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As of July 1, 2020, we will discontinue Video LO and Video HI formats for all of our podcasts, so each podcast has a single video feed — HD — in addition to audio/MP3. With the wide availability of broadband Internet, we are finding that fewer people subscribe to the lower resolution…

On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli:An interview with Yuval Boger, CMO of Wi-Charge: http://bit.ly/2qSnpKY Alphabet (Google's parent company) may buy Fitbit: https://reut.rs/2orEAlN Waymo is giving driverless rides to people in Phoenix: https:/…

Windows 11 for Hybrid Work, Phone Link, Process MiningWindows 11 for Hybrid WorkWindows 11 is Not Ready for Business (Premium)Tabs are coming to Windows 11's File Explorer. But here's what's more interestingHere Are the New Windows 11 Features That Microsoft AnnouncedMicrosoft provides a glimpse of…

Facebook is rolling out an update today that will make it look a lot like Snapchat. And Instagram. And What's App. The world's most popular social networking app now has what it calls "Stories," photos/videos that disappear after 24 hours and can be seen by all your Facebook friends. Like all those…

LeakedSource, a site that housed a database of more than 3.1 billion account passwords from many of the largest data breaches made public this past year, has allegedly been raided by law enforcement. LeakedSource was a for-profit site, charging users to gain access to all of the raw data, including…

Amazon buys iRobot, Mofi vinyl controversy, Cybertruck cost increaseAmazon 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…

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…

Live animated widget notifications, Pixel 6a, Dev Box PreviewWindows 11Windows 11 version 22H2 arrives in SeptemberWindows 11 is getting widget notificationsCamera app goes native on Arm, gets privacy shutter support Microsoft shuts down Windows Insider enterprise test bedMicrosoft 365Outlook…

OpenAI's GPT-4 released, KB5023706 update, YouTube MusicWindows 11Moment 2 is official; mostly a solid updateThe ensh*ttification of Windows/Microsoft 365 continues: Microsoft Word, Paint, Teams, and EdgeAI all the thingsOne wonders, if everything is AI, is anything AI? OpenAI releases ChatGPT…

Denise Howell: (bagandbaggage.com -atdhowell). Next up on This Week in Law, we’ve got Evan Brown, fark’s Drew Curtis, Halley Suitt and me. Does the FCC want net neutrality dead? Will the Authors Guild and to the fair use doctrine? Did the Supreme Court rock AERO? And how does fark use its legal…

Leo Laporte: It is time for Mac Break Weekly and Andy and Rene are here and we are going to keep any on the Supreme Court arguments for and con for Aereo. We are also going to talk about how you can make your own iPhone link pictures look even more authentic. It is all coming up next on Mac…

Leo Laporte: It’s time for TWIT This Week in Tech. A big week and we've got the best here to talk about it. Denise Howell, from This Week in Law and Natali Morris from NBC. And of course Tim Stevens from CNET. We’ll talk about the Supreme Court Aereo decision, Google IO and a new world record on…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT: This week in Tech! Coming up, a great show for you with Dwight Silverman, Philip Elmer DeWitt, the return of John C. Dvorak. We'll talk about Ashley Madison, we'll talk about cyber porn, we'll talk about hover boards, and the cat purr generator. Why do cats purr? We…

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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 in Tech. Dan Patterson is here from CBS news, from the protocol protocol.com…

Windows 11 Leaks Windows 11 First Impressions Windows 11: A Few More Screenshots Windows 11: A Few More Observations Windows 11: Clean Install Leaked Windows 11 build shows a Windows 10X-like interfaceMicrosoft 365 Microsoft to Host Hybrid Work Event on June 17 …

Amazon Luna, Microsoft xCloud, Tamagotchi, Sonos Antitrust Sonos urges regulation of big tech, criticizes Apple’s plans to open Siri to third-parties using HomePod Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service is now open to all Prime members Xbox One will be able to play Xbox Series X games…

Steam Deck, NSO spyware, right to repair, RCS vs. SMS Steam Deck, from Valve Netflix Plans to Offer Video Games in Push Beyond Films, TV Despite the hype, iPhone security is no match for NSO spyware This tool tells you if NSO’s Pegasus spyware targeted your phone iOS and…

Windows 10X delayed once againMicrosoft drops Windows 10X before it ever launched The Way Forward for WindowsMore Windows HP Elite Folio First Impressions Intel Launches 11th-Generation Core-H Processors for Mobile Google Says it Will Move Towards No Passwords What’s new in…

Billionaires in space, Right to Repair, Akamai outage, NSO SpywareAmazon’s New World is reportedly bricking RTX 3090 cards. Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson not yet astronauts, US says.Report Finds Big Telecom Spends $320,000 on Lobbying Every Day.The FTC Votes Unanimously to Enforce Right…

Apple announces special event for October 18: ‘Unleashed.’Everything You Need To Know About USB-C, a GraphicUpcoming M1X MacBook Pros rumored to feature 120Hz displays with mini-LED16-inch MacBook Pro unavailable or delayed at many Apple storesFarmVille is making a come back, launching on iPhone,…

Samsung UnpackedMicrosoft rumored---then confirmed---to be at today's Galaxy Note 10 launch. With the marketing materials leaking, we have some clues as to what they will add to this event:S Pen compatibility for Office - similar to iPad support earlier(Maybe) Office support for Dex desktop mode?…

Megan and Jason pick a few of their favorite interviews from the year.2:18 Lawyer and legal professor Sandra Davidson discusses #PlaneBae and explains what rights we still have to privacy in the digital age.16:47 Bruce Schneier talks about how security has become too dangerous and too important for…

Starting Monday, September 10, 2018, TWIT.tv launches a new podcast with Adam Fisher. While Adam was writing his book Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom), he recorded over 200 conversations with many Silicon…

You may have heard some new advertisements not read by Leo Laporte or one of our hosts, on some of our shows. Megaphone, Panoply's podcasting platform, now distributes the audio-only versions of several TWiT shows. This currently includes newer episodes of This Week in Law, our new…

October 2 event preview: we can't stop speculating It's not just hardware, and it's not just Surface: Event will highlight services and experiences too. Also: 15-inch Surface Laptop rumored Also: This time, the event will be streamed Related: Microsoft patents dual-screen device…

Tony Schwartz is the CEO and founder of The Energy Project, a consulting firm that helps individuals and organizations grow and transform so together they can prosper, add more value in the world, and do less harm.Tony has grounded his life and his work in the belief that human beings are forever…

Analyzing the M1 MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and MacBook Pro:M1 system-on-a-chip has 16 billion transistors, 16 neural coresThe new Mac Mini's 2 USB-C ports are a huge limitationThe new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro still have a 720p camera, but it will have an improved image signal processor You…

Windows 10 Lean: What is this thing? Maybe it really is just a smaller version of Windows 10 for storage-constrained devices? Or a new OS for the Education market? Related: Windows 10 S is flawed in a new way. Related, maybe: Windows 10 on ARM - Paul is finishing his review of the HP Envy x2…

iOS 14 Public Beta, Apple Silicon vs. Intel, Apple Glasses LensesThe Week's Stores:iOS 14 public beta pros and cons: Pokemon Go is broken, and widgets are just big icons - no buttons allowed. Does Apple Silicon herald the death of Wintel?Foxconn making thousands of lenses for Apple GlassesGot…

Bezos Hits $200B, Palantir IPO, Trump vs Twitter Jeff Bezos, the 200 Billion Dollar Man Palantir files for IPO; flips off Silicon Valley How much government secrecy is too much government secrecy?Verily is getting into insurance for health insuranceGoogle to block heavy ads …

HBO Max vs. AppleTV+, New iPhone JailbreakThe Week's Stories:HBO Max launches May 27th, and everyone is confused about it. New jailbreak works on all iPhones, even on the most recent iOS 13.5. Is there any reason to jailbreak an iPhone anymore? iOS 13.5 is out with the Apple/Google Covid…

On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli: Smart tech news:Now even the FBI is warning about your smart TV’s security: https://tcrn.ch/34JXmVkWomen are more likely than men to say ‘please’ to their smart speaker: http://bit.ly/34GNWtOIn weekend outage,…

On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli: Scientists create internet-connected biodegradable PAPER, which collects data without e-waste: https://bit.ly/2IsIkKh The Internet of Wild Things: Technology and the battle against biodiversity loss and climate…

On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli:Here's what happens when you set your HomeKit router's highest security settings: http://bit.ly/2IAHAT8Boosted lays off "significant portion" of staff: http://bit.ly/38IdOqtRebble.io: https://rebble.ioSonos ends 'Recycle…

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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…

Microsoft Loop preview FINALLY arrivesMicrosoft Loop web app launches in public preview for MSA and work/school accounts - Yeah, it’s a Notion rip-off. Alarmingly so.Windows 11Now, Microsoft is testing Windows 11 features first in Release PreviewNew Dev channel build: Seconds in the system tray is…

Meta trademark filing, NYC crypto, the Great Resignation, daylight saving timeFacebook's "Meta" Trademark Application. Meta Company lashes out at Facebook over name change in public letter. Incoming New York mayor Eric Adams vows to take the first three paychecks in bitcoin. NYC…

Megan Morrone's app cap on iOS Today 344 is Newton Mail from Cloud Magic. This is a new email program that, among other things, will let you check and archive email messages using your Amazon Echo. On iOS, it's a fully featured email app that allows you to take action on messages by swiping left or…

Mojave Experiment, Forrester schizophrenia, x64, Windows Live Calendar, Live vs. Cuil, and more.Mojave Experiment videos releasedMicrosoft Lashes Out at "Schizophrenic" Forrester AnalystsWindows Live Calendar updated; Outlook Connector beta released. Calendar subscriptions in WLC. Sync with Windows…

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…

Beta Channel split, Outlook Lite app, RufusWindows 11Windows 11 is on over 20 percent of (consumer) PCs nowOver 20 percent of Steam gamers are on Windows 11 nowWindows Insider Beta Channel splits into 2, but this time there is a major (and positive) caveatWhat is an “enablement package”? When did…

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…

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…

Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliensTwitter 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…

Revisiting Microsoft's 2021 and looking to the future.With the rollout of 21H2, Microsoft moves Windows 10 to annual updatesMicrosoft officially acknowledges Windows 10X isn't happeningMicrosoft brings Windows to the cloud with Windows 365 and Cloud PCMicrosoft to make hybrid meetings work better…

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…

The Windows 11 2022 Update, Windows 95's 27th birthday, Edge SidebarWindows 11It 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…

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…