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Digital Art | TWiT Bits

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:05:57 PDT

Paul calls in to The Tech Guy to ask Leo about ways to share his artwork online without it getting stolen and about printing them.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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The $69 Million JPG | TWiT Bits

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:26:30 PDT

On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, Jason Hiner, Larry Magid, and Nicholas De Leon discuss how a Beeple JPG image was sold as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) for $69 million, the third-highest auction price by a living artist.

Full episode at twit.tv/twit814

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Jason Hiner, and Larry Magid

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Linux Foundation Announces Sigstore | TWiT Bits

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:50:46 PDT

The Linux Foundation announced Sigstore, an initiative to improve open source software security, and making software signing easy for developers.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twiet/434

Host: Curt Franklin

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Amazon Preventing Libraries From Lending E-books | TWiT Bits

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:45:52 PDT

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Mathew Ingram discuss how Amazon is stepping in the way of public libraries to prevent them from lending audiobooks and e-books using its platform.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/602

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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Is Amazon Working on an Alexa-Powered Robot? | TWiT Bits

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:39:42 PDT

How big of a priority is Amazon's home robot, the Vesta? Eugene Kim from Business Insider has the inside scoop.

For this story and more, check out Tech News Weekly: http://twit.tv/tnw/174

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell

Guest: Eugene Kim

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Ethics in Tech Reviews | TWiT Bits

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:34:40 PDT

On All About Android, Jason Howell, Florence Ion, Ron Richards, and Juan Bagnell discuss the current state of gadget reviews, how tech journalism intersects with YouTube reviews, and what can be done to improve it all.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/515

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Juan Bagnell

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Harman Kardon Says Goodbye to Cortana | TWiT Bits

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:12:39 PDT

On Windows Weekly, Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley, and Leo Laporte mourn the loss of Microsoft Cortana on Harman Kardon's Invoke smart speaker.

Full episode at twit.tv/ww715

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

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Crispy Subtitles from Lay's | TWiT Bits

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 21:11:22 PDT

On Security Now, Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte shine a light on a new browser extension by potato chip company Lay's that attempts to translate audio automatically when it detects that the user is eating potato chips.

For this story and more, check out Security Now: http://twit.tv/sn/809

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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How AirTags Could Protect Your Privacy | TWiT Bits

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:53:48 PDT

Given the potential privacy concerns that Apple's rumored AirTags could bring about, Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay dig through the rumors surrounding the product in order to understand how Apple could maintain user privacy.

Full episode twit.tv/mbw756

Hosts: Alex Lindsay, Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko

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Is Zoom Fatigue Real? | TWiT Bits

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 21:22:06 PDT

On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Lisa Schmeiser, and Wil Harris discuss the results of a Stanford study that spells out what causes "Zoom Fatigue" and why it may not be totally accurate.

Full episode at twit.tv/twit813

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Alex Lindsay, and Wil Harris

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NSA Publishes Zero-Trust Model | TWiT Bits

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 21:51:35 PDT

On This Week in Enterprise Tech, Curt Franklin, Lou Maresca and Brian McHenry discuss the NSA's Zero-Trust model.

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Hosts: Louis Maresca, Curt Franklin, and Brian McHenry

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NFTs Explained! | TWiT Bits

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:06:45 PDT

On Tech News Weekly, Jason Howell, Mikah Sargent, and guest Lance Ulanoff talk about the sudden excitement around NFTs, non-fungible tokens, how they get their value, and what it means for investors and creators alike.

For this story and more, check out Tech News Weekly: http://twit.tv/tnw/173

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jason Howell

Guest: Lance Ulanoff

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Securing Data With LASERS | TWiT Bits

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:26:42 PDT

Lou Maresca of This Week in Enterprise Tech shares the Science News story regarding the use of LASERS creating random numbers. Lasers can do so because of the naturally occurring fluctuations in the light's frequency over a given amount of time. This fundamental information has been used to design a way to create random numbers which can be used in encryption algorithms and other data security practices by physicist Hui Cao and colleagues.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twiet/432

Host: Louis Maresca

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Google Plans to Stop Individual Users Ad Tracking | TWiT Bits

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:09:13 PDT

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt discuss Google's announcement that it will stop tracking individual users for the purposes of ad tracking and rely on anonymous group-based tracking instead.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/601

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt, PhD

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Is Google Locking Down Chrome? | TWiT Bits

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 18:42:04 PDT

Google Chrome is a popular browser, but it continues to lose market share. On FLOSS Weekly, Jonathan Bennett discusses the controversy of Google limiting access to the Chrome API even though there's the fundamentals of the open source Chromium project in place for Google Chrome browser.

For more, check out FLOSS Weekly: http://twit.tv/floss/619

Hosts: Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman

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Microsoft's Mesh Mixed Reality | TWiT Bits

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:12:20 PDT

Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley, and Leo Laporte explain Microsoft Mesh Mixed Reality, a set of mixed-reality features and services the company announced at Microsoft Ignite 2021.

Full episode at twit.tv/ww714

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

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Huawei Contacts Biden Administration | TWiT Bits

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:05:43 PDT

Huawei had been declared a national security threat previously by the Trump administration. With Trump out of office, Huawei has reached out to the Biden administration to advise that it's not a security threat. On This Week in Enterprise Tech, Lou Maresca, Curtis Franklin, and Brian McHenry discuss the potential of Huawei making a return to the US markets as well as why Huawei has been considered a national threat for several years.

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Hosts: Louis Maresca, Curt Franklin, and Brian McHenry

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Google TV Sets Will Have a Dumb TV Mode | TWiT Bits

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:07:39 PDT

On All About Android, Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion discuss a feature coming to TV sets that ship with Google TV that allows users to bypass the smart features altogether and set it up as a "basic" TV set.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/514

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

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As Easy As SolarWinds123 | TWiT Bits

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:56:20 PDT

On Security Now, Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte discuss the revelation that an intern changed the SolarWinds password to "SolarWinds123" back in 2017 where it stayed unchanged for two years.

For this story and more, check out Security Now: http://twit.tv/sn/808

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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iPhone 13 Rumors Abound! | TWiT Bits

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:29:56 PDT

What can we expect from Apple's next iPhone? Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko discuss the latest rumors about the iPhone 13.

Full episode at twit.tv/mbw755

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, Andy Ihnatko, and Alex Lindsay

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Super Follows and Creator Burnout | TWiT Bits

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:37:23 PDT

On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, Lance Ulanoff, Shira Lazar, and Devindra Hardawar walk through the benefits of Twitter's new monetization feature called Super Follows and question how creators can avoid burnout.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet812

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Shira Lazar, Devindra Hardawar, and Lance Ulanoff

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Controlling Kid's YouTube Access During Class | TWiT Bits

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:09:25 PDT

Kevin has a first-grader in distance learning and wants to minimize the distraction from YouTube during class.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1774

Host: Leo Laporte

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Biden Executive Order to Ease Chip Shortage | TWiT Bits

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:16:20 PDT

On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt discuss US President Biden's Executive Order that is designed to help address many of the challenges facing the global semiconductor supply.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/600

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

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Understanding Google & Facebook's Actions in Australia | TWiT Bits

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:47:30 PDT

Alex Kantrowitz from Big Technology Podcast talks about how Facebook and Australia have made amends in the News Feed dust-up.

For this story and more, check out Tech News Weekly: http://twit.tv/tnw/172

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Alex Kantrowitz

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Alan Hess: Concert Photography Workflow | TWiT Bits

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:38:08 PDT

Alan Hess, the guest on Hands-On Photography 67 gives some bonus concert photography tips and his workflow to quickly get photos out to the client.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/hop/67

Host: Ant Pruitt

Guest: Alan Hess

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Why Choose Rust Over C++ ? | TWiT Bits

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:43:29 PDT

Steve Klabnik of Rust joins Doc Searls and Shawn Powers on FLOSS Weekly. Powers asks Klabnik to discuss and compare the Rust programming language to the popular C++ language. Why choose to use Rust over C++?

For more, check out FLOSS Weekly: http://twit.tv/floss/618

Hosts: Shawn Powers and Doc Searls

Guest: Steve Klabnik

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Updating Windows 10 - Don't Be a Seeker | TWiT Bits

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:17:25 PDT

On Windows Weekly, Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley, and Leo Laporte discuss Microsoft's new Windows Feature Experience Pack. That leads to a discussion about updating Windows, which ultimately leads to the discovery of a new Settings screen in Windows 10.

Full episode at twit.tv/ww713

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

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Android 12's Best Hidden Features | TWiT Bits

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:15:26 PDT

On All About Android, Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Florence Ion, and Mishaal Rahman from XDA Developers discuss the many new features found on Android 12 Developer Preview 1 including a number of hidden features that signal big changes in the pipeline.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/513

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Mishaal Rahman

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New Browser-Tracking Hack Uses Favicon | TWiT Bits

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 21:46:40 PDT

On Security Now, Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte discuss a new browser-tracking hack that utilizes the Favicon and works even in Incognito or when the cache is flushed.

For this story and more, check out Security Now: http://twit.tv/sn/807

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Protecting Yourself From Mac Malware | TWiT Bits

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:10:57 PDT

After security researchers discovered a new round of malware on nearly 30,000 Macs, they set to work trying to understand its mechanisms. On MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Alex Lindsay discuss this latest bit of malware and talk about how they protect their Macs.

Full episode on twit.tv/mbw754

Hosts: Rene Ritchie, Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

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