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Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech.  We've got a great panel for you!  Jeff Jarvis is here.  He's visiting us from his home in New Jersey.  Also in studio, Mark Milian of Bloomberg Business Week and our old friend, Nathan Olivarez-Giles.  We're going…

Beijing is cracking down on Bitcoin by ordering a stop to trading as well as notifying cryptocurrency exchange users of the shut down. No new registrations will be allowed according to government notice, and platforms are required to report to the government as to how they will enable users to make…

Tech NewsFoursquare Still Tracks Your Every MovementIBM Used Your Flickr Photos to Train Its Facial RecognitionFacebook's "Privacy Pivot" Is Anything ButElizabeth Warren Wants to Break Up Big TechGoogle Will Unveil "The Future of Gaming" Next WeekGoogle's Hardware Plans Look GrimAmazon Wants to Buy…

A popular feature of Pixel phones has been Active Edge, a shortcut for Google Assistant that is triggered when the frame of the phone is squeezed firmly. The new Pixel 5 doesn't support that feature anymore, but Jason Howell shows how using an app called SideSqueeze+ can bring back that…

The Note 7 is officially dead - Samsung stops production and the CPSC issues an official recall. Will Google's new Pixel Phones benefit? Is Google Assistant going to be a big draw? Also, Facebook tries to take over the enterprise with Workplace. Fallout from the Yahoo hack and surveilance debacle -…

The Note 8 is here and it will cost you some serious cabbage.Attention Walmart customers, you can now buy stuff with your Google Home. Google Home has partnered with Walmart to compete against Amazon in the race to buy stuff with your voice. Starting in September, hundreds of thousands of Walmart…

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 on All About Android It's me, Jason, Howell, Ron Richards, Huyen Tue Dao, and our guest Father Robert…

Polaroid's new camera, Apple's COVID-19 app, Mikah's buzzing bracelet.On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli:YouTube is reducing its default video quality to standard definition for the next month: https://bit.ly/2vX1LrINew study aims to use health data from a…

Tech News for Monday January 23, 2017Samsung held its long awaited Note 7 tell-all event last night and it confirms what the Wall Street Journal had reported last week: Two seperate battery faults led to a number of exploding Note 7 batteries that resulted in a recall of the smartphone: First, a…

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…

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked lineup leaked by @evleaks?Did Samsung accidentally reveal the  Galaxy Watch 4 and Z Fold 3 early in a video?Samsung Galaxy S22 rumored to have a 200MP camera and Olympus partnershipOnePlus admits to throttling app performanceCould this be the final Pixel 6 and…

Alphabet Earnings: Google's Cost Per ClickCutting out Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and MicrosoftThe US to Ban Huawei 5GTechGermany Outlaws Facebook's Business ModelWhat if Google Just Doesn't Pay Its Fines?Amazon Might Back Out of NY HQ2 * Amazon Live is Twitch for InfomercialsSpotify Buys…

Cyberpunk 2077 is Stadia's moment to shine.Google kills the Google Home Max.Florence reviews the Lenovo Smart Tab M10 HD.Jason reviews the Urbanista London earphones.Samsung sort of confirms the Galaxy S21 launch date.Oppo has a concept phone that folds seven ways.AAWireless brings wireless…

This Week's Stories: Leo and Ant's Pixel 4 review: it's a decent phone, why does everybody hate it? The love/hate pendulum swings for tech PayPal Buys Honey for $4 Billion TWiT.community and Jimmy Wales' "Facebook Killer" are the future of social media Tik Tok CEO says…

Google Pixels are shipping - will people who ordered them through Verizon get them sooner? Google makes a deal to put CBS on its upcoming Unplugged TV service, with more deals on the way. Disney and Salesforce bowed out of Twitter sale due to troll problems, but Twitter soldiers on with an election…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss all of the announcements from the Microsoft event, including the Surface Studio, the Surface Book i7, inside out virtual reality, and Windows 10 Creators Update. Google Access places plans for future rollouts of Google Fiber on hold as it announces layoffs and…

Andy Ihnatko's tip on MacBreak Weekly 506 to make use of an old iPod HiFi you might still have in a closet somewhere. The tip is to make use of an old iPod HiFi you may have in a closet somewhere. If you plug in the $35 Chromecast Audio from Google, it turns the iPod HiFi into a really good speaker…

John McAfee, Peloton, Bitcoin COBOL Developers Wanted: Matt Cutts Discusses Working with the US Digital Service The bureaucracy of Government Meetings John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell NYT hit piece on Pichai for being too thoughtful What Has Google Done Lately?…

The code for today's show is available as a ZIP for download.Snubs CompiledNathan Follmer's linkhttp://bjorn.tipling.com/if-programming-languages-were-weaponshttps://plus.google.com/u/0/+NathanFollmer/posts/VqW2afWKYFFNathan's Fibonacci sequencerhttps://projecteuler.net/problem=2https://plus.google…

Tech News for July 19, 2016Today a judge blocked the Facebook-owned messaging tool WhatsApp for the third time in the past eight months. This block, the judge claims, was going to be indefinite. However, as of 6:01 PM Rio Di Janero time, the President of the Brazilian Supreme Court lifted the ban…

Microsoft Account Management, Front Row for Teams, FTC & Microsoft Windows 11 Gets a New Feature a Bit Early: Microsoft Account Management Windows 11 users will get several new features in February ahead of its H2 feature update Windows 11 Almost Doubles Usage Share to 16.1…

Predicting the future of radio, an update on Leo's cryptocurrency, using a third-party stylus with an iPad mini, how game streamers make money and find jobs that suit their skills, accessing online radio with a Chromebook, adding Palm Pilot's Graffiti gestures to a modern, stylus-enabled device,…

Framework’s new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable.Yes, there’s a Framework Chromebook, but…YouTube’s ‘dislike’ and ‘not interested’ buttons barely work, study finds.Why Figma is Worth $20B And Other Observations From The Adobe Acquisition.Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of…

[Top TN2 Animation ]Tonight... Amazon's gaming and TV device, Google Services hit with outage, Dorian Nakamoto wants to clear his name.Tech News 2Night is Next! …

Google is launching its own version of Apple’s privacy nutrition labelsGoogle will soon automatically enable two-factor authentication on eligible accountsGoogle TV-like experience coming to Android tabletsWalmart Onn Android TV streamer shows up on the retailer’s website with a possible $30…

Fitbit Glucose Tracking, LAPD & Ring Cameras, Air Quality Automations, Label Makers Fitbit smartwatches and trackers are now sold at the Google Store Now Available: Track Your Blood Glucose Trends With Ease in the Fitbit App Now Amazon is coming for Kickstarter with an Alexa…

Homeland Security has withdrawn its request for Twitter to reveal the identity of an account that frequently tweets criticism about the Trump administration. As a result, Twitter has dropped their suit against the DHS for the request that violated federal law and the right to free speech.The US…

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 a brand new year and we've got a great episode for you. It's me, Jason…

On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli: Apple open-sources HomeKit tools to speed up smart home push: http://bit.ly/2ZkNRtR Ikea previews its improved 2020 smart home experience: http://bit.ly/2ZiZRMk Many smart home device makers still won’t…

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt discuss internal Facebook documents that show how the company knew how Instagram was harmful to teens.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/629

This Week's StoriesThe continuing and changing world of cryptojacking after Coinhive closed their doors last month.Google's announcement of self-expiring data retentionThe mess arising from Mozilla's intermediate certificate expirationAnother wrinkle in the exploit marketplaceMozilla's announcement…

This Week's Stories Google Glass is Back in Business Huawei on the Ropes Inside Google's Civil War Flapjack: New Chromebook Tablets on the Way Virtual Desks for Chromebooks Qualcomm is Officially an Evil Monopoly T-Mobile / Sprint Merger in Question 5G vs…

This Week's Stories Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Trends Report Who is Stadia for? Console Gamers. New York Times is WRONG about Google News Pixel 4 Leaked - by Google! Google Bought 270 Companies Between 2001 and 2019 Should Sprint and T-Mobile be Allowed to Merge? …

Andy Rubin has a $90M payout!Is the culture at Nexflix too cut throat?Who is the the No. 3 digital-ad seller in the country? You might be surprised.All the journalists from a new media website have been laid off.Some crypto news outlets will post paid content and not mark it as sponsored content…

At their re:Invent conference, Amazon makes dozens of announcements about AWS, machine learning, the blockchain, ARM chips, and more.Big Mouth Billy Bass is now compatible with Alexa.Cyber Monday was Amazon's biggest sales day ever, but it still can't hold a candle to Alibaba and Singles Day.Google…

Dina Kaplan chats about blip.tv, Amber on Google Profiles, Sarah on Dora.fm, and more.Our guests are Dina Kaplan co-founder and CEO of blip.tv and Sarah LaneBlip.tvDora.fmGoogle ProfilesAudible.com pick of the week: Earth Abides: The 60th Anniversary Edition , By Jonathan Davis and Connie Willis…

This week's stories Google I/O is canceled, unless they want TWiT to do it for them We rate the media's work-from-home setups Google's COVID-19 page The HUGE privacy debate that coronavirus has brought up We craft the perfect coronavirus tracking law Tracking…

Duncan Jeffrey's pick on This Week in Google 373 is the Deliveries Package Tracker app. This can keep track of all of your parcels in one place. Just add the tracking ID and find out where your package is. The app will notify you when there is an updated shipping status, and there's a widget that…

VoteCastr failed in helping to redefine how early polling predictions are executed. Twitter loses COO Adam Bain as it seeks to restructure the company and make it more profitable. The Android Compatibility Definition Papers for Android Nougat hint strongly that OEMs should adhere closely to the USB…

Leo Laporte and Florence Ion are joined by Youtuber Marques Brownlee to share his top tech picks for the holidays. Jason Howell has an app pick for Google's Daydream VR headset. Dave Hamilton from The Mac Observer and Mac Geek Gab joins us for a head-to-head comparison of WiFi mesh Systems,…

The Seoul Central District Court in South Korea issued an arrest warrant for Jay Y Lee, acting head of Samsung, alleging bribery, perjury, and embezzlement. The court is seeking his arrest as a way to prevent the destruction of evidence or fleeing the country.Twitter has begun rolling out a…

Netflix released earnings and they are still impressing investors with revenue ($2.785 billion in the second quarter of 2017) and their seemingly endless parade of new subscribers (5.2 million new customers in this quarter.)The New York Times reports that WhatsApp is the latest service to run up…

Amazon's latest surveillance devices, Google Stadia, CarPlay display YouTube Music Is Finally Here for Wear OS 2 Watches Sonos says Google is blocking it from offering more than one voice assistant at once Nest Doorbell will get six new year-round ringtone choicesStadia offering free…

Matthew and Mikah talk about Amazon's new voice-based printer integration, Wink's recent outage (after the launch of its subscription service), and Apple's new designed-by-Apple face covering. SMART TECHUS Customs seize ‘counterfeit AirPods’ that, er, weren’t | 9to5Mac: https://bit.ly…

Windows 7, netbooks, UAC issue overkill, Microsoft Fix It, new Kindle, Google Ocean, and more.Windows 7 product editions (or "SKUs") announcedThere will be multiple product editions again (duh) but only two will be mainstream offers for individualsRegardless, a lot of false indignation from…

On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli: Smart wearables can both improve and save lives: Apple Watch calls cops for unconscious driver after a car crash: http://bit.ly/37envx3 Texas Dad Says Apple Watch Changed the Life of His Son with Autism:…

Quibi plans to let you stream its videos to a television, Google updates its search product with easy-to-access virtual care options in search results, and Ring has an all-new alarm system with one-touch access to emergency services.On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew…

We're going to take an Android phone and customize it for a child.We chose an Android device over an Apple one because of three reasons. Android devices are made by a number of manufacturers. That, in turn, makes for a number of lower price point devices. Lastly, Android is very customizable for…

Amber's picks and listener sites from around the world...Leo starred on Command N during his last week in TorontoLeo will be on Regis and Kelly soon for their tech week.The movie Children of Men has used a Creative Commons scream sound.Get a First Life parodies the Second Life web page.Joost is the…

Sheryl Sandberg leaving Meta after 14 years.Zuckerberg: It's the end of an era. After 14 years, my good friend and partner Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as COO of Meta.Elon Musk asks all Tesla employees to come back to the office or quit.High Court Halts Texas Law Targeting Social Media…