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MS is starting to tease Surface Hub 2. Details about it are coming in H1 2018. How will Surface Hub 2 fit in with MS' "Modern Workplace" vision? Teams is one of the big keys. Lots of big new Teams features coming this year. Cortana also will be coming to a conference room near you soon, as MS…

Podcast service, 3D printer problem, Entry level gaming laptop, mechanical keyboard, Synology NAS, coding tips, Raspberry Pi gaming machine, and indoor grow help.  Do I need my own Podcast service?        -- Robbie Britton        …

Zoom Fixes Encryption, Elon Musk and X Æ A-12Elon Musk names his child X Æ A-12: here's how to pronounce itZoom buys Keybase to fix encryptionGoogle Meet, Facebook Rooms, and Microsoft Teams desperately try to catch up with ZoomZoom is much more secure now but how did it win the video calling race,…

Apple posted record sales of its iPhone for the 4th quarter of 2016 with 78.3 million sold, continuing its trend of increasing revenue year after year. CEO Tim Cook also said that its Apple Watch was breaking records, though no numbers were shared.While everyone was deleting Uber, the ride-hailing…

Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is happy to announce package updates, but that's a bit of an issue around the holidays. Meta (Facebook) has opened up Horizon Worlds to adults in the U.S. and Canada. DARPA is funding research from a company that makes a device to charge a swarm of drones. Sonos…

On iOS Today, Mikah Sargent and special guest host Christopher Lawley take a look at exciting new features headed to the Apple Watch in watchOS 9.Workout: New Workout views, heart rate zones, enhanced workout summaryMedications: Reminders for medications, medication loggingSleep: Sleep stages,…

Riley has been a fossil fanatic since the time she was knee-high to a Stegosaurus. Her evolution into a science writer and amateur paleontologist was only natural. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, right in the center of dinosaur country, she chases tales of vanished lives from museum collections to…

This Week's Stories: JIF vs GIF: The peanut butter weighs in on the pronunciation debate of the agesLet's just get rid of animated GIFs and use animated PNGs instead!COVID-19: Apple moves production to Taiwan, stocks down, but iPad purchases upMac Pro and Pro Display XDR Tech Deep DiveWarren…

CES 2020 is underwayNew Assistant features announcedSamsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 LiteTCL shows off its first phones including a foldable conceptOnePlus reveals its Concept One with Electrochromic glassRazer Kishi is a gamepad with a Nintendo Switch vibeSamsung's SelfieType is a keyboard…

Android can run on the iPhoneAndroid can also jailbreak an iPhoneHands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S20 UltraA Chromecast Ultra running Android TV is in the worksThe Pixel 4a is leaked and we know everythingThe good and bad of YouTube Music's upload featureOppo Find X2 Pro is priced like Samsung…

CES is this week: let's not beat this to death. A lot of computers were announced, including a Surface Studio clone from Lenovo.It looks like Intel is serious about moving to 10nm this year, and Intel is talking up 'Project Athena,' its strategy for going beyond ultrabooks.Privacy (as a service):…

Rounding up the smartest, most interesting tech announcements from CES 2021.On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli:Razer's Project Hazel is a high-tech N95 mask for COVID-19 times that looks neat tooThe 15 Best Devices From CES That You Can Buy NowNine…

Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena.US detains crypto-exchange exec for helping Ryuk ransomware gang launder profits.Stacey hates her Pixel 6!Be your own genius: Apple to Launch Self-Service Repair Program in Early 2022.Google allegedly won’t release a new Pixelbook in 2022.A Former…

From zapping the P-RAM to booting in safe mode, these are the secret key combinations handed down from Mac guru to guru. If your Mac is having trouble, give them a try!Mac startup key combinationsTo use any of these key combinations, press and hold the keys immediately after pressing the power…

Welcome to the web site for TWiT - an Internet television station located in Petaluma, California, USA. TWiT was launched in 2005 by Leo Laporte to create programming about technology for the tech enthusiast. Today TWiT broadcasts live from its 10,000 sq ft studio in Petaluma, creating 50 hours or…

Remember, I'm doing a clean install. To speed up the setup, I want an inventory of all my installed apps and configurations.If you've installed `mas` using `brew`, you have a command-line interface to your App store installs. And `brew bundle dump —all —description —force` will write a list of…

0:52 – Introduction to our hosts: Leo Laporte; John C. Dvorak; Don Reisinger and with a sleepy Will Harris to join later? Did John slam Don for a "crazy thing he wrote last week?" :)2:23 – Blu ray/hd-dvd war, does anyone care anymore?2:38 – No random access to audio content!? Hooray for show notes!…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here. We're gonna talk about N they have finally settled on some…

This TWiT site is a departure from previous TWiT web sites and from almost any other site you've ever visited. Instead of building a traditional web site, our amazing developers at Four Kitchens created a headless Drupal backend with a rich ReSTful API. This site is but one consumer of the API…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech!  We got a great show planned for you.  My good buddy, Mike Elgan stops by, Becky Worley from Good Morning America, and Greg Ferro from the Packet Pushers, he's always fun.  We'll talk about mixed and virtual reality and Apple's…

Wikipedia woes, Forbes' Web Celebs, and classroom porn storms...Microsoft offered to pay an Australian blogger to change some articles on Wikipedia.There is a list of people who have been on TWiT and what episode numbers they have taken part in.Citizendium is an experimental new wiki project that…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show. Louis Maresca (00:00:00):On This Week in Enterprise Tech, we have Mr. Brian Chi and Mr. KZ Franklin back on the show today. Now…

Tech News for Tuesday January 31, 2017Apple reported its earnings for its first quarter of 2017 and set a new record for sales of its iPhone with 78.3 million sold for the quarter. Apple also set revenue records for “iPhone, Services, Mac, and Apple Watch” according to a letter written to its…

Show Tease: Coming up! We’ve got a gaming keyboard, a video intercom system for your door, a network attached storage device, and I’m about to get Pono’d. It’s all next! Time to watch Before You Buy. Netcasts you love, from people you trust. This is TWiT. Bandwidth for Before You Buy is brought…

Tech News for Wednesday September 20, 2017The Apple Watch Series 3 with cellular reviews are out. Many reviewers, including friend of the show Serenity Caldwell ran into LTE problems, which Apple confirms, and which Serenity calls an existing WiFi bug that prevents the watch from connecting to…

We're at Yahoo for Podcast Academy 3Bill Gates is stepping down from his position and handed his keys to Ray Ozzie.Google has launced a Shakespeare siteGoogle Earth beta 4.0 has been releasedGoogle is building a GooglePlexThe iPod city.Apple is going to investigate the iPod city.Apple may create a…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here. We're gonna talk about the delicate and brittle crypto…

Show Tease: Coming up! A hot new phone, only available in China. Jason Howell has it! We’ll review a mechanical keyboard with a nice clicky sound, a wearable camera, and the latest tablet from Toshiba. It’s time to watch Before You Buy. Netcasts you Love, from people you trust. This is TWiT. …

Tech News for July 29, 2016Security expert Jonathan Zdziarski warns that WhatsApp might not be as secure as you think it is. In a blog post today he writes that WhatsApp leaves a forensic trace of your chats even after you've deleted, cleared, or archived them. To be more specific, deleted SQLite…

Tech News for August 10, 2016Today Snapchat removed a filter that users on Twitter were calling "Yellowface," which looked a lot like an Asian stereotype. Snapchat told the Verge that the filter was inspired by anime and meant to be playful, but many users were not amused. Read more at theverge.com…

You live in a next-generation digital age, so why are you using security from the 60's?! Padre and Jason show you how to lock down your Google Services to protect your digital life.Two-factor Authentication- Authenticate with PW and a unique code or external confirmation (everyone w/ Google account…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Jason Howell (00:00:00):Coming up next on all about Android. It's me, Jason Howell, my co-hosts Ron Richards and Huyen Tue Dao. And we…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here with lots to talk about. Red Hat Cryptographically signing its…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here. We conclude our 17th year of podcasting. With this episode, we…

Windows 7, Office 14, Zune rumors, MSDN, Software Wars, Roku, and more.Windows 7 Beta FalloutThere is almost universal praise for the Windows 7 public beta which was released on January 9, 2009. After impressive demand for the new beta Microsoft has suspended its previous policy which would place a…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte / Steve Gibson (00:00:00):It's time for security now. Dude, Steve Gibson is here. We got a great show coming up for you. We…

Tech News for August 12, 2016There are playlists of party music, dance music, there's music to fall asleep to, or run to or you know do other stuff too. But I had no idea there was a whole category of music for gaming. Today Spotify launched a gaming channel which not only includes music from your…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT: This Week in Tech! Our 11th anniversary episode. 11 years ago today, we started doing TWiT. I think the conversation has changed a little bit over time. Iain Thomson and Ben Thompson join me, the Thomson twins to talk about Microsoft's…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here. Another zero day exploit for Chrome, some new settings you…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte / Steve Gibson (00:00:00):It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is back, baby. We're gonna talk about the new Apple iOS 16…

Cryptocurrencies wasted energy, a Raspberry Pi Web Server, and use an egg timer for time-lapsing.Check out our transcripts.Segment OneRaspberry Pi Webcam ServerWhat You'll Need!Raspberry PieSD card of 16GB or higherUSB KeyboardUSB MouseHDMI CableHDMI MonitorMicroUSB Power Adapter and CableEthernet…

Show Tease:Coming up! You could get this phone, or for 10 times more you can get thisphone! We’ll review both! It’s time to watch Before You Buy. Netcasts you love, by people you trust. This is TWiT. Bandwidth for Before You Buy is brought to you by CacheFly, at CacheFly.com. Before You Buyis…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte / Steve Gibson (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here. We have an update on that. Microsoft Windows…

So you got yourself a brand-new 3D printer, but you're getting a little tired of printing out just the objects that you've downloaded. If that's you, then we've got an episode for you! Jason Howell and Megan Morrone join Padre for a special 3D episode of "Know How"! -- We're going to be…

Open Ports"I have open ports on my PC to Microsoft. Should I close them?" -- Patrick Sheekey  135/tcp Microsoft Windows RPC139/tcp Microsoft Windows NetBIOS-ssn445/tcp Microsoft-ds Windows 10 HomeThese are all Microsoft-service ports135 (TCP/UDP) - Microsoft Remote Procedure Call - Used in…

[Top TN2 Animation ]Tonight! the FTC says T-Mobile made hundreds of millions of dollars from bogus charges, Google acquires Songza, and Facebook catches more heat for their Emotional Manipulation researchTech News 2Night is Next! [TWiT Open][Main TN2 Open]This is Tech News…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now, Steve Gibson is here. A mistaken Windows update. Steve explains. We'll also talk…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Louis Maresca (00:00:00):On This Week in Enterprise Tech. We have Mr. Brian Chee, Mr. Curtis Franklin, back on the show. Passwords are…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Leo Laporte / Steve Gibson (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now Steve Gibson is here, man, Microsoft has really blown it. This time,…

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech.  Great show ahead for you!  Brianna Wu, Baratunde Thurston, Larry Magid, Oh my goodness.  We're going to talk about the new model 3 that came out on Friday.  Will the iPhone not have a fingerprint reader?  That's…