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A very mustached Leo Laporte takes a look at Microsoft's 2019, from Windows 7's impending doom to the "Scarlett" next-gen console (later named Xbox Series X). Plus, we can never forget Paul's intense tornado warning during episode 623! Happy Holidays from Leo, Paul, and Mary Jo! Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

This Week's Stories: - AirPods Pro improve audio latency with H1 chip - Apple, Google, Amazon, and more partner on new IoT standard - Apple open sources some of HomeKit - ToTok spy chat app removed from App Store - Apple's secret satellite internet team - Mossberg's decade of Apple - AppleTV+ hits its stride with fabulous finales - iPhone takes 66% of smartphone profits - Apple's highs and lows of 2019 - All Mac software will have to be notarized to run starting in February - San Francisco face recognition ban almost locks out employees' iPhones - New iPhone flash photography spec - App Store Xmas surprises - New Apple Watch badges in 2020 - Apple Arcade Lego game - USB-C magnetic charging pad for Apple Watch - Mythic Quest - AirPods Pro smell like blueberries - Snow Crash coming to HBO Max - Need a last-minute Xmas gift? Apple has two-hour delivery! Picks of the Week: - Leo's Pick: LuLu from Objective-See - Andy's Pick: Patrick Stewart's "A Christmas Carol" - Rene's Pick: Pokemon Go Buddies - Lory's Pick: Dial Code Santa Claus (Game Over) Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly.

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent: Our favorite apps & games of 2019: Pocket Casts, Apple Research, Day One, Text Case, Picstructions, Pixelmator, Vox, and more. News: The U.S. Navy has banned TikTok from government-issued mobile devices, Apple is reportedly working on satellite-to-iPhone data transmission technology, AirPods Pro have relatively low Bluetooth latency, ToTok is a popular app that's also a spy tool, San Francisco slightly walks back its facial recognition ban after it realizes employees can't use iPhones with Face ID, and Apple introduces specs for Made for iPhone flash and strobe accessories. Viewer Feedback: Digital library management, duplicate and similar photo removal on iOS, and permissions troubleshooting for photo apps. Leo's App Cap: Snowflake Weather Mikah's App Cap: GasBuddy Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. You can contribute to iOS Today by sending an email to iostoday@twit.tv.

On this Eve of 2020, we look back over the hacks of the past decade: The big news of 2010 was Stuxnet -- Boy did THAT make an impression Operation Aurora - the hack that changed Google The Sony Playstation Hack And then we have... Diginotar Edward Snowden The Target hack The Adobe hack Silk Road takedown Have I Been Pwned? The hack of Sony Pictures The hack of Mt. Gox Heartbleed RowHammer Ashley Madison data breach SIM swapping The Ukraine power grid hacks DNC hack Yahoo hacks go public The Shadow Brokers The birth of IoT botnets WannaCry / Petya / NotPetya Vault7 leaks MongoDB exposed Equifax Coinhive & Cryptojacking Meltdown, Spectre, and the CPU side-channel attacks Marriott gets hacked 2019 - The Year of the Ransomware We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-746-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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.

Leo Laporte answers Jim's question about how to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Get yours before Microsoft stops support for Windows 7 on January 14th, 2020. Download Windows 10: https://twit.to/win10 Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guy Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit

VPN security, computer choices for traveling, importing music into iTunes properly, printer troubleshooting, reliable internet access, and more of your calls! Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Sponsor: ringcentral.com/techguy

On This Week in Tech's 2019 Holiday Special, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Mary Jo Foley, and Mikah Sargent run down the top Tech News stories of 2010 - 2019. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, Stacey Higginbotham, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT do.co/twit masterclass.com/twit mackweldon.com promo code TWIT

Can you save money with Youtube TV? Android phone recommendations, why powerline broadband isn't as big as it could be, getting your VOIP service back, protecting your bank information online, and more of your calls! Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Sponsors: brave.com/TWIT do.co/twit

Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, Jason Howell, and Mikah Sargent share their favorite tech gadgets of 2019. Ant's picks:Logitech MX Master 3 https://twit.to/hot72a Google Pixel 4 https://twit.to/hot72bWacom Cintiq 16 https://twit.to/hot72c Jason's picks:Google Pixel 3a https://twit.to/hot72dOnePlus 7 Pro https://twit.to/hot72eOculus Quest https://twit.to/hot72f Mikah's picks:Apple Watch Series 5 https://twit.to/hot72hMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3 https://twit.to/hot72iBeddr SleepTuner https://twit.to/hot72j Leo's picks:Apple iPhone 11 Pro https://twit.to/hot72kApple MacBook Pro 16-inch https://twit.to/hot72lSony a7R IV https://twit.to/hot72mPeak Design Clutch CL-3 https://twit.to/hot72nSony ECM-B1M https://twit.to/hot72oPeak Design Travel Tripod https://twit.to/hot72pGoogle Nest Hub Max https://twit.to/hot72q Bonus pick: Insta360 One X https://twit.to/hot72g Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jason Howell, Mikah Sargent, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Find more products we recommend at https://twit.to/amazon Sponsor: iFixit.com/hot

This Week's Stories: Chris Capossela is back! Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela returns for our favorite holiday tradition.Xbox Series X Microsoft unexpectedly announces the name of the next Xbox console Yes, it's a terrible name The "real" name of the console generation is just... Xbox Yes, it's one of at least two console versions (expect an Xbox Series S too) Given this, should be called Xbox, Series X. Come on, isn't everyone thinking of Windows Phone 7 Series? Do these people ever learn? Windows 10 vNext (and vNext Next) Confusion reigns: Microsoft releases a new Fast ring build that is post-20H1 But it contains improvements that may or may not be in the next version of Windows 10. And the one after that... Windows 10 You can now make/receive phone calls with Your Phone! (Android only) Your Phone will soon support 2000 phone photos (up from 25) Bing Visual Search comes to Windows 10 Semi-related: Invoke users experiences weird outages over the past two weeks. Resetting seems to help, but expect this speaker to continue losing functionality over time. Microsoft Edge Microsoft will very aggressively push aside legacy Edge in January when the new Edge appears It's like the old Edge never happened Developers can now publish extensions to the new Edge extensions store Xbox Halo: The Master Chief Collection is off to a fast start on PC. Hey Mikey! They like it! Microsoft announces remaining Game Pass for console titles for December Activision cites massive success for latest Call of Duty Tips and picks Tip of the week: Stay tuned for the Chris Cap giveaway! Check-in with Thurrott.com this week for the details about the Microsoft hardware and software giveaways for Windows Weekly. App pick of the week: Adobe Lightroom (Microsoft Store version) Enterprise pick of the week: Windows Server 20 04 Codename pick of the week: Alta Beer pick of the week: Prairie Christmas Bomb Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Guest: Chris Capossela Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: metallic.io/windows Wasabi.com offer code Windows

This Week's Stories Google, Apple, Amazon, Zigbee, and others join to make universal IoT standard Motherboard has it out for Ring Google wants to beat Microsoft and Amazon in the cloud by 2023 "Hey Google, that wasn't for you" deletes what you just said California AB5 will kill the gig economy in 2020 Facebook says it already complies with California's new consumer privacy law Facebook funding independent content oversight board with $130m USDA drops Wakanda as a free trade partner New Orleans narrowly avoids ransomware nightmare Never cross Greta. She wins vs. German rail company The US swipes Snowden's book profits Top 10 apps of 2019 ICANN may block the sale of .org to Ethos Capital The Far Side is coming back Picks of the Week Jeff's Thing: Beddr SleepTuner Ant's Thing: Be mindful of your holiday lights Stacey's Thing: SmartDry wireless laundry sensor Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsors: metallic.io/twig brave.com/TWIT

This Week's Stories: Google turns over 1500 users' location data to catch Milwaukee arsonist Android's Messenger app offers its users verified SMS messaging conversations with supporting companies US Senate Judiciary Committee threatens Apple and Facebook Apple's iOS v13.3 adds support for hardware key dongle authentication in Safari Patch Tuesday shuts down a widespread elevation of privilege vulnerability Researchers discover prime factor collisions in active RSA certificates New Orleans hit by a ransomware attack on Friday the 13th Chrome stops displaying "www." Google re-enables their Chrome's new code integrity protection feature Plundervolt: software-based fault injection attacks against Intel SGX We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-745-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. 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: brave.com/TWIT Wasabi.com offer code SecurityNow expressvpn.com/securitynow

This Week's Stories Mac Pro Teardown: yes, it grates cheese! Apple patents in-screen fingerprint reader BetterTouchTool is a great tool for MacBook Pros Apple Makes Mac Pros for the US in Texas, the rest of the world in China Apple dodges 15% tariff on Chinese imports AirPods make Apple $4 Billion per quarter HomeKit could be Apple's next big business Three Apple products make Time's top 10 gadgets of the decade Apple kills app that turns your iPhone into an iPod Apple is moving to Pittsburgh MKBHD's 2019 Blind Smartphone Camera Test Apple buys British company to make iPhone camera better Bug in iOS lets kids skirt parental controls in contacts Apple Arcade deal: get 12 months for the price of 10 Apple Arcade gets Ultimate Rivals: The Rink Apple News gets election coverage from ABC Get your Christmas movie classics for cheap at the Apple store Tim Cook loves monopolies! Apple is hiring! Apple gives free genetic screening to its employees Picks of the Week Leo's Pick: Peak Design Travel Tripod Andy's Pick: Inigo Gets Out on Archive.org Rene's Picks: Digital Sputnik Voyager, Snowflake Weather Lory's Pick: Spirited Away Alex's Pick: SKAAT Car Vent Magnet Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil, and Alex Lindsay Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Sponsor: tailorstore.com/twit offer code TWIT

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent: Tell a story with iOS apps: Quik, Snapchat, Google Photos, Apple Photos, Spark Camera, Adobe Premiere Rush for Video, Day One, Journi. News: Folks aren't interested in spending much more on smartphones, AirPods are a $4-billion-per-quarter business, a BTS band member says he's lost 33 pairs of AirPods, Federico Viticci releases MusicBot, iPhone 11 Pro is knocked out in the first round of MKBHD's blind smartphone camera test, the Touch ID sensor in the new MacBook Pro could end up in future iPhones. Viewer Feedback: Spending between $100 and $200, what is a good pair of in-ear headphones for a person with small ear canals? Etymotic ER3SE earphones Samsung Galaxy Buds Jabra Elite 75t Soundcore (Anker) Liberty Air Mikah's App Cap: Spaceteam Leo's App Cap: Any.do Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ios-today. You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv. Sponsor: tailorstore.com/iostoday offer code IOSTODAY

Leo Laporte answers Darla's question about MTS/M2TS video files and how to play them and convert to MP4.Get VLC: https://www.videolan.orgGet Handbrake: https://handbrake.fr Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guy Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit