Bluetooth pairing, new HomePods, and online security.

• The Olympic Esports Series 2023.
• Epic must pay $245M after luring customers into 'Fortnite' purchases.
• TikTok Sale.
• Pairing Bluetooth headphones easily to your Apple devices through an app/workflow.
• Sam Abuelsamid and the Nissan Ariya.
• What's the best way to speed up my computer?
• Extracting images from iMessages to your Windows computer.
• Chris Marquardt and the Photo Assignment Review of 'crazy.'
• Webhosting & email provider recommendations.
• Router recommendations & setups.
• Leo demos the new Apple HomePods.
• Recommendations for bags & backpacks.
• Protecting your accounts online.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt

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• Daylight Saving Time has begun!
• Silicon Valley Bank collapses: what this could mean.
• Why can't I broadcast MLS through Apple TV on my TV?
• Should I be using an ethernet connection with my Apple TV?
• Bill Nye on the importance of space exploration.
• What's wrong with the trackpad on my laptop?
• Dr. Mom calls into the show!
• What are the latest and greatest WiFi-6 Mesh system options?
• What are some alternatives to Google Photos to de-Google?
• Leo demos the new Rode NT1 and talks about 32-bit float recording.
• What options are there for a virtual audio mixer?
• Is there a better way to improve the speed when searching for something in Windows?
• Is there a speed improvement when plugging in a solid-state drive to a Raspberry Pi?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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• Twitter cut off its API access, and developers of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific are offering specific options to help them out.
• A new iMac is coming out soon?
• Why can't I access my files from the Google Takeout service? Is there another service I can use to access my Google data?
• Is there an iOS shortcut for this?
• The Father of Modern Genomics, Dr. George Church.
• Lucid dreaming & headphones you can wear to sleep.
• Is there an easy way to move contacts over to Fastmail?
• Ant Pruitt & moving from Windows to Mac.
• Is it worth setting up IoT devices on its own network?
• Does Apple send out a notification to your old iPhone when your device reaches its end of life?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Ant Pruitt

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• Blood glucose monitoring soon to Apple Watches.
• US Supreme Court declines to hear a case by Wikipedia that challenges NSA surveillance.
• US Supreme Court hears case on Gonzales vs Google and Section 230.
• Bitwarden adds support for Argon2. What does that mean for you?
• How can you get all your computers to read each other within your home network?
• Alternatives for website hosting & how to move/export the content?
• Leo shows off the ASUS 516 GE Chromebook.
• How can you export your Apple Keychain passwords within Windows?
• Is there an alternative solution to Google to store family photos/videos safely?
• Rod Pyle joins the show!
• What are some recommendations for a camera that can act as a peephole on your front door?
• How can I set up a company-wide defender scan that is schedulable for multiple computers within an organization?
• How can you set up your mobile phone to work in international countries?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Rod Pyle

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• Running Windows 11 on the Mac.
• White Castle fined for scanning employees' fingerprints.
• Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group's small radio balloon?
• Why is my printer printing out a page of random characters?
• Dick DeBartolo and the 17th anniversary of The Giz Wiz!
• Why am I getting a warning when trying to update my version of Windows through the Microsoft store in my Windows virtualization software?
• Chris Marquardt and the Gentle photo assignment review.
• How to set up redundant internet through my router from different providers?
• What international phone plans could one use when traveling to the US?
• Leo has his hands on the Samsung S23 Ultra and shows off some photos he took with it!
• How can you forward your email from Yahoo without paying for Yahoo Plus?
• How many internet switches can you put on a network?
• Plus, some special guests stop by the show!

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Dick DeBartolo and Chris Marquardt

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• Superbowl TV ads.
• PC sales see steep decline.
• AI is being placed into Bing & Google search engines.
• Why am I not receiving emails from specific email addresses?
• What is quick connect for Synology and how do you use it?
• Daniel Suarez interview from Triangulation / TWiT Events.
• A story about fake storage devices from Amazon...
• Leo gives an overview of the Soundblast Creative Labs X5 sound card.
• What is BadUSB, and is there a way to safely read USB drives if you're unaware of its origin?
• Mikah demonstrates using iMazing to recover files from your iPhone backups.
• Bad DNSs and how to override them.
• How to delete your LastPass vault and further protect your password from being breached.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

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• The Chinese spy balloon.
• Facebook on your phone drains your battery quickly? A former employee suggests that it does.
• Elon Musk was found not liable in the lawsuit around his "funding secured" tweet.
• Scott Wilkinson and TVs to watch the Super Bowl.
• Why can't I back up my iPhone SE to the cloud?
• A story from a caller about canceling your cable subscription...
• How to clear out your Siri suggestions.
• Alex Lindsay and Midjourney.
• What are some good external speakers for your new Mac Mini?
• What are the laptop stands that Leo and Mikah use during the show?
• What are some cheap eSim suggestions when traveling to the US?
• The right router for your fiber optic connection.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Alex Lindsay

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• What can AI do for us in the future?
• "How Platforms Die."
• Moving files off an old iPod
• Where can you purchase lossless audio tracks?
• Is there some best practices to prep your photo and video files for better long-term storage on a network-attached storage (NAS)?
• Syncing your calendars across multiple platforms.
• Hands-on with the Amazon Echo Show 10.
• Why are there several partitions on my USB drive?
• What are my options for remote support with my parents?
• Some lovely restaurant recommendations in Petaluma.
• Is it worth upgrading o the new M2 MacBook Pro that was released earlier in January?
• How to work within a restricted WiFi network to do wireless printing from a tablet and use Alexa to make phone calls?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Ant Pruitt

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• Twitter's 3rd party API disconnected.
• Supreme Court hearing a case regarding Section 230.
• Massive tech layoffs at multiple companies this past week.
• Amazon Smile has been discontinued.
• With all of the tech layoffs occurring in tech companies, how could this affect research and development at these companies?
• Using BitWarden Command Line Interface in the Linux operating system.
• Affordable devices to control aspects of your livestream.
• Discord troubleshooting.
• What are some tablets for young kids, and how can you restrict what apps they can use on the devices?
• Securing your router using pfSense, and do you need to do much with it when setting it up?
• Why is Facebook Live not livestreaming when using OBS to do so?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Dick DeBartolo

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