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This week, we're talking to the authors of a new book about spaceflight called "Star Bound: A Beginner's Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard's Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything in Between," Emily Carney and Bruce McCandless III. Emily started the popular Facebook group Space Hipsters, now 66,000 members strong, and Bruce is a retired lawyer and space enthusiast who also happens to be the son of Bruce McCandless II, the NASA astronaut who flew on the shuttle and pioneered the use of the Manned Maneuvering Unit. We're going to cover a lot of territory in this one, so take your hand off the eject lever and strap in!
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Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guests: Emily Carney and Bruce McCandless III
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A massive data breach affected millions of students, parents, and teachers. Someone discovered security flaws within Subaru vehicles. And everything that was announced at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025.
Emily Forlini is joining Mikah Sargent this week! Emily talks about a massive security incident with software company PowerSchool, in which 62 million students' personal data was stolen, along with parents and teachers. Mikah talks about how a security researcher discovered a security flaw within a Subaru vehicle that gave them access to its location data through web vulnerabilities. And Patrick Holland from CNET joins the show to discuss everything unveiled at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, including the S25 phones.Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Emily Forlini
Guest: Patrick Holland
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Microsoft's new web-based Outlook for Windows is now generally available for commercial customers. While the new version of Outlook has been available in preview for many months now, the "general availability" milestone means that the app now receives full support from Microsoft's support services. However, the new Outlook for Windows is still an opt-in experience.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Industry journalist and consultant Mike Heiss joins Scott Wilkinson to discuss what he saw and heard at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. In Part 2, we talk about specific TV models and technologies announced by the major manufacturers.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
Guest: Michael Heiss
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In this episode, Mikah Sargent explores Apple's new Clean Up feature, part of the Apple Intelligence suite, which aims to remove distractions from photos.
- Clean Up is a new feature in macOS Sequoia's Photos app that uses on-device machine learning to remove unwanted objects from images
- To use Clean Up, enter edit mode, select the Clean Up tab, and either click, brush, or circle the object to remove
- Mikah tests Clean Up on a photo of a puppy with a toy in the background; it successfully removes the toy but loses some pillow texture
- On a building photo, Clean Up struggles to properly remove a person, distorting the stairs
- Clean Up has difficulty fully removing an iPhone and keyboard from a spatial photo of Leo Laporte
- Apple's on-device approach to machine learning, driven by privacy, currently falls short of Google's server-side Magic Eraser feature
- Clean Up is available on all Apple devices that support Apple Intelligence features, including iOS and iPadOSHost: Mikah Sargent
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In this episode of iOS Today, Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard discuss managing notifications on iPhones and iPads, sharing tips, tricks, and recommendations to help you control your device's notifications and minimize distractions.
Main Topic: Managing Your Notifications
Auditing notifications from the lock screen by swiping left on a notification and tapping Options Customizing notifications for individual apps in the Notifications settings Choosing how notifications are displayed: Count, Stack, or List view Scheduled Summary: Bundling non-critical notifications to be delivered at set times throughout the day Using Focus modes to control which notifications come through during specific times or activities Enabling Focus filters to customize app content based on the active Focus mode Utilizing the Notifications summary and time-sensitive notifications for better notification managementShortcuts Corner: What's New For iOS 18
New Shortcuts actions available in iOS 16.1 and later, including opening specific App Store pages and the Control Center Send a Check-in action for sharing location via Messages, useful for automation triggers like starting a workout Move, rename, and search actions now available on all platforms Health and Fitness actions for opening specific data types and views Freeform app gains actions to rename and update boards Get Current App action enables more powerful automations based on the active appHosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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"Stargate" Squares Some AI Circles Old enough to remember Trump's Foxconn factory What Stargate Means and What It Doesn't Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law SkyTok, BlueSky's TikTok, made with Surf on ActivityPub The Second Trump Presidency, Brought to You by YouTubers Google will let you control your Chromebook with your face Walgreens replaced its refrigerator doors with digitized ad-laden glass. It might become a $200 million debacle Nokia's reaction to the iPhone The Ankler launches standalone trade publication on the creator economy Bassinet backlash reflects debate over adding fees to connected devices Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show The Whole World is Whining Netflix's UK Audience Reach Overtook BBC1 For The First Time Last Year Genrevision podcast
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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OpenAI, Stargate Project, 24H2 Preview
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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What do we learn from January's record breaking 0-day critical Patch Tuesday? Microsoft to "force-install" a new Outlook into all Windows 10 and 11 desktops? GoDaddy required to get much more serious about its hosting security. More age verification enforcement is coming, including globally. What another instance of a widely exposed management interface teaches us. DJI drone's official firmware update lifts geofencing for unrestricted flight. CISA's efforts pay off with MUCH improved critical infrastructure security. Listener feedback about TOTP, HOTP and age-verification. And we take a deep dive into cracking authenticator keys
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1009-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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TikTok is back up but unavailable for download in the App Store and Google Play Store. Could Apple be making Wi-Fi routers again? Is Goldman Sachs eyeing an early exit from Apple's partnership with the Apple Card? And it's been nearly one year since the Vision Pro was available for pre-order.
TikTok is partially back online in the US, but it's not back in the App Store yet. Apple might start making Wi-Fi routers again, but in a way you wouldn't expect. Redesigned Apple Mail app coming to Mac and iPad in April. Apple Card's future in question as Goldman Sachs CEO eyes early exit. 'Severance': Apple TV+ series has made more than $200M for streamer. He didn't respond... so they kicked the door down – Tim Cook reveals how the Apple Watch saved his father's life. Tony Fadell wanted Apple to buy Sonos; Steve wanted to sue it. Apple makes it easy to donate to Red Cross's LA Wildfire relief efforts.Picks of the Week:
Jason's Pick: SuperWhisper Alex's Pick: nuphy Air75 v2 Portable Andy's Picks: Letterboxd and the 500th episode of the Material PodcastHosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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Supreme Court Upholds Law That Threatens US TikTok Ban Trumpcoin Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data Skyrocketing car-insurance premiums are pushing inflation higher Behind the Curtain — Coming soon: Ph.D.-level super-agents 4 surprise products we could see at Samsung Unpacked 2025 Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts US Finalizes Rule Banning Smart Cars With Russian, Chinese Tech Natrium 'advanced nuclear' power plant wins Wyoming permit - WyoFile Cash App parent fined $175 million for 'woefully incomplete' response to fraud FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jason Hiner, Paris Martineau, and Molly White
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Hosts Jonathan Bennett, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie discuss several significant developments in the Linux ecosystem. They begin with an urgent security vulnerability in rsync version 3.3 and earlier that requires immediate updates. The hosts then cover the progress of KDE Plasma 6.3's development, highlighting numerous bug fixes and improvements. They discuss the upcoming Linux kernel 6.13 release and preview features coming in kernel 6.14, including significant improvements for gaming through Wine with NTSync support. The conversation also covers TuxCare's extended support for Microsoft's .NET 6.0, LXQT's new Wayland session support in OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, and a detailed technical discussion about PCI Express 7 specifications and testing requirements. Find the show notes at https://tinyurl.com/2zd37cp3
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and Jeff Massie
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah helps Lars, who is seeking help for a friend who is being flooded with spam emails and is looking for a way to filter out the spam emails!
Mikah strongly recommends transitioning away from ISP-provided email addresses, as they often get shuffled between companies and can face service disruptions There are also some options to consider when moving from an old email account, such as setting up auto-responses directing to the new address or configuring your new email account to pull from your old account. Mikah suggests two things to do. The first is to create a Gmail account to leverage its excellent spam filtering capabilities, then configure it to pull mail from the Cox address and connect it to Outlook. The second option is to use local spam filtering software like Mailwasher, which offers Bayesian filtering that learns from user input to improve spam detection over time. Other software options to consider are Spambully, Spamfighter, and clean.io, though some may not work without MX record access.Read the official blog post about the change to Hands-On Tech.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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2025 is the year that introduces the Great Lunar Armada! A small fleet of private and publicly-funded orbiters, landers, and rovers are heading off to explore Luna Incognita this year, and it will only speed up after that. We also look at the recent Starship test flight number seven—which ended in the total loss of the Starship upper stage—and the inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn mega-rocket, which flew successfully but did not manage to land on the recovery ship. Plus, our usual space dad joke and an update on the LA fires' impact on NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and how you can help.
Headlines:
• SpaceX's Starship test flight experiences partial success with booster catch but an explosive ending for the upper stage
• Blue Origin successfully launches its New Glenn rocket, marking a major milestone for the company
• India demonstrates automated docking capability in space with the SPADEX mission, crucial for future lunar exploration plans
• Wildfires in Los Angeles cause extensive damage, impacting the community around NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)Main Topic: The Great Lunar Armada
• Overview of recent lunar missions launched by private companies and national space agencies
• Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, carrying various scientific payloads, aims to study the lunar surface and test new technologies
• ispace's Hakuto-R mission, featuring a lunar lander and rover, will explore the moon and test in-situ resource utilization techniques
• Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, equipped with a drill and other scientific instruments, targets the lunar south pole
• Retrospective on previous private lunar missions, including SpaceIL's Beresheet lander and the defunct Google Lunar XPrize
• China's steady progress in lunar exploration, with plans for the International Lunar Research Station in collaboration with Russia
• Russia's setbacks and reduced budget for lunar missions and the failed mission of Luna 25
• India's advancements in space technology and plans for a robotic lunar sample return mission
• The crew express excitement about the rapid pace of lunar exploration and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries in the near futureHosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
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A whole slew of smart products were unveiled at CES 2025 this year. Could this year be the year of smart home devices? TikTok is inching closer to being shut off in the US in a few days. And following Microsoft's announcement of end of support for Windows 10, the company announced it will no longer offer support for the Office 365 apps on Windows 10 after October 14th, 2025.
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has returned from CES 2025! She spent her time at the convention checking out all things smart home devices on the show floor and shares with Mikah Sargent some of her favorite devices she covered for The Verge. Kaya Yurieff of The Information joins Mikah to talk about the latest on the imminent shutdown of TikTok in the US that is scheduled to happen on Sunday, January 19th. And Ben Wilson from Windows Central stops by to talk about Microsoft's announcement that the Office 365 apps on Windows 10 will no longer be offered support after October 14th, 2025, coinciding with the end of support for the operating system.Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Guests: Kaya Yurieff and Ben Wilson
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This week, Paul takes a look at the feature updates in the latest patch to Windows 11 24H2.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Extensions in macOS Sequoia can take your system's functionality to the next level, and Mikah Sargent is here to show you how. Learn to set up, manage, and customize extensions for Finder, Photos, Spotlight, and more. Whether you're looking to boost productivity or streamline tasks, this episode covers everything you need to make the most of macOS extensions.
Change Login Items & Extensions settings on Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-login-items-extensions-settings-mtusr003/15.0/mac/15.2
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Industry journalist and consultant Mike Heiss joins Scott Wilkinson to discuss what he saw and heard at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. In Part 1, we talk about HDMI 2.2 and some larger trends in TVs.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
Guest: Michael Heiss
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In this episode of iOS Today, hosts Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard demonstrate how to customize iPhone lock screens, exploring everything from widgets and fonts to Focus mode integration and automation. They also tackle a viewer question about triggering Mac actions from an iPhone using Keyboard Maestro.
How to access lock screen customization by long-pressing while unlocked Exploring different lock screen styles including astronomy, emoji, weather, and colour options Customizing widgets in the top date/time area for quick information access Changing time display options including fonts, colors, and number systems Adding up to four small widgets or two rectangular widgets below the clock Customizing bottom controls (formerly just flashlight and camera) with various app shortcuts and actions Integration with Focus modes to automatically change lock screens based on activity Tips for using Always-On Display settings, including hiding wallpaper for better battery awareness How lock screens connect to home screen layouts and Apple Watch faces for a cohesive experienceShortcuts Corner
Kenny asks about running a Keyboard Maestro script to eject Time Machine drive remotely. Plus, an adorable pet tax!Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Justice Kagan Acknowledges Bluesky, And Other Notes From The TikTok Oral Argument Alito and Playboy A Marriage Proposal Spoken Entirely in Office Jargon Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed Free our feeds fundraising The people should own the town square Lemley's post Google's 'Daily Listen' lab is a personalized podcast based on your Discover feed Leo's AI toys She Is in Love With ChatGPT Jawboning In Plain Sight: The Unconstitutional Censorship Tolerated By The DMCA Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!" Edwards American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al Physicists figure out the perfect Cacio e Pepe recipe Cursormania!
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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