First impressions of the iPhone XR, how to know if your Facebook account has been hacked, what to look for when buying a new laptop, learning about iPhone photography, troubleshooting a Mac after an update, a good camera for live video streaming, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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• Google Home Hub First Look Review
• Pixel 3's many nit-picky issues
• Titan M security chip
• Pixel 3 Qi Charger DRM? Not so fast.
• 10 years of Android
• Tim Cook loves privacy, hates Bloomberg

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• Mathew's Stuff: How the Night King uses Chromebook
• Stacey's Things: Google Assistant's colorful names and Alexa Whisper Mode

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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• With the new Pixel 3s and iPhone XR/XSes out there, what are our new and updated recommendations these days for Windows users who are looking for new phones?
• Related: Google says it will fix photo‐loss bug in the new Pixels ‐ But what about the other issues?
• Let's talk a bit about where MS is now and where it's going with bringing Android and iPhone devices into the Windows ecosystem.
• More data‐deletion problems have emerged in 1809. October is winding down and the Oct. Update STILL isn't available.
• Related: MS didn't ever RTM Windows Server 2019. (which also has been pulled and is not available)
• Related: Last week, new 19H1 build allowing users to remove more preinstalled apps debuts Related: 19H1 will allegedly overcome the performance issues from Spectre fixes.
• Paul finally got a Surface Laptop 2. More of the same, but now with better performance and black.
• New HP Spectre 360 and Elitebook x360.
• Samsung said close to launching a foldable laptop display ‐ Because?
• Microsoft FY19Q1 earnings are today (right after WW) Things to watch for: Commercial cloud number will be higher than normal because some LinkedIn revenues are now included.
• Related: What Microsoft exec compensation says about Redmond's priorities.

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Xbox is having a "Shocktober" sale: Friday the 13th ($6), Alien Isolation: The Collection ($12), Prey ($15), and many other games are up to 70 percent off!
• Also: Microsoft just added four horror titles to Xbox Game Pass too!
• App pick of the week: Half‐Life 2 Orange Box, Portal, and Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 are now all on Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility and enhanced for Xbox One X.
• Enterprise pick of the week: How to get the MS Tech Community blogs into.
• Enterprise pick No. 2: The on‐prem version of the Office 2019 servers are available this week.
• Beer pick of the week: Springdale (Jack's Abby) Brigadeiro

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

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss how to create Siri shortcuts with iOS apps and third-party apps. Plus, a rumor preview for the Apple Event on October 30 and the new reviews of the iPhone XR.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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• iPhone XR Review: how much is an OLED screen and portrait mode for dogs worth to you?
• Apple's 10/30 event: pretty invitations, but what will they announce?
• Tim Cook sure doesn't like Bloomberg very much.
• Ming-Chi Kuo's crystal ball: new iPads with USB-C, no more Intel chips.
• Intel cancels 10nm chips, denies it.
• iOS 12.1 will fix selfie camera "Beautygate"

Picks of the Week

• Rene's Picks: Anker PowerCore 20100 Nintendo Switch Edition and Mophie powerstation USB-C 3XL
• Andy's Picks: "Shortcuts" subreddit and Project Stream
• Leo's Picks: Bruce Schneier's Click Here to Kill Everybody and Hardening MacOS

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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This week a widely used embedded OS (FreeRTOS) is in the doghouse, as are at least eight D-Link routers which have serious problems most of which D-Link has stated will never be patched. We look at five new problems in Drupal 7 and 8, two of which are rated critical, trouble with Live Networks RTSP streaming server, still more trouble with the now-infamous Windows 10 Build 1809 feature update, and a long standing 0-day in the widely used and most popular plugin for jQuery. We then look at what can only be described as an embarrassing mistake in the open source libssh library, and we conclude by examining a fun recent hack and pose its solution to our audience as our Security Now Puzzler of the Week!

We invite you to read our show notes.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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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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• Cognative hacking with scale and co-ordination.
• Will the newest iPad have 2 connectors?
• Should keynotes for product lanches go away?
• Some speculation about what to expect from the upcoming Apple event.
• Morgan on Twitter and his thoughts on Google+.
• Google in the EU and something that isn't getting as much press.
• The discussion continues around Bloomberg's article and Tim Cook's demand for a retraction.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Dan Patterson, Seth Weintraub, and Greg Ferro

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It's Pokemon Go Community Day, how to avoid scams while making money online, what to do with a frozen iPhone X, best security cameras to buy, inexpensive PCs that will run Fortnite, how to do web design as a side business, whether to get an Intel or AMD processor for a custom built computer, Chris Marquardt reviews the "hat" photo assignment, and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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First impressions of the Google Pixel 3 XL, a remote alert for detecting if an elderly parent falls, troubleshooting intermittent connection from an Apple Airport router, talking to AT&T about unexpected overage charges, capturing old Super 8 movie reels, the right microphone for voice dictation, connecting a TV to a surround sound system, alternatives to Thunderbird for email, a browser plugin to sort out fake Amazon reviews and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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On 'The New Screen Savers' recorded on Saturday, October 20, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson:

• Leo and Iain discuss Apple's upcoming October event and what could be announced, Apple CEO Tim Cook calling for the retraction of Bloomberg's Chinese spy chip story, and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's passing.
• Leo gives his hands-on review of Google's new flagship Android phone, the Pixel 3 XL, putting the camera to the test on the streets of San Francisco.
• Purism, the maker of privacy, security, and freedom-focused devices, just launched the Librem Key, a USB security token that also can detect if someone tampered with your computer. Purism's Chief Security Officer Kyle Rankin joins to show how it all works.
• NETGEAR Orbi, Wirecutter's pick for best Wi-Fi mesh-networking kit, is adding a new product in its lineup. The Orbi Voice combines a mesh Wi-Fi extender with Harman Kardon speakers and Amazon Alexa smarts. Megan Morrone gives her review.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson

Guests: Kyle Rankin, Megan Morrone, and Florence Ion

The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers.

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