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First impressions of the Google Pixel 3 XL, a remote alert for detecting if an elderly parent falls, troubleshooting intermittent connection from an Apple Airport router, talking to AT&T about unexpected overage charges, capturing old Super 8 movie reels, the right microphone for voice…

Florence Ion and Megan Morrone talk to Aaron Emigh, the Co-Founder and CEO of Brilliant, a home control device that works with the Ring Video Doorbell, the Amazon Echo, Sonos, Google Assistant, and more. Emigh discusses how his background in cybersecurity helped him built security into his product…

This week Intel confirms tick-tock-shattering processors, Windows 10 is done with Betas, a new iPod Touch from Apple, Google's going deep into Neural Networks, Facebook's Oculus Rift to pay $60 million for Gesture-Control Firm Pebbles, Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury 4GB review, a big announcement coming…

Windows update issues, Scott Wilkinson rants about streaming services' disappearing shows, privacy platforms to help protect yourself from identity theft, randomly disconnecting WiFi, using 4G LTE for home internet, Johnny Jet on deep discounts on traveling for the summer, what you need to know…

Soundbar replacements for a home theater system and processing thousands of images.Soundbar suggestions for a home theater system, monitor suggestions for the new Mac Mini's, troubleshooting a non-functioning subwoofer, a possible dying iMac display, batch processing thousands of images, why Google…

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Apple's Education event in Chicago that featured a new $329 iPad ($299 for schools), a $49 "Crayon" from Logitech, and AR frog dissections. Plus, Google Lens in iOS, should you buy a used iPad 2, and the best iPhone X cases. Megan reviews an app by Peter Norby…

Ron is the Reviews Editor at Ars Technica, where he specializes in Android OS and Google products. He is always on the hunt for a new gadget and loves to rip things apart to see how they work. Previously Ron was an editor for Android Police, and he has about eight years of IT experience. He loves…

Securely sharing photos online & alternatives to Sonos.Issues sending texts via Google Voice, what to do with an expired gift card, options for the fastest internet in a remote area, helping Steve Martin stopping emails from going into his spam filter, kind of bandwidth needed for an RV, a…

Megan Morrone talks to Gabriel Weinberg, founder of the private search engine DuckDuckGo about the company's new browser extension and mobile app. What you need to know about hyper-targeting and some tips for improving your privacy and breaking the Google and Facebook habit.For the full episode,…

HomePod should have been delayed longer. Elon Musk's rollercoaster week: Falcon Heavy sends a Tesla to Mars just as Tesla has its worst quarter ever. iPhone boot code leaked online. Chrome will shame insecure websites. YouTube suspends Logan Paul for generally being a horrible human being…

Surprise: young people use social more than the oldsters. Some of them even use Vero. Samsung Galaxy S9 takes top marks for display and camera. Google Fiber didn't go quite as planned. Feds in your iPhone? It's more likely than you think. Amazon buys Ring, can now see and hear everything. US vs…

Patrick Norton and Sebastian Peak discuss Google's Stadia, which was recently revealed to arrive on November 19, 2019 for customers who pre-ordered. Gamers can start playing titles like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Mortal Kombat 11 starting at 9am PST on 11/19Full episode at twit.tv/twich537

Beyond the password, Cybersecurity summer camps, Private 5GGoogle Warns of New Spyware Targeting iOS and Android UsersResearchers Say Only 3% of Open Source Software Bugs Are Actually AttackableVPNs Persist Despite Zero-Trust FervorNSA Is Funding Summer Camps to Teach Kids to Be Cyber ProsEvolving…

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Verdict reached in the Apple Samsung patent lawsuit, Amazon lets you shop without leaving Twitter, Google considers killing off the URL, and more.Starting in June 2010, Tech News Today has reached its 1000th episode and wouldn't be where it is without the likes of people like Tom Merritt, Sarah…

President Obama calls caving to hackers a "mistake", US Officials confirm North Korea did it but InfoSec members call that a "mistake", BBC reveals poor working conditions in China Apple factory, Apple CEO is "deeply offended", Instagram lowers its amount of spam and raises its net-worth, Google…

News details on GoPro's virtual reality camera rig, a porn-centric video player has been caught taking pictures of its users in order to blackmail them, self-driving cars can be hacked, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode.

Comcast apologizes for DNS outage, Chrome is zapping flash to save battery life, TSA missed 95% of test bombs, China blamed for massive breech at US Office of Personnel Management, things get worse for SOHO routers, Cheebert continues his Maui SmartNet installation, "Hacker's List" gets hacked,…

Megan Morrone, Jason Howell, and Tom Merritt from The Daily Tech News Show talk about who will benefit from Samsung's loss of the Galaxy Note 7. Apple, Google, or Huawei? And what will Samsung do about users who say you can tear their Galaxy Note 7s out of their hot, dead hands?For the full episode…

At Facebook's F8 developer Conference, Mark Zuckerberg and team announced their new focus on augmented reality, hanging out in virtual reality, Messenger bots, millimeter wave radio internet, VR cameras, AR glasses, typing with your mind, and hearing with your skin. Ajit Pai has trouble rolling…

WWDC is less than a week away! What will Apple announce at their yearly developers conference? Updated MacBooks? New iMacs? A Siri speaker to compete with Google Home and the Amazon Echo? Dare we hope for a new Mac Mini?Alex's Pick: Lumu Light MeterAndy's Pick: Samsung Gear 360Rene's Pick: Star…

Starting on February 13th, 2017, Gmail will start blocking .js file attachments. This adds .js to a long list of file extensions, including .exe, .bat, and .sys blocked by Gmail for security reasons. Users with legitimate reasons to send .js files will still be able to use Google Drive to transfer…

Bacon reserves at a 50 year low. Our picks for the best tech billionaires' apocalypse bunker islands. Musical Trump tweets. Club Penguin shuts down. Super scary walking robots with wheels. Facebook de-verifies God. Google beats Q4 estimates; Facebook stomps all over them.Jeff's Number: 97% of voice…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how Apple might be in the market to pick up MacLaren. Google finally releases the latest in its catalog of messaging apps, Allo. Technology is being used to improve sleep, but how well is it working? Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are giving $3 billion to…

This week, we'll be discussing a number of hardware highlights from Mobile World Congress, another stab at messaging for Android, what the Apple FBI backdoor case could mean for Android users, browsing the Play Store in MS-DOS, and more!For full show notes go here.

Jason Howell, Megan Morrone, and Allison Sheridan of NosillaCast talk to Sam Abuelsamid, Senior Analyst for smart transportation with Navigant Research. We talk about V2V and V2X communications, sensors, and the Google self-driving car that hit the side of a transit bus a few weeks back.Full…

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss the iPhone's billionth sale. Microsoft keeps developing cool apps for other platforms, and this time it's an AI driven camera app for iOS. SoundCloud is reportedly interested in exploring a sale, but might have a hard time finding a buyer. Facebook had an…

Amazon Echo might have its own inexpensive music streaming service. Google is funding immersive video and content in preparation for its upcoming VR effort Daydream for Android. Facebook is testing autoplay video ads with the audio turned on...that is a bad idea, don't you think? Tesla shows off a…

Live from Macworld: Jean-Paul Bonjour of Apple's Pro apps team, John Skidgel, an information designer at Google, and Jean MacDonald of The Favorite Aunt and SmileOnMyMac.

What will Apple's redesigned iPhone be named? Will it have Touch ID and facial recognition? And most importantly, will it come in Blush Gold? Scott Bourne is here to give us some computational photography tips. More signs point to an LTE Apple Watch. How hard will it be to get a HomePod for…

The best way to blog while on vacation, Google Home can now make phone calls, alternative ways to control cameras, what to get for a secondary phone, updating an Android phone without a carrier, Scott Wilkinson joins us to talk about Apple investing billions into original programming, Johnny Jet…

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10122 now available, Windows 10 Mobile for phones build 10080 released May 14, understanding the intersection between SKUs and servicing branches, new touch-first Office apps for Android phones, firmware updates for the Surface Pro 2 & 3, Surface 3 gets drivers…

On the New Screen Savers show, Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone want to put an end to the Emoji Cheeseburger debate. Watch as they each taste-test a cheeseburger made following the Emjoi art from Facebook, Apple, and Google. Can they guess the correct burger and more importantly, which tastes the best…

Your next Android phone's lock screen could have ads as the Google-backed mobile ad company Glance has plans to expand its lock screen platform in the US. Ron Richards, Huyen Tue Dao, and Juan Bagnell discuss on the 'All About Android' podcast.Subscribe and watch the full 'All About Android'…

On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, Rich DeMuro, Ashley Esqueda, and Christina Warren talk about the delayed update to the Pixel 6 and how disappointed Rich has been on Google's latest flagship smartphone.Subscribe and watch the full 'This Week in Tech' podcast: https://twit.tv/twit/858 

Picture of the Week. Patch Tuesday Review. Risky Business News. Google Assured Open Source Software. WhatsApp Improvements. Bad Security? Go to jail! Forced Entry. Show Notes https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-919-Notes.pdf

Dell buys corporate software, storage, and security company EMC, Nissan invents a car that has screens all over the dash and seats, the Pentagon is working on a self-destructing drone, and more...Check out the full show notes for today's episode. 

Samsung's 960 PRO and 960 EVO SSD announcement, Sebastian's comparison of four large air coolers, Apple's AirPods don't sound much better, a review of the Audeze SINE On-Ear Planar Magnetic Headphones, a Fatal1ty by Monster FXM 100 Over-Ear Gaming Headphones review, Forza Horizon 3 has incredible…

A Windows 10 upgrade causes a travel agency to crash, Google's "Faster" trans-pacific fiber link goes live, Forrester Research shows robots won't steal everyone's jobs yet, drones continue to be a safety hazard during a fire, Hilary Clinton's leaked plan seems to support broadband for everyone by…

Tonight we talk to Ron Richards from All About Android and Russell Holly from the new site VRHeads. We discuss Microsoft's new strategic partnership with Xiaomi, built on 1500 transferred patents. Then we cover OnePlus and the controversy of selling hardware with an invite system. We also cover…

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. Leo Laporte (00:00:00):It's time for Security Now this week, a new zero day in Chrome and apples OS and a recommendation from 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 show.Leo Laporte / Steve Gibson (00:00:00):It's time for security. Now. Steve Gibson is here. Lots to talk about. An update on the last pass…

Leo Laporte:  It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech!  We've got a great panel for you.  Brianna Wu, she's running for Congress and is a game developer.  Erin Griffith, from Fortune.com, and Larry Magid from CBS radio.  We're going to talk about the latest tech news. …

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.

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.

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…

(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…

Is Intel's clock slowing down? IBM unveils it's first 7nm chip, 2TB Samsung 850 EVOs are here, Logitech changing it's name to Logi, Chromecast ethernet adapter selling out fast, Logitech (or Logi?) G230 and G35 gaming headsets, things aren't looking good for the Windows Phone, new drivers from AMD,…

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, …