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Super Follows, TikTok Success Secrets, Pandemic Baby Bust, Stadia's Failure

Google's Stadia Problem? A Video Game Unit That's Not Googley Enough.
Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets.
I Will Never Charge You for My Tweets.
The Rise of Clubhouse.
Baby Bust: America's Pandemic Birth Declines Steeper Than Initially Believed.
The Secret to TikTok Success is There is No Secret.
Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for "solarwinds123" password leak.
Verizon support says you should turn off 5G to save your phone's battery.
Valve Ordered to Give Apple Information on 436 Steam Games As Part of Epic Games Legal Case.
Amazon's new rotating, the follow-you camera is useful — and invasive.
A software update has caused some Roombas to misbehave, and iRobot is working on a fix.
Facebook Is Considering Facial Recognition For Its Upcoming Smart Glasses.
GameStop shares soar more than 100% amid executive shuffle.
Bots hyped up GameStop on major social media platforms, analysis finds.
Sources: Robinhood is planning to confidentially file for an IPO as soon as next month.
Square announces it spent $170M to acquire 3,318 bitcoins at an average price of $51,236.
CD Projekt Red delays the 'Cyberpunk 2077' 1.2 patch until March.
PlayStation CEO says PS5 will get its own VR headset, explains console supply chain shortfall.
HP is buying gaming accessory brand HyperX for $425 million.
MSI GS66 Stealth review (2021): The gaming sweet spot comes to laptops.
'Deep Nostalgia' Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos.
Shockingly Real Tom Cruise Deepfakes Are Invading TikTok.
Border agents can search phones freely under the new circuit court ruling.
Biden Orders Broad Supply-Chain Review Amid Chip Shortages.
California can finally enforce its landmark net neutrality law, judge rules.
F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy.
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans.
It's the End of an Era: Fry's Calls It Quits.
Farewell Cinefex, you unlocked the magic of VFX for everyone.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Troubleshooting a broken keyboard on a laptop.

A caller's website got hijacked, backup options for your photography needs, running old games in a virtual machine, playing music all over your house with a HomePod, doing cloud backups on your computer with an external hard drive, why you can't install iOS apps from third-party stores, adding surround sound to your TV, why you might be getting password errors with iDrive, talking to Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Rod Pyle

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Fry's Electronics closes its doors, cloning a hard drive with Linux, personal sound amplification products(PSAP) with Scott Wilkinson, why is call quality bad with Wi-Fi calls? What to do with an internet radio without an internet guide, will Starlink be a fast internet connection? Travel news with Johnny Jet, are permanent hearing aids worth the cost? Finding a good, cheap camcorder for school video projects, preventing kids from getting distracted with YouTube during distance learning, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Facebook to reverse news ban on Australian sites, government to make amendments to media bargaining code
Murdoch's law and the net
GameStop shares soar more than 100% amid executive shuffle
Trump reportedly appealed to FB Oversight Board
Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company's Business
Taco Bell chicken sandwich/taco! Pickled jalapeño > pickle
A second Google A.I. researcher says the company fired her
Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long?
Alphabet in talks with Spanish publishers to bring Google News back, sources say
Biden admin plans executive order to address chip-shortage woes
Google Pixel phone saved an unconscious man from being trapped in an overturned vehicle for hours
Google-linked smart city plan ditched in Portland
Samsung now updates Android for longer than Google does
It's the End of an Era: Fry's Calls It Quits
Birders fighting over celeb birds on Twitter
Dorsey says Twitter needs to go all-in on subs
California can finally enforce its landmark net neutrality law, judge rules
YouTube to Let Parents Set Up Supervised Accounts for Kids Under 13
Google surfacing lightweight HTML5 games in Discover, Chrome around the world
Android's latest update will let you schedule texts, secure your passwords, and more
Apple TV App Is Now Available on Chromecast With Google TV
Jetpack Compose enters beta, making Android UI development easier
Google is bringing games to Android Auto, and no, it's not Stadia
Google Calendar now lets you set split working hours, repeating OOO entries
Google Chat website getting a Gmail-like redesign with Hangouts-style chat windows
Picks:

Stacey: Ting Fire Safety
Jeff: The music industry makes more money but has more mouths to feed
Ant: "W" is for Whack
Leo: Lena @ Things Of Interest

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Updating Windows, Microsoft Ignite, and Power Fx

Microsoft Office

Microsoft announces two new Office updates for 2021:
Office LTSC
Office 2021 for commercial and consumer customers


Windows 10

Microsoft is cutting Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC support from ten years to five
Microsoft Brings Another FEP to the Windows Insider Beta Channel
Microsoft to talk about the future of mixed reality' at Ignite conference next week


Power Platform

Microsoft readies Power Fx, a new Power Platform low-code language
Too late; P# already exists


Surface

Microsoft is Selling Replacement SSDs for Surface Pro 7+


Microsoft

Microsoft Concludes Its SolarWinds Investigation
Microsoft Calls for Australian-Style Media Arbitration in EU
Microsoft unveils three more 'industry clouds' for financial, manufacturing and nonprofit


Xbox

Microsoft Announces Games for Gold for March
Fall Guys Lands on Xbox This Summer
Sony is Bringing VR to PlayStation 5
Sony is Bringing PlayStation Games to the PC


Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Buy cereal, get Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
App pick of the week: Tiles 2.0
Developer pick of the week: .NET Conf Focus on Windows
Enterprise pick of the week: Automatically translate Word docs into PowerPoints
Beer pick of the week: Delirium Black Barrel Aged

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

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SHAREit's security update, Solorigate, Brave's "Private Window with Tor".

SHAREit Follow-up
This Week in Web Browser Tracking
Brave's "Private Window with Tor" was not so private
Tracking with eMail Beacons
Microsoft's final "Solorigate" update
"Good App goes Bad for Profit"
SpinRite: RS shows VERY obvious improvement after one pass of SR 6
Dependency Confusion
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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