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Mikah Sargent talks to Dan More of SixColors about Apple's "Far Out" event and the products announced at the event, such as the new Apple Watches, AirPods Pro, and the iPhone 14 lineup.Jason Howell jumps in quickly to talk to Ben Schoon of 9to5Google about Google's announcement of their hardware…

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 Tech News Weekly, Jason Howell is out this week, but don't worry. I, your fearless captain…

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 with lots of topics on the agenda. We're gonna kick it off with…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT: This Week in Tech! Great panel. Erin Griffith joins us from Fortune, Dan Patterson from Tech Republic and Alex Wilhelm from Tech Crunch. We're going to have a lot of fun talking about the fall of Yahoo, the end of Radio, and the number one word of the year. It's an…

Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss the next phone made by Google. The company has confirmed an October 4th date for the Pixel 2 and the Pixel 2 XL. According to MadeByGoogle.com/AskMore and a billboard in downtown Boston, the next Google made phone will be released or at least teased before you…

This week we discuss yet another new and diabolical router hack and attack, Reddit's discovery of SMS 2FA failure, WannaCry refuses to die, law enforcement's ample unused forensic resources, a new and very clever BGP-based attack, Windows 10 update dissatisfaction, Google advances their state…

Elon Musk: Tesla's market cap goes up in smokeApple vs Trump on tarrifsApple's big announcement September 12th: what we expectFacebook and Twitter go to Capitol Hill, Google sits it outTwitter gives Alex Jones the bootShould Facebook be broken up?The FBI knows who hacked Sony and created…

How to tell if your Facebook account is one of the 50 million that were hacked this weekWhy the founder of Instagram left Facebook"Funding secured" tweet costs Elon Musk his chairmanship and $40 millionGoogle turns 20More leaks from Google's upcoming October 9th eventAmazon gives $1 million to…

Leo is on vacation, so Jason Snell is guest hosting!Apple's next big event is September 12th, and we have a sneak peek at the new iPhone XS and Apple Watch Series 4.The iPhone XS isn't the only big phone on the horizon. We also have a look at Google's Pixel 3.YouTube's new tool helps you spend less…

Google Play Core Library, iOS zero-click radio proximity exploit, Apple M1 chip.Ransomware news regarding Foxconn, Egregor, and K12 Inc.The Apple iPhone zero-click radio proximity vulnerability.Oblivious DoH (ODoH).Google Play Core Library problems.The mysterious power of Apple’s M1 Arm processor…

Mikah Sargent compares the latest smart speakers from Apple, Amazon, and Google with the HomePod mini, 4th-Gen Echo, and Nest Audio, respectively, to help you find the best one to fit in your smart home.Get the Amazon Echo (4th Gen): https://amzn.to/38R26MbGet the Apple HomePod mini: https://bhpho…

Interview with Eric Migikovsky, creator of BeeperGoogle is open sourcing Tilt Brush.Android 12 features might include App Pairs and double tap gesture.Google is redesigning search results on mobile.LG is condering an exit of the smartphone business.OnePlus and Oppo move closer in a combined R&D…

A fan of the show wonders how to use the MicroSD card in his LG Stylo 5 as internal storage to alleviate shortage issues. Jason Howell explains Adoptable Storage and shows a number of ways he frees up device disk space when running low.What is Adoptable Storage?The benefits and disadvantages of…

The real power behind the yoga ball at TWiT is our CEO, Lisa Kentzell. She just posted a summary of what she did before she joined TWiT over on her blog at lisakentzell.com. I didn't even know half this stuff.She's also been posting a bunch of great pictures on her Google+ page – it's worth…

This week Steve and Leo discuss much more about the Intel ATM nightmare, Tavis and Natalie discover a serious problem in Microsoft's built-in malware scanning technology, Patch Tuesday, Google's Android patches, SMS 2-factor authentication breached, Google goes phishing, the emergence of ultrasonic…

Trump's new Chairman of the FCC and the implications for net neutrality. Oscar nominations announced, a first for Amazon. Vine is dead, but you can still watch them. Google I/O and speculation about possible announcements. Dropcam's co-founder jumps ship and is headed to Apple. Elon Musk has a…

Andoid N is ready to download, if you dare. Google’s AlphaGo program beat the world champion Go player Lee Se-dol. Facebook buys MSQRD (Masquerade), an app that lets you wear someone else's face. President Obama announced ConnectALL today, a broadband initiative that aims to bring broadband…

Neo-Nazi site The Daily Stormer kicked off Go Daddy, Google, Cloudflare, Twitter, and more. Essential phone will be here next week. Pixel 2 passes the FCC, will feature squeezable sides. Allo on the web is still too limited. YouTube will show how many people are watching right now. Mark Zuckerberg…

Tech News for October 5, 2016Amazon’s Prime service continues to add features for its users, and the latest perk is the newly announced Prime Reading feature which gives subscribers access to “over a thousand” books, comics and magazines. Similar to Amazon Prime Video or the Netflix model for video…

Tech News for June 27, 2016...If you like to use stickers on Snapchat, you'll be happy to know that Twitter is adding that capability too. You'll be able to add virtual stickers to photos you take on Twitter, and can even search them like hashtags. Read more at TheVerge.comThe Wall Street Journal…

We cover some of our favorite cloud storage options and go over the pros and cons of storing data in the cloud or locally.Google Drive15 GB Free1TB $1.9910TB $99.99Storage is shared across, Gmail, Drive, Photos, all included in Data Limit.Phone BackupTip: Deleting files doesn't mean they're…

SaltHank.com is live!Year in search 2021.Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the app will offer a chronological feed option early next year.Right-wing activists are openly 'weaponizing' Twitter's new private media policy.Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her Own AI Research Center.The morning in the…

Hackers Backed by China Seen Exploiting Security Flaw in Internet Software.US wins appeal over extradition of WikiLeaks founder.Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021.Elon Musk named Financial Times 'person of the year' .Ant Pruitt named TWiT of the Year.Monkey NFT Typo Causes Seller To Lose Out On …

Re-learning Apple Pay gestures on an iPhone with Face ID. Leo's favorite flavor of Linux. Using Chrome and Chrome Remote Desktop on Linux. Finding a new, high-resolution monitor to replace a broken one. Learning about some of the changes and updates coming to Amazon's eero Wi-Fi routers. Using a…

Using Project Loon as a mesh network, electric motors and which you should use for your quad, Google Plus questions, propeller basics, and more.Remember Project Loon?It's a Google R&D Project to provide Internet connectivity to rural areas. The idea was to use high-altitude balloons, flown 20…

The Code for today's show is available at our: GithubSnubs CompiledNo Viewer Submitted Code, however we did get some useful tips for C# from our community:Cosmic Ray links us to a C# Fundamentals series that's super useful for newbies!Nathan says learning the syntax of the languages is great, but…

Tech News for Thursday August 24, 2017Amazon is on the cusp of owning Whole Foods, the premium grocery chain that it is purchasing for $13.7 billion dollars. The deal is expected to close next Monday. Amazon says shoppers will see “lower prices on a selection of best-selling staples across the…

Leo Laporte: It’s time for TWiT: This Week in Tech! We’ll take a look at Windows 10, three days in. Is it a big hit, or a belly flop? A new button that can get you more toilet paper, and the end of drones as we know it. It’s all next, on TWiT!NETCASTS YOU LOVE FROM…

1:54 Alex Kantrowitz from Buzzfeed talks about how the Facebook news feed is changing and how that will affect media companies and non-profits.12:41 Natalie Van Kleef Conley from Google explains how Google's new IT Support Certificate works.25:29 Nick Wingfield from The New York Times discusses…

Uber's new CEO says that there is a "high cost to a bad reputation" after London kicks it to the curb. Apple's iPhone 8 comes out to less fanfare than usual; Apple Watch has LTE issues. ARKit's first wave of apps is out, and Robert Scoble is severely underwhelmed. Google aqui-hires HTC's Pixel team…

Abhishek Singh invented a kit that users can build themselves to create a robot that answers voice queries entirely with animated GIFs and videos.Emoji is living a complicated life of misinterpretation in courtrooms across the US according to Eric Goldman.Mark Spoonauer from Tom's Guide takes a…

This week we examine still another new Spectre processor speculation attack, we look at the new "Death Botnet", the security of the US DoD websites, lots of Google Chrome news, a push by the US Senate toward more security, the emergence and threat of clone websites in other TLDs, more…

Australia's recently passed anti-encryption legislationDetails of a couple more mega-breaches including a bit of Marriott follow-upA welcome call for legislation from MicrosoftA new twist on online advertising click fraudThe DHS is interested in deanonymizing cryptocurrencies beyond BitcoinThe…

This Week's Stories:Google expands its bug bounty programNew bug bounty millionairesGoogle's Project Zero group dropped a bomb on iOSRansomware attacks on local governments and businesses are on the riseWe invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-730-Notes.pdf If you…

Picture of the Week.An “eventful” Patch Tuesday.Patch Tuesday.Apple patched a 0-day.Google's “Open Source Maintenance Crew”.Conti suggests overthrowing the new Costa Rican government.Policing the Google Play Store.The situation has grown more dire for F5 systems' BIG-IP boxes.Errata.Closing The…

Megan Morrone has a tip for lending your Google Chromebook to a friend safely. There's an option on the Chromebook to "Browse as Guest." This will work even if they don't have a Google account. Just sign out of your account on the Chromebook, and then click on the "Browse as Guest" button in the…

Shahram Mokhtari from iFixit joins the show to talk with Jason about the iPhone 14, 14 Pro, 14 Max, and iFixit's teardown of the device.Becca Ricks from the Mozilla Foundation joins the show to talk with Mikah about the Mozilla Foundations' research into YouTube's algorithm and how it has failed in…

Lots of exciting news, as the RADV driver massively improves Raytracing performance, Audacity adds realtime effects, and Pipewire goes Low Energy. Then, it's Weston adding some HDR plumbing, Google putting their weight behind Project Cavier, and WSL gains SystemD support. There's tips, like how to…

This week's episode features the amazing art of Alexia Sinclair. We show her cool iPad app http://alexiasinclair.com/homage and she shows off a ton of her work and tells stories about them.Link to Vimeo video featured on show: https://vimeo.com/18830702We close out the show with our G+ Photographer…

Google's mysterious "Taimen" phone surfaces - is it a Chinese Pixel XL? U.S. bans any electronics larger than a phone for air passengers from 8 Middle Eastern countries. Google is struggling to react as more advertisers pull their ads from YouTube. Android O is here as a Developer Preview. The U.S…

Will Meg Whitman Be Uber's next CEO? Germany decides when it is okay for self-driving cars to kill people, and which people they should kill. Android Oreo is official. Samsung releases the Galaxy Note 8. Apple might announce its new iPhones on September 12th. Google may announce the new Pixels on…

The guy who created the like button now says it's dangerously addictive. Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos says press doesn't understand how hard it is to prevent voter manipulation. Yahoo admits that hack perpetrated under Yahoo Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos impacted all 3 billion…

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech.  What a great show we have!  Tim Stevens is here from Cnet, Clayton Morris from Fox and Friends, my old friend Dan Patterson from Tech Republic.  Now we've got some deep, heavy topics to discuss.  Who is winning the AI…

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 Tech News Weekly, Jason Howell and I talk to David Ruddock of Esper about that Google and…

The new JBL Link Bar is a voice-activated soundbar with Android TV built-in, including Google Assistant, the Google Play store, and Chromecast. Jason Howell gives the Link Bar, as well as the JBL SW10 10" powered wireless subwoofer that can be paired, his review on All About Android with Florence…

Rosemary and Mikah explore apps that help you fall asleep, stay asleep, and track your sleep.On this week's iOS Today:Sleep apps: Health, Dark Noise, Sleeptracker by Beautyrest, AutoSeep, AutoWake, PillowNews: Apple's App Privacy labels may not be all that accurate. A Google researcher has…

Tasker developer João Dias breaks some news about a future feature.Florence Ion unboxes the LG Wing.Jason Howell unboxes the Pixel 4a 5G.Comparing the 2020 Pixels side by side.Jason Howell reviews the OnePlus 8T.Google Assistant Driving Mode is finally rolling out.Assistant's new Hum to Search…

Google releases five new features for all Android users.Jason goes hands-on with the Pixel 4a.Samsung's Note 20 lineup is bizarre.Samsung nailed the Galaxy Z Fold 2 though!Android TV gets some long-overdue updates.Google stops selling the Pixel 4 and 4 XL.Android 11 Beta 3 is out and the final…

Twitter's new audio tweet feature might be ripe for abuse, we get a preview of Apple's WWDC, there's a new prescription for ADHD: a video game, and a Google team has created Pinterest but automated.Motherboard editor-in-chief Jason Koebler joins us to ask and help answer the question: How is…

Assistant was designed to make the smartphone easier to use through voice commands that reach into nearly every aspect of the device. But now, it's capabilities are so wide that it's easy to miss valuable functionality. Jason Howell walks through a few features and commands that make Assistant even…