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This week's stories:
- Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled over COVID-19 fears
- China virtually shut down due to COVID-19. Foxconn's iPhone plant closed; making face masks instead.
- RSA Conference (Feb 24th in San Francisco) is next - IBM has already dropped out. Is this the end of conferences?
- China's response to COVID-19 includes increased surveillance and the "Close Contact" app. Is America next?
- Focals by North AR glasses could be the answer to COVID-19. Are we ready for AR+databases?
- Check out TWiT's review of Focals on Hands-On Tech!
- Apple stores and factories closed in China. Apple was expected to announce an iPhone SE replacement this spring - will it be put on hold?
- Samsung Z Flip Review - the most transformative new smartphone in years
- Windows 10X - Microsoft's first try at a 32bit-free OS and a two-screen device OS
- Windows 10X on a MacBook - it can be done! (But don't try it at home)
- Google's new OS is called... Pigweed?
- Windows 10X coming to dual-screen laptops and tablets by the end of the year
- Microsoft Duo caught on video in the wild!
- $1000+ flagship phones are now the norm. Are they worth it? (Yes)
- Cloud-based computing will become the norm in the next 5 years
- Amazon sues the US government over JEDI contract given to Microsoft; JEDI put on hold by a federal judge
- Taika Waititi blasts the crappy MacBook keyboard at the Oscars
- Raspberry Pi - the best kids' computer available
- Watch Hands-On Android! Episode 0 out now, Episode 1 coming 2/20/2020: twit.tv/HOA
- Coming soon: Hands-On Mac and Hands-On Linux!
- Spotify will destroy podcasting as we know it
- Elizabeth Holmes gets some of the Theranos charges dropped by a federal judge
- Is Venture Capitalism destroying capitalism?
- HQ Trivia crashes and burns - when will the current tech bubble burst?
- Essential shuttered - alleged sexual assaulter and Android inventor Andy Rubin's revolutionary phone company fails after less than a year.
- T-Mobile and Sprint merger passes second-to-last hurdle in its way
- Jeff Bezos buys the most expensive house in America
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Wilhelm, Daniel Rubino, and Dan Patterson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
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By TWiTThis week's stories:
- Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled over COVID-19 fears
- China virtually shut down due to COVID-19. Foxconn's iPhone plant closed; making face masks instead.
- RSA Conference (Feb 24th in San Francisco) is next - IBM has already dropped out. Is this the end of conferences?
- China's response to COVID-19 includes increased surveillance and the "Close Contact" app. Is America next?
- Focals by North AR glasses could be the answer to COVID-19. Are we ready for AR+databases?
- Check out TWiT's review of Focals on Hands-On Tech!
- Apple stores and factories closed in China. Apple was expected to announce an iPhone SE replacement this spring - will it be put on hold?
- Samsung Z Flip Review - the most transformative new smartphone in years
- Windows 10X - Microsoft's first try at a 32bit-free OS and a two-screen device OS
- Windows 10X on a MacBook - it can be done! (But don't try it at home)
- Google's new OS is called... Pigweed?
- Windows 10X coming to dual-screen laptops and tablets by the end of the year
- Microsoft Duo caught on video in the wild!
- $1000+ flagship phones are now the norm. Are they worth it? (Yes)
- Cloud-based computing will become the norm in the next 5 years
- Amazon sues the US government over JEDI contract given to Microsoft; JEDI put on hold by a federal judge
- Taika Waititi blasts the crappy MacBook keyboard at the Oscars
- Raspberry Pi - the best kids' computer available
- Watch Hands-On Android! Episode 0 out now, Episode 1 coming 2/20/2020: twit.tv/HOA
- Coming soon: Hands-On Mac and Hands-On Linux!
- Spotify will destroy podcasting as we know it
- Elizabeth Holmes gets some of the Theranos charges dropped by a federal judge
- Is Venture Capitalism destroying capitalism?
- HQ Trivia crashes and burns - when will the current tech bubble burst?
- Essential shuttered - alleged sexual assaulter and Android inventor Andy Rubin's revolutionary phone company fails after less than a year.
- T-Mobile and Sprint merger passes second-to-last hurdle in its way
- Jeff Bezos buys the most expensive house in America
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Wilhelm, Daniel Rubino, and Dan Patterson
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech
Sponsors: