Chrome vs abusive ads, patch Tuesday palooza.

• BlindSide and BLURtooth
• Chrome gets tough on abusive ads
• The last hurrah for IE & Flash exploits
• Chromium Edge on Win10: Forcing the issue
• Edge enables "Ask me..." for each download
• Patch Tuesday Palooza!
• Excessive SSD Defragging also fixed
• The WordPress File Manager flaw... two weeks downstream
• Zoom... now with 2FA
• New Raccoon attack

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Leo & Mikah show you how to get your iPads, iPhones, and other iOS devices ready for an iOS update.

• Prepare for an update: How to back up your iOS device, how to update your iOS device, iMazing, Google Photos, Dropbox, and Amazon Photos.
• News: Adobe Illustrator for iPad is available for pre-order. AirPods and AirPods Pro get a firmware update that enables spatial audio and automatic device switching. Apple announces "Apple One" subscription bundle. Apple says Epic customers will still be able to use Apple's "Sign in with Apple" feature.
• Listener feedback: Dark Sky's fate and Shortcuts for silencing unknown callers.
• Mikah's App Cap: Shop by Shopify
• Leo's App Cap: NFL

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Matthew and Mikah talk about Amazon's new voice-based printer integration, Wink's recent outage (after the launch of its subscription service), and Apple's new designed-by-Apple face covering.

• SMART TECH
• US Customs seize 'counterfeit AirPods' that, er, weren't | 9to5Mac: https://bit.ly/3klzyOL
• Welcome to Smart Home Week | Wirecutter: https://nyti.ms/35zoiu2
• 7 Easy Smart Home Essentials for Renters | Wirecutter: https://nyti.ms/35CqaSW
• Wink's smart home platform faces a days-long outage | Engadget: https://engt.co/32ucLuc
• IKEA Sonos Symfonisk speakers get colorful new covers | Engadget: https://engt.co/3mkRIlA
• Do You Really Need an AI-Powered Smart Range? | Gizmodo: https://bit.ly/2GQvaZJ
• AMAZON
• Amazon Alexa can now pay for gas at Exxon and Mobil | Slashgear: https://bit.ly/2E0oYxn
• Amazon Alexa Print lets you easily print out your shopping list | Slashgear: https://bit.ly/3hxqNQ1
• GOOGLE
• Google Assistant works with more than 50,000 smart home devices | 9to5Google: https://bit.ly/2FrLbF6
• APPLE
• This is Apple's COVID-19 face mask | Inputmag: https://bit.ly/3kdJ5Yn
• Apple and Google's contact tracing system gets deeper integration into iOS, Android | CNN: https://cnn.it/2FtzOwv
• How I Used Shortcuts to Make Siri Finally Understand Me | Wirecutter: https://nyti.ms/32tDPcS
• Eufy Pan & Tilt HomeKit Camera Available For $40 Today | The Apple Byte: https://bit.ly/3kaNHOO
• Philips Hue Announces New HomeKit-Compatible Gradient Lightstrip and Iris Lamp | iPhone in Canada: https://bit.ly/32sDXJK

• PICKS OF THE WEEK
• Mikah & Matthew: Poolside.FM

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli

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Leo Laporte explains what to look for when buying a replacement battery for your laptop or other devices.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Microsoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo Review

• Microsoft out of the running for TikTok
• Will the TikTok sale go through before Trump's deadline?
• Nvidia buys ARM
• Microsoft Surface Duo review: twice the screens, half as good
• Microsoft Surface Neo: when is the next two screen Microsoft device coming?
• Apple event: Apple Watch 6, iPad Air, maybe Apple Silicon?
• TWiT finally got invited to an Apple event after our ten-year ban
• Viacom wants to sell CNET
• The Office of Technology Assessment: what government needs
• US DOJ may file an anti-trust complaint against Google this week
• $36 toilet paper? Wasn't me, says Amazon. Blame the algorithm
• The Social Dilemma - Zuck "hopes" Facebook won't destroy the world
• Android 11 update is pretty much just 3 features - iOS 14 is a much bigger deal
• The fastest mobile networks in 2020 are not 5G
• 37% of households don't have cable
• Fortnite launches a concert series

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lory Gil, Ed Bott, and Bill Detwiler

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Unable to order air purifier filters from Amazon within California, troubleshooting Chromebook issues, USB ports failing on a computer, external hard drive unable to be read, phone GPS lagging, Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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First impressions of the Microsoft Surface Duo, troubleshooting Adobe Creative Cloud, why are VPN speeds a lot slower? Do I need to use a VPN at home? Troubleshooting PC crashes with Windows 7, blocking ads online, getting a reliable Zoom connection over Wi-Fi, are external drives safe from ransomware? And more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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• Campaign hit with malware, but caught in time by Microsoft
• APT Groups Set Sights on Linux Targets
• DiceKeys: a box that creates a master password
• Cybercriminals Are Using Legit Cloud Monitoring Tools As Backdoor
• Zoom Brings Two-Factor Authentication to All Users
• Secret Service buys location data that would otherwise need a warrant
• A Florida Teen Allegedly Shut Down Remote School With a DDoS Attack
• VPNs: The Cyber Elephant in the Room
• Amiram Shachar, Co-Founder of Spot talks about cloud analytics tools and keeping your finger on the pulse of your cloud infrastructure.

Hosts: Louis Maresca, Brian Chee, and Curt Franklin

Guest: Amiram Shachar

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