TEH Podcast

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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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February 28, 2025TEH 242: Shortest Episode Ever
In This Episode: Shortest Episode Ever

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
Power outages and shortest episode ever
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February 20, 2025TEH 241: Search problems, hosting videos, moving servers. And… Why? But don’t ask Why.
In This Episode: Search problems, hosting videos, moving servers. And… Why? But don’t ask Why.

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
Web site searching
Using WordPress search
05:54 Created Custom Database Search Engine
10:20 AI-Powered YouTube Video Finder
16:00 Video Hosting Explained
21:48 Vimeo Reliability and Issues
bunny.net
29:33 Efficient Video File Management
33:24 Server Migration issues
35:00 cPanel -> Webmin transition
39:00 Migrating a thousand email accounts
40:05 IPv4 Issue and Linux Networking Insight
48:00 Do you need a website?
Get off My Lawn!
50:13 LN: Microsoft pushing features. How ‘bout we just make a product that’s good enough that people want it, rather than forcing it on existing users?
Lack of faith in your own product.
Microsoft!
51:00 GR: Stop asking “why”
Ain’t it Cool
56:00 LN: I was hoping to mention White Lotus, but … episode disappoints. Stay tuned, as they say. Instead: Dexter: Original Sin.
59:00 GR: Reflecting on SNL
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
1:01:00 LN: What Happens at Windows 10 End of Support? – https://askleo.com/145971
1:02:30 GR: https://macmost.com/how-and-why-to-use-safe-mode-on-a-mac.html
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February 05, 2025TEH 240: App Turmoil. A.I., Tiktok, App stores and censorship. Should we worry?
In This Episode: App Turmoil. A.I., Tiktok, App stores and censorship. Should we worry?

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
0:46 GR: DeepSeek.
Uses less processing power
Funny that holding back chips from China seems to have backfired.
3:00 So it is somewhat trained by other AI instead of human input.
Future AI will use less power, instead of future AI will use the same power but be capable of more.
7:00 China censorship
Open source may have less censorship
7:40 LN: Available in Perplexity.ai (locally hosted? So not as censor-y)
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-does-deepseek-in-perplexit-8PtyS5rnRc6jWLeO.s7cIw#0
11:00 STRAICO has DeepSeek
13:00 GR: New Apple invites app. ,
15:00 Evite used to dominate event space… killed by Facebook
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/04/apple-launches-new-invites-app/
Eventbrite
22:00 GR: TikTok in the USA is probably still doomed
Reveals
Plenty of ideas for buyers, but TikTok clearly has no interest in selling
CapCut, Lemon8
Not in Apple app store. Or Android
31:00 LN & GR: iPhone adult apps
33:00 LN: Signal
A guide to using Signal for government workers
39:00 GR: Privacy while protesting
Do you want to be tracked or not?
Get Off My Lawn!
44:00 LN: CoPilot Everywhere?
47:00 GR: Apple Intelligence uses disk space even if you don’t want it
Ain’t it Cool
48:00 GR: Star Trek Lower Decks (repeat)
52:00 LN: The Pitt (Max)
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
53:00 LN Should I Update to Windows 11? (January 2025 update) – https://askleo.com/13503
54:00 GR: https://macmost.com/apple-invites-quick-start-guide.html
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January 15, 2025TEH 239: January Surprises: TikTok Ban, Media Shifts, and Independent Journalism Trends
In This Episode: January Surprises: TikTok Ban, Media Shifts, and Independent Journalism Trends
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: Impending TikTok ban
Last minute: Senator Markey to Introduce Bill to Extend Deadline for TikTok Ban, Takes to Senate Floor in Support of Vibrant Online Communities – unclear how/when/whatnext
3:20 Affecting real people’s careers
Lots of goodbyes of late
Instagram & YouTube
4:50 Lemon8? Not so fast.
5:12 RedNote? Another Chinese-owned company.
https://www.xiaohongshu.com
https://www.reuters.com/technology/over-half-million-tiktok-refugees-flock-chinas-rednote-2025-01-14/
6:54 VPN seems to work, but
8:30 Rumor: sale to Musk? (TikTok says fiction)
9:50 Shark tank
13:00 What data is being collected?
16:00 Influencing and propoganda
21:00 What is TikTok going to be like?
25: Why no competition?
30:00 GR: More on the great online media migration
People leaving FB, Instagram, Threads
To: Bluesky, Pixelfed?, more?
31:35 Leaving WaPo, others
To: The Atlantic, The Contrarian, SubStack
Kara Swisher
45:00 Are we going back to an age of lots of outlets with lots of diversification?
50:00 AI
https://www.theindex.media/
Ain’t it Cool
50:00 LN: Part way through American Primeval. Western, during time of migration into Utah. Violent, but fascinating story. (Netflix)
52:00 GR: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
53:00 LN: Yet Another Way to Install Windows 11 Without a TPM – https://askleo.com/177093
54:20 GR: How To Use the Redesigned iOS 18 Photos App https://macmost.com/how-to-use-the-redesigned-ios-18-photos-app.html
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January 08, 2025TEH 238: Facebook Fact Checking. New displays. AI in Housing.
In This Episode: Facebook Fact Checking. New displays. AI in Housing.

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
0:39 GR: Digital license plates. Jailbreak hack.
https://www.wired.com/story/digital-license-plate-jailbreak-hack/
4:00 Print your own license plate
5:20 LN: No more fact checkers
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
What could possibly go wrong?
8:20 Journalism school, debate on truth
Fact checking all the lies
19:00 GR: Notebook LM Update. AI podcasts
You can now join the hosts and ask questions.
Using it for summary
29:00 LN: CES Consumer Technology Association
Meh.
31:00 Rollable displays?
https://www.pcmag.com/news/ces-2025-rollable-displays-get-real-lenovo-screen-stretching-thinkbook
What we have is already pretty good.
33:00 LN: Transparent display?
https://prodisplay.com/lcd-led-screens/transparent-screens/transparent-oled-display/
34:00 GR: GeForce Now on Apple Vision Pro
https://www.macstories.net/news/nvidia-announces-geforce-now-support-coming-to-safari-on-vision-pro-later-this-month/
Getting games online
NVIDIA stock going up… NVIDIA stock going down.
40:00 GR: Software and AI to help landlords = price colluding
Software price fixing
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5087586/realpage-rent-lawsuit-doj-real-estate-software-landlords-justice-department-price-fixing
45:00 Is the Stock Market software collusion
47:00 How do you make rent software fair?
Ain’t it Cool
49:00 LN: Marine Traffic – https://www.marinetraffic.com/
51:00 GR: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Favorite book is still favorite book.
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
54:00 LN: Are Humans Getting More Stupid Because of Computers? – https://askleo.com/7634
55:00 GR: How To Transcribe Audio On a Mac https://macmost.com/how-to-transcribe-audio-on-a-mac.html
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