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Today's Stories: Jeff Jarvis' list of who to follow on Twitter for expert advice on coronavirus Zeynep Tufekci on masks - they are not perfect, but they help. Google under coronavirus: pausing chrome updates, security issues Musk defiant: Tesla factory stays open despite shelter…

Apple + Google Coronavirus Tracker, iPhone SE, OnePlus 8 ProThis Week's Stories:Apple and Google's Coronavirus tracer API: privacy nightmare or healthcare savior? (Or both?)MacBook Air Review - not a pro computer, but fixes everything that was wrong with the 2018 versionOnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro…

We are thrilled to announce Huyen Tue Dao as an official co-host for All About Android starting Tuesday, January 11, 2022.Huyen Tue Dao currently develops the app Trello for Atlassian, Inc. and previously worked as an independent contractor, developing educational apps with her Android…

Come see Merlin, Alex, Scott, and Leo along with many Mac luminaries during our live taping of MacBreak Weekly, Tuesday, January 9, at the 21st Amendment brew pub, 563 2nd Street in San Francisco. Alex tells me we have several thousand dollars worth of prizes to give away. And we'll be taping in…

We're going to install Ubuntu Touch on our Nexus deviceInstalling Ubuntu TouchWhat is Ubuntu Touch? Canonical says "The Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview is intended to be used for development and evaluation purposes only. It is an experimental development snapshot that can potentially brick your…

Leo Laporte and Florence Ion break down the big DDoS hack that took down the Internet this week. Then, Leo and Flo give us their first impressions of the Google Pixel phone. Afterward, Leo takes Flo for a ride in his Tesla Model X and talks about Tesla's latest round of updates. Megan Morrone…

Members of Facebook’s engineering staff disagree with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's stance that false news on the network did not have an impact on last week's election. They are reportedly forming an unofficial task force within the company, meeting in secret to formalize a list of recommendations to…

Megan Morrone's app cap on iOS Today 334 is Lumyer. This is an app that will do funny things with your selfies. It has animated effects that you can apply to your photos, which can make it look like you're blowing a bubble, give yourself hair that's blowing in the wind, and much more. You can add…

Leo Laporte has been trying every mesh Wi-Fi product under the sun, including the Google, Eero, Plume, and more. The latest he's tried is the Orbi from Netgear, which is his pick of the week from This Week in Google 384. This is not quite a mesh network. Instead, it's a more traditional AC3000…

Microsoft says the Windows 10 anniversary update protects you from exploits even before they get patched. Thanks to exploit mitigation controls, Microsoft's security researchers say systems running Windows 10 anniversary update are more secure against future attacks.In other Windows news, Joshua…

The New York Times says that Russian Hackers gained access to the emails of DNC campaign chairman John Podesta as a result of a typo, when a phishing email was passed along claiming it was "legitimate" and not "illegitimate." Podesta clicked on the link in the phishing email and the rest is…

Leo Laporte's app cap on iOS Today 302 is The Sandbox Evolution. This lets you play god by crafting and destroying worlds. It has an 8bit style, uses advanced physics, and has over 170 elements and controllable heroes. This makes it possible to create your own levels and play through them.You can…

Rene Ritchie's pick of the week on MacBreak Weekly 565 is the latest Pokemon Go update. One of the major changes is the way gyms operate. The game now will hurt higher level Pokemon more in gyms, so you'll want to use lower powered Pokemon instead. It's also easier to take down a gym, and you get…

Firefox 3, Microsoft advertising, MSN Music, Lotus Symphony, your taskbar, and more.Topics:Paul attends Celtics finals victory in Game 6Firefox 3 download day: 8.3 million downloads for the recordNew features: new UI, extensibility, awesomebar, library, malware protection and more.Microsoft hires…

James Webb pics, Ev Williams steps down, MacBook Air M2 review First James Webb Space Telescope pics give us our deepest look into space yet. Musk Seeks to Block ‘Warp Speed’ Twitter Trial Over $44 Billion Deal. What would a post-Twitter world look like? Evan Williams Is…

File Explorer access keys, Edge Workspaces public preview, Xbox Remix Special Edition Controller Happy birthday, MicrosoftMicrosoft turned 48 this week (April 4). It took a wrong left turn in AlbuquerqueWindows 11New Beta channel build adds Access Keys to File Explorer, Content Adaptive…

[Top TN2 Animation ]Tonight! the FTC says T-Mobile made hundreds of millions of dollars from bogus charges, Google acquires Songza, and Facebook catches more heat for their Emotional Manipulation researchTech News 2Night is Next! [TWiT Open][Main TN2 Open]This is Tech News…

[Top TN2 Animation ]Tonight! Smile, the FBI's new face recognition system is ready to go, the U.S. Government's demand for user data is growing, and it's official- Microsoft buys Minecraft for billions.Tech News 2Night is Next! …

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech!  We've got a great panel for you.  Stephen Levy from Backchannel and Wired Magazine.  Georgia Dow from iMore, and Steve Kovach from Business Insider.  We're going to talk about the week's tech news, the big tech summit at…

Becky Worley:  I'm Becky Worley and I'm sitting in for Leo Laporte on This Week in Tech, and we have a phenomenal panel.  It's an all Robert panel.  We have Rob Reid, the science fiction writer, we have Robert Scoble, who needs no introduction, and we have Bob Sullivan, who is a…

It’s time for Twit, This Week in Tech!  Ed Bott joins Jeff Jarvis. Got a great panel for you. We’ll be talking about the fact that Microsoft read one of its employee’s emails. Are they reading yours? We also have the inside look at Google’s new watch, Android Wear. And Satoshi Nakamoto; is…

Leo: It's time for TwiG, This Week in Google. Mathew Ingram joins Jeff Jarvis and me as we talk about the latest news from Google. We'll talk a little bit about the Chromecast, Google Now, some cool new features and what happened, yes, at Gigaom. It's all coming up next on TwiG. Voiceover:…

Alexa's new voice, Thread on Eero, Siri ShortcutsYou can add Alexa to your Home screen with the new 'Ask Alexa' widget 'Good night' or 'bedtime', Alexa routines now support multiple phrases Upcoming Thread support for Eero Routers Google's redesigned Wear OS will only reach a few…

Google Assistant updates, LTE trackers, and why Thread's excitingGoogle Fixes Two Annoying Quirks in Its Voice Assistant Nest Hub may soon be the center of your hotel room Sonos Roam is a nearly perfect portable Assistant Garmin’s 2 new smartwatches want to make the casual athlete…

This Week's Stories: iPhone 11 vs iPhone 11 Pro iPhone 11 Pro Max: the end of the Thinner Era No High refresh rate for iPhone Pro New iPhone colors: corpse purple, baby poop green How durable is the iPhone 11 Pro? Night mode, 3 lenses, high key: is iPhone 11 Pro the…

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TikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple AnnouncementRob Reid's Ted Talk on synthetic biology and pandemics from 2019The Privileged Have Entered their Escape PodsMicrosoft Duo reviews coming September 10thA guy in a jetpack sited by planes near LAXFacebook bans political ads the week before the…

Contact Tracing, Synthetic Biology Ask a futurist: how do we get from now to the Covid-19 free future? Steer into the slide. The future of synthetic biology is sticking viruses into our systems as medication Apple-Google contact tracing vs Palantir: who do you trust? France bans…

Apple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+Is Apple pulling away from the competition?Is Intel dying?Snap Spectacles third edition arrives in IndiaGoogle buys North, makers of Focals smart glassesWhere are Alexis Ohanian and Pete Cashmore?Mark Gurman has the scoop on Apple GlassesLidar…

On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, February 10, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: Apple's HomePod launched this week. We show you how it works and how it stacks up to its competition like Google Home Max, Sonos One,  Amazon Echo Show, and the Harman Kardon…

Windows 10 20H1 … is this really it? Microsoft keeps releasing new Windows 10 versions 20H1 with no new features or minor features at best. Is this all we're getting? Let's revisit what actually is in 20H1 so farTeams Microsoft says it has 20 million daily active users on Teams …

Sumbul Desai, Apple NVMe Speeds, Foldable iPhones Apple readies new MacBooks and iMacs for part three of overhaul Apple VP of Health speaks! Tim Cook’s $99 million bonus for 2021 at risk over shareholder advisory group concern Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store'…

Hardware event preview, HTC Vive Flow, Squid Game successUnleashed Apple Event Focusing on New Macs to Take Place on October 18.MacBook Pro Display With Notch Shown in Alleged Photo Leak.Errol Morris Interrotron.In-person versus remote conversations online.Pixel Fall Launch: Everything to…

Leo Laporte and Iain Thompson talk about what Trump's presidency means for the tech industry. We learn about how Emojis are made from a member of the Unicode Consortium. Jason Howell has tips for your new Google Home. 4K gaming is here with the PS4 Pro, Bryan Burnett has his review. Megan Morrone…

Pebble will shut down and fitness company FitBit will buy Pebble's key assets. The acquisition excludes hardware, but some of Pebble's talent, and all of its intellectual property will now belong to FitBit. The Pebble Time 2, Pebble Core, and Pebble Time Round Kickstarter Editions will not go into…

Iain Thomson from The Register joins Jason Howell to talk about Uber's announcement that it will halt its San Francisco pilot program for its self driving vehicles after revoking Uber’s registration for 16 of its autonomous vehicles. Uber says it will redeploy its vehicles elsewhere.Google…

Google released its Bad Ads report for 2016, showing that it eliminated 1.7 billion ads from its network. Those ads came in direct violation of its policies, more than doubling 2015’s number. Google cracked down on deceptive ads, trick to click scams, and ads that pointed to fake news.HP is…

E3 goes virtual, microdosing in the metaverse.CES through the years. Oversized future USPS delivery truck on display at CES in Las Vegas. BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink. Massage Robot at CES 2022. This super realistic “humanoid robot” stole the…

Studio Display Fix, Apple Union Fight, macOS Server Apple releases fix for Studio Display. Twitter accepts buyout, giving Elon Musk total control of the company. Twitter’s legal team has been an aggressive defender of free speech; Will that continue under Musk? Apple warns…

Notepad tabs, Stack Overflow 2022 developer survey, LastPass alternativesWindowsMicrosoft’s next Moment for Windows 11 is on the wayMicrosoft is testing tabs in Notepad internallyThis is what we’re reduced to with the Windows 11 team, a 25-year old debate about MDI and SDIGoogle is changing the…

It's the last week of the iOS/Android switch and we've got Jason and Megan back on the show to give us their final thoughts about living 6 weeks in enemy territory! What does Jason like about iOS? What does Megan want Apple to copy from Google? Are they ready to swap back to their own devices? --…

Tech News for Tuesday October 11, 2016The American Civil Liberties Union published a blog post that details how Twitter, Facebook and Instagram unkowingly fed data to 500 law enforcement agencies during the protests in Baltimore and Ferguson earlier this year. The data was originally granted to…

Tech News for Monday April 24, 2017Sling Media is adding to its Sling arsenal with a new piece of video production hardware called SlingStudio that’s aimed at video producers who are looking to spruce up their Facebook Live and YouTube Live streams. The SlingStudio hub can accept up to 10 video…

Microsoft is losing $126 per unitHere's a set of beautiful screenshots of the 360's "blades"Browser makers agree to a new super-certificate to stop phishingWant a certificate error? Click here (well until Google fixes it)Steve gets his from Verisign - unfortunately Thawte is now owned by…

Even Mologogo can't track Mitnick downWoz is in Vegas to speak to Sharp - hope he doesn't say Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditurWoz has been on a road show for the Acquicore SPACThe SPAC team includes Gil Amelio, Ellen Hancock, and WozGoogle is censoring its search results in China. Some…

Does the Google CEO's place on Apple's board presage a Sun merger? Nancy Drew and Vista, and behemoth plasma displays.Microsoft is shutting down MSN Messenger videochats forcing users to move to Windows Live Messenger.Check out Microsoft's Live LabsGoogle's CEO, Eric Schmidt, has joinedApple's…

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT: This Week in Tech! Tom Merritt makes his way back to the TWiT stage. So glad to have him. Baratunde Thurston, Ben Thompson. We're going to talk about the new Twitter, what's going on at Snapchat, we got the latest from E3. I'm telling you, it's a jam packed show…

Alexa's adaptive volume, Philips Hue's Spotify sync, HOOBS 4Amazon’s new ‘adaptive volume’ will make Alexa speak louder when it’s noisyAmazon taps its SocialBot challenge to boost conversational AIAmazon may soon stream live performances to Echo speakersPhilips Hue partners with Spotify to turn all…

This Week's StoriesMicrosoft and Sony make a game streaming megadeal. Exactly what the deal will yield is a bit murky, but this could be a big customer win for Azure and xCloud.How about that Minecraft Earth app? Another Azure win (Azure Spatial Anchors is at its heart)Windows 10 1903 released…

WinHEC, Windows 7, Google/Yahoo, Xbox 360, Gears of War, Virtual PC, and more.WinHEC 2008: Continuing the Windows 7 news explosionGoogle/Yahoo! deal falls apart: Microsoft to the rescue?Lets Talk Xbox 360Friday: Gears of War 2Next week: Call of Duty 5 World at WarPaul's Zune 120 Gears of War 2…