I.'s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware.
- Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal.
- Authentication firm Okta's shares slide after hack warning.
- SCRAM by Chris Crawford.
- EU Provisionally Agrees on Law That Would Force Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability.
- Elon Musk Likens NHTSA To The "Fun Police" After Boombox Recall.
- Elon Musk Says He's Thinking About Creating a Social Media Platform.
- Roku Rolls Out OS 11 Update with Personalized Photo Screensaver and More.
- Daring Fireball: Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies.
- iFixit teardown offers a detailed look inside the Mac Studio and Studio Display.
- Nvidia describes Arm-based Grace CPU 'Superchip'.
- Nvidia takes the wraps off Hopper, its latest GPU architecture.
- Nvidia wants to speed up data transfer by connecting data center GPUs to SSDs.
- DirectStorage shows minor load-speed improvements in real-world PC demo.
- YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV.
- Honda's Asimo robot to retire after 20-year career wowing public.
- Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died.
- John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Allyn Malventano, Louis Maresca, and Sam Abuelsamid
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- grammarly.com/twit
- streak.com/twit
- noom.com/twit
- go.newtek.com/twit-tv
Helping the visually impaired see better on their smartphones. How to start a call-in show? Laptops to edit 4k videos. Is Apple looking to start a subscription service to rent iPhones? Bluetooth speakers that work nicely with phones. The best programs to migrate data between hard drives. Plus, conversations with Chris Marquardt and Rod Pyle!
- Club 8-Bit museum was destroyed during the siege of Mariupol.
- EU agrees on law to allow 3rd party apps on the Apple Store.
- RIP Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, and John Roach, pioneer of the personal computer.
- Helping the visually impaired see better on their smartphones.
- The Dancing Baby GIF origins.
- How to start a call-in show?
- Cheap laptop suggestions to edit 4k videos.
- Getting a display / projector to work on a Mac.
- A caller calls in with a suggestion for viewing content on smartphones more easily to help a previous caller.
- Chris Marquardt and Reverse Engineering photos.
- Is Apple considering a subscription service for an iPhone?
- Security cameras that work with the Amazon Fire Stick.
- Bluetooth speakers to pair with your iPhone.
- Best way to migrate data between two hard drives.
- Rod Pyle and the Axiom A1 mission.
- Password managers!
- Doorbell camera suggestions.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Chris Marquardt and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1880
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- twit.cachefly.com
Using Beeper to send and receive messages on Android and iOS. Exploring some common complaints against Windows 11. Maintaining a U.S. phone number while out of the country. Using OpenCore Legacy Patcher to install macOS on unsupported hardware. Recovering a locked LastPass account. Syncing an Outlook calendar with a Google calendar. Printing Outlook emails in black and white instead of gray. Using ColorNote on a Windows PC without creating a Microsoft account. Finding a good deal on upgrading to the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. Blocking a caller or email contact on iOS. Saving space on Microsoft's OneDrive cloud storage. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- FCC puts Kaspersky on security threat list, says it poses "unacceptable risk" | Ars Technica
- New EU law could require iMessage and WhatsApp to work with other, smaller platforms - The Verge
- Beeper - All Your Chats In One App
- The Original Lava Lamp Company | Fun Decorative Lighting
- Upgrade to the New Windows 11 OS | Microsoft
- GRC | InControl
- Google Voice
- textPlus - Free SMS Texts and Calls
- OpenCore Legacy Patcher
- Asahi Linux
- LastPass Support (@LastPassHelp) / Twitter
- LastPass Support Discussions - GoTo Community
- Airline Trolley | Authentic Aviation Quality | MySky SkyCart
- Going to Alaska This Summer? This is How You Can Save Money on Tours and Excursions
- Add an email account to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- Set up multiple calendars on iPhone - Apple Support
- How to Give Calendar Access in Outlook
- 6 Tools to Sync Microsoft Outlook With Google Calendar
- Outlook Google Calendar Sync - OGCS
- Sync your Outlook and Google calendars
- Sunshine - Sunshine
- How Do I Print an Email in Black Instead of Gray in Outlook.com? - Ask Leo!
- ColorNote – Best Notepad & Notes App
- Obsidian
- applications - Handcent Next SMS just flagged by Play Protect -- what's going on? - Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange
- Pulse SMS
- Textra SMS
- uBlock Origin - Chrome Web Store
- Block phone numbers, contacts, and emails on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand for Windows 10
- World's Smallest (Working) Atari 2600 | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1879
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
- Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died.
- Lapsus$ Extortion Group Claims Okta Hack, Microsoft Source Code Leak.
- SCOOP: A 16-year-old living in his mother's house in Oxford, England is suspected to be the mastermind behind many of the hacks conducted by hacking group Lapsus$.
- John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83.
- Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies.
- The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large.
- Online Safety Bill: Has the government botched its attempt to stop the spread of hateful content online?
- TechDirt March Madness of misunderstood legal concepts.
- BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care.
- At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born.
- Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications.
- Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies.
- His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
- "Thanks to @jes5199's reverse-engineering, you can now try TropeTrainer v3.2 from January 2005."
- Android statues moved to an undisclosed location.
- Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing.
- YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV.
- Instagram launches chronological and 'favorites' feeds for all users, but they can't be the default.
- Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications.
- Pixel Launcher search on Android 13 tests directly showing results from Google Photos.
- Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find.
- Google Home app updates bring simpler controls and improved privacy.
- Google's Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history.
- Google is moving the 'Movies & TV' tab from the Play Store to Google TV.
- What phone does POTUS carry?
- First images from the Webb telescope.
Picks:
- Stacey - Eero Pro 6E router review
- Jeff - Cory Booker's speech
- Ant - LA Flights
- Ant - The Sound of Merlin
- Ant - Black Girl Magic
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Codecademy.com promo code TWIG
- newrelic.com/twig
- wealthfront.com/twig
Windows 11 Beta testers: Start your engines
- Microsoft starts moving more Windows 11 test features into the Beta channel
- Microsoft to extend its 'enterprise metaverse' strategy with Mesh for Teams
- Zoom live avatars: Finally you can turn up to your meetings as a rabbit or a dog
- New Windows 11 Insider Build Brings Back Naming Options for Start Menu Folders
Playing Chicken?
- Windows 11 will add a watermark on your desktop if your hardware isn't supported
- Microsoft leaves a loophole for those wanting to run Windows 11 on 'unsupported' hardware
Hacked!
- Hacking Group Claims to Have Stolen 37 GB of Microsoft Source Code
- Microsoft Says Lapsus$ Hackers Had "Limited Access" to Source Code
Edge-ing Along
- Microsoft Edge 100 Lands in the Beta Channel
- Microsoft Edge Can Now Generate Image Descriptions for Screen Readers
Cloud
- China Asks Microsoft to Suspend Bing Auto-suggestions
- Microsoft continues its push to convince more game developers to use Azure
Hardware
- Report: Microsoft Expects Negative Feedback About Military HoloLens
- New Surface Go 3 with LTE Model Launches at $499
- Surface Duo and AMD-based Surface Laptop 3 Get New Firmware Updates
- Dynabook Announces New Tecra Laptops
- The Future of Computing is ... a Tablet? (Premium)
Xbox
- FTC Requests More Information from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard
- Xbox Cloud Gaming Adds Steam Deck Support via Microsoft Edge
- Google Has a New Strategy for Stadia (Premium)
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Decision time
- A few weeks back I said it was time to check out the Dev channel. Well, Microsoft just gave you an out. Should you take it?
- App pick of the week: Greenshot
- This is the best screenshot utility for Windows, period. I rely on it every day.
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Translator gets an AI boost
- Z-code, Mixture of Experts and lots of other AI "magic" is improving Translator and other Azure services, MS says
- Enterprise pick no. 2 of the week: You say you want to learn cybersecurity...
- Microsoft expands its skilling campaign for cybersecurity experts to 23 countries
- Beer pick of the week: Resolve Freedom Kellerbier
- The Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) is a designated not-for-profit for the Resolve collaboration beer. GEM is providing emergency aid inside Ukraine to the fighters and families that have stayed behind, as well as humanitarian aid to the women and children that are trying to cross the border into Poland.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- CDW.com/IntelClient
- progress.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- Report Cybercrime: It's the Law.
- A software supply chain compromise.
- Browser in the Browser.
- TrickBot, MicroTik & Microsoft.
- The Infinite Loop OpenSSL Bug.
- CISA Alert AA22-074A.
- The Windows Local Privilege Escalation that Microsoft seems unable to fix.
- Use After Free.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-863-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- Melissa.com/twit
- plextrac.com/twit
Mac Studio Teardown, M1 Ultra GPU Benchmarks, SpyBuster
- Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of storage, but only 2GB used
- Mac Studio teardown.
- Apple's M1 Ultra gets murdered by AMD's Threadrippers.
- Here's the Recovery Mode screen for the new Apple Studio Display! Extracted from latest firmware OTA.
- Apple MacBook Air refresh delayed with no new MacBook Pro 14 or MacBook Pro 16 models until 2023.
- Ukraine's MacPaw releases SpyBuster, designed to beat Russian hacks
- Apple fined for the ninth time as it submits new proposals in Dutch antitrust case
- Apple must face claims it bars outside heart-rate apps from Apple Watch.
- 5G drains your iPhone's battery. Here's what you can do about it.
- Report: New miniLED MacBook Pros outsell all OLED laptops combined.
- Customers complain of worrying iPad Air 5 build quality issue.
- EV routing comes to Apple Maps and CarPlay for Ford Mach-E drivers with iOS 15.4.
- Tile launches its anti-stalking safety feature in its mobile app.
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: Scapple
- Alex's Pick: Audinate Dante for the M1
- Rene's Pick: iPhone SE 3
- Leo's Pick: Zoom F3
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- BuckMason.com/macbreak
- ue.com/fits promo code MACBREAK
- Melissa.com/twit
Mac Studio review, Netflix password sharing, Amazon Project Iliad
- Jason's Mac Studio review: Something new.
- Mac Studio FULL Teardown - M1 Ultra chip REVEALED!
- Jason's Apple Studio Display Review: A welcome return.
- The Samsung Odyssey Ark is its largest curved monitor yet — and you can turn it on its side.
- Jason's M1 iPad Air review: A familiar face.
- OS Updates arrive with Universal Control, Mask Unlock.
- Zelensky video deepfake.
- Facebook removes 'deepfake' of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.
- Brazil's Supreme Court suspends Telegram, a key Bolsonaro platform.
- Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars — or leave the platform.
- Vimeo is sorry, and here's how it's changing.
- The internet forgot about Clubhouse. Anti-war Russians didn't.
- Using a New Cyber Tool, Westerners Have Been Texting Russians About the War in Ukraine.
- Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM.
- CNN confirms streaming service CNN+ to launch this spring.
- Netflix Will Prompt Subscribers to Pay for Users Outside Their Households in New Test to Address Unauthorized Password Sharing.
- Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were 'not intended to be published externally'.
- Germany Warns Kaspersky Could Be Used to 'Attack' During Ukraine Invasion.
- SpaceX sent Starlink internet terminals to Ukraine. They could paint a 'giant target' on users' backs, experts say.
- McLaren F1 car sports 'Chrome wheels' and Android logo.
- Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters.
- Amazon's 'Project Iliad' Made It Harder to Cancel Prime: Leaked Data.
- AccountKiller.com
- Bored Apes NFT project gets official 'ApeCoin' token.
- Mark Zuckerberg confirms NFTs are coming to Instagram.
- California bill would let parents sue social media companies for addicting kids.
- Permanent Daylight Saving Time bill could stall in the House.
- "Better than our most optimistic prediction" – first images from James Webb exceed all expectations.
- CD sales just rose for the first time in almost two decades.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Owen JJ Stone, Iain Thomson, and Jason Snell
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
- newrelic.com/twit
- Coinbase.com/TWIT
- expressvpn.com/twit
Leo's Mac Studio impressions, how to find an internet provider, Lucid Motors and EV start-ups, 4K monitor recommendations, fixing browser issues, VoIP vs. landline, video files not playing, universal remotes with RF, home theater audio delay, and iPhone SE as a 5G hotspot. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Apple Mac Studio impressions and testing photogrammetry.
- Issues with cable tv/ internet provider and how to find a new one.
- Sam Abuelsamid talks about the EV start-up Lucid Motors and their Lucid Air.
- Are vehicles from EV start-ups a safe purchase?
- Will there be an Apple Car?
- Apple Studio Display gets underwhelming reviews. What is a good alternative?
- YouTube comments are showing up on multiple videos. How to reset Chrome and other browsers.
- Chris Marquardt photo assignment review: Silly. Next week: Expensive
- VoIP vs. landline telephony
- SmarterEveryDay: How Does Kodak Make Film?
- VEGAS Video Editor video files are not playing back correctly.
- Universal remotes with RF
- Rod Pyle talks about NASA's newly rolled-out moon rocket, the Artemis 1.
- What to do about an audio delay in home theater setups.
- iPhone SE as a 5G hotspot.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1878
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Upgrading to a new M1 Mac Mini and Studio Display. Setting up automatic replies in Outlook online. Troubleshooting licensing for Office 365. Creating and distributing a digital slideshow. Regaining access to a Yahoo! mail account. Resetting an iPhone before taking it in for servicing. Troubleshooting "Hey Siri" calling. Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and Windows 11. Finding and removing duplicate photos on a PC and external drive. Troubleshooting slow-loading websites on a PC. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Mac Studio - Apple
- Studio Display - Apple
- Portable SSD T5 1TB Memory & Storage - MU-PA1T0B/AM | Samsung US
- User account Advanced Options: shortcut to hell – The Eclectic Light Company
- Samsung's QD-OLED TV challenges premium OLEDs with $2,200 starting price | Ars Technica
- LG C1 55 inch Class 4K Smart OLED TV w/ AI ThinQ® (54.6'' Diag) (OLED55C1PUB) | LG USA
- TCL 55" Class 6-Series 4K Mini-LED QLED Dolby Vision HDR Smart Roku TV - 55R635 | TCL USA
- TCL 55" Class 6-Series 4K QLED Dolby Vision HDR Smart Google TV - 55R646 | TCL USA
- 65" 4K ULED™ Premium Hisense Android Smart TV (2021) (65U8G) - Hisense USA
- Hisense U8G Review (55U8G, 65U8G) - RTINGS.com
- Progressive web apps (PWAs) | MDN
- Microsoft marches toward its 'One Outlook' rollout
- Send automatic out of office replies from Outlook
- Change how the original message appears in replies and forwards
- Microsoft 365 Family 15-Month Subscription (E-Delivery) | Costco
- Create slideshows in Photos on Mac - Apple Support
- Scott's Cheap Flights | Save Up to 90% on Flights
- FlyerTalk - The world's most popular frequent flyer community
- Yahoo is Yahoo once more after new owners complete acquisition - The Verge
- Erase iPhone - Apple Support
- How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
- GRC | InControl
- Change Siri settings on iPhone - Apple Support
- How to refresh, reset, or restore your PC
- dupeGuru | finds duplicate files
- Quick Photo Finder - Best Duplicate Photo Finder for Windows
- Finally, a Whole Home WiFi System That Works-Best Coverage Mesh Wifi by eero
- Metered connections in Windows
- Seems Black + Decker is going from the Dustbuster to the Drink Maker! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1877
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent unbox Apple's all-new Mac Studio with the M1 Ultra and Studio Display featuring a 27-inch 5K Retina screen.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our podcasts at https://podcasts.twit.tv/
Deepfake of Zelenskyy, Google IO announced, Daylight Saving Time
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/655
Sponsors:* itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 * nureva.com
Windows 11 ads, Search Highlights, hybrid work, Halo TV series
- Microsoft is Experimenting With Ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer
- Microsoft on File Explorer Ads: Just Kidding!
- Microsoft Brings Search Highlights to Windows 10 Insiders
- DirectStorage is Now Available on PC
- Windows 10 Can Now Be Installed on Valve's Steam Deck
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft to show how Windows 'powers the future of hybrid work'
- Microsoft study finds 50 percent of leaders have plans for a full return to the office
- Microsoft Teams turns five. What's next?
- Office 365 Login | Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Brings Redesigned Office.com to All Business and Education customers
Hardware
- Intel to Invest Over $36 Billion in Europe
- Lenovo Refreshes ThinkPad X13, X13 Yoga, and ThinkPad L
- Empowering collaboration in the hybrid workplace with Surface Hub 2S and Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera | Microsoft Devices Blog
Xbox
-
Here's the Halo TV Series Story Trailer
-
Microsoft Announces More Xbox Game Pass Games for March
-
Report: Microsoft's Perfect Dark Reboot is Being Hit by High Turnover
-
Google Details New Tools to Make Google Play Games Multiplatform
-
Call of Duty: Warzone is Coming to Mobile
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Enable tabs in Windows 11 (Dev) File Explorer
- App pick of the week: Notion
- Enterprise picks of the week: Surprise! There's a Win Server release (or 2) coming this year. Changes are on the way for Microsoft's Partner Program.
- Beer pick of the week: Other Half Bang On
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- plextrac.com/twit
- hackerrank.com/WW
- Picture of the Week.
- Patch Tuesday for the Industry.
- Android, too.
- Firefox emergency update.
- HP's major UEFI firmware patch-fest.
- The NVIDIA breach.
- ProtonMail gets it right.
- Linux Blues.
- Russia's New CA.
- The state of WordPress security.
- Sci-Fi update.
- QWACs on? or QWACs off?
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-862-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- kolide.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- newrelic.com/securitynow
iOS & iPad OS 15.4, macOS 12.3
- Mark Gurman joins the show today!
- Apple releases iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, and macOS Monterey 12.3.
- An image of the Mac Studio in use is shown on Apple's website.
- AppleTrack Source leaderboard.
- iOS 15.4 Emoji Changelog.
- iPhone 14 coming in four models without 'mini' version, Pro models with taller screen, satellite features advancing.
- Shenzhen lockdown will not have a big impact on iPhone production.
- Apple: M1 Ultra meanings and consequences.
- Ted Lasso wins the Critics Choice 'Best Comedy Series' award, Best Comedy Actor, and more.
Picks of the Week:
- Mark's Pick: Power On
- Andy's Pick: Maine's Implied Warranty Law
- Alex's Pick: Studio Technologies Model 205
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Mark Gurman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- Blueland.com/MACBREAK
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
M1 Ultra, Mac Studio, DuckDuckGo's neutrality, TikTok's Oracle deal
- Apple unveils the M1 Ultra, its most powerful chip yet.
- Apple announces new $1599 27-inch 5K Apple Studio Display, featuring Center Stage webcam.
- Apple's Peek Performance Event Delivers to the Pros and the Mainstream.
- Apple's Mac Studio is a new desktop for creative professionals.
- Apple releasing iOS 15.4, macOS 12.3, and other updates next week.
- Russian Cyberattacks are Possible. Be Prepared But Not Panicked.
- Responding to reports that the Russian government is considering designating Meta as an extremist organization for its policies in support of speech...
- Facebook allows war posts urging violence against Russian invaders.
- DuckDuckGo ends neutrality, will down-rank sites "associated with Russian disinformation"
- TikTok nears Oracle deal in bid to allay U.S. data concerns-sources.
- The White House is briefing TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine.\
- The Power Of Knowing You Belong: A Conversation With YouTube Stars Justine And Jenna Ezarik.
- CNN+ will start streaming on March 29th.
- Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine.
- Amazon's Clubhouse competitor is here, turning hosts into DJs.
- Salt_Hank on TikTok.
- Will Magid, musician.
- Biden Signs Executive Order Bullish on Crypto, Digital U.S. Dollar.
- Moderna Will Develop mRNA Vaccines for 15 of the World's Worst Diseases.
- Ford to ship and sell incomplete vehicles with missing chips.
- Facebook's Parent Company Will Make Employees Do Their Own Laundry.
- Twitter is looking for younger users. It's turning to the tech world's teen savant to help find them.
- Twitter makes it harder to choose the old reverse-chronological feed.
- Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years.
- LimeWire Is Making a Comeback, But Not As You Know It.
- Coronal Mass Ejection Reaches Earth On Sunday Night.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Larry Magid, Carolina Milanesi, and Evan Brown
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wealthfront.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
- betterhelp.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
Recap of the Apple event that occurred last week, suggestions on duplex scanners, is the TicWatch a good smartwatch, transferring data from a feature phone, cyberwarfare in modern times, issues receiving text messages on Straight Talk, and why a computer may be freezing during startup. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle!
- Daylight Savings Time... yay.
- Apple Event Recap.
- Duplex scanner suggestions.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Volkswagen ID Buzz
- Smartwatch suggestions: is the TicWatch a good choice?
- Transferring data from a feature phone to a smartphone.
- Budget smartphone suggestions.
- Cyberwarfare in today's times.
- The Cat S22 Flip phone: a great feature phone suggestion.
- Ways to protect yourself when using an Android phone.
- Ways to download online videos & bubbles forming on a MacBook laptop screen?
- Unable to receive text messages on Straight Talk's services.
- Rod Pyle and fangirling over Q. Plus, some space news.
- Computer freezing on startup.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1876
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Deciding on a 5K display to pair with a Mac Studio. Operating two phones — one an Android device and the other an iPhone — with two different numbers. Using "Reduced Security" on an Apple Silicon Mac with Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack. Apple's Major League Baseball get and the end of the pro-level iMac. Finding links for The Tech Guy answers. Using an an iPad Pro for podcasting with two microphones. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Web3 is going just great
- Law banning "rental" fees for customer-owned routers takes effect Sunday | Ars Technica
- Moderna plots vaccines against 15 pathogens with future pandemic potential | Reuters
- Ukraine asks ICANN to revoke Russian domains and shut down DNS root servers | Ars Technica
- Russia, Blocked From the Global Internet, Plunges Into Digital Isolation - The New York Times
- EU Pushes Google to Scrub Russian State Media From Search Results | PCMag
- Mac Studio vs. Mac Mini Buyer's Guide - MacRumors
- LG 32'' UHD HDR Monitor with USB-C Connectivity (32UP83A-W) | LG USA
- Reviews and Ratings - RTINGS.com
- Using Dual SIM with an eSIM - Apple Support
- 12 Things in Travel You Need to Know Today - JohnnyJet.com
- Rogue Amoeba | Installing ACE on MacOS 11 (Big Sur) and MacOS 12 (Monterey)
- VLC: Official site - Free multimedia solutions for all OS! - VideoLAN
- Startup Disk security policy control for a Mac with Apple silicon - Apple Support
- Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+ starting April 8 - 9to5Mac
- Burger King 'O.K. Google' Ad Doesn't Seem O.K. With Google - The New York Times
- PodTrak P4 Podcast Recorder | Buy Now | ZOOM
- Chance to Have it All Show-REDBONE RADIO
- F3 Field Recorder | ZOOM
- Watch The Whole World Float In Air! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1875
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Twitter's TOR Onion service, Google buying Mandiant, Endurance discovery
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/654
Sponsors:* streak.com/twig * Codecademy.com promo code TWIG * twit.cachefly.com
Clipchamp, Windows Search, Patch Tuesday
- Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22572
- The consumerization of Windows 11 continues with the newest Windows 11 test build
- Microsoft Improves the Windows Subsystem for Android for Insiders
- Microsoft's latest Windows patches fix the bug causing user data not to be erased
Microsoft
- Microsoft Teams with Apple, Google, Mozilla, Others on Web Interop
- Intel and AMD Stop Chip Sales in Russia and Belarus
- Microsoft suspends all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia
- Microsoft adds its fifth Azure cloud region in China
- Microsoft's revamped Startups program is generally available with OpenAI perk
Xbox
- Halo Infinite's Campaign Co-op Won't Be Ready for the Launch of Season 2
- March Xbox Update Lets Users Pin Games to Quick Resume
- Spring Games Spotlight 2022 – Over 40 New Games Coming to Xbox - Xbox Wire
Tips and Picks
- App picks of the week: Brave, CorelDRAW
- Enterprise pick of the week: Nuance is officially now part of Microsoft
- Codename pick of the week: Vienna
- Beer pick of the week: Brasserie Cantillon Classic Gueuze
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsor:
- newrelic.com/windows
- Picture of the Week.
- The Russians are coming.
- Ukrainian "Cyber Unit Technologies" is paying for attacks on Russia.
- StarLink in Ukraine.
- Russia blocks access to Facebook, Twitter, foreign news outlets.
- Google has become proactive.
- Namecheap says "no more".
- Telegram's use explodes.
- Microsoft also shuts down in Russia.
- Coinbase.
- Russia releases the IP addresses and Domains of DDoS attacks.
- Russia to permit software piracy.
- Will Russia Disconnect?.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-861-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- progress.com/security-now
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
- go.acronis.com/twit-4
New Mac Studio, iPhone SE, iPad Air
- Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+
- New Alpine Green iPhone 13 & 13 Pro
- iPhone SE with A15 Bionic chip
- Apple's new M1 Ultra chip
- Apple's new Mac Studio
- Apple's 27-inch 5K Studio Display
Picks of the Week:
- Andy's Pick: "The Shield" on Hulu
- Alex's Pick: GAN Rubik's Cube
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:* imperfectfoods.com promo code MACBREAK * betterhelp.com/macbreak * newrelic.com/macbreak
Apple unveiled the all-new Mac Studio with M1 Max and the new M1 Ultra and Studio Display featuring a 27-inch 5K Retina screen. Also announced was a new iPad Air with the M1, iPhone SE, and a new alpine green finish for the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Apple is having an event on Tuesday, what could be announced? Ukraine is recruiting hackers and drone operators, can I still use Windows TPM on an old motherboard? Podcasting platforms, getting started with NFTs, Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review, can I still use an old laptop without a battery? Fixing duplicate contacts, replacing an old router, transferring audiobook CDs to an iPhone, switching off Windows 11 S mode, plus a conversation with Sam Abuelsamid.
- Enable TPM 2.0 on your PC
- Windows 11 supported AMD processors
- Polestar O2 The electric roadster concept
- Podcasting platforms
- Getting started with NFTs
- Why is my soundbar speakers popping?
- Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review
- Can a laptop still work without a battery?
- What should I look for in a new laptop?
- How do I fix duplicate contacts on my phone? (Sunshine contacts)
- Where can I give away my old printer?
- Replacing an old router
- How can I transfer audiobook CDs to my iPhone?
- Getting out of Windows 11 S mode
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Sam Abuelsamid
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1874
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
ICANN in Russia, Nuclear vs Solar power, Elden Ring, Audiblegate, Chunky Palmtop
- Setting the stage for Russia vs Ukraine.
- ICANN won't revoke Russian Internet domains, says effect would be "devastating".
- Google blocks RT, Sputnik from the Play app store in Europe.
- Kevin Rothrock on Twitter: "Police officers in Moscow today are stopping people, demanding to see their phones, READING THEIR MESSAGES, and refusing to release them if they refuse."
- Telegram Harm Reduction for Users in Russia and Ukraine.
- Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia after the invasion.
- Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future by Saul Griffith.
- The state of E-sports in 2022.
- E-sports vs Chess.
- World Chess Boxing Championship.
- Europe's Sleeping Giant Awakens.
- Apple 'Peek Performance' event invite is an AR portal.
- Chonky Palmtop.
- The age of Fidonet versus the age of the Internet.
- Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter for 4 secret novels raises $15M in first day.
- Audiblegate.
- The History of the Standard Oil Company.
- Framework laptop.
- The Dawn of Everything.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Brianna Wu, Cory Doctorow, and Alex Wilhelm
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- nureva.com
- noom.com/twit
- podium.com/twit
- linode.com/twit
Making a smart display with an extra computer and monitor. Installing Linux on a work PC. Finding the right PC for gaming. Looking for a phone with Dolby Atmos support. Properly disposing of printers by clearing out their memory. Finding an international option for security cameras. Knowing when it's time to upgrade to a new PC. Getting both perimeter and splash detection gadgets for a pool. Fixing dark mode on the iPhone. Troubleshooting a printer with old drivers. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Raspberry Pi
- MagicMirror²
- DAKboard - A customizable display for your photos, calendar, news, weather and more!
- Amazon Alexa
- Using app passwords with apps that don't support two-step verification
- 50 Years of Juggling and Cheap Theatrics | The Flying Karamazov Brothers
- Kanye West's $200 Stem Player will be the only way to get his next album, Donda 2 - The Verge
- STEM PLAYER
- Enterprise Open Source and Linux | Ubuntu
- Get Chrome OS Flex for PC or Mac - Chrome Enterprise
- Intel® NUC Products
- Dell XPS Desktops | Dell USA
- Alienware Desktop Computers | Dell USA
- moto g Phones | motorola
- Dolby on Mobile Devices - Dolby Professional
- List of Dolby Atmos Phones 2021 | FromDev
- Google Pixel 5a with 5G - Google Store
- Airbnb bookings in Ukraine have raised nearly $2 million in aid : NPR
- You can bring (frozen) drinks through TSA
- There's One Less Line to Wait in At U.S. Airports – Starbucks Finally Rolls Out Mobile Ordering
- United Airlines Introduces New Feature to Help Travelers Skip Long Check-In Lines
- Do Printers Have Memory? How to Protect Print Data
- Nest Indoor & Outdoor Smart Security Cameras - Google Store
- Wyze | Making Great Technology Accessible | Smart Home Devices
- The Best Pool Alarms To Keep Kids Safe in 2022
- Amazon.com : Poolguard PGRM-2 In-Ground Pool Alarm : Swimming Pool Alarms : Patio, Lawn & Garden
- Use display and text size preferences on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
- HP ENVY 5660 e-All-in-One Printer Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Customer Support
- Hp Envy 5660: Driver is Unavailable - HP Support Community - 6504536
- If You Have Wires Running Everywhere, This Kit Can Help Get Them Under Control! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mikah Sargent, Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1873
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
Ukraine war and tech, FitBit Ionic burns, Epic Games acquires Bandcamp
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/653
Sponsors:* CDW.com/HPE * hover.com/twit
Windows 11, Reset This PC, Microsoft Aids Ukraine
- How's the First Windows 11 Feature Update Shaping Up?
- Microsoft adds a tablet-optimized taskbar to the latest Windows 11 test build
- New Windows 11 test build adds Smart App control, better Microsoft 365 account management
- Windows 11 Usage Surpasses 19 Percent
- Lenovo Offers New ThinkPads, ThinkBooks, and More at MWC
- Lenovo Announces ThinkPad X13s Powered by Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Chip
- Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro Series Brings Secured-Core Capabilities to Consumers
- Microsoft Warns About Windows Reset Feature Failing to Wipe All User Data
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft delays planned price increase for Office 365 for some of its reseller partners
- OneDrive for macOS is Now Optimized for Apple Silicon Macs
More Microsoft
- Microsoft CEO's Son Zain Nadella Has Passed Away at 26
- Microsoft Helped Ukraine Thwart Russian Cyberattacks
Xbox
- Forza Horizon 5 Gets Sign Language Support
- Microsoft Reveals New Games with Gold for March
- Valve is Open to Offering Xbox Game Pass on Steam
- Amazon's Luna Cloud Gaming Service is Now Generally Available in the US
Tips and Picks
- Tips of the week: It's time to test Windows 11 vNext, .NETpad the next generation
- Enterprise picks of the week: Windows Server: 5 best practices, Microsoft starts rolling out Defender for Business for SMBs
- Beer pick of the week: Other Half Gravity Gumbo
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- Melissa.com/twit
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- CDW.com/IntelClient
- Picture of the Week.
- Honor among thieves?
- Daxin.
- Whither or Wither: Log4j / Log4Shell.
- "418 I'm a teapot"
- Will the US attack?
- Windows 11 Compatibility.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite News.
- Trust Dies in Darkness.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-860-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30
- privacy.com/securitynow
- bitwarden.com/twit
Apple's response to Russia and the rumored Apple March event
- Apple will give Siri a less gendered voice option in iOS 15.4
- Ukrainian leader calls on Tim Cook to block Russian users from the App Store
- Apple Pay unavailable in Russia after U.S. and E.U. imposed-sanctions
- Jim Dalrymple: I am retiring
- Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service officially launches in the US
- Apple says it has complied with Dutch watchdog - letter
- Apps sell your location data despite Apple policies, using a simple workaround
- Apple halts all sales in Russian online store as Ukraine invasion continues
- Apple Will Soon Offer to Face ID Repairs Without Replacing the Entire iPhone
- Gurman: Apple Watch Series 8 to include 'major updates to activity tracking and faster chips,' Series 3 may finally be discontinued
- Apple TV+ announces new limited event series starring multi-award winner Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin
- Billionaire Marc Benioff shares what a 1984 Apple internship taught him
- Apple shares statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, company pauses all product sales and pulls RT News and Sputnik News apps from App Store
Picks of the Week
- Leo's pick: HyperDrive USB-C 15-port 4K Display Docking Station
- Rene's Pick: Opal C1
- Andy's Pick: Hero Forge mini-figure creator
- Alex's Pick: DSAN Perfect Cue Micro
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wealthfront.com/macbreak
- ZipRecruiter.com/macbreak
- twit.cachefly.com
Russian/Ukraine War, Steam Deck
- Biden has been presented with options for massive cyberattacks against Russia
- How Google Maps is tracking the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian leader calls on Apple to block Russian users from the App Store
- Fedorov Reaches out to Musk and Tech Giants for Aid During Russian Invasion
- What does the Ukraine invasion mean for the US-Russian partnership in space?
- Are You Good at Elden Ring?
- Samsung shipped '100 million' phones with flawed encryption
- Webb Telescope reaches a major milestone: All its light is in one place
- Steam Deck Review: IT'S NOT READY
- Apple will give Siri a less gendered voice option in iOS 15.4
- GlaDOS Voice Generator
- Old Man of the Lake
- Gaming Recs for Lisa Schmeiser
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Georgia Dow, and Owen JJ Stone
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- streak.com/twit
- imperfectfoods.com promo code TWIT
- expressvpn.com/twit
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
What you can do to deter spam callers & emails, unique domain extensions, looking for old replacement printer parts, emails not displaying its body content in Gmail disabling certain OneDrive notifications, using cellular data only at home rather than WiFi, remote control issues, and options for rooting an Android phone. Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Technology point-of-view on what's happening with the Ukraine & Russia conflict.
- Spam callers / emails continue to be rampant and what you can possibly do to help deter it slowly.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Hyperloop.
- Google Nest & other smart home products truly helping the blind & other disabled people.
- The .me domain & the more unique domains extensions.
- Replacement printer parts & what to look for when getting a new printer. - Emails in Gmail are showing empty in the body.
- OneDrive is sending notifications to view old photos. How to disable those notifications?
- Chris Marquardt and graphic compositions.
- Getting by without having WiFi at home and primarily using only cellular data.
- Using your iPhone as a hotspot with your desktop or laptop.
- Replacement printer heads for older printers.
- Removing the activation lock from an Apple device.
- Rod Pyle and the effects of the Ukraine / Russian events on space.
- Remote control issues with a television.
- Good options for rooting an Android phone.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1872
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- twit.cachefly.com
Resetting your phone before taking it in for a repair, what to do when your Mac starts up to a question mark, a Surface Pro 4 with a swollen battery, Chromebook Wifi troubleshooting, upgrading to an ultrawide monitor, upgrading to a 5G iPhone, WalkAssist, troubleshooting a malfunctioning word game, and using a large PC monitor as a television. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Cyberwar is Coming! | RAND
- Biden has been presented with options for massive cyberattacks against Russia
- Ukraine Asks Apple to Stop Product Sales and Block App Store Access in Russia - MacRumors
- Google details its response to the war in Ukraine - 9to5Google
- Under Bed TV Lift | Motorized Pop-Up TV Beneath Your Bed | Auton – Auton Motorized Systems
- If your Mac starts up to a question mark - Apple Support
- MacBook Repair - iFixit
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Battery Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide
- 5 Ways Travel is Going to Change Because of the War in Ukraine -
- MacPaw's Operations amidst the Russian Aggression against Ukraine
- ACT NOW! SAVE UKRAINE. DEFEND DEMOCRACY.
- Alienware 38 Curved Gaming Monitor - AW3821DW | Dell USA
- Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra | Samsung US
- WalkAssist on the App Store
- A Blind Tech Consultant Finds His Calling | PCMag
- The new Alienware 34 QD-OLED monitor is the most amazing display I've ever seen | Tom's Guide
- Have old 8mm or Super 8 films? Yes, films! Here's a way to digitize them. | Giz Wiz Biz
- An Old 8mm Movie From Dick DeBartolo's Personal Archive: The Giz Wiz 1441 - YouTube
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1871
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
- Galaxy S22 Ultra hands-on.
- Trump's social app launches.
- Trump's Truth Social's disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability.
- First details of Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro come roaring out: 2nd-gen Tensor, new Samsung modem.
- Meta Loses Top-10 Ranking by Market Value Amid Worst Month Ever.
- Inside Facebook's $10 Billion Breakup With Advertisers.
- End of an era of ad targeting.
- A resurrected bill troubles digital rights advocates and journalists.
- Amazon's Astro robot has been spotted in the wild... bringing people beer.
- Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.
- Google Chat set to replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users next month.
- Google releases new build of February's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update.
- Google confirms Pixel 6 Wi-Fi issues, fix coming with March update.
- Chrome 'Lite Mode' for Android will be removed next month with the Chrome 100 update.
- Google Chrome's password manager is adding a new section for notes.
- Google Search dark theme goes fully black for some on the web.
- Google introduces Roboto Serif.
- ProgrammingFonts.org: Fonts for programmers.
- Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported as the company that installed them dies.
- Apple gives Siri a less gendered voice.
- 3G Networks Are Shutting Down: How This Affects Your Devices.
- Beijing Winter Olympics viewership drops to record low.
- A keyboard that makes my hands hurt just looking at it.
- Designers spend months making custom keycaps, then the counterfeits arrive.
- Launch of Typefully to prettify Twitter.
- Reddit Details Its 5 Community Values.
- TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections and Access Full User Data, 2 Studies Say.
- Kazakhstan's Internet Shutdown Offers Lessons for Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
Picks:
- Mathew - Famed "marshmallow test" for kids debunked
- Jeff - 13 'Challenges' That Prove Older Generations Were As Stupid As TikTok Teens
- Ant - Andycine Lunchbox
- Ant - Welcome to Earth
- Leo - Zoom F3 Field Recorder
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mathew Ingram
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/twig
- wealthfront.com/twig
- imperfectfoods.com promo code TWIG
A Look Back at Microsoft's Longhorn Era - The absolute apex for Windows fans
- Paul's Programming Windows series
- Professional Developers Conference 2003 vs.2005
- Microsoft guts Longhorn to make 2006 delivery date
- What did Microsoft learn from Vista
- New programming models - Avalon, Indigo, WinFS (Was WinFX, became .NET FW 3)
- Satya Nadella vs. Steve Ballmer
- Microsoft fought the web, and the web won
Windows 11
- Microsoft tests new warnings for Windows 11 PCs not meeting minimum Specs
- Windows 11 Pro may require MSA sign-in, internet connectivity, just like the Home version
Hardware
- Intel surges forward with 12th-gen Core chips
Xbox
- Microsoft integrates Twitch into the Xbox UI
- Activision Blizzard filing/shareholder letter explains how the Microsoft acquisition went down
- Activision reportedly delays 2023 Call of Duty title
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Take command of the squigglies
- App pick of the week: .NETpad (WinForms)
- Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Defender for Cloud now supports GCP and AWS
- Codename pick of the week: Singularity – there is NOT just one
- Beer pick of the week: Sour #9 by Magic Hat Brewing Company
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- progress.com/twit
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- Picture of the Week.
- The "UpdraftPlus" WordPress Plug-In.
- "Xenomorph"
- Decrypting "The Hive"
- Un-Pixelating redacted text.
- No Internet For You!!
- If at first you don't succeed...
- Ukrainian DDoS Attacks.
- The Bobiverse trilogy.
- SpinRite News.
- A BGP Routing Attack.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-859-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- privacy.com/securitynow
- kolide.com/twit
- plextrac.com/twit
Meta earnings flop, Amazon Prime price hike, NFT celebrity complex
- Meta Erases $251 Billion in Value, Biggest Wipeout in History.
- Facebook blames Apple after a historically bad quarter, saying iPhone privacy changes will cost it $10 billion.
- Meta lost $10 billion on AR and VR in 2021.
- Zuckerberg Tells Staff to Focus on Video Products as Meta's Stock Plunges.
- Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian wasn't shocked by Meta's 26% plunge, saying Facebook's ad model 'doesn't cut the mustard' anymore.
- The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It's More Dangerous Than Ever.
- Google parent company Alphabet broke $200 billion in annual revenue for the first time.
- Google's Pixel phones had their best quarter ever.
- Amazon confronts pandemic costs and raises the price of Prime.
- Here's The Boat That Won't Bring Jeff Bezos's Hair, Or Wife Back.
- Joe Rogan Apologizes for 'Shameful' Past Use of Racial Slur.
- Why is Joe Rogan So Popular?
- What is the current state of COVID and WFH?
- GoFundMe removes the donation page for the Canadian trucker protest.
- Silicon Valley loves mafias and you should, too.
- Wordle Is Joining The New York Times Games.
- Apple blasted over a paltry 3% fee reduction for external payments in the Netherlands.
- Tesla recall: 'Full Self-Driving' software runs stop signs.
- Mapping the celebrity NFT complex.
- We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club's Pseudonymous Founders.
- Report: Stadia deprioritized as white-label 'Google Stream' aims for Bungie, Capcom deals.
- North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet.
- BlackBerry to sell patents related to mobile devices, messaging for $600 million.
- House OKs bill to boost US chip fabrication and R&D.
- Car companies stand to make billions by charging you monthly fees for add-on features like heated seats.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Dan Patterson, and Owen Thomas
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- linode.com/twit
- podium.com/twit
- ourcrowd.com/twit
- nureva.com
Uploading a plethora of photos to be ID'd & reviewed, Gmail is constantly syncing on the phone, Leo's son stops by the show, what's the deal with gaming companies buying up game studios, a new laptop is not holding its charge, a Chromebook is involuntarily opening up tabs, and wireless webcam recommendations. Plus, chatting with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Web3 & NFT explanation
- A lot of photos and wants to upload them for others to view and ID them online
- Batch uploading photos & software that allows you to view & comment on photos
- Sam Abuelsamid & the updated USPS vehicles
- Gmail is constantly syncing on caller's phone
- Best way & apps to save specific SMS messages - Hank Laporte stops by the show!
- The beginning/continuation of the arms race with game companies buying up game studios
- Chris Marquardt & the BRIGHT Assignment Review
- New laptop is not holding a charge & how to generate a battery report
- Why most dark scenes within shows on your TV give a "halo" effect around lights
- Using Nikon lights with Canon products &
- Chromebook is opening new tabs involuntarily
- Rod Pyle & the retirement of the International Space Station
- Properly setting up a dual-boot hard drive with Windows & Linux
- Wireless webcam recommendations
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1866
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
How to disable email spam filtering, understanding bias lighting in an all-black room, finding the perfect MacBook for college, understanding why some devices don't have two-factor authentication, using Walkie Talkie on Apple Watch, the pros and cons of EMMC storage, how to test audio before live streaming, troubleshooting Siri Voice Dictation, using a 5G phone on AT&T, and troubleshooting YouTube comment duplication. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Meta plunges and sets off Wall Street's worst drop in nearly a year. | The New York Times
- Apple Results: The biggest ever ($123.9B) | Six Colors
- Apple planning March 8 event, here's what to expect | 9to5Mac
- BiasLighting.com: Accurate 6500K Bias Lighting | MediaLight Bias Lighting
- MacBook | Apple
- macOS Secure Login With YubiKey | Yubico
- Using Your YubiKey as a Smart Card in macOS – Yubico
- YubiKey Manager | Yubico
- Use FileVault to encrypt the startup disk on your Mac | Apple Support
- Update on My Dad's Second Round with Covid | JohnnyJet.com
- Incredible Two For One Deal Across the Pond in Lie Flat Seats | JohnnyJet.com
- Being Mortal | Atul Gawande
- Use Walkie-Talkie on your Apple Watch | Apple Support
- Motorola T100 Talkabout Radio, 2 Pack : Health & Household | Amazon
- eMMC vs. SSD: Not All Solid-State Storage is Equal | How-To Geek
- Fix Autocorrect's Bad Habits by Resetting Your iPhone Dictionary | WIRED
- Autocorrect changes first names to all caps | Apple Community
- GSMArena
- 5G UW and UC: Here's what they stand for | The Verge
- FAA Selects Airports for 5G Buffer Zones | WSJ
- Install and manage extensions | Chrome Web Store Help
- Clear cache & cookies - Computer | Google Account Help
- Versa Travel French Press | Kuissential
- Here's A Really Small, Inexpensive, Decent Sounding Bluetooth Speaker! | Giz Wiz Biz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1865
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsors:
- linode.com/techguy
- Melissa.com/twit
Nvidia done with ARM, Spotify controversy, Google kills FLoC, FBI, and Pegasus
- Spotify Takes Down Neil Young's Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum.
- Spotify loses $4 billion in market value after the Neil Young controversy.
- Joni Mitchell demands Spotify remove her music over deadly 'lies'.
- Apple Music claims it's 'home of Neil Young' after Spotify loses legendary songwriter.
- Google kills off FLoC, replaces it with Topics.
- Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid.
- The PC is back again. But for how long?
- Apple Revenue Pops 11% To $123.9 Billion Despite Supply Chain Concerns.
- Dell's new XPS laptop messes with the familiar—and that's the point.
- Windows 11 is getting Android apps, taskbar improvements, and more next month.
- The ambitious Android tablet option Google tossed away.
- The Battle for the World's Most Powerful Cyberweapon.
- Meta has built an AI supercomputer it says will be the world's fastest by end of 2022.
- Valve will start selling the Steam Deck on February 25th.
- A robot bartender that serves up cocktails in 90 seconds will be on duty at the Winter Olympics as organizers seek to keep a lid on COVID-19.
- ARK Invest's Big Ideas 2022: The 14 transformative technologies to watch this year.
- Appeals Court Won't Block Enforcement of California Net Neutrality Law.
- Breyer's Supreme Court replacement will face a hefty cyber docket.
- Here's what Apple might announce at a spring event this March.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Hiner, Denise Howell, and Harry McCracken
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- imperfectfoods.com promo code TWIT
- Blueland.com/TWIT
- audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500
- wealthfront.com/twit
Is it worth putting in a home audio system and using something like Sonos, alternatives to Filemaker Pro, assigning a Google number to your primary phone number, praise of the 15.2 iPhone update restoring Siri functionality to reading voicemails, troubleshooting an external storage device, a fun space story, replacing your TV when your signal is weak? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Spotify's value takes a tumble in the wake Neil Young & others pulling their music off the streaming platform
- FBI secretly bought Pegasus NSO & tested it
- Is it worth installing a home audio system and using something like Sonos speakers?
- Sam Abuelsamid & Ford's BlueCruise
- Alternatives to FileMaker Pro
- Ways to assign a Google phone number to a carrier number
- Upgrade options from an iPhone 5
- A recent Apple update restored Siri functionalities to read voicemails. Blind users rejoice!
- Chris Marquardt and Correct or Right
- Troubleshooting an external storage device no longer being recognized
- A fun space story with the caller Jim
- Rod Pyle & China's space plans
- TV signal is weak in caller's home & whether it's related to their TV
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1864
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- twit.cachefly.com
The wireless charger on Leo's desk, switching from Linux to a Chromebook or Mac, power supply and power conditioning problems, printing from an Android phone, quickly transferring data to a new phone, improving signal quality on a lengthy projection system, thoughts on the Metaverse, deciding whether to update apps, a tip on switching to a new carrier, and installing Linux on a locked-down Chromebook. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Here is the Spotify COVID content policy that lets Joe Rogan slide - The Verge
- Call Her Daddy Podcast
- Neil Young says he 'felt better' after leaving Spotify and its 'shitty' sound quality - The Verge
- Joni Mitchell removes music from Spotify in protest of Joe Rogan's podcast - The Verge
- N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyber attacks -researchers | Reuters
- Why the Belarus Railways Hack Marks a First for Ransomware | WIRED
- This is What You'll Be Able to Stream in 4K at the 2022 Winter Olympics – The Streamable
- PonoPlayer - Wikipedia
- Spin 5 | Laptops | Acer United States
- iPad - Apple
- Kitty Curling | Imgur
- 1500VA, 2RU Uninterruptible Power Supply, and Voltage Regulator | Furman Power
- Google is shutting down Cloud Print this week | Engadget
- The Leading Print Management SaaS | directprint.io
- PaperCut: Print management software
- Google Cloud Print alternatives: What to use now | Zapier
- Legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady says it's time to retire - CNN
- What to Do: Weather Delays and Flight Cancelations | Johnny Jet
- Airportle by Scott's Cheap Flights
- ROAM Luggage - Premium Customizable Suitcases Made in the USA
- Samsung Smart Switch | Samsung
- HDMI Extender over Single Cat6 Ethernet Cable up to 300 feet | Cable Matters
- Micro Converters | Blackmagic Design
- Radio.co | Create Your Own Internet Radio Station
- Welcome to Office Hours Global – A global conversation where no one's left out
- Utherverse Free Dating Social Network
- Windows Weekly | Microsoft Tech Podcast | Windows, Office, Xbox | TWiT
- How to Install Ubuntu Linux on Your Chromebook with Crouton
- Extreme Blizzard Coverage - Storm Chasers Intercepting Cyclone - Live Weather Channel - YouTube
- Sea-Doo Switch: The all-new fully configurable Pontoon
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1863
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
- Google: Goodbye FLOC, hello Topics.
- German publishers raise new opposition to Google's third-party cookie plans.
- Google proposes a new way to track people around the Web. Again.
- Why Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana.
- FLoC is dead. But Topics won't fix Google's ad targeting problems.
- IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.
- IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access.
- End Of The Line For Google Cloud's G Suite Legacy Free Edition.
- G suite migration.
- We Studied 81,000 Page Titles - Google Rewrote 61% Of Them.
- British law groups recommend immunity for drivers of self-driving cars.
- The self-driving car industry is abandoning the term 'self-driving' and leaving it to Tesla.
- Halo.car - The electric car that drives to you.
- Chicago Public Media to acquire the Sun-Times.
- Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'
- Missing: the shows from these big Spotify announcements.
- Samsung officially announces February 9 launch event for Galaxy S22.
- N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyberattacks -researchers.
- Hacktivists say they hacked the Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup.
- Manufacturers have less than five days' supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says.
- You no longer have to say 'Hey Google' to get the Assistant to shut up.
- Pixel's big At a Glance upgrade starts rolling out with more Google Clock & fitness integrations.
- Google Chat adds rich text formatting on the web, rolling out now.
- YouTube Music will soon work for supervised kid accounts enrolled with Family Link.
- Oh, please, can we have a TWiG mini-musical? By brandonethridgemusic on TikTok.
- Mark Cuban's latest business venture is a cash-only pharmacy that takes aim at crushing drug prices.
- Meta ad for Horizon.
Picks:
- Stacey - Hestan Cue: The World's Most Advanced Smart Cooking System
- Jeff - Twitter kills Worldle-killing bot
- Ant - Ant on Because We Make Podcast
- Ant - News Anchor Hit by a Car
- Ant - Good Luck, #hardhead
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- wealthfront.com/twig
- imperfectfoods.com promo code TWIG
- Compiler - TWIG
Microsoft Q2 Earnings, Windows 11 Updates, One Outlook
- Windows 11 users will get several new features in February ahead of its H2 feature update
- Microsoft Plans Public Preview of Android Apps on Windows 11, More in February
- Microsoft: Teams now has more than 270 million monthly active users
- 1.4 Billion
- Microsoft Highlights Windows 11 Momentum
- Lenovo Will Not Enable Microsoft's Pluton Processor by Default
Microsoft FY22 Q2 Earnings
- Cloud revenues power Microsoft's $51.7 billion Q2 in the fiscal year 2022
- Microsoft Delivers Another Monster Quarter
- The WinForms Notepad Project (2022): It's (A)live! (Premium)
- Microsoft: Teams now has more than 270 million monthly active users
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft marches toward its 'One Outlook' rollout
Surface
- Microsoft Finally Upgrades Surface Duo ... to Android 11
Hardware
- Report: NVIDIA to Abandon Its $40 Billion Arm Acquisition
- EU Overturns Intel's Antitrust Conviction, €1 Billion Fine
- Intel to Invest $20 Billion on New Chip Factories in Ohio
Xbox
- Halo Infinite is the Biggest Halo Launch in History*
- Phil Spencer Opens Up About Activision Blizzard Plans
- Rethinking Videogame Exclusives (Premium)
- Google Play Games Soft Launches on Windows in Beta
Tips and Picks
- App picks of the week: .NETpad (C#/WinForms/.NETFW4.x), File Manager
- Enterprise picks of the week: Wave 1 2022 Dynamics and Power Platform, Azure Open Source Day
- Beer pick of the week: Other Half Broccoli World Special Reserve
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/windows use code WW30
- progress.com/twit
March Event, AirTag Safety, Apple Music
- How to clean your $19 Apple cleaning cloth
- What Apple might announce at a spring event this March
- Apple launches new 'Personal Safety User Guide' amid AirTag concerns and more
- iCloud syncing issues are plaguing third-party apps as Apple stays silent
- Apple's plans for third-party App Store payments are insufficient, Dutch regulator says
- Ericsson sues Apple in three German courts, the Netherlands, and Brazil over 5G and other patents (in addition to a handful of U.S. cases)
- Apple's self-driving car project hits another speed bump as engineering manager departs
- Senate panel approves antitrust bill restricting big tech platforms
- Epic Games appeals ruling in Apple lawsuit, claims court made errors
- What happened when an M1 Max MacBook Pro met a $60k camera
- Apple may use an optical audio transmission from AR/VR headsets to AirPods
- Apple launches new Shot on iPhone Challenge, this time for iPhone 13 Pro macro images
- Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
- Apple Music is the world's second most popular music streaming service behind Spotify
- Apple delays in-app account deletion requirement, extends IAP exception for group services
- Today is the .day
- Nvidia is making preparations to give up on Arm acquisition, says report
- Apple has swapped in a company veteran as its new head of PR
Picks of the Week
- Rene's Picks: The Problem with NFT's & Finding X
- Alex's Pick: Vivo Tablet Mount
- Andy's Pick: VizRef for iPad
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/macbreak promo code MACBREAK30
- imperfectfoods.com promo code MACBREAK
- Melissa.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- Log4J News.
- Who pays for RansomWare attack recovery?
- The rising cost of cyber-insurance.
- Another very dangerous WordPress add-on.
- And a supply-chain attack on a popular WordPress add-on provider.
- Does WordPress make sense anymore?
- The European Union plans to fund some bug bounty programs.
- The "MoonBounce" EFI Bootkit.
- Closing the Loop.
- Inside the NetUSB Hack.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-855-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- plextrac.com/twit
- privacy.com/securitynow
- Melissa.com/twit
Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal, 5G improvements, Intel's Ohio factory
- Microsoft set to purchase Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal.
- Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees stage walkout, demand CEO step down.
- Bobby Kotick Reportedly Turned Up Late and Left Early from a Meeting Meant to Reassure Employees.
- Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft.
- The movie segment!
- Airline CEOs make a U-turn, now say 5G isn't a big problem for altimeters.
- AT&T, Verizon 5G is about to get much faster in more places - if you have the right phone.
- AT&T begins a 5G C-band rollout in a limited number of metro areas.
- Intel Reveals Plans for Massive Factory in Ohio.
- The Intel Split.
- Google starts rolling out the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro's delayed December update.
- IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.
- Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill.
- Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department Seek to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Mergers.
- MEPs adopt Digital Services Act with significant last-minute changes.
- Twitter Blue on Twitter: "You asked (a lot), so we made it. Now rolling out in Labs: NFT Profile Pictures on iOS"
- Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Ensnares Spotify in Covid Misinformation Debate.
- Bitcoin drops to a six-month low as investors dump speculative assets.
- Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position yet on creating one.
- Faster cable internet speeds are coming, even if you don't really need them.
- The World's First Wi-Fi 7 Demo Reached Speeds 2.4 Times Faster Than Wi-Fi 6.
- Twitter shakes up its security team.
- TikTok's marketing chief ousted after 'going rogue' with bizarre campaigns.
- US athletes are told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics.
- Netflix Q4 2021: Gains 8.2 Million Subscribers, Stock Down on Forecast.
- Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot.
- We Met in Virtual Reality' finds love in the metaverse.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Devindra Hardawar and Dwight Silverman
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/twit
- newrelic.com/twit
- streak.com/twit
- ZipRecruiter.com/Twit
The Shine Bathroom Automated Toilet Cleaner, TV defaulting to smart TV functionalities, older phones and 3G functionality disabled at the end of the year, moving the closed captioning around on your TV, Apple ID & iCloud issues, disabling the Windows 11 upgrade popup, replacing an old universal power supply, supporting a content creator, and an iPhone overheating and more issues after replacing the battery. Plus, chatting with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- EU Digital Services Act passed
- FCC vs FAA over 5G, C-Band Deployment
- Shine Bathroom Automated Toilet Cleaner
- VIZIO TV defaulting to Smart TV functionalities
- Will my phone actually stop working when 3G is disabled?
- Unable to get closed caption moved from the middle to the bottom
- Apple ID & iCloud issues
- Phishing scams
- Disabling the Windows 11 upgrade pop-up
- Replacing an old UPS (universal power supply) after 10+ years
- Supporting someone who is a "content creator"
- iPhone issues after overheating and after the battery was replaced
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1862
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
How to log and print an SMS conversation, updating older PCs to Windows 11, correcting the geolocation for an IP address, upgrading to a new Mac Mini, using a YubiKey from Yubico, changing the layout for Outlook, converting images to SVGs, finding a Chromebook that supports USB printing, understanding the difference between different types of audio cables, and finding a better cellular carrier for frequent travel. Plus, conversations with Johnny Jet and Dick Debartolo.
- Cryptocurrencies tumble, with bitcoin falling 15% and ether down 20% | CNBC
- El Salvador's plan to create the first Bitcoin-powered nation is tanking the economy—and is a mess by every measure | Fortune
- Twitter NFT for Twitter Blue | Twitter
- The IRS will soon make you use facial recognition to access your taxes online | The Verge
- IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access | Krebs on Security
- iMazing
- EaseUS
- How to use the PC Health Check app | Microsoft
- YouTube TV Will Stream 2022 Winter Olympics in 4K | Cord Cutters News
- Some Roku smart TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV | Ars Technica
- Correct a GeoIP Location | MaxMind
- IP Address Location Incorrect | WhatIsMyIP.com
- American VPN, Alaska VPNs | American VPN
- Mac Mini 2022 — everything we know so far | Tom's Guide
- Semiconductor Shortage Forces Canon to Dump Toner Copy Protection Chips | Tom's Hardware
- Meet the YubiKey | Yubico
- Advanced Protection Program | Google
- Warning: Domestic Airfares Will Increase 7% Each Month So Buy Your 2022 Flights Now | Johnny Jet
- Crystal Cruises temporarily halts sailings due to bankruptcy: What you need to know | USA Today
- FBI says crooks are using fake QR codes to steal money | CNN
- Don't assume every COVID-19 test site is legit | FTC
- Get free at-home COVID-19 tests | USPS
- Create, change, or customize a view | Microsoft
- Vector Magic
- Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End | Atul Gawande
- Google is shutting down Cloud Print this week | Engadget (2020)
- Set up your printer | Chromebook Help
- PodTrak P4 | Zoom
- BTA-2 Bluetooth Adapter for PodTrak Recorders | Zoom
- Google Fi
- Just when I thought there was no coffee maker type left for me to try, I find a new one! | The Giz Wiz
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1861
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
- Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard for $68b
- US regulators go after illegal mergers
- Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
- Unbelievable video of EU commissioner promoting digital legislation
- Spotify Pressured by 270 Scientists, Medical Professionals Over Joe Rogan Episode
- Spotify shuts down its podcast studio
- DirecTV Finally Dumps OAN, Limiting The Conspiracy And Propaganda Channel's Reach
- Escape from QAnon: How Jan. 6 changed one person's path
- Nanoleaf retires original HomeKit Light Panels, takes up to 50% off in commemorative clearance sale
- How the SOPA Blackout Happened 10yrs ago
- eyeo wins landmark copyright court decision; protects digital rights and sets an important legal precedent for who 'owns' HTML
- Crypto.com Suffers Hack For At Least $15M in Ethereum (ETH)
- Cryptoderps think buying a copy of a Dune version gives them copyright to produce it
- Cryptoderps follow up
- German company's use of Google Analytics 'breached GDPR'
- SearchEngineLand turned off AMP; nothing happened
- Google kills YouTube Originals
- Jeff Jarvis Tweets
- Tesla driver is first to face felony charges in a crash involving autopilot
- Andre Leon Talley passes
- Android 12 Update
- How Campbell Soup Turned New Jersey Into a Tomato-Growing State
- Canon EOS R5 C - Ant's Pick
- Follow Ant on Instagram
- $200k Donatas - Jeff's Pick
- GE Cafe Smart Oven - Stacey's Pick
- Cheezam ! By Prevision.IO - Computer Vision with AI for cheese - Leo's Pick
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- nureva.com
- CDW.com/HPE
- Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard, the makers of WoW, CoD, Overwatch, and Candy Crush, among other gaming hits.
- Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition is the biggest in the company's history.
- Sony shares stumble as the firm cedes $20 billion in value overnight
- Windows 11 SE devices are rolling out for the education market, starting as cheap as $219.
- Surface Laptop SE is now available for schools to purchase.
- PC sales, in a third consecutive year of growth, increased 16% in 2021.
- Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22538 announced and released to the Dev channel.
- New updates roll out for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones.
- Game Pass titles for January include Death's Door and Nobody Saves the World
Tips & Picks:
Tip of the week: Programming Windows articles and projects
App pick of the week: .NETpad
Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft fixes yet another botched Patch Tuesday update
Codename pick of the week: Nickel
Beer pick of the week: Shacksbury The Vermonter Cider
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- hackerrank.com/WW
- CDW.com/IntelClient
- Picture of the Week
- "Hack the Pentagon" with Log4j
- Open Source Software Security Summit
- Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday Review: The GOOD News
- Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday Review: The Not So Good News
- Check Your Router Firmware Updates
- Chrome to Implement PNA
- Three High Severity Flaws in WordPress Add-ons
- Closing the Loop: Listener feedback
- SpinRite
- Anatomy of a Log4j Exploit
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-854-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/securitynow
- canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
- kolide.com/twit
Safari bug, Netherlands App Store ruling, Apple Watch ads
- Microsoft will buy Activision Blizzard, a bet on games being central to the internet's future.
- Safari bug can leak some of your Google account info and recent browsing history
- Netherlands App Store ruling: Apple will allow alternative payment methods, but developers must maintain a separate app binary
- Possibility of huge changes to App Store as US antitrust bill proceeds to committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee will consider The American Innovation and Choice Online Act this week; Tim Cook personally lobbying Senate Judiciary Committee against it
- Apple Watch Series 7 | 911 | Apple
- Apple Watch "911: Bob"
- Detectives | Cinematic mode | iPhone 13 Pro | Apple
- iPhone 14 Pro now rumored to feature 'hole + pill design' instead of notch
- Likely new iPhone SE and iPad Air models appear in Eurasian database
- Report: iPad Air 5 with 5G, Center Stage camera, and more coming this spring
- Report: 'iPhone SE+ 5G' coming this year followed by the larger model in 2023
- Locket, an app for sharing photos to friends' home screens, hits the top of the App Store
- Microsoft Releases Office for Mac Update With Full Apple Silicon Support in Excel
- Tesla refuses to adopt CarPlay, but this developer has a workaround
- Aerial app for Mac updated with tvOS 15 screensavers and new features
Picks of the Week
- Rene's Pick: Above Avalon
- Andy's Pick: Multiselect for YouTube, U.S. free COVID tests
- Alex's Pick: Live Video in Keynote
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- expressvpn.com/macbreak
- zocdoc.com/macbreak
- hover.com/twit
E3 goes virtual, microdosing in the metaverse.
- CES through the years.
- Oversized future USPS delivery truck on display at CES in Las Vegas.
- BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink.
- Massage Robot at CES 2022.
- This super realistic "humanoid robot" stole the show at CES 2022.
- Using Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel at CES 2022: Hardly groundbreaking.
- Elon Musk says Spacex will catch Starship booster with giant "robot chopsticks"
- Halo.car
- @richontech: No joke. This SUV is being driven remotely from this gaming-style rig, complete with a steering wheel, pedals and a giant monitor with live camera feeds from the vehicle.
- E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns.
- Why Apple's iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble.
- After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful.
- The long-awaited January update for Google's Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro is now live.
- @stroughtonsmith: Apple really needs to throw out its crowdsourced machine-learned autocorrect system entirely.
- Second Life Founder Returns to Take On the Metaverse.
- Meta's Oculus was the US's most-downloaded app on Christmas.
- Is microdosing legal?
- Canalys: Worldwide PC shipments soared in 2021 to 341 million units.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Christina Warren, Ashley Esqueda, and Rich DeMuro
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30
- banknovo.com/twit
- mintmobile.com/twit
- wwt.com/twit
Getting good video quality from a Blu-ray player with a Plasma TV, Adobe Lightroom & importing incorrect metadata, computer connection issues through captive portals, Bluetooth connection issues with an iPhone 13 & carplay, what happens when 3G is retired on older phones, how to properly set up your new iPhone, is now a good time to get a new MacBook, plus conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Determining french cheeses from pictures with AI
- PC sales up during 2021
- TL;DR act introduced in Congress
- Possible to get good video from a Blu-ray player with a plasma TV?
- Adobe Lightroom importing photos with wrong metadata
- A laptop is having problems connecting online through captive portals
- New TV's remote control not working properly
- Unable to pair iPhone 13 to 2014 Lexus via Bluetooth
- What will happen when 3G is retired on older phones?
- Checking the strength of your cell signal on (most) phones
- Proper way to set up a new iPhone
- Now's the time to get a new MacBook?
- When to replace an old phone
- DSL Extreme
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1860
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
Sponsor:
- twit.cachefly.com
How to recover a hacked Instagram account, replacing the battery in an older laptop, troubleshooting a slow computer and "Potentially Unwanted Apps", whether or not it makes sense to purchase a new Mac, ideas for repurposing old cellphones, fixing OneDrive sync issues, finding a maintenance program for a vehicle, finding which radio stations broadcast The Tech Guy, ideas for repurposing or upgrading an older computer, finding the right head unit for CarPlay and Android Auto, and more trouble with Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). Plus, conversations with Johnny Jet and Dick Debartolo.
- Worst in show 2022
- Wordle & Worlde clones
- Apple & alternative payment systems in South Korea & Netherlands
- Recovering a hacked Instagram account
- Replacing the battery in older laptops
- Troubleshooting slow computers & potentially unwanted apps
- Computer security options
- Getting a new Mac now or better to wait?
- Suggestions for repurposing old devices
- Sync issues with Microsoft OneDrive
- Locating maintenance programs for vehicles
- Netflix raising monthly subscription prices in the U.S, Canada
- Radio stations that carry The Tech Guy
- CarPlay and Android Auto
- Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs)
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1859
Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/radio-leo
- Taco Bell launches Taco Lover's Pass subscription nationwide with 30 days of tacos for $10.
- You can safely ignore Web3 by Mike Elgan.
- Web .0000012 by Jeff Jarvis.
- My first impressions of web3 by Moxie Marlinspike.
- Signal: New year, new CEO.
- Casey Newton: How Signal is playing with fire w/untraceable financial transactions.
- 'Second time lucky?' FTC's case against Facebook can move forward, federal judge rules.
- After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful.
- Why Apple's iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble.
- Samsung no-showed on its major Exynos 2200 launch and won't say why.
- Samsung Electronics to Unveil Exynos 2200 AP on Launch Day of Galaxy 22.
- Cat on a hot satellite dish: Elon Musk's Starlink antenna hits surprise problem.
- Why is Zynga worth a whopping $12.7 billion? (Hint: It's not FarmVille).
- 500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining.
- Wordle - A daily word game.
- Google loses Sonos patent case, starts stripping functionality from speakers.
- An open letter to YouTube's CEO from the world's fact-checkers.
- Worst of CES: Right-to-repair name and shames terrible tech.
- Third-Party Software for Teslas Can Be Hacked, German Teen Says.
- E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns.
- About 70 S.Korean attendees of U.S. tech show test positive for COVID-19.
- US man claims his penis has shrunk due to rare Covid side effect.
- When Axel Webber Was Rejected from Juilliard, TikTok Stepped In.
- Marques Brownlee: My Pixel 6 Pro has slowly gotten so buggy since launch in October that I can no longer recommend it at $900.
- Google rolling out Android 12L Beta 2 for Pixel phones.
- Google details changes to Speaker Group controls & device setup following Sonos ruling.
- Pixel Launcher 'At a Glance' widget gains doorbell camera previews, more.
- Now you can learn what's new in each Google Play system update for Android.
- Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more.
- The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism.
- The Athletic: Good for the Times, a potential disaster for local news.
- "Aw, screw it": LAPD cops hunted Pokémon instead of responding to robbery.
- We're Giving Wyze Person Detection to All Users at Whatever Price You Want.
Picks:
- Mike - Chatterbox is the only smart speaker that meets EDUCATIONAL and PRIVACY standards
- Jeff - Most populous time zone
- Leo - Morgan Stanely out with quite the note on the idea of the mobile metaverse
- Ant - A great time on Behind the Shot TV with Steve Brazill and Don Komarechka
- Ant - #hardhead Modeled for Me and Jefferson Graham at Balmy Alley
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- streak.com/twig
- newrelic.com/twig
- Codecademy.com promo code TWIG
Windows 11, Microsoft HoloLens, Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Issues First Windows 11 Build of the New Year
- Microsoft Issues New Windows 11 Build to the Dev Channel
- Stardock Releases Start11 v1.1
- Tip: Get the New Windows 11 Media Player Now
AR/VR/XR
- Microsoft Hit by Defections as Tech Giants Battle for Talent to Build the Metaverse - WSJ
- Meta Platforms Halts VR and AR Operating System Project — The Information
- Magic Leap Targets Medical Customers for Its Augmented Reality Headset - Bloomberg
- CES 2022: Microsoft, Qualcomm to collaborate on custom augmented-reality chips
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft is rolling out the ability to chat across personal and business Teams accounts
- Microsoft adds more Teams, Viva features for frontline workers
Microsoft Surface
- Surface Pro 8 with LTE is now available to order from the Microsoft Store | Windows Central
Xbox
- Report: Microsoft Has Sold 12 Million Xbox Series X|S Consoles
- Sony to Continue PS4 Production Through 2022
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: How to use the Quick Access menu
- App pick of the week: Firefox 96
- Codename pick of the week: Gibraltar
- Cocktail pick of the week: Blue Bomber
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com
Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com
The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/windows
- Melissa.com/twit
- Picture of the Week.
- The US CISA Log4J status update.
- The H2 Database Console vulnerability.
- The Federal Trade Commission gets into the act!
- Chrome fixed 37 known problems last week.
- The Privacy-first Brave browser.
- WordPress 5.8.3 security update.
- What, exactly, is a "Pluton"?
- The first of Dennis Taylor's three Bobiverse novels.
- SpinRite.
- URL Parsing Vulnerabilities.
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-853-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.
For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.
Sponsors:
- go.acronis.com/twit-1
- barracuda.com/securitynow
- expressvpn.com/securitynow
iMessages, T-Mobile & iCloud, Apple Watch Apps
- iMessage is winning: teens dread the green text bubble
- After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful
- Google exec says Apple is 'holding back' customers who text
- Apple to allow alternative payment system for 1st time in South Korea
- Developer exposes another multimillion-dollar scam app on the App Store
- T-Mobile says iOS 15.2 bug turning off iCloud private relay for some users
- Intel poaches Apple engineer responsible for arm transition and M1 chips
- Uber parks its Apple Watch app in the ever-growing junkyard
- Netflix cameras & image capture
- Spotify HiFi delayed indefinitely as the company says it has no 'timing details to share'
- LAPD cops hunted Pokémon instead of responding to a robbery
Picks of the Week
- Rene's Pick: Cleo Abram Goes Indie
- Andy's Pick: Multiclock Screensaver
- Alex's Picks: Mixbus VBM
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- newrelic.com/macbreak
- betterhelp.com/macbreak
- ourcrowd.com/mbw
The future of finance, Web3, NASA Webb Telescope, synthetic biology, CES 2022
- Amy introduces the Futurist episode.
- The Future Today Institute's 14th Annual Tech Trends Report.
- Moxie Marlinspike - My first impressions of web3.
- Jack Dorsey says VCs really own Web3 (and Web3 boosters are pretty mad about it).
- Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to - Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs.
- The rise of the alt-coins.
- Oh look, it's a Tesla traffic jam in Las Vegas' Boring Company tunnel.
- NASA's Webb Telescope Reaches Major Milestone as Mirror Unfolds.
- CES attendance down more than 75%, organizers say.
- LG Display brought a reclining curved OLED throne to CES this year.
- Change your car's colour with an app: BMW unveils color-changing car.
- CES 2022: The humanoid robot, Ameca, revealed at CES show.
- Abbott tells CES it's getting into consumer biowearables.
- The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Amy Webb.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Amy Webb and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit
Sponsors:
- ourcrowd.com/twit
- linode.com/twit
- wealthfront.com/twit
- betterhelp.com/twit