Microsoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo Review

• Microsoft out of the running for TikTok
• Will the TikTok sale go through before Trump's deadline?
• Nvidia buys ARM
• Microsoft Surface Duo review: twice the screens, half as good
• Microsoft Surface Neo: when is the next two screen Microsoft device coming?
• Apple event: Apple Watch 6, iPad Air, maybe Apple Silicon?
• TWiT finally got invited to an Apple event after our ten-year ban
• Viacom wants to sell CNET
• The Office of Technology Assessment: what government needs
• US DOJ may file an anti-trust complaint against Google this week
• $36 toilet paper? Wasn't me, says Amazon. Blame the algorithm
• The Social Dilemma - Zuck "hopes" Facebook won't destroy the world
• Android 11 update is pretty much just 3 features - iOS 14 is a much bigger deal
• The fastest mobile networks in 2020 are not 5G
• 37% of households don't have cable
• Fortnite launches a concert series

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lory Gil, Ed Bott, and Bill Detwiler

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Good budget laptops & fixing an older TV.

Unable to order air purifier filters from Amazon within California, troubleshooting Chromebook issues, USB ports failing on a computer, external hard drive unable to be read, phone GPS lagging, Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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First impressions of the Microsoft Surface Duo, troubleshooting Adobe Creative Cloud, why are VPN speeds a lot slower? Do I need to use a VPN at home? Troubleshooting PC crashes with Windows 7, blocking ads online, getting a reliable Zoom connection over Wi-Fi, are external drives safe from ransomware? And more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Syncthing, a free open-source program, syncs multiple computers securely. Use it for backup, file sharing, or to keep the same files on all your computers - Mac, PC, and Linux. Leo gives a demonstration by setting up some synchronization between his devices.

Leo Laporte gives you helpful tips to get the most from your Mac every week on Hands-On Mac!

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California is Burning, Android 11, Chip IoT Standard

• California Fires: Götterdämmerung in real life
• Android 11 Update - get all your messages in one place
• Phone screens of the Future: Projectors and Glasses
• Glob: Your phone will convey who you are to the world
• Android 11 permissions auto reset
• Leo tries not to lose his faith in technology
• Chip: Apple, Amazon, and Google create an IoT standard
• Playing Doom on a Pregnancy Test
• Will Chip solve Leo's IoT Nightmare?
• Steve Gibson's IoT security solution- trust nothing
• IoT Security Cage Match!
• NextDNS protects Leo from malware - Comcast does this as well
• Google is tracking you and using that data to recommend you videos
• YouTube's algorithm is better than Amazon's
• The new emojis are here!
• Yellow Pages rathole
• If you need consent on YouTube, tweet about it
• Stanford Cable TV News Analyser
• Amazon bans foreign sales of plants
• Amazon's fake reviews - use Fakespot
• Amazon is the world's biggest pyramid scheme
• Snowflake is the hot new company
• Microsoft wins JEDI: Jeff Bezos is Sithed off
• Should Woodward have saved the COVID tapes?
• Google Changelog: Verified Calls | Carnac the Magnificent | Google Podcasts adds Cast button

• Leo's Tool: Trader Joes Cacio e Pepe
• Stacey's Thing: IFFFT Pro
• Jeff's Number: The Sit-In - Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show
• Ant's Stuff: Clean HDMI-Out On Your Mobile Phone with Filmic Pro
• Karsten's Mask: 3M TEKK Protection Full Face Respirator

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

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

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Isolate your IoT devices, Threema goes open-source.

• IoT Isolation Strategies
• DoH coming to Chrome for Android
• Bye Bye Drive-By Downloads
• Threema goes Open-Source
• WordPress File Manage 0-day flaw
• Facebook's new VDP — Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
• Facebook's new "WhatsApp Security Advisories" page
• The Tor Project Membership Program
• Intel's latest microcode patches

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-783-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Leo & Mikah take to the skies and leave behind planet Earth with these apps and games from space.

On this week's iOS Today:

• Blast off: Night Sky, Sky Guide, NASA, Satellite Tracker by Star Walk, Pocket Rocket, Holy Potatoes! We're in Space?, Solar Walk - Planets Explorer
• News: Apple announces September 15 Apple Event -- Leo and Mikah will be covering the event live. Apple adds subscription offer codes for developers. After Facebook's backlash, Apple says it will delay new ad tech until 2021. Japan and Australia begin to investigate antitrust concerns related to mobile app stores.
• Listener feedback: We get even more info regarding the case of the perplexing iPhone 8. Mikah explains his Ecamm Live setup. We help Hans figure out his ringer and alert sound settings.
• Mikah's App Cap: Jungled: Delightful Plant Care
• Leo's App Cap: Threema. The Secure Messenger

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Apple Watch Event September 15th, Apple's massive stock drop.

• Apple event scheduled for September 15th - likely just for watch and iPad
• iPhone 12 event coming in October
• When will we find out about Apple Silicon? And what about Apple Tags?
• Floating Apple store opens in Singapore this Thursday
• Apple loses its $2 Trillion status with the largest one day loss of any company ever
• And what about Apple Tags?
• New features coming on Apple Watch 6
• New 'hashflag' for Apple event on Twitter - WTF is a hashflag?
• Happy Star Trek Day!
• Apple Watch SE coming this year?
• Apple countersues Epic
• Apple says requests for Hong Kong data must come through US DOJ
• Japanese developers and government are mad at the App Store
• Apple will delay iOS 14 advertising privacy feature to next year to appease Facebook and advertisers
• Apple must pay workers for the time they spend having their bags searched before leaving
• Apple hires Quibi genius for AppleTV
• Apple, Amazon, and Google still working on new IoT connection standard, coming in 2021
• Apple Maps launches 3D view of Amsterdam
• Apple Watch Series 5 out of stock
• New series from the creator of Song of the Sea coming to AppleTV+

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: Get your flu shot!
• Rene's Pick: Apollo
• Lory's Pick: Taming the Terminal book
• Leo's Pick: Mackup

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

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TikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple Announcement

• Rob Reid's Ted Talk on synthetic biology and pandemics from 2019
• The Privileged Have Entered their Escape Pods
• Microsoft Duo reviews coming September 10th
• A guy in a jetpack sited by planes near LAX
• Facebook bans political ads the week before the election
• Pinterest bans political ads
• Trump stops advertising on TV, switches to YouTube
• Cable TV is the rotary phone of the 21st century
• Political polling has utterly changed in the past 10 years
• China government will ban the sale of TikTok's algorithm
• We still don't know who will buy TikTok
• Apple announcement coming 9/8?
• AG Barr wants to go after Google for anti-trust now
• Amazon furious over JEDI contract going to Microsoft
• Amazon Halo fitness band uses AI to judge your tone of voice, records your conversations, and takes naked selfies of you
• US court rules that the NSA surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden is illegal
• California's assembly kills effort to expand broadband to all Californians
• CableCARD nearing its end
• Biden/Harris signs coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Fisher-Price baby controller toy understands the Konami Code
• It takes Google Maps users 24 years to walk 1 light year
• Nvidia RTX 3080 coming soon for $1499

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Rob Reid, Dan Patterson, and Louis Maresca

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