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August 05, 2020News 360: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2020 - Galaxy Note20, Galaxy Z Fold2, Galaxy Watch3
At a live event in South Korea, Samsung unpacked their new line of phablets, tablets, and accessories.
Samsung Galaxy Note20 / Note20 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 / S7+
Samsung Galaxy Buds Live
Samsung Galaxy Watch3
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2
TWiT News correspondents Leo Laporte and Jason Howell comment along as we watch a Samsung presentation that is long on style, but short on substance.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Howell
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1 hr 44 min
July 23, 2020News 359: Xbox Games Showcase - Xbox Series X Games Reveal
Microsoft gives a first look at the first-party games coming to the Xbox Series X:
Halo Infinite
State of Decay 3
Forza Motorsport
Everwild
Tell Me Why
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon
Grounded
Avowed
As Dusk Falls
HellBlade 2
Psychonauts 2
Destiny 2: Beyond Light
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Tetris Effect: Connected
The Gunk
The Medium
New Genesis: Phantasy Star Online 2
CrossfireX
Fable

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
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1 hr 6 min
July 08, 2020News 358: Google Smart Home Virtual Summit - "Hey Google" Smart Home Summit
"Hey Google" Smart Home Summit
Google hosted this virtual smart home IoT conference for developers, their first after canceling Google I/O and other events. TWiT's Smart Tech Today hosts Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli gave color commentary. The event was not quite the professionally-produced affair that Apple and Microsoft gave us at their developer keynotes earlier this year - it seemed more like a hastily-arranged Zoom call.
After a 15-minute delay, Vlad Serban, the Strategic Partner Development Manager for Scale at Google, started things off.
Phillip Klimke, the Strategic Partner Development Manager for Security at Google, discussed security.
Tasnoba Nusrat, the Strategic Partner Development Manager for Comfort and Control at Google, talked about controlling energy management devices.
Katelyn Mason, the Strategic Partner Development Manager for SHED at Google, introduced Google's home entertainment devices.
Alessandro Germano, the Head of Business Development for Latin America and Bianca Waclawek, the Strategic Partner Development Manager for LATAM at Google, focused on the importance of developing relationships in Latin America.
The main keynote featured Michele Turner, Director of Product Management for Google Smart Home Ecosystem Devices. She quickly went through several IoT topics:
New Google Smart Home Ecosystem devices and routines
Gentle Sleep and Wake
Android 11 will have dedicated IOT controls
New security controls for IoT devices
More controls for state reporting
New Local Home SDK with improved controls, smart home logs, statistics, and analytics
The transition from "Works with Nest" to "Works with Google Assistant"
More "Home and Away" routines and custom routines for partners
With Project Connected Home Over IP, Google is working with Amazon, Apple, and Zigbee to develop an open standard for IoT based on Internet Protocol

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli
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42 min
June 22, 2020News 357: WWDC20 State of the Union
Apple's Vice President in Software Engineering Andreas Wendker and other Apple engineers give us a deep dive on the transition to Apple Silicon, as well as changes to macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watvhOS, Xcode, and Swift.
Highlights:
Apple Silicon is all about performance and interoperability.
Universal 2 will make Intel apps work on Apple Silicon with Xcode.
Unity runs on Apple Silicon.
Rosetta 2 virtualization uses Parallels.
iOS apps will run natively on macOS with Apple Silicon.
macOS Big Sur has a new design that borrows heavily from iOS and iPadOS.
Big Sur is macOS 11.
iPad Pro Lidar sensor has new uses in iPadOS 14.
Apple Pencil ads Scribble and Scratch in iPadOS 14.
You'll be able to code widgets with Swift in iOS 14.
You can also use Swift to code watchOS complications.
Xcode will help developers seamlessly transition their apps from Intel to Apple Silicon.

Host: Leo Laporte
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1 hr 34 min
June 22, 2020News 356: WWDC 2020 Keynote - Apple Silicon, iOS 14, macOS Big Sur
Tim Cook, Craig Federighi, Kevin Lynch, and others deliver the World Wide Developers Conference 2020 keynote.

Highlights:
iOS 14 will include App Library, Widgets, Picture-in-picture video, and improvements to Siri, Messages, and Apple Maps.
Starting with new BMWs, you can use your iPhone as a car key.
Emily Schubert talks about how you will be able to use your iPhone as a car key. App Clips will let you use parts of apps without downloading the whole app.
iPadOS 14 adds Sidebar and new Apple Pencil features.
watchOS 7 gets customizable complications and professionally designed watch faces. Other new features include sleep tracking, a handwashing timer that automatically senses when you are using soap, and new dance workouts.
HomeKit will be further integrated with Google Home and Amazon Alexa.
Foundation comes to Apple TV+ in 2021.
macOS Big Sur has all-new design that looks very similar to iPadOS 14.
And the big finish: In their secret underground lab, Tim Cook, Johny Srouji, and Andreas Wendker show off the new Apple Silicon chips for Mac.
Apple apps like Final Cut Pro and Xcode are already ready for the transition.
Universal 2 will let apps run on Intel and Apple Silicon.
Microsoft Office and Adobe apps like Lightroom and Photoshop already work on Apple Silicon.
Rosetta 2 will automatically translate Intel-based apps to work on Apple Silicon.
Virtualization will let you use Linux on Macs.
iOS apps will work natively on Mac.
The Quick Start program will help developers with the transition, and the Developer Transition Kit, a Mac Mini with an A12z Bionic chip, is available now.
Apple Silicon Macs will be available by the end of the year, and the whole transition will take two years.
Developer betas of all OS's are available now; public betas will be available in July.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
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1 hr 59 min
June 11, 2020News 355: PS5 - The Future of Gaming - PlayStation 5 Games Preview and Hardware Reveal
Sony shows off the design of the PlayStation 5, as well as launch titles and games coming in 2021 and 2022:
Grand Theft Auto V
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Gran Turismo 7
Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart
Project Athia
Stray
Returnal
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Destruction AllStars
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Goodbye Volcano High
Oddworld: Soul Storm
Ghostwire: Tokyo
Jett: The Far Shore
Godfall
Solar Ash
Hitman III
Astro's Playroom
Little Devil Inside
NBA 2K21
Bugsnax
Demon's Souls
Deathloop
Resident Evil VIII: Village
Pragmata
Horizon: Forbidden West

Host: Jason Howell
Guest: Jeff Cannata
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1 hr 29 min
May 19, 2020News 354: Microsoft Build 2020 Satya Nadella Vision Keynote, Imagine Cup, and Scott Hanselman Developer Keynote
Microsoft Build 2020 Satya Nadella Vision Keynote, Imagine Cup, and Scott Hanselman Developer Keynote

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave his annual Vision Keynote at Build 2020. Nadella talked briefly about Github, Power Platform, Azure, Windows, Teams, and Project Reunion. He interviewed Greg Bowman, Director of Folding@Home, talking about how Folding@Home has been used to fight Alzheimer's Disease and Cancer, and is currently being used to fight Covid-19. Then he featured five artists at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music who have been using Teams to connect virtually during the current shelter-at-home order.

After Nadella's keynote, the conference moved on to the Imagine Cup, a tech competition for college students. The winning team, Hollow from Hong Kong, is developing a tool to help throat cancer victims recover their voices.

Build then moved on to Scott Hanselman, who interviewed several developers. He first interviewed Kayla Clarence about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, the new Windows terminal, the Winget Windows Package Manager, and using Teams to code in the terminal collaboratively. Then he called Nat Friedman, CEO of Github. Friedman talked about Github's new free-to-everybody system, mobile app, and integration with Visual Studio through Codespace. Then he interviewed Allison Buchholtz-Au, Program Manager of Codespace at Microsoft who went id-depth about Codespace. Scott also talked about .Net Core 3.1 and changes to Visual Studio 2019.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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1 hr 36 min
April 27, 2020News 353: DJI Mavic Air 2 Announcement
Ray Maxwell joins Leo Laporte to watch DJI's announcement of the Mavic Air 2.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Ray Maxwell

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48 min
April 03, 2020News 352: Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro Announcement - Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, HyperDeck Studio Mini recorder
Blackmagic CEO Grant Petty shows the features of the ATEM Mini switcher and introduces the new ATEM Mini Pro with built-in hardware H.264 encoding and the ability to record directly to a USB drive. He also introduced the Hyperdeck Studio Mini recorder.

Host: Leo Laporte

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1 hr 12 min
March 18, 2020News 351: The Road to PS5 - PlayStation 5 Hardware Announcement
PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny dives deep on the PlayStation 5's hardware specs. Highlighted features include an SSD, backwards compatibility, and ray tracing.

Host: Leo Laporte

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1 hr 3 min

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