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More on the Sony security breach, recovering a hard drive password, free photo management utilities, syncing backup drives, erasing and starting over with a smartphone, Google's auto photo uploading feature, starting an internet radio station, and more of your calls.

Trusting news on Facebook, recording radio broadcasts digitally, is the new MacBook Pro still for pros? An Android phone for multitasking, Amazon Echo vs. Google Home, is it time to get a 4K TV? And more of your calls!

The Facebook funnel of distribution of the internet, the economics of attention with content, Uber "bro-grammers," Google uses machine learning for music, a doll that is capable of spying banned in Germany, and a browser for Philip Hue Lights.

On Stacey Higginbotham's 1st day as host, she discusses with Leo Laporte, Aaron Newcomb, and Mathew Ingram the Google Home, Android Apps on Chrome, the ins and outs of Project Ara, and changes at Twitter.

Where do you get your news? Setting up Open DNS, movies in VR, stopping the Windows 10 update, finding the right hearing aid, finding downloaded files on an Android phone, customizing Google Maps, and more of your calls!

Leo Laporte, Ron Amadeo, and Matt Cutts discuss Google's anti-monopoly case in Russia, and what it means globally.For the full episode visit twit.tv/twig/344

In an internal memo, one Google employee let his feelings about the company's recent diversity efforts be known. Namely, that the company should focus less on fighting discrimination against women, and focus more on fighting discrimination against sexist men.

Ant Pruitt sits with This Week in Google co-host Jeff Jarvis in this Club TWiT members-only fireside chat.Jarvis has had a fascinating career as a journalist and shares some great stories about his journey. 

Microsoft stops scanning books, the FBI's national security letters, and more.Leo apologizes to Kevin Rose about last week's Twitter comments. Follow Kevin.Microsoft to shut down book search program in face competition from Google Book Search. Microsoft's comments.Text Archive, Open Content…

It's time to travel and visit the folks. You're likely going to be fixing your parents' computer.Here are the tips, tricks, and tools we've found work the best.Carry Anti-Malware on YouGrab yourself a USB key and load it with some tools. We really like Hijack This, which is a great way to find out…

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 For Loops, and checking out If (then) Else Statements.Reviewing For LoopsHow do I download and compile my first code on a Mac? Download the C#…

Eric Schultz is the Community Manager at prpl Foundation with a particular focus on working with the OpenWrt/LEDE community. Prior to this, Eric worked as Developer Advocate at Outercurve Foundation where he managed and supported the foundation’s 25 open source projects. He has a…

Tech News for Tuesday November 1, 2016Lenovo’s long awaited Project Tango phone is finally shipping to customers. The Lenovo Phab 2 Pro is a unique device that houses a 16MP rear facing camera along with custom depth and motion tracking sensors that allow the 6.4” device to scan and track movement…

Tech News for Monday November 28, 2016A heck of a lot of people bought stuff last Friday, a day known by many as "Black Friday." Adobe has been tracking e-commerce transactions for the holiday season and says sales were notable for a few reasons. First, the day set a sales record at around $3.34…

Genesis is on tour. Police on tour. Oyster Head. Neal Peart.LAME!RIAA responds to Jobs. More talk about this letter.The new mix tape.Bare Naked Ladies have a thumb drive.John Vanderslice isn't doing print. Jonathan Coulton is making way more than $1500. Here's some back story.Sony Root Kit.Weasel…

Tech News for Tuesday April 25, 2017Waymo wants you! 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. In a post on Medium, Waymo CEO John Krafcik…

Tech News Today for Tuesday May 9, 2017Amazon has unveiled the Echo Show, the rumored Echo with a screen. You can use the $229 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…

Join team TWiT in bidding the Brickhouse farewell, and help celebrate the move to the Eastside Studio on August 21st! There are several ways you can be a part of this huge event.The Tech Guy will record as scheduled at the Brickhouse. While tickets for The Tech Guy are all booked, we hope you will…

Tech News for September 8, 2016For months, the FCC has been seeking to unchain the set top box market, pull that power away from the cable companies, and place it into the hands of consumers by allowing them to choose which device to use to watch their paid content. Tom Wheeler, FCC chairman, wrote…

Defcon report, the death of DRM, and thumb whittling...An NBC Dateline reporter was caught undercover at DefCon.The exploitation of several authentication systems were demonstrated at DefCon.MySpace removed a security researcher's profile after he unveiled some security flaws.The FaceBook source…

Tech News for Thursday June 22, 2017Time Magazine is reporting that hackers accessed and manipulated voter data at least once during the 2016 presidential campaign, including social security numbers. According to official sources, Time says some voter hacking was identified and rectified and there…

Congratulations to Alex Lindsay on his little (and incredibly laid back) boy. Malakhi! (Born in THREE hours, cries for a maximum of minute at a time), see Malahki here This episode everyone gets lost in skype dead-space at some point, so bear with us!: And now the news......New LED screens ordered…

Google Chrome wants to block "annoying" ads, transferring your cell phone data from Android to iOS, is there a TV with front firing speakers? What's the best mesh router system? Switching to Windows for Imagineers, and more of your calls!

Fr. Robert Ballecer and Patrick Norton discuss the partnership between Qualcomm and Google to pre-integrate support for faster Android P updates in devices.Full episode at twit.tv/twich465

On Smart Tech Today, Matthew Cassinelli and Mikah Sargent discuss Sonos's claim that Google won't let the company offer the use of more than one concurrent voice assistant on its smart speakers.Full episode at twit.tv/stt98

Siva Vaidhyanathan is the author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy. He joins Leo Laporte and This Week in Google host Jeff Jarvis to discuss whether Facebook is responsible for the downfall of democracy.

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham explore the new features of the upcoming Pixel 4. Full episode at twit.tv/twig519

Lou Maresca, Heather Williams, and Curt Franklin discuss the recent penalty brought against Google for violating Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation.Full episode at twit.tv/twiet326 

Why Telsa is far from fully self-driving cars, WiFi calling issues on smartphones, Google Pixelbook vs. Samsung Chromebook Plus, choosing smart home doorbells and security cameras, how to monitor your home internet connection quality, and more of your calls!

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone show off some new tricks from old apps, including a Note-to-Self feature on the encrypted messaging app Signal, a dark mode in Facebook Messenger, and a wonky way to add Google Assistant to your Siri Shortcuts.

We'll tell you everything you need to know about Google's new parent company "Alphabet." Reddit is about to be banned in Russia, a new hack attack that lets remote hackers take control of your car's brakes, and more...

Qualcom Snapdragon 845... mo power, less power!!! Windows laptops on Snapdragon CPUs, Amazon and Google are FIGHTING AGAIN, HDMI 2.1, we found cheap GPUs... at least for now, and check out the new Mini-ITX cases from SFF Labs!

Cortana will soon just be a skill on Alexa and Google Assistant. Microsoft said it would not miss the next wave. Has it?Full episode at twit.tv/ww605

On This Week in Google, Stacey Higginbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Mathew Ingram talk about Android Q, which may come out next week!Full episode at twit.tv/twig523

Mississippi police pilot a program to live-stream Ring doorbell cams.For more on this story and many others, watch this episode This Week in Google: https://twit.tv/twig/584

On Smart Tech Today, Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli discuss sleep cycles and Google Clock's Bedtime Mode (and Sunrise Alarm) for Android.Full episode at twit.tv/stt42

How to watch the 2018 Winter Olympics in 4K, should you get the Apple HomePod? Upgrading to a new phone for security updates, converting documents to PDF in Windows 7, password managers, Google Fi vs. Verizon and more of your calls!

A pita-sized device that steals encryption keys, free DC comics, Google wants everyone to calm down already about the safety of robot cars, Disney hates your selfie stick, an ingenious kickstarter to kick your kids out of the house, and more...

Parody and Fair Use thanks to the Two Live Crew, music licensing at the Olympics, U.S. v. Microsoft and the future of big data, Google v. Googles, are horse accidents the best analogy to determine liability for self-driving cars?

Avast anti-virus knows what websites you go to. And it is selling that data to Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and Home Depot. Full episode at twit.tv/twig544

Bose takes on Apple, Foursquare takes on Yelp, Google takes on science, Verizon will drop speeds for some grandfathered unlimited plan customers, the House votes to allow unlocking cell phones, and robots fill empty seats at a Korean baseball stadium.

Vodafone's secret wire taps are no longer secret, the Apple watch may have a real launch date, the CIA loves social media, Flickr users must log in with a Yahoo account, Google rumored to be in talks to acquire Songza and more.

Google's Nexus 6 pre-orders sell out, the Nexus Player for Android TV is available for pre-order, more details about the MCX/CurrentC hack, Microsoft cuts 3,000 more jobs, and the FBI creates a fake newspaper website to catch a suspect.

Twitter CFO - Newsweek - Forbes gets hacked, White House announces new Cyber Threat group, Cyanogen gets more funding, Tim Cook talks about Apple, Google provides medical info in search results, Yelp merges with Eat24 to deliver great food, and more...

This Week in Google host Gina Trapani comes on the show to talk all about, open source programming, days at lifehacker, is code poetry or poetry code? And much more.

Jack Dorsey will be named Twitter CEO, Facebook is rolling out animated profile pics, Apple bans the iFixit app from the app store, some guy actually bought google.com and owned the domain for an entire minute, and more...

Robert Scoble is here to talk about the battle for news on social media sites, Google Nexus rumors, the Mr Fusion energy creator is real, an iOS app to block ALL content on the Internet, and more...

Denise Howell, Emory Roane and Mike Keyes talk about what could be done to combat fake news stories on Facebook and Google.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/367.

Listener Steve Main sends in a video to clarify confusion over USB Power Distribution and different power profiles for the Google Pixel phones.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/294.

App developer Kevin Holesh talks about Moment and Focus apps that nag you to stop texting and driving. Germany tells Facebook, Twitter, and Google to delete hate speech, Netflix re-encodes, and Android Pay lets you pay within apps.