Total Leo (Video)

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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Best way to upload pictures during a trip, troubleshooting a Bluetooth keyboard, laptops suggestions, Sprint phones on the T-Mobile network, bypassing firmware passwords, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

This Week's Stories:

• Alphabet reaches 1 Trillion Dollars
• Sonos Speaker Update Angers Leo and Stacey
• Changing Expectations on Home System Updates
• The State of NJ Has a Twitter Account
• Local Newspaper and Radio is the Victim of the Internet
• Jeff Bezos's Phone Hacked by Saudi Crown Prince
• Facial Recognition is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
• Greenwald Charged with Cyber Crimes
• Grammy Face Allegations
• Google Now Offers Rubrics
• Google's New Apps to Reduce Screen Time

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Tool: Wiki Software
• Stacey's Thing: Casper Glow
• Jeff's Numbers: Preview of Sage

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Microsoft 2020 Predictions

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

For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/656

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This Week's Stories:

• iPhones join Android in being a Google account security key.
• How much "substantive assistance" did Apple provide in the Pensacola investigation?
• A brand new serious Internet Explorer 0-day
• Giving Windows an additional Edge
• FBI says nation-state actors breached a US city government and a US financial entity by exploiting Pulse Secure VPN servers.
• Critical new Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) remote code execution vulnerability
• SQRL for Drupal
• Microsoft issues security update to fix "CurveBall" vulnerability

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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This Week's Stories:

• Did Apple drop plans to fully encrypt iCloud at FBI request? Or is it more complicated?
• Why banning face recognition misses the point
• Blueberry-scented AirPods take 71% of the wireless headphone market.
• Tile, Sonos, and Pop Sockets vs Apple, Google, and Amazon in Congress.
• Tim Cook talks Augmented Reality and healthcare in Ireland.

Picks of the Week:

• Andy's Pick: DxO camera on clearance
• Rene's Pick: JibONE
• Lory's Pick: Twelve South AirSnap Pro
• Alex's Pick: Sonic Atom

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

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

• Get organized with iOS: Stylebook, Joplin, Sortly.
• News: Apple reportedly dropped plans to encrypt iCloud backups, Jennifer Aniston snags a SAG award for The Morning Show, you can use your iPhone as a Google security key, YouTube for iOS adds subscription filtering options, a correction on the "EU killing Lightning cables" story.
• Viewer Feedback: Send your questions and feedback to [email protected].
• Mikah's App Cap: The Mandalorian Stickers
• Leo's App Cap: LEGO Builder's Journey

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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Connecting your iPad to an external monitor, bad cell reception, router suggestions and troubleshooting, pairing bluetooth devices to your phone, computer troubleshooting, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com.

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