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Over the weekend Google's "featured snippets" stories spread new's that former President Obama was planning a coup and that women are evil. Google fixed the problem and said that it's unfortunate that sometimes their search results contain inappropriate or misleading contentFitBit is updating its…

Johnny Jet is here to recommend an app that will help you figure out whether or not it's safe to eat while traveling to other countries. The app is called "Can I Eat This?" from the CDC, the Center for Disease Control. Just download the free app, and select what country you're visiting. It will ask…

Avis Budget Group will help Waymo manage its self-driving car fleet of Chrysler minivans in Phoenix, where it started offering rides back in April. Avis Budget owns the two traditional rental car companies, plus on demand rental car company ZipCar.Nintendo unveiled the SNES Classic, an $80…

Leo Laporte's app cap on iOS Today 355 is Mini Metro. This is a minimalistic game where you redesign the metro train maps of actual cities. Your task is to draw routes between stations to create subway lines. The trains will run and commuters will decide which trains to board and where to transfer…

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, Joined by Ron Richards and Huyen Tue Dao. We've got…

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech!  Wow, do we have a great show ahead for you!  When you got Alex Wilhelm, Roberto Baldwin, and Mike Elgan all in the same room, you know it's going to be fireworks!  We'll talk about the…

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 showLeo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time. Forwe. This week in tech, we have a great panel for you from Windows Central Editor in Chief, Daniel…

Google Meet is now available to anyone with a Google account, the Level Lock is the invisible smart lock you've always wanted, and the Apple Watch's ECG feature seems to have detected a heart condition that wasn't recognized by a hospital ECG.On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent…

McCain Twitter, Prager has company, US CIO bust, Google Voice, iPod Shuffle, and more.ABC News to interview John McCain — on TwitterHow Much Is A Suggested Slot On Twitter Worth? Jason Calacanis Offers $250,000Obama appointed CIO bust for briberyPdiddy Gets Ellen Degeneres on TwitterObama's CIO…

Don't call it the Cortanavirus! What's Microsoft's conference calendar looking like, post COVID-19 cancellations? We're just waiting for the nearly-inevitable Build cancellation. MVP Summit: In-person event canceled; online only GitHub Satellite Conference in May: Online only…

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a $35 Media Center with XBMC!Why XBMC?We asked you guys what you would do if you had a Raspberry Pi and overwhelmingly, you wanted to make a media center. We did it and found some things out.If you're unfamiliar with the Raspberry Pi, it's a $35 computer with a 700MHz…

Welcome to Coding 101 - It's the TWiT show that gives YOU the knowledge to live in the wonderful world of the programmer. This week we are reviewing objects, checking out your viewer submissions, and getting into classes and methods!Reviewing Objects and Viewer SubmissionsViewer Submissions!Dean…

Today, we're going to do a viewer request episode. Lots of you wrote in asking how to make your old phone into a surveillance camera.Know-It-AllsFirst up, we asked our audience, the "Know-It-Alls," what apps they used to make a surveillance camera. (You can see our questions if you follow either …

Today, we're going to take an Android device and make it like a traditional desktop.BackstoryIyaz always wanted to carry a PC in his pocket. He tried out the Handspring Visor paired with a stowaway keyboard, but that was back in the 90s. Multiple vendors tried to miniaturize the PC like OQO or with…

Tech News for Wednesday December 7, 2016The rumors are true. FitBit has swallowed up Pebble. Both companies have formally announced that Pebble will shut down and fitness company FitBit will buy Pebble's key assets. The acquisition Excludes hardware, but the companies talent, intellectual property,…

Tech News for Thursday December 8, 2016It’s official. LinkedIn is now a Microsoft entity, a mere two days after receiving EU regulatory approval for Microsoft’s biggest acquisition deal to date (it should be noted that LinkedIn is a sponsor on the TWiT network, including this show). Microsoft…

Tech News for Friday February 17, 2017Facebook has a new mission, revealed at length in a comprehensive 5,800-word letter published yesterday by CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the Facebook site. In it, Zuckerberg focuses on how Facebook can help facilitate a global community that is informed, supportive,…

Tech News for Monday February 27, 2017Mobile World Congress started this weekend in Barcelona. As expected, there were no flagship phones from Samsung. Instead, the news was filled with stories of the new Blackberry with a physical keyboard and the Nokia 3310 that lets you play Snake. We also saw a…

Tech News for Tuesday January 17, 2017Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat in the hotseat of a courtroom battle between Facebook’s VR product Oculus and ZeniMax Media, a videogame publisher that sued Oculus months after Facebook announced its acquisition of the company. ZeniMax accused Oculus of the…

Tech News for July 13, 2016If you thought Pokémon Go was a sanctuary of untainted enjoyment and exercise, pay attention. For now, all those neat places on the Pokémon map are merely “neat places” but sometime in the future, sponsored locations will begin to appear, bringing with it a new revenue…

Tech News for August 22, 2016There were rumors pointing to a release of Android 7 Nougat today and those rumors, at least this time, were true! The latest major version of Android begins the process of rolling out to many supported Google Nexus devices today. Users who are already enrolled in the…

Tech News for August 24, 2016Last we heard that McDonalds was stepping up its health game by handing out plastic fitness trackers with its happy meals. Now 29 million of the colorful "Step It!" trackers are being recalled after reports ranging from skin irritations to blistering and burns on kids…

Tech News for Tuesday June 27, 2017After a lenghty seven year probe, the European Commission has fined Google 2.42 billion euros, around $2.7 billion dollars, for promoting its own Google Shopping ads in what it deemed to be an abuse of its own dominance for search. Google also faces a 90 day…

Ransomware attacks are affecting more than just big, faceless corporations. They've closed schools, delayed chemotherapy appointments, and caused panic. Jason Howell goes hands on with Google's new Pixel Buds A Series. Mikah Sargent shares some of the things you may have missed from Apple's WWDC…

Google rolling out Android 12 Developer Preview 3 for Pixel phonesHere’s everything new in Android 12 Developer Preview 3Android 12 DP3 Analysis: Here are all the hidden features!Android 12 Developer Preview 3 literally cuts cornersGoogle’s Guacamole may be premature, but it sounds ripe to become…

 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…

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…

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…

Galaxy S21, Google Owns Fitbit, Android 12 Features, Pocketcasts for SaleSamsung unveiled the Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra. Samsung also introduced the Galaxy Buds Pro and SmartTag. Google's acquisition of Fitbit is finalized. Pocket Casts is up for sale three years after its last…

Facebook begins to merge Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Google announces the Pixel 5 with millimeter-wave 5G. TikTok gains notice as the authentic social media network.First, Harry McCracken of Fast Company joins us to explain Facebook's latest move — the company is slowly merging its…

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 Z Fold 2 is fully revealed at Unpacked 2.The ZTE Axon 29 5G has an under-display camera.Asus Zenfone 7 embraces the flippable camera system.The unannounced LG Wing is a sight to behold.OnePlus Clover could be the follow-up to the Nord.Google's Sabrina Android TV dongle is appearing…

 Twitter, Google, and Facebook tell Clearview AI to stop stealing your face to catch crooks The NIST is testing methods to recover data from smashed smartphones Whoa! We get to REMAIN with Security Essentials under Windows 7! Microsoft drops a fix for the wallpaper stretch black…

We’re excited to announce that the TWiT website now features transcripts for some of our most popular shows.Before You BuyCoding 101iFive for the iPhoneKnow HowMacBreak WeeklyThis Week in GoogleThis Week in LawThis Week in TechWindows WeeklyEpisode transcripts will be posted 3 to 5 days after the…

I previously worked on Borg, Omega, and related projects at Google. Before that, my background was in compilers, multi-threading, and high-performance computing. I’ve been programming since I was 10, and I started with machine code (hexadecimal -- not assembly).As we’ve been saying for a while now,…

Tonight Jason Howell, Becky Worley and Megan Morrone talk about Facebook's Marketplace, a way to let users buy and sell their stuff on Facebook. It's coming immediately to the US, the UK Australia, and New Zealand. You'll be able to access it on iOS and Android. We also chat about a change to…

A massive botnet of IoT devices took down Dyne DNS, knocking several major US websites off line in a DDOS attack Friday. Hackers were able to break into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail accounts via a simple phishing scheme. Both Microsoft and Apple will hold events next week announcing new…

The winner of the app arena from All About Android 294 is Bowmasters. This is a game where you shoot arrows across the map at different angles and power levels to hit the guy on the opposite side.One of the cool aspects of this game is that they've come up with 41 different characters and weapons…

If you live in the Phoenix area you can now apply to be part of a self-driving car testing program from Waymo, which was formerly Google's driverless car program and is now under the Alphabet umbrella. Testers have access to a driverless car with a test driver whenever they want, wherever they are…

New Surface Pro leaks, and leaks again, and is then announced. The biggest news? Now, it's a laptop. Creators Update: 18 percent of all Windows 10 PCs are now running the latest version - and Microsoft announces that the rollout is on track. Windows 10 China Government Edition: Microsoft bends over…

Rene Ritchie's pick of the week on MacBreak Weekly 547 is Pokémon Go Gen 2. The update includes new evolutions for generation 1 Pokémon and brand new Pokémon as well. There's new gameplay for when you encounter Pokémon in the wild and you can select berries and Poké Balls directly from the…

Google launched Lists for Maps that allows users to make organized lists of places and share them with friends. Facebook is reportedly negotiating with record labels to secure the rights to copyrighted music so its users can legitimately use that music in their own uploaded videos. …

Topics:The Skype outageAT&T's international data chargesGoogle and Star OfficeHotmail changesSCO vs. NovellNew XBox pricingPaul's Pick: The Customize Google Firefox ExtensionLeo's Pick: Wakoopa.comThis week's Audible Book:Audible book: Dune by Frank Herbert. Get your free audio book by visiting…

Google has decided to cease ads in Gmail, as well as stop the scanning of email contents for that purpose. G Suite business users were never exposed to such ads, but were still confused and concerned about the privacy implications as it affected their business, and the change makes it unambiguous…

On this episode of The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, November 4, 2017:The iPhone X is here. Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone give their first impressions on how Face ID works, the lack of a home button, and screen. Kelsea Weber from iFixit.com already torn down the iPhone X. They found…

John Cleese, Chrome, a live Web birth, Vaynerchuck, Tweetscan, Five minutes with Mike, and more.Headlines of the week:Google launches free web browser: ChromeLive birth on UStream.tvVaynerchuck launches t-shirt search engineWeb app of the week: TweetscanPodcast of the week: Five minutes with Mike,…

Google announces plans to bring its Privacy Sandbox to Android. Retinal implant patients are faced with obsolescence. The Department of Justice creates a cryptocurrency enforcement team. Dymo adds DRM to its thermal printers and paper.First, Ryne Hager from Android Police stops by to explain Google…

Brief Chat with Madona about her experience developing for Android / Budgeting BuddyAndroid 12 launched a month ago and Amazon Appstore still won’t run on itSamsung reportedly stopping Galaxy Note production at the end of the yearSamsung's new 200MP camera module could debut in some surprising…

17-inch laptops, ATSC 3.0, loud commercials on Hulu- Trevor wants to replace his older 17-inch Dell laptop with a quieter, newer system.- Ron wants to play the photo slideshows he makes with Windows Movie Maker on his Google Nest Hub Max.- Fran is having trouble connecting to WiFi with her MacBook…

Blood glucose monitoring soon to Apple Watches.US Supreme Court declines to hear a case by Wikipedia that challenges NSA surveillance.US Supreme Court hears case on Gonzales vs Google and Section 230.Bitwarden adds support for Argon2. What does that mean for you?How can you get all your computers…