Have we reached "peak podcast?" Configuring a network printer securely, finding drivers for an old laptop, streaming audio and video buffering issues, remotely controlling a television, connecting home theater devices to an AV receiver, partitioning a hard drive remotely, how to start a podcast, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

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Welcome to Ask The Tech Guy. Every week, starting August 26th, The Tech Guy himself, Leo Laporte will answer one of your toughest tech questions in language anyone can understand. With over 20 years of experience answering viewers' most technical questions and explaining the fast-moving world of technology, Leo has helped thousands of grateful knowledge seekers.

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Monitoring your bandwidth usage, firewire for your laptop, are cell towers harmful, the ASUS Mesh Router, recovering erased data on hard drives and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Chris Marquardt and Sam Abuelsamid

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This Week's Stories

• Video games don't cause mass shootings, but toxic gamer culture doesn't help
• White House proposes social media censorship
• Apple wants as many people as possible to get the Apple Card
• Are Teslas reliable?
• Chase forgives Canadian customers' debt
• Apple locks out DIY battery repairs
• FedEx splits with Amazon
• Amazon's PillPack fighting with CVS and Walgreens
• Woz wants you off Facebook
• Teenagers work overnight to make Amazon Echo
• Samsung Note 10 kills headphone jack and Bixby button, embraces Microsoft
• FBI, NSA want hackers, even if they used to smoke pot
• Defcon takes on voting machine security
• Elizabeth Warren's plan for rural broadband
• US Navy ditching touchscreen controllers

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Brianna Wu, Ben Johnson, and Sam Abuelsamid

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Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 10, iPhone accessibility features, connecting multiple computers to the internet, running a game server on a PS4, is Bitlocker safe? And more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Ed Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. He talks to Leo Laporte about how Tesla has succeeded, how it has failed, and what it needs to do to win.

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Guest: Ed Niedermeyer

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Leo Laporte unboxes and takes a first look at the Lenovo Yoga A940 to replace his Microsoft Surface Studio. This all-in-one PC features a 27" tilting 4K display with pen support, a content creation dial, a wireless charging dock, and more.

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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.

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