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11/25/15: Apple buys a major motion capture company used in Hollywood, a new life-streaming camera clips to your clothes and records everything you see and streams it live, Vine videos come to the Apple Watch, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

I'm the co-founder and an active maintainer of Prometheus. Before joining SoundCloud in 2012 as an infrastructure engineer, I worked as a Site Reliability Engineer at Google in the production offline storage team (basically, backing up the internet to tape) from 2009 to 2012. Some time before that,…

Java is finally leaving the browser, Google's February Nexus Android update, the ongoing encryption debate, and Steve talks about how to set up a secure network for all your devices with no less than three dumb routers.We invite you to read our show notes.GRC.com: NAT Router Security Solutions

Some GWX (Get Windows X) news updates, a Windows 10 market share snapshot, hysteria over Windows 10 disk encryption, Google issues critical updates for recent Android versions, ransomware goes multi-platform with JavaScript, the next IoT Wi-Fi standard is ratified, smartwatch side-channel attacks,…

8/25/15: The Ashley Madison hack reveals they were involved in some hacking of their own, HTC's next phone looks way too much like the iPhone, a Dutch artist shows us the invisible world of WiFi, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

iOS 17 to support app sideloading to comply with European regulationsGhostToken opens Google accounts to permanent infectionOver half of the enterprise routers researchers bought secondhand hadn't been wipedIT companions instead of managersConsumers are fed up with passwords, according to 1Password…

On All About Android, Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Matteo Doni from Tech Travel Geeks talk about Google's announcement that it will require developers to use App Bundles for app distribution via the Play Store in August and what that means for the once open platform.Subscribe and watch the full …

Should you be wary of Amazon Sidewalk? iPad Pro vs. a MacBook, Google Photos is about to eliminate free unlimited storage, using an iPad without a credit card, Sam Abuelsamid: will electric trucks still be able to tow a trailer? Will Hires music be better with the new Apple TV? The best tablet for…

On All About Android, Jason Howell and Matteo Doni discuss recent changes at Google that hint at the company taking its tablet efforts more seriously again... but is it too little, too late?#Android #Tablet #Pixel

This week, we examine ROCA's easily factorable public keys, the surprising prevalence of web-based cryptocurrency mining, some interesting work in iOS password dialog spoofing, Google's Advanced Protection Program, some good "Loopback" comments from our listeners... and then we take a close look at…

More Zero-day exploits in Windows 10, publicly exposed Docker Engine APIs, Google's plan to fix Android, the DoD is expanding its existing "Hack the Pentagon" bug-bounty program to include hardware assets, the going rate for DDoS-for-Hire, and Steve has the answer to our vending machine conundrum…

7/23/15: Forensiq found a widespread form of ad fraud in mobile apps, the mayor of New York is no match for Uber, butt calls just got dangerous, Moto X images leaked, Twitch switches to HTML5, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

7/27/15: We share some interesting secrets found inside Android Auto, some of the world's smartest people want a ban on robot killing machines, a guy in New Zealand builds the ultimate house for Android fans, and more.Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

7/28/15: Motorola unveils the Moto X Pure Edition and more, OnePlus announces the new OnePlus 2, new customer satisfaction ratings for social networks, a new store on Amazon that sells crowdfunded gadgets, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

Sam Abuelsamid talks about the car tech that was shown off at CES this past week, using a Google Voice number with old phones, when to look for phones with 5G connectivity, the advantages of using a paid email service instead of Gmail, how to record interviews for a podcast out in the field, …

 Apple's Tim Cook Calls for Data Privacy.773M Passwords Pwned - How to Find Out If Yours Was.Amazon Tries to Make Alexa Sound "Newsy."Google Buys Fossil.74% of Facebook Users are Clueless.Facebook's 10 Year Challenge.Atari Founder Making Alexa Board Games.Stop Using Windows Phone!Tokyo Hotel…

8/12/15: Facebook is making a news app, Twitter feud between Tinder and Vanity Fair journalist, Lessig for President, hacked press release stockmarket scheme, Zirtual is saved by Startups.com, Oracle Chief Security Officer's rant, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode. 

8/6/15: Reddit bans a few specific racist communities - but not racist communities in general, the (R)evolution of Steve Jobs is coming, Facebook rolls out its own version of Meerkat - but you can't use it, it looks like Apple Pay is failing, and more...Check out the full show notes for today…

8/10/2015: Facebook's research team has found that LOL is no longer in vogue, Tesla is losing money on every car they sell, ad blockers go mainstream, new glasses that stop face recognition, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

Apple Watch Series 4 takes on heart disease.iPhone Xs, Xs Max, and Xr: what's in a name?All the new features and "new" features in the 2018 iPhones and iOS 12.Can Mark Zuckerberg fix Facebook's political woes?Hurricane tech.EU vs memes.California requires basic IoT security.Google kills Inbox.Ikea…

(01:26) Apple News+ is one week old, and Edmund Lee from the New York Times has insight into its early numbers. (16:26) Kelsey Piper from Vox says that Google's new AI ethics board is more about PR than about actually driving change.(27:29) Burger King now offers the meatless Impossible…

A startup dating site thats more like Uber than OK Cupid, Google "Photos" App keeps on uploading, Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata has passed away, and 2 Microsoft products that are late to the starting blocks...For links to stories, visit twit.tv/tn2/379Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is provided…

Brian Fung from the Washington Post reports on what power Trump really has over Google.Technology and Life Coach Teodora Pavkovic explains what happens when kids like their smart home speaker too much.An investigation into teenage Instagram influencers with Taylor Lorenz from The Atlantic.Jeff…

Leo explains why he quit Facebook for good, how to avoid being compromised through email, batch printing PDFs, how 2-factor authentication works, porting numbers to Google Voice, is a stuck pixel covered under a laptop warranty, whether or not to use third-party antivirus, the best programs for…

37signals, the cloud computing innovator known for Basecamp, Highrise, and Ruby on Rails.Audible.com pick of the week: What Would Google Do? Unabridged, By Jeff Jarvis, Narrated by Jeff Jarvis. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/night.

Windows has scaled back its phone business with 7800 layoffs, networks at Delta Airlines and NYSE failed today, GoPro released its newest wearable camera the Hero 4 Session, Google Search results are sexist, and more...For links to stories, visit twit.tv/tn2/376 Bandwidth for Tech News 2Night is…

Chrome, Spore, Nano nouveau, timeshifting evolves, a Google-synchronous orbit, an ad about nothing, and more.Links to all our stories are at http://del.icio.us/twit/159.Audible pick of the week: Get two free audiobooks when you sign up for Audible's Platinum offer at Audible.com/twit2.

Samsung to hit the reset button on the Galaxy S6 with "Project Zero," government requests up 24% since 2013 for Facebook, OnBeep's Onyx wearable lets you talk with friends similarly to the Star Trek communicator, Apple Watch rumored to come out February 14th, Spotify royalty payments are greater…

Privacy regulators in the European Union agreed to a new set of guidelines that would apply the EU's "Right to be Forgotten" censorship to all versions of Google worldwide. The rules would apply to other search engines as well. They also called for censoring the search engine company's own…

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone show you how you can record your own voice on the Waze navigation app from Google, so you're the one giving turn by turn navigation. Stay tuned to download Leo's voice for your Waze app or share your own voice so we can hear you while we're driving around town.Full…

Much of the excitement around Google's Pixel 3 announcement are its picture-taking features, like Super Res Zoom and Night Sight. DPReview Science Editor Rishi Sanyal joins Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone to talk about these new features and how the computational photography has improved from the…

Security Now's Steve Gibson knows why contact tracing apps are never going to work. Whether it's Apple/Google's contact tracing API or another solution, Covid apps are never going to work as well as human contact tracing, They probably won't even work at all.Subscribe & watch the full Security…

With iOS 8.0.2 update Apple lets HealthKit apps back into the App Store, Apple says they will release an OSX update to fix the Shellshock bug, Google said to be pressuring partners to include more apps, BlackBerry sells 200K Passport smartphones, more trouble for ride-sharing companies, an investor…

Apple Watch pre-order sales numbers, Google is close to making Android Wear work with iPhones, Many Apple Stores are not carrying Retina MacBook stock on launch day, Apple releases iOS 8.3 with new emojis, wireless CarPlay, and a UI fix for the space bar, Apple previews a revamped Music app for iOS…

Live from the stage in Las Vegas for NAB 2016, Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how Yahoo is getting frisky with Verizon and the Yellow Pages. Siri goes rogue by revealing the date of Apple's upcoming WWDC developers conference. A drone may have collided with an airplane, and air safety is…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell take the TWiT stage at NAB 2016 one last time to tackle Google's anti-trust charge in the EU and how that could dramatically affect it's business model, a third party is bringing Amazon's Alexa to its smartwatch, the big tech companies weigh in on the encryption bill…

Federal privacy complaint for Google's program to track shoppers, Roomba CEO says they won't sell maps of users' homes... or will they?  Where does your car's collected data go?  Anonymous browsing data can be exposed, what happens when the internet knows you're pregnant, read the…

9/28/15 : GoPro's got a new camera and it's cheap, Microsoft's got it's own set of cardboard virtual reality goggles, BlackBerry's CEO tries to demo the company's new Android phone, but instead demonstrates that he doesn't know how to use Android, and more...Full shownotes for this episode…

9/16/2015 :iOS 9 is officially available to download today, A 14-year-year old aspiring engineer arrested for a homemade clock, IT executives and scientists ponder what tech advances there will be by 2025, Porsche reveals an all-electric sports concept, and more...Check out the full show notes for…

11/24/15: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launches a rocket into space and then lands it gently back on earth, Apple is getting ready to launch Apple Pay in China, Snapchat lets you view major events from several viewpoints, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

For some of us making meals can be a difficult chore that ultimately leads to a bland dish that doesn't tantalize the taste buds like it should. Thankfully, there is an assortment of apps that will help you learn new recipes, and if you go out to dinner but aren't too sure what's on the menu. Now…

Scott Johnson from Frogpants Network joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss Google's effort to tackle trolls on the Internet. GoPro shows off their new lineup of cameras and drones, but they aren't cheap. Lyft envisions a post-car ownership world for 2025. Samsung rushed the Galaxy Note 7…

Google’s entire lineup of new hardware devices leaked by Droid Life all in one day. The for-profit online education program Udacity is now offering new nanodegrees in the study of self-driving cars and flying cars. CNBC released a new report saying that Sprint and T-Mobile might be near an…

Picture of the Week.Multiple Exploitable Samsung 0-Days.A good idea for NPM.The TikTok Tick Tock.Google pushes for 90-day TLS certificate life.CHESS is safe.CISA has begun scanning!Flying Trojan Horses.Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-915-Notes.pdf

Can Google Compete with ChatGPT?Rising 'Firebrick Ostrich' BEC Group Launches Industrial-Scale CyberattacksiOS 16.3 and macOS Ventura 13.2 add hardware security key supportMIT Engineers Invent Vertically Stacked MicroLEDs With Highest-Ever Pixel DensityAppliance makers sad that 50% of customers won…

Source code published for unpatched iPhone exploitsGoogle finds new way to sneak malware past detection toolsWhat Facebook's latest apology reveals about its security and safetyShould manufacturers update their software forever?The Microsoft Airband Initiative wants to increase broadband…

Twitter's big hack, stabilize your camera with a gimbal, soundbars with Scott Wilkinson, the best way to scan text with an iPhone, keeping a domain name, stopping your Amazon Earbuds from overheating, starting an internet radio station, travel updates with Johnny Jet, saving business card data from…

The Justice Department is stepping up to combat ransomware and cybercrimeGoogle and Salesforce: How companies should use MVSPUpdating your service address a few feet delays Starlink ordersHackers are breaking into networks today for more data tomorrowQuestions to ask to help reduce risk and…

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte. Jeff Jarvis, and Joan Donovan discussed "the slap" from the 2022 Oscars ceremony and the impact it had on Twitter when it happened.For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/657#Twitter @Oscars #TheSlap

8K UHD TVs at CES 2019 with Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, restoring deleted data off an iPhone, issues texting with Google Voice, update breaks Android Auto, Chrome OS all-in-one recommendations, Johnny Jet travel tips with LAX Map Alerts and renting pools with Swimply, booting issues on a 15…