This Week's Stories

• Samsung Unpacked 2019
• Elizabeth Warren's plan for rural broadband
• Google auctions off search in Europe
• White House drafts executive order against Google
• Turkey cracks down on online broadcasters
• 8Chan kicked off Cloudflare, Tucows

Picks of the Week

• Jeff's Number: 30-50 Feral Hogs
• Stacey's Thing: Camnect
• Ant's Stuff: CTA EVP Karen Chupka discusses AI, women in tech, and the early days of CES

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Ant Pruitt

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Samsung Unpacked

• Microsoft rumored---then confirmed---to be at today's Galaxy Note 10 launch. With the marketing materials leaking, we have some clues as to what they will add to this event:
• S Pen compatibility for Office - similar to iPad support earlier
• (Maybe) Office support for Dex desktop mode?
• (Maybe) Xbox/gaming partnership - Could Note 10 be a premier xCloud experience?

Windows

• Not news: Windows 10 no longer a "cornerstone" product for Microsoft
• There's no such thing as a great $500 Windows laptop. Why? And what can Microsoft do to fix this?
• New Windows 10 20H1 build is out today with a few minor updates and tweaks
• Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 will get a cloud restore feature
• Microsoft to finally disable VBScript in Windows 7, 8.1 IE
• Related: Remember the Browser Ballot Box? Google's doing it in Android with both web browsers and search engines. And the latter will come with a twist.

Xbox

• Microsoft teams with Ninja. Over 20 years old? Let me explain.
• Microsoft will ship 60 new Xbox games in 6 weeks
• Microsoft announces a sweeping set of Gears 5-inspired Xbox hardware
• Xbox Live outage has the Chicken Littles freaking out about xCloud

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Windows 10 Field Guide
• App pick of the week: Windows Terminal
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Dedicated Host
• Enterprise pick No. 2: Your Home Use Rights just changed, enterprise users.
• Beer pick of the week: Talea Beer

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

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At their August Unpacked event, Samsung unveils the new Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Tab S, Galaxy Watch Active 2, and Galaxy Book S.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Howell, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jeff Jarvis

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Hackaday is a website that promotes the free and open exchange of ideas and information. Besides the articles that the website publishes, it also has hardware development community called Hackaday.io where you can discover, create, collaborate, and get feedback on your projects.

Hosts: Randal Schwartz and Jonathan Bennett

Guest: Mike Szczys

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Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent take DJI's educational robot, the RoboMaster S1, for a spin on 'iOS Today.'

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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• Flagship phone sales are dipping while the midtier gets stronger.
• Google flips the script on how it presents search engine options in the EU.
• Play Pass offers a collection of premium games and apps for a monthly fee.
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is a new tablet for fans of premium Android slates.
• Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 adds a rotating bezel to the popular watch.
• Fossil unveils the Gen 5 Series with options for men and women.
• LG teases its hardware announcement for IFA 2019.
• NVIDIA might be near the release of two Shield TV devices.
• Google Assistant can now read and reply to any messaging app.
• New emergency feature allows for the silent summoning of help when needed.
• Google Fit now has wider support for sleep tracking with third-party devices.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards

Guest: Nicole Scott

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This week's stories
• A widespread false alarm about Facebook's planned subversion of end-to-end encryption
• Still more municipality Ransomware attacks
• Anti-encryption saber rattling among the Five Eyes nations
• Microsoft's discovery of Russian-backed IoT compromise
• Chrome 76's changes
• Black Hat and Def Con preview
• The challenge of synchronizing a working set of files between two locations

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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This Week's Stories
• Apple Card starts rolling out
• Apple Q3 Earnings
• Apple spends big on R&D
• Apple stops talking about AR, starts talking about tariffs
• 16" MacBook Pro will have up to 8 cores
• Apple patents FaceID on Macs
• TouchID coming back to iPhone in 2021?
• FileMaker changes name back to Claris

Picks of the Week:
• Leo's Pick: Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator
• Andy's Pick: Becoming Superman by J. Michael Straczynski
• Rene's Pick: Samsung X5 portable SDD
• Lory's Pick: Journey for iOS
• Alex's Pick: AudioKit Pro

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil

Guest: Alex Lindsay

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

• Shopping smart and saving money: CamelCamelCamel, Wish, Jet, The NTWRK, Down to Shop, Honey, and Leo & Mikah's thoughts on Groupon.
• News:
  • Apple rolls out the Apple Card to some users;
  • the FTC is investigating Apple and Amazon's recent deal;
  • Apple suspends human grading of Siri requests
• Leo & Mikah tell you everything you never wanted to know about VELCRO and hook & loop fasteners.
• Viewer Feedback: Scanning documents with a physical scanner and app, using multiple password managers, dispelling the myths surrounding cookies.
• Leo's App Cap: DJI RoboMaster S1
• Mikah's App Cap: Endel

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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This Week's Stories

• Apple Earnings: services up, iPhone down
• Phone season starts this week
• Apple gearing up on R&D
• Amazon takes over
• RIP Amazon Dash button
• Your Assistant is listening
• Apple Card won't let you bet on the ponies
• Capital One hack
• Apple Bluetooth security hack
• Facial recognition for drunks
• Chinese smile to pay
• Elon Musk is boring holes in Las Vegas
• AI customer service hell
• Amazon partnering with police
• Turkey cracks down on Internet
• Instagram from Facebook
• Livestreaming Funerals
• Spotify takes off
• US Govt vs social media addiction
• Locast gets sued
• Ninja moves to Mixer

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Mikah Sargent, and Ant Pruitt

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