Getting started with podcasting, why a TV is "fluttering," antivirus for a Mac computer, do non-smart TVs still exist, unlocking a deceased's electronic device, options for antennas, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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Is being connected online worth losing your privacy? Cutting the cord to save money, finding the best 70"+ TV, streaming the Super Bowl/Puppy Bowl, using an old plotter printer with a new computer, listening to music online for free, how the Coronavirus will affect travel right now, running Linux on a USB thumb drive, can TVs automatically adjust the volume during commercials? And more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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This Week's Stories:

• Google I/O coming May 12th
• Why Facebook's 'Off-Facebook Activity' privacy tool isn't transparent enough
• Is Amazon sending people stuff before they ask for it?
• Are you being remotely controlled?
• Do Google's ads look like search results?
• Google's tenth attempt at unified messaging (and second Slack clone) will surely succeed
• iRobot CEO: privacy doesn't sell
• An open letter to Google on privacy and crapware
• Google wants to make you cry at the Superbowl
• What your Ring doorbell really shares
• Avast anti-virus sold all your data to Home Depot
• Google wants to charge the cops for your data
• US Interior Department makes Chinese drones illegal
• Nunavut tracks ransomware bitcoins
• UK will not implement EU meme ban
• Ben Smith moves from Buzzfeed News to the New York Times
• Tech in 2020 slide deck: Benedict Evans lays out the trends
• Samsung's next folding phone leaks

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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Thinking more about Surface Neo and Duo

• Last week, Microsoft released the SDK and emulator for the Android-based Duo; ones for Neo coming soon
• The Duo SDK for Mac developers also is now available (as of this week) - So let's think ahead about why Microsoft is calling these devices "a new category"
• Who is the intended audience? It's not creatives (who were big targets of the Surface tablets/PCs)
• Are these going to be positioned as PCs? Tablets? Is Apple still a primary competitive target for these devices?
• What kinds of software and services will be preloaded?
• What are the hardware, M365/O365 and Edge/MSN/Bing teams contributing? (they supposedly develop these new devices together) New launcher, unified search, stuff like Collections?
• Will developers find these dual-screen devices interesting enough to target? Or not till the UI comes to "regular" PCs?
• Will Neo and Duo attract users who don't see a need for a PC anymore? Does MS think they could be users' sole (or maybe secondary) devices?

Thinking more about search

• Last week, Microsoft made a bad move: Deciding to hijack the Chrome browsers of O365 ProPlus users and switch their search engine to Bing
• So far, Microsoft has not claimed "based on user feedback" that they're undoing this move
• The real reason for this: Microsoft is starting to push Bing as an Intranet search engine (see MS Search in Bing; Project Cortex, the new Office app experience)
• Implications of this - Microsoft will lose the moral high-ground if it doesn't do the right thing

Windows 10

• Windows version 1909 usage share hits 15 percent
• New Insider build, no more Insider PWA app
• New CU fixes at least some File Explorer problems for 1903/1909 users
• Related: Microsoft to bring Edge tab management feature to Chrome
• Semi-related: A major USB-C bug has hit virtually all modern ThinkPads.
• Not really related, but still worth a mention: Premium Outlook.com users are losing personalized email addresses at end of Feb. (unless you subscribe to O365)

Windows 7!

• FSF wants Microsoft to open-source Windows. They're nuts. And yet...
• Microsoft has one more security update coming for Windows 7

Xbox

• New Games with Gold for February

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Help me pick the next programming project
• .NETpad (Visual Basic/Windows Forms/.NET Framework) is winding down, so the next one will be a C#/WPF/.NET Framework/Core project. And I need some ideas.
• App pick of the week: Surface Duo Emulator
• Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 Wave 1 2020
• Enterprise pick No. 2: Beware the LDAP signing apocalypse in March
• Beer pick of the week: Perennial Abraxas

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

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This Week's Stories:

• Apple Quarterly Report expectations
• Could Coronavirus slow iPhone production?
• Apple TV+ still needs a hit
• Apple in talks to buy MGM
• RottenTomatoes AppleTV+ ratings
• Apple surging in India with lower-priced phones
• iPhone SE 2 coming this spring?
• iPad turns 10
• Lack of multitasking is still holding the iPad back
• iOS 13.3.1 update
• Neil Young thinks MacBook Pro audio sucks

Picks of the Week:

• Rene's Pick: DoubleTake
• Andy's Pick: rsync
• Lory's Pick: Nomad Rugged Case for AirPods Pro
• Alex's Pick: Byte

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

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This Week's Stories:

• Is Apple actually encrypting our iCloud storage backups?
• 250 Million Microsoft Customer Support Records Exposed Online
• New York state is aiming to ban the use of public funds for Ransomware
• New Muhstik Botnet Attacks Target Tomato Routers
• Chrome under attack from browser extensions
• Firefox under attack from browser extensions
• NIST publishes a new Privacy Framework
• Hacker Leaks More Than 500K Telnet Credentials for IoT Devices
• A Welcome "Micro Patch" for the Windows IE jscript.dll 0-day vulnerability
• SHA-1 is a Shambles.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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

• Celebrate the Super Bowl: iSpot.tv, CBS All Access, NFL, Yahoo! Sports, Animal Planet GO, Tunity, Polls for iMessage.
• News: The latest coronavirus may threaten production of upcoming iPhone models, FiLMiC Pro releases DoubleTake app for Multicam recording on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, MGM wants to be acquired and Apple is a possibility, The Unofficial Apple Archive may be going away, Eero may be among the first to offer HomeKit-enabled routers, and Vine's reboot comes in the form of Byte.
• Viewer Feedback: Setting up rules for Mail on iOS and using the Direct Transfer method for the new iPhone setup.
• Mikah's App Cap: Plague Inc.
• Leo's App Cap: Octi

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].

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Got a new smartphone? Leo Laporte explains the best practices for transferring all your apps, contacts, and photos, whether from Android to Android, iPhone to iPhone, or switching between the two.

Host: Leo Laporte

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How much energy does a Google search use? Can cord-cutting save me money? 4K passthrough on AV receivers, driverless cars may be closer than you think, external streaming boxes vs. built-in TV apps, getting started building your own computer, saving money on phone data while on a cruise, printing from a USB drive, buying a laptop with Linux, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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This Week's Stories:

• Was Jeff Bezos really hacked by Saudi Arabia?
• Welcome to the post-fact era. Embrace the power of ignorance!
• Sonos backs off threat to brick old speakers
• Apple pushes back against EU common charging standard
• Sundar Pichai calls for regulation of AI
• Why banning face recognition is just the first step
• One good thing about Brexit
• The tech angle of "Megxit"
• Biden calls game developers "little creeps"
• Tech execs are being SWATted
• Alan Turing's OBE medal, Ph.D. certificate, etc recovered from crazed superfan
• Throwboy is back with Pocket Pillows
• Vine is back as Byte
• Xerox still trying to buy HP
• Octi is augmented reality social media

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Patrick Beja, and Iain Thomson

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