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Leo Laporte brings some of the most interesting personalities in technology together to talk about the most important issues. Fun, relaxed, informative and always entertaining, count on TWiT for the best tech podcasts in the world.

2 HR. AGO

This Week in Google 795: Alf's Hog is Skeeting

DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly. Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'. Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO. CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash. What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter. Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads. Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app. Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app. Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad. Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations. Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices. Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit. Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC. Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites. Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android. Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world. Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad. Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development! Can we talk about ALF hog? YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes. Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100 uscloud.com

2h 31m
10 HR. AGO

Windows Weekly 908: Twenty-Six Boxes of Napoli

It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there One word summary: Agentic A wave two for Copilot, essentially Agents that work on your behalf autonomously The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a success that Microsoft is offering more hardware Copilot+ PCs are getting new AI capabilities. Eventually Copilot Actions brings, um, actions to Microsoft 365 Windows 11 Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 on Arm ISO - Here's some advice When you think about Windows, we're guessing security and resiliency aren't what comes to mind. So why is Microsoft pushing this so hard at Ignite?? Google Drive is now available in Beta for Windows 11 on Arm. Paul's national nightmare is over! Here's what's coming to Windows 11 SOON - a new Release Preview channel build shows that 24H2 was just the start of this coming year's updates Canary: Mostly bug fixes, no clear vision for this channel we can see - new Canary build today with the new Hello experience, new Taskbar thumbnail previews Beta: Jump list sharing and other features no one has ever, ever, ever asked for Microsoft is shutting down Beta channel for Windows 10, just months after it revived it Lenovo revenues surge, PC sales only up slightly but it sees big growth in the coming quarters AI, antitrust, more DOJ reportedly wants Google to sell off Chrome - How does this compare to the previous Microsoft breakup attempt? Some thoughts about Uno Platform Studio and a re-do of last week's .NET news now that Richard is back A WPF on .NET 9 update Xbox Phil Spencer speaks: Portable Xbox hardware, mobile store, more Microsoft's new Xbox ad triggers PTSD or celebration, depending on your views You can now play (50) games you own on Xbox Cloud Gaming! It's been a while, but this is a killer month for Game Pass Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available Avowed is an Xbox console exclusive and it's coming in February Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters arrive alongside Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 - celebrating the 20th anniversary Valve celebrates the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2! The OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free, and they run on modern PCs too Sony PlayStation Portal can now stream some PS Plus games Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Get 1 TB of additional Xbox storage for just $99 App pick of the week: ChatGPT for Windows and Mac RunAs Radio this week: Testing Databases with Dan Mallott Brown liquor pick of the week: Haavaldsen Sledgehammer 2024 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: threatlocker.com uscloud.com cachefly.com/twit

3h 31m
1 DAY AGO

Security Now 1001: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

How Microsoft lured the US Government into a far deeper and expensive dependency upon its cybersecurity solutions. Gmail to offer native throwaway email aliases like Apple and Mozilla. Russia to ban several additional hosting companies and give its big Internet disconnect switch another test. Russia uses a diabolical Windows flaw to attack Ukrainians. The value of old Security Now episodes. TrueCrypt's successor. Using Cloudflare's Tunnel service for remote network access. How to make a local server appear to be on a remote public IP. How to share an 'impossible to type' password with someone. How to find obscure previous references in the Security Now podcast. What are the parameters for the expected and widely anticipated next generation Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? What do those in the industry and academia expect? And is OpenAI's Sam Altman completely nuts for predicting it next year? Is it just a stock ploy? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1001-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit 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. Sponsors: bigid.com/securitynow joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT 1password.com/securitynow canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT

2h 25m
1 DAY AGO

MacBreak Weekly 948: Wicked Hard

Could Apple be ramping up its efforts to bolster itself in the smart home market? Apple released Final Cut Pro 11 with new features. The M4 MacBook Pro quietly got a quantum dot display over an LCD display. And Apple releases updates to iOS 18 and macOS that you should update to if you haven't yet! Apple's next device is an AI wall tablet for home control, Siri and video calls. Apple's fiscal 2024 in charts. Apple releases updates to Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the Mac and iPad. Apple quietly gave the M4 MacBook Pro a quantum dot display. Apple faces UK 'iCloud monopoly' compensation claim worth $3.8 billion. Apple removes another RFE/RL app at request of Russian regulator. Apple releases iOS 18.1.1 with 'important security fixes' for iPhone. PSA: iPhone users receiving AppleCare+ refunds multiple years after Apple trade-in. Top execs explain Apple's chip philosophy: 'We are not a merchant silicon company, trying to leave nothing on the table'. Apple offers $100M to undo Indonesia iPhone 16 ban. Trump's tariff proposal could add $240 to the cost of an iPhone. Here's the math. Discriminatory job ads for iPhone workers ended after Reuters report; Apple didn't comment. Apple now sells its own Apple News ads for the first time. Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2024. Apple debuts The Weeknd: Open Hearts, the first-of-its-kind immersive music experience for Apple Vision Pro. Porch pirates appear to be accessing AT&T data to track iPhone deliveries. Apple seemingly discontinuing lightning to headphone jack adapter introduced alongside iPhone 7. Picks of the Week: Alex's Pick: Kondor Blue USB-C Mobile Andy's Picks: Charlie Brown Thanksgiving & Feedbin Jason's Picks: ReadKit & Unread Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/macbreak zocdoc.com/macbreak

2h 29m
3 DAYS AGO

This Week in Tech 1006: Underwater Alien Civilizations

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth Netflix's Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event Biden Asked Microsoft to "Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity." He May Have Helped Create an Illegal Monopoly. CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash Apple's Tim Cook Has Ways to Cope With the Looming Trump Tariffs Apple Removes Another RFE/RL App At Request Of Russian Regulator Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'InfoWars' Elon Musk's X Corp. files notice in Alex Jones' Infowars bankruptcy case Spotify's Plans For AI Generated Music, Podcasts, and Recommendations, According To Its Co-President, CTO, and CPO Gustav Söderström This 'AI Granny' Bores Scammers to Tears Congress ponders underwater alien civilizations, human hybrids, and other unexplained stuff In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Daniel Rubino, and Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: expressvpn.com/twit Fundrise.com/TWIT 1password.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT NetSuite.com/TWIT

2h 42m
3 DAYS AGO

Untitled Linux Show 178: I'm Interested in Cache

This week is full, with chat about KDE's new, upcoming distro; the details on Kernel 6.12 and what's coming with 6.13; and the latest scoop on Microsoft's .NET. Then there's copy-on-write, Ubuntu 25.04 news, and Framework's RISC-V mainboard/ For tips we have unalias, ngspice, pw-link, and a github hack for removing offline runners. Catch the show notes at https://bit.ly/4fvweO2 and until next week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Jeff Massie, and Ken McDonald Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

1h 36m
3 DAYS AGO

Hands-On Tech 191: Moving From Windows to Mac

On Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers questions such as about a feature in Linux that can allow you to cut and paste your entire drive, about passkeys and multiple accounts on the same website, and Mikah helps a listener with the process of transferring from working on a Windows machine to a new M4 Mac mini. Ole is looking for a feature in Linux that would allow him to move his Linux system and files from one drive to another without having to reinstall the operating system. Kevin is wondering if you can log into a website using passkeys if you have multiple accounts on that website. Gary has a follow-up to Mark's question about Kindle Sync from last week that could be useful for them. Ronald is planning to switch from his Dell Windows 10 computer to the new M4 Mac mini and has a slew of questions about when he will make the switch, from which Mac mini configuration he should go with, to using external drives with the computer, and which Thunderbolt hub Mikah recommends as well. And Stephen provides a follow-up on the question about smartphone hotspots from a few episodes ago, involving Jon's problem getting older hardware to connect to his iPhone hotspot. Remember to send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show! hot@twit.tv Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Hands-On Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

50 min
5 DAYS AGO

This Week in Space 137: Strange New Worlds

Kepler's Legacy With Dr. Jason Steffen Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guest: Dr. Jason Steffen For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space/episodes/137

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KDElinux

I love this man... I a soul believer in test the tech by hand. This man has taken to another level. I missed the screensavers. Till he bought it back!!! Thank you very much
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Jun 18

GimmeDatThang

💙 MacBreakWeekly and This Week In Tech are consumed weekly by me. My week is not complete without listening to either show.
Left wing drivel

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rcamp0222

Some of the shows are just left wing drivel. I get that you are all left wing but I’m still hanging on because still some actual tech talk.
The best

Jun 18

ashbusr

I have been listening and watching Leo and friends for 20 years. Even visited the Twit Brick House. Best tech news you can get, and funny too. I have learned a lot along the way about Macs and video. Keep going Leo!

Leo Laporte brings some of the most interesting personalities in technology together to talk about the most important issues. Fun, relaxed, informative and always entertaining, count on TWiT for the best tech podcasts in the world.

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