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Can't connect a smart home device to your network? Many older IoT devices won't work on the 5 GHz band. Leo Laporte explains how to connect your device to the 2.4 GHz band. *eero is a TWiT Network sponsor* Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guy Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit

Contact Tracing, Synthetic Biology Ask a futurist: how do we get from now to the Covid-19 free future? Steer into the slide. The future of synthetic biology is sticking viruses into our systems as medication Apple-Google contact tracing vs Palantir: who do you trust? France bans Amazon from selling non-essential items: should America follow? Should Amazon be doing more with automation? The best videoconferencing etiquette Why are people tearing down 5g towers to fight coronavirus? What new businesses are going to be born out of the Covid-19 crisis? Automation, synthetic biology, and delivery get a VC boost AI development and Big Tech data gathering is leading us down a dystopian superhighway Is CES gone for good? How long can movie theaters stay closed? Salute to the real heroes - the IT people keeping us all connected in this crisis Distance learning: what is working, what isn't, and what is the future of education? How did Microsoft fumble Cortana? The same way they fumbled Windows Phone Apple hopes to put its own chips in macs Google says AI can design a chip in 6 hours The next world war will be fought in cyberspace Kim Jong Un: Dead or alive? Will North Korea be the next manufacturing hotspot or a radioactive crater? Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Amy Webb and Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: extrahop.com/TWIT LastPass.com/twit twit.cachefly.com www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT

Sending group text messages with blind carbon copy. Chrome security, using a Windows 7 machine on a network without access to the internet, Apple TVs, autonomous cars, WiFi 6 being approved, knowing when to get a WiFi 6 router, getting into voiceover work, and more of your calls! Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Sam Abuelsamid Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy. For detailed show notes, visit techguylabs.com. Sponsors: itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Wasabi.com offer code TWIT

An iOS bug crashes iPhones, a good phone that can text without internet, should I still get a Windows computer? Scott Wilkinson has suggestions for inexpensive and expensive soundbars for your TV, troubleshooting a VOIP phone, making room on an old Android phone, Johnny Jet: when will people start traveling again? Affordable 55" TVs, can I get money back for a canceled cruise? Two-factor authentication options to secure an account, hanging out with the GizWiz 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. Sponsor: mintmobile.com/techguy

Leo looks at the new Macbook Air, the good, the bad, and the ugly webcam. Starting at $999 ($899 education pricing) with dual-core 1.1Ghz i3, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage in Silver, Space Gray, and Gold. My machine, as configured, with quad-core 1.2 Ghz i7, 16 GB RAM, and 1 TB storage, $1849 All models include real ESC key and TouchID (no TouchBar) and two T3 ports on the left, headphone jack on the right. The new Magic keyboard with scissor switches isn't the best I've ever used, but it's usable, and a major upgrade from the 2018 model. There are no surprises here. It's a Macbook Air, with a better keyboard. Nevertheless, if you love the Macbook Air, the first ultrabook, which I do, it's great and I'm very happy to be able to recommend it again. Pros: Great 16:10 screen (2560x1600) with TrueTone All-day battery life Usable keyboard Super thin and light Cons: Y-Series Ice Lake chips are not super fast No Wi-Fi 6 Lackluster camera with no shutter Only two T3 ports, and they're both on the same side! Totally non-upgradable Expensive Leo Laporte gives you helpful tips to get the most from your Mac every week on Hands-On Mac Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-mac Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit

Google Debit Card, Zoom Burnout Google is working on a debit card to rival Apple card Google posts testing center maps Zoom burnout is now a thing Microsoft: how to preserve privacy while tracking COVID-19 Amazon shuts down 6,000 accounts for price gouging Twitter tried to tell us that the government is spying on you. A judge just said they can't. Tubi is mining credit bureaus to target ads at you Palantir will track COVID-19 for Trump Is Twitter good again? Fortnite on Google Play Stuntmen on Twitter Picks of the Week Leo's Tool: How-To: Data Tracking for a Sourdough Starter - Twilio Stacey's Thing: Folding@Home on a Pi Jeff's Numbers: Twitter discovers White Castle paté Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/worktogether

Microsoft 365 for consumers is here Microsoft has made the shift from Office 365 Personal/Home to Microsoft 365 Personal/Family What's changed? (Just the brand) What about all those new features that Microsoft promised? What about Teams? There's a lot of confusion about this one. Mo' Microsoft 365 Microsoft integrates Yammer into Teams. Is this the beginning of the end of Yammer? Skype gets custom background images Surface It looks like a virtual launch for Surface Go 2 and Surface Book 3. And probably a new Dock and those Earbuds we all forgot about. Latest rumor: A bigger screen for Surface Go 2.Windows 10 Microsoft finally moves Windows 10 version 2004 into Release Preview. No tea leaves are needed: This is the beginning of the end. Or the end of the beginning. New Fast and Slow ring builds today too Xbox New Xbox dashboard launches quietly, with no announcement Microsoft trademark application reveals the new X Series logo Tips and picks Tip of the week: You don't necessarily have to pay for Microsoft 365. Here's what you get for free. App pick of the week: New web browsers. Vivaldi gets serious about tracking and ads. Opera adds Instagram integration Plus: Curtains for Windows 10 brings back the XP look and feel, more Plus: Fornite is finally in the Google Play Store Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Research podcast. One of the best podcast series at Microsoft these days is the Microsoft Research podcast. The breadth of the topics covered is fantastic. They also offer some excellent explanations of existing cutting-edge tech. (And they have full transcripts online, too.) Check it out: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/category/podcast/ Codename pick of the week: Project Moca. Remember that Outlook Spaces feature that the Walking Cat unearthed a while back. Turns out, it's still under development and now goes by the "Project Moca" codename. (Thanks to one of our fans from Portland, Oregon, for the codename tipoff.) Beer pick of the week: Other Half All Together IPA. Other Half Brewing in Brooklyn has open-sourced a beer recipe, hoping other brewers will make versions of their own. This solid New England IPA called All Together, is meant as a benefit project for the hospitality industry workers who've been affected by COVID-19. All the proceeds are going to the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation. Keep an eye out for your local breweries' All Together releases. 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 ZipRecruiter.com/worktogether

Zoom Fixes Security, EARN IT is Evil, Tor in Trouble Zoom gets big-name help with security fixes Google updates Chrome to v81.0.4044.113 to squash a critical flaw FTP in Chrome lives another day! Google "undepreciates" FTP. Windows Patch Tuesday for April 2020 fixes 113 vulnerabilities "Basic Authentication" lives another day! Due to COVID-19, Microsoft and Google will keep "Basic Authentication" around for a little while longer EARN IT Act: call your Senator before it is too late! Tor Project fires over 1/3 of its staff Cloudflare dumps Google's reCAPTCHA We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-763-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: extrahop.com/TWIT WWT.COM/TWIT

iPhone SE first impressions, iPad Pro Magic Keyboard review. The Week's Stories: iPhone SE beats Android phones in every way except the camera iPad Pro Magic Keyboard review - there is a good reason it's so heavy Xcode coming to iOS 14 and iPadOS- is Final Cut coming to iPad? Apple TV+ making a new Fraggle Rock series! Apple moving iPhone SE production to Brazil iPhone too private to run French Covid-19 tracing app Tim Cook says Apple is in great shape to weather 2020 - Seoul, South Korea store reopens Apple over-the-ear headphones coming soon Blackmagic eGPU Pro discontinued Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: EpocCam turns your iPhone into a webcam Andy's Pick: DaVinci Resolve by Blackmagic Rene's Pick: Apple Watch Series 3 (Really!) Lory's Pick: Brydge Pro+ iPad Keyboard Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Sponsors: casper.com/macbreak - promo code MACBREAK hover.com/twit matias.ca/MacBreak

Leo and Mikah show you how to keep your iOS devices private and your data secure.On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent:--Privacy & Security-- YubiKey 5Ci Setting up two-factor authentication for your Apple ID Yes, Face ID and Touch ID are incredibly secure. You can use your iPhone to create and manage passwords for you. LastPass and other password managers work, too. Using a VPN like ExpressVPN Why and when to use NextDNS and Safari content blockers. --News-- Apple reveals the low-cost iPhone SE. Despite a May launch estimate, Apple opens orders for the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. Jon Prosser says Xcode is coming to iPad Pro — could Final Cut Pro X follow? Apple is rumored to be working on high-end headphones with magnetic, interchangeable parts. In a bid to compete with Twitch and Microsoft's Mixer, Facebook is working on an app for streaming and viewing games. Halide does a deep dive with the new iPad Pro in order to understand Apple's LIDAR camera array. Apple is now offering replacement ear tips for AirPods Pro. --App Caps-- Mikah: Apple TV app Leo: EpocCam 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: manscaped.com code IOS Molekule.com promo code IOS

Is the iPad Pro now a full-fledged computer? Leo Laporte answers Michael's question about the advantages and disadvantages of using Apple's iPad Pro as your primary or only computer. Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guy Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit

Separate IDs in Zoom and the Best SSD Options Creating separate IDs for Zoom, connecting a condenser mic to a computer, syncing your iPhone within the Catalina OS, unable to install Windows 10 on an older laptop, monitoring your kids' internet activity, installing Linux on a Chromebook, 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: manscaped.com code TECHGUY LastPass.com/twit

TWiT's 15th Anniversary, iPhone SE, Best Audio Equipment You Can Buy iPhone SE vs Sidekick 2 EARN IT will kill end-to-end encryption. Call your senator now! AMD is kicking Intel's butt The best speakers you can buy The best DACs you can buy The best headphones and headphone amplifiers you can buy The story of the first TWiT Catching up with Scott Herriott Catching up with Kevin Rose Catching up with Patrick Norton Catching up with Robert Heron Why Kevin Rose Doesn't Use Android Why Robert Heron loves Google Fi and the Pixel Magic Wormhole: how to encrypt your communications John Prosser: iPhone SE Plus coming soon iPad Pro Magic Keyboard turns the iPad Pro into a laptop More catching up with Kevin Rose Reminiscing about the good old days - Leisure Suit Larry, FidoNet, and BBSs Caveat Emptor: many NAS drives use SMR Computer security now vs 15 years ago Hard drives now vs 15 years ago Want a great $20,000 stereo? Buy the Symbol Audio Modern Record Console iRacing is the best esport in the world Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton, Robert Heron, and Scott Herriot Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: expressvpn.com/twit itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 Wasabi.com offer code TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/worktogether

Setting up live video streaming for church services, are SSD hard drives reliable for backups? The best writing apps for writing a book, what kind of webcam do I need for video conferencing? Can I download my photos from Google photos? How to tell if your Mac was hacked, 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: LastPass.com/twit expressvpn.com/techguy

Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Jason Howell kick off the weekend with TWiT Game Night to play Jackbox Party Pack 6. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mikah Sargent, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell Guest: Anthony Nielsen You can find more about TWiT and subscribe to our full shows at https://twit.tv/shows/