Podcast AI. Future of search. Passkey resistance.

Apple buttons. Are AirPods hearing aids now? Windows force-upgrade.

Mediocre rumors. AI bubble. Amazing cameras and more.

Wordstar still exists, Google Pixel, AI movies? A little mini?

Friend, Azure and Google news. What's wrong with search?

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Crowdstrike. Can laptops change? Would you like a third thumb?

In This Episode: What is being forced on us? Can A.I. help education? Website ads. 

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

1:18 LN: How much do we, or should we, let vendors “force” on us?

MS: OneDrive

MS: Microsoft Account

MS: CoPilot

MS: Recall generated enough backlash that they backed off

4:00 GR: In the Apple ecosystem.

7:00 iCloud drive

iCloud data security overview: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651 

20:00 Macs and pricing

31:00 LN: Cryptomator: The Most Secure Encryption for Your Cloud Storage! (And Boxcryptor Alternative)

32:00 LN: Education:

AI: Exam submissions by AI found to earn higher grades than real-life students  Experts say universities should focus on working out how to embrace the ‘new normal’ of AI in order to enhance education.

Via: The AI Fix podcast.

46:00 GR: Finally got rid of ads from my game sites (Ezoic, AdSense)

Still ads: My game apps, YouTube

Ain't it Cool

1:00:00 LN: The Boys (NOT for everyone)

1:03:00 GR: The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+)

BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion

1:07:00 LN: The Technology Behind Ask Leo! - https://askleo.com/15110 

1:07:15 GR: https://macmost.com/10-ways-to-organize-your-notes.html

Apple Intelligence? New OS features. A smarter Siri? And of course... privacy.

Can they see you? AI and screenshots. Search engine agendas.