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Submit ReviewMusk risk intensifies, UK emergency alert, Google AI panic, Parrots on Zoom
- Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness.
- In 24 Hours, Elon Musk Reignited His Reputation for Risk.
- Twitter Blue nets 28 signups so far since legacy checkmark purge.
- There Is No A.I.
- How My AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition.
- Emergency alert test fails to sound on some phones.
- School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste.
- Can Parrots Talk Over Video Chat? Experiment Shows How They Adapt and Connect.
- Here's How You Can Get In On Facebook's $725 Million Class Action Settlement.
- Chip designer Arm makes its own advanced prototype semiconductor.
- Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash.
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai's 2022 Compensation Valued at $226 Million.
- Google's AI panic forces merger of rival divisions, DeepMind and Brain.
- Alphabet's Google and DeepMind Pause Grudges, Join Forces to Chase OpenAI.
- Google's rush to win in AI led to ethical lapses, employees say.
- YouTube TV is testing significant picture quality improvements.
- Netflix's DVD Business: Redbox Owner Interested in Buying Division.
- Imgur will ban explicit images on its platform this month.
- When Apple Comes Calling, 'It's the Kiss of Death'
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Nate Lanxon, Mike Elgan, and Paris Martineau
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- Leo Laporte has returned from his trip! He shares what tech he ended up using during the trip.
- Dick DeBartolo joins us to talk about the gadget of the week: the Anker M650 Wireless Microphone!
- Why are most modems for you to rent by providers such as Comcast so sub-par?
- Are there smart lights out there that use Bluetooth?
- Leo shows off the Inky Impression 7.3" Color Display.
- Why is my laptop with Linux installed on it going through my battery quickly?
- How do I disable iCloud Desktop & Documents syncing without losing all my files and folders on my desktop?
- Is there any reason not to continue using Apple's Airport Extremes / Expresses?
- Why am I getting a certificate error when listening to TWiT podcasts?
- Over-50 gamers feel overlooked, study finds.
- Should I get rid of my old Sonos V1 hardware that I haven't used in some time?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
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- Elon Musk and Others Call for Pause on A.I., Citing 'Risks to Society'
- Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and their impact on humanity
- The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
- #TikTokBan videos have 1.7b views on TikTok
- Random stupid moment from Tiktok hearing
- Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
- The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else
- Norwegian company says TikTok data center is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition
- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
- Utah governor signs laws requiring parents' consent for minors to use social media.
- William Wulf obit
- Original Intel business model and NSF Net History
- Maryland court reinstates murder conviction of 'Serial' subject Adnan Syed
- The Pope and the puffer coat
- Amazon delivery driver goes viral for dropping off package during a police standoff in North Carolina.
- Rupert Murdoch's next wife is from Petaluma
- Glenn's Pick: Everything But the Bagel Potato Chips
- Jeff's Pick: Kevin's review of the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook
- Jeff's Pick: My Ontario TVO debate
- Ant's Pick: Put These At Your Desk
- Ant's Pick: Get 'Em Bonica
- Follow The Laporte's Vacation Photos
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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Week D production-quality updates, revamped widgets board, Microsoft Teams redesign
Windows 11
- Microsoft debuts new Windows 11 features in Preview. And now we have a new updating schedule!
- Coming via Canary: another Widgets UX update
- Surface Hub 2S is still a thing and will be upgradeable to Teams Rooms OS soon
- You can hide the Bing button in Edge 111.x now
Microsoft 365
- As expected, Microsoft announces Teams 2.0 with Apple-like improvement claims
AI o' the week
- OpenAI announces ChatGTP plug-ins capability - Now it's a platform! Next stop: sentience
- Microsoft brings AI-based copilot capabilities to security pros
Xbox
- UK CDMA: Just kidding on Microsoft's AB acquisition issues, will likely approve it
- Japan FTC approves Microsoft's AB acquisition without conditions
- Activision CEO disappointed in his best partner, Sony
- Microsoft announces red and blue (get it?) Elite Series 2 Core Controllers
- No more $1 intro offer on Xbox Game Pass
- Now even Xbox developers can help your console use less power
- Steam will drop support for Windows 7/8.x in 2024
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Still on Windows 7/8.x? Switch to Firefox
- App pick of the week: Oofhours.com Media Creation tool
- This week on RunAs Radio: When does Multi-Cloud Make Sense with Phoummala Schmitt
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Dalmore 12
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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- Picture of the Week.
- Synacktiv wins this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own
- GitHub: Mistakes happen
- DDoS for Hire. . .Or Not
- 144,000 malicious packages published
- No iPhones For Russian Presidential Staff
- I NUIT
- Edge Gets Crypto
- Microsoft's Email Extortion
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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- Daring Fireball: Wavelength.
- Apple releases iOS 16.4 with new emoji, Safari web push notifications, beta changes, voice isolation for calls and more.
- Mark Gurman on Twitter: "When Apple set out to develop iOS 17, the initial thinking was to call it a tuneup release..."
- Cabel Sasser's blog: "Apple passwords deserve an app".
- Tim Cook praises Apple's 'symbiotic' relationship with China.
- China urges Apple to strengthen data security.
- Apple Pay Later is finally launching.
- At Apple, rare dissent over a new product: Interactive Goggles.
- Apple is threatening to take action against staff who aren't coming into the office 3 days a week, report says.
- Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos.
- Apple to spend $1 billion annually on movies, aiming for major theatrical releases.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Whisper Transcription by Jordi Bruin
- Alex's Pick: Sony FX30
- Andy's Pick: COB Mini LED light
- Leo's Pick: Infinite Mac
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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- Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues: Another audiobook that Amazon won't sell
- Red Team Blues
- The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
- Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead
- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
- Bill Gates: The Age of AI has begun
- Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and their impact on humanity
- How Forcing TikTok To Completely Separate Its US Operations Could Actually Undermine National Security
- A TikTok ban would upend Hollywood
- Introducing Acropalypse: a serious privacy vulnerability in the Google Pixel's inbuilt screenshot editing tool
- At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles - The New York Times
- Part of Twitter Source Code Leaked
- The secret history of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI
- Elon Musk Offers Employees Stock Grants Valuing Twitter at About $20 Billion
- The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions
- Man Loses Maine Vanity Plates Describing His Love For Bean Mush
- A 90-Year-Old Tortoise Named Mr. Pickles Is a New Dad of Three
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Cory Doctorow, Rene Ritchie, Georgia Dow, and Iain Thomson
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- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, dies at 94.
- Microsoft pushes OOB security updates for Windows Snipping tool flaw.
- The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions.
- Why am I getting different internet speed results from different websites?
- Dick Debartolo and the Dippin' Designs Egg Wraps and the Quickshot Fom Blaster!
- Why is my iPhone backing up to the cloud at the same time I'm backing it up to my computer?
- Is there a software-based soundcard I can use?
- Johnny Jet finally makes it to the show!
- Leo shows off his favorite bags, along with other devices, in response to a video question from last week.
- Should I get rid of my LastPass vault after switching off of the service?
- Why is my music from Apple Music suddenly playing in my car after not using the service for a period of time?
- Why can't I install select applications in Windows 11? What is S Mode?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Johnny Jet
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- A TikTok corner just for Stacey (h/t @cbryancan@twit.social)
- DPReview.com to close: Digital Photography Review
- Archive Team to Backup DPReview
- Stacey's AI Tweet
- The Age of AI has begun Bill Gates
- Leo Gets BARD
- Google Bard Sign-up
- Looking at New Midjourney
- ChatGPT Radio!
- Adobe Intro's Generative AI into Creative Cloud - Firefly
- Follow The Laportes on Vacation - Polarsteps
- Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead
- (2021) Libby is stuck between libraries and publishers in the e-book war
- Google finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets
- Google Workspace ambush and fix
- Support for Google Workspace #nocost
- Reid Hoffman wrote a book with GPT-4
- Stochastic Parrots Day video
- Bellingcat founder Believes He Was Banned From Midjourney After His AI Images Of Donald Trump Getting Arrested Went Viral.
- CEO on TikTok in DC
- Lawmakers say TikTok is a national security threat, but evidence remains unclear.
- Blackberry, the trailer
- Have your cake and print it: the 3D culinary revolution is coming
- Google Kills Jacquard
- Stacey's Pick - Tapo TP-Link Matter Plug
- Leo's Pick - LoFi Air Traffic Control
- Jeff's Pick - The Vesuvius Challenge
- Ant's Pick - 50% Off an Annual Subscription to Particle Illusion by Boris FX (use code PIPLUGIN50)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Microsoft Loop preview FINALLY arrives
- Microsoft Loop web app launches in public preview for MSA and work/school accounts - Yeah, it's a Notion rip-off. Alarmingly so.
Windows 11
- Now, Microsoft is testing Windows 11 features first in Release Preview
- New Dev channel build: Seconds in the system tray is a game changer! /s
- Minor changes coming to default apps
- Based on a single hardware review, it appears that 13th Gen Intel Core processors have the same problem with docks and hubs as do 12th Gen processors.
AI all the things
- Bill Gates describes AI as the biggest technology transformation since the GUI.
- Bing Chatbot can now generate images from text
- GitHub launches ChatGPT-4 powered Copilot X
- Adobe launches responsible/ethical generative AI tools
- Google launches Bard in early access
- Mozilla.ai startup goes live
- Opera adds AI prompts, sidebar ChatGPT
Xbox
- Microsoft's AB acquisition is all about mobile, not COD
- Microsoft announces it will launch mobile apps store on iPhone and Android as soon as regulators make it possible
- FOSS patents: We've moved into the acceptance phase, and this acquisition is on track
- Netflix is expanding its mobile games library dramatically
- Microsoft releases a third set of Game Pass titles for March
- Get a Steam Deck for 10 percent off to celebrate its first birthday
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Inbox Zero
- App pick of the week: Visual Studio Code
- RunAs Radio this week: SMB over QUIC File Servers with Ned Pyle
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Ben Nevis 10
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Sponsors:
- 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.
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- Inside Apple's companywide cost-cutting push to avoid layoffs.
- Carrot Weather gets snarky ChatGPT update.
- How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant lost the A.I. race.
- Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones.
- This is crazy and absolutely surreal! I trained an AI on Steve Jobs' voice...
- Original iPhone sells for over $50,000 in recent auction.
- European Union hurts Apple again – cannot limit USB Type-C charging speed.
- Half-Life 2 Source Engine running natively on Apple Silicon.
- Apple seeks India labor reform in push to diversify beyond China.
- Microsoft plans mobile games app store to rival Apple and Google.
Picks of the Week
- Doc's Pick: 2023 Universal Smartphone Content Creators Rig
- Leo's Pick: Polarsteps
- Andy's Pick: Infuse Video Player
- Jason's Pick: Camo Studio 2
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Doc Rock
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NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivers the GTC 2023 keynote, introducing the latest advancements in generative AI, the metaverse, large language models, robotics, cloud computing, and more.
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GPT-4, TikTok's looming fate, Internet Archive vs Libraries, Olympic Esports
- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model.
- Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive.
- Here's how to participate in Monday's oral arguments.
- TikTok's plan to stave off government intervention: Flood D.C. with influencers.
- The FBI And DOJ Are Investigating ByteDance's Use Of TikTok To Spy On Journalists.
- Why are the Olympic Esports Series games so strange? We asked the IOC.
- Meta's place in the social media landscape.
- The Ugly Lessons of Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse.
- The Over-Financialization Of Tech And The SVB Backlash.
- Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff.
- Dark Web 'BreachForums' Operator Charged With Computer Crime.
- FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages.
- Carrot Weather gets snarky ChatGPT update.
- GM wants to bring ChatGPT-like assistant to drivers.
- Google is working on AI for ultrasound diagnosis and cancer therapy.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz and Steven Levy
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Bluetooth pairing, new HomePods, and online security.
- The Olympic Esports Series 2023.
- Epic must pay $245M after luring customers into 'Fortnite' purchases.
- TikTok Sale.
- Pairing Bluetooth headphones easily to your Apple devices through an app/workflow.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the Nissan Ariya.
- What's the best way to speed up my computer?
- Extracting images from iMessages to your Windows computer.
- Chris Marquardt and the Photo Assignment Review of 'crazy.'
- Webhosting & email provider recommendations.
- Router recommendations & setups.
- Leo demos the new Apple HomePods.
- Recommendations for bags & backpacks.
- Protecting your accounts online.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt
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Sponsor:
- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model.
- Silicon Valley Bank is imploding, prompting bank run.
- T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile in a $1.35 billion deal.
- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model (again).
- Grammarly adds ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more.
- Gmail, Google Docs, and more are getting ChatGPT-like generative AI features.
- Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online.
- Microsoft Lays Off Team That Taught Employees How to Make AI Tools Responsibly.
- The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) presents Stochastic Parrots Day.
- Google opens up its AI language model PaLM to challenge OpenAI and GPT-3.
- Carrot Weather gets a snarky ChatGPT update.
- Nabla, a digital health startup, launches Copilot, using GPT-3 to turn patient conversations into action.
- Rent Going Up? One Company's Algorithm Could Be Why.
- TikTok now offers a feed dedicated to science and tech.
- Meta is working on a decentralized social app.
- Gowalla returns to see if location-based networking is ready for its mainstream moment.
- Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT.
- Google has discontinued the Glass Enterprise Edition.
- YouTube TV Multiview lets you watch up to 4 games in preview for March Madness.
- Google Play will now machine translate Android apps for free.
- Google Workspace is getting a price increase and other changes.
- March Pixel Feature Drop with Android 13 QPR2 is now rolling out.
- Stranded on a mountain, he tied his phone to a drone to text for help.
- Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff.
- A Look Inside Elon Musk's $50,000 Prefab Tiny House.
- The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold or risk a nationwide ban.
Picks:
- Stacey - Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock Hardcover by Jenny Odell.
- Jeff - Kottke.org Is 25 Years Old Today, and I'm Going to Write About It.
- Jeff - Lifehacker sold by G/O to Ziff Davis.
- Jeff - Here's Everything That Happened at the #BlackTwitterSummit.
- Jeff - The Color Printer.
- Mike - ChatPDF.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
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OpenAI's GPT-4 released, KB5023706 update, YouTube Music
Windows 11
- Moment 2 is official; mostly a solid update
- The ensh*ttification of Windows/Microsoft 365 continues: Microsoft Word, Paint, Teams, and Edge
AI all the things
- One wonders, if everything is AI, is anything AI?
- OpenAI releases ChatGPT 4
- Microsoft "reveals" it was using an early version all along, duh
- BING CHATBOT IS OPEN TO EVERYONE
- Bing will move Chatbot responses to the top of search results
- Microsoft's LinkedIn is adding GPT AI to improve the writing of profiles and job postings
- Grammarly adds more AI
- Google Workspace is getting generative AI features, obviously... and it's raising prices (coincidentally!)
- Duolingo adds two new AI features at great cost
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Word is getting two keyboard shortcuts it should have always had: "Paste as Text" & Zoom
Dev
- Microsoft Build 2023 is May 23-25, live and remote
- GitHub starts rolling out its 2FA requirement for contributors
Xbox
- Microsoft announces two 10-year cloud gaming deals with companies not named Sony: Boosteroid & Ubitus
- Epic Games takes a page from the Microsoft Store and will allow self-publishing
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: YouTube Premium member? Play some games
- App pick of the week: YouTube Music
- This week on RunAs: Incident Management with Hila Fish
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Springbank 10
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Sponsors:
- Picture of the Week.
- Another Malicious Chrome Extension.
- Germany to join the Huawei & ZTE ban.
- Putting "phishing" into perspective.
- The Polynonce attack.
- Plex's RCE now in CISA's KEV.
- Sci-Fi: Andor.
- Sony Sues Quad9.
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- Apple Music Classical app launching March 28.
- Tim Cook bets on Apple's mixed-reality headset to secure his legacy.
- To ship or not to ship, headset edition.
- First real-world look at Apple Mixed-Reality Headset parts seemingly shown in leaked images.
- Apple shareholders approve 40% pay cut for CEO Tim Cook at annual meeting.
- Why are so many Apple executives leaving? Who are successors at Apple?
- You can buy your next iPhone from Apple over a video call.
- Apple could reportedly release a HomePod with a display.
- Report: Apple to 're-examine' AI development.
- Apple TV+ wins Academy Award for best animated short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
- Story of Sosumi & the Mac startup sound.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Marvel Snap
- Andy's Picks: Swish & Rectangle
- Zac's Picks: The Cure Tour, Fleishman Is In Trouble, Tiny Crossword+, and 9to5 Mac Happy Hour
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse, FCC nominee Gigi Sohn, Apple headset
- Hedge funds are offering to buy startups' deposits stuck at Silicon Valley Bank.
- Etsy is delaying seller payouts following Silicon Valley Bank's collapse.
- FDIC to Silicon Valley Bank workers. We'll give you a 50% raise or double-time OT, but you'll lose your job in 45 days.
- U.S. officials weigh protecting all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank.
- Silicon Valley Bank profit squeeze in tech downturn attracts short sellers.
- Meta to end Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram if Bill C-18 becomes law.
- Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC.
- Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook Ordered Headset Launch Despite Designers Warning It Wasn't Ready.
- Daylight savings time change 2023 starts Sunday with "spring forward".
- Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle
- The privacy loophole in your doorbell.
- YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized.
- Apple Music Classical app launching March 28.
- Chat with Jason Calacanis (post credits)
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Reed Albergotti, Glenn Fleishman, and Jason Calacanis
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- Daylight Saving Time has begun!
- Silicon Valley Bank collapses: what this could mean.
- Why can't I broadcast MLS through Apple TV on my TV?
- Should I be using an ethernet connection with my Apple TV?
- Bill Nye on the importance of space exploration.
- What's wrong with the trackpad on my laptop?
- Dr. Mom calls into the show!
- What are the latest and greatest WiFi-6 Mesh system options?
- What are some alternatives to Google Photos to de-Google?
- Leo demos the new Rode NT1 and talks about 32-bit float recording.
- What options are there for a virtual audio mixer?
- Is there a better way to improve the speed when searching for something in Windows?
- Is there a speed improvement when plugging in a solid-state drive to a Raspberry Pi?
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Sponsor:
- Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?
- FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names.
- Olauncher. Minimal AF Launcher.
- YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized.
- Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle.
- 'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore.
- Google I/O 2023 takes place on May 10.
- Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online.
- How AI Generates New Images: GANs Put Simply.
- The privacy loophole in your doorbell.
- Rest of World receives a $200,000 grant from Ford Foundation to expand coverage of how tech is impacting workers.
- Fitbit is getting rid of the best reasons to use a Fitbit, which is a big mistake.
- Florida bill would require bloggers who write about the governor to register with the state.
- Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, and software liability reform.
- A New 'M*A*S*H' Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J.
- 20% of YCombinator classes are built on machine learning.
- ChatGPT enters slack; the machine plays office politics.
- Prepare for the Textpocalypse by Matthew Kirschenbaum.
- Farewell to a tech brand of which I'll always be proud. Vox Media is "retiring the Recode branding" today.
- CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role.
- March 2023 Pixel Feature Drop changelog leaks out.
- Google rolling out Android 14 Developer Preview 2.
- Blurry subway photos may offer our latest Pixel Fold leak.
- Here's everything new in Android 14 Developer Preview 2 [Gallery].
- Google begins rolling out its new look for Docs and other Workspace apps.
- Google One brings VPN to $1.99/month plan, adding dark web info monitoring.
- Pixel Buds Pro spatial audio with head tracking update rolling out.
- Android 15's dessert is apparently 'Vanilla Ice Cream'.
- Google launches the new Google Trends portal.
- Google Chrome is making it easier to delete autofill data.
Picks:
- Stacey - COVID
- Leo - Opal C1
- Leo - Camo
- Jeff - The New Gatekeepers by Benedict Evans.
- Ant - Peak Design TRAVEL BACKPACK 45L.
- Ant - FINALLY coming to "TV". Silo series based on books by Hugh Howey.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Microsoft adds Windows 12 to the Insider Program
- Last week's feature release shows you how these Insider channels map to the next release, which is sometimes a Moment now and not just a formal Feature Update. Don't worry. They didn't tell anyone that.
- Canary - big changes that need lots of incubation time (e.g. kernel changes), no release target
- Dev - changes that need incubation, no release target
- Beta- testing changes targeting the next release
- Release preview - testing changes that are slated to ship imminently in the next release barring any major explosions (e.g. printers)
- Stable - nothing works
- First Canary build today: Access keys and File Recommendations in File Explorer, LSA Protection Enablement on upgrade.
- Dev channel: This channel is "rebooted" to 23000 series now, per above. This build has live captions in more languages, access keys in the File Explorer context menus (another Win11 regression), Recommendations in File Explorer, and other changes.
- Dev channel (last week): Microsoft is working on a new volume mixer.
Windows 11
- Microsoft is bringing "video super resolution" to Microsoft Edge
- We're still not done with PC maker results: Dell goes down in Q4 too
AI
- Satya Nadella, marketing AI, now says that Cortana was "dumb as a rock." Come on.
- Microsoft to talk up AI in work next week
- Microsoft talks up AI in Microsoft 365 - this will never end now
- Microsoft brings more AI to devs at Azure Open Source Day
- Brave Search adds an AI-powered Summarizer
- DuckDuckGo adds a similar Answer feature
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Outlook is now free on the Mac
Xbox
- EU likely to approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Told you so?
- Halo Infinite Season 3 is live. Can it save this game?
- Halo players have created over one million maps with Forge Beta
- Microsoft announces new titles for Xbox Game Pass
- Starfield arrives in September
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Don't be a statistic
- App pick of the week: Start11
- RunAs this Week: FIDO2 and Passwordless with Kyle Kotowick
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Craigellachie Bas Armagnac Cask Finish 13
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- Picture of the Week.
- DDoS'ing Fosstodon.
- DDoS for Hire takedowns.
- TikTok Insanity.
- Illegal Warrantless Surveillance.
- Strategic Objective 3.3.
- GitHub Secret Scanning.
- CISA's Covert Red-Team.
- What's left?
- What's old is new again.
- TCG TPM vulnerabilities.
- WordPress "All In One SEO".
- Russia fines Wikipedia.
- A Fowl Incident.
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- Apple releases new watch bands! So your new yellow iPhone won't clash!
- Hello, yellow! Apple introduces new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus.
- Redesigned Outlook for Mac no longer requires Microsoft 365, rebuilt and optimized for Apple Silicon.
- Cabel Sasser: "A short story. We once submitted Untitled Good Game to the Mac App Store."
- First look at Google Chrome's Blink engine running on an iPhone.
- EU holds "stakeholder workshop" on compliance with new DMA standards; Spotify calls for two key changes in how Apple runs the App Store.
- Sonos speakers will support Apple Music spatial audio starting March 28th.
- When is Apple releasing new Mac Pro, 15-inch MacBook Air, New iMac, M3?
- Apple may kick off M3 launch with 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air by WWDC, OLED iPad with M3 coming next year.
- Rumors clash over new MacBook Air release date.
- Apple releases 600 MB beta firmware update for Apple Studio Display.
- Someone turned the iPhone alarm into a beautiful piano score and you need to hear it.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: T-Mobile offers customers a year of MLS on AppleTV+
- Jason's Pick: Zones - Time Zone Conversion
- Andy's Pick: Playdate March Updates!
- Alex's Pick: Izotope
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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AI as parlor trick, LastPass hack detailed, Xerox Alto, TikTok ban, blogger registry
- Bing Chat has a secret 'Celebrity' mode to impersonate celebrities.
- @emollick: Bing, write the first chapter of Genesis as a corporate memo.
- CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role.
- Father Robert defines the Singularity.
- LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach.
- Microsoft set to win EU nod on Activision with licensing offer, sources say.
- Amazon Illegally Fired NYC Union Organizer, Labor Board Says.
- 50 Years Later, We're Still Living in the Xerox Alto's World.
- Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer.
- Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, software liability reform.
- Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state.
- U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok.
- White House: Federal agencies have 30 days to remove TikTok from devices.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Louis Maresca, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Dan Moren
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- Twitter cut off its API access, and developers of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific are offering specific options to help them out.
- A new iMac is coming out soon?
- Why can't I access my files from the Google Takeout service? Is there another service I can use to access my Google data?
- Is there an iOS shortcut for this?
- The Father of Modern Genomics, Dr. George Church.
- Lucid dreaming & headphones you can wear to sleep.
- Is there an easy way to move contacts over to Fastmail?
- Ant Pruitt & moving from Windows to Mac.
- Is it worth setting up IoT devices on its own network?
- Does Apple send out a notification to your old iPhone when your device reaches its end of life?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Ant Pruitt
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown.
They also talk about:
- How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600)
- Where are we on sequencing the entire human genome, and why would we even want to?
- How close are we to reversing aging?
- Should we use gene therapy to double the human lifespan?
- Why genetically engineering cold-resistant elephants could be important for climate change, and what about ultimately bringing back the Mammoth?
- He explains the difference between the hype and reality of CRISPR
- sequencing, synthesis, and delivery
- What are the privacy concerns about companies sharing your genome?
- They discuss the controversy and benefit of reconstructing old viruses like the 1918 flu and even inventing new viruses.
Dr. Church is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in personal genetics. He is credited with developing the first methods for sequencing the first genome and also the CRISPR technology. He created several companies, including Nebula Genomics and Veritas Genetics.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Dr. George Church
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In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown.
They also talk about:
- How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600)
- Where are we on sequencing the entire human genome, and why would we even want to?
- How close are we to reversing aging?
- Should we use gene therapy to double the human lifespan?
- Why genetically engineering cold-resistant elephants could be important for climate change, and what about ultimately bringing back the Mammoth?
- He explains the difference between the hype and reality of CRISPR
- sequencing, synthesis, and delivery
- What are the privacy concerns about companies sharing your genome?
- They discuss the controversy and benefit of reconstructing old viruses like the 1918 flu and even inventing new viruses.
Dr. Church is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in personal genetics. He is credited with developing the first methods for sequencing the first genome and also the CRISPR technology. He created several companies, including Nebula Genomics and Veritas Genetics.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guest: Dr. George Church
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- Our Growing TikTok Moral Panic Still Isn't Addressing The Actual Problem.
- U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok.
- Apple Watch potential ban: What you need to know.
- All about Salt_Hank's upcoming cookbook.
- YouTube's new head talks 2023 priorities, including AI, podcasting, Shorts and more.
- Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar.
- OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit.
- Planning for AGI and beyond.
- You Are Not a Parrot And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
- Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub.
- Talking about the diminishing drive to share on social media.
- Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app.
- YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot.
- In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO.
- Elon Musk's defense of Scott Adams shows why he is misguided and dangerous.
- Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Based AI' Because ChatGPT Is Too Woke.
- Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth's pre-seed funding.
- Google Drops 9 New Android and Wear OS Features.
- Google Chrome's new zoom on mobile blows things up by up to 300 percent.
- Google Keep's new Android widget makes it easier to check off items on your to-do list.
- Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices.
- Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook.
- Waymo starts autonomous testing in LA with no human driver.
- Google's bringing Magic Eraser to all Google One subscribers — including iPhone users.
- Gmail's client-side encryption is now available to more businesses.
- Google rolls out fall detection on the Pixel Watch.
- Your Google Docs are about to look a little bit different.
Picks:
- Jason - Artifact for Android.
- Jeff - Jeff with teenage look filter.
- Ant - New Affordable Amaran COB S-Series Lights.
- Ant - How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordon.
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New features in KB5022913 update, Microsoft's defense of Activision Blizzard bid
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Sponsor:
- Picture of the Week.
- Windows 11? ... anyone?
- As Plain as Ever.
- Edge's new built-in VPN?
- LastPass Incident Update.
- Signal says NO to the UK.
- More PyPI troubles.
- The QNAP bug bounty program.
- SpinRite.
- The NSA @ Home.
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- Steve Jobs Archive shares a special photo memory of the late Apple co-founder with the Mac in 1984.
- Apple has procured TSMC's entire first run of 3nm chips.
- Apple suppliers leaving China.
- New iPhone SE with 6.1-inch OLED display and Apple's 5G chip planned.
- Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook.
- Apple's noninvasive blood glucose technology for future Apple Watch reaches 'proof-of concept' stage.
- Schools are banning Apple Watches.
- A woman who got locked out of her Apple account minutes after her iPhone was stolen and had $10,000 taken from her bank account says Apple was 'not helpful at all'.
- Apple: massive decline in net cash.
- Apple takes another step towards ads on TV Plus.
Picks of the Week
- Andy's Pick: PICO-8 Fantasy Console
- Alex's Pick: Scenario
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Guest: Marco Arment
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Section 230, NSA surveillance, Spotify podcasts flop, Apple Watch ban
- U.S. Supreme Court snubs Wikipedia bid to challenge NSA surveillance.
- Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption.
- Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.
- It's Time to Tear Up Big Tech's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card.
- Section 230 Won't Protect ChatGPT.
- Twitter lays off another 50 employees as cost cutting continues under Elon Musk: report.
- FreshRSS: A free, self-hostable feed aggregator.
- Sumi.news.
- Tiny Tiny RSS is a free and open source web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator.
- Calckey: A greatly enhanced fork of Misskey with better UI/UX, security, features, and more!
- Mammoth is a new free Mastodon client for iOS and macOS.
- Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers.
- SF's new startup hotspot seen as the road to AI riches.
- Sometimes Open Systems Beat Those Who Try To Lock Them Up: Spotify's Podcast Colonization Flops.
- YouTube tests adding podcasts to 'Create' button alongside other new podcast tools & analytics.
- Spanish court authorises extradition of Briton who allegedly hacked Biden, Obama.
- Apple Orders Entire Supply of TSMC's 3nm Chips for iPhone 15 Pro and M3 Macs.
- Filmmakers Request Identities of Reddit Users to Aid Piracy Lawsuit.
- Apple Watch ban: Biden will make decision next week.
- OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction.
Host: Leo Laporte
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- Blood glucose monitoring soon to Apple Watches.
- US Supreme Court declines to hear a case by Wikipedia that challenges NSA surveillance.
- US Supreme Court hears case on Gonzales vs Google and Section 230.
- Bitwarden adds support for Argon2. What does that mean for you?
- How can you get all your computers to read each other within your home network?
- Alternatives for website hosting & how to move/export the content?
- Leo shows off the ASUS 516 GE Chromebook.
- How can you export your Apple Keychain passwords within Windows?
- Is there an alternative solution to Google to store family photos/videos safely?
- Rod Pyle joins the show!
- What are some recommendations for a camera that can act as a peephole on your front door?
- How can I set up a company-wide defender scan that is schedulable for multiple computers within an organization?
- How can you set up your mobile phone to work in international countries?
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Guest: Rod Pyle
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- Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.
- Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments.
- Cathy's Amicus brief.
- Supreme Court Wrestles With Suit Claiming Twitter Aided Terrorists.
- What happened to the K9YO pico balloon? Shot down by an F-22 Raptor.
- The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn...
- Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight.
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan.
- NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops.
- Mark Zuckerberg - Good morning and new product...
- Inside Meta's Push to Solve the Noisy Office.
- Google Reassessing Timeline for Massive San Jose Campus.
- German government banned from operating Facebook page.
- Flooded with AI-created content, a sci-fi magazine suspends submissions.
- Mercedes partners with Google to bring Maps and YouTube into its vehicles.
- Subway planning EV charging oasis. Now if it were Taco Bell...
- Google Messages is finally just calling it 'RCS'.
- Google's long-awaited Tasks and Reminders consolidation starts in March.
- ChromeOS 110 rolling out: Super Resolution Audio, Select-to-speak, channels labels, more.
- Acer Chromebook 516 GE.
- Google Weather gets an accidental dark theme via the Android System Webview update.
- Google Chrome rolls out Memory and Energy Saver modes.
Picks:
- Cathy - Montalbano.
- Jeff - AI.com now takes you to ChatGpt.
- Jeff - Never use a URL shortening service - even if you own it.
- Ant - Borix FX Particle Illusion Updated.
- Ant - Hagibis USB-C Hub with Hard Drive Enclosure.
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Guest: Cathy Gellis
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Microsoft FINALLY brings Windows 11 on Arm support to Apple Silicon Macs
- A new Release Preview build shows us what the next Moment update will look like
- New Beta channe builds are a bit less interesting
- More PC maker fallout with Lenovo revenues down 24 percent in Q4
Bing AI
- Bing AI is a lying liar who lies. Questions about Microsoft releasing it in this state continue
- After many Bing AI freakouts, Microsoft limits the length of chats... and then it bumps up the length a bit just a few days later.
- Microsoft brings Bing AI to Bing, Edge, and Skype mobile apps
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft IS releasing Teams 2.0 in March.
Dev
- Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2022 17.5, and it's a big update
- Microsoft releases .NET 8 Preview 1
- Visual Studio gets an integrated .NET Upgrade Assistant... previously only a command line tool
- Paul examines WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK.
- Microsoft is moving File Explorer from XAML Islands to Windows App SDK.
Xbox
- Microsoft defends the Activision Blizzard acquisition in court.
- Microsoft inks 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo
- Microsoft's PC games are coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends & Family Plan comes to 6 new countries, none of which are your country
- As suspected, we're getting a third Xbox Game Pass title drop this month
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: 2FA all the things
- App pick of the week: Craiyon
- RunAs Radio this week: Migrating to Windows 11 with Michael Niehaus
- Brown liquor pick of the week: The Macallan Estate
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GoneDaddy, Section 230, NPM malware, Hyundai Kia mess, Meta Verified
- Picture of the Week.
- GoneDaddy.
- Section 230.
- No Blue, No SMS-based 2FA.
- Bitwarden gets Argon.
- "Meta Verified".
- Emsisoft Fake Code Signing.
- Attacks breaking records.
- More Mirai.
- NPM malware.
- Patch Tuesday.
- Samsung announces "Message Guard".
- The Hyundai & Kia mess.
- A Clever Regurgitator.
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- Parallels Desktop for Mac: The solution for running Windows 11 on Apple M-Series Macs.
- Apple making the case that Apple Silicon Mac & iPhone are great gaming machines.
- U.S. escalates Apple probe, looks to involve antitrust chief.
- Trellix advanced research center discovers a new privilege escalation bug class on macOS and iOS.
- Apple holds 'WWDC for AI' employee event: 'The talent we have is truly at the forefront'.
- Veteran Apple product marketing exec and GarageBand 'co-creator' departs the company.
- Apple flexes lobbying power as Apple Watch ban comes before Biden next week.
- First look: new emojis in iOS 16.4.
- Apple launches new 'Car Key Tests' app for iPhone as adoption lags.
- OG sealed iPhone breaks record selling for almost 2x that of a recent auction.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Ross Dashboard
- Andy's Pick: Duet Display
- Dan's Pick: Hatch Rest
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AI explosion, what ails Google, Section 230, Susan Wojcicki, Twitter SMS 2FA
- Parallels Desktop for Mac: The Solution for Running Windows 11 on Apple M-series Macs.
- Microsoft will limit Bing chat to five replies to stop the AI from getting real weird.
- From Bing to Sydney.
- Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.
- Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing.
- There's an AI for that.
- Is AI a commodity?
- Amateur balloonist group from Illinois says small balloon last reported over Alaska 'missing in action'.
- White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake.
- Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication.
- Meta verification, only $12 a month!
- The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn... by Praveen Seshadri.
- First Look: New Emojis in iOS 16.4.
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan.
- Microsoft February 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 exploited zero-days, 77 flaws.
- OPWNAI : Cybercriminals Starting to Use ChatGPT.
- Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court.
- Hyundai and Kia forced to update software on millions of vehicles because of viral TikTok challenge.
- Sam Bankman-Fried's Prosecutors Raise New Concerns Over Internet Use.
- BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI.
- Data brokers are now selling your mental health status.
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- Running Windows 11 on the Mac.
- White Castle fined for scanning employees' fingerprints.
- Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group's small radio balloon?
- Why is my printer printing out a page of random characters?
- Dick DeBartolo and the 17th anniversary of The Giz Wiz!
- Why am I getting a warning when trying to update my version of Windows through the Microsoft store in my Windows virtualization software?
- Chris Marquardt and the Gentle photo assignment review.
- How to set up redundant internet through my router from different providers?
- What international phone plans could one use when traveling to the US?
- Leo has his hands on the Samsung S23 Ultra and shows off some photos he took with it!
- How can you forward your email from Yahoo without paying for Yahoo Plus?
- How many internet switches can you put on a network?
- Plus, some special guests stop by the show!
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- Elon Musk's reach on Twitter is dropping — he just fired a top engineer over it.
- Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first.
- Google's AI chatbot, Bard, sparks a $100 billion loss in Alphabet shares.
- Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.
- What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?
- How, why and when generative AI will kill the search engine.
- writeGPT - OpenAI's GPT prompt assistant.
- From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- This artist is dominating AI-generated art. And he's not happy about it.
- Google Launches Privacy Sandbox for Android Beta Test.
- Google Drive adding stylus and finger PDF annotation on Android.
- YouTube TV subscribers will get a discount on NFL Sunday Ticket, access launches September 10.
- Google Fiber rolling out $125/month 5 Gig service in 4 cities.
Picks:
- Stacey - Radio Garden.
- Mike - Wikenigma.
- Mike - StealthGPT.
- Ant - Centralized vs Decentralized on FLOSS Weekly.
- Ant - Tiktok Since Mr. Jarvis is Off This Week.
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The AI morning after
- A week after the irrational exuberance, reality sets in. It's still Bing. And it's still competing against Google
- Microsoft shares an update on Bing AI rollout
- Google employees were not amused at botched Bard announcement
- Microsoft to add AI to Office in March
- Everyone is doing AI now. Including Opera and Notion
Windows 11
- New Windows 11 Dev build adds more live captions
- IE was disabled in Windows 11 on Patch Tuesday. It's dead, Jim
- 2FA is coming to Windows 11. It's all in the toast
Microsoft 365
- Looks like Skype revenue has plummeted over the past decade
- And full of "meet your new girlfriend" messages if you don't lock down from defaults
- Microsoft finally retired the Yammer brand. And you're never going to believe what happened next
Corporate
- GitHub lays off 10 percent of staff, going fully remote
- More jobs cuts announced in Surface, HoloLens, Xbox
Xbox
- Just kidding: Activision to release a major Call of Duty title this year
- Xbox February update is now available with Google Home app integration
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Get started with the new Bing AI. Bing AI apparently has some "creator prompts" that will jumpstart certain types of tasks:
-Letter (Write a letter) -Code (Write code) -Movie (Write a script) -Story (Write a story) -Poem (Write a poem) -Summary (Write a summary) -Tweet (Write a tweet) -Blog post (Write a blog post) -Quiz (Write a quiz) -Joke (Write a joke)
- App pick of the week: DALL-E
- This Week on RunAs: Strengthening Security with Jess Dodson
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Kvint Divin
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- Picture of the Week
- ESXiArgs follow-up
- ChatGPT's Malicious Use
- Google Security Key Giveaway
- Brave goes HTTPS-by-default
- 1Password Makes Another Passkeys Move
- Russian Patriotic Hackers
- Amazon to FINALLY Secure Its AWS S3 Instances
- More Anti-Chinese Camera Removals
- Microsoft to embed Adobe Acrobat PDF reader into Edge
- Password Exhaustion
- One Time Passowrd OTPAuth
- Password Exhaustion
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- About the security content of macOS Ventura 13.2.1.
- macOS 13.2.1 update fixes WebKit security breach.
- PSA: Don't update to iOS 16.3.1 if you're a Google Photos user.
- 15.5-inch MacBook Air rumored to arrive in early April 2023.
- HomePod (second generation) review: More of the same.
- Apple's manufacturing shift to India hits stumbling blocks.
- What if... Apple's next big thing never comes?
- Apple's push into next-generation financial services hits delays.
- Apple hires its first People Officer in executive reshuffle.
- Audiobook narrators fear Apple used their voices to train AI.
- Jony Ive's latest design is the emblem for King Charles' coronation.
- Ted Lasso' season 3 sets premiere date at Apple, drops first teaser.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Tweaks for Twitter
- Alex's Pick: RLSOCO Hard Case for Apple Mac Studio M1
- Andy's Pick: Tempso Classical Music Player for iPhone
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- US downs Chinese balloon, drawing a threat from China
- U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklist
- Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing-Google employees are apparently very unhappy with Bard and Sundar Pichai
- Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo
- Dan O'Dowd Funding Superbowl Ad Opposing Tesla Full Self Driving
- PC CPU Shipments See Steepest Decline in 30 Years
- The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video
- iOS Access For All book
- 'Disrespectful to the Craft:' Actors Say They're Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI
- ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why
- A Google Co-Founder Is Building a Massive 400-Foot Airship for Humanitarian Missions
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- Superbowl TV ads.
- PC sales see steep decline.
- AI is being placed into Bing & Google search engines.
- Why am I not receiving emails from specific email addresses?
- What is quick connect for Synology and how do you use it?
- Daniel Suarez interview from Triangulation / TWiT Events.
- A story about fake storage devices from Amazon...
- Leo gives an overview of the Soundblast Creative Labs X5 sound card.
- What is BadUSB, and is there a way to safely read USB drives if you're unaware of its origin?
- Mikah demonstrates using iMazing to recover files from your iPhone backups.
- Bad DNSs and how to override them.
- How to delete your LastPass vault and further protect your password from being breached.
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New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance.
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- Shift Happens: A book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary.
- Matias Tactile Pro.
- I Tried Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing. Search Will Never Be the Same.
- Google unveils its own ChatGPT-like AI chatbot.
- Bret Taylor starts AI company; Google VP joins.
- Twitter Places Limits on Tweet Frequency, Impacting Business and Individual Accounts.
- Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo.
- Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involvement.
- Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.
- Google will soon blur explicit images by default in search results.
- Google is adding some new features for EVs with built-in Google Maps.
- Google winds down feature that put playable podcasts directly in search results.
- Google launches Android 14 Developer Preview for Pixel.
- Jason Howell reviews the OnePlus 11 5G.
- Harvard Misinformation Expert Joan Donovan Forced to Leave by Kennedy School Dean, Sources Say.
Picks:
- Stacey - Sunnyside - Healthier Drinking Habits That Fit Your Lifestyle.
- Jeff - Watch our new Fixed on Pixel ad ahead of the big game.
- Jeff - Coffee for Ant.
- Ant - Early Mornings Photo Contest.
- Ant - Shout out to TWiG Listener.
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- OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus
- Google responds to ChatGPT with Bard
- Microsoft announces AI-powered Bing and Edge.
- Google hosted its own AI event and it announced multi-search, Maps improvements, and Translate improvements, and discussed how AI can make life better
- Semi-related: Paul was let into the Notion AI beta
Windows
- Paul has some thoughts about Windows 12 and what an AI-based Windows could look like
- Ads are coming to the Microsoft Store. FINALLY
- New Insider build for the Beta channel. No new features, but a new policy that lets IT admins customize how Search looks on the Windows 11 Taskbar
- Microsoft is integrating Adobe Acrobat PDF with Microsoft Edge, but only on Windows 10 and 11 for now
Microsoft 365
- Native Apple Silicon version of Skype is 3X faster. What took so long?
Hardware
- Microsoft says it's still committed to HoloLens 2 and MR, tries not to laugh
- Samsung is working on XR hardware with Qualcomm and Google.
Dev
- Microsoft updates its .NET language strategy. Nothing has changed, other than they way they document their .NET language strategy
More Big Tech Earnings
- Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta earnings
- Zoom just showed us the way to handle layoffs
Xbox
- Sony is fighting Microsoft subpoena in AB case. It's fighting the FTC subpoena, too
- UK CMA says AB deal is "anti-competitive" but would accept some concessions
- New Game Pass titles announced for the middle of February
- Sony says the PS5 is immune to the downturn
- Nintendo says Switch is not immune to the downturn, but it's still dominating
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Protect your privacy in Windows 11
- App pick of the week: Microsoft Edge Dev
- Brown Liquor of the week: Mackmyra
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Sponsors:
- Picture of the Week.
- The European Union's Internet Surveillance Proposal.
- 30,000 patient records online?
- .DEV is always HTTPS!
- Google changes Chrome's release strategy.
- Russia shoots the messenger.
- A fool and his Crypto...
- QNAP is back.
- CVSS severity discrepancy.
- Closing the Loop.
- How ESXi Fell.
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- Apple results and charts: $117.2B quarter is still a step back.
- Apple in 2022: The Six Colors report card.
- Apple TV users can now watch Major League Soccer matches with MLS Season Pass.
- Apple execs on M2 chips, winning gamers and when to buy a Mac.
- Apple decides to drop role of Industrial Design Chief in post-Jony Ive era.
- If you need an instant vintage Apple collection, here's where to get it.
- Apple highlights child protection for Safer Internet Day.
- The original startup behind Stable Diffusion has launched a generative AI for video.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Calibre
- Andy's Pick: Doppler music player for iPhone and Mac
- Leo's Pick: Monocle
- Alex's Pick: Grog Knots
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Netflix password sharing, big tech earnings, Twitter API, Jony Ive
- Cain's Jawbone by Edward Powys Mathers.
- Safer Internet Day USA.
- Netflix Reveals How Password Sharing Crackdown Will Be Enforced.
- Alphabet Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, YouTube Ad Revenue Down 8%.
- Facebook's VR Division Lost $13.72 Billion In 2022.
- Apple Sales Shrink as Pandemic Rally Ends for iPhone Maker, Other Tech Giants.
- Apple Decides to Drop Role of Industrial Design Chief in Post-Jony Ive Era.
- Jony Ive, designer of the iPhone and iPod, just designed a 'clown nose' for a British charity.
- Tesla increases Model Y, cuts Model 3 prices in the U.S.
- Twitter Is Killing Off The Fun Bots.
- Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.
- Amazon (AMZN) earnings Q4 2022.
- Pig-butchering scam apps sneak into Apple's App Store and Google Play.
- ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
- Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
- CNET pushed reporters to be more favorable to advertisers, staffers say.
- Paradigm shifts of yesteryear, today and tomorrow.
- Hogwarts Legacy releases this week for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S - but April for PS4 and XBO and June for Switch.
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge Prepping 'Tomb Raider' TV Series for Amazon.
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- The Chinese spy balloon.
- Facebook on your phone drains your battery quickly? A former employee suggests that it does.
- Elon Musk was found not liable in the lawsuit around his "funding secured" tweet.
- Scott Wilkinson and TVs to watch the Super Bowl.
- Why can't I back up my iPhone SE to the cloud?
- A story from a caller about canceling your cable subscription...
- How to clear out your Siri suggestions.
- Alex Lindsay and Midjourney.
- What are some good external speakers for your new Mac Mini?
- What are the laptop stands that Leo and Mikah use during the show?
- What are some cheap eSim suggestions when traveling to the US?
- The right router for your fiber optic connection.
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Sponsors:
- AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity.
- ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
- Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
- Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years.
- History of AI by Shaan Ray.
- MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
- AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse.
- OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future.
- Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.
- Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
- Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.
- The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
- How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
- US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
- Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.
- Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
- Live test of Clear Calling.
- Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.
- Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.
- Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.
- YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.
- Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.
- Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.
- PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.
- New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.
- Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.
- Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.
- Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.
- Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.
- Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.
Picks:
- Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.
- Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.
- Jeff - I'm on Team dog.
- Ant - You People.
- Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.
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Windows 11
- Skipping the Windows 11 upgrade? Microsoft will force-feed it to you soon
- Related: Microsoft is using dark patterns to get people to upgrade to 11
- Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 heads to Dev channel with new Spotify and Phone Link widgets, new Start menu "exploration"
- Screen recording in Snipping Tool rolls out to users in Windows Insider Beta channel
More earnings
- Since Microsoft's mixed earnings last week, a few more relevant firms have checked in on Q4 2022
- Intel earnings fall off a cliff: Cutting pay 5% rather than layoffs, VPs 10%, leadership 15%, CEO 25%
- AMD - not bad thanks to datacenter, but this quarter will be down 10 percent
- And it's not just the PC: IDC says smartphone sales declined 18.3 percent in Q4
Dev
- A quick look at .NET MAUI desktop app capabilities
- .NET MAUI gets a cross-platform media player control
- GitHub says it has over 100 million developers on the service. From what Google indicates, there are only ~27 million developers in the world
Xbox
- After layoffs at 343, a smaller team will start over with Unreal Engine
- Why not just disband the whole disaster and let Halo fly free?
- Microsoft announces Xbox Games with Gold for February... and new Game Pass titles for first half of February
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition comes to Xbox consoles
- Xbox Series X|S get a price hike in Japan
- Did Sony really halve PS VR2 production?
- VR is not having a good time right now... probably this whole year.
- Rumor: Microsoft will skip E3 along with Nintendo and Sony
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Complete your password manager switch
- Plus: Quick update on the new book
- App pick of the week: https://ground.news/
- Brown alcohol pick of the week: Crown Royal
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Sponsors:
- Android to start blocking old and unsafe apps.
- Microsoft to block Internet sourced Excel add-ins.
- An example of saying "no" even when it may hurt.
- Hacked Wormhole funds on the move.
- Kevin Rose Hacked.
- Facebook will be moving more users into E2EE.
- iOS 6.3 and FIDO.
- Scan thy Citizenry.
- The Hive ransomware organization takedown.
- Errata.
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Data Operand Independent Timing.
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- New HomePod can still stain some wooden surfaces.
- 4chan members allegedly used Eleven Labs to create disturbing audio content in celeb voices.
- Apple is planning both a foldable screen and a kickstand for the iPad.
- Apple's Superbowl coverage.
- New 256GB Mac Mini and 512GB MacBook Pro have slower SSD speeds than previous models.
- Apple beefs up smartphone services in "silent war" against Google.
- Apple extends Chinese censorship to Hong Kong users.
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Pick: Mac 30th Anniversary Icons as SVG
- Jason's Pick: Make.com
- Andy's Picks: HiDock & HandMirror by Rafael Conde
- Alex's Pick: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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- Pluralistic: Tiktok's enshittification (21 Jan 2023).
- Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
- If ChatGPT doesn't get a better grasp of facts, nothing else matters.
- Move over ChatGPT, Microsoft's new AI tool is helping developers code faster.
- ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
- OPWNAI: Cybercriminals starting to use ChatGPT.
- MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
- Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.
- AI-powered "robot" lawyer won't argue in court after jail threats.
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- Meta's AI chief Yann LeCun calls ChatGPT "not particularly innovative".
- Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.
- US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
- Microsoft Revenue Up 2 Percent, but Profit Drops 12 Percent.
- GitHub: 100 million developers and counting.
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
- The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
- Why Taylor Swift Is Using Facial Recognition at Concerts.
- James Dolan gives fiery interview defending facial recognition tech at MSG.
- AI makes Ariana Grande sing a Billie Eilish song.
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- What can AI do for us in the future?
- "How Platforms Die."
- Moving files off an old iPod
- Where can you purchase lossless audio tracks?
- Is there some best practices to prep your photo and video files for better long-term storage on a network-attached storage (NAS)?
- Syncing your calendars across multiple platforms.
- Hands-on with the Amazon Echo Show 10.
- Why are there several partitions on my USB drive?
- What are my options for remote support with my parents?
- Some lovely restaurant recommendations in Petaluma.
- Is it worth upgrading o the new M2 MacBook Pro that was released earlier in January?
- How to work within a restricted WiFi network to do wireless printing from a tablet and use Alexa to make phone calls?
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- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
- Interview with Richard Hay.
- Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts.
- Meta to Reinstate Trump's Facebook and Instagram Accounts.
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
- Mastodon founder has a message for Elon Musk.
- Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
- Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt.
- Ivory: The Magnificent Mastodon App.
- We tried to run a social media site and it was awful.
- DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market.
- Justice Department calls for breakup of Google in new antitrust lawsuit.
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft.
- ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor.
- @divergencearran: Earlier this evening @kevinrose was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens.
- ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
- PCs past fans: active cooling chip.
- HBO's 'The Last of Us' Infects Your Google Search With Creepy Fungus.
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
- Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook.
- The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off.
- Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel.
- Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls.
- Waze now supports Android Auto's 'Coolwalk' dashboard; will users actually start getting it now?
Picks:
- Stacey - Jabra 85H.
- Stacey - The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face.
- Jeff - The library that Jeff wants.
- Ant - StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale.
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F23Q2 analysis, the subscription future, Microsoft 365 Insider program
- Microsoft announced a net income of $16.4 billion on revenues of $52.7 billion for the quarter ending December 31. Net income decreased by 12 percent year-over-year (YOY) in the time period while revenue was up just 2 percent. It was a mixed quarter, at best, and below expectations.
- Intelligent Cloud delivered $21.5 billion in revenues in the quarter, up 18 percent YOY.
- Productivity and Business Processes was Microsoft's second-biggest business in the quarter, with $17 billion in revenues, up 7 percent.
- More Personal Computing was again the laggard with $14.2 billion in revenues, down an astonishing 19 percent YOY.
- The cloud saved the quarter
- Windows tanked
- Windows won't get better any time soon
- Surface tanked even worse than Windows
- Surface also won't get better any time soon thanks to "execution challenges"
- Xbox tanked, but was at least inline with expectations
- Teams has over 280 million users
- Microsoft 365 to evolve into an AI-first platform
- Office did OK overall, big shift away from one-off product sales to subscriptions
Windows
- It's time to suck it up: the future of Windows is all advertising and subscriptions
- Microsoft is working on yet another File Explorer redesign
- Microsoft also starts testing tabs in Notepad
- Microsoft is also testing a side-by-side view for web pages in Edge
- And now a new Insider build for the Dev channel with a new (Facebook) Messenger widget
- Microsoft kills Altspace VR as part of an AR/MR house-cleaning move
- Microsoft may be walking away from AR/MR, but Apple's coming headset will allegedly switch between the two modes
Microsoft 365
- Office Insider Program renamed to Microsoft 365 Insider Program
- This rebranding crusade is a mistake and is reminiscent of the .NET branding mistake
Antitrust
- EU to announce antitrust case against Microsoft Teams
- DOJ announces antitrust case against Google for advertising and Google responds
- Google lays off 12,000. Nothing from Apple?
Dev
- Github now has over 100 million developers
- Google announces what's next for Flutter
- An examination of .NET MAUI reveals what it's good for on the Windows desktop
Xbox
- N64 classic GoldenEye is coming to Xbox, Game Pass January 27
- Sony pushes forward with VR2 plans
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Paul is working on a new book and needs your help
- Tip of the week #2: Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 downloads
- Brown alcohol pick of the week: Nomad Outland Whisky
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Sponsor:
- Picture of the Week.
- PayPal Credential Stuffing.
- iOS 16.3 : Cloud encryption for all.
- InfoSecurity Magazine: "ChatGPT Creates Polymorphic Malware".
- CheckPoint Research: OPWNAI : Cybercriminals Starting to Use ChatGPT.
- "Meta" fined for the third time.
- Bitwarden acquires "Passwordless.dev".
- Closing the Loop.
- SpinRite.
- Credential Reuse.
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Sponsors:
- 2023 MacBook Pro review: More of the same, in a good way.
- M2 Mac Mini review: Whatever you want it to be.
- Apple resurrects full-size HomePod with updated acoustics.
- Cat activates Homepod music playback.
- Apple postpones AR/VR glasses, plans cheaper mixed-reality headset.
- How Apple's upcoming mixed-reality headset will work.
- iOS 16.3 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities.
- About security keys for Apple ID.
- Apple builds on privacy commitment by unveiling new education and awareness efforts on Data Privacy Day.
- Apple enlists 'Ted Lasso' star power and Today at Apple sessions for 'Data Privacy Day'.
- How Apple has so far avoided layoffs: Lean hiring, no free lunches.
- iOS 16.3 code reveals Apple continues to work on classical music app.
- Apple releases HomePod 16.3 software with humidity and temperature sensing, find my improvements, audio tuning, and more.
- AI and the Big Five.
- The Lisa: Apple's most influential failure.
Picks of the Week
- Jason's Pick: Ivory
- Andy's Pick: Iconfactory - Tot/Tot Pocket
- Alex's Pick: Affinity Bundle
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Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP
- Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
- Twitterrific: End of an Era.
- In Memory of Tweetbot.
- Extremely Hardcore.
- Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.
- Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms.
- Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230.
- R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google.
- Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.
- India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary.
- As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin.
- TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral.
- How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation.
- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
- Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees.
- Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens.
- Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL).
- How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches.
- Comixology hit hard by Amazon's massive layoffs.
- Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
- CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy.
- The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
- Former Exec explains why on Reddit.
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- Twitter's 3rd party API disconnected.
- Supreme Court hearing a case regarding Section 230.
- Massive tech layoffs at multiple companies this past week.
- Amazon Smile has been discontinued.
- With all of the tech layoffs occurring in tech companies, how could this affect research and development at these companies?
- Using BitWarden Command Line Interface in the Linux operating system.
- Affordable devices to control aspects of your livestream.
- Discord troubleshooting.
- What are some tablets for young kids, and how can you restrict what apps they can use on the devices?
- Securing your router using pfSense, and do you need to do much with it when setting it up?
- Why is Facebook Live not livestreaming when using OBS to do so?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guest: Dick DeBartolo
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Sponsors:
- Twitter Auction Complete
- Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
- Sawyer Merritt on Twitter: "Boston Dynamics shows of their robots latest skills
- Tesla staged 2016 self-driving demo, says senior Autopilot engineer
- Twitter admits it's breaking third-party apps, cites 'long-standing API rules'
- Google Images Was Created Because Of Jennifer Lopez
- Leo's wake-up call
- Dozens of media companies set 2023 content deals with Twitter
- Free the nipple: Facebook and Instagram told to end ban on bare breasts
- New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt
- Saunas and cold shock
- Google's brief to SCOTUS on 230
- Nick Cave says imitation ChatGPT song is 'a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human'
- Point-by-point rebuttal of that litigation
- Reid Hoffman makes a podcast with ChatGPT
- Nest cofounder's next thing: mail your dessicated food waste to him for chickenfeed
- Google Changelog
- YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget
- Your Google Stadia controller won't be a paperweight after the service shuts down | Engadget
- Google plans AirTag clone, will track devices with 3 billion Android phones
- Google Translate now supports 33 new languages offline
- Fitbit step and heart rate data is appearing in Google Fit
- ChromeOS 109 rolling out with a tweak to how Android apps launch
- Google's bringing new features to older versions of Android
- Android Auto redesign rolling out draggable seek bar in music apps
- Google Discover rolls out three-column UI ahead of Pixel Tablet
- Android 13 is running on 5.2% of all devices five months after launch
- We like this compost bin
- Govee Smart Kettle
- State Dept phases out Times Roman in favor of 14 pt Calibri
- I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays by Tom Segura
- Marshawn Lynch Shows Kevin Hart Beast Mode In The Cold Tubs
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AI for the consumer client side, HoloLens request rejected, Azure DevOps
Layoffs
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella informs employees of 10,000 layoffs
- Is Surface on the cutting block?
- Amazon to layoff 18,000
Welcome to the AI era
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms Microsoft's AI moves: Azure Open AI service, ChatGPT APIs, and infusing AI across the entire Microsoft stack
- This is a much bigger deal than Microsoft's pivot to the cloud 20 years ago because it infuses everything that it does. When Wall Street latched onto Azure and cloud computing and made Microsoft the second biggest company in the world, the software giant effectively ignored personal computing because no one wanted to hear about legacy. That era is over.
Windows 11
- New Insider Preview build for the Dev channel adds a developer feature, OneDrive storage quote display
- New Insider Preview build comes to the ... Release Preview channel? This one is interesting.
- Now we know the full story of the bloodbath that was PC sales in Q4 2022: a 28.3 percent drop in unit sales YOY. Yikes
- Intel ships its first 6 GHz CPU, reminding us again that this—and not efficiency—is what Intel is good at
- 12 years after Windows 8 and Surface, Apple is adding touchscreens to the Mac.
Devices
- US Congress nixes Army purchase of more HoloLens units
Xbox
- Google and NVIDIA voice concerns about Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- EU likely to issue warning on Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- Public support for the acquisition is strong. Even about PlayStation users!
- Google turns the Stadia controller into a normal Bluetooth controller
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: The OneDrive storage upgrades you didn't know about
- App pick of the week: MSEdgeRedirect
- Enterprise pick of the week: Azure DevOps
- Whisky pick of the week: Glenlivet Nadurra
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Sponsors:
- Picture of the Week
- About Password Iterations
- EBC or CB
- Norton Lifelock Troubles
- Chrome Follows Microsoft and Firefox
- Chromium is Beginning to Rust
- BYOVD and Windows Defender Failures
- Closing the Loop (feedback)
- The Rule of Two
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- New M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pro.
- New M2 / M2 Pro Mac Mini.
- Digital IDs on iPhone launching soon in California.
- Apple is working on adding touch screens to Macs in major turnabout.
- 'Retro Pod' app yanked from the App Store.
- wInd3x, the iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late.
- Goldman Sachs lost $1.2 billion in just nine months in newest division.
- The Apple TV expects you to have an iPhone in order to accept new iCloud terms and conditions.
- Fake SSDs with great reviews are still popping up on Amazon.
- Dropbox to roll out update with full support for macOS 12.5 by April.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Gator Frameworks Microphone Clip Quick Release.
- Andy's Pick: Runestone Plain Text Editor for iPhone and iPad.
- Jason's Pick: OpenAI Whisper.
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CES 2023 Recap, ChatGPT and Plagiarism, Twitter API, 2016 Election and Twitter
- CES 2023 Recap
- A government watchdog spent $15,000 to crack a federal agency's passwords in minutes
- Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
- CNET Is Experimenting With an AI Assist. Here's Why
- A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What?
- Acer 516 Gaming Chromebook
- Neeva Ad-free Search Engine
- NFL Playoffs 2023: Fox Sports Details 1080p/HDR Production Efforts
- Apple rumored to be prepping bid for English Premier League football streaming rights
- YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget
- Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) Lost $1.2 Billion in Just Nine Months in Newest Division - Bloomberg
- iPod Bootrom exploit 10 years too late
- YouTube may fix controversial policy to demonetize videos with swearing | Engadget
- New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt
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- Steps you can take to strengthen your password manager.
- Using an iPad Pro with your Mac through Apple's sidecar.
- What are some good watches for the Android OS comparable to the Apple Watch?
- Scott Wilkinson and the CES 2023 TV tech Roundup.
- Could AI services like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion AI generate more jobs for people or take away jobs?
- Resetting your master password in LastPass.
- What are some recommendations for an email aggregator app for Mac computers?
- Chris Marquardt and the start of the monthly photo assignment (Gentle).
- Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell talk about battery health for iOS and Android devices.
- How can you visit places abroad without relying on a smartphone?
- Is there a risk in using a free password manager like BitWarden (sponsor of the TWiT Network), similar to if you were to use a free VPN service?
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- Stadia player count hinted at by Destiny 2 figures.
- The DNSSEC Root Signing Ceremony.
- KSK Key Signing Ceremony (16 Jun 10).
- Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT.
- OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot.
- Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.
- neeva.ai
- Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.
- Ryan Reynolds used ChatGPT to make a Mint Mobile ad, and the results were 'mildly terrifying'.
- NYC education department blocks ChatGPT on school devices, networks.
- Microsoft VALL-E voice models.
- Apple does AI-read audiobooks.
- Russia to replace crew capsule at space station after coolant leak.
- Gigabit-ready internet connections are now mandatory in new homes in England.
- Flights Resume Across U.S. After FAA Outage: Live Updates.
- FAA giving airlines another year to fix altimeters that can't handle 5G signals.
- Chipotle is adding the TikTok-famous quesadilla hack to its official menu.
- These dogs ride a bus like humans 'and now the internet is in love'.
- Georgia Tech paper arguing TikTok is no security danger.
- Footage of Tesla in self-driving mode stopping on Bay Bridge (!), causing pileup.
- Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up.
- Afroman Got Raided by Cops, So He Put Them in His Music Video.
- rsync.net Warrant Canary.
- Amazon and Disney team up to launch an entirely new, Alexa-enabled experience for fans called Hey Disney!
- Researchers Hacked California's Digital License Plates, Gaining Access to GPS Location and User Info.
- Google Pixel phones add 5G support in India.
- Google Messages rolls out group chat end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in beta.
- Google Maps for Wear OS adds phoneless navigation on LTE watches.
- Google's new high-definition maps are arriving first on Volvo and Polestar electric vehicles.
- Google's new split-screen look for Android Auto is rolling out to everyone.
- Google Meet rolling out in-call emoji reactions.
- Google Docs adds a feature we thought it already had: non-printing characters.
- California Governor Teases Support for Digital IDs: 'We're Going to Do It Like No Other State'.
- John Deere vows to open up its tractor tech, but right-to-repair backers have doubts.
Picks:
- Stacey - Tramontina Induction Cooking System.
- Jeff - Finnish Parliament rejects EU copyright legislation as a violation of rights to education, science.
- Jeff - After Months Of Protest, Google Search Quality Raters Finally Get A Raise.
- Ant - Kevin Hart Guesses Cheap vs. Expensive Wines.
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Fungible, rounded corners, Xbox Oreos, the AI wave
- Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019
- Surface Pro X, also from 2019, featured the first-ever NPU in a Surface product
- Eye contact announced in 2020 - requires NPU
- Windows Studio Effects announced at hybrid work event in April 2021 - adds Voice clarity, Voice focus, Automatic framing, Portrait blur, and Background blur to Eye contact
- Windows Dev Kit 2023 (Volterra) arrives in late 2022 with NPU
- Did Microsoft just soft announce Windows 12? Panos Panay awkwardly joins Lisa Su at AMD announcement at CES. Still, this is potentially huge
- Let's not forget VALL-E
- Now, Microsoft is reportedly seeking to expand its OpenAI partnership with $10 billion investment, could lead to 49 percent ownership stake
Windows 7 + Windows 8.1 are on a farm chasing rabbits
- Microsoft issues the final Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. They're dead, Jim. And ... oddly, Microsoft added Secure Boot to Windows 7 at the last second
- Windows 7 was beloved, Windows 8 was reviled, both were horribly misunderstood
More Windows
- First Windows Insider builds of 2023 reveal more UI tinkering
- Android 13 comes to WSA in the Insider Program
- Preliminary results (from IDC) confirm what we knew about the PC industry in 2022
Surface + devices
- After claiming that Surface Duo remained important, rumors of major Surface Duo developments, um, surface - Microsoft to move to folding display design, could add standalone phone
- And let's not forget this little patent from 2017!
- Microsoft launches shared device mode for frontline workers
Microsoft
- Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Basic - what used to be called OneDrive 100 GB Standalone plan
- Microsoft acquires Fungible for $190 million (estimated)
- There's a Microsoft education event coming in February
Tips and picks
- Tip of the week: Install Windows Subsystem for Android correctly
- App pick of the week: BitWarden
- Enterprise pick of the week: Local Administrator Password Solution V2
- Bourbon pick of the week: Angel's Envy
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Sponsor:
- Picture of the Week.
- LastPass Aftermath.
- LastPass Vault De-Obfuscator.
- What more do we know this week regarding LastPass?
- The most alarming discovery by listeners.
- Understanding the scale of GPU-enhanced password cracking.
- On the true strength of passwords.
- Feedback from listeners regarding LastPass.
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- iPhone announcement anniversary.
- Keynote introduction anniversary.
- Safari is released to the world.
- Apple releases audiobooks with AI narrators.
- Apple's dumping Broadcom, but keeping Qualcomm for now.
- Apple releases minimal in 2023, except for that headset.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: Atomic Clock
- Leo's Pick: Foreca
- Andy's Pick: Algorithms to Live By
- Jason's Pick: Mela
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CES 2023, Lastpass hack, Meta's EU fine, FCC's robocall fine, Tesla autopilot
- Adorable Rice Balls Reimagine Japan's Cutest Bird as Anime-Style Delinquents.
- Yo-Kai To Debut Desktop Ramen Robot For Space-Constrained Retail Formats at CES 2023.
- Stacey sets the stage for CES 2022.
- CES 2023 kicks off with more than 112,000 attendees.
- There was a lot of pee on the CES 2023 show floor.
- The tech that went too far at CES 2023.
- Surprise: Samsung is making SmartThings hardware again!
- M-Pwr By Masonite.
- Podcast: CES has more Matter and many voices.
- Nanoleaf's latest smart lights boast Matter support and learning automation.
- GE Profile Smart Stand Mixer.
- Lastpass: Hackers stole customer vault data in cloud storage breach.
- Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker.
- European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry.
- FCC proposes record $300 million fine against auto warranty robocall campaign.
- Ana de Armas Fans Can Sue Over Deceptive Movie Trailer, Court Rules.
- Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up.
- The importance of communite for creators.
- About the founder of Sound Blaster
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- New tech from CES, like tech for your toilet?
- The LastPass Breach and what you should know about it.
- How can you call in to Ask The Tech Guys? Mikah quickly gives a demo to show you.
- What happens when traveling outside of the US when you have Advanced Data Protection enabled in iOS?
- Is there a free upgrade to Windows 11 from Windows 8.1?
- Sam Abuelsamid calls into the show to talk about automotive companies at this year's CES convention.
- Fr. Robert Ballecer gives his CES 2023 report.
- Is it worth getting an iPad Pro to use it as a secondary display with Apple's Sidecar feature? What are the pros and cons of this?
- Concerned about using LastPass since its data breach? Leo shows how you can transfer your data from LastPass into another password manager.
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- This Device Will Not Let You LOL Unless You Mean It.
- The Mutalk Microphone Seals Your Voice In Virtual Reality.
- Bird Buddy's new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species.
- Roku Is Now Making Its Own TVs.
- Sony breaks from tradition and won't announce new TVs at CES 2023.
- This Virtual Twitch Streamer is Controlled Entirely By AI.
- Bills safety Damar Hamlin in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest.
- YouTube TV lands Sunday Ticket with deal between Google, NFL.
- European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry.
- Shift Happens.
- Typewriter art.
- Public Domain Expansion 2022: Highlights of the Harlem Renaissance and Modernist Writers in HathiTrust's Newly Opened Volumes.
- False Match That Led to Arrest Highlights Danger of Facial Recognition.
- Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker.
- Ana de Armas Fans' Lawsuit Puts Studios at Risk Over Deceptive Trailers.
- ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists.
- Google and Meta's Advertising Dominance Fades as TikTok, Streamers Emerge.
- Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever to Lose $200 Billion.
- Twitter's San Francisco HQ reportedly a hub of stinky smells.
- Mastodon 9 million: growth continues in fits and starts (but not all millions are the same).
- Eugen turns down VC investment; vows to stay nonprofit.
- friendica – A Decentralized Social Network.
Picks:
- Jeff - Golden Gate gets $400 million for earthquake retrofit.
- Leo - Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann.
- Ant - Coach Prime on Amazon.
- Glenn - Robert Garcia plans swearing in on part on a Superman comic.
- Jeff - George Santos humor.
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Notepad tabs, Stack Overflow 2022 developer survey, LastPass alternatives
Windows
- Microsoft's next Moment for Windows 11 is on the way
- Microsoft is testing tabs in Notepad internally
- This is what we're reduced to with the Windows 11 team, a 25-year old debate about MDI and SDI
- Google is changing the Chrome release schedule again... no word from the Edge team
Services
- Bing is reportedly going to get a ChatGPT upgrade to take on Google Search
CES
- Intel announces 13th Gen Core chipsets for mobile
- New PCs from Acer, HP, etc.
- Matter Devices
- Masonite Smart Door
- Shiftall Mutalk
- Surface Laptop 2 is no longer supported. It's four years old
Dev
- Stack Overflow releases its 2022 survey. Lots of interesting data in there
Xbox
- Ahead of Tuesday's pre-trial hearing, Microsoft responds to FTC complaint... and everyone focuses on the exact wrong thing, again
- Microsoft's strategy for the FTC: Be the nice guy
- Alone in Big Tech, Microsoft embraces unions
- Here are the Games with Gold for January
- Epic Games settles with FTC, will pay $520 million fine
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Dump LastPass?
- App pick of the week: Xbox Live Gold
- Bourbon pick of the week: Fable & Folly by Orphan Barrel
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Guest: Richard Campbell
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Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Jonathan Bennett kick off the new year with a round table discussion regarding the world of open source. The hosts are joined by a special guest for this discussion, Leo Laporte. It's a great discussion regarding open source security, centralized versus decentralized products on the web, and much more.
Hosts: Doc Searls, Jonathan Bennett, Katherine Druckman, and Leo Laporte
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Sponsors:
- Picture of the Week.
- SpinRite.
- Leaving LastPass.
- Is there reason for concern?
- Well known password cracker Jeremi Gosney's LastPass rant.
- Steve shares his plan regarding LastPass.
- What is Steve's next password manager?
- What should LastPass users do to protect themselves?
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- Dark Sky shut down as promised.
- Apple didn't release any new Macs this quarter for first time since 2000.
- Epic CEO teases Fortnite coming back to iOS as Apple is rumored to allow alternative app stores.
- Next-generation QI2 wireless charging standard embraces Apple's MagSafe for Universal compatibility.
- Kuo: Apple to cancel or postpone 2024 iPhone SE 4.
- iPhone 14 Pro back in stock, ads back on air.
- Inside Apple's war for chip talent.
- Apple's battery replacement prices are going up by $20 to $50.
- Apple Home new architecture roll-out paused.
- iPhone 14 has another crash detection problem, this time it's skiing.
Picks of the Week
- Alex's Pick: June Oven
- Andy's Pick: MarsEdit 5
- Jason's Pick: Channels
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Highlights from throughout the year
- Remember SECOND LIFE? Its Founder is Back For The METAVERSE!
- Neil Young's Spotify Ultimatum.
- Fidonet vs. the Internet.
- Apple Studio Display Doesn't Cut It.
- How To Remove Personally Identifiable Info From Google Search.
- Apple Supports FIDO Passkey.
- Google's LAMDA AI "Sentient"?
- Attorney's iPhone Seized in January 6th Investigation.
- Audiophiles Fall For MoFi's Digital Tricks.
- Why Did Cable Lose Broadband Market Share?
- LastPass hack.
- How Do You Really Feel About the Dynamic Island?
Host: Leo Laporte
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Leo Laporte looks back on some of the memorable calls and guest segments of 2022, as well as some changes coming for 2023!
- I need to get Hearing Aids: what should I expect?
- Livestreaming equipment for a school
- Are internet cookies a security risk?
- Rod Pyle: James Webb Telescope
- Chris Marquardt: Smartphone photo apps
- Getting started with NFTs
- 2-Factor Authentication and Yubikeys
- Chris Marquardt: OpenAI's DALL-E 2
- Recovering a hacked Instagram account
- Johnny Jet: Power adapters for travel
- Johnny Jet: Ukraine War and travel
- Scott Wilkinson: the right fit for earbuds
- How to import old DV tapes
- Sam Abuelsamid: Polestar O2 electric roadster concept car with an automatic drone
- Dick DeBartolo: It's Bananas! The Monkey Game
- Steve Martin announces Leo's retirement from radio
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- How Has Google FAILED at Messaging So Badly?
- MORAL PANIC!!!
- Hair and makeup.
- FLoC Is OUT, Topics Takes Its Place.
- Some Dude Hacked North Korea.
- Mazda Infotainment Systems Bricked By Radio Station.
- Facebookers Now Called Metamates.
- A Painful Looking Keyboard.
- Stacey's Pick: Firewalla Purple.
- Unsolicited Dik-Diks.
- Jeff's Roboburger Adventure.
- Jeff Jarvis being sold on eBay.
- Insteon Shut Down Suddenly.
- T-Mobile's 5G Home Internet is Enticing.
- iRobot OS breaks Stacey.
- Snapchat's Googly Eyes Make Everything Creepy.
- Why Google AI Isn't Sentient.
- Higginbot has spoken.
- Jeff gets personal with Stacey and Ant.
- Moral Panic bumper gets an upgrade.
- Leo goes French.
- Wrong Number Text Scam Revealed!
- Alex Stamos Describes How He Got Into Security.
Host: Leo Laporte
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Looking back on the year in Microsoft, from Paul's rants to Mary Jo's beer! The world of Windows has had one wild 2022!
- Activision Blizzard acquisition begins
- Autocorrect/autocomplete baffles Mary Jo!
- Experimenting with Ads in File Explorer!? Uh oh!
- Farewell to Clippy/Gottfried
- DuckDuckGo's controversial Microsoft problem
- Interrupted by a crisis in Leo's office!
- Zac Bowden & Rich Woods discuss the new Windows update schedule
- Live widget notifications are annoying!
- Outlook? More like Look-Out... for advertisements
- Multiple Apple integrations announced
- Mary Jo Foley's final beer pick of the week: Sororicide
- Revolver's 2022 mix is an incredible musical achievement
Host: Leo Laporte
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- Anatomy of a Log4j Exploit.
- Will Russia Disconnect?
- FCC Says Kaspersky Labs is a National Security Threat.
- Lenovo UEFI Firmware Troubles.
- That "Passkeys" Thing.
- Dis-CONTI-nued: The End of Conti?
- Steve's Take on the LastPass Breach.
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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Looking back at some of MacBreak Weekly's best moments from 2022.
- Apple's new Mac Studio & iPad Air.
- Apple's response to AirTag stalking concerns.
- A farewell to the iPod.
- Apple's vision of a passwordless future.
- Rene Ritchies leaves the show, and Jason Snell joins the show.
- M2 MacBook Air review.
- The Dynamic Island.
- The Apple Watch Ultra with Stephen Robles.
- Are there too many new iPads with the release of Apple's new A14 iPad?
- Gambling ads in the App Store.
- A song and dance from the panel of MacBreak Weekly during some tests.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Jason Snell
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2022 year in review, Crypto, Artificial Intelligence, Ukraine, Elon Musk
- Spotify Boycott
- War in Ukraine
- Crypto crash & FTX
- Acquisitions
- Twitter and Elon Musk
- The Metaverse
- Apple
- Tech worker revolt
- Hacking
- Government
- Passkeys
- Streaming Wars
- AI Revolution
- In Memoriam
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Paul Thurrott, Steve Gibson, Jeff Jarvis, and Doc Searls
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- Life Expectancy by occupation for people with a wikipedia page.
- How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties.
- OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models.
- On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?
- 'Magic Avatar' App Lensa Generated Nudes From My Childhood Photos.
- MSG's Facial Recognition at Radio City Gets Girl Scout Mom Kicked Out.
- A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
- We should talk about consent in IoT.
- Lionel Messi's World Cup celebration is now the most-liked post on Instagram.
- Looking ahead to CES 2023.
- Public Domain Day 2023.
- Tom Lehrer Songs – Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer.
- John Fetterman's TikTok Whisperer.
- Police provide first official details of Elon Musk's alleged stalker incident.
- Alex Barredo: "@joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
- Elon Musk now says he'll step down as Twitter CEO.
- Who is John J. Ray III, FTX's new chief executive?
- Ex-Google Contractor Settles Lawsuit Over Religious Sect.
- Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta.
- Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access.
- Bear scratching Festivus pole.
Picks:
- Stacey - Therabody Smart Goggles
- Jeff - What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
- Ant - Sony Alpha Holiday Deals
- Ant - Spyder Checkr Photo on Sale
- Leo - Medieval chaperon, Medieval woolen chaperone, Medieval hood, Medieval hat, 14th century hood, 15th century hat, Medieval headwear, Chaperon
- Leo - movetodon.org
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Microsoft in 2022: the good, the bad, the meh
- Activision Blizzard. It's the gift that keeps on giving. I mean, Brazil OKed the deal. COME ON
- Microsoft Teams turned 5. Is it unstoppable? (Stack is asking for a friend)
- Games in Teams?
- Just one feature update per year? Just kidding! Microsoft released Windows 10 version 22H2 in October. Since then, we've seen the unexpected, largely (or completely) untested rollout of three new features: Search "pill," Task Manager access from the Taskbar, and now a new OneDrive. Each has inconsistently rolled out to different PCs. One has a regression. One was actually tested with the Insider Program. And one wasn't tested at all.
- Don't like Windows 11? Please, let the designers explain it
- One Outlook (Project Monarch) arrives, sort of, changes nothing
- Loop doesn't arrive, changes nothing
- .NET MAUI lands. Is it the future? Or just "a" future?
- Project Voltera looks cool, but Arm is still down the road
- DuckDuckGo colluded with Microsoft, then didn't
- Alex Kipman was just trying to be like Bill Gates!
- GitHub CoPilot: friend or foe?
- PC sales fell off a cliff. That cliff is about to get higher. Deeper. Whatever
- Joe B leaves. Like Mad Men, he might have stuck around too long
- The year the Insider Program broke - there is no way out of Dev, Beta, or WOA builds
Windows 11
- Microsoft brings Android 13 to WSA in preview
Hardware
- Microsoft touts HoloLens 2 "momentum," says that an HL3 will need to be "meaningful"
- Lenovo is pre-gaming CES with major PC announcements. Isn't this how E3 started to fall apart?
- Google Android/Nest and Amazon both go live with early Matter implementations.
Microsoft 365
- Microsoft will let all EU cloud customers store their data locally.
- Microsoft teams with AWS, Meta, and TomTom to take on Google Maps
- Microsoft, Teams has failed with consumers. Just bring back Skype already
- In its second announcement all year, Skype adds real-time translation that imitates your voice
- Amazon settles EU antitrust case. Did it learn anything from Microsoft?
Xbox
- Microsoft launches a massive sale on Xbox games
- Amazon expands in gaming, will publish next Tomb Raider title
- John Carmack leaves Meta, has a lot to say. Little of it good
- Ubisoft is giving Stadia customers the PC versions of the games they bought
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Make Mastodon less sleepy
- Apps of the year: Brave, Notion, ImageGlass, Modern Warfare II
- Term of the Week: Overwhelm Freeze
Holiday cocktail pick of the season: Winter Warmer
- Mix equal parts apple whiskey and cranberry juice with a few good shakes of ginger bitters.
- Warm gently on the stovetop or in the microwave--to a little above room temperature, not hot like tea or coffee.
- Serve with a cinnamon stick or dried apple slice.
- You can make a batch for a party and keep it warm on the stove or in a crock-pot, just keep in on low or the alcohol will evaporate.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
Guest: Richard Campbell
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- Picture of the Week.
- A malware operation known as URSNIF.
- Pwn2Own Toronto 2022.
- Citrix and Fortinet recently released security updates to patch 0-day vulnerabilities.
- Patch Tuesday.
- Another Uber breach?
- Elon Botches 'Bot Blockage.
- Vivaldi integrates Mastodon in its desktop browser.
- 5,200 Dutch government warnings.
- CIB: "Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior"
- GitHub to require 2FA by the end of next year.
- Bye bye SHA-1.
- WordFence's VERY useful looking WordPress add-on vulnerability database.
- Closing The Loop.
- SpinRite.
- A Generic WAF Bypass.
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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- Rich Siegel & his experience with the Apple App Store over the years.
- Microsoft finds macOS bug that lets malware bypass security checks.
- Apple continues to test new 'Rapid Security Response' updates, this time for macOS users.
- Apple backs out of Sunday Ticket negotiations with NFL.
- When will Apple release the Apple Silicon Mac Pro with M2 Ultra Chip?
- New 15.5-inch MacBook Air rumored to arrive in early 2023.
Picks of the Week
- Jason Pick: Notchmeister
- Andy's Picks: Photoscan by Google & Comicraft New Year's Day Fonts Sale.
- Alex's Pick: Sony FR7
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
Guest: Rich Siegel
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- Alex Barredo: @joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
- Impulsive and Unjustified: CNN Slams Twitter for Suspending Journalists – Including Its Own Donie O'Sullivan.
- Elon Musk Launches a Manhunt After Alarming Incident.
- Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council, Yoel Roth flees home.
- Elon Musk, Management Guru?
- Senate votes to ban TikTok use on government devices.
- What is TikTok & is TikTok Safe?
- TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds.
- FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas.
- FTX Investor Impact: Timeline of Realized Cryptocurrency Gains and Losses Shows FTX Hit Investor Wallets Less Than Previous Crises.
- Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards.
- Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful: We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise.
- Apple backs out of Sunday Ticket negotiations with NFL.
- Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta.
- Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access.
- Netflix lets advertisers take their money back after missing viewership targets.
- ConnectSafely giving out $1K grants to schools & nonprofits.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Hiner, Mike Elgan, and Larry Magid
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The Twitter saga continues: you can no longer link to other social networks in your tweets! How The Tech Guy has evolved over the many years. Can you disable the password / pin screen after your computer wakes up? Can you direct a smart TV to default to a specific input rather than whichever device is active? How can you convert VHS tapes to a DVD or a digital file? Why aren't timestamps appearing with my text messages on my Android phone? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle!
- Apple backs out of NFL Sunday Ticket negotiations.
- On Twitter, you cannot link to other social networks like Facebook or Mastodon.
- John Carmack leaves Meta.
- Mike B calls in reminiscing about how The Tech Guy has evolved over the years.
- Sam Abuelsamid and the new Toyota Tundra & replacing the audio systems in newer vehicles.
- Can you disable the password / pin screen in Windows 11 after your computer wakes up?
- Is there a TV that allows you to set a default input rather than constantly changing when a device powers on?
- Is there a way or a program to recover deleted text messages?
- What are some good smart switches?
- Chris Marquardt and a trip down memory lane.
- Is there a program or an easy way to convert VHS tapes?
- How can YOU help someone with a tech question?
- Why aren't my timestamps showing up on my Android device?
- A caller shares The Eclipsophile: climate and weather for celestial events.
- Rod Pyle and the Soyuz crew on the International Space Station.
- And thanks to everyone who has listened to The Tech Guy on the radio over the years! Stay tuned for the Ask The Tech Guys podcast starting in January.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
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Using Wine or a virtual box to run Windows on Linux. The correct network settings for a new Mint Mobile phone. Building a home theater from scratch. Understanding ADS-B. Deciding between a Chromebook and an iPad for secure online banking. Troubleshooting a vintage Canon scanner. Using an Echo with a Verizon or AT&T phone number. Finding an Android launcher designed for the elderly. Leo's thoughts on modern cars no longer offering support for AM radio. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Steve Martin, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo.
- Elon Musk didn't ban journalists for doxxing. He did it because he can. - Vox
- Twitter's suspension of journalists sets 'dangerous precedent', UN warns | Twitter | The Guardian
- Elon Musk's Twitter blocked links to rival Mastodon. That could raise alarms among regulators | CNN Business
- Home - Serving the Flight Tracking Enthusiast - ADS-B Exchange
- Report: Apple bows out of Sunday Ticket talks, leaving Amazon and Google as the finalists - ProFootballTalk
- Iger Expectations & the ESPN X Factor - Puck
- Tom Lehrer Songs – Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer
- AVS Forum
- Tech Talk with Scott Wilkinson Episode 16: Home Theater Case Studies | AVS Forum
- ACTIVATION Archives | Mint Mobile
- Airplane Geeks Podcast - The weekly podcast that explores and expands your passion for aviation.
- Flightradar24: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map
- Today in History - December 17 | Library of Congress
- Wildcat banking - Wikipedia
- Google Chromebooks - Laptops, Detachables and Tablets
- Here's How to Guarantee Airport Parking So You Aren't Left Scrambling As You Begin Your Holiday Travels - JohnnyJet.com
- Flight Availability | Upgrades | Frequent Flyer Information
- Flighty — A new way to track flights
- Canon Support for CanoScan LiDE 220 | Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- CanoScan LiDE 220 Manual
- Scan a document or picture - Microsoft Support
- Install and use a scanner in Windows 10 - Microsoft Support
- macOS Ventura Scanner Software | VueScan Scanner Software
- Set Up Alexa Devices to Use AT&T NumberSync - AT&T Wireless Customer Support
- Amazon.com: Introducing Verizon Number Share calls with Alexa: Alexa Skills
- Verizon Number Share: Use Your Smartwatch to Make Calls Without Your Phone
- Use HomePod for phone calls - Apple Support
- Make carrier calls on Google Nest or Google Home speakers and displays - Android - Google Nest Help
- Using Easy Mode on my Samsung Phone | Samsung Australia
- Simple Launcher ( Big Launcher - Apps on Google Play
- BIG Launcher - Apps on Google Play
- Elder Launcher (Home screen fo - Apps on Google Play
- The 7 Best Simple Android Launchers for Seniors
- Square COB LED Flashlight? Yep, I bought 3 of them! Plus a really weird one. | Giz Wiz Biz
- A Brief History of Mad Magazine | Mental Floss
Host: Leo Laporte
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- "I thought I'd been hacked. It turned out I'd been fired": tales of a Twitter engineer.
- Elon Musk booed by crowd after Dave Chappelle brings him on stage at comedy gig.
- How Manu feels about the Twitter debacle.
- Did Manu ever get any heat for doing his comics while working at Google and Twitter?
- Does Manu still like Twitter?
- How did Manu feel about Elon when everything first started months ago?
- What was the cartoon that Manu gave to Elon?
- Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk's private jet, despite billionaire's 'free speech' pledge.
- twittoons.com
- What is TikTok & is TikTok Safe?
- More about how Manu coded at Twitter.
- How does Manu draw his comics?
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas.
- @cfarivar: BREAKING: A federal judge in SF has just ruled against Twitter, mandating that severance packages to fired employees must include mention of an ongoing lawsuit, Cornet v. Twitter.
- The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)
- Leo looks a the Goomics book.
- Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft's Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge.
- FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.'s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- We're All Capable of Going 'Goblin Mode'
- How To Listen to and Understand Great Music.
- Students Rebel Against Heat-Sensing Crotch Monitor Surveillance Devices.
Picks:
- Stacey: DIRIGERA: Hub for smart products.
- Manu: How many elements are in a modern smartphone?
- Stacey: The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All 118 Elements in the Periodic Table.
- Ant: Have I Been Trained? (AI)
- Ant: Shout Out To Miss Sheila Johnson.
- Leo: Google's Blob Opera is back with Guitar Hero-inspired rhythm-based music game.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Manu Cornet
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FTC sues to block Activision Blizzard acquisition
- FTC goes after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
- The FTC's action against Microsoft is ridiculous given the real-world abuses by Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta
- Did the FTC lie about Microsoft? And what does this say about its case?
- Spencer: Sony wants to make PlayStation bigger by making Xbox smaller
- Microsoft offered to bring Call of Duty to PlayStation Plus
- Microsoft offered the FTC a legally-binding consent decree to address their needs.
12th-Gen Intel update
- There are problems with 12th-Gen Intel Core-based PCs from all major PC makers using USB-C, Thunderbolt 3, and Thunderbolt 4 docks.
- It appears that Dell has released a flurry of firmware updates that may have fixed the issue. This hints at how the issue will be fixed: by PC makers.
Windows 11
- Dev channel: latest build has more Search experiment, final Dev channel build of 2022
- Dev channel: New build last week removed sign-in requirement for Widgets
- Dev channel: everyone is getting an update Snipping Tool with screen recording and an updated Media Player with who cares
- Stable: Microsoft quietly updated OneDrive, never tested it with the public first
- Microsoft Edge 110 will drop support for Windows 7/8.1 in January 2023
Microsoft 365
- OneNote for Windows is getting vertical tabs because that's what's wrong with OneNote
- Microsoft Authenticator drops support for Apple Watch. The reason is... curious
Microsoft
- Microsoft buys 4 percent of the London Stock Market
Surface
- Surface Duo 2 December Update addresses calling issues. Remember, it's not a phone
Xbox
- Riot games come to Xbox Game Pass
- Microsoft gives Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers 3 months of Calm
- It's been a good year for the Xbox app on Windows. Sure, but what about accessing your console screenshots and recorded clips?
Tips & Picks
- Tip of the week: Enable text suggestions in Windows 11
- App pick of the week: Typora
- Apple pick of the week #2: Firefox
- Word of the week: Contronym
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
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