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Leo Laporte answers Lee's question about drive formats and how to make an external hard drive compatible with Mac, Windows, and Chromebook.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Porting a Google Voice number to a smartwatch, getting Google Photos to delete photos after backing up, using your router for FIOS, understanding and managing permissions, can a NAS be hacked and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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Stories this Week

• Mac Pro is only for Pros
• Apple's pivot to services plays on our trust of Apple
• How amoral should companies be?
• Silicon Valley Finale
• Larry and Sergei ride off into the sunset - what happens next?
• How worried should companies be about government regulation?
• Why we're watching Watchmen
• Amazon comes to New York, without tax benefits
• Stadiums as a metaphor for tech
• Amazon's re:Invent is all about AI
• Huawei makes "America-free" Phones
• What is the future of war?
• Is 5G going to be like LTE or WiMAX?
• Intel admits failure
• Reddit bans Russian sock puppets
• Elon dodges pedo bullet
• Magic Leap is the most amazing, important, incredible failure ever

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren and Amy Webb

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FBI says your refrigerator could be a security risk, updating to the latest macOS, using a tablet to replace sheet music on paper, Scott Wilkinson on how to improve your TV picture, making SSD hard drives last, creating a bootable image for a Mac, where to start with Linux, Operation Santa with Johnny Jet, Chromebook troubleshooting, finding the right printer, magnetic phone charger cables with Dick Debartolo, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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This Week's Stories:

• Goodbye Larry and Sergei
• What "Other Bets" should Google kill?
• Google's biggest challenge for the next 10 years: the death of advertizing
• How would you break apart Google?
• Fired Google employees sue
• Everything you need to know about Amazon re:Invent
• Amazon's AI Composer isn't quite there yet
• Everything else you need to know about Amazon re:Invent
• AWS is Amazon's real business
• Facebook turns to AI to deal with awkward Thanksgiving conversations
• Is Peleton sexist?
• RIP Lil Bub
• Stacey gets super nerdy about T-Mobile's new 5G launch

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

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Windows 10: The year in review

• The year in Windows 10
• Microsoft changed Windows 10 development in major ways in 2019, and some changes are likely permanent, while others may not be
• Two feature updates, one real (that failed) and one fake (that succeeded)
• 20H1 completed much earlier than expected by non-tea-leaf readers
• What does this all mean for 2020?

Chredging at the Edge

• Microsoft improves Edge tracking protection. But will it ever rival Brave or Safari?
• Related: Microsoft shouldn't be adding consumer features to the new Edge (and Edge mobile)

Amazon re: Invent and how it's key to understanding Azure (and Ignite)

• re:Invent – 60K attendees and a gazillion announcements
• Ignite – 30K attendees and almost a gazillion announcements. Microsoft wants Ignite to become re:Invent

Mobile + Dev

• Microsoft Remote Desktop gets a major update on iOS
• Microsoft releases a Chinese language learning app on Android
• Seeing AI for iOS comes to 5 new languages
• Microsoft ships .NET Core 3.1

Xbox

• Halo: Reach comes to PC. And you can get it on Steam! What's next?
• Related: Hands-On with Halo: Reach for PC
• PS5 dev kit leaked
• Plus: Scarlett/Lockhart rumors resurface

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Help Mary Jo get the Notepad she deserves
• App pick of the week: Firefox 71
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Dedicated Hosts
• Codename pick of the week: Verona
• Beer pick of the week: Sonoma Sour Stout

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

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Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

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This Week's Stories

• Everyone can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free with this trick
• HP SSDs fail after 32768 hours
• The EU is not happy about a possible US encryption ban
• US government's formal permission to hack
• 110 nursing homes have been crippled by a ransomware attack
• Firefox is seriously pushing back on tracking signal leakage
• New problems with Windows DLLs
• The StrandHogg vulnerability

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-743-Notes.pdf

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:

• Apple Music Awards
• Best apps of 2019
• Apple vs Russia is a big damn deal
• Apple doubles Airpods Pro orders
• Intel's woes
• The legacy of the 64 Bit A7
• Apple more valuable than all US energy stocks
• Mini LED laptops coming next year - why it might beat OLED
• Apple TV+ is ok
• Farewell, Larry and Sergei

Picks of the Week:

• Andy's Pick: Black Ink 2.0
• Rene's Pick: Peek Everyday 2.0
• Lory's Pick: Meater smart thermometer
• Alex's Pick: Black Magic ATEM Mini

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

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

• Unique iOS games: Steppy Pants, Goat Simulator, I Am Bread, Smash the Office, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Sausage Legend Fighting Games, Universal Paperclips, and Chicken Scream.
• News: Apple announces the best apps and games and the Apple Music Awards. Apple Pay Express Transit comes to London. Apple offers an extended three-month trial of Apple News+. Designer Elvin Hu turns an iPhone into an iPod Classic with the original click wheel and Cover Flow.
• Viewer Feedback: Some follow-up regarding the Shure MV88 and USB-C options and whether or not an iPhone can have charge-specific settings for display sleep.
• Leo's App Cap: PhotoCard by Bill Atkinson
• Mikah's App Cap: okayso

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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Leo Laporte answers Catie's question about lithium-ion battery care. Should you not charge your smartphone and other devices overnight?

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Host: Leo Laporte

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