Today's Stories:

• Jeff Jarvis' list of who to follow on Twitter for expert advice on coronavirus
• Zeynep Tufekci on masks - they are not perfect, but they help.
• Google under coronavirus: pausing chrome updates, security issues
• Musk defiant: Tesla factory stays open despite shelter-in-place orders
• Charter makes workers come in
• Coronavirus patent trolls vs open-source medical supplies
• NBCUniversal offers streaming first-run movies - from movies to diapers to toilet paper, direct-to-consumer industries are thriving
• Amazon hiring 100,000 workers, increasing pay, as all other industries collapse
• Facebook, Reddit, Google, Twitter, YouTube fight coronavirus misinformation
• The EARN-IT Act will kill encryption and Section 230
• Jeff Jarvis fixes Facebook's coronavirus spam filter
• Reporters Without Borders create the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
• Pixar founders win $1 million Turing prize

Picks of the Week:

• Jeff's Number: Virtual Choir x 3
• Stacey's Thing 1: Teach your kid science
• Stacey's Thing 2: Sourdough: A Novel at https://amzn.to/2UgWVOm
• Karsten's Quarantine Tip: Stuck at home? Take Harvard's FREE Intro to Computer Science course!
• Leo's Tool: Around Next-gen video calling

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny dives deep on the PlayStation 5's hardware specs. Highlighted features include an SSD, backwards compatibility, and ray tracing.

Host: Leo Laporte

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This Week's Stories:

• Does Steve have coronavirus? Maybe? He got very sick over the weekend and is still coughing, but he couldn't get tested.
• Mayhem ensues after last week's Patch Tuesday
• List of free technology services during coronavirus, from Adobe to Zoom
• The state of open source vulnerabilities
• The "EARN IT" act is a despicable attack on encryption and freedom of speech. Please call your congressperson and tell them not to support it.
• The SMBGhost Fiasco

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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This Week's Stories:

• Movie studios releasing first-run movies direct-to-stream to fight coronavirus
• Streaming services, online concerts, and Sick Burn on the roof
• Lots of leaks and rumors, but will Apple release anything soon?
• WWDC 2020 will be online-only
• Apple is donating $Millions, hoping to help
• 7 Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place orders
• Apple launches new Powerbeats 4 headphones - Lory has an early review
• Apple stores are closed. Here's hoping there are alternate ways to get your Apple products fixed.
• Is Tim Cook sick? Uncertainty crashes Apple stock
• Apple TV+ shows shutting down production
• Apple TV and other streaming services offering great deals on streaming entertainment
• Apple Card offers users to skip March payment
• iOS 13.4 did not come out today. What happened?
• How is Apple dealing with privacy, security, and secrecy with all its workers at home?
• Apple NOT working on an "Apple Prime" TV+Music+News bundle
• Sacre Bleu! Apple fined $1.2 billion in France
• Apple pays $454 million to patent troll VirnetX
• Patent troll tries to shut down coronavirus tests
• iPhone 9 + iPhone 12 rumor alert! bigger screens and faster processors
• Apple patents an iMac with a built-in projector

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: iBoy retro toy figure from Classicbot
• Andy's Pick 1: Joyce DiDonato streams "Werther" excerpts from her living room
• Andy's Pick 2: Free Korg and Moog apps this week
• Rene's Pick: EDITH
• Lory's Pick: Animal Crossing / Doom Eternal crossover memes

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

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On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:

• What to do while you're social distancing: Apple Arcade, FaceTime, Epic!, Houseparty, Endel, Sworkit Fitness, Swift Playgrounds.
• News: Apple mistakenly lists new iPad models, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held online, Apple extends return windows due to worldwide store closures, Universal offers $20 movie rentals of movies still in theaters.
• Listener questions and feedback: Powering an iPad while using a device connected over USB and a fix for your uncomfortable Siri Remote. Get the HyperDrive 6-in-1 at https://amzn.to/2IQAZUO via affiliate link!
• Mikah's App Cap: Apple News
• Leo's App Cap: BritBox by BBC & ITV

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Can you see the benefits of 4K Ultra HD TV at 20 feet? Leo Laporte explains when resolution matters with the help of the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson.

Scott's Article on Techhive.com: https://twit.to/atg28

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Scott Wilkinson

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Starting a group text, how to get the word out for a podcast, new iPads coming soon?, tagging hundreds of photos, replacing the Samsung Gear watch battery, One Drive Personal Vault security, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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This Week's Stories

• Father Robert Ballecer talks about the Vatican's response to the Coronavirus in Italy.
• Father Robert Ballecer shows off this live broadcasting/podcasting setup
• MKBHD's 8k setup - RED cameras, multiple Mac Pros, LUTS, and motion tracking
• The Escobar Phone is a scam!
• The beginning of the end of smartphones
• Magic Leap in Crisis
• Leo wears the COVID-19 mask
• Foldable phones - why?
• How to cope with panic attacks - futurism in an accelerating world
• MKBHD's daily driver: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
• Telepresence Robots are the future! (or maybe even the present)
• 2020 Conferences are all canceled. What will we lose by holding them digitally?
• Apple reopens Chinese stores, closes all others, cancels rumored March event, but might still launch new products next week
• Amy Webb's daughter's crypto network
• Is Tik Tok OK?
• Screen time in quarantine - active watching is the key
• MKBHD's New Year's Rockin' Eve - downscaled from 8K to 720p
• How YouTube processing works
• How MKBHD works - quality over quantity
• Custom vitamin blends and nootropics - direct-to-consumer sales take off
• Future Today Institute 2020 Tech Trends Report
• StarLink will bring the internet to everyone
• Everyone alive today is being scored
• The 2020s are the synthetic decade: how synthetic media will change the world
• Get Amy's book "Data, a Love Story" at https://amzn.to/2ILv43s via affiliate link!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Amy Webb, and Marques Brownlee

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What laptop you should get, the best ways to stream, pop up problems, uploading images to Flickr, what to do with a 32gb laptop, is there enough broadband for everyone, how to stream your church services and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Windows 10X

• Microsoft updates Windows 10X emulator for dual-screen devices
• What's new and what's improved?
• Related: Does Windows 10X solve the Chromebook problem? MJF: Not really until 10X comes to cheap(er) clamshell laptops

Windows 10

• First Windows Insider build in two weeks brings talk of change, but not much actual change
• Still no GA info on Windows 10 2004 COVID-19 Weekly
• After pushing employees to work from home, now there are two Microsoft employees that have been diagnosed
• Related: Microsoft and Google will both host virtual events to make up for canceled physical events
• Big Microsoft GDC announcement next week live on Windows Weekly at 11:40am PDT - We have Richard Campbell here as a guest, with some interesting info about how COVID-19 has impacted work travel
• Plus: The history of .NET

Security, security security

• New 'wormable' SMB vulnerability disclosed (accidentally) as part of Patch Tuesday. No info on when Microsoft plans to patch it
• Meanwhile, in the good news department: Microsoft's coordinated takedown of Necurs, one of the largest known spam and malware botnets

Xbox

• Ori and the Will of the Wisps launches ...
• ... and Microsoft lowers the price of Xbox One X to $399

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Check out Windows 10X. You no longer need to have a Fast ring Windows Insider build to use the emulator. But there is one important requirement.
• App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Warzone. Call of Duty: Warzone is here! And it's free!
• Enterprise pick of the week: Cosmos DB gets a free tier! Microsoft adds a free tier (free as in forever) for its Cosmos DB NoSQL cloud database.
• Enterprise pick No. 2: About that major Azure US East outage. Is it still a cloud outage if almost no one complains publicly? Where is the outrage, cloud citizens?
• Beer pick of the week: O'Fallon Brewery Barrels Salted Pretzel. This amber was brewed with toasted malt and Himalayan salt giving you a toasted pretzel flavor. We got to have a sample of this during our beer tasting at WWT in Saint Louis. It was really tasty and really did taste like a pretzel. Only 5% ABV, too, so you can have more than one with your tofudog. https://untappd.com/b/o-fallon-brewery-barrels-salted-pretzel/2977506

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

Guest: Richard Campbell

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