This Week's Stories

• The Deadly Seven top cybersecurity attacks
• Russia successfully cuts itself off from the rest of the internet.
• Love Wawa? Surprise! Your credit card has been stolen.
• Huge Point of Sale attack on all of Landry's restaurants, including Rainforest Cafe.
• Python 2.7 Reaches End of Life After 20 Years.
• HackerOne's 20 top bug bounty programs
• A proposed standard for making warrant canaries machine-readable
• Xiaomi IoT camera owners can watch other Xiaomi users' video feeds.
• Microsoft is wrong on RDP vulnerability.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Jason Howell

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This Week's Stories:

• The biggest Apple CES 2020 news
• Apple comes to CES 2020 to talk security
• The best CES 2020 product for iPad: Brydge Pro+ is the first iPad keyboard with a trackpad
• The best CES 2020 product for iPhone: PopPower finally lets you wirelessly charge your phone without removing your Pop Socket
• FBI asks Apple yet again to unlock a shooter's iPhone
• Ricky Gervais roasts Tim Cook at Golden Globes
• Apple wins Christmas, stock crosses $300
• Why hasn't Apple bought music exclusives?
• We debunk the "Apple is making a gaming computer" rumor
• External flash that connects to iPhone now available
• Sonos sues Google for stealing smart speaker tech. They only have enough money to sue one company at a time, so Amazon is next, then maybe Apple?
• You can now etch the poop emoji on your AirPods case, or one of 30 others. Which emoji would you use?

Picks of the Week:

• Mikah's Pick: ecobee Switch+ | $48
• Andy's Pick: Hi-Res Music in general, HD Tracks and Qobuz in particular
• Rene's Pick: Decline Stickers by Timothy Buck
• Alex Pick: Shadow Draw

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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On this week's iOS Today with Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard:

• Habit tracking with iOS: Streaks, When Did I?, Lifewheel, Remente, Don't Break the Chain, Habitica, Productive, Today
• News: Apple now offers emoji engraving options for AirPods, Apple claims nine of 10 top spots for device activations over the holiday week, Brydge announces a new Brydge Pro+ keyboard with a trackpad, iPhone 11 Pro's Night Mode feature doesn't work with the telephoto lens, Apple is very serious about its slofies.
• Viewer Feedback: An update on permissions troubleshooting for photo apps (hint: Don't forget Screen Time!).
• Mikah's App Cap: Pocket Build
• Rosemary's App Cap: Stylebook

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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

• Smart tech news:
  • JBL's multicolor AirPod alternative: https://engt.co/37InWzi
  • Nanoleaf's new HomeKit lighting system: http://bit.ly/2N2o2tB
  • The world's largest HomeKit setup is in an office in Vancouver: http://bit.ly/2sSv0um
  • IKEA's smart blinds are finally, truly getting HomeKit support: https://engt.co/36tTKaJ
  • Ring's new smart home lineup: http://bit.ly/2N0XSrb
  • Abode smart home products: http://bit.ly/2ZUzbBQ
  • Lutron Caséta gets new smart home products: http://bit.ly/2tzWiWt
  • Lamborghini and Rivian are getting Alexa voice control: https://engt.co/37KSf8z
• Mikah Sargent's backup camera project:
  • Accele RVCLPMBS universal backup camera: http://bit.ly/2tHsBTb
  • Esky 4.3-inch backup monitor: https://amzn.to/35QRl9L
  • Chilton DIY: http://bit.ly/2sJnrWX
• Mikah's pick of the week: ecobee Switch+: https://amzn.to/300IccS
• Matthew's pick of the week: WireTamer Cable Management Tray: https://amzn.to/2sSvTTI

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/13

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Sync your Philips Hue smart lights with what's on-screen in your home theater using the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box. Mikah Sargent of Smart Tech Today gives his review.

Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box: https://twit.to/hot74
Philips Hue Play Light Base Kit: https://twit.to/hot74a
Philips Hue LightStrip: https://twit.to/hot74b

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Leo Laporte answers John's question about how to make HDMI work over long distances.

Get Cable Matters HDMI 2.0 Extender: https://amzn.to/2SIBwOS

Host: Leo Laporte

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Accessible technology, password managers, updating to Windows 10, getting rid of duplicate photos, getting text notifications as a deaf person, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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This Week's Stories:

• CES Preview: what to expect at the 2020 show
• Segway's new Wall-E pod chair
• 8k TVs take over CES - what about bandwidth caps?
• 3D is back at CES - get ready for Star Wars holograms
• Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak: 68 countries targeted
• 5G in 2020: hype or happening?
• How to fix California' gig worker law
• California Consumer Privacy Act hits January 1
• Wyze Camera breach response: quick and decisive
• 1924 belongs to us all now
• TRACED Act passes, robocallers put on notice
• Hofeller Files break gerrymandering plot wide open
• IRS forces Turbo Tax to show free filing product
• Fake Twitter accounts spew thousands of pro-Iran propaganda tweets
• Australian fires: horrific images online
• Google will stop swindling the US on taxes
• Google's Head of International Relations left because Google started to be evil
• Samsung Galaxy S20 arriving February 11th
• Sonos bricking old speakers
• Fry's is in big trouble
• Y2K bug strikes again: NYC parking meters break in 2020, 11-19
• #TeamTrees gets $20M
• YouTube's #1 star turned 8 in 2019
• EU: AI cannot patent inventions

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Dwight Silverman, Ben Brock Johnson, and Ed Bott

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Upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 7, live stream with a GoPro, CES 2020 preview with Scott Wilkinson, Linux updates, is a computer on the Home Shopping Channel a good deal? Turning off Windows S Mode, getting IoT devices in a smart home to work under one hub, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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It's a New Year so it's time for the annual TWiET enterprise predictions! Lou Maresca, Brian Chee, Heather Williams, and Curt Franklin score how their 2019 predictions turned out and make predictions for 2020!

Hosts: Louis Maresca, Brian Chee, Curt Franklin, and Heather "Mo" Williams

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