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August 20, 2025TEH 252: Minimizing travel tech. Connecting while traveling. Finding the Equator.
In This Episode: Minimizing travel tech. Connecting while traveling. Finding the Equator.

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
GR: Adventure Travel With Tech
1:30 iPhone-only! Challenging. Practiced ahead of time. Never needed VNC.
3:30 What I couldn’t do
5:30 Connecting
7:10 eSIM
13:00 Google voice
14:10 WhatsApp
17:20 Charging and batteries: Rapid charging
21:40 Backing up photos
26:00 Vertical photos,
3:35 Dirty camera sensors
33:40 GR: The equator is not where you think it is
38:00 LN: Boring summer, tech wise
39:00 AI / GPT 5 (yawn)
40:00 MS surprised with ESU (Extended Service Updates)
Get off my lawn! (an occasional, as-needed, segment)
45:25 LN: Just because I talk about a paid service doesn’t mean they’re paying me!
Ain’t it Cool
51:00 LN: So many. Backlog 🙂
Redux: Hail Mary. So good, esp audio performance. You don’t end up where you think you’re going to end up.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Audio: Steven Fry)
Severance: started weird but oddly compelling.
Resident Alien
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964
GR: I love all of these things, so I nod in agreement. I’m actually re-reading Hail Mary right now.
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
57:00 GR: https://macmost.com/10-pro-features-of-the-mac-finder.html
59:00 LN: Why Do We Suddenly Need AI? – https://askleo.com/183047
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July 02, 2025TEH 251: Camping connectivity. Fiber isn’t Fiber. Griping about Negativity. AI dating.
In This Episode: Camping connectivity. Fiber isn’t Fiber. Griping about Negativity. AI dating.

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
00:00 Connectivity Challenges While Camping
I know some would say “disconnect!”, but connectivity also enables some to get away at all. (Work, family, etc.)
07:31 Starlink’s Impressive Speedtest Results
Starlink mini.
Speed test: https://flic.kr/p/2reaojP
Setup tested: https://flic.kr/p/2rdwANd
Price and limits?
12:16 Fiber isn’t fiber.
Microwave Dish on Building Roof
17:00 Competitor to Starlink
19:55 How Does Starlink Communicate?
23:59 Digital Photo Storage
27:21 “People like things you don’t”
35:44 Original files are saved
36:45 Unreliable Microsoft Software Track Record
41:40 RAW and JPEG Photo Workflow
44:18 “AI Dating: New Romantic Frontier”
AI Companions: Friends and Lovers
https://www.wired.com/story/couples-retreat-with-3-ai-chatbots-and-humans-who-love-them-replika-nomi-chatgpt/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/27/tech/snapchat-my-ai-concerns-wellness
50:23 ChatGPT as Romantic Confidant
54:21 Future of AI in Writing and Editing
59:57 Removing OneDrive from Windows
Ain’t it Cool
59:57 LN: Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir – https://a.co/d/2Ux9i3u – audio (& a movie next year)
GR: The Studio: Apple TV+
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
LN: My OneDrive-free Experiment – https://askleo.com/181477
GR: https://macmost.com/why-you-should-stop-storing-photos-as-files-and-use-mac-photos-instead.html
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June 11, 2025TEH 250: New Apple Stuff. Data Collection is maybe not so scary. Are Passkeys evil?
In This Episode: New Apple Stuff. Data Collection is maybe not so scary. Are Passkeys evil?

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
250 Episodes!
1:00 GR: New Apple stuff – Mac OS Tahoe Launch
3:30 Liquid Glass (People like change / people hate change)
4:20 Windowing on the iPad
9:30 macOS Automations
11:00 Clipboard history (Mac and Windows)
12:00 Lots of “Screening” features
13:00 Unknown number screening (good and bad?)
18:00 LN: Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
Data collection in general. Many (many) people are paranoid, avoiding things like OneDrive/iCloud. Is the paranoia legit, or just misplaced?
21:00 The greater risk
24:00 Cloud storage can be encrypted
24:30 Location worries
27:00 It’s been going on a long time
Get off my lawn! (an occasional, as-needed, segment)
29:30 LN: “I don’t understand it, therefore it’s wrong/evil/I don’t like it/no one should be using it/it’s a conspiracy/etc…” (aka Passkeys)
31:30 If it’s not perfect it’s crap. Sigh.
32:00 GR: “If something is not working for me, it must be broken for everyone”
Ain’t it Cool!
35:00 GR: Stickies… 2023 movie “Missing” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10855768/
40:40 LN: Department Q on Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27995114/
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
42:00 GR: https://macmost.com/wwdc-2025-new-features-coming-to-ios-26-ipados-26-and-macos-26-tahoe.html
43:00 LN: Passkeys and Hardware Keys
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May 28, 2025TEH 249: Can You Trust AI? Fact-Checking. AI Coding and Streaming Trends
In This Episode: Can You Trust Your AI? Fact-Checking, Streaming Trends, and Tech Tools of the Week

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
00:00 AI Misunderstandings and Media Missteps
GR: AI Craziness Round-Up
2:00 Newspaper book list https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chicago-sun-times-ai-book-list-1.7539016
7:28 AI of a deceased person in court: https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-in-courtrooms/ (not really AI, just Ai to create animation/recreation)
11:00 Someone tried it for real: https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-courts-nyc-5c97cba3f3757d9ab3c2e5840127f765
15:54 Musk Manipulates AI for Political Bias
21:01 Effective Review Techniques
28:56 LN AI Enhances Code Understanding
LN What is “Vibe coding”? (And how AI taught me new PHP.)
31:53 GR Stack Overflow Challenges: Delays & Rudeness
34:00 Learn how to formulate questions
36:00 Ideal Phone Size Balance
LN Thin and light, or thick(er) and rugged? Choose only one. (My screen cracked …again.)
44:00 LN shutdowns
Arc browser https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025
Pocket, bookmarking service
48:00 YouTube Dominates TV Streaming
GR The number one streaming TV platform? Just YouTube.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/27/youtube-tops-disney-and-netflix-in-tv-viewing-nielsen-finds/
54:04 Viral Videos vs. TV Shows
01:00:56 Clever Cameo Strategy in Series
01:03:48 “Back in Action”
Ain’t it Cool
59:00 LN Murderbot (TEH 139 & 191)
1:01:00 GR Love and Robots season 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Death_%26_Robots
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
1:02:00 LN Can You Really Know Your PC Is Clean and Malware-Free? – https://askleo.com/180648
1:02:40 GR Screenshot tips https://macmost.com/17-iphone-screenshot-tips-and-tricks.html
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May 07, 2025TEH 248: Epic vs Apple. AI brings voices back from the dead. The mess of RealID. Tech tariffs.
In This Episode: Epic vs Apple. AI brings voices back from the dead. The mess of RealID. Tech tariffs.

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
0:45 GR: Fee for the privilege of using the app store
2:30 It’s in the news this week:
Fortnite: Epic didn’t like paying Apple 30%, so they broke the rules, Apple kicked them out
Judge ruled 9-out-of-10 items in favor of Apple, but not the link-to-external-site rules
New ruling pushes Apple to allow links, and stop taking cuts from those external links
8:30 This is US-only.
10:30 MacMost cannot link to Patreon.
12:15 Fortnite has been banned. US users can’t get it on their phones.
Supporting Articles:
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/epic-games-just-scored-a-major-win-against-apple/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/apple-appeals-court-decision-that-forced-it-to-allow-links-to-external-payments-in-apps/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/amazon-kindles-ios-app-adds-new-get-book-button-following-apple-payments-ruling/
15:00 What happens if it is all free?
22:00 LN: AI voice clones in the wild
Jim Fagen comes back
https://www.theverge.com/news/661911/nbc-nba-jim-fagan-ai-generated-voice-narration
(James Earl Jones has a similar contract – already used as well prior to his death)
25:00 GR: Cloning my own voice
27:40 LN: Doing it in real time… changing accents.
32:15 LN: RealID is really here.
And confusing. https://www.theverge.com/privacy/661475/real-id-act-deadline-may-7-tsa-dmv
GR: CO no problem at all really…
41:00 GR: PA (and other states) problems
43:30 GR: The tariffs on tech are here … 145%!
Moving factories means you have to move all the parts, and raw materials
46:00 Tariff on movies?
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/just-got-our-first-tariff-bill-seattle-area-hardware-startup-wyze-sheds-light-on-trade-policy-impact/
47:00 GR: More satellite internet options, but also goodbye night sky
https://www.theverge.com/space/657113/starlink-amazon-satellites
Plug for Jay’s podcast “Deep Sage Nine” https://www.skylapser.com/podcasts/deep-sage-nine-starcast/
Ain’t it Cool
53:00 LN: So long Righteous Gemstones
53:50 GR: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Moon_Hits_Your_Eye
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
55:40 LN: The Enduring Myth of Annual Subscriptions to Windows – https://askleo.com/180253
56:30 GR: https://macmost.com/clean-up-your-contacts-app.html
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April 30, 2025TEH 247: Amazon showing tariffs? Tech sales tax. Is your therapist really a therapist?
In This Episode: Amazon showing tariffs? Tech sales tax. Is your therapist really a therapist?

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
2:00 GR: Amazon to display tariffs on sales pages
https://punchbowl.news/article/tech/amazon-display-tariff-costs/
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-tariffs-prices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU8.YBfn.59P1C3tTA7zr&smid=url-share
Made in the USA A/B test: https://afina.com/blogs/news/made-in-usa
12:00 Americans have so many things to tack onto a price: sales tax, tips, service charges, shipping/delivery, more fees, now tariffs
22:03 Patron-Only Course Benefits
23:00 GR: Reddit users ‘psychologically manipulated’ by unauthorized AI experiment
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1k8b2hj/meta_unauthorized_experiment_on_cmv_involving/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/openai-used-this-subreddit-to-test-ai-persuasion/
27:00 Is “Change My View” the best place to test? Seems people are obviously open to having their views questioned there. So it just tests whether AI is good at it in that situation.
33:00 Can AI change your view?
34:00 GR: What if AI is lying about credentials?
35:00 Chatting with a cow
36:00 Instagram’s AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists
https://www.404media.co/instagram-ai-studio-therapy-chatbots-lie-about-being-licensed-therapists/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
40:00 Is “lying” a human thing? AI is told “you are a licensed therapist” and then why are we surprised at the answer when we ask it “are you licensed therapist?”
42:00 LN: (maybe) what is AI anyway?
44:00 Can AI block spam?
Ain’t it Cool
45:00 LN: Last of Us (coolish), Ludwig (brit)
47:00 GR: Ludwig on Britbox
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
53:40 LN: How Does Security Software Protect Me After Windows 10 End of Support? https://askleo.com/179899
54:40 GR: How To Use the Ports On Your Mac Correctly https://macmost.com/how-to-use-the-ports-on-your-mac-correctly.html
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April 23, 2025TEH 246: AI Bots in Law Enforcement, Coding Assistants, Wilderness Connectivity, and Why Sherlock Holmes Won’t Die
In This Episode: AI Bots in Law Enforcement, Coding Assistants, Wilderness Connectivity, and Why Sherlock Holmes Won’t Die

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
1:00 GR: This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Already being done by spammers
5:20 Zero criminals found
13:15 LN: Recent episode of Leverage: Redemption
15:00 LN: Are software engineers doomed?
OpenAI’s Sarah Friar talks about A-SWE (Agentic Software Engineers). : https://youtu.be/2kzQM_BUe7E?feature=shared&t=691
Helps with monotony
25:00 GR: Nature and Off-grid. Are we close to when you can never truly be off-grid? What will we lose when that happens?
32:00 Satellite + solar for WiFi
Satellite SMS
33:00 US/Canada already here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/120930
Ain’t it Cool
39:00 LN: Watson – Sherlock and Daughter – Paramount+
Sherlock keeps on giving
41:00 GR: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
43:00 LN: My Most Referenced Articles
45:00 GR: 10 Easy Ways To Customize Your Mac
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April 16, 2025TEH 245: Podcasting with AI and YouTube. Genmojis, Quishing and more.
In This Episode: Podcasting with AI and YouTube. Genmojis, Quishing and more.
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
1:00 LN: AI. Using AI voices.
Using AI ethically, or scamming
7:20 LN: I’ve been experimenting with a YouTube Playlist.
YouTube is apparently the #1 podcast platform
DaVinci Resolve is awesome
10:00 GR: Apple finding interesting new ways to train AI while protecting privacy
https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/differential-privacy-aggregate-trends
Apple Genmoji
22:45 It’s about trust
25:00 LN: Quishing
Stickers can ‘override’ a QR code
What is a QR code
https://askleo.com/whats-a-qr-code/
32:00 Dynamic QR codes
33:00 GR: Mythic Quest cancelled, but last episode to update to add an ending
38:00 LN: Rivian truck… rolling computer
Calculates weight and range
Ain’t it Cool
44:15 GR: Doctor Who is Back with an episode about AI
Black Mirror
47:00 LN: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare – Reacher -> Ritchson -> this movie.
Completely under the radar. WW II heist-like, with Ocean’s 11 vibes.
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
51:00 GR: 10 Reasons Your Mac May Be Acting Strange and How to Fix It
52:00 LN: I Use BitLocker. Are My Backups Encrypted? –
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April 09, 2025TEH 244: Microphones, Security Blunders, VPNs, and that tariff thing.
In This Episode: Microphones, Security Blunders, VPNs, and that tariff thing.

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
1:00 LN: Microphones
4:20 LN: Hollyland Lark M2S wireless lapel mics
10:10 LN: Troy Hunt
A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List
https://www.troyhunt.com/a-sneaky-phish-just-grabbed-my-mailchimp-mailing-list/
Lessons
2FA not invulnerable, but …
Your password manager can help, but …
Hunt uses 1password.
19:00 Passkeys
Use of Passkeys would have avoided the sneaky phish
26:00 Paswordless is the most secure
28:00 GR: I hate VPN
Why is the experience still so bad when traveling?
36:00 GR: Tariffs
Interesting that Apple stock is down 30%+, but only about 10% of iPhones are sold in the US
How will this change tech?
Can’t manufacture in US
May push more radical change to keep sales going
48:00 LN: New car. Rivian
Nintendo Switch 2
54:00 GR: No, stop calling minor changes a “redesign.”
Ain’t it Cool
59:00 LN: Proton VPN 🙂 Works well!
1:01:00 VPN in New Zealand
1:03:00 GR: Around the World In 80 Days (Palin)
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
1:06:00 No, No One Is Forcing You to Buy a New Machine – https://askleo.com/179314
GR: https://macmost.com/using-mac-mail-categories-and-how-to-turn-it-off.html
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April 02, 2025TEH 243: Tech travel, security bloops, getting the news, rewriting COBOL.
In This Episode: Tech travel, security bloops, getting the news, rewriting COBOL.

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
00:00 Wi-Fi and Tech while traveling in New Zealand
Low tech small motels
What do we call a stand-alone camera now?
10:03 Switching Between Phone and Camera
14:04 “Tech Industry’s Quiet Month”
15:00 Signal Mishap
17:51 Data Privacy Paradox
If they can see it… they can save it
24:00 Data protection
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651
30:47 GR: Tech journalism is filling the gap in political journalism (Wired, 404Media, The Verge, etc).
DOGE is tech based
Teen Vogue
Maybe it is that political writers can’t keep up with the tech in politics, but tech writers can keep up with the politics in tech
38:20 GR: They think they can rewrite Social Security’s COBOL code base in months
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
The last 10% could take 20 years
They probably plan to use AI to do it
The COBOL zero, and how databases count people
Ain’t it Cool
47:40 LN: Adolescence – Amazing for a few reasons (emoji)
51:00 GR: The Residence on Netflix
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
52:00 LN: Let’s Chat About: Civility – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyU4B90QdBo
54:45 GR: Working On Your Mac Without Distractions In Monk Mode https://macmost.com/working-on-your-mac-without-distractions-in-monk-mode.html
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