Total Mikah (Audio)

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February 16, 2025 Hands-On Tech 203: Voice Acting Setup & Gear
In this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent addresses a question from listener Faye about the setup they should go with to start with voice acting, covering how one should approach getting into voice acting and providing some resources for Faye to look into.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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February 13, 2025Tech News Weekly 374: AI's First Major Copyright Loss
It's an AI-filled episode of Tech News Weekly! Is AI making us think less critically than before? Are AI chatbots accurately summarizing news? A BBC study finds that they are not. Google plans to use machine learning to estimate a user's age. Thomson Reuters wins the first major AI copyright case within the US.
Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week! Amanda talks about a study on how over-reliance on AI tools can lead to diminished critical thinking skills.

Mikah shares a BBC study that looked into AI chatbots and how they performed poorly at summarizing news, with over half of the summarizations containing glaring errors.

Emma Roth of The Verge joins the show to discuss Google utilizing machine learning to estimate users' ages based off their browsing history and YouTube activity.

And Mikah talks about Thomson Reuters winning the first big US AI copyright case.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling

Guest: Emma Roth

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55min
February 13, 2025 Hands-On Mac 169: Flaky Bluetooth on Your Mac? Here's How to Fix It
Mikah Sargent shares essential tips for troubleshooting Bluetooth issues on your Mac in this episode of Hands-On Mac. Learn how to resolve connectivity problems and get your devices working smoothly again with these step-by-step instructions.

In this episode, Mikah covers:

- Restarting your Mac: The simplest and often most effective first step in resolving Bluetooth issues

- Toggling Bluetooth on and off: Quickly turning Bluetooth off and back on in the System Settings can help re-establish connections

- Unpairing and repairing devices: "Forgetting" a previously connected device and setting it up again as new can fix persistent problems

- Accessing advanced Bluetooth information: Holding the Option key while clicking the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar reveals device addresses and firmware versions for connected peripherals

- Force quitting Bluetooth processes: Using Activity Monitor to quit the "bluetoothuserd" background process can help reset the Bluetooth system when other methods fail

- Checking for device-specific issues: Ensuring your Bluetooth devices are fully charged and running the latest firmware can eliminate connectivity troubles

- Minimizing interference: Keeping potential sources of interference, like microwaves, away from your Bluetooth devices can improve stability

By following these troubleshooting steps, you'll be well-equipped to tackle most Bluetooth problems on your Mac and keep your wireless peripherals connected and working reliably.

Bluetooth settings on Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/bluetooth-settings-on-mac-blth8111/mac

Host: Mikah Sargent

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February 13, 2025iOS Today 739: Sharing the Love on iOS
In this Valentine's Day-themed episode of iOS Today, hosts Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard explore a few iOS apps and features perfect for sharing love and appreciation with others. From physical card-sending services to digital solutions and customizable widgets, they cover multiple ways to make Valentine's Day special using Apple devices.
Felt: Physical card-sending app with various card styles, custom designs, and the ability to add special items like confetti, chocolates, and stickers to your mailings

Ink: Another physical card service that offers photo cards, calendars, and customizable gifts like mugs and socks

Widgetsmith: App for creating custom widgets, including countdown timers and photo displays perfect for showcasing loved ones on your home screen

Givingli: Digital card and gift service that lets you send virtual cards with attached gift cards from popular retailers like Starbucks, Amazon, and Taco Bell

Valentine's Gifts and Stickers: App offering themed stickers and GIFs for Messages, with both free and paid options

Messages "Send Later" feature: Built-in iOS capability to schedule messages in advance for special occasions
Shortcuts Corner
Question about creating a shortcut to dynamically adjust sleep schedules based on bedtime routine. Plus, adorable dogs!

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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February 12, 2025Intelligent Machines 806: I'm Piffed
Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up

Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz, a16z Crypto's head of policy to lead the CFTC

Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the "primary device for YouTube viewing in the US", indicating YouTube is "the new TV"

Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US

FYI related: Court Unplugs AI Fair Use Defense, But Context Is Key

"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed

How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term

Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition "Atrophied and Unprepared"

The Strategy Behind Musk's $97 Billion Bid for OpenAI

'Doomers' Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I.

25 Years of The Sims Turning Players Into Gods - The New York Times

WikiTok

BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own

Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Mikah Sargent

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2h 24min
February 12, 2025Windows Weekly 919: The Supermodel of Apps
Patch Tuesday has arrived and Windows 11 23H2/24H2 gets those preview updates we talked about two weeks ago: Taskbar preview improvements, Windows Studio Effects on taskbar, File Explorer improvements, Mouse improvements, Time Zone changes without admin privileges, OneDrive continuity (23H2 only), Windows Share improvements (23H2 only), new keyboard shortcut for Magnifier. While Windows 10 gets the new Outlook, you lucky dogs!
Windows
Beta (yesterday) - Beta/Dev window is open, Beta will move to 24H2 soon, this new build was for 23H2, new Paint app

MIDI IS BACK BABY! MIDI Services 2.0 now in public preview

Photos app OCR capabilities are back - feature was in testing but disabled in November, supports 160 languages

HoloLens is finally dead: Microsoft partners with tech bro to offload US Army contract
AI/Dev
Microsoft schedules Build 2025 for May 19-22. And then Google schedules I/O 2025 for May 20-21

Elon Musk and investors supposedly make bid for OpenAI - hilarity ensues

OpenAI is working on its own AI chip because everyone else is

OpenAI is working on its own AI chip because everyone else is

You don't have to sign in to OpenAI to use ChatGPT Search now

Google Gemini 2.0 family is now (mostly) generally available

GitHub Copilot is getting agentic features this year

Remember the so-called Windows Copilot Runtime? It's finally happening. Paul noticed that the Windows App SDK 1.7 Experimental 3 release finally had WCR bits, was quietly released last week

Coding hands-on: Building text rewrite and summarize requires just a few lines of code
More Earnings/Corporate
Qualcomm - $11.7 billion in revenues, up 17 percent

It's over! Arm Holdings drops Qualcomm complaint, will not terminate license

Amazon: $188 billion in revenues, up 9.5 percent - AWS was $29 billion in revenues, up 16 percent. Amazon to spend $75 billion this fiscal year on AI infrastructure build-out, similar to MSFT, that figure was $28 billion in the previous quarter

Here comes Conversational Alexa - Amazon devices and services event February 26

Sonos continues its downward spiral - Before earnings, restructuring and layoffs
Xbox
Good news/bad news on Xbox console sales - Better than expected, honestly

Candy Crush Solitaire is first new King game under Xbox - Perfect King/Microsoft mashup
Tips and Picks
Tip of the week: A few steps forward (and back) for the 2025 online accounts push

Tip of the week #2: Get the Bill Gates book Source Code

App pick of the week: Notion is nearly perfect

RunAs Radio this week: Upgrading to Windows Server 2025 with Robert Smit

Brown liquor pick of the week: Mackmyra Brukswhisky

Hosts: Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell, and Mikah Sargent

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Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

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2h 3min
February 09, 2025 Hands-On Tech 202: Stop Devices from Listening for Keyword Activations
On Hands-On Tech, host Mikah Sargent addresses a listener's concern about their Apple devices seemingly listening to conversations in their office and offers a few way to disable this functionality.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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11min
February 06, 2025Tech News Weekly 373: AI Wins a Grammy
In this episode of Tech News Weekly, Mikah Sargent and CNET's Abrar Al-Heeti talk the latest developments in self-driving tech, Sonos' work on a new streaming box, an AI-assisted Beatles song winning a Grammy, and the current state of Meta's Quest platform according to developers.

- Uber is expanding its partnership with Waymo, allowing people in Austin to summon a Waymo robo-taxi through the Uber app. Abrar shares her experiences with self-driving cars and discusses the evolving relationship between Uber and Waymo.

- Sonos is reportedly working on a new streaming box codenamed "Pinewood," which includes an HDMI switch to address inconsistencies in smart TV firmware and software. The device is expected to cost between $200 and $400, and it aims to provide a full-featured streaming sound setup.

- An AI-assisted Beatles track, "Now and Then," won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance, sparking conversations about the role of AI in music and art. The US Copyright Office has stated that AI tools used to assist in the creative process don't undermine the copyright of the work.

- Developers are struggling with declining sales and visibility on the Meta Quest app store, despite record revenue for Meta Reality Labs. Meta's focus on its own Horizon Worlds app seems to be at the expense of traditional VR games. Some developers find it more profitable to sell on other platforms like Steam and PlayStation VR.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

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1h 4min
February 06, 2025 Hands-On Mac 168: The Apple Invites App
This episode sees Mikah Sargent walking through the newly announced Apple Invites app. This event invitation tool allows one to invite friends and family to an occasion (like a BBQ) even if the recipients don't have an iPhone. Importantly, a user needs to have an iCloud+ subscription in order to create an event.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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18min
February 06, 2025iOS Today 738: Notes Apps Showdown
In this episode of iOS Today, hosts Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dive into a comprehensive comparison of popular note-taking apps for iOS, examining their unique features and use cases. They also discuss Apple's surprise launch of a new event planning app called Apple Invites.
Apple Notes: New iOS 18 features including Math Notes, collaborative note-taking capabilities, and family wish list sharing functionality

Freeform: Apple's infinite canvas app that enables collaborative brainstorming, room planning, and freeform content organization with drawing support

Bear: A beautiful Markdown-based notes app with custom keyboards and nested tags, available with a free tier and subscription options

Obsidian: A powerful, customizable note-taking app with community plugins and the ability to create personal wikis

Drafts: An advanced text editor that creates new drafts automatically, featuring powerful actions, custom themes, and extensive widget support

Notion: A versatile workspace tool with templates for various use cases, featuring databases, calendars, and collaborative features
News
Apple launches new "Invites" app requiring iCloud+ subscription to create invitations. It features shared photo albums, weather information, Apple Music playlist integration, and Apple Intelligence for custom backgrounds
Feedback
Question about limiting group chat notifications in driving focus mode

Request for help with continuous reading of non-Kindle ebooks using iOS accessibility features

Discussion of potential workarounds including sending content to Kindle and exploring alternative solutions

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard

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47min

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