Tips and tech that will help you stay connected during a natural disaster, drones as a portable cell phone system, smartphone buyer's remorse, macOS X Catalina, laptops that are good for your business, how to get Square to stop dropping bluetooth, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Mikah Sargent gives his review for the Apple Watch Series 5, featuring a new always-on display, and discusses whether it's worth upgrading from the Series 4 or previous versions.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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The Linux Foundation (LF) Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Best Practices badge is a way for Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects to show that they follow best practices. Projects can voluntarily self-certify, at no cost, by using this web application to explain how they follow each best practice. The CII Best Practices Badge is inspired by the many badges available to projects on GitHub. Consumers of the badge can quickly assess which FLOSS projects are following best practices and as a result are more likely to produce higher-quality secure software.

Hosts: Randal Schwartz and Jonathan Bennett

Guest: David Wheeler

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Here's what's coming up for FLOSS in the future.

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This is a special Tech News Weekly as we're back in the studio after the forced power outages imposed by PG&E for select northern California residents.

Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt discuss the latest news from the China protest controversy, Blackberry innovation and ultra-wideband.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt

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• This Week's Stories
  • Why TWiT was down
  • Pixelbook Go is for Stadia
  • What should we do about Hong Kong?
  • Facebook vs truth in politics
  • Andy Rubin's new phone makes us feel uncomfortable
  • California legislates IoT security
  • Dark Mode comes to Maps, Books, Duo, Voice, and Play Store

• Picks of the Week
  • Leo's Tool: Social Security Cards Issued by Woolworth
  • Jeff's Number: How much is the internet worth to you? The Fed wants to know.
  • Stacey's Thing: Orchestra Provisions Cricket Spices
  • Ant's Stuff: Patient Hopes Gene-Editing Can Help With Pain Of Sickle Cell Disease
    

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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• iTunes ZeroDay
• Attackers hide behind trusted domains, HTTPS
• API Security: Confessions of a non-programming infosec junky
• Facebook debuts latest PyTorch w/ Google TPU support
• Can the Girl Scouts save the moon from cyberattack?
• Making DevSecOps part of your culture
• Flaw in Cyberoam firewalls exposed corporate networks to hackers
• An appeals court says FCC can repeal Net Neutrality, but can't tell states what to do
• AppSec "Spaghetti on the Wall" Tool Strategy undermining security

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

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• Windows 10 1909: Coming to you in November
  • Windows 10 1909 is moving to the Release Preview ring in preparation for a November launch
  • This feature update will be like a Cumulative Update (small/fast) if you are on 1903; regular otherwise
  • Revisiting the new features in 1909 (which will be off by default)
  • Finally, Microsoft is being clear about RTM (without using those three banned letters)
  • Related: Dona Sarkar is hanging up her Insider-chief. What's going on there? Is this part of some bigger changes internally? MJ: It's all about the Power Platform! :)
  • Plus: Your Phone in Windows 10 can now make/take phone calls
  • Windows Virtual Desktop is GA
  • Virtualize all the Windows 7, 10 and Office 365 ProPlus things

• Surface
  • Microsoft Fixes Windows 10 Version 1903 Blocking Issue for Surface Book 2

• Microsoft hardware event, one week later
  • Microsoft's embrace of USB-C is good enough
  • Surface business customers will get an option for Intel-based 15-inch Surface Laptops (not AMD)
  • Related: Fix for disappearing GPU for Surface Book 2 is finally rolling out

• More thoughts on the Surface Duo/Neo: What's the dev story?
  • MJ: Betting there's an M365 Developer Platform angle
  • PT: XAML Islands/WinUI 3 will be key
  • Windows 10X: What's inside
  • But what about Duo? Android was the right choice, sure. But what about devs?

• Xbox/Games
  • You can now use an Xbox Wireless Controller in iOS 13. Here's what it's like. - Also, you can buy an Xbox Wireless Controller from Apple now too
  • October 2019 Xbox Update is now available on Xbox One consoles
  • MJ: What's up with everyone quitting? Mike Ybarra, the two Mixer/Beam founders? Is xCloud going to shake up everything inside and out??

• Tip of the week: Store your secrets in OneDrive Personal Vault
• Plus: OneDrive gets multiple instances on iPad
• Tip pick of the week #2: Get Xbox Pass Ultimate, Get 6 Mos of Spotify for free
• Enterprise pick of the week: Windows 7 ESUs are going to be available to SMBs, too
• Codename pick: Unity
• Beer pick of the week: Prairie Artisan Ales Basic Becky

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ reviews the myCharge Adventure Power Lumens, a 10,000mAh portable charger with a built-in lamp perfect for camping trips and outdoor adventures.

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Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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It's Pixel-palooza. We're going to talk about everything we think we already know about the Pixel 4 and 4XL. We'll also talk about the new GMS requirements set forth by Google, the new Google Assistant, the specs coming out in the Pixel 4, Microsoft's Surface Duo, and so much more.

Read our show notes here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSHBWBauEEQurVOknpj-NNgo2BIXS72SAaRpexKGZDeWe-VRklzbBQHfoe5a6RO5gWcw1KxebBO-uRe/pubhtml?gid=939690885&single=true

• Ron - Scarlet Notes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bijoysingh.quicknote
• Flo - Business Calendar https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appgenix.bizcal
• Joshua - Call of Duty Mobile https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.activision.callofduty.shooter&hl=en_US
• This Week's Poll http://twit.to/aaapoll441

Hosts: Florence Ion and Ron Richards

Guest: Josh Vergara

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• Ransomware hits schools, hospitals, and hearing aid manufacturers
• Sodinokibi: the latest advances in Ransomware-as-a-Service
• Win7 Extended Security Updates are extended
• A new Nasty 0-Day RCE in vBulletin
• There's a new WannaCry in town

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-735-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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