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This Week’s Stories Tesla’s unveils its new Cybertruck, watch out for shotputs! NTSB says a fatal crash involving Uber’s Robocar was due to human error Tesla tries to SWAT a whistleblower Jack Dorsey’s hacker has been arrested Google Stadia and what the future of gaming…

The best thing about TWiT is the community that surrounds it. I'm always looking for ways to give the community more ways to participate. That's why we have two chat rooms and two forums and now, an official TWiT Wiki.We'll be dumping every bit of information we can scrape up into the wiki, and I…

Leo Laporte reviews the Moto X Pure Edition (2015) Android smartphone on Before You Buy episode #192.Summary: If you are on a budget, this is a great phone.Pros:Cons:Moto MakerPriceFastSD card slotPure Google experienceBatteryNo fingerprint sensorNo OIS in cameraMediocre low light performancePRICE:…

Jason Howell reviews the Mattel View-Master on Before You Buy episode #196.Summary: A cool and sturdy toy for virtual reality, but use it with Google Cardboard software.Pros:Cons:NostalgiaSturdy, kid friendly designEasy to cleanFits most phonesUncomfortable nosepieceNo wired headphone accessNo head…

Microsoft is partnering with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Y Combinator founder Sam Altman, all who run the nonprofit OpenAI. The organization, which was founded earlier this year, is on a mission to protect humanity from our robot overlords by making them be our slaves, and not the other way…

Drake's new album "More Life" sets streaming records on Apple Music and Spotify. On Apple Music, "More Life" was streamed 89.9 million times in the first 24 hours of its release. On Spotify, it was streamed 61.3 million times in the first 24 hours. The album dropped on both apps on Saturday the…

Apple says they've fixed a bug that caused wild fluctuations in battery performance during the Consumer Reports testing of the new Macbook Pro. Consumer Reports is reportedly considering retesting the device.John MacFarlane, CEO and co-founder of Sonos, has resigned from his role with the company…

Galaxy S22 Ultra, Mainstreaming of crypto, Meta in France, James Webb TelescopeThe Mainstreaming of Crypto. Rapper Razzlekhan Is Accused Of $4.5 Billion Crypto Laundering Scheme. The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a Note successor with a built-in stylus. Photons Received: Webb Sees Its…

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…

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…

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…

Verizon goes symmetrical, what is NFC and how to make your own tags, different types of differentials, and assembling the LunchBox RC car transmission.Verizon goes SymmetricalIf you're one of the lucky few who has Verizon FIOS, rejoice! You're getting Symmetrical!What is NFC and Using TagsNFC…

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        …

Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for Security Now, Steve Gibson is here. We're gonna talk sci-fi recommendations, smartwatches for children that are really super smart, spies on your kids' wrists. Bugs in Mozilla's signature verification and a whole lot more than a new tool, which has revealed 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 have yes, of course. More on Log4j, the worst security…

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. And I'm somewhere familiar joined by Ron…

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech.  What a great panel!  We have Iain Thomson from The Register, Jason Snell from Six Colors, Larry Magid from CBS radio, we're going to talk about the Snooper's charter.  Iain's got a great take on that.  Just passed in the…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech.  I have a huge show for you!  Christina Warren is here from Gizmodo, we've got Harry McCracken, the Technologizer from Fast Company.  Iain Thomson from the Register, we're going to talk about Apple's amazing admission of failure…

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.Mikah Sargent (00:00:00):Coming up on Ask the Tech guys, I, Mikah Sargent, have a review for you. Well, actually it's two reviews of some…

 14 years ago today, iPhone changed the world – relive the magical launch through this collection of photos, videos, and more Apple’s Spending on Google Cloud Storage On Track to Soar 50% This Year Apple’s iconic iSight webcam design makes a return in new 4K Dell UltraSharp camera…

Amazon and the FTC, REvil ransomware, GitHub Copilot, Pokémon GoFTC votes to expand antitrust enforcement powersFTC charges computer chip supplier Broadcom with illegal monopolizationAmazon Wants FTC Chair Khan Recused Over Past CriticismThe Jeff Bezos ParadoxAmazon Primed Andy Jassy to Be CEO. Can…

CCleaner for Windows, the popular antivirus and security app created by and hosted on Avast Software’s site, was found to be tainted with a backdoor and served to millions of its users as an official update directly from the site. The malware was found to have sent detailed information about the…

Mindless Twitter babble, gamers are old and fat, briefcase toilet, old man attacks bad drivers with bricks, and more.Tweet Your Prayers40 percent of Twitter messages 'pointless babble': studyBriefcase ToiletMan Pretends to be Disabled to Get Diaper ChangedWoodstock Generation Still Getting High. A…

 Sony and EA MIA at E3 - does E3 matter anymore? Computex, on the other hand, was huge this year What is a Gamer? E3 2019 was the year streaming gaming broke big E3 2019: The Keanussaince Why are games announced so far in advance? Stadia, xCloud, and the future of…

Welcome to the Best of 2017 for The New Screen Savers. We covered so many great stories, it was hard to narrow it down. Here are some of our fan and staff favorites. See how the Rainforest Connection and Founder Topher White is stopping illegal logging with old cell phones and solar panels…

We're in the podcast studio at Microsoft Ignite. Here's the biggest news from the show!Microsoft Search - Arguably the biggest news from the show and the first concrete example of how Microsoft can add features across Windows, Office, and web thanks to Microsoft 365.Microsoft is rolling out Surface…

Apple financial results and Tim Cook's Facebook shade.Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.2 with fixes for Bluetooth, external display issues, moreAbout the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 MojaveGoogle researcher discovers new iOS…

Microsoft buys Nuance, new Surface devices, Patch TuesdayThe nuances of Microsoft's $19.7b Nuance acquisition Microsoft makes its second-largest acquisition with Nuance for $19.7 billion Nadella's acquisitions: How Nuance stacks upNew Surfi, peripherals debut Surface Laptop 4 Prices,…

Matthew and Mikah explore Amazon's latest features and updates for its Alexa voice assistant. The two discuss Apple Fitness+ and its Apple Watch integrations. Matthew tells Mikah about a new game for the Amazon Echo Show, Pac-Man: Waka Waka.Amazon Rolling Out ‘Type with Alexa’ Feature in iOS…

iPhone 12 Reviews, Illustrator for iPad, Apple Music TVApple Event was all about 5G. Is it really that big of a deal? Lory's iPhone 12 First Look ReviewiPhone 12 Review - Which iPhone 12 should you buy? iPhone 12 doesn't have 120hz. Do we miss it? iOS and iPadOS 14.1 are out…

Happy Birthday Woz, 27-Inch iMac Review, Trump vs. TikTok & WeChatThe Week's Stores:Rene Ritchie's review of the 2020 27-Inch iMacShould you wait to buy an Apple Silicon Macbook? Will all your apps work on a new Mac? Russia accuses Apple of mobile app market abuseApple will not allow…

Arduino, the open-source rapid prototyping electronics platform.Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of Arduino with partners David Cuartielles, Gianluca Martino, Tom Igoe, and David Mellis. Banzi is the CTO of Tinker.it!. He has worked in Milan and London on projects for companies such as Prada,…

Two is better than one! We decided to split our TWiT Specials podcast into two different feeds- TWiT News and TWiT Events. TWiT News is for breaking news announcements from Apple, Google I/O, Microsoft Ignite, Samsung Unpacked, and more. If you subscribed to the old TWiT Specials, you …

This Week's Stories: Apple hits 1.5B users, Facebook hits 2.5B, Amazon hits $1 Trillion - is Big Tech too big? Russia vs Apple: new Russian law will force Apple to install Kremlin-friendly apps Coronavirus shuts down Apple and Google in China EU passes common charger resolution …

TWiT's 15th Anniversary, iPhone SE, Best Audio Equipment You Can Buy iPhone SE vs Sidekick 2 EARN IT will kill end-to-end encryption. Call your senator now! AMD is kicking Intel's butt The best speakers you can buy The best DACs you can buy The best headphones and…

One Outlook, Microsoft's VPN, Windows 11 Broad DeploymentOne OutlookMicrosoft starts rolling out new 'One Outlook' Windows email client to testersQuick Hands-On: Outlook (Pre-Release)Microsoft 365Microsoft Teams Lands on the Windows 10/11 Microsoft StoreMicrosoft Announces Secure Network for…

Jason Howell reviews the Nexus 6P on Before You Buy episode #198.Summary: If you want Bluetooth speakers with big bass, get Big Bass.Pros:Cons:Premium designCameraDisplayFingerprint sensorBatteryFast chargeNo wireless chargingNo optical image No MicroSD card slotBattery isn't removeablePRICE:…

As I mentioned in the TWiTcast this week, Amber, Andy, and Mike from Call for Help plus Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Keith Harrison from Diggnation, Dan Huard from systm, and Frank Linhares of techphile.ca will join me tomorrow for the Toronto meetup. If you're in the Toronto area please stop by…

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…

Microsoft EarningsMicrosoft Q1 powered by cloud as most units, product lines shineMicrosoft Earnings Soar 22 Percent to $45.3 BillionMicrosoft adds 23k employees in one year, growing 14% despite pandemic and tight labor market - GeekWireIntel Reports Small Drop in PC RevenuesGoogle Revenues Grew 41…

Facebook plans to hire 3,000 additional people to review reports of people publicly hurting themselves (and others) and then posting it on Facebook. The community operations team around the world already includes 4,500 reviewers of the millions of reports the company gets every week. It was unclear…

Live via Talkshoe, it's net@nite, our new show covering everything cool and interesting on the Internet. You can listen to this show live while we tape it (warts and all) on Talkshoe. You can even chat and call-in during the show if you download the free Talkshoe client.This week: Digg founder,…

Android 13 likely getting a September launch.@AndroidDev: Privacy and transparency are core values in the Android community. We heard your feedback that you find the app permissions section in Google Play useful, and we've decided to reinstate it.Samsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at…

Learnings from Microsoft's Q3 Earnings CallMicrosoft: Cloud revenue at $23.4 billion in Q3, up 32 percentAnalysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium)Microsoft: Windows PC has 'never been more relevant'Analysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium)Google/Alphabet Revenues…

Windows 11 2022 Update issues, Industry Clouds, Stadia's best featureWindows 11 22H2 Deployment DramaMicrosoft says that it is speeding up the delivery of 22H2But why can’t you get 22H2 yet? One reason: printersOne year ago today: Windows 11 started rolling out to mainstream usersTask Manager…

AI everywhere, Hive hacked, Microsoft earnings, To Leslie, @ElonJetPluralistic: 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…

The App Store is packed with helpful utilities and tools to augment your iOS experience. Rosemary Orchard and Mikah Sargent share some of their favorite apps and features for turning you into an iOS and iPadOS power user. Automatically share ETA in Apple Maps Elsewhen SiteSucker …

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 (00:00:02):Podcasts you love from people you trust. This is is Twi. Hi, this is Leo Laporte, Chief Twit and most of the tech…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech. Wow, we have a great show for you! Jason Hiner is here from Tech Republic, Alex Lindsay is here from PIxel Corps, Owen JJ Stone, we don't know where he's from. Mars, I don't know. We're going to talk about what's going on…

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 TWIT this week at tech. We've got a great show for you. Brianna Wu is here from the big technology…