The most important stories from WWDC 2020

The Week's Stores:

• In a post-PC world, does it really matter what chips are in Macs?
• Related: Microsoft closes their retail stores
• Will the new Apple hardware require a signed operating system?
• WWDC should be virtual every year
• Macs will lose Boot Camp - how will Windows work in virtualization?
• How much will macOS merge with iOS?
• Will Macs get a touchscreen?
• Computing in the cloud is the future
• Apple ARKit will change how we see the world
• Apple makes small improvements to their App review processes
• watchOS adds handwashing sleep tracking, and dance - where is our teeth brushing app?
• The death of macOS 10 echoes the death of Mac OS 9
• macOS 11 design echoes iOS, and seems suspiciously touch-friendly
• iOS 14 just started making people very worried about ad tracking
• Ming-Chi Kuo: 13" MacBook Pro and 24" iMac will be the 1st Apple Silicon Macs
• Should you buy an Intel Mac now? should you risk buying the 1st ARM Mac?
• Apple Design Award winners
• No charger with the iPhone 12 - does this mean it won't have a charging port?

Picks of the Week

• Andy's Pick: Carl Reiner dies at 98: read his memoirs, particularly in audiobook...starting with "My Anecdotal Life"
• Rene's Pick: Rene's Apple iOS 14 & Privacy Interview
• Leo's Pick: 1st Space Force launch

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Leo and Mikah comb through the next version of iOS on the iPad and talk about what they're looking forward to.

News: ARM-based Japanese supercomputer, iPadification of the Mac, Find My App 3rd-party accessories, Apple Keyboard emoji search, and Jiggle Mode!

Mikah's App Cap: HomeDash

Leo's App Cap: MySudo

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Host: Leo Laporte

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• Apple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14
• Mac moves from Intel to Apple Silicon
• What happens to Intel? Microsoft?
• iOS apps will run on Macs
• Will Macs still run Windows on Boot Camp?
• Microsoft closes all retail stores - are PCs moving to the cloud?
• PC gaming - the biggest reason you need a PC
• Can x86 die already?
• What could go wrong with the shift to Apple Silicon?
• Should you buy an Intel Mac now? Should you buy the first version of the ARM Mac?
• The fastest supercomputer in the world has an ARM chip
• macOS goes to 11
• Should WWDC stay virtual next year?
• Will macOS and iOS merge?
• Group Messages grows up
• Will ARM Macs use Thunderbolt? USB 4?
• When will the first ARM Macs show up?
• How well will Rosetta 2 work?
• How is the transition to ARM going to work? How long has it already been going on?
• Apple WWDC interviews and presentations
• Six Colors has all the info you need on all the WWDC presentations - here are the best
• WWDC iOS 14 and watchOS 7 Speed Round - back tap, custom home screen, group FaceTime with sign language, App Clips, Shortcuts on Apple Watch, translation app, hand washing timer, dance, AirPods Pro custom EQ
• Tik Tok is grabbing your clipboard every 10 seconds
• Don't install Big Sur beta on your main computer!
• iOS 14 warns you about tracking cookies
• Trump campaign app steals all your data
• Hey.com app allowed on the App Store
• Olympus leaving the camera business
• Finally, surveyors all use the same foot
• Microsoft kills Mixer; Ninja and Shroud get to keep their money

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lory Gil, Jason Snell, and Dan Moren

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Troubleshooting a laptop unable to connect to the Internet, Chromebook options, why a caller has to boot up their PC twice, why Windows Defender the only anti-virus software you really need on your Windows machine, troubleshooting an eero router, Sam Abuelsamid and the OTA Ford F150, Chris Marquardt and PickOnePhoto, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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Apple announces a big change to future Macs, Microsoft announces the closure of all Microsoft stores, buying a quadcopter, finding the right colors for your website, troubleshooting bad call audio on Bluetooth headphones, travel policy updates with Johnny Jet, troubleshooting a game controller on a PC, finding the right drone/quadcopter for a beginner, are watching YouTube ads helping creators? Finding a laptop for photo editing, the GizWiz has a toothbrush with games and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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• Say "new line" (equivalent to pressing the Return key once) or "new paragraph" (equivalent to pressing the Return key twice). After you say "new line," the dictated text appears when you're done dictating.

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• Apple shifts to its own chips - will Google?
• The fastest computer in the world runs on ARM
• Apple Silicon Macs won't run Windows in Boot Camp
• iOS 14 takes the best features of Android - widgets, calls, picture-in-picture, etc.
• What comes after Zoom?
• Pixel 4a coming in July - maybe even July 7th
• Sergey Brin's secret disaster relief squad
• Amazon Kills the Dash Wand
• Amazon wants Live TV, NBC launches Peacock
• Twitter wins Devin Nunes' Cow suit
• Mike Masnick's Bad Section 230 Takes
• Jeff Jarvis's proposal to stop passing dumb tech laws
• Reminiscing about The Site
• Leo's Tool: Hey Email
• Ant's Thing: Photo Quest by Rick Sammon
• Jeff's Numbers: First decline in Google ad revenue because Covid, Amazon and Facebook ad revenue still up

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

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• Sorry (but not sorry): We need to discuss Apple. Ladies and gentlemen, start your gongs!
• The Mac transition to ARM and how this is better than Windows 10 on ARM
• The new macOS UX and how this is better/more consistent than Fluent in Windows 10
• The new iOS 14 UX and how it's the same thing as live tiles, just 10 years later
• Related: Microsoft complained about Apple's business practices; Apple subtly announced small changes to address the concerns.
• Edge memory improvements are coming to Chrome too
• Consumer features start appearing in Teams on mobile in preview
• Skype for Windows 10 and Skype desktop are consolidated. Confused yet?
• From the "oh, you'll pay" department: Edge enterprise sync comes to Microsoft 365 Business Premium; Windows Defender ATP comes to Android in preview
• Send Later feature coming to Outlook on the web. Some of it, anyway.
• Microsoft shuts down Mixer
• More Game Pass games coming this week!
• Tip of the week: Paul embraces Linux, and you should too. How to correctly install and configure WSL 2. What's the future of WSL?
• App pick of the week: Opera. Opera 69 for desktop picks up Twitter integration.
• Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft's latest acquisitions in data modeling and IoT. It's always interesting to see where Microsoft is putting its acquisition dollars. In the past two weeks, the company bought a data-modeling company, ADRM Software, and an IoT security company, CyberX.
• Developer pick of the week: Microsoft releases phase one of OpenJDK for Windows 10 on ARM. Microsoft loves Java!
• Cocktail pick of the week: Grand Cosmo: A tribute to CosmoDB (COME ON)... Paul's wife's unique take on a Cosmopolitan:

- 6 parts pear vodka
- 2 parts Grand Marnier (or triple sec or Cointreau)
- 2 parts lime juice
- 4 parts cranberry juice
- Shake with ice and serve over ice. Garnish with a lime wedge or slice.

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

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Zoom encryption, Windows 10 printer error.

• Ripple20: a set of 19 TCP/IP vulnerabilities that could let remote attackers gain control over your device
• Russian government lifts its failed ban on Telegram
• Zoom: everybody gets optional end to end encryption
• Google removed 106 malicious Chrome extensions collecting sensitive user data
• Windows 10 update breaks printing
• VLC Media Player 3.0.11 fixes severe remote code execution flaw
• Netgear in the doghouse
• DDoS is alive and well... and growing
• How to get the new Edge for Windows 7

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