On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• Using iOS with your family: Family Sharing, Screen Time for Family, purchase sharing, iCloud storage sharing, and Life360.
• News: The EU wants all phones to use interoperable chargers, iPhone 12 may feature a new short-range WiFi standard, AirTags may charge using an Apple-Watch-style charging puck, a research study aims to detect what causes smart speakers to trigger randomly, Apple and Johnson & Johnson team up for a stroke health study called Heartline, and Jif and Giphy are trying to tell everyone how to pronounce GIF.
• Viewer Feedback: Audio streaming issues using AirPods and the Apple Watch and location data tracking and sharing on iOS.
• Mikah's App Cap: Picsew
• Leo's App Cap: The Criterion Collection

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli:

• Using the Eve Aqua in a patio-based automated watering system: http://bit.ly/2wKktTE
• Nearly 70% of the folks who own smart speakers use Amazon Echo devices: https://tcrn.ch/2vcCqtz
• The Wyze band is an Alexa-enabled fitness tracker: http://bit.ly/2urTNGt
• Siri can answer your election questions: https://tcrn.ch/3c4LGAC
• Gmail offers support for Siri Shortcuts: http://bit.ly/392US6M
• Apple may let users switch default apps on their iOS devices: https://bloom.bg/2STBinM
• You can type Siri queries using Spotlight on iOS: http://bit.ly/3a2nEUU
• Google Nest devices are adding security features to prevent "unauthorized access": http://bit.ly/2uvOKVw
• Cooking with a smart display is actually quite nice: https://wrctr.co/2wLbodd
• The Google Assistant finally offers Sonos default-speaker functionality: http://bit.ly/3c4oKkN
• Philips Hue Smart Button: https://amzn.to/2Pk3M7K
• Blue Charm iBeacon: https://amzn.to/3828YUE
• Pushcut app: https://apple.co/38UCsFa
• Mikah's pick of the week:
• iFrogz Sound Hub Sync: https://amzn.to/37UEUtR
• Matthew's pick of the week:
• Home Essentials Bundle (Sunya Limited): https://apple.co/2v1Pl1v

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli

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Show notes and links for this episode are available here: https://twit.tv/shows/smart-tech-today/episodes/18

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Host: Ant Pruitt

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Leo Laporte explains how to connect and use TWiT.tv's IRC chat server.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Long computer boot-up times, preventing Time Machine from backing up everything, updating to Windows 10, the safety of guest accounts on a network, iDrive backing up photos, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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This Week's Stories:

• COVID-19 coronavirus causing tech conference chaos
• Should Apple investors be worried about COVID-19?
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip - does it live up to the hype?
• COVID-19 coronavirus will crash the tech economy for a while
• Apple iPhone 9 / SE 2 likely for March launch
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip factory closed due to COVID-19
• Target leaks inventory listings for 'AirPods X Generation,' 'Apple TV Gen X' and 'Apple Watch Series X' bands, and 'Apple iPod Touch X Generation'
• Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in Star Trek, Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr in Back to the Future - deepfakes are getting better
• EU kills the Lightning port - USB-C is now the law of the land
• Apple considers letting users set 3rd-party apps as default
• Apple tries to- ban German book about App Store; book hits #2 on the bestseller list. Get the book at https://amzn.to/2VbRWk2
• Trump urges Supreme Court to side with Oracle over Google
• Bezos to give $10 Billion to fight climate change
• Twitter bans 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts for "platform manipulation"
• Trump ads will take over YouTube on Election Day
• New ransomware scheme - hackers will make Google ban your ads
• Fortnite streamers demonetized over Rickroll emotes
• Larry Tesler, the man who invented cut, copy, and paste, dies at 74
• Bert Sutherland, who helped develop the ARPANET, dies at 83
• Adobe Photoshop turns 30
• $400 Hot Wheels RC Tesla Cybertruck
• Get Dan's novel The Bayern Agenda at https://amzn.to/39ZGKLA
• Register for LastPass's RSA After Hours in San Francisco! https://bit.ly/2SVjAAm

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lory Gil, Owen JJ Stone, and Dan Moren

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Can you use Windows on a Chromebook? Is there a device that will weigh you and take your blood pressure? Tips for building a gaming PC, SONUS vs an AV receiver for streaming, phishing scams, where to get an old classic amp, how to connect two buildings with WiFI, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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• Phone carriers shared location data illegally, according to the FCC
• Dozens of popular document management apps put user data at risk
• Ring makes two-factor authentication mandatory for video doorbells and security cameras
• Ransomware attack shuts down a natural gas pipeline
• 44% of cybersecurity threats start in the cloud
• Jailbreaking used Teslas
• Dell sells RSA
• Hackers have been exploiting critical WordPress vulnerability
• Security pros are still using risky security habits
• Tricking Google Maps with 99 phones in a wagon

Hosts: Louis Maresca, Curt Franklin, and Brian McHenry

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This week Ant Pruitt dives into one of the most powerful tools in photo editing. The curves tool. This tool is available in most photo editors and shouldn't be overlooked. Ant also follows up on the photo challenge and other viewer feedback.

Special thanks to Joseph Akbrud (@byteforbyte on Instagram)

Host: Ant Pruitt

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You might know how to subscribe to a podcast, but what about that friend or family member who still isn't sure how to "subscribe" to your favorite show? In this episode of Hands-On iOS, Mikah explains the subscription process before detailing some of the unique features of third-party podcast apps.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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