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The winner of the Android App Arena from All About Android 291 is I am Bread, which was Jason Howell's pick. I am Bread comes from Bossa Studios, and your mission, as a piece of bread, is to become toast.You'll need to take on hazards on an adventure across 8 levels throughout a house and even…

YouTube TV price hike, India app ban, OnePlus Nord.YouTube TV gets a huge price hike and no one's happy.Big Android 11 features that might not come to all phones.India bans many Chinese apps including TikTok.Nearby, Google's AirDrop feature is near!OnePlus Z will actually be the OnePlus Nord…

Picture of the Week.A high-severity 0-day in Chrome.Apple updates against another 0-day.CISA thinks this Apple vulnerability is quite serious.Which brings us back to "SeriousSAM" as it's being called.The CISA Top 16 list.Last Tuesday was the industry's monthly Patch extravaganza.The Magento…

This week we discuss last Friday's passing of our dear friend and colleague Jerry Pournelle, when AI is turned to evil purpose, whether and when Google's Chrome browser will warn of man in the middle attacks, why Google is apparently attempting to patent pieces of a compression technology they did…

On 'The New Screen Savers' recorded on Saturday, October 13, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone:Leo and Megan discuss the week's new product announcements from Facebook and Google, including Portal from Facebook and Google's Home Hub, Pixel Slate, and Pixel 3.DPReview Science Editor Rishi…

Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Flip and S20 seriesMoto Razr is universally pannedMobile World Congress might get canceledMotorola announces the Moto G Power and G StylusYouTube Music internal beta is testing music library uploadsPlay Store paid out more than $80 billion to developersHow wearables can…

News of the Week Tesla Announces Model Y SUV Crossover Tesla's Many Problems are Due to Musk Huge Facebook Outage: Why? Beto O'Rourke, L33T Hacker Mass Murder on Facebook Live Warren vs Big Tech: Why She's Wrong Hey Techies: Uncle Sam Needs You! Bruce…

An October Surprise of a different sort - Windows 10 update deletes users' filesA security researcher has massively weaponzied the existing MicroTik vulnerability and released it as a proof-of-conceptA clever voicemail WhatsApp OTP bypassWhat happened with that recent Google+ breach?Google tightens…

Jason shares impressions of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.Android Auto will work wirelessly with all Android 11 devices.Pixel Buds gets a feature drop.Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 get some considerable leaks.Android 11 eliminates choice in the name of security.A new BlackBerry device that supports 5G is set…

Chrome throttling ads, Google outage, 2020 Pwnie Awards, JavaScript's 25th birthday.Chrome's heavy ad intervention.Adrozek.Ransomware: "Double Extortion."A 0-click wormable vulnerability in D-Link VPN servers.Google suffered an outage.Amnesia:33.Zero-day in WordPress SMTP plugin.The 2020 Pwnie…

Facebook Buys Giphy, Apple AR Glasses, Unreal Engine 5Facebook buys Giphy for $400 millionFacebook setting up a political advocacy group for big techUS Government going to sue Google for monopolizing online adsTrump tweets that Google, Facebook, and Twitter are controlled by the "Radical Left…

Google finally pushed out the Android 11 Beta 1 release which means it feels this version of the new OS is ready for a wider range of users. It's still buggy and probably not reliable enough for everyday users, but Jason Howell installed it on his daily driver to show off a few of the key features…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss whether or not Google can convince us to carpool. Waze has been testing its carpool service in the Bay Area and Tel Aviv for a while now, and the company is ready to expand beyond those markets according to the Wall Street Journal. Sometime in the next few…

Jeff unboxes his new Lenovo Smart Display. Our live Duo demo goes about as well as you'd expect.Facebook finds more political shenanigans.Google's Censored Search in China.Stacey has all the news from Google Cloud Next.Amazon's facial recognition software outs 28 US lawmakers as crooks.All the…

The Best Samsung Galaxy S10+ You Can Buy: First LookFacebook Pivots to PrivacySaudi Women Tracking App Might Not Be So Bad After AllGoogle's Dragonfly is DeadWaymo's Lidar PlayGoogle's Privacy-Focused AI FrameworkAI Will Be Better Than Us at Understanding the "Incomprehensible Intricacy of our…

How to put a LED in a 4-Gang wallplate, Arduino driven dog deterrent, Anker PowerCore 20100 reviewed, how does the Mova Globe work, and a zombie laptop that drains the battery while turned off!FeedbackLED in a Wall        -- Robert Hafer        …

Get HD television shows with an over-the-air antenna! You'll get the know how to cut the cord entirely and you'll still be able to watch sports and live events!We're getting HD television over the air! Why? So we can completely cut the cord and still watch live events like sports and award shows.To…

Big quarter for big tech, AirTags and privacy, Resident Evil 3 speedrun ‘A Perfect Positive Storm’: Bonkers Dollars for Big Tech. EU Charges Apple With App Store Antitrust Violations in Spotify Case. Apple Signals Hot Streak to Continue as Sales, Profit Surge. Apple…

 Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is ‘On Hold’. Two Twitter Leaders Are Leaving Company Following Musk Deal. Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law. Just How Incredibly F'd Up Is Texas’ Social Media Content Moderation Law? Elon Musk…

Making a smart display with an extra computer and monitor. Installing Linux on a work PC. Finding the right PC for gaming. Looking for a phone with Dolby Atmos support. Properly disposing of printers by clearing out their memory. Finding an international option for security cameras. Knowing when it…

How to log and print an SMS conversation, updating older PCs to Windows 11, correcting the geolocation for an IP address, upgrading to a new Mac Mini, using a YubiKey from Yubico, changing the layout for Outlook, converting images to SVGs, finding a Chromebook that supports USB printing,…

Why is Microsoft not among this year's antitrust trial targets? It is currently the most valuable company in the world. Lessons Apple, Google, Facebook, etc. can learn about antitrust trials from Microsoft A recap of how the MS vs. USDOJ trial got its start Related: Google is accused…

Tech News for June 30, 2016Google has officially named the next version of its Android operating system. It will be called "Nougat" and will be out later this summer. Google made the announcement on Snapchat and Twitter. Read more at TheVerge.comSpotify is claiming that Apple is using its app store…

New LCD displays with LED backlightsOld-style LCDs take half an hour to reach optimal color, CRTs can take hoursLED pocket projectorsTWiT pocket protectorsIntel strives for VIIVShorter pipelines, lower power consumption, but will it be fast?Multi-threading does not benefit gamesL2 cache is…

The code for today's show is available below: XAML Podcast AppSnubs CompiledJoe Maruschek's C# RegexJoe Maruschek's Image DownloaderDarryl Medley's Abstract Space CalculatorIvory TowerConsider our Example Podcasting App:In talking about the advantages of Object Oriented programming, we've…

The Code for today's show is available below:XAML Podcast AppSnubs CompiledJoe Maruschek's C# RegexJoe Maruschek's Image DownloaderDarryl Medley's Abstract Space CalculatorIvory TowerConsider our Example Podcasting App:In talking about the advantages of Object Oriented programming, we've often…

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, my co-host Huyen Tue Dao and our guest Duncan Jaffery from…

Netflix is bringing offline playback capability to most movies and TV shows on the service for users of the iOS or Android app. Amazon announced AWS Snowmobile, an 18 wheeler capable of securely delivering exabytes of data.Comma.ai, the self driving startup founded by George Hotz, unveiled the…

This week we discuss a new non-eMail medium for spear phishing, Chipotle can't catch a break, social engineering WannaCry exploits on Android, video subtitling now able to take over our machines, a serious Android UI design flaw that Google appears to be stubbornly refusing to address, Linux gets…

Stacey Higginbotham's tip from This Week in Google 377 is an automatic way to ask your spouse if they need anything when you're at the grocery store. This is an IFTTT applet that uses your phone's GPS and will text your spouse when you get to the store. All you have to do is enter the address of…

Florence Ion reviews the Lenovo Smart Clock on All About Android with Jason Howell and Ant Pruitt. This small smart alarm clock with Google Assistant lets you control your connected home, listen to your favorite music or podcast, start your day by viewing weather and your calendar in the "good…

Leave Elon alone! Tesla tumbles after Musk laments his "most difficult and painful year."Google employees revolt over China rumors; town hall meeting shut down due to "kerfuffle" tweets.Apple thinks that its headquarter buildings are worth 1/6th of an iPhone XS+.Australian teen Hacky Hack Hacks…

Hayato Huseman shares his first impressions of the Galaxy S20 FE.Jason goes hands-on with the Galaxy Z Flip2.Hayato Huseman reviews the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus.Google is making big changes for developers in the Play Store.What we expect from tomorrow's Google hardware event.Royole Flexpai 2 is unveiled…

Android Security, Windows 7 Security, Microsoft Defender.Google to get even more proactive about Android securityWhy are people sticking with Windows 7?And Google funds a JavaScript research engineMicrosoft Defender gets in Vitro UpdatingWSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux v2) completely bypasses…

Stadia, Google's game console in the cloud, is currently running on devices of all kinds but as of yet is not officially supported on Android TV devices. While we wait for Google to make those devices compatible, Jason Howell has a way to get it running right now. It's a little hacky but it totally…

FonixCrypter releases ransomware decryption keyGoogle payout to bug hunters hits a new highThe White House supports Artemis Program to go back to the MoonA company pays to get data back from ransomware, then gets hit again by the same ransomwareAttackers continue to target iOS securityAmazon starts…

Apple+Google Covid Tracker is Secure and RIP John Conway, Creator of The Game of LifeApple & Google Virus Contact Tracing: secure and effectiveZoom gets another Zoom-bombing mitigation... and a Class-Action LawsuitMeanwhile, Zoom has enlisted the aid of Alex StamosZoom creates a CISO…

The winner of this week's App Arena from All About Android 286 is Jason Howell's pick: Rocker Locker.By default on Android, the volume buttons on the phone change the ringtone. Rocker Locker is an app that simply changes the default so the volume buttons will change the media volume instead. Just…

The Code for today's show is available below:Build an App 4/4 - XamarinOur Coding Community!Joe Maruschek came through yet again with examples of Simple Data Binding and Data Binding with a custom object.Thanks Joe! -- You're always the best.Code WarriorIf you want to play with Xamarin. Visit their…

Dvorak's off to Orlando for the PMA then Hannover for CeBITHe's looking for a tour of Berlin - email him if you live thereDoug, Leo, Patrick, and Bill Gates all have a piece of the Berlin WallThe point by point refutation of Dvorak's column on Apple switching to WindowsApple's big announcement is…

Aaron Newcomb shows Leo Laporte how to hack into a Google Home and customize its commands and responses. Leo shows off his new Snapchat Spectacles. Megan Morrone and her kids get a lesson in lightsaber choreography from the Golden Gate Knights. Andrew Wong, the Community Manager for the Qubes OS…

The Wall Street Journal reports that Lyft is forming its own driverless car development division. The company says it will develop its own hardware and software, but they won't be building their own cars, just the kits to make the cars self-driving.It is time to update your iPhone and iPad,…

Megan Morrone's app cap on iOS Today 336 is Raise -- an app for exchanging gift cards. You can buy gift cards at a discount, or you can sell gift cards for cash. It's all digital, so any gift cards you buy will be sent to your phone's Wallet app.- Learn more about Raise (raise.com)- Get Raise in…

Twitter cut off its API access, and developers of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific are offering specific options to help them out.A new iMac is coming out soon?Why can't I access my files from the Google Takeout service? Is there another service I can use to access my Google data?Is there an iOS…

Is Google going downhill? Firefox reaches 100, finding duplicate photos and videos, accounting software for charities, could an iPhone be compromised by a fraudulent text message? Factory resetting an iPhone, adding more ethernet ports to a router, a map of the internet, finding the right Mac…

 Apple buys Intel's modem business House passes anti-robocall bill Samsung Galaxy Fold finally coming in September As T-Mobile/Sprint merger approved by DoJ, Dish launches a new mobile carrier iPadOS is the Future of Apple iPhone 11 is all about the camera Note 10…

This week we discuss the long-awaited end of StartCom & StartSSL, inside last week's macOS passwordless root account access and problems with Apple's patches, the question of Apple allowing 3D facial data access to apps, Facebook's new and controversial use of camera images, in-the-wild…

Installing apps outside of the Google Play Store.The Google Play Store is good enough for most people when it comes to finding and installing apps and games on Android. However, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to want to install apps manually while bypassing the Play Store altogether. Jason…

Discussing data wrangling and data management with Joe Hellerstein, co-founder, and CSO of Trifacta.Artificial intelligence can't yet learn common senseA new project aims to unmask disinformation botsFailure to delete hate speech could cost Facebook and Google billions in FranceNode Killer…

Salesforce has been ubiquitous with SaaS and we get to talk to Ryan Ellis the SVP of Product Management to talk about their low code solutions and how they fit into the enterprise.Also on this episode:Incognito mode detection still works in ChromeMobile phishing attacks increase sharplyNo more data…