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July 07, 2024Ask The Tech Guys 2032: My Baby Loves to Boom Boom
Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity!
Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications.

Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone.

Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI.

Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool.

Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup.

Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server.

Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup.

The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K.

Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice.

Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test.

Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers.

Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity.

Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV.

Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online.

Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet

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2 hr 14 min
July 03, 2024This Week in Google 775: Chocolate Creme Filled Donuts for the Soul
In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections

In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News

Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media

Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas

What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more

Threads turns 1

Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo.

Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board

The White House will host a conference for social media creators

Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers

llama.ttf

Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76

Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web

Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened

Perplexity's grand theft AI

Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges

MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI

Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI

Tim Wu Is Out Of Control

Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature

Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch

This week's news on human cells

110 new languages are coming to Google Translate

Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen

the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram

Calculus Advice Poem

The Material

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Cathy Gellis

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2 hr 46 min
July 03, 2024Windows Weekly 888: Find the Blue Penguin
It's only been one week, but it's really been 14 years, and Paul is calling: Microsoft and Qualcomm have finally made Windows 11 on Arm both viable and desirable. Nothing is perfect, but this platform is pretty incredible. Some notes from the past week:
Mission Accomplished
As a reminder, Paul finally got the Yoga Slim 7x last week and updated on app compatibility, hardware compatibility, gaming, and in-box AI experiences in time for WW - only found one non-working app, Google Drive. Then...

More app and game compatibility testing. Since then, played a lot more DOOM (2016), ran into one issue that's surely WOA-related (note beta graphics driver, though)

Video encoding performance: Snapdragon X vs Snapdragon X vs Core Ultra 9 H-series vs MacBook Air M3

Initial thoughts on battery life and then More thoughts on battery life. The Yoga Slim 9x and Surface Laptop both get about 10 hours of real-world battery life (so far), compared to 15 hours for the MacBook Air 15-inch M3.

Hardware compatibility update: Only one of my devices doesn't work, the Focusrite.

Surface Laptop 7 first impressions and second impressions

HP Elitebook Ultra first impressions
Windows 11
After skipping Week D last Tuesday, Microsoft belatedly delivers a Week D preview update for Windows 11 version 24H2

No new features, so next Patch Tuesday will be light for 24H2

22H2 and 23H2 got a big Week D update last Tuesday, so Patch Tuesday will be meaningful

As of July's Patch Tuesday, 22H2, 23H2, and 24H2 will all provide the same basic feature set

Canary, Dev, Beta (last Friday): nothing exciting, a few small features or changes
AI & Microsoft 365
European Commission "shifts" investigation of Microsoft/OpenAI partnership. Is Ken Starr in charge of this thing?

Microsoft highlights new Copilot features coming to Microsoft 365 in July

Copilot in OneNote can now recognize handwritten text. It's 2002 all over again!

Pixel 9 family will promote unique "Google AI" features

Brave introduces a BYOM plan for its web browser

Thanks to AI, Google Translate now supports 110 new languages
Xbox
Xbox Cloud Gaming Fire Sticks it to Amazon

Another two weeks of Xbox Game Pass

Forza Horizon 4 (from 2018) to be delisted December 15. Why?
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: Get $10 off Tony Redmond's Office 365 for IT Pros 11th Edition

App pick of the week: Docs in Proton Drive

RunAs Radio this week: NGINX as a Service with Buu Lam

Brown liquor pick of the week: Jack Daniels Old No. 7

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2 hr 37 min
July 02, 2024Security Now 981: The End of Entrust Trust
The regreSSHion Bug

50BTC moved

Voyager 1 Update

Email @ GRC

SyncThing

DNS queries

Recall

The End of Entrust Trust

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-981-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2 hr 28 min
July 02, 2024MacBreak Weekly 928: Hey, At Least They're Reading
The European Competition Commissioner says that Apple is showing anticompetitive behavior by withholding the release of its AI system in Europe. iOS and macOS Apps are exposed to supply chain attacks through critical flaws in CocoaPods. Happy Repair Independence Day! And Apple TV+ is growing in the US, overtaking Paramount+.
EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior.

Apple has sent a mysterious request for materials relating to the development of OLED+CF Displays for future headsets to Samsung & LG.

Apple to begin mass production of AirPods with cameras by 2026.

Critical flaws in CocoaPods expose iOS and macOS apps to supply chain attacks.

Apple may want to monetize advanced Apple Intelligence features in the future.

Apple's "Longevity, by Design" whitepaper argues its huge scale affects its repair policies.

Today, twenty percent of the US has the right to repair electronics. Happy Repair Independence Day!

Apple TV+ continues to grow in the US, overtaking Paramount+.

The mute button gets a welcome, no-brainer upgrade in iOS 18 and tvOS 18.
Picks of the Week:
Alex's Pick: Central Control

Andy's Pick: Swish Window Manager

Jason's Pick: Unshaky

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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2 hr 4 min
June 30, 2024This Week in Tech 986: Our Dope GPS!
Supreme Court Decisions, Snapdragon X Elite Tests
Murthy Decision Should Not Foreclose Cases Against Actual First Amendment Violations

What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more

Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks

Mark Cuban's public email was hacked after receiving call from a fake Google rep

The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over

Microsoft's bundling of Office and Teams breaks antitrust law, EU says

EU Competition Commissioner says Apple's decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behavior

Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web

Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC is finally the best clamshell laptop on the market after 8 years of iterations

Tested: Don't buy a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for PC gaming

Signal 65 Snapdragon battery testing

The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs

Wherein The Copia Institute Asks The Second Circuit To Stand Up For Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All

Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cathy Gellis, Ryan Shrout, and Doc Rock

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2 hr 27 min
June 30, 2024Ask The Tech Guys 2031: Three Weddings and a Baby
Four thousand people were arrested in a crackdown on online scam networks. What's the best way to get started working in IT? What are good alternatives to the Windows Mail app? And Mikah and Leo give their recommendation for a Wi-Fi system that's great for older users.
Nearly 4,000 arrested in global police crackdown on online scam networks.

I paid $365.63 to replace 404 Media with AI.

Microsoft tells Texas agencies they were exposed in Russian hack.

NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk.

The White House will host a conference for social media creators.

Apple explores novel method for making iPhone batteries more replaceable.

A caller is taking an online course to get a certification towards working in the field of IT and has started to look at online jobs. They found a job they are interested in, but it's asking for five years of experience, and the caller will only have this certification when applying. How can they find the ideal job to start their career in the IT field?

Shele wonders how they can back up their iPhone data to network-attached storage rather than through iCloud.

Nate uses a Mac and a Windows machine with multiple hard drives connected to it. Whenever he reboots his Mac though, the Windows machine with the drives goes offline, and he has to reconnect them every time manually. Is there a way to reconnect the drives automatically?

Nate is also wondering why when driving in his vehicle and as he gets close to his house, Siri activates from his iPhone and takes over the audio in his vehicle?

Jeff is having issues getting back into his email account after supposedly violating the email providers' service agreement.

Jim has a website for wedding officiation. However, when people try to visit his website, the server can't be found unless they add "https://" to the URL. What's preventing people from visiting Jim's website?

Kevin writes in to try to find alternatives to Windows's Mail app after being mandated to switch from it to Microsoft Outlook.

David calls in trying to understand why he can only update the operating system through the command line when running Linux Mint.

James calls in looking for a recommendation for a Wi-Fi system he can install for his parents and have them manage it themselves rather than relying on James.

Andrew is looking for recommendations for his next laptop and to see if there's any spamware protection he can install for his Pixel 8.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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2 hr 4 min
June 25, 2024Security Now 980: The Mixed Blessing of Lousy PRNG
Expected follow-up on CVE-2024-30078

From Russia with Love

An EU privacy agency complains about Google's Privacy Sandbox?

Email @ GRC

Security Now SPAM?

Orange Tsai needs help!

Recall and 3rd Party Leakage

Errata

The Mixed Blessing of a Crappy PRNG

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-980-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2 hr 4 min
June 25, 2024MacBreak Weekly 927: Algae Wars
Brussels accuses Apple of breaking EU rules. There may be more indication of Apple's plans for its Vision Pro product lineup. Apple was contemplating partnering with Meta to integrate their AI system into the iPhone. And the Final Cut Camera app is now available on the App Store.
Brussels accuses Apple of breaking EU competition rules.

Apple won't roll out AI tech In EU market over regulatory concerns,

Apple Vision plans: cheaper model in late 2025, Vision Pro 2 in 2026, AR Glasses.

First iPhone game-streaming service brings 1,300 retro classics.

Apple says no to PC emulators on iOS.

Apple spurned idea of iPhone AI partnership with Meta months ago.

Apple sets bold new goals for automating iPhone factories.

For Apple's AI push, China is a missing piece.

The world's first Spatial Computing Hack: I finally found a bug that literally fills your room full of bugs.

Final Cut Camera for iPhone now available on the App Store.

MicroMac, a Macintosh for under £5.

How broken are Apple's Parental Controls? It took 3 years to fix an x-rated loophole.
Picks of the Week:
Jason's Pick: Combustion Predictive Thermometer

Alex's Pick: Final Cut Pro & StreamVoodoo

Andy's Pick: Shure MV7+ Podcast Mic

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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2 hr 43 min
June 23, 2024Ask The Tech Guys 2030: From Whence Do You Hence?
Would you pay a monthly fee for an AI Alexa?? Can I extend the connection between my AirPods and my Mac? What's going on with my connection to my network when using Apple's Private Relay? Plus, Dick DeBartolo talks about the MAD exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum and the new AeroPress Go Plus!
How the dash to ditch paper money created a playground for criminals.

'This Old House' pays tribute to creator Russell Morash.

Apple won't roll out AI tech in EU market over regulatory concerns.

AT&T can't hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules.

Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp.

Mark is wondering if a smartwatch is a good device to catch up on missed notifications and if there's a way to have the watch re-send any notifications he missed previously.

Jesse is getting an 0x80d02002 error when downloading files on their Windows machine and is trying to figure out how to stop the error. They also ask why they can't get their Roku TV to connect to their Apple AirPlay.

Dick Debartolo joins the show this week to talk about the MAD exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum and the new AeroPress Go Plus.

Steve writes to ask if there's a way to extend the connection of their AirPods to their Mac.

Bala's phone was stolen recently, and they got a new phone to replace it. But they're wondering if the thieves can easily access the information on their old phone.

Vidak ask why his mesh system is not correctly connecting to the node they want it to connect to?

Tim wonders why if Apple is such and advocate for privacy, why they allow downloaded apps from the App Store to collect information on you Tim is also having issues getting Apple's Private Relay to connect to their WiFi network.

David writes in wondering what the best way to hook up their Apple TV to a project and get sound out with a soundbar or speakers.

Emil emails the show asking why their 2nd Gen AirPods Pro constantly pauses audio playback from almost any movement.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Dick DeBartolo

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2 hr 18 min

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A compendium of podcasts from the Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte. This feed includes all of Leo's audio or video releases and sometimes includes his appearances on other podcasts. One feed to serve them all.