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Troubleshooting slow internet, Selling your home theater equipment, setting up email rules, hooking up a wireless phone to a hardwire internet connection, DIY prosthetics, do you have to use Comcast's modem? Migrating data to a new Mac, trusting USB devices, setting up a Plex server and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Leo Laporte explains the differences between virtual private networks, remote desktop protocol, and Tor 'the onion router.'

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Host: Leo Laporte

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• California passes law to kill the gig economy
• Facebook refuses to ban lying in political ads
• Why does internet access in America suck so much?
• Pixel 4 event: kinda dull
• Pixel 4 review: camera zoom not that great, face unlock works even if you are asleep or dead
• Law enforcement face recognition banned in California for 3 years
• Google focuses on "ambient computing"
• Technopanic and social media
• Zuckerberg is amoral, Facebook should just ban political ads
• Google is great at everything but selling hardware
• Pixelbook Go: perfect for college kids, but not for us
• Google Nest Wifi sounds good
• Air Force stops using 8-inch floppies to control missile launches
• Malware makes ATMs spit out all their cash
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber coming to a TV near you
• RIP Yahoo Groups
• Huawei is doing great!
• Virgin Galactic shows of its spacesuits
• Cobol turns 60
• Fortnite is down! Technical error or marketing genius?
• Is TikTok China's entry into our children's minds? Or is Mike Elgan just paranoid?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Florence Ion, Mike Elgan, and Seth Rosenblatt

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Hearing aids that can work with your mobile device, how to listen to your favorite radio stations using Amazon Echo, how to record web activity online, encrypting USB keys, why you can't watch a baseball game online, what to do if you've been hacked, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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Google announces the Pixel 4 phone, what does "unlimited" mean on an unlimited wireless plan? Speeding up an SSD on a Mac, finding the best CRM software for a small business, extending a Wi-Fi network, fixing Linux display issues, finding a better calendar app for the iPhone, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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This Week's Stories:

• Pixel 4 is all about photography: Annie Leibovitz, Marc Levoy, and astrophotography
• With the Pixelbook Go, Google puts style over substance
• Google Nest Aware is the best panopticon money can buy
• Google Stadia hopes that controllers shaped like knife handles will make you want to game
• Abbey Road is the Beatles' best album. Fight me!
• Google is all about Ambient Computing
• Facebook + politics = BFFs 4evah
• Issa Ray on Google Assistant
• What is the next phase of Ambient computing? Presence
• Things Google killed this week: Daydream, Clips, and Works With Nest
• UK gives up on its attempt to block porn
• Huawei, staggering under US sanctions, reports 25% sales growth over last year
• Fortnite Chapter 2 takes video game marketing to the next level
• The Vatican launches a click-to-pray rosary

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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xCloud is Finally Here!

• The xCloud preview has begun! Paul Thurrott has been playing testing it out for the last few days
• Plus: You can use an Xbox Controller with iOS 13 too

In Windows this week...

• What's the deal with 20H1? Is there anything major to look forward to?
• Microsoft is starting to nag Win 7 Pro users about the January 2020 end of support date
• Related: Office 2010 has one year of support left

Ignite predictions
There will be bots and AI talk

• Maybe we'll hear more about Office "Unity". Definitely will hear about the new Project service
• Would be good to get some clarity on what's changing with Azure Stack
• There are a LOT of dev sessions this year. Maybe MS will share more on the dev story for Surface Duo/Neo
• Buzzwords you can't avoid: Microsoft Graph; edge; HCI, Power Platform
• Windows, Windows, Windows

Xbox

• Message safety settings come to Xbox - part of a bigger push
• Mixer Academy goes live

Tips and picks

• Tip of the week: Got a girl scout in your home? Go to the Microsoft Store!
• Plus: Get a controller clamp for mobile gaming: The Dainslef Smartphone Clamp for the Xbox Wireless Controller is only $10!
• App pick of the week: OneNote for Windows 10
• Plus: You can get Apple TV app on Roku now.
• Enterprise pick of the week: Desktop Analytics hits GA
• Codename pick of the week: (Hail) Hydra!
• Beer pick of the week: Evil Twin The Sour IPA is Dead! Long Live the Sour IPA!
  

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

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This week's stories

• A sobering reminder about supply chain attacks
• Facebook's stance on end-to-end encryption raises official protests
• UNIX's Co-Creator Ken Thompson's BSD UNIX Password Has Finally Been Cracked
• Japanese stalker finds idol using reflections in her eyes
• Americans and Digital Knowledge
• OpenPGP being built into Mozilla's Thunderbird eMail client
• Windows 10 Tamper Protection being enabled by default
• CheckM8
  
  We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-736-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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This Week's Stories

• Tencent could be watching your iPhone's IP. Here is what that means, and how to opt-out.
• Pixel Buds take on AirPods
• Pixel 4 First Impressions: Soli radar could change the game
• Pixel 4 display first impressions - looks pretty nice
• Pixel 4 camera: impressive astrophotography
• iPhone 11 is big in China
• Apple pulls Hong Kong police tracking app
• Catalina and iOS 13 install blues
• Catalyst apps bring iOS apps to Mac
• Apple TV comes to Roku
• Apple TV+ launches in-house studio with Masters of the Air
  
  Picks of the week:
• Andy's Pick: Notion workspace manager
• Rene's Pick: Pokemon Fall Events
• Lory's Pick: Ring Fit Adventure for Nintendo Switch

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:

• Our iOS photography workflows: Using Pixelmator Photo, RNI Films, Adobe Lightroom, and RAW photos to edit and produce cherished photos.
• News: The iPhone SE2 will reportedly launch in early 2020, the Apple TV app comes to Roku, Dark Mode support arrives for Microsoft's productivity suite, and Beats launches a new pair of headphones called Beats Solo Pro.
• Viewer Feedback: The difference between Mophie's charging pad and Apple AirPower, an explanation of two-factor authentication and the importance of non-SMS codes, and some feedback about Dark Mode in iOS.
• Leo's App Cap: Idle games - Egg Inc, A Dark Room, Universal PaperclipsTM
• Mikah's App Cap: Home+

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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