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Bill Gates celebrates the 50th anniversary of Microsoft with the release of the source code for Altair BASIC 1.0. Plus, Paul celebrates with 99 cent books: The Windows 10 Field Guide, Windows 11 Field Guide, and Windows Everywhere are all 99 cents for 24 hours! Also available: Eternal Spring: Our Guide to Mexico City in preview!

Windows

• The plot thickens. Paul writes epic take on future of Windows 11, describes Dev channel-onl...

• Kuala Lumpur International Airport says no to a ransom attack, switches to whiteboard.
• A tired and jet-lagged Troy Hunt got Phished then listed himself on his own site.
• Cloudflare completely pulls the plug on port 80 (HTTP) API access.
• Malware is switching to obscure languages to avoid detection. FORTH, anyone?
• Password reuse doesn't appear to be dropping. Cloudflare has numbers.
• A listener shares his log of malicious M...

iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS 15.4 are out. Is Apple going to make a huge push into health with AI? France fines Apple over App Tracking transparency. And could the NFL exit its current media rights deals in 2029? What could this mean for the league?

• iPadOS 18.4 released with Apple Intelligence & Mail tweaks.
• The best HomeKit robot vacuums for iOS 18.4.
• Computing would be totally different had Apple not been formed 4...

Leaked Signal group chat, xAI x X merger, Studio ChatGhibli-T

• Hayao Miyazaki's AI Nightmare
• Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style
• No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation
• Okay, I'm Starting to Think AI Can Do My Job After All
• Clearly we're talking about the WH Signal Leak
• Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
• Musk shuffles $80 billion in assets, reshapes gov't — j...

This week we're talking about Ubuntu's 25.04 Beta, SteamOS rumors, and the next big XZ release. Then EU OS has the guys scratching their heads, KDE starts planning the Plasma Login Manager, and Torvalds has another rant over hdrtest in the kernel. For tips we have pw-mididump for dumping Pipewire Midi events, ddgr for command line Duck Duck Go, and cd . for reloading the current directory. You can see the show notes at https://bit...

In this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah Sargent answer a question from Juan about setting up his Synology NAS device to create backups of his iPhone or iPad when it gets plugged into it, as well backing up the photos off the devices and into a Shared Photo Library in iCloud.

Don't forget to send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show! hot@twit.tv

Host: Mikah Sargent

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If you've ever wondered what the view from the International Space Station might look like in real-time, this is your episode. Or if you just want to know more about who's up there and what's going on at the ISS on a particular day, this is it. Liam Kennedy, the one and only Space TV Director, is with us. Liam has been working to bring content and video from the ISS down to earth for over a decade, and it's all come together just ...

Some alternatives to Teslas. A law in Utah makes app stores rather than companies responsible for age verification. 23andMe files for bankruptcy. And OpenAI is following in the footsteps of its rival, Anthropic.

• Emily Forlini of PCMag joins Mikah Sargent this week! Emily talks about some alternatives to Teslas that cover various price ranges.
• Mikah talks about a new law passed in Utah that pushes the responsibility of age ve...

Scott Wilkinson has a less-than-ideal space for a home theater, so he turned to theater designer Anthony Grimani to get the best possible sound. In this episode, Scott and Anthony discuss the acoustic treatments that help the room sound as good as it possibly can. It's a case study of how to optimize the sound of an imperfect space.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Anthony Grimani

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If you've lost count of how many times Microsoft has updated the Copilot app in Windows 11, you're not alone. Indeed, even though this app has only been available since September 2023, it feels like a lifetime. And just like that annoying uncle you have to deal with every year during Thanksgiving or whatever holiday he always ruins, Copilot is always there now, whether you want it or not. And. It. Just. Keeps. Changing.

It's chan...

Learn how Apple's latest macOS Sequoia update transforms the humble Notes app into a powerful calculator, allowing users to perform complex mathematical calculations right where they jot down their thoughts. Mikah Sargent breaks down the exciting new Math Notes feature that brings computational magic to your note-taking experience. From basic calculation capabilities to the defining of variables, this episode will get your brain r...

Space is calling, and your iPhone is your intergalactic guide! Join Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard as they explore stellar apps and features that bring the cosmos right to your screen.

• Night Sky App
  • Augmented reality app that helps identify stars, constellations, and celestial objects
  • Shows real-time sky mapping with translucent constellation overlays
  • Can track satellites and display multiple viewing modes
• NA...

What's next? Windows 12? Windows 11 25H2? You're not going to believe what happens next! A look back at everything Microsoft tested in just the Dev channel and then did or did not release to stable, and when. The list of unreleased features is unexpectedly long - most of this must be the next Windows version. Plus, If you have a PC Game Pass or Game Pass Ultimate subscription, there are more benefits now and they're easier to find...

• Interview with Gary Rivlin
• A new, challenging AGI test stumps most AI models
• "KI ist nur ein Werkzeug. Jedes Werkzeug kann missbraucht werden"
• Cloudflare is luring web-scraping bots into an 'AI Labyrinth'
• From the ChatGPT community on Reddit
• Google is rolling out Gemini's real-time AI video features
• 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and CEO Anne Wojcicki has stepped down
• Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to land...

• The dangers of doing things you don't understand.
• Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor.
• A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct.
• A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers.
• A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards.
• Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price!
• RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encrypt...

Apple is reportedly losing $1 billion a year on Apple TV+. WWDC 2025 has officially been announced. New features are coming to macOS 15.4 soon. Leo gets excited about a quiet update to the HomePod mini... the boxes that the devices come in that is. And would you buy an Apple-branded USB-C to 3.5mm cable for your AirPods Max?

• Apple is apparently losing $1 billion a year on its TV+ streaming service.
• Apple's Worldwide Develope...

• Intel's new CEO to host Vision 2025 Opening Keynote on March 31st
• Apple Can't Beat Spotify
• Google says its test removing European news content for 1% of users in eight EU countries found that there was no change to Search ad revenue due to the removal
• Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
• Vance Expects Outlines of TikTok Deal to Become Clear by Early April
• Telegram's Pavel Durov, Charg...

Gimp 3 is finally here, after 7,10, 13, or 20 years of waiting, depending on who you ask. Blender 4.4 and Calibre 8 are out, Fedora 42 goes Beta, and Gnome 48 is available. Firefox finally brings back PWA, Linux 6.15 fixes a de-randomized security misfeature, and Asahi Lina has stepped back from Linux GPU development. For tips, we have the ifne command for if not empty, pw-metadata for getting and setting options in Pipewire, Lutr...

In this episode of Hands-On Tech, David asks Mikah about trying to understand YouTube and copyright laws and why some videos using copyrighted content can remain on YouTube for some time while his own uploads using similar content get blocked and taken down despite not being the original creator.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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