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I'm a programmer living in the Boston area, working at the Nucleic Acid Observatory. My wife and I donate half of what we earn to the most effective charities we can find. I have three kids, Lily, Anna, and Nora. I also play in two dance bands.

Paris Martineau is a senior investigative journalist on the special projects team at Consumer Reports, where she covers food safety issues and consumer harms. She has chronicled the growth of the tech industry for nearly a decade, most recently as a feature writer and investigative reporter for The…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT: This Week in Tech! I have such a great panel for you. Tim Stevens from C Net, Christina Warren, Film Girl is here from Mashable, and my buddy Alex Lindsay from Pixel core. We're going to talk about the latest news, Apple's quarterly results, Crandroid, the merging…

Denise Howell: Hi folks, Denise Howell here, and next up on This Week in Law we’ve got Kevin Thompson, Ron Rychlak and Michael Nelson. We’re going to talk about cyber-gambling, parents’ liability for their children’s social media misdeeds, archiving the web, a Silk Road catch-22, and lots more,…

Our guest is Fernanda Weiden of Google in Zurich. She gives her perspectives on women and Latin Americans in the open source community, the Brazilian Women in Free Software, Debian Women and the Free Software Foundation of Latin America.Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this…

Our guest is Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier Novell's community manager for OpenSUSEHere's what's coming up for FLOSS in the future. Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email Randal at merlyn@stonehenge.com.Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this podcast, and Lullabot…

Our guest is Peter Saint-Andre on Jabber/XMPP.Here's what's coming up for FLOSS in the future. Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email Randal at merlyn@stonehenge.com.Thanks to CacheFly for providing the bandwidth for this podcast, and Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer…

Picture of the weekGoogle's FLoC has landed with a hard thud and is now-delayedThe high cost of Ireland's recovery from the Conti ransomware attackWho is responsible for damage and data loss following the remote wiping of many Western Digital My Book NAS devices?The story behind an important Edge…

This week, Father Robert and Steve follow more Equifax breach fallout, look at encryption standards blowback from the Edward Snowden revelations, examine more worrisome news of the CCleaner breach, see that ISPs may be deliberately infecting their own customers, warn that turning off iOS radios…

This week we discuss yesterday's further good privacy news from Apple, the continuation of VPNFilter, an extremely clever web browser cross-site information leakage side-channel attack, Microsoft Research's fork of OpenVPN for security in a post-quantum world, Microsoft drops the ball on a 0-day…

1:06 Ian Sherr from CNET talks about why it matters that Google let email developers read our emails, even though we told them they could.13:57 What consumer tech analyst Carolina Milanesi thinks about the Apple Maps reboot, new colored iPhones, and the difficulty of setting up a smart plug.26:25…

Apple buys Intel's modem business for $1BXbox Creator, VR/AR expert joins AppleSiri listens to you. Duh.16" MacBook Pro with improved keyboard coming this fall, new iPads as wellYour iPhone is not as private as you thinkGoogle finds six security flaws in iOSApple Fiscal Q3 Results, Q4 ForecastCould…

Jason came to TWiT with over 20 years in educational, advertising, and live event video production, editing, and graphic design. Working for the Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles Police Department, Walt Disney Home Video, and others.Jason was the Producer and Technical Director for:This Week…

 Apple's Celebrity Event Apple and Fashion Apple Credit Card Apple News+ Airpower is dead Lyft IPO Gig Economy and IPOs Apple's Persistent Butterfly Keyboard Problem Hacker Dupes FB and Google Out of $122 Million Jeff Bezos and the Saudis ASUS…

Update on the Linux TCP SACK Kernel panicHackers exploit a Firefox flaw and attack CoinbaseGoogle corrects a flaw with NestcamAn elegant solution to OpenSSH key theft via Rowhammer attacksUpdate on the BlueKeep RDP vulnerabilityVerizon's negligence caused a major Cloudflare and Amazon customer…

Another great quarterly earnings report kicks Apple's market cap past the one trillion dollar mark.Apple Pay rated best for peer-to-peer payments.Safari is the #1 mobile browser in U.S.iOS 12 Beta shows icons for larger iPhone X Plus and home button-free iPad.Apple chipmaker TSMC hit by WannaCry…

This week we cover lots of discoveries revealed during last week's Black Hat 2018 and DEF CON 26 Las Vegas security conferences. Among them, 47 vulnerabilities across 25 Android smartphones, Android "Disk-In-The-Middle" attacks, Google tracking when asked not to, more Brazilian DLink router hijack…

This week we observe the untimely death of Microsoft’s co-founder Paul Allen, revisit the controversial Bloomberg China supply chain hacking report, catch up on Microsoft's October patching fiasco, follow-up on Facebook's privacy breach, look at the end of TLS v1.0 and 1.1, explore Google's…

 A close look at the impact and implication of the new “PortSmash” attack against Intel (and almost certainly other) processors. The new “BleedingBit” Bluetooth flaws JavaScript is no longer optional with Google A new Microsoft Edge browser 0-dayWindows Defender plays in its own…

On 'The New Screen Savers' recorded on Saturday, September 8, 2018, with Megan Morrone and Alex Lindsay: FCC chairman Ajit Pai is suggesting “new transparency obligations” for web giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Ars Technica Senior IT Reporter Jon Brodkin joins Megan and Alex to…

Which is the right VPN client for Android, and which should you avoid at all costs?A very worrisome WiFi bug affecting billions of devicesHack a Tesla Model 3 at Pwn2OwnRussia's ongoing, failing and flailing efforts to control the InternetThe return of the Anubis Android banking malwareGoogle's…

Chinese hackers had a hacking tool before it was leaked onlineMicrosoft's free tool for finding SolarWinds malwareMaryland sued by tech groups to block digital-ad taxLaser-based random number generatorsGoogle invests in Linux kernel devsTreasury nominee Yellen may want to curtail the use of…

Arizona Law and App Stores, Square Invests in Tidal, TALON, Piano AI.Ian Sherr from CNET breaks down the amendment to an Arizona bill that might influence the battle between Epic Games, Google, and Apple.Lance Ulanoff, writing for Medium, gives a deep dive explanation of Non Fungible Tokens and how…

Whether you're moving over to iOS for the first time or returning after another trip to Android, Leo and Mikah help you figure out how to make the switch from Android to iOS. How to Switch From Android to iOS: Move to iOS on Google Play, Apple Tips app, Apple One subscription. News: Apple…

Leo & Mikah show you how to get your iPads, iPhones, and other iOS devices ready for an iOS update.Prepare for an update: How to back up your iOS device, how to update your iOS device, iMazing, Google Photos, Dropbox, and Amazon Photos.News: Adobe Illustrator for iPad is available for pre-order…

Surface Duo Hands-on, Russian SIMs, Apple's unannounced subscription bundles.Harry McCracken from Fast Company has the Microsoft Duo foldable Android device and shares his thoughts after spending one week with the prerelease hardware.Joseph Cox from VICE got the inside scoop on a secretive Russian…

It's easy to take the Chrome browser for Android for granted when we use it so frequently. Jason Howell shows off some features that are hiding in plain sight followed by a hidden settings menu that houses some of the more experimental features of the popular web browser.Easy switching between tabs…

Steve Gibson joins to talk about the unprecedented Twitter hijacking scam that involves a god mode console that only certain employees have access to.Rene Ritchie discussed how Apple News is rolling out new features that emphasize local news and audio podcast content.A new project called the Atlas…

Google Open Sources MobileNetV2Location Data Scandals, Is the FCC Trying to Run Out The Clock?1.2 Billion Records Exposed in Massive Data BreachAT&T Executive: No Broadband Company Is Violating Net NeutralityA Victory for Privacy RightsThe Leak of CIA and NSA Hacking Tools Have Brought Parity…

The new Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and the Google Pixel 4 XL go head-to-head (camera bump-to-bump?) in this ultimate contest of cameras. The newcomer Galaxy S20 Ultra is capable of shooting 8K footage and comes equipped with four cameras; a 108MP main, a 48MP telephoto, and a 12MP ultrawide on the…

Google sent users 40,000 warnings of nation-state hack attacks in 2019Cyber version of 'Justice League' launches to fight COVID-19 related hacksYouTubers who bought thousands of toilet paper rolls a few months ago gave them all away for freeIs Zoom sending data to Facebook?Technology empowers…

We are looking for your favorite 2015 moments from the following TWiT shows:All About AndroidMacBreak WeeklyThe New Screen SaversSecurity NowTech News 2NightThis Week in GoogleThis Week in TechTriangulationWindows WeeklyThe most requested selections will be included in our "best of" episodes, to be…

Sony Pictures suspects that its recent hack was instigated by the North Korean government in retaliation for a Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy about North Korea called "The Interview".DVD screeners of four unreleased movies have been stolen from Sony Pictures and posted on peer-to-peer networks…

In this jam-packed episode, Photoshop Guy Dave Cross gives a special hands-on presentation of Photoshop CS5 techniques, guest host Trey Ratcliff is in the studio with Leo and Catherine, and we make a surprise call to the winner of the Guest Quest contest! Don't miss Trey's Google+ tips and Dave's…

Apple announces the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Microsoft announces the Surface Studio and Windows 10 Creators Update, Twitter kills Vine and lays off almost 10% of its workforce, Google Home arriving next week, DirecTV Now gives 100 channels for $35, and Uber delivers 50,000 Budweisers with their…

Did Facebook help Donald Trump win the US Presidential Election? Apple's new MacBook Pro is selling better than last year's model. Google's Daydream View VR headsets are out, and they are hot. Literally. Twitter's COO leaves - is Twitter in trouble? Snapchat's new Spectacles go on sale - if you can…

This week Steve and Leo discuss March's long-awaited patch Tuesday, the release deployment of Google Invisible reCaptcha, getting more than you bargained for with a new Android smartphone, the new "Find my iPhone" phishing campaign, the failure of Wi-Fi anti-tracking, a nasty and significant new…

Can Twitter be fixed? Will Trump's FCC Chairman pick be a boon or bane for tech? Is Apple still competitive? Could they compete against Netflix? Apple sues Qualcomm for $1 billion.  Samsung reveals that the Note 7 fires were caused by "irregular batteries." Zuckerberg for President? Matt Cutts…

Rob Eisenberg is a JavaScript expert working out of Tallahassee, FL and he is the CEO of Durandal Inc. Rob got his start with computer programming at the age of nine, when he thoroughly fell in love with his family's new Commodore 64. His fascination with programming started with the Commodore…

Jason Howell's pick of the week on This Week in Google 409 is something out of a nightmare. It's called Fotogenerator, and it attempts to convert hand-drawn sketches, as awful as they may be, into photo-realistic portraits. Just draw your best face into the box, and click "process." Even if it's…

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…

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…

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 …

BlueLeaks hack exposes US police data, Endpoint Detection and Response security, and Microsoft Philanthropies' Microsoft Tech for Social Impact (TSI).Hackers just leaked sensitive files from over 200 police departments that are searchable by badge numberA new census finds hundreds of open source…

Leo Laporte: It’s time for Twit, This Week In Tech, Jeff Jarvis joins us with Patrick Beja, Liz Gannes. We’ll talk about the big announcement from Microsoft’s Build Conference, take a look at the new Amazon Fire TV and Kevin Rose will stop by to explain why he’s not a parasite. It’s all coming…

Leo Laporte:  Well happy holidays, everybody! It's time for TWiT's special holiday episode.  We had so much fun last year for a New Year's Eve show bringing some of our hosts from different shows together as they never do appear during the year, and we thought we'd do it again.  So…

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech.  We have a big panel for our very last TWiT at brickhouse studios.  Join Greg Ferro from The Packet Pushers Network, Allyn Malventano from PC Perspective, from Engadget, Devindra Hardawar, and Alex Wilhelm from Mattermark as we…

Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, and Alex Lindsay are out this week, so Andy Ihnatko takes over the show and brings in a panel of developers to discuss Apple's 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference. HomePod is Apple's answer to the Amazon Echo and Google Home, but with a big focus on music and quality…

eBox, the open-source flexible server administration platform.Our guest is Javier Uruen CTO and lead developer for eBox technologies.TWiT Wiki for this showHere's what's coming up for FLOSS in the future. Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email Randal at merlyn@stonehenge…

Severe security bugs in Nvidia GPU driver and vGPU softwareMITRE adds MacOS, Linux and more data types to ATT&CK frameworkIoT device vulnerabilities keep piling upBackdoored password manager stole data from as many as 29,000 enterprisesWhen no one is in the building, what threats are in…