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In the 1980s, as the US space shuttle was just starting operations, the UK embarked on an ambitious project called HOTOL—short for Horizontal Take Off and Landing, a radical, air-breathing spaceplane design. Political and funding shifts in the UK ultimately derailed the project, despite the promising technologies it pioneered. The idea was later restarted as Skylon, with key individuals and refined technologies at its core. This project, too, struggled, ultimately shuttering in 2024. Despite this, the promise of rapid, reusable spaceplanes that can launch and land at airports is still coveted by many countries, and efforts continue. Join Rob Coppinger, author of the definitive book on the topic and editor of the UK's "Spaceflight" magazine, as he tells this fascinating story.
Main Topic: British Spaceplanes – HOTOL and Skylon
Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: Rob Coppinger
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Qwen, Muse Glimmer, Ollama, llama.cpp, quantization, mixture-of-experts, RAG, tokens per second. On Hands-On AI, those aren't buzzwords — Mikah Sargent will explain exactly what they mean, then put them to work on hardware you already own. No cloud, no account, no data, leaving your desk.
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show this week! AI-generated "news" sites. Are "health age" scores helpful, or harmful? Google Home now supports the Model Context Protocol. And Apple unveils a new photo verification technology for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Guest: Victoria Song
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Discover the overlooked advanced settings in Windows 11 that can transform how you manage apps, files, and even the command line. These features aren't just for developers—every power user should know about them.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Apple Watch's new Audio Intelligence tools promise instant transcriptions and meeting summaries without keeping your recordings. But is the S11 chip's privacy tech strong enough to calm nerves on both sides of the conversation?
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Apple finally enters the foldable fray with the iPhone Duo, packing unexpected features and a lower-than-expected price. Find out what's actually inside and if it's worth leaving your classic iPhone behind.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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The 2026 CEDIA Expo was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, and there was a LOT to see—so much, in fact, that Home Theater Geeks will devote three episodes to covering it! Mike Heiss and Joe Klusnick were there and now join Scott Wilkinson to discuss what they saw and heard. In Part 1, they focus on video products shown at the event.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
Guests: Michael Heiss and Joe Klusnick
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Discover how to run serious AI at home without breaking the bank, as Lon Seidman reveals his tricks for turning old data center GPUs into powerful local LLM machines.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
Guest: Lon Seidman
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Microsoft's record-breaking Patch Tuesday unleashed nearly a thousand fixes, but the bonus story is in the chaos that followed as out-of-band updates and AI-driven bug hunts left admins scrambling to keep up.
Windows
AI
XBOX and gaming
Tips and picks
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Are we charging toward a Krell-style catastrophe with AI, arming ourselves with incomprehensible power while missing the real risks lurking beneath the code?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1096-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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