This Week's Stories

• The continuing and changing world of cryptojacking after Coinhive closed their doors last month.
• Google's announcement of self-expiring data retention
• The mess arising from Mozilla's intermediate certificate expiration
• Another wrinkle in the exploit marketplace
• Mozilla's announcement about deliberate code obfuscation
• A hacker who hacked at least 29 other botnet hackers
• A warning about a very popular D-Link netcam
• Who's paying and who's receiving bug bounties by country
• Another User-Agent gotcha with Google Docs
• A problem with Google Earth on the new Chromium-Edge browser
• A bit more about Edge's future just dropped at the start of Microsoft's Build 2019 conference.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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This Week's Stories
• Microsoft Build's Amazing Hololens Demo Fail - See What it was Supposed to Look Like
• Google I/O 2019 Highlights
• Apple Q2 Earnings Results
• Powerbeats Pro Review
• Apple Stores Suck: Angela Ahrendts is to Blame
• JoCo Cruise
• WWDC 2019 Preview
• Apple and Warren Buffett Make a Paperboy Game
• AirPods Work Even When You Swallow Them

Picks of the Week
• Lory's Pick: Whoosh Screen Cleaner
• Rene's Pick: Calzones
• Andy's Pick: Lightpix Labs q20 II Camera Flash
• Leo's Pick: Apple gives 10% bonus on funds added to your Apple ID

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

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Leo Laporte and Kevin Tofel comment on the live stream of the Google I/O 2019 Keynote, featuring:

• Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL Official Unveiling
• Android Q Preview
• Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max
• Next-Generation Google Assistant
• Google Privacy and Security
• Google Accessibility
• Google AI and Machine Learning
• Google Camera Search
• Duplex on the Web

Host: Leo Laporte

Co-Host: Kevin Tofel

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• Let's run through some announcements. No picks, tips this week
• Guests: Brad Sams and Richard Campbell
• Demo fail. It was a moonshot gone bad
• What's new in Chredge: IE Mode, Collections, new tracking settings
• Virtual assistants (including Cortana) to get smarter
• Genoa (Minecraft as Pokemon)
• Fluid Framework
• .NET 5
• New terminal, WSL 2.0. There's a Linux kernel in this thing!
• Lots of database news – Richard Campbell
• Tomorrow (Tuesday): Build Blogger Bash at The Pinebox! A short walk from the convention centre. 7-9 pm no RSVP needed!

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

Guests: Brad Sams and Richard Campbell

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella kicks off the Microsoft Build 2019 developer's conference with a vision of the connected future.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Public WiFi, installing Windows on a Linux machine, pulling data off a bad hard drive, private browsing, rolling back an Android update, recovering a Gmail account and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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This Week's Stories

• Microsoft Build Preview
• Microsoft's Privacy Reputation: How Deserved Is It?
• Surface Studio Pros and Cons
• Facebook's Privacy Problems on Display at F8
• Tik Tok: Facebook Killer or Just the Next Vine?
• The Broken World of Social Media
• Is Instagram Spying on Me?
• Should Mark Zuckerberg be Personally Punished for Facebook's Failings?
• Google Down on Earnings Report
• Google I/O Preview
• Attack of the Voice Assistants
• Apple App Store Insanity
• Apple Up on Earnings Reports
• Surface vs MacBook vs Chromebook
• Folding Phones are Still the Future: How Far in the Future Remains to be Seen
• Who Wants Wearables?
• How to Auto-delete your Google Location Info
• 2020 Presidential Candidates' Email is Surprisingly Easy to Hack
• ACLU Sues US over Warrantless Border Phone Searches
• Video Game Hall of Fame Adds Solitaire and Mario Kart
• RIP Anki and Jibo :(
• Screaming Roomba
• Verizon Wants to Sell Tumblr After Destroying It
• The Internet vs Sonic the Hedgehog
• AR Brings 5 Madonnas to Life
• Firefox Extensions Down After Glitch
• Visit NAMI.org for National Mental Health Awareness Month

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louise Matsakis, Ant Pruitt, and Daniel Rubino

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Huawei vs the U.S. government, Solitare is in the video game hall of fame, is 5G safe for humans? Does home insurance cover cyber threats? Increasing the volume of laptop speakers, running DOS on a new computer, cloning a hard drive for an arcade cabinet, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Dick DeBartolo

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This Week's Stories

• Google I/O Preview
• Facebook's New Look: Bye-Bye, Blue, Hello Groups and Stories
• Facebook Dating: Tinder for Grandma
• Google Will Let You Limit Your Location History
• Oculus Quest and Rift S Launch May 21st - is Oculus Still Worth $2 Billion?
• Instagram Adds Camera, Hides Links
• FB Messenger Focuses on Friends
• Eric Schmidt Leaves Google Board of Directors
• Google Employees' Protest Protests Protest Protests
• YouTube Pays the Price for Being Woke
• Alphabet Q1 Results
• Microsoft 2019 Voice Report
• At F8, Zuck Doubles Down on Privacy
• RIP Anki :(
• Zuck Builds a "Sleep Box" for his Wife - It's Not What You Think
• Amazon Prime Speeds Up to 1-Day Shipping
• Ring to Launch Crime News Show?
• Casper's Cool Glow Light
• A Guide to all that Great Food in Billions
• Julian Assange Gets 50 Weeks in Gaol
• Cheddar Gets $200M Cheddar
• NYT Goes Full Moral Panic Over Targeted Ads
• The Guardian Breaks Even
• Burger King Rolls out the Impossible Whopper Nationwide

Picks of the Week

• Jeff's Number: 767-2676
• Stacey's Thing: Wyze Sense

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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This Week's Stories

• Microsoft earnings: Net income of $8.8 Billion on Revenues of $30.6 Billion
• Related: Microsoft was briefly worth $1 trillion
• Related: Microsoft documents product releases in the quarter
• Google just gave Chromium-based Edge a thumbs-up
• Sorry, but crapware is still in Windows 10 version 1903
• Windows 10 Version 1903 Requires at Least 32 GB of Storage
• New 20H1 test build adds Your Phone changes, better dictation - Another new build adds nothing
• Windows 10 version 1809 hits almost 30% usage share
• Microsoft looks ready to add some new Azure regions, while it takes one away
• Microsoft, Dell unveils new Azure-VMware integrations
• Microsoft wants to help business users build customized digital assistants
• Related: Microsoft, an also-ran in the market for digital personal assistants, has issued a report about digital personal assistants.
• Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising
• Microsoft delays testing of Halo: MCC on PC
• Microsoft and the VA are partnering to provide the Xbox Adaptive Controller to veterans.
• Notch will not be part of Minecraft's 10th anniversary
• Xbox version 1905 has a few neat new features
• PS4 has sold 100 million units

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Microsoft has revealed the Xbox Game Pass games and Games for Gold titles for May!
• App pick of the week: PureText - Also: Simplify for Chrome fixes Gmail
• Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 1903
• Codename pick of the week: Cosine
• Beer pick of the week: Holy Mountain Brewing Witchfinder

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

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