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This Week's Stories Mac Pro: only 1/3rd the cost of a banana duct-taped to a wall Apple TV+ gets its first Golden Globe award nomination AirPods make Apple $4 billion/quarter Here's how to get Samuel L. Jackson on your Amazon Echo Ring camera hacked to tell child to destroy their room Google gives US ATF location info on 1500 users Ask a Millennial: what's the deal with Tik Tok? Jack Dorsey wants an open standard Twitter Facebook wants end-to-end encryption. AG Barr is not so happy about that. India wants to get all its citizens' data New Orleans narrowly avoids ransomware hit Samsung didn't really sell a million Galaxy Folds, and other silly phone stories Paris Martineau's ultimate guide to Influencers Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Rosemary Orchard, Paris Martineau, and Owen JJ Stone Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: masterclass.com/twit brave.com/TWIT expressvpn.com/twit Bombas.com/twit

Is the pure Android experience of the Google Pixel better than Samsung? Windows Defender as an antivirus software, HD audio with streaming, a photos folder jumping to the top in Windows 10, baby monitor security, problems with SIM JACKING, how to get rid of old laptops, why your weather app might have the wrong data, 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. Sponsors: do.co/twit brave.com/TWIT

Will Starlink satellites ruin the sky for astronomers? Recovering a GMAIL account, stream music throughout the house, noise-canceling headphones, upgrading the storage in a Surface Pro 2, digitizing your old cassette tapes 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

This Week's Stories: YouTube Rewind and Google's 2019 Year in Search Google Glass Explorer Edition gets its final update Magic Leap isn't there yet Twitter funding decentralized social media Fortnite vs Google, The Information vs Apple Pixel Feature Drop Google AI weather-based alarms Verizon is shutting down emails of archivists trying to save Yahoo Groups Spotify's 2019: podcasts, podcasts, podcasts Picks of the Week: Jeff's Thing: First community of 3D printed homes Ant's Thing: When The Fire Alarm Goes Off At 3:30 AM Stacey's Thing: Philips Hue Sync Box 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: WWT.COM/TWIT expressvpn.com/twig brave.com/TWIT

Windows 7, we had a good run Microsoft will push a full-screen EOL warning to Windows 7 users in January Windows 7's Security Essentials AV software is going away after January 14, too Have our expectations changed about the impact the EOL will have on Windows 10 adoption? Hell freezes over Microsoft Teams is available on Linux. No, it's not April 1st. MS says other Office apps on the way The Way Back Machine: Paul had a 1999 scoop about Microsoft Office on Linux Windows 10 20H1 isn't quite done yet, but Microsoft keeps releasing new builds with no functional changes. - Another one last Friday too Your Phone now supports digital pens Collections goes live in Microsoft Edge Canary and Dev Hardware Microsoft patent application brings digital pen writing surface to Surface Book wrist rest Four more games come to Project xCloud Mobile + Web Office Mobile apps on iOS and Android are getting a makeover Office apps for Windows Mobile EOL in January 2021 - But what about on Windows 10 for PCs? Wunderlist is finally getting shut down New Slack design looks a little familiar Sticky Notes is coming to the web (via Outlook) Xbox + Games Cross play FINALLY comes to Minecraft on PS4 Gears 5 Operation 2 is out Halo: MCC off to a big start on PC Tips and picks Tip of the week: Check out the MSDN/TechNet archives Plus: Thanks to a Thurrott Premium promotion, I will update the Windows 10 Field Guide through the end of 2020 Plus: Take the 2020 Thurrott.com reader survey App pick of the week: Outlook mobile Enterprise pick of the week: Dynamics 365 Human Resources Enterprise pick No. 2 of the week: Campaign Views Beer pick of the week: The Chai Life Next week: It's the year and decade finale with our annual ChrisCapmas show! 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. Sponsors: expressvpn.com/windows capterra.com/windows ringcentral.com/windows

This Week's Stories Microsoft has started forcing feature updates on people who don't want them. Bypass to continue obtaining Win7 updates created. Microsoft's Project Verona continues moving forward. Microsoft's RDP client for iOS is back. Avast / AVG in the doghouse. Making a mountain out of a VPN molehill. We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-744-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: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT WWT.COM/TWIT itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30

This Week's Stories: Unboxing the Mac Pro Mac Pro is the shine on the Apple iOS 13.3 update: features and fixes MacBook Pro 16" Speaker Pop fix Apple sues former employee Apple returns to CES in 2020 to talk privacy 2021 iPhone will have no ports The Morning Show' nominated for Golden Globe awards Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: "Understanding Comics" by Scott McCloud Rene's Pick: Procreate 5 Lory's Pick: Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Alex's Pick: frame io for iPad 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. Sponsors: healthiq.com/macbreak metallic.io/macbreak LastPass.com/twit

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent: iOS Apps & Games of the Year: iPhone App of the Year: Spectre Camera by Lux Optics iPad App of the Year: Flow by Moleskine Apple TV App of the Year: The Explorers by The Explorers Network iPhone Game of the Year: "Sky: Children of the Light" by thatgamecompany iPad Game of the Year: "Hyper Light Drifter by Abylight S.L. Apple TV Game of the Year: "Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap" by DotEmu Apple Arcade Game of the Year: "Sayonara Wild Hearts" by Simogo App Trend of 2019: Storytelling Simplified: Anchor by Anchor FM Canva: Stories & Video Maker by Canva Unfold by Unfold Creative Steller by Expedition Travel Advisor Spark Camera by Dayworks Over by Over, Inc. Wattpad by Wattpad Corp. Game Trend of 2019: Blockbusters Reimagined: "Mario Kart Tour" by Nintendo "Dr. Mario World" by Nintendo "Minecraft Earth" by Mojang "Pokémon Masters" by DeNA Co "Assassin's Creed Rebellion" by Ubisoft "Gears POP!" by Microsoft Corporation "The Elder Scrolls: Blades" by Bethesda "Alien: Blackout" by D3PA "Call of Duty: Mobile" by Activision Publishing News: Incognito Mode on Google Maps, Apple Card gets interest-free iPhone installment plan and 6% discount on Apple products until the end of the year, Lightroom for iOS adds direct import functionality, Apple leads in wearables market, the Apple Store app gets a redesign, and Apple's Clips app gets a Memoji and Animoji update. Viewer Feedback: Why Apple doesn't update its stock apps as often as third-party apps update and the iPhone mount and selfie stick Leo used in iOS Today 475. GRIPT Secure Smartphone Tripod Adapter K-Tek Pro Tadpole Leo's App Cap: myNoise Mikah's App Cap: Pluto 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. Sponsors: expressvpn.com/iostoday IOSTODAY.aftershokz.com Promo Code IOSTODAY tailorstore.com/iostoday offer code IOSTODAY

Leo Laporte answers Lee's question about drive formats and how to make an external hard drive compatible with Mac, Windows, and Chromebook. Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guy Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit

Porting a Google Voice number to a smartwatch, getting Google Photos to delete photos after backing up, using your router for FIOS, understanding and managing permissions, can a NAS be hacked 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. Sponsors: ringcentral.com/techguy epson.com/ecotankleo brave.com/TWIT

Stories this Week Mac Pro is only for Pros Apple's pivot to services plays on our trust of Apple How amoral should companies be? Silicon Valley Finale Larry and Sergei ride off into the sunset - what happens next? How worried should companies be about government regulation? Why we're watching Watchmen Amazon comes to New York, without tax benefits Stadiums as a metaphor for tech Amazon's re:Invent is all about AI Huawei makes "America-free" Phones What is the future of war? Is 5G going to be like LTE or WiMAX? Intel admits failure Reddit bans Russian sock puppets Elon dodges pedo bullet Magic Leap is the most amazing, important, incredible failure ever Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren and Amy Webb Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: Molekule.com promo code TWIT10 WWT.COM/TWIT mintmobile.com/twit privacy.com/twit

FBI says your refrigerator could be a security risk, updating to the latest macOS, using a tablet to replace sheet music on paper, Scott Wilkinson on how to improve your TV picture, making SSD hard drives last, creating a bootable image for a Mac, where to start with Linux, Operation Santa with Johnny Jet, Chromebook troubleshooting, finding the right printer, magnetic phone charger cables with Dick Debartolo, 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: simplisafe.com/twit brave.com/TWIT Epson.com/ecotankleo

This Week's Stories: Goodbye Larry and Sergei What "Other Bets" should Google kill? Google's biggest challenge for the next 10 years: the death of advertizing How would you break apart Google? Fired Google employees sue Everything you need to know about Amazon re:Invent Amazon's AI Composer isn't quite there yet Everything else you need to know about Amazon re:Invent AWS is Amazon's real business Facebook turns to AI to deal with awkward Thanksgiving conversations Is Peleton sexist? RIP Lil Bub Stacey gets super nerdy about T-Mobile's new 5G launch 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: brave.com/TWIT capterra.com/twig metallic.io/twig

Windows 10: The year in review The year in Windows 10 Microsoft changed Windows 10 development in major ways in 2019, and some changes are likely permanent, while others may not be Two feature updates, one real (that failed) and one fake (that succeeded) 20H1 completed much earlier than expected by non-tea-leaf readers What does this all mean for 2020? Chredging at the Edge Microsoft improves Edge tracking protection. But will it ever rival Brave or Safari? Related: Microsoft shouldn't be adding consumer features to the new Edge (and Edge mobile) Amazon re: Invent and how it's key to understanding Azure (and Ignite) re:Invent – 60K attendees and a gazillion announcements Ignite – 30K attendees and almost a gazillion announcements. Microsoft wants Ignite to become re:Invent Mobile + Dev Microsoft Remote Desktop gets a major update on iOS Microsoft releases a Chinese language learning app on Android Seeing AI for iOS comes to 5 new languages Microsoft ships .NET Core 3.1 Xbox Halo: Reach comes to PC. And you can get it on Steam! What's next? Related: Hands-On with Halo: Reach for PC PS5 dev kit leaked Plus: Scarlett/Lockhart rumors resurface Tips and picks Tip of the week: Help Mary Jo get the Notepad she deserves App pick of the week: Firefox 71 Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Dedicated Hosts Codename pick of the week: Verona Beer pick of the week: Sonoma Sour Stout 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. Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit expressvpn.com/windows Wasabi.com offer code Windows

This Week's Stories Everyone can still upgrade to Windows 10 for free with this trick HP SSDs fail after 32768 hours The EU is not happy about a possible US encryption ban US government's formal permission to hack 110 nursing homes have been crippled by a ransomware attack Firefox is seriously pushing back on tracking signal leakage New problems with Windows DLLs The StrandHogg vulnerability We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-743-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: LastPass.com/twit securitynow.cachefly.com Melissa.com/twit