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Apple lets Leopard slip, Google buys DoubleClick, and Microsoft is dead...Don Imus' recent remark spread like wildfire throughout the Internet and may have been a cause of his firing.Apple quietly announced that OSX Leopard is to be delayed till October because many resources were moved to the…

Leo is reading Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity is Near and finds it fascinatingWill nanotech turn the earth into gray goo?Alex says we vastly underestimate the human brainMachines are bad news for GolgafrinchamsDvorak reveals his "give me your new card trick"Robert is expecting thin flat 1920x1080p…

You can watch or listen to any of our podcasts on your laptop or desktop computer. The options listed below are just some of the many ways to watch or listen to TWiT.WindowsThe TWiT.tv website allows you to view the latest episodes as well as all previous episodes of any TWiT show.VLC Media Player…

One in five manufacturing companies compromised by cyberattacks according to "Manufacturing Cybersecurity Threat Index" reportCritical infrastructure off-limits to Russian hacking, says Biden to PutinEnd-to-end encryption for Google Messages is enabledMembers of ransomware gang arrested in…

This week Padre and Steve discuss what was up with Security Now's recent audio troubles, more on the Equifax Fiasco, the EFF & Cory Doctorow weigh in on forthcoming browser encrypted media extensions (EME), an emerging browser-based payment standard, when 2-factor is not 2-factor, the CCleaner…

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Google Os, Apple Store heist, Gmail crashes, Snow Leopard Flash, feature phones, and more.Wiki for this episodeTranscript posted 24 hours after show release by PodsInPrint.Audible pick of the week: Lucifer's Hammer, Unabridged, By Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Narrated by Marc Vietor. For two free…

How to Watch the Superbowl Commercials Without All That Annoying FootballApple's Not So Horrible Quarterly EarningsFacetime Flaw Dulls Apple's Privacy ShineApple Spanks Facebook and Google for Data SlurpingHow Much Does Facebook Suck? Huawei's TendrilsFamily Tree DNA Gives FBI DNA…

News of the WeekAppleTV Event: What to ExpectApple Announces New iPad Air and MiniApple Announced Updated iMacApple vs SpotifyGoogle Announces Stadia Game Streaming ServiceGarageBand at 15Apple vs QualcommWWDC 2019 PreviewApple Watch Heart Study ResultsThe First iPhone Prototype BoardPicks of…

This Week's Stories:Beats Powerbeats Pro Review: All the Things You Love About AirPods, With Extra BassApple and the Right to RepairApple Poaches Another Google AI ExpertApple Patents New Version of MagSafeMing-Chi Kuo: Mini-LED coming to Apple display, iPad, and MacBookIntel Delays Put Apple 5G in…

- (01:36) iFixit's Jeff Souvanen and team tore down the Samsung Galaxy Fold to see what's going on underneath that display, then sent it back to Samsung.- (14:42) Google employees who staged a walkout late last year wrote a private memo saying they are being retaliated against, and Nitasha Tiku…

This Week's Stories• Microsoft Build's Amazing Hololens Demo Fail - See What it was Supposed to Look Like• Google I/O 2019 Highlights• Apple Q2 Earnings Results• Powerbeats Pro Review• Apple Stores Suck: Angela Ahrendts is to Blame• JoCo Cruise• WWDC 2019 Preview• Apple and Warren Buffett Make a…

G1 reboot, Google/Yahoo, McCain/Obama servers attacked, I'm a PC booth, and more.Links to all our stories are at http://del.icio.us/twit/168.Audible pick of the week: The books of Michael Crichton. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this…

Apple is the first trillion dollar company ever.Is Universal Basic Income the fix for poverty in America?Alexa is Now the Ultimate in Home SecurityWhy you should avoid Chinese phones.Facebook Dating is coming soon - will this make you spend too much time on Facebook?People still don't understand…

Twitter shares plunged 10% this morning in reaction to the company's earnings call yesterday. Twitter reported that they're struggling to gain new users, despite having launched several new features designed to make Twitter more appealing to mainstream users. Twitter's interim CEO Jack Dorsey was…

Bloomberg reports that China used tiny chips to spy on Apple, Amazon, and the US government. Apple and Amazon deny it. How do we know who is right? All the news from the Microsoft Surface event, plus some rumors of what was supposed to be there but wasn't. Windows 10 update deletes people's files…

1:55 How Purple Air crowd sources its air quality sensors to bring vital information about pollution to everyone16:56 On-demand motorized scooter companies Lime and Bird are influencing helmet laws and taking risks at rider's expense.27:41 Digital artist Jenny Odell spins a web of Amazon lipstick…

This week's stories:Get rich quick spotting deepfakes!A forced two-day recess of all schools in Flagstaff, ArizonaThe case of a ransomware operator being too greedyApple's controversial response to Google's discovery of Chinese iOS hacksZerodium's new payout schedule and what it might mean.The…

Edward Snowden doesn't want you thinking he is colluding with RussiaWorking at WeWork? Your data was visibleA tool in webcams and DVRs is enabling DDoSesAT&T wants to smother you with a blanket claim that you agreed to let them sell your dataGitHub is growing up: It just bought Semmle and…

Linux Foundation announces Sigstore Project for software signingOpt-out if you don't want T-Mobile to sell your web-browsing dataFour U.S. Senators want 100Mbps to be the broadband standardIs Rust a safer programming language?Google tells victims experiencing harassment to take medical leaveWindows…

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Mathew Ingram, and Ant Pruitt recap the many tech companies that have banned Trump or been banned themselves in light of the DC insurrection, how Germany's Angela Merkel is responding to it all and Jeff's BBC interview on the topic.For the full…

SolarWinds hack, Apple Fitness+, cash in Japan.Bruce Schneier breaks down how the SolarWinds hack was executed and talks about what it takes to pull off a supply chain attack.Apple released its new Fitness+ service and Michael Potuck from 9to5Mac discusses whether it might someday be opened up for…

This week we discuss Drupalgeddon2 continuing to unfold right on plan, the Orangeworm takes aim at medical equipment and companies, the FDA moves forward on requiring device updates, Microsoft leads a new Cybersecurity Tech Accord, another instance of loud noises and hard drives not mixing,…

Of all the new features rolling out with Android 11, one of the most interesting changes comes in the form of a revised and feature rich power menu. Jason Howell shows what the power button is capable of out of the box as well as how to add your own automations to the Device Control section with…

Google's cloud backup system is nice and easy, but it's not as comprehensive as the kind of backup that is possible with a rooted device. Jason Howell explains what it means when a phone is rooted, and the kind of deep backup that is possible on such a device.What is root?Why root backup over…

Leo & Mikah help you with your homework.Back to school: Noteshelf, Microsoft Math Solver, WolframAlpha, Babbel - Language Learning, Desmos Graphing Calculator, Cozi Family Organizer, PhotoStudyNews: Flexibits introduces a new subscription: Fantastical Premium for Families. Google Maps returns…

Steve Jobs' illness hiatus, Windows 7, Downandup worm, Circuit City's death, Google firings, and more.TWiT Wiki shownotesAudible picks of the week: Freakonomics and Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

1:34 Shara Tibken from CNET talks about the Samsung Galaxy S9, it's improved but imperfect security enhancements, and foldable phones.17:20 Selena Larson from CNN breaks down Microsoft's Supreme Court case where its fighting to protect overseas data storage to protect its users.30:17 Geoffrey…

This Week's Stories:New Google ad policyAlphabet reboots its robotics programFacebook buys VR studio behind Beat SaberAmazon reportedly has plans for bigger cashier-less supermarkets in 2020Alexa has new emotions and speaking stylesTwitter has plans to kill dormant accountsKiller new musical…

The Iowa caucus voting app caused quite a stir in tech news this week. Huffington Post's Kevin Robillard discusses.Fujifilm announces its latest compact systems camera with great reviews. Bryan Minear shares his hands-on experience.Nvidia challenges Google with its online gaming option as it…

Cisco Phones and Routers vulnerable to attacks.90% of CISOs would take less salary for a better work/home life balanceGoogle Fiber kills TV serviceBluetooth vulnerability opens a ton of Android phones to an attackGlobal manufacturing hit by new malwareFCC reaches deal with satellite industry to…

OneZero's Will Oremus joins us to talk about Facebook's deepfakes ban — though it's still lax on so-called “shallow fakes.”Adi Robertson over at The Verge explains Sonos' lawsuit. The company is taking on Google (and, eventually, Amazon) for allegedly stealing its smart speaker tech.Ant Pruitt…

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent: Get organized with iOS: Stylebook, Joplin, Sortly. News: Apple reportedly dropped plans to encrypt iCloud backups, Jennifer Aniston snags a SAG award for The Morning Show, you can use your iPhone as a Google security key,…

Microsoft, Google, LogMeIn & Cisco offer limited-time free use of Telecommuting Tools. The cynic in me thinks that perhaps this is marketing opportunism: Using a global pandemic to get people hooked on the benefits of stay-at-home working through a time-limited offer. But on the other hand, we…

NSA said to have targeted the communication of ordinary Internet users far more often than legally targeted suspects, Microsoft is accepting pre-orders from developers for its second-generation Kinect for Windows, a 36-year-old spacecraft was fired up again last week after being abandoned in space…

The Code for today's show is available below:Web DownloadsThe Social ClassSnubs CompiledNo viewer code this week however, Nathan did share the answer to his problem!Ivory TowerIs Bitcoin the future of programming?

I'm very pleased to announce that starting tomorrow, June 7, 2006, Call for Help fans in the US can download the show from Google Video. Each show will cost 99¢ and eventually all 300 shows produced in Canada over the past two years will be available online. We expect to post new shows at the same…

This week, we'll be discussing Google's secret plans to build an Android phone themselves, hands on the OnePlus X, BlackBerry Priv reviews abound, ASUS ZenWatch 2, Apple Music for Android, and more.NOTE: Hearing from a LOT of people that Shine Launcher 3D is a straight ripoff of TSF Launcher and is…

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Amazon's new Prime Reading that offers some free books to read on your iPad or your iPhone as long as you have the Kindle app. Plus, let Google Play Book suggest titles for you and tips for using iBooks on your iPhone and iPad. They'll also talk about a new app…

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone walk through some of the new features in tvOS 10.0.1 for the Apple TV. To update to the new version, go to your settings on your Apple TV. New features include dark mode, photo memories, search in the YouTube app, automatically download all the apps you install on your…

At their MicrosoftEDU event, Microsoft announced the 13.5" Surface Laptop, which looks a lot like the laptop that Apple should be making. Luckily, Apple has a $250 billion pile of cash to soak up any tears they might shed. Rumor has it that Apple might announce a Siri speaker to compete with the…

Father Robert Ballecer, SJ and Aaron Newcomb talk with Dr. Richard Marks from Sony Interactive. He is here to show off the new Aim Controller for the Playstation VR and the game, Farpoint. In 'Call for Help,' we explore software compatibility when creating portable media centers using the Raspberry…

Tim Cook's wearable blood sugar monitor: will the Apple Watch soon save thousands of lives? WWDC is two weeks away, and we talk about the rumors and announcements we're hoping for. Apple's self-driving car is spotted on a Silicon Valley freeway. Apple Pay expands its reach. Apple Music's Jimmy…

Jason Howell offers a wrist-on review of the new LG Watch Sport with Android Wear 2.0. The watch is one of two Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches on the market. It's bulky, but it will let you make calls and use apps without your phone nearby. LG partnered with Google on the design which includes a 1.38…

Concerns over a significant expansion in effectively warrantless intrusion into end-user computers, the forthcoming change in Internet governance, NTIA's contract with ICANN to handle IANA is expiring in ten days!  Google's next move in using Chrome to push for improved security, the…

The Washington Post says Obama is asking federal regulators to stop cable companies from forcing us to rent their lame cable boxes. Harkening back to the phone monopolies of the 80s, cable companies have ruled with their old-fashioned set-top boxes for long enough, says the president. Researchers…

Tonight, we celebrate the one year birthday of the Apple Watch, a device that has not yet delivered on one of its biggest promises...or any of its promises. Next, we cover earnings predictions for Apple with Rene Ritchie of iMore, and Twitter earnings predictions with Kurt Wagner of Re/code…

Chris is the Founder and CEO of Grove and an Entrepreneur in Residence at GV.Previously, he was a Partner at the firm and focused on seed and early stage investments. Prior to that, he co-founded Milk, a mobile app company acquired by Google, and ran business development at SimpleGeo. He is the…

WannaCry hero pinched by the feds: should infosec professionals avoid the US? Google's internal anti-diversity viral memo: women can't code? Vic Gundotra: iPhone photos beat Android and DSLR? Did Facebook narrowly avoid creating SkyNet? Who in their right mind would want to be Uber's CEO? Is…

Evan Blass from VentureBeat talks about the new Pixel phones announced at the Made By Google event. Katie Kelly from AltSpaceVR joins us to discuss their purchase by Microsoft. Tony Romm of ReCode explains why Twitter and Facebook are going before US lawmakers and why Snapchat isn't. Ryan Hoover…