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TikTok Ban, Creepy AI, Practical Fusion

• Why Trump now opposes banning TikTok
• Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs
• OpenAI announces new members to the board of directors
• OpenAI Responds to Elon Musk's Lawsuit
• Palantir wins US Army contract for battlefield AI
• Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
• AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
• The Panel discusses Bluesky and general social media
• FDA Clears First Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitor
• Microsoft says Russian hackers stole source code after spying on its executives
• Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
• MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
• "Disgraceful": Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Roberto Baldwin, Mike Masnick, and Louise Matsakis

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Why do closed captions occur ahead of what's happening on your TV? A listener wants to know how Mikah has MoCA set up throughout his home. What are some alternatives to Artifact News after they shuttered the service? Plus Sam Abuelsamid talks about the newly announced Rivian R2 & R3 and answers a viewer's question about towing with an EV vehicle!

• Palantir wins US Army contract for battlefield AI.
• Roku effectively disables your TV unless you agree to new 'Dispute Resolution Terms'.
• A listener inquires how Mikah has his MoCA internet set up at home.
• Why is the closed captioning on my Britbox streaming service going ahead of what's happening on screen?
• How can I stop Apple from combining text messages from two devices into one thread?
• Sam Abuelsamid and the Rivian R2 & R3
• Sam Abuelsamid sticks around and helps to answer a question about if it's worth getting an electric truck that can handle towing camping gear.
• An update from the person who called about getting a better broadcast signal with an indoor antenna.
• I hear Google is getting rid of cookies. Won't the web be bad without cookies?
• What's the next alternative to Google News since Artifact News shuttered?
• Can I use the smartLav+ microphone from Rode on my Android phone during a video or phone call?
• Does BitWarden (a sponsor of the TWiT network) support filling out credentials when opening desktop applications?
• What service should I use to set up my phone for international travel?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Sam Abuelsamid

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• OpenAI and Elon Musk
• Something Like Fire
• Former Twitter Executives Sue Musk Over Unpaid Severance
• Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs
• Life House CEO Departs After The Information's Report on Company
• South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit
• Here Come the AI Worms
• Open letter: A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation
• Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC
• Pixel phones just got next-gen call screening
• Complying with the Digital Markets Act
• GOOGLE PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW APP STORE CALLED "APP MALL" FOR CHROMEOS
• Google is starting to squash more spam and AI in search results
• Google Maps is testing a feature that shows you where to enter a building
• Google Business Profile websites are now redirected to Google Maps
• Pixel feature drop: New productivity tools and advanced health features
• 6 updates to Waze to help you get around safely and conveniently
• Satellite SOS showing up on some Pixel phones
• classvsoftware/under-new-management: Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed owners.
• Air Force employee charged with giving classified information to woman he met on dating site
• Paying with VisionPro
• When students use generative AI, it's "cheating." When teachers use it, it's efficiency....
• Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That's Only About Roads

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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This week, Paul, Richard, and Leo unpack the twice-delayed unveiling of Moment 5 for Windows 11 and the long list of small features it brings to users, alongside whispers of new Surface devices on the horizon. Plus, they dissect the implications of Elon Musk's critical eye on OpenAI and the captivating prospect of upscaling classic adventure games via DirectSR.

"Moment 5"

• Moment 5 is here. Sort of. In preview. Well, some features
• This was supposed to happen before last week's Windows Weekly, but the announcement was delayed twice

Windows 11

• Microsoft quietly reveals that it is killing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), triggering two reactions: "Who cares?" and "Why?"
• Beta: Controversial new mouse hover experience for Copilot
• Dell had double-digit revenue declines in Q4, all of 2024
• HP revenues fell 4.8 percent in Q1

Surface

• Rumor: Microsoft to launch Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 soon, with both Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite variants

AI

• Microsoft engineer continues to raise disturbing issues with Copilot
• Microsoft Edge picks up two new AI features: Video highlights and screenshot integration
• Copilot is coming to OneDrive (commercial) and Microsoft 365 mobile app
• Microsoft announces Copilot for Finance
• Microsoft files motion to dismiss parts of the NYT's copyright suite, compares AI to a Betamax machine. Maybe not the smartest comparison
• Elon Musk sues OpenAI because something something
• ChatGPT picks up a Read Aloud feature. Is there anything AI can't do??
• Anthropic announces a three-tier Claude 3 family of LLMs with the usual claims
• Apple releases the M3-based MacBook Air. Or should we call it the MacBook AIr?
• Brave brings Leo AI to Android app

Xbox

• Microsoft comes clean on DirectSR, will say more soon
• Xbox Partner Preview event today - Final Fantasy XIV, STALKER Original Trilogy, more announced
• MLB The Show 24, more come to Xbox Game Pass in March
• Linux exceeds 4 percent usage share for the first time. Is this the "SteamDeck" effect?

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Twitter user? Disable this new feature immediately
• App picks of the week: LibreOffice, Vivaldi, Anytype
• RunAs Radio this week: Upgrading TLS with Scott Helme
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Hornitos Black Barrel

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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Apple released new 13" and 15" MacBook Airs with their M3 chips. Apple's been hit with a hefty €1.8 billion fine in the EU for breaking music streaming laws. And should you be wearing your Apple Vision Pro at your wedding?

• Apple launches new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip, support for two external displays, faster Wi-Fi.
• How I created the hybrid Mac-iPad laptop and tablet that Apple won't make.
• Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming.
• The App Store, Spotify, and Europe's thriving digital music market.
• Tech worker's wife says she didn't want Apple Vision Pro in wedding pictures

Picks of the Week:

• Andy's Pick: The Larry David WWDC 2014 app store video (until it's taken down... again)
• Jason's Picks: Whisky and the Television by Sandwich for Vision Pro
• Alex's Pick: Huanuo monitor arms
• Leo's Pick: Zed

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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• "Death, Lonely Death" by Doug Muir, about the decades-old Voyager 1 explorer
• Cory Doctorow's Visions of the Future Humble Book Bundle
• CTRL-K shortcut for search on a browser
• Direct bootable image downloading for GRC's servers
• Closing the loop on compromised emails
• Taco Bell's passwordless app
• A solution for Bcrypt's password length limit of 72 bytes
• Data as the missing piece for law enforcement and privacy advocates
• The token solution for email-only login
• Apple's Password Manager Resources on Github
• The risk of long-term persistent cookies in browsers
• Why mainframe industries still require weak passwords
• A conundrum involving an exploitable Response Header error and a bounty payment.
• An inspection of Apple's new Post-Quantum Encryption upgrade

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• Apple's Car Was Doomed by Its Lofty Ambitions to Outdo Tesla
• Frame glasses
• Elon Musk sues OpenAI over AI threat
• Why Elon Musk's OpenAI Lawsuit Leans on A.I. Research From Microsoft
• Elon Musk Asks Satya Nadella for Tech Support: 'I Don't Mean to be a Pest'
• Yahoo lays off the leaders of Engadget
• South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit
• TikTok Begins Removing Universal Music Publishing Songs
• Progressive Web Apps in the EU will work fine in iOS 17.4
• Push alerts are the latest technique the FBI uses to track criminal suspects
• Peering through Lenovo's transparent laptop into a sci-fi future
• Best of MWC 2024: AI, Wearables, and Bending Phone Concepts That Amaze
• Republican US senator wants to hike tariffs on Chinese vehicles
• Robert "Bob" G. Heil - Kurrus Funeral Home in Belleville, Illinois

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This week on Ask The Tech Guys, Leo and Mikah answer a viewer's question about producing their own audiobook. What's the easiest way to get your family to use password managers? Plus, Scott Wilkinson talks about The Verge's coverage on physical media, and Johnny Jet talks about how you really should only share a picture of your boarding pass after your flight! Also we celebrate the life of Bob Heil, who passed away recently.

• Bob Heil passes away at the age of 83.
• As nationwide fraud losses top $10 billion in 2023, FTC steps up efforts to protect the public.
• Crash of the Titan: a short history of Apple's doomed car project.
• What's the best way to produce an audiobook with my iPhone?
• How can I start getting my family to use password managers to protect themselves better online?
• Scott Wilkinson talks about physical media and the release of Oppenheimer in 4k UHD on Blu-ray.
• Leo shares the Anker 250W Power Bank and the NIxplay Digital Display he purchased in response to a few callers from a couple of weeks ago.
• Is there a way to filter photos based on specific custom parameters?
• Johnny Jet shares some updates on what's been happening with him and some tips on what you shouldn't be sharing on social media when traveling.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet

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• Gemini and Google's Culture
• Klarna says its OpenAI virtual assistant does the work of 700 humans
• OpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit
• Tyler Perry halts $800m studio expansion after being shocked by AI
• Kids left disappointed by Willy Wonka theme park grift
• Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last year
• MWC 2024: Motorola's Rollable Concept phone laughs at your silly foldable
• Peering through Lenovo's transparent laptop into a sci-fi future
• Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring as a way to 'simplify everyday wellness'
• The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn't
• New bitcoin spot ETF trading volume sets daily record, besting launch day
• Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws Are Scrutinized
• Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption
• Third Time's a Charm — Lunar Library Successfully Lands on the Moon — Backup of Human Civilization Will Last for Up To Billions of Years.
• AT&T is giving customers a bill credit following massive outage
• Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT
• Jensen Huang, CEO of #Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code.
• Doomsters write another letter
• Wear OS is revamping notifications to improve battery life
• Google brings Gemini to Messages and adds AI text summaries for Android Auto
• Chrome's new AI feature can help you write on the web
• Meta Wants Llama 3 to Handle Contentious Questions as Google Grapples With Gemini Backlash
• Google Maps is finally making glanceable directions widely available
• Some Kind of Heaven
• Mom's first VR
  

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The newest version of Windows 11 is entering a new rollout phase. Some new exciting hardware from Lenovo emerged from this year's Mobile World Congress. And Paul has been using Copilot Pro for some time and is quite happy with it so far!

Windows

• Windows 11 version 23H2 enters a new rollout phase - the "you're getting it whether you want it or not" phase.
• Canary: Wi-Fi 7 support, 16 new actions for Windows (+13 there already), separates from Dev channel again.
• Photos app to get generative erase functionality.

Hardware

• Snapdragon X Elite destroys Intel Core Ultra in AI performance tests. Is this finally the year of Windows on Arm?
• Intel rolls out vPro versions of Core Ultra for businesses.
• Lenovo imagines transparent displays, ships actual ThinkPads.
• HP brings NPUs to its consumer PCs.
• Samsung Galaxy Book4 series is now available in the U.S. with unique Copilot features.
• Microsoft lays out its 2024 event calendar, and Ignite is in Chicago in November!

AI

• Microsoft (quietly) adds four GPTs to Microsoft Copilot.
• Microsoft partners with Mistral AI, and gets immediate regulatory notice
• GitHub Copilot Enterprise is now available with organizational GPTs
• Google pauses Gemini image creation after, um, some issues
• Help Me Write is now in Google Chrome
• Brave Leo now supports PDFs and Google Drive

Xbox

• Xbox will attend GDR, and will discuss DirectSR
• Microsoft starts testing Game Hubs in Xbox app for PC
• Lots of Age of Empire releases this year
• GeForce Now Free is adding pre-roll advertising

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Turn off Microsoft Start in Widgets.
• Widget is finally closer to what most people will want.
• App pick of the week: Microsoft Copilot Pro
• Podcast pick of the week: Copilot Governance with Martina Grom
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Ian Macleod's Isle of Skye Range

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• Nevada attempts to block Meta's end-to-end encryption for minors.
• A survey of security breaches
• Edge's Super-Duper Secure Mode moves into Chrome
• DoorDash dashes our privacy
• Avast charged $16.5 million for selling user browsing data
• No charge for extra logging!
• European Parliament's IT service has found traces of spyware on the smartphones of its security and defense subcommittee members
• LockBit RaaS group disrupted
• Firefox v123
• The ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass
• SpinRite update
• Introducing BootAble
• Cox moving to Yahoo Mail for users
• Credit Card security
• Exploiting password complexity reqirements?
• Email only logins
• Flipper Zero in Canada
• German Router security
• More Flipper Zero in Canada
• Throwaway email addresses
• Shared email accounts
• Password quality enforcement
• Fingerprint tech and some future stories

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Breaking news: Apple has canceled work on its electric car, shifting the team to work on generative AI instead. Apple gets post-quantum encryption in the iOS 17.4 update. Is Apple's FineWoven case any good? And did Microsoft try to sell its Bing search engine to Apple in 2018?

- Apple cancels work on electric car, shifts team to generative AI.
- Apple iOS 17.4: iMessage gets post-quantum encryption in new update.
- It's apparently easy to crack the Apple Vision Pro's front screen.
- Here's why the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro headset is so expensive.
- Apple's FineWoven iPhone 15 case draws poor reviews, criticism.
- Apple says iPhone 15 batteries have a longer lifespan than initially thought.
- Google says Microsoft offered to sell Bing to Apple in 2018.
- Apple Sports: A free iPhone app to get you the score, fast.
- Simple complexity: Apple's trio of sports apps.
- AppleCare support advisors testing new ChatGPT-like tool 'Ask'.
- Crying in Apple Vision Pro.
- Biden deputy press secretary leaving White House for Apple.
- Major shareholders planning to force Apple to reveal use of AI.

Picks of the Week:
- Jason's Pick: Simple Scan
- Andy's Pick: Solar Eclipse Glasses
- Alex's Pick: Jambar

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In this week's episode of Ask The Tech Guys, Leo and Mikah answer questions about streaming local news without cable, windows management on macOS, using eSIMs for international travel, improving TV antenna reception, and more. Dick Debartolo also joins to showcase photo backdrop kits that let you simulate exotic locations in your own home.

• AT&T Outage: Leo and Mikah delve into the recent nationwide AT&T outage, discussing its causes and broader implications for network reliability.
• SpaceX's Lunar Lander: The conversation shifts to SpaceX's lunar lander mishap and the creative solution that ensured its mission continued.
• Lunar Library: An exploration of the lunar library concept, aiming to preserve human knowledge on the moon, is discussed, highlighting its significance and contents.
• HomePod Alarm Sounds: A listener's question about customizing HomePod Mini alarm sounds leads to a discussion on using the Home app for customization.
• Pirate Ship Bedroom Decor: The Giz Wiz Dick Debartolo showcases how tapestry can be used for an inexpensive yet effective makeover.
• Google Speakers Management: Dick poses a question about managing responses from multiple Google speakers in different rooms, leading to advice on enhancing device response accuracy through settings adjustments.
• Cord-Cutting & Local News: A caller is looking for options for streaming local news like MSNBC without a cable subscription. Leo and Mikah recommend services like Peacock, YouTube TV, and Local Now.
• iOS Auto-Brightness: An iPhone user receives suggestions on resolving inconsistent auto-brightness problems, and Mikah shares his custom Auto-Brightness Shortcut.
• ISP Woes and Modem Upgrades: Annoyances when ISPs forcibly "update" modems and suggestions for replacements.
• Password Managers: Struggles exporting iCloud Keychain passwords from an iPhone to other password managers, pros and cons for Chome's password manager, and Leo demonstrates how passkeys improve login security.
• Over-the-Air TV: A caller running into issues with his TV antenna wire placement gets recommendations on antenna types and optimization tips.
• eSIMs for Travel: For a caller preparing for a trip abroad, Leo and Mikah recommend eSIM services like GigSky and Airalo for easy international cell data.
• macOS Window Management: A Mac user struggling to keep track of many open windows learns keyboard shortcuts and Mission Control tools, and Leo shows his preferred fullscreen app workflow.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Dick DeBartolo

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• How Exactly NVIDIA Is Pulling This Off
• Google takes down Gemini AI image generator. Here's what you need to know
• AT&T restores service after hours of outage
• AT&T is giving customers a bill credit following massive outage
• Police arrest LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown
• Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business
• Walmart isn't buying Vizio for its hardware. It wants the TV maker's ad business
• Wyze sent camera thumbnails from 13,000 systems to other users
• Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT
• KeyTrap' DNS Bug Threatens Widespread Internet Outages
• Microsoft fixes Edge browser bug that was stealing Chrome tabs and data
• SpaceX May Be Withholding Satellite Internet in Taiwan, Congressman Contends
• FTC cracks down on H&R Block for deleting tax data when users want to downgrade
• 3rd Time's a Charm — Lunar Library Successfully Lands on the Moon — Backup of Human Civilization Will Last for Up To Billions of Years.

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Guests: Janko Roettgers, Mike Elgan, and Alex Kantrowitz

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• Introducing Molly White
• Reddit Is Said to Sign AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO
• Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform
• End of an era: The phone book goes the way of the fax machine as it drops through doors for the very last time after almost 150 years
• Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline's chatbot
• Sam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AI
• How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh
• Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business
• Nielsen crowns YouTube #1 Streamer in America 12 months straight!
• Untranslatable foreign words
• Molly on Sam Bankman-Fried
• Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.'s Hottest Start-Ups
• Kids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass Senate
• New Google sign in
• Waze new features
• 'Rat Dck' Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal
• TikTokker vs her breakdancing bitcoin dad
• Mathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces - Leo's Pick
• chocolate 3-d printer
• 'I love to twirl the cord': the young people pushing for a landline renaissance
• wiki edit wars
• ChatGPT goes temporarily "insane" with unexpected outputs, spooking users

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Guest: Molly White

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Microsoft's big Xbox strategy event was exactly what Paul expected it was going to be. Hopefully, this calmed some nerves.

Xbox strategy reveal

• It was going to be about Activision Blizzard originally (nailed it)
• All first-party games will be in Game Pass on day one (as is the case now)
• Game Pass will only be on Xbox (whatever "Xbox" means as it's on PC too)
• The strategy is unchanged: Meet gamers where they are
• But the best experience is on Xbox (this is like going from "Windows only" to "Windows first" to "Windows best")
• Portability across hardware platforms is a key part of the strategy - Backward Compatibility, etc.
• A future generation of Xbox console hardware will offer "the largest technical leap you have ever seen in a hardware generation."
• Oh, and four games are coming to "other consoles."

Windows 11

• Microsoft is quietly adding off-ramps to the Insider Program after killing the Magic window with their screwed-up release schedule
• Canary and Dev - 24H2, same builds. New navigation pane in Widgets - new accessibility setting for low-vision users - that same tired weather experience on the lock screen that is already in stable and seriously kill me now I can't stand this company anymore. Oh, and there are ISOs.
• Beta - New prompts for that "manage mobile devices" features, updates to Snipping Tool and Notepad (also in RP)
• Release Preview - We're testing Moment 5 now, so this is a huge update
• Microsoft fixed a bug that let Edge siphon browser data from other browsers
• Stardock brings pre-release support for Arm versions of Start11, Fences, and Groupy to new Object Desktop Insider program
• Google has an answer for those out of support Windows 10 PCs

Build 2024

• Microsoft confirms that Build 2024 is May 21-23 in Seattle. No word on press invites

Microsoft 365

• Microsoft will finally unify the Teams clients on Windows and Mac
• Microsoft is killing Publisher in 2 years and even though no one uses it, people are freaking out

AI

• Microsoft to use Intel Foundry for at least one in-house custom AI chip
• Now OpenAI is worth over $80 billion, is world's third-biggest unicorn
• OpenAI announces Sora and... HOLY #$%^
• Gemini (formerly Duet AI) comes to all Workspace customers
• Google brings Gemini down to size with Gemma for free, local use
• Adobe Acrobat is getting an AI assistant

Xbox

• Game streaming is (probably) coming to all the Xbox games you own
• More (non-AB) games are coming to Game Pass in February
• Microsoft goes after Apple's non-compliance DMA compliance in the EU
• Epic announces a game store for iOS in Europe, will launch this year
• Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story will release on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch on March 13

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Androids by Chet Haase
• App picks of the week: Dashlane, Firefox 123, Bonjourr
• Cocktail of the week: Sumi - This is a "clasicos Baltra" from the most famous bar in Mexico City. Tanqueray Ten Gin, Violet liqueur, Jasmine syrup, Yuzu, Egg white. Serve in a coupe glass, and garnish with dried flowers.

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• Wyze breach
• Microsoft patch Tuesday fixes 15 remote code execution flaws
• Why are there password restrictions?
• The Canadian Flipper Zero Ban
• Security on the old internet
• Using Old Passwords
• Passwordless login
• TOTP as a second factor
• German ISP using default router passwords
• Email encryption in transit
• pfSense Tailscale integration
• DuckDuckGo's email protection integration with Bitwarden
• The KeyTrap Vulnerability

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Zuckerberg gave his thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro headset and firmly believes the Meta Quest 3 is the superior product: what a shock! Apple responds to Meta's plan to charge a 30% fee to advertisers that purchase boosted posts through Apple's App Store. Apple filmed the NBA Slam Dunk Contest for the Apple Vision Pro. And Apple finally confirms that you should not use rice to dry out your phone.

• Apple fans are starting to return their Vision Pros
• Apple Vision Pro supports Panavision 70 films.
• Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision Pro.
• EU to hit Apple with €500mn penalty in first ever music streaming fine.
• Apple responds to Meta's plan to charge 30% fee on boosted posts purchased through App Store.
• There's another fake cypto app on the App Store.
• Supreme Court sides with Apple in $503M VirnetX lawsuit, ending decade-long battle.
• Cox Communications wins order overturning $1 bln US copyright verdict.
• Rice is not included in Apple's official guidance for a wet phone.
• NBA Slam Dunk Contest filmed for Apple Vision Pro.
• Usher takes fans behind-the-scenes of 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show in Apple Music mini-doc.
• Apple Vision Pro 2 release date sooner than expected, insider claims.
• Apple in 2023: The Six Colors report card.
• Gruber: Apple was 'effectively forced' by China to bring RCS to iPhone.
• Analyzing Apple Vision Pro as an accessibility engineer.
• Apple Music Replay updated with monthly stats views, 2024 Replay Mix available starting today.

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• Jason's Pick: Logitech Circle View Camera
• Leo's Pick: Think Python 3rd edition
• Andy's Pick: Nimona
  

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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• Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision Pro
• Apple to be fined over $500 million under EU antitrust law
• Fighting the smartphone 'invasion': the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public
• 2 Twitter books are coming out
• Bluesky opens up to the public
• The Reply Guy Constitution
• Kids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass Senate
• Leak of Russian 'Threat' Part of a Bid to Kill US Surveillance Reform, Sources Say
• Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results
• Amazon Argues National Labor Relations Board Is Unconstitutional
• Apple iMessage, Microsoft Bing Dodge EU's Big Tech Crackdown
• FCC commissioner wants to investigate Apple over Beeper Mini shutdown
• Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand
• Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down form

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amanda Silberling, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Shoshana Weissmann

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How can you manage and lower your tech anxiety and the need to examine and adjust the many settings on your tech devices? Why is my Android phone not connecting to my car? How can I access my old iPhotos library if the files are corrupted? And what iTunes alternatives are there for the Mac? Plus, Chris Marquardt goes over the month's photo assignment of Sparkling and assigns this next month's photo assignment!

• Why some of Apple's biggest fans are returning their Vision Pros.
• NBA Slam Dunk contest filmed for Apple Vision Pro.
• Apple to be fined over $500 million under EU antitrust law.
• Bored Apes' creator Yuga Labs acquires Proof, takes over Moonbirds NFT brand.
• Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results,
• Amazon argues National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
• How can I break from the constant need to examine and adjust my settings on various tech devices?
• Why are my audio levels low going to my livestreams?
• Can I control the amount of information given to a company by having multiple computers set up for different purposes?
• Can I use Apple's Time Machine to back up an old Mac and access it similarly to an external drive?
• Why is my Android phone not connecting to Android Auto?
• Is there an easier way to control multiple Macs that isn't through Apple's Universal Control?
• How can I import my old iPhotos library to Photos if the files are corrupted?
• Is there a powerful outdoor WiFi extender I can use with Starlink?
• How can I back up information from an online family tree database to make it more easily accessible?
• What alternatives are there to Adobe's Fill & Sign after Adobe chose to discontinue the application?
• Chris Marquardt and the Sparkling photo assignment review!
• Susan from Save A Memory calls in with some suggestions to help with backing up family photos & data.
• What are some iTunes alternatives for listening to podcasts on the Mac?
  

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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