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Hands-On AI 4: Is AI Deep Research Worth the Wait?
The big AI apps now have research modes that make you wait for a report full of sources. Is the wait worth it? Mikah Sargent gives ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity the same complicated question, plus ChatGPT with regular web search as a control, and compares how long they take, where they...
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Tech News Weekly 460: iPhone Duo: A Week Later
Meta Muse's security flaw. Reviews of the iPhone Duo are starting to come out. Microsoft's plans to overhaul the Xbox department. And Meta is ordered to pay $25 billion in a New Mexico court ruling. Mikah shares a PSA on Meta's new Muse AI agent: A security firm found that Muse's share button put...
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Home Theater Geeks 554: Hi-Res Audio Streaming
Bredt Westley wants to stream lossless audio from his iPhone to a Denon AVR using a Chromecast Audio or AirPlay 2, and wonders which method delivers the highest fidelity. Scott Wilkinson has the answer. Host: Scott Wilkinson Download or subscribe to Home Theater Geeks at...
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Hands-On Windows 212: Copilot Evolves Some More
Copilot in Windows 11 isn't just getting a fresh look; Microsoft is quietly laying the foundation for an AI-powered "super app" that could redefine how you interact with your PC. Host: Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to Hands-On Windows at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-windows Join Club TWiT...
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iOS Today 825: Your 2nd Brain on iOS
Is your digital life a scattered mess or a finely tuned "second brain"? This episode reveals how Rosemary and Mikah may organize everything from 3D printer hacks to family chaos using iOS power tools and apps you've never tried. Building a "second brain" for knowledge management on iOS Comparing...
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Intelligent Machines 893: It All Comes Back to Cats
From AI-generated Halloween scares to personal assistants that just won't quit, the age of at-home intelligence is here. But with each new feature, your privacy, security, and digital autonomy hang in the balance. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL Meta's Muse AI agent hits 10.9 million downloads as ChatGPT...
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Windows Weekly 1006: Are You Lying to Me Now, Paul?
Paul Thurrott gets hands-on with NVIDIA's new RTX Spark AI PCs and reveals why all that power isn't translating into practical results for certain users. Expect strong opinions and a few surprises about the state of local AI on computers. Plus, Tolaria is a free, open source, vibe-coded…
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Security Now 1101: ECDSA's Curves Origins
An unreleased AI solved a 26-year-old cryptographic secret in less than half an hour, exposing the origins of a widely used standard. Discover what this jaw-dropping breakthrough means for the future of trust and transparency in cybersecurity. Another record smashing Patch Tuesday. But again, all...
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MacBreak Weekly 1047: Warm Up Your Zombie Arms
Apple is holding its "Pro and Tell" event on October 28th in Los Angeles. If you ordered the iPhone Duo, will you be getting yours in 2027, like a lot of people? And how will Apple's HomeView handle loading new apps onto the device? Apple announces October 28 "Pro and Tell" event. Apple to launch...
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This Week in Tech 1106: The 10-Day Reply Guy
Apple's long-delayed kitchen device and Tesla's flying car spectacle make this panel one you won't want to miss! Data center delays, AI-driven job shakeups, and real-time debates on the real winners in broadband show that the tech landscape isn't just shifting; it's being rebuilt in real time.…
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Hands-On Tech 289: Understanding Email Tracking Pixels
On this episode of Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a question from Lyle who wants to know whether a coworker can really tell when he has opened her emails. Send in your questions for Mikah to [email protected], and he'll answer them in a future episode! Host: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to…
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Untitled Linux Show 275: A Write Makes 2 Wrongs
Microsoft is bringing Defender to Linux, and that's not even the biggest news of the week. Valve is going 64-bit for the Linux Steam client, and KDE turns 30 with 6.8. Epic has announced that Fortnite is officially coming to Linux. Linus is an AI enthusiast, Framework is supporting CachyOS, and…
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This Week in Space 232: The Lunar Dump
In this week's episode we turned to Chelsea Gohd, former writer for NASA/JPL and now with Space.com, to talk about the recent large data dump from the Artemis II mission. What was included? Why is this new data important? What observations were made, and what discoveries might result from them?...
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Hands-On AI 3: The AI That Does the Thing
What happens when AI stops talking and starts doing? Mikah Sargent puts Meta's Muse agent to work on simple jobs, hard ones, and a couple of weird ones: a weekly news brief, a day trip, a shopping cart that stops for his approval, a web page it builds itself, and a podcast about whether a hot dog...
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Tech News Weekly 459: Apple's Smart Home Reset
Apple recently unveiled its Apple HomeView, and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy got a first-hand look at Apple's foray into the smart home market! Apple also unveiled its Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2. And some US states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI. Jennifer shares her hands-on impressions of...
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iOS Today 824: Home Sweet HomeKit
Apple finally steps into the smart home display race with HomeView, shakes up its HomeKit lineup, and partners with major brands for "second-party" devices. Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard break down what these big changes mean for everyday users and power tinkerers alike. Apple debuts major...
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Hands-On Windows 211: Task Manager OG
What happens when the original creator of Task Manager decides to outdo Microsoft at its own game? Discover TMOG, a feature-packed, cross-platform tool built by Dave Plummer that transforms how you monitor and manage your system. Host: Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to Hands-On Windows at...
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Home Theater Geeks 553: TV Privacy
A YouTube channel called Gamers Nexus recently took a deep dive into how much data LG collects from its TVs about your viewing habits and even ambient conversations in the room. This has sparked a fierce debate about privacy and exactly how LG and other TV and so-called "smart" device…
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Intelligent Machines 892: Pants-based Benchmarks
GitHub's developer relations VP, Martin Woodward, reveals just how dramatically AI agents are reshaping who codes, what gets built, and why open source maintainers are overwhelmed by a tidal wave of pull requests. If you thought Copilot was disruptive, wait until you hear what's coming next.…
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Windows Weekly 1005: Nicely Frosted
Microsoft's latest Windows event left even diehard enthusiasts scratching their heads, with new AI-powered hardware and "RTX Spark" PCs getting top billing but little clear reason for anyone to buy them. If you're wondering what actually matters in the world of AI PCs. or why no one can explain…
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Security Now 1100: Booby Trapping LLMs
Think your open-source AI model is safe? This episode uncovers how LLMs can be secretly booby-trapped with undetectable backdoors, raising the stakes for anyone deploying AI in serious environments. Anthropic cuts live Internet access during testing. Will LLM technology turn out to be an...
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MacBreak Weekly 1046: Trust Agnes!
Apple held its "Welcome Home" event, debuting Apple HomeView and Apple Home Collection, a lineup of new smart home accessories in partnership with LG. Apple also unveiled its Apple TV 4K. And will Apple finally debut its Touchscreen MacBook Pro later this month? Meet Apple HomeView, a new way to...
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This Week in Tech 1105: Agents Gone Wild
Windows unveiled its Surface Laptop Ultra & Surface RTX Spark Dev Box at its recent Surface event. Google's SynthID Detector is open to everyone now to check for AI-made media. OpenAI agents attempted to hack Wikipedia and its tools to make unauthorized edits. And AI tools are now flooding into...
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Hands-On Tech 288: Understanding What IP68 Means
On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Clyde, who is shopping for a new phone after his last one died in a sink full of dishwater, asks what an IP68 water resistance rating actually promises, whether it wears off as a phone ages, and what to do in the first few minutes after a phone gets wet....
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Untitled Linux Show 274: Not Even Embarrassed
The end of proprietary programs may be upon us, and a project ends and goes proprietary. Ubuntu surprises us with changes to Grub, Qualcomm is making moves in the Linux space, but the Radxa Raspberry Pi killer has a software shortcoming. Huawei has an expirimental filesystem, Google is looking to...
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This Week in Space 231: Sailing the Stellar Seas
From the earliest works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to the best of contemporary space science fiction, Tariq and I dive deep into our favorite space si-fi across the ages! And our challenge to you for some of the most obscure titles we know. Headlines: Remembering Apollo Era Legends Margaret...
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Hands-On AI 2: Nine Billion Knobs
What's actually inside an AI model? Mikah Sargent opens up the file from last week's episode and finds tokens, billions of numbers, and one surprisingly simple job: guess the next piece of text. Along the way, he shows why the same question can get a different answer every time, where all those...
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Tech News Weekly 458: Congress Takes Aim at Flock
Amanda Silberling joins Mikah Sargent on this week's episode of Tech News Weekly! Common Sense Media labels ChatGPT for Teens as an "unacceptable risk." AI agents from companies such as Meta and OpenAI are "cute washing" to make them feel friendlier. A federal judge ruled a Flock license plate...
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iOS Today 823: It's About Time (Apps)
Discover how iOS and watchOS are quietly transforming the way you track, customize, and automate every second, from modular lock screens to Siri-powered alarms. Plus, hear why third-party apps are still running circles around Apple's timer tools. Customizing lock screen time display and widgets…
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Hands-On Windows 210: DuckDuckGo vs. Helium
Why settle for Chrome or Edge when lesser-known browsers offer real privacy and fresh features? Paul Thurrott breaks down how two underdog choices challenge everything you expect about browsing on Windows. Host: Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to Hands-On Windows at...
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Home Theater Geeks 552: New Projector Lamp Calibration
Former Home Theater of the Month honoree Jeremy Mills recently replaced the lamp in his Epson Pro Cinema 6050UB projector and wonders if he should get it professionally calibrated. He has a calibration disc and can do some of it himself, but is it worthwhile to hire a professional to really dial…
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Intelligent Machines 891: Previously on Swarm Chasers
From deleting critical files to oversharing your banking details in Slack, today's AI agents are proving both incredibly helpful and hilariously unpredictable. Hear what actually happens when AI gets a little too persistent and why transparency about their actions matters more than ever. AMistral...
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Windows Weekly 1004: Fat-Washed
Microsoft and NVIDIA's RTX Spark laptops are official, with preorders open and shipping October 16. Prices run from $2,599 (24GB) to $5,899 (128GB, already sold out on Surface). Paul and Leo cover who needs that much RAM, what "hybrid intelligence" means, and why Paul's new Googlebook…
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Security Now 1099: An Alien Mind
As AI becomes startlingly capable, top minds at OpenAI admit they can't always control what their own creations do—or even fully understand how they think. This episode dives into the real-world tension between rapid progress and the growing challenge of keeping AI truly aligned. GLM-5.3 can be…
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MacBreak Weekly 1045: The iCup Specialist
We could finally see Apple launch new smart home products this month. iPhone Duo apparently has a 'replaceable' folding display layer to help minimize crease visibility. Apple is changing Full Disk Access in macOS. And Apple's latest AirPods, AirPods 5, get a better reparability score from...
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This Week in Tech 1104: Real Gs Move in Silence Like Lasagna
Is Gemini 4 truly so capable, as claimed by Google? OpenAI unveils Dots to rival Meta's Muse. Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is now in orbit. And should we be worried about the possible 'catastrophic' risks with AI, as reported in a leaked IPO filing by Anthropic? OpenAI pauses...
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Hands-On Tech 287: Are There Risks to Scanning QR Codes?
On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Barry asks whether anything inside a QR code can actually hurt you, or whether the real danger lies somewhere else, and what a person should check before scanning one out in the wild. Send in your questions for Mikah to [email protected], and he'll answer them…
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Untitled Linux Show 273: Lost Me at Technically
This week, we're celebrating Shotcut, Cloudflare's new ACME Certificate Authority, and OpenSUSE's Leap Micro. Then there's a new SPECTRE attack and a Zimbra faw under attack. KDE Plasma and Fedora both have Betas to try, Microsoft has released WSL Containers, and the Netherlands is going with...
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This Week in Space 230: Living on Lava Worlds
Think you're having a hot summer? Try living on 55 Cancri-e, a super-Earth with daytime temperatures above 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. Most of these super-Earths orbit frighteningly close to their host stars and have long since had their atmospheres scraped away, leaving them baked, parched rocks.…
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Tech News Weekly 457: Are AI Models a Risk to Humanity?
Abrar Al-Heeti is guest-hosting this episode of Tech News Weekly and is joined by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy for the first half of the show! Apple's smart home display could be closer than we think. Is the iPhone Duo going to be for most consumers? Are there too many satellites in orbit? And a…
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Hands-On Windows 209: Budget Laptops in 2026
With Apple's MacBook Neo shaking up the market, Paul Thurrott breaks down how PC makers like Lenovo and Intel are scrambling to deliver affordable Windows machines—and what you give up for the lower price. Host: Paul Thurrott Download or subscribe to Hands-On Windows at...
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Home Theater Geeks 551: CEDIA 2026 Part 3
The 2026 CEDIA Expo was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, and there was a LOT to see—so much, in fact, that Home Theater Geeks will devote three episodes to covering it! Mike Heiss and Joe Klusnick were there and join Scott Wilkinson to discuss what they saw and heard. In Part 3…
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Hands-On AI 1: The Chatbot in Your Laptop
Your next chatbot doesn't need the cloud. Mikah Sargent installs a free app, downloads an AI model, turns off the Wi-Fi, and keeps right on chatting, all on an ordinary computer. Along the way, he explains how to read a model listing, including what the size and "Q4" labels mean, so you can pick…
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iOS Today 822: Blast From the App Past
Not all classic apps fade away—some quietly evolve and solve problems the giants can't touch. This episode with Dan Moren and Rosemary Orchard digs up the overlooked utilities, the surprising longevity of certain favorites, and the need to update to iOS 26.7! PCalc: The enduring iOS calculator...
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Intelligent Machines 890: 200 Donuts
What happens when a single person manages a staff of 24 AI "employees" with one-on-one performance reviews and weekly stand-ups? This episode takes you inside the wild, experimental frontier of local AI, where hobbyists are building their own digital workforces from scratch. DevDay 2026 Recap...
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Windows Weekly 1003: Another Story Ruined By Keith
Why does Microsoft keep stumbling with new devices and software design... and what happens when enthusiasts start favoring AI over old-school Office? Paul, Richard, and Leo dig into shifting loyalties and what that means for the future of the desktop. And with the release of 26H2, it's time to...
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Security Now 1098: How worried should we be?
With millions racing to embrace AI assistants and cybercriminals pivoting to new, high-stakes tactics, the episode tackles the dizzying pace of change and asks: just how worried should we be? The discussion pulls back the curtain on AI's unpredictable power, the escalation of digital extortion…
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MacBreak Weekly 1044: Live, Love, Re-Org
Federico Viticci of MacStories joins the show this week! Federico shares his experience using Apple's new M5 Ultra Mac Studio & running local AI agents with the machine. John Ternus is looking to get the company to run faster & leaner. And AT&T may not support Apple's new iPhone Handoff feature?…
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Hands-On AI: Welcome to Hands-On AI
Hands-On AI is the show that turns AI confusion into AI confidence. In this introductory episode, Mikah Sargent lays out what the show is and isn't: short, focused episodes — most 10 to 15 minutes — that take one question, one tool, or one technique at a time. Some weeks go under the hood on what…
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This Week in Tech 1103: Raspberry Pi in the Sky
If your fridge can be bricked by a firmware update and your AI can outwit its creators, are we trading convenience for chaos? This lively episode tackles the tension between relentless innovation and apparent human oversight in today's weird tech world. Unpack the reality behind AI agents hacking...
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