How to use Emergency SOS and Medical ID on your iPhone to keep you and your data safe.

Your iPhone has a safety feature called "Emergency SOS" that can help you quickly and safely make an emergency call — it will also alert your emergency contacts and send them your current location. Medical ID gives emergency responders potentially life-saving information, including your blood type, medical conditions, allergies, and more.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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The founder of Black Tech Pipeline joins us to talk about the org., Facebook may be a better social media platform for educating others, and what you need to do to protect yourself digitally before leaving the house.

First, Pariss Chandler, the creator of #BlackTechTwitter and founder of Black Tech Pipeline, shares the origin story of the organization, how to join, and how to help elevate Black voices online and in tech roles.

Then, OneZero's Joshua Adams joins the pair to explain how Facebook can be a better platform for educating others on racial injustice. He also talks about his upcoming book and shares his thoughts on memes and their role in messaging.

Lastly, Nathan Sheard of the Electronic Frontier Foundation details methods of digital defense. Before you leave the house, Sheard shares the steps you need to take to protect yourself.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Pariss Chandler, Joshua Adams, and Nathan Sheard

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• Leo and Mikah show you apps and services that will help you maintain your privacy, take a stand, and protest safely.
• Take a stand: ACLU Mobile Justice, 5 Calls, Shortcuts to use if you're pulled over or detained by police, how to prepare your phone for a protest, and EatOkra. Matthew's shortcut at https://bit.ly/2XPs5xY
• News: Apple launches #TheShowMustBePaused campaign in cooperation with the rest of the music industry, Apple releases iOS 13.5.1 update that fixes a jailbreak, and 9to5Mac shares an early look at Apple News+ Audio.
• Listener feedback: Saving settings across device updates and how to enable Face ID using Siri.
• Mikah's App Cap: Oh Bother
• Leo's App Cap: Hey Mayo

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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• Amazon says it's dropping support for the Echo Look, Google is trying out a simpler interface for the Nest Hub Max that could be used in retirement homes, and Matthew and Mikah share some tips on protesting safely and securely.
• Pinterest adds a 'Shop' tab to its Lens Camera search results to showcase matching in-stock products | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/36TbNYQ
• Amazon will no longer support the Echo Look, encourages owners to recycle theirs | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2zUW9Aa
• Denise Howell's Instagram | Instagram: https://bit.ly/3dnsfTK
• Google adding Advanced Protection for Nest devices | The Verge: https://bit.ly/2U2mEur
• Google is piloting a simpler Nest Hub Max interface at retirement homes | TechCrunch: https://tcrn.ch/3coDZ79
• Free Nest Mini released to some YouTube Premium subscribers | SlashGear: https://bit.ly/2BoyV65
• Google's latest Pixel features include a "safety check" for when you're walking alone | The Verge: https://bit.ly/36SURSv
• PROTESTING SAFELY
• How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance | Wired: https://bit.ly/3eGMsEp
• A Shortcut in the event you're detained by police | Twitter: https://bit.ly/3eGfFiE
• You Need This iPhone Shortcut if You're Protesting | Lifehacker: https://bit.ly/2ZXQPH1
• Mobile Witness for Android | Google Play Store: https://bit.ly/2Xnkwzn
• PICKS OF THE WEEK
• Matthew: Research-based solutions to stop police violence | Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Bj0LAt
• 10 books about race to read instead of asking a POC to explain it to you | Bustle: https://bit.ly/2ZV6oPL
• Mikah: A thread showing you where you can donate to bail relief organizations | Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gJfPrt

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli

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Night Shift on iOS may help improve your sleep. Here's how to use it!

Your iPhone and iPad are blasting your eyes with blue light throughout the day. Mikah shows you how to use Night Shift — a feature that reduces blue light exposure — and explains why it may help you improve your sleep.

Evidence for the Role of Blue Light in the Development of Uveal Melanoma from the Journal of Ophthalmology - http://twit.to/hoi17a

Circadian Rhythms from NIGMS - http://twit.to/hoi17b

Use Night Shift on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch from Apple - http://twit.to/hoi17c

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Trump's social media Executive Order, HBO Max vs Disney+, IGTV monetization.

• Emily Birnbaum from Protocol talks about what she learned after securing an early version of the Executive Order that threatens to control how social media platforms operate.
• HBO Max hopes to have a launch that rivals Disney+, and Joan Solsman from CNET breaks down why the two are actually pretty different.
• Instagram is finally giving content creators a way to monetize their media through the platform. Ashley Carman from The Verge talks about the way that will happen on IGTV.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Emily Birnbaum, Joan Solsman, and Ashley Carman

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Leo and Mikah show you some apps you can use to teach and learn at home.

• iOS home schooling help: Minecraft: Education Edition, Desmos Graphing Calculator, WolframAlpha, MarcoPolo World School, edX: Courses by Harvard & MIT, iTunes U, DIY.org
• News: Apple's latest iOS update adds COVID-19 contact tracing, new group FaceTime settings, and quicker password access while wearing a face mask; 9to5Mac has a list of states with apps for Apple & Google's contact tracing API; Apple TV+'s ""Mythic Quest: Quarantine"" episode was shot on 40 iPhones and raised $600,000 for charity.
• Listener feedback: YubiKey and two-factor authentication codes and exporting health data from the Apple Watch.
• Mikah's App Cap: Concepts
• Leo's App Cap: Classic Sudoku!

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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iPhone battery giving you trouble? Here's how to fix it.

Mikah gives you the ins, outs, and in-betweens of troubleshooting battery life and battery health on your iOS devices.

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Twitter is testing a new reply system that lets users choose who can and can't reply to them, students are failing AP tests due to a new, allegedly better image format, and a brief look at the potential future of the theater.

First, Jason strikes up a conversation about Twitter's new reply system — some users are now able to limit who can reply to a given tweet.

Then, Mikah applauds Netflix's latest announcement wherein the company says it will remove unused Netflix accounts — no need to pay for a subscription you aren't using.

Then, The Verge's Monica Chin joins the pair to reveal a new and troubling situation for students taking AP tests remotely: the iPhone's default HEIC image format is causing those students to fail their tests.

Finally, freelance writer Eric Ravenscraft pops in to talk about his article in OneZero regarding the future of movie theaters and our movie-watching experiences.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Monica Chin and Eric Ravenscraft

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Microsoft Build 2020 Satya Nadella Vision Keynote, Imagine Cup, and Scott Hanselman Developer Keynote

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave his annual Vision Keynote at Build 2020. Nadella talked briefly about Github, Power Platform, Azure, Windows, Teams, and Project Reunion. He interviewed Greg Bowman, Director of Folding@Home, talking about how Folding@Home has been used to fight Alzheimer's Disease and Cancer, and is currently being used to fight Covid-19. Then he featured five artists at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music who have been using Teams to connect virtually during the current shelter-at-home order.

After Nadella's keynote, the conference moved on to the Imagine Cup, a tech competition for college students. The winning team, Hollow from Hong Kong, is developing a tool to help throat cancer victims recover their voices.

Build then moved on to Scott Hanselman, who interviewed several developers. He first interviewed Kayla Clarence about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, the new Windows terminal, the Winget Windows Package Manager, and using Teams to code in the terminal collaboratively. Then he called Nat Friedman, CEO of Github. Friedman talked about Github's new free-to-everybody system, mobile app, and integration with Visual Studio through Codespace. Then he interviewed Allison Buchholtz-Au, Program Manager of Codespace at Microsoft who went id-depth about Codespace. Scott also talked about .Net Core 3.1 and changes to Visual Studio 2019.

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