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Hack 'N Jack

Yahoo outage worldwide-signs of the times?Making passwords 14 million times harder to crackCrimeware as a business modelSIM swap hack on Twitter's CEO Jack DorseyHackers may have hit the limits of RansomwareWith Great (IOT) power, comes great responsibilityLong live the passwordAre insurance…

Naked Egg Taco

Marissa Meyer is back at Google ('s old offices.) Microsoft announces IoT security Azure Sphere. Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer. Netflix vs. Cannes. Google AIY is the new Heathkit. Grasshopper teaches kids to code. Google's new Gmail. Google Maps tells you to turn right at the Taco Bell. Tesla puts its…

Retail Therapy

Steve Job's health, recession tech, Yahoo's Carol Bartz, Microsoft Songsmith, and more.Audible picks of the week: Outliers: The Story of Success and The Disciplined Investor: Essential Strategies for Success. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.

DDoS, Breaches and Other Records To Be Broken

Brian Krebs, Akamai and Google's Project Shield, Yahoo's record-breaking, massive 500 million user data breach, Apple's acknowledged iOS 10 backup PBKDF flaw, well known teen hacker jailbreaks his new iPhone 7 in 24 hours, Microsoft formally allows removal of "Get Windows 10", a new OpenSSL SERVER…

Fold With Dignity

Silicon Valley's reaction to Trump's immigration ban and plans for the coming apocalypse. Hugo Barra joins Facebook as VP of VR. Google killed 1.7 bad ads last year. Sprint buys a third of Tidal. Five states will legalize the "Right to Repair" your own tech. 3D TV is dead.Owen J.J. Stone thinks…

The HDR 4K Orthogonal Problem

We're live from the National Association of Broadcasters convention. Yahoo reports earnings, but still no announcement of a sale. New MacBooks are here, and you can get yours in pink. Kevin Kelly from Wired knows everything about VR and he wants to convince you that Magic Leap will blow your mind,…

Beta Bandwagon

Fr. Robert Ballecer joins Jason Howell to discuss how Mozilla might walk away with more than $1 billion dollars depending on who acquires Yahoo. Also, Apple is unleashing its betas of MacOS Sierra and iOS 10 today, and you should be cautiously optimistic. Silent Circle made a bet on security with…

The Glass Cliff

Alex Wilhelm from Mattermark joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss Verizon's plans for Yahoo after its acquisition was announced. Also, we explore what future elections will likely contend with as hacking for political influence happens in the United States. Plus, Bob Mansfield is…

Bing Is My Back-End

Windows 7, Yahoo competition, Xbox 360 prices, Word, Nokia, Snow Leopard, and more.Show notes for this episodeAudible pick of the week: Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died, Unabridged, By Edward Klein Narrated by Arthur Morey. For a free credit toward the audiobook of your choice, visit Audible…

Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1510

Spectrum/Charter being kicked out by the state of New York, Twitter getting punished by the stock market for booting trolls & bots, recommending the best Android tablet for the buck, choosing a compatible (non-IE) browser supported by Yahoo, finding an alternative to the wildly insecure Adobe…

Party On, Zuck!

Leo is back, and ready to discuss the latest tech topics with our favorite TWiT regulars!Replacements for recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 arrive - and promptly begin exploding.Google announces Pixel phones, Google Home, and more, but our panel think these products will have trouble succeeding.Disney…

The Tech Guy Episode 1917

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.... (00:00:02):Podcasts. You love from people you... (00:00:05):Trust.Leo Laporte (00:00:07):This is TWIT. Hi, this is Leo LePort and…

Windows Weekly 875 Transcript

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.00:00 - Leo Laporte (Host)It's time for Windows Weekly. Guess what we got? Whiskey, because Richard Campbell's in studio. We'll talk…

The Future Is in Your Hand

Talking urinal cakes, the XM Sirius Merger, and the top 25 web 2.0 startups dissected...Tumblr is an easy to use tumblelog service. Tumblelogs are very simple, lightweight weblogs. Check out Merlin's and Leo's.Dvorak hates Joost. On the other hand, Joost just signed a deal with Viacom.Comcast's…

Dirty Pedro

G1 reboot, Google/Yahoo, McCain/Obama servers attacked, I'm a PC booth, and more.Links to all our stories are at http://del.icio.us/twit/168.Audible pick of the week: The books of Michael Crichton. To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this…

Taming Web Ads

This week Steve and Leo discuss developments in the new windows on old hardware front, Cisco finds a surprise in the Vault7 docs, Ubiquity was caught with the PHPs down, CheckPoint discovered problems in WhatsApp and Telegram, some interesting details about the long-running Yahoo breaches, the…

Password Complexity

Symantec issues additional invalid certificates while on probation, Tavis Ormandy finds a very troubling problem in Cisco's Web conferencing extension for Chrome, yesterday's important update to iOS, renewed concerns about LastPass metadata leakage, the SEC looks askance at what's left of Yahoo, a…

Tears of Joy in VR

Evan Blass from VentureBeat talks about the new Pixel phones announced at the Made By Google event. Katie Kelly from AltSpaceVR joins us to discuss their purchase by Microsoft. Tony Romm of ReCode explains why Twitter and Facebook are going before US lawmakers and why Snapchat isn't. Ryan Hoover…

15 Minutes of Fun

Apple's WWDC this week looks like it may be a disappointment for anyone hoping for new hardware.Facebook is killing its "Trending Topics" section.Teens prefer Instagram and Snapchat to Facebook; close to half are "almost constantly" online.The Atari VCS is coming soon for expensive retro gaming…

Somewhere Between Scandal and Risotto

Samsung stops production of the Galaxy Note 7 after packing it with "so much innovation it became uncontrollable." Verizon wants a discount on its Yahoo purchase after the largest hack in history and possibly the most intrusive government surveillance program. Amazon Music Unlimited, released today…

This Week in Tech 572

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech. Nathan Oliverez-Giles from the Wall Street Journal is here, Mark Milian from Bloomburg. From Tech Insider, we got Steve Kovach. A great panel, we'll talk about the end of Yahoo. It's going bye bye. An Internet star who says, "Give me your Twitter…

Security and Privacy in 2016

Megan Morrone, Jason Howell, and Iain Thomson from The Register take a look at some of the biggest security and privacy stories from 2016. The Internet of Things has proven to be a powerful vector for widespread Internet attacks. The DNC is hacked by purported Russian Government hackers and sets a…

Your Questions, Steve's Answers 245

This week, Leo and Steve discuss ticket-buying bots getting their hand slapped (do they have hands?), a truly nasty new addition to encrypting ransomware operation, a really dumb old problem returns to many recent Netgear routers, Yahoo!'s being too pleased with their bug bounty program,…

The Third Most Hated Video of All Time

This Week's Stories: YouTube Rewind and Google's 2019 Year in Search Google Glass Explorer Edition gets its final update Magic Leap isn't there yet Twitter funding decentralized social media Fortnite vs Google, The Information vs Apple Pixel Feature Drop Google AI…

All Your Eggs in One Startup

According to the Intercept, 50 civil liberties and human rights groups have sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding an investigation into the widespread use of facial recognition technology by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. Yahoo and Intel reported earnings today…

Law Meets Internet

This week, Leo and Steve discuss Russia’s hacking involvement in the US Election; that, incredibly, it gets even worse for Yahoo!, misguided anti-porn legislation in South Carolina, troubling legislation from Australia, legal confusion from the Florida appellate court, some good news from the U.S…

Mold Happens

Microsoft-Yahoo, Apple/AT&T and Google Voice, Pogue's beeps, Palm Pre iTunes, and more.Wiki for this episodeTranscript posted 24 hours after show release by PodsInPrint.Story links at http://delicious.com/twit/206. Suggest stories for next week's show by tagging links "for:twit".Audible pick of…

Cake Time is Over

Coming this fall: new MacBook Air with a retina screen and "Pro" Mac Mini.Also coming: iPhones and Apple Watches. All signs point to an announcement on September 12th.Also (maybe) coming: Apple car may launch between 2023 and 2025. Or never.MacBook Pro Speaker Crackling Issue is a real thing…

Celebrate the Big Game With iOS

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent: Celebrate the Super Bowl: iSpot.tv, CBS All Access, NFL, Yahoo! Sports, Animal Planet GO, Tunity, Polls for iMessage. News: The latest coronavirus may threaten production of upcoming iPhone models, FiLMiC Pro releases…

Dr. Mike of PediaCast

Our guest is Dr. Mike of Pediacast on vaccinesSpend: Insect Lore: Butterfly GardenSave: JungleCrazy.comGive: Fresh Air FundNew research says women are just not interested in science.Audible pick: AudibleKids.com and Owl Moon by Jane Yolen read by the author

Step Up To The Guru Bar

Apple charges a premium, Palm and Apple argue, Microsoft and Yahoo rumors, MySpace is fading, and more.Wiki for this episodeStory links at http://delicious.com/twit/205. Suggest stories for next week's show by tagging links "for:twit".To get two free audiobooks, visit Audible.com/twit2.Audible pick…

I Broke My Vaynerchuk

Twittering into a tree, anti-piracy puppy, prosecutor prosecuted, boy booty boosts business, and more.Man jogs into tree while using TwitterAnti-piracy pup sniffs out 35,000 illegal DVDsMiami-Dade prosecutor charged with punching pizza delivery womanWanted: Male Prostitutes at Nevada Brothel in…

HI LEO LAPORTE FOR THROATBEARDS

Amazon vs. sales tax, some IPTV ads cost more than equivalent TV, Windows 7 Pricing, Yahoo stockholders meeting, and more.Wiki for this episodeTranscript posted 24 hours after show release by PodsInPrint.Story links at http://delicious.com/twit/201.Suggest stories for next week's show by tagging…

The Aunt Prissy Effect

US President Elect Donald Trump invited a number of Silicon Valley’s top technology minds to an introductory meeting at Trump tower.Microsoft has quietly issued a patch fixing one of their Windows automatic update patches that blocked users from accessing the Internet or joining a local network…

The Facebook Roach Motel

Late yesterday the United States District Court of California issued a court order insisting that Apple provide a signed image file that would allow the FBI to access the iPhone 5C belonging to the couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino last year. Apple CEO Tim Cook responded with a…

This Week in Google 765 Transcript

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.0:00:00 - Leo LaporteIt's time for Twig this week in Google. Paris Martinot is here. From the information, jeff Jarvis for the City…

This Week in Tech 539

Leo Laporte: It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech. Great panel for you! Wil Harris from the UK, Katie Benner from the New York Times, and Jason Snell from Six Colors, Stop Spying and talks about lots of things. Samsung paying Apple half a billion dollars, but they want a money back…

WWDC Deconstructed

Watch the WWDC Keynote.bivalves and crustaceansMarvin the Martian.Steve was wearing a red shirt. Here's what we know about red shirts.Games from EA! You can play this game while waiting.John Carmack from ID.66% of all Mac users are running Tiger. But how many of them actually bought the upgrade? 22…

The Jesus Wrinkle

Pissed cops, drunk drivers, ATM pepper spray, Topless Nuns, and more.iPhones Used to Dodge Speed Traps, Sobriety Checkpoints. Cops PissedAccused Drunk Driver Left Beer On TrunkTopless NunTrue or PooTiger Woods loses his prideOrigins of the "green room"Facebook party and riot policeTweet BeatIvanka…

Martin Goes On A Hunger Strike

Kanye angry at Twitter, a 104 year old isn't, Indian dad refuses to wash, Jay Spieden joins the fun, and more.Kanye West slams Twitter over impostorsBritish woman, 104, joins TwitterThe cat with more than 500,000 Twitter followersDirty fridge evacuates buildingAdam Lambert Way Ahead Of Kris Allen…

Twitter Scrambles Its Eggs

Twitter is rolling out more anti-harassment features including the ability to mute specific usernames and words from the timeline , as well as hiding accounts with the default egg avatar, a common attribute of trollish burner accounts.Microsoft says they'll give you more choice and control in the…

Perky Paul

Topics:Vista SP1 is on MSDNWhat is MSDNYahoo! flees MurdochApple TV v2Flickr/Picasa/Live Photo GalleryFirefox 3 drops Vista lookPhotobooksThe Age of American UnreasonAudible Pick: My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'HommeTip: Windows update in VistaSoftware Pick: Picnik online photo…

This Week in Tech Episode 929 Transcript

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 Tweet this week in Tech. Oh, we have a great panel for you. Owen Thomas is here from the San…

Sub-tacular Spectacle

Verizon will pay approximately $4.48 billion in cash for Yahoo's internet assets. That's $350 million dollars off for a company that's suffered two major privacy breaches, the first impacting at least 500 million accounts in 2014 and a second in 2013 that accessed over a billion accounts.UPS began…

Alexa Rides a Roomba

Facebook is including a new feature to its mobile app called Town Hall that allows users to locate government representatives on a local, state and federal level. Users can follow those representatives on Facebook or contact them via Message or Email from within the app.The US Department of Justice…

The World According to Pogue

Flickr, Delicious, David Pogue, URL Shorteners, and more.David Pogue ImageShack of The New York TimesNew search options on FlickrYahoo becomes a content company, gives up on searchDavid Pogue's Take Back the Beep CampaignSarah Lane's Site Of The Night: Delicious has changed it's front page to …

Jin Yang's Not Hotdog Method

California passes law to kill the gig economyFacebook refuses to ban lying in political adsWhy does internet access in America suck so much?Pixel 4 event: kinda dullPixel 4 review: camera zoom not that great, face unlock works even if you are asleep or deadLaw enforcement face recognition banned in…

A Decade of Hacks

On this Eve of 2020, we look back over the hacks of the past decade:The big news of 2010 was Stuxnet -- Boy did THAT make an impressionOperation Aurora - the hack that changed GoogleThe Sony Playstation HackAnd then we have... DiginotarEdward SnowdenThe Target hackThe Adobe hackSilk Road…

KFI Tech Guy #242

Have you seen the Air Force One graffiti video? Looks real enough to have fooled the Air Force, but the perpetrators admit, it's a hoax.Should cities legislate for Wi-Fi security? That's what tony Westchester County in New York State has done. But if they don't understand tech, they should keep…

Bill Machrone

Bill Machrone is vice president of technology at Ziff Davis Publishing and editorial director of the Interactive Media and Development Group. He joined Ziff Davis in May 1983 as technical editor of PC Magazine, became editor-in-chief in September of that year, and held that position for the next…