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Victor went from being a huge fan of TechTV and TWiT to being a part of TWiT in 2013. With 20 years in video production, he has experience in many aspects of a variety of projects from event coverage, concerts, commercials, news, documentary, animation and more. He has been a video editor on…

Facebook hopes for a better 2019 after a public image drubbing in 2018.Google's Waymo Under Fire in Arizona - Literally.Your cell phone has a huge security flaw, and there is no plan to fix it.How much of the internet is made of bots? And how soon will people be the exception, not the rule…

Apple shifts to its own chips - will Google? The fastest computer in the world runs on ARM Apple Silicon Macs won't run Windows in Boot Camp iOS 14 takes the best features of Android - widgets, calls, picture-in-picture, etc. What comes after Zoom? Pixel 4a coming in July -…

 Samsung Galaxy Fold Will Replace Your Computer Samsung Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e Samsung Galaxy Buds YouTube Advertisers Flee Over Pedophilia New YouTube Strike System Articles 11 and 13 are About to Pass Conspiracy Theories on YouTube and Pinterest Nest's "Not…

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…

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…

[Top TN2 Animation ]Tonight! If you want to pre-order Google's Nexus 6 - good luck!, more details about the MCX/CurrentC's hack, and the war over mobile payment terminals heats up.Tech News 2Night is Next! …

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss GoPro's poor performance in its third quarterly earnings call, and how important the holiday season is for the company. Huawei unveiled the Mate 9, a premium smartphone with a 5.9” full HD display, and Huawei’s own Kirin 960 processor, as well as the Huawei…

YouTube hit a significant milestone by paying more than $1 billion in advertising dollars to the music industry.The Supreme Court has negated the nearly $400 million in damages that a lower court had ordered Samsung to pay to Apple in their exhaustively long patent infringement case.Apple CEO Tim…

Apple, Google, and IBM have all criticized President Trump's policy on transgender student rights. Apple told ReCode, "We support efforts toward greater acceptance, not less, and we strongly believe that transgender students should be treated as equals.” Trump overruled previous Federal guidelines…

Windows Server 2008 launchiphone 2.0MIX08BeatlesAudible Pick: Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History (Unabridged) By: George CrileWindows Tip: Customizing the Windows Start MenuSoftware Pick: Google Calendar Sync with Outlook, Haute SecureCheck out…

Hurricane Harvey help on Twitter, Google Docs, Reddit, and more.711 million email addresses are sending out malware.Ahead of Apple’s expected September hardware event, Apple is apparently working overtime trying to secure deals with Hollywood studios to bring 4K UHD video content to iTunes. An…

Amazon unveiled an updated Dash Wand, exclusive to Prime Members that now includes Amazon's voice assistant smarts, bringing all of Alexa's skills, home automation controls, and easy ordering of groceries from Amazon Fresh by voice or by scanning an item's barcode. The wand costs $20, but Prime…

Samsung held its big flagship event to unveil new hardware this morning where they showed off the eagerly-anticipated Galaxy S8 with a 5.8” display and the S8+ with a 6.2” display. They moved the home button behind the front display, improved the front facing camera, and they added rounded and…

Over the weekend a man posted a minute long video of himself murdering Robert Godwin Sr, who appeared to have no relation to the murderer. The video remained on Facebook for hours before being taken down. A representative from Facebook says they know they need to do better.Russia’s Federal…

Amazon has unveiled the Echo Show, the rumored Echo with a screen. You can use the $229 device for all the things you currently use your Echo for, plus video and audio calling, watching videos from YouTube or Prime, and more. The video calling comes from Alexa Calling, which lets you make calls or…

The winner of this week's App Arena from All About Android 288 is Stocard. This is an app designed to let you declutter your wallet. This will keep all of your store loyalty cards digitally. The app uses the phone's camera to scan in cards quickly. You can also enter a card's code in manually, and…

The winner of the Android App Arena from All About Android 289 is Jason Howell's pick: Mini Metro from Playdigious. This is a game where you design a subway map for a growing city. Just draw lines between stations and the trains will start running. You'll have limited resources, so you'll need to…

Megan Morrone's app cap on iOS Today 321 is Countable. This app gives you access to your representatives in Congress. It makes it easy and fun to learn about issues that you care about, and rally your friends around specific legislation.Countable allows you to use the camera on your device to…

The winner of the Android App Arena from All About Android 296 is the game Reigns. In this game, you're a benevolent or malevolent medieval monarch, and you need to swipe either left or right to make decisions that impact the kingdom. You'll be faced with a gauntlet of requests from advisors,…

The winner of the App Arena from All About Android 297 is Signal Private Messenger. This is an app for encrypted messages with the ability to have group chats. It uses your existing phone number and address book, and there's no separate logins, usernames, passwords, or PINs. It's also free and open…

Paul Thurrott's app pick of the week on Windows Weekly 504 is Outlook Mobile for Android and iOS. The iOS version in particular is the first to support a new add-ins capability, and the new feature will be coming soon to Android.Outlook Mobile has already supported extensibility for quite some time…

Paul Thurrott's pick of the week on Windows Weekly 506 is the new Skype Preview for Android. This is a pre-release version of the new Skype client for mobile. It's a lot like Skype Preview as we see it on Windows 10 today. It has some features that are not available in the standard Skype client,…

Paul Thurrott's tip of the week from Windows Weekly 509 is about customizing an Android phone with Microsoft services and software. First of all, you can use the apps that Microsoft provides in the Google Play store, such as Word, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, and more. But there are many more ways to…

Stacey Higginbotham shared a tip on This Week in Google 397 for automatically turning on the notifications on your phone in the morning. It's a very specific If This Then That recipe that relies on your Android phone and a Fitbit or activity tracker. The recipe will turn up your phone ringer sound…

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This week TWiT returns to San Francisco. We'll be coming to you once again at 4pm from the Gallery Café, 1200 Mason St. at Washington. [google map]This time we'll have more seats. Parking in the area is still a problem, however,Three nearby garages include: 1. 1040 Sacramento (between Powell and…

This week TWiT returns to San Francisco. We'll be coming to you from the Gallery Café, 1200 Mason St. at Washington. [google map]The café has excellent coffe and serves food, too and the owner is planning on offering some TWiT specials. Kangaroo Jerky will not be on the menu.Street parking may be…

Leo Laporte's app cap from iOS Today 271 is the Fly Video editor, which recently was acquired by Google. This is a very simple video editor that uses intuitive gestures. Tap to make a cut, swipe across clips to make a disolve, and tap two videos simultaneously to make do a split screen.The app also…

Windows 365 & Cloud PC, Windows 11 updates, RiskIQMicrosoft brings Windows to the cloud with Windows 365 and Cloud PCMore Windows 11 handwringingMicrosoft updates Windows 11 with a bunch of fixes for Dev Channel testers Microsoft Could Miss an Opportunity with Windows 11 (Premium)PC…

Picture of the week.Windows 11 Watch: “AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU”AMD processors running some apps up to 15% slower.The Windows 10 taskbar on Windows 11.Microsoft is disagreeing... with themselves.We have an update on the Windows Explorer RAM leak I mentioned previously...VirtualBox and…

Apple Silicon iMac, MmHmm, Apple GlassesThe Week's Stores:Our prediction: Apple is making a 30-Inch Apple Silicon iMacWith Apple Silicon, Apple will pull away from the competitionApple's accessibility tools are a reason to switch Google buys North to make Google Glass competitive with Apple…

Here's how the Twitter hack happenedTik Tok hysteria - xenophobia or common sense? EARN IT and LAED acts want to eliminate encryption Cloudflare outage takes down a huge swath of the internet "Master," "Slave," "Blacklist" terms on the outs at Apple, Linux, and others Trump…

Tonight we chat with Owen JJ Stone (aka OhDoctah) about all the tech news that's fit to be trending. First, we talk about Gboard, the new iOS keyboard from Google. GBoard offers search, predictive emoji, GIF search, and more. But cycling through the keyboards to get to it can be a huge pain in our…

iMessages, T-Mobile & iCloud, Apple Watch Apps iMessage is winning: teens dread the green text bubble After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful Google exec says Apple is ‘holding back’ customers who text Apple to allow alternative payment system…

Equifax finally updated its site to explain how the company was hacked, saying that criminals took advantage of the Apache Struts CVE-2017-5638 vulnerability. Ars Technica says this bug was fixed in March, but Equifax had not updated its Web applications.Facebook is feeling the heat with the…

On The New Screen Savers recorded on June 23, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Florence Ion:SyncThink has eye-tracking technology that can help doctors diagnose concussions in under 60 seconds with their modified VR headset. CEO Laura Yecies joins us to show how the EYE-SYNC works and discuss how this…

Windows 10 RS4 Build 17110 has no new features for consumers - but some interesting enterprise features. Microsoft v. U.S. email case heats up, but the Supreme Court will clear up this mess to everyone's satisfaction. Did Apple just kick Azure to the curb? Fear and loathing in developer land…

Google Android phone, Political Browser, ur texting, slackers, Wordia, and more.News of the week:Google Android Phone UnveiledWashington Post takes a daring web step in political coverageAmericans now SMS more than talkMichael Moore Movie Online for FreeApp of the week: WordiaVideo of the week:…

LG V60 ThinQ review, Sooner hands-on, Weather app alternativesFlorence Ion reviews the LG V60 ThinQMike Wolfson goes hands-on with the rare Google SoonerWeather app alternatives to Dark SkyPixel 4 finally gets the option to require open eyes for Face UnlockGoogle Pixel Buds 2 might be just around…

Leo and Mikah share the apps they keep on their iPhone home screens.On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent: Our Home Screens: Simple, Due, Fantastical, Instagram, Pocket Casts, Cash App, Deliveries, Snowflake Weather, Cardhop, Any.do, Canary, Notion, Google Photos, Audible…

Stacey Higginbotham's thing of the week on This Week in Google 425 is the August Smart Lock. This has an updated form factor from previous versions, and it's Bluetooth and Nest enabled. It doesn't work over Wi-Fi without an extra $79 bridge, however.As locks go, this is really impressive. It is…

Between the late 1990s and 2003, Mike worked as chief editor for a variety of technology publications (including Windows Magazine), most of which he founded, co-founded or launched. For the past 10 years, Mike has written thousands of popular opinion columns that today collectively reach millions…

iPhone hysteria, Microsoft's big ass table, and Sicko leaks...To make the iPhone look smaller, Apple decided to use a model with much larger hands.Apple is swearing that the iPhone will have 8 hours of talk time. It will also feature a glass surface instead of a plastic one.Walt Mossberg has…

From game systems to next generation disc formats and bandwidth blues, politics, and viruses to Google, Yahoo, and the Red camera. This is TWiT 52! John's back from Brazil loaded with Cachaca but no absintheNintendo's Revolution is now…

WWDC, Apple Store out of iPhones, 3G, battery life, Pages and more.WWDC is sold out for the first time in history.Orb has announced an iPhone client (jailbreak required).Apple Store sold out of iPhones. Is the new iPhone imminent?Mophie JuicePack is an extra battery for your iPhone.Google Maps has…

Amber gives us the scoop on the Women In Technology InternationalConference, where she's not the only woman around that knows what a blog is!Dvorak can't believe ICANN didn't go for the .XXX domain system. Again. Displays a near total lack of pr0n knowledge compared to Robert.Intel admits AMD may…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech. What a big news week! It looks like we got a new CEO at Microsoft, Google dumps Motorola and finally, a TV show about us called Selfie. All next on TWiT.Netcasts you love, from people you trust. This is TWiT. Bandwidth for This Week in Tech is …

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 Hall, my co-host Ron Richards, Huyen Tue Dao and Florence Ion…

Jason Howell and Ron Richards discuss the Washington Post's experiment that found that Facebook's Trending Topics is posing fake news as real news at a high rate. Apple is aiming to recover its business in China, and announced a new research and development center that it's building in Shenzhen to…