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Build Canceled, Xbox Series X Event Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly/episodes/664 Sponsors: ZipRecruiter.com/windows LastPass.com/twit Melissa.com/twit

Today's Stories: Jeff Jarvis' list of who to follow on Twitter for expert advice on coronavirus Zeynep Tufekci on masks - they are not perfect, but they help. Google under coronavirus: pausing chrome updates, security issues Musk defiant: Tesla factory stays open despite shelter-in-place orders Charter makes workers come in Coronavirus patent trolls vs open-source medical supplies NBCUniversal offers streaming first-run movies - from movies to diapers to toilet paper, direct-to-consumer industries are thriving Amazon hiring 100,000 workers, increasing pay, as all other industries collapse Facebook, Reddit, Google, Twitter, YouTube fight coronavirus misinformation The EARN-IT Act will kill encryption and Section 230 Jeff Jarvis fixes Facebook's coronavirus spam filter Reporters Without Borders create the Uncensored Library in Minecraft Pixar founders win $1 million Turing prize Picks of the Week: Jeff's Number: Virtual Choir x 3 Stacey's Thing 1: Teach your kid science Stacey's Thing 2: Sourdough: A Novel at https://amzn.to/2UgWVOm Karsten's Quarantine Tip: Stuck at home? Take Harvard's FREE Intro to Computer Science course! Leo's Tool: Around Next-gen video calling Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Sponsor: HealthIQ.com/twig

PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny dives deep on the PlayStation 5's hardware specs. Highlighted features include an SSD, backwards compatibility, and ray tracing. Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit

This Week's Stories: Does Steve have coronavirus? Maybe? He got very sick over the weekend and is still coughing, but he couldn't get tested. Mayhem ensues after last week's Patch Tuesday List of free technology services during coronavirus, from Adobe to Zoom The state of open source vulnerabilities The "EARN IT" act is a despicable attack on encryption and freedom of speech. Please call your congressperson and tell them not to support it. The SMBGhost Fiasco 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 FreshBooks.com/securitynow WWT.COM/TWIT

This Week's Stories: Movie studios releasing first-run movies direct-to-stream to fight coronavirus Streaming services, online concerts, and Sick Burn on the roof Lots of leaks and rumors, but will Apple release anything soon? WWDC 2020 will be online-only Apple is donating $Millions, hoping to help 7 Bay Area counties issue shelter-in-place orders Apple launches new Powerbeats 4 headphones - Lory has an early review Apple stores are closed. Here's hoping there are alternate ways to get your Apple products fixed. Is Tim Cook sick? Uncertainty crashes Apple stock Apple TV+ shows shutting down production Apple TV and other streaming services offering great deals on streaming entertainment Apple Card offers users to skip March payment iOS 13.4 did not come out today. What happened? How is Apple dealing with privacy, security, and secrecy with all its workers at home? Apple NOT working on an "Apple Prime" TV+Music+News bundle Sacre Bleu! Apple fined $1.2 billion in France Apple pays $454 million to patent troll VirnetX Patent troll tries to shut down coronavirus tests iPhone 9 + iPhone 12 rumor alert! bigger screens and faster processors Apple patents an iMac with a built-in projector Picks of the Week: Leo's Pick: iBoy retro toy figure from Classicbot Andy's Pick 1: Joyce DiDonato streams "Werther" excerpts from her living room Andy's Pick 2: Free Korg and Moog apps this week Rene's Pick: EDITH Lory's Pick: Animal Crossing / Doom Eternal crossover memes Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Sponsors: itpro.tv/macbreak - use code MACBREAK30 twit.cachefly.com HealthIQ.com/macbreak

On this week's iOS Today with Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent: What to do while you're social distancing: Apple Arcade, FaceTime, Epic!, Houseparty, Endel, Sworkit Fitness, Swift Playgrounds. News: Apple mistakenly lists new iPad models, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be held online, Apple extends return windows due to worldwide store closures, Universal offers $20 movie rentals of movies still in theaters. Listener questions and feedback: Powering an iPad while using a device connected over USB and a fix for your uncomfortable Siri Remote. Get the HyperDrive 6-in-1 at https://amzn.to/2IQAZUO via affiliate link! Mikah's App Cap: Apple News Leo's App Cap: BritBox by BBC & ITV 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: zapier.com/IOS

Can you see the benefits of 4K Ultra HD TV at 20 feet? Leo Laporte explains when resolution matters with the help of the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson. Scott's Article on Techhive.com: https://twit.to/atg28 Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Scott Wilkinson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guy Sponsor: LastPass.com/twit

Starting a group text, how to get the word out for a podcast, new iPads coming soon?, tagging hundreds of photos, replacing the Samsung Gear watch battery, One Drive Personal Vault security, 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: LastPass.com/twit

This Week's Stories Father Robert Ballecer talks about the Vatican's response to the Coronavirus in Italy. Father Robert Ballecer shows off this live broadcasting/podcasting setup MKBHD's 8k setup - RED cameras, multiple Mac Pros, LUTS, and motion tracking The Escobar Phone is a scam! The beginning of the end of smartphones Magic Leap in Crisis Leo wears the COVID-19 mask Foldable phones - why? How to cope with panic attacks - futurism in an accelerating world MKBHD's daily driver: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Telepresence Robots are the future! (or maybe even the present) 2020 Conferences are all canceled. What will we lose by holding them digitally? Apple reopens Chinese stores, closes all others, cancels rumored March event, but might still launch new products next week Amy Webb's daughter's crypto network Is Tik Tok OK? Screen time in quarantine - active watching is the key MKBHD's New Year's Rockin' Eve - downscaled from 8K to 720p How YouTube processing works How MKBHD works - quality over quantity Custom vitamin blends and nootropics - direct-to-consumer sales take off Future Today Institute 2020 Tech Trends Report StarLink will bring the internet to everyone Everyone alive today is being scored The 2020s are the synthetic decade: how synthetic media will change the world Get Amy's book "Data, a Love Story" at https://amzn.to/2ILv43s via affiliate link! Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Amy Webb, and Marques Brownlee Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: WWT.COM/TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/Twit casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1 zapier.com/TWIT

What laptop you should get, the best ways to stream, pop up problems, uploading images to Flickr, what to do with a 32gb laptop, is there enough broadband for everyone, how to stream your church services 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 LastPass.com/twit mintmobile.com/techguy

Windows 10X Microsoft updates Windows 10X emulator for dual-screen devices What's new and what's improved? Related: Does Windows 10X solve the Chromebook problem? MJF: Not really until 10X comes to cheap(er) clamshell laptops Windows 10 First Windows Insider build in two weeks brings talk of change, but not much actual change Still no GA info on Windows 10 2004 COVID-19 Weekly After pushing employees to work from home, now there are two Microsoft employees that have been diagnosed Related: Microsoft and Google will both host virtual events to make up for canceled physical events Big Microsoft GDC announcement next week live on Windows Weekly at 11:40am PDT - We have Richard Campbell here as a guest, with some interesting info about how COVID-19 has impacted work travel Plus: The history of .NET Security, security security New 'wormable' SMB vulnerability disclosed (accidentally) as part of Patch Tuesday. No info on when Microsoft plans to patch it Meanwhile, in the good news department: Microsoft's coordinated takedown of Necurs, one of the largest known spam and malware botnets Xbox Ori and the Will of the Wisps launches ... ... and Microsoft lowers the price of Xbox One X to $399 Tips and picks Tip of the week: Check out Windows 10X. You no longer need to have a Fast ring Windows Insider build to use the emulator. But there is one important requirement. App pick of the week: Call of Duty: Warzone. Call of Duty: Warzone is here! And it's free! Enterprise pick of the week: Cosmos DB gets a free tier! Microsoft adds a free tier (free as in forever) for its Cosmos DB NoSQL cloud database. Enterprise pick No. 2: About that major Azure US East outage. Is it still a cloud outage if almost no one complains publicly? Where is the outrage, cloud citizens? Beer pick of the week: O'Fallon Brewery Barrels Salted Pretzel. This amber was brewed with toasted malt and Himalayan salt giving you a toasted pretzel flavor. We got to have a sample of this during our beer tasting at WWT in Saint Louis. It was really tasty and really did taste like a pretzel. Only 5% ABV, too, so you can have more than one with your tofudog. https://untappd.com/b/o-fallon-brewery-barrels-salted-pretzel/2977506 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Guest: Richard Campbell 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. Sponsor: twit.cachefly.com

This Week's Stories: Coronavirus: Harvard kicks all students out of dorms with less than a week's notice Coronavirus: cancellations - E3 and NAB canceled, SXSW may go bankrupt, NBA and NHL will play to empty colosseums Coronavirus: reactions - is paranoia the wrong answer? Coronavirus: is it even possible for most people to telecommute? Coronavirus: White House goes to Big Tech to ask for help to fight Coronavirus and stop misinformation Coronavirus: YouTube demonetizes all content mentioning Coronavirus Coronavirus: Australian newspaper prints blank pages to use as toilet paper Is it time to stop buying Android phones? Pixel 4a leak: starting at $399 Android vs iPhone - security, environmental impact Pixel 3a, Pixel 4a: Google makes some darn fine cheap phones Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179 million to Google, declares bankruptcy Tulsi Gabbard's $50M suit against Google dismissed Swedes fine Google 7M Euros. Google plans to appeal and search couch cushions for change. Spain is fine with Google. Facebook adds two women to its board; now 40% female, 30% black Sweden passes law to spy on anyone anywhere Locate X: where cops go to buy your location data without a warrant The EARN IT Act will kill internet encryption. IT MUST BE DEFEATED. Leo's giant ham New Chromecast with Android TV coming soon! Olallieberry, marionberry, blackberry, and other great pies Adam Mosseri: Facebook "serves as an s***-umbrella" for Instagram Amazon sells its "just walk out" tech to airport vendor OTG Amazon Music's "My Soundtrack" station is terrifyingly accurate Verizon launches Yahoo! Mobile MVNO. DO NOT BUY! Picks of the Week: Leo's Tool: Thermomix Ant's Good Stuff: My OTHER Uncle Mac Stacey's Thing: Nodle Cash Jeff's Numbers 1: Nielsen Investigation: "Pandemic Pantries" pressure supply chain amid COVID-19 Fears Jeff's Numbers 2: Hamsterkauf Hoarding Numbers Coronavirus Tool: Is It Canceled Yet? 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. Sponsor: ZipRecruiter.com/twig

This Week's Stories Microsoft, Google, LogMeIn & Cisco offer limited-time free use of telecommuting Tools Hack the Pentagon! The Android security dilemma AMD processors get some unwelcome but necessary side-channel attack scrutiny Intel also has some serious new trouble on its hands SETI@home shuts down its distributed computing project after 21 years Critical PPP daemon flaw opens most Linux systems to remote hackers FuzzBench: fuzzer benchmarking as a service 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: plextrac.com/twit Melissa.com/twit itpro.tv/securitynow promo code SN30

Stories of the Week: Coronavirus: Apple tells employees worldwide to work from home Coronavirus: Apple gives retail employees unlimited sick leave Coronavirus: iPhone 9 and 12 delayed Coronavirus: App Store rejects coronavirus apps Coronavirus: Irish Apple employee infected Coronavirus: Apple loses $100B in value in one day Coronavirus: Apple TV+ premieres canceled Coronavirus: Good news: you CAN use Clorox wipes on your iPhone. HUGE iOS 14 Leak: iPad mouse support, new smart keyboards with trackpad HUGE iOS 14 Leak: over-the-ear AirPod / EarPod headphones icon HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new iPhone 9 and iPad Pro with new triple-lens camera array and time-of-flight 3D sensor HUGE iOS 14 Leak: improved Express Travel tap-to-pay. Plus: Andy Ihnatko explains how to steal free transit codes! HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple TV remote with Find My Remote scream HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AirTags Trackr competitor with user-replaceable batteries HUGE iOS 14 Leak: HomeKit will recognize your face, Atmos soundbar HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Apple Watch will have a tachometer, blood oxygen sensor HUGE iOS 14 Leak: Siri voices customizable by developers HUGE iOS 14 Leak: AliPay App, wallpaper app, kids mode, more HUGE iOS 14 Leak: homescreen list view with Siri suggestions HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new Apple AR app codenamed "Gobi" HUGE iOS 14 Leak: new sleep tracking app, fitness app codenamed "Seymour," GymKit HUGE iOS 14 Leak: massive improvements to Apple Pencil Good Apple: iPad Air 3rd generation get free repairs for screen blanking issue Bad Apple: Apple lets developers put ads in notifications Ugly Apple: ex-Apple tech support worker steals billionaires' identities, cops nab 55 stolen iPhones valued at $80k, and more in the MacBreak Police Blotter Apple Pay available in Mexico New jailbreak lets you install Android on an iPhone 7 iPhone can do whaaaat? HUGE iPhone 12 leak: bigger battery, 64MP camera, and 120Hz display Lory Gil and Apple celebrate International Women's Day Apple Music, Spotify, and others sued for music industry conspiracy Picks of the Week Andy's Pick: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy turns 42 Rene's Pick: Logitech Brio Lory's Pick: The Apple War. Max Von Sydow died on March 9th, 2020. Among his many legendary performances, Sydow starred in "The Apple War," a 1971 German film about Jean Volkswagner, a businessman who comes to Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. Roy Lindberg, played by Sydow, does not like the idea, and with the help of a little magic, his family starts scheming against it. Alex's Pick: Screen Leo's Pick: Subscribe to Hands-On Mac! Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Lory Gil Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Sponsors: LastPass.com/twit HealthIQ.com/macbreak hover.com/twit

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