Improving cell service in your house & never buy a discounted Windows 10 key.

Why a Femtocell doesn't help your cell coverage, troubleshooting spotty WiFi connection, learning how to put up an antenna, making room on your smartphone, see if your personal information has been compromised, taking phone calls within your podcast, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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Getting started with a career in IT, what to do if Windows 10 is no longer supported on your PC, building a budget gaming PC, installing Linux on a Mac, Leo and Dickie D get an email from their past selves, plus more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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On macOS the Finder is the program that runs all the time. With it, you can manage files, launch applications, and as we've learned, automate many of the tasks you perform all the time. Learning to use the Finder more effectively can make a big difference in how happy you are with your Mac. So here are some tips from a variety of sources. Some you may know, some you may not.

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

Host: Leo Laporte

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Google Town, India vs PUBG, Remembering Chadwick Boseman

• Herman Cain tweeting from beyond the grave, Walking Cat banned - WTF is going on at Twitter?
• @VCBrags calls it quits after one exec was accused of running the account
• Will Microsoft and Walmart buy TikTok? When?
• Would you like to live in Google Town?
• Google might pull fediverse android apps to block hate speech
• Public restrooms are a source of aerosolized COVID
• Should Google's ads be regulated like the stock market?
• Google is developing the perfect fingerprinting/cookie system
• Facebook threatens to block news from Australia
• Russian trolls use deep fakes on Facebook
• The origin of Patreon; Patreon tops $1 Billion
• Spotify abuses Joe Budden
• India bans PUBG
• The third richest man on earth wants to wire your brain
• Moral Panic over misinformation | cats | QAnon | Screen time | sex and social media |
• The Google Changelog: Google Doodle on Android | Google Maps Traffic Lights | birthday reminders | kids space for tablets | Google/Apple COVID tracing API without an app | Pay for Parking in Austin | Lenovo's Assistant-powered clock | Local news in Assistant and podcasts
• FBI investigating reports of a guy in a jet pack over LAX
• Ant Pruitt talks about growing up with Chadwick Boseman

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

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When will we know about the TikTok sale? Xbox Series S leaks again

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

For full show notes on this episode, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/688

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Russian tries to hack Tesla, web browser history research.

• Chrome 85 security features
• Russian Attempts to Cyber Attack Tesla
• More EMV Standard monetary transaction method problems
• Watch this video on Covid testing
• I Know What You Did Last Summer: research on web browsing histories

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-782-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

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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iPhone 12, ARM MacBook, AppleTV+ Free Year Ending

• Rene Ritchie unboxes his silver YouTube button
• Apple vs. Epic: Ridley Scott weighs in
• Apple announces new App Store guidelines
• Apple briefly approves adware app Schlayer twice
• Mariah Carey on AppleTV+ this Christmas
• What happens when AppleTV+'s free year is up?
• ARM MacBook will be announced 10/27? Rumors say either 12" Macbook or 13" MacBook Pro will be announced
• iPhone event coming September 8th or 10th? iPhone 12, Apple Watch 6, and iPad Air to be announced
• iPhones will be shipped six weeks late
• Apple Watch 6 will track blood oxygen
• Smaller Homepod coming
• iPad Air with TouchID coming
• Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 vs. Microsoft Duo
• iOS 13.7 Beta features app-free Apple/Google contact tracing

Picks of the Week

• Leo's Pick: Patrick Wardle's free security utilities
• Andy's Pick: Primephonic
• Rene's Pick: Jordan Harrod
• Lory's Pick: Horror Trivial Pursuit

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

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Leo & Mikah set out to challenge their brains and yours with some of the best puzzle apps and games in the App Store.

• Puzzles: Hidden Folks, The Last Campfire, Spek., Letter Fridge, Ord., Patterned, NYT Crossword, Circuitry
• News: Apple accidentally approves malware for macOS. Apple updates the App Review process with better bug fix updates and the ability to suggest changes to the App Store guidelines. Apple releases iOS 13.7 with built-in COVID-19 exposure notifications. Apple is reportedly working on new iPhones, Apple Watches, and a new iPad.
• Listener feedback: Punkpost sends us a card. We get some more info regarding the case of the perplexing iPhone 8. We answer Bradley's question about Mail Drop for iOS Mail.
• Mikah's App Cap: AirPort Utility
• Leo's App Cap: Libro.fm

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].

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Looking to set up a live stream with multiple cameras for your small church or home studio? Leo Laporte explains the basics of multi-cam live streaming.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation

• Remembering Chadwick Boseman
• Elon Musk demonstrates Neurallink: trepanning a Pig
• What is Palantir doing?
• Apple vs Epic: how anti-competitive is Apple, and what should the government do about this?
• TikTok This Week: Walmart Enters the Fray; why TikTok is Dangerous
• Amazon announces Halo, a subscription fitness wearable and platform that can tell when you are angry
• Cory Doctorow on Shoshanna Zuboff: how to destroy Surveillance Capitalism and the Chickenization of America
• The effects of monopolism: why your glasses cost $700 and wages have dropped over the past 50 years.
• How legislation defends monopolies, and how lobbyists have destroyed democracy
• How to fix Facebook: more choices in Social Media
• Cyberwar with China: the TikTok era
• How conspiracy theories work
• The difficulties of teaching and learning via Zoom
• Chatterbox: one of the best ways to learn in the COVID Age
• Life in the COVID age: it could be a lot worse
• OhDoctah on Black Lives Matter, and his personal experiences with racist Police

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Owen JJ Stone, Cory Doctorow, and Mike Elgan

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