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• Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game.
• OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing.
• Updating our inactive account policies.
• Universal Short Title Catalogue.
• TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle.
• Where to preorder Amazon's new Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, and Echo Buds.
• Review: HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is the best of ChromeOS.
• Uber puts family (even teens) at the center of its new products and features.
• After a 29-year run, Vice files for bankruptcy.
• Heather Armstrong, 'Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,' Is Dead at 47.
• Lithium battery fire and smoke incidents on airplanes worry pilots, flight attendants.
• Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date.
• Pixel 7a's free Pixel Buds and case offer ends this weekend.
• Google Docs adding collapsible headings, custom building blocks.
• Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook are syncing up. Kind of.
• Google teases more Workspace AI: Gmail inbox org, Meet notes, Slides soundtrack maker.
• Android TV now has a 'Live' tab with free channels, just like Google TV.
• Pixel phones to gain new ringtone inspired by Kenny G.

Picks: 

• Stacey - PSA: Older Wemo Smart Plugs Have Vulnerability That Leaves Them Open to Attack.
• Jeff - Rebranding the Wienermobile.
• Jeff - The World Talks.
• Ant - Early Morning Photo Contest Winners Announced.
• Ant - Don't Leave Home Without It.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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Windows 11: We're having another moment!

• After hitting Release Preview last week, Moment 3 will arrive in preview form next week (Week D) or the following week and then head to stable on June 13 (Patch Tuesday).
• Now we have a better understanding of Microsoft's update schedule for Windows 11
• Feature Updates - one per year in H2, deployed logically using best-known configurations first
• Moments - once per quarter
• Controlled Feature Releases (CFRs) - almost every month, deployed randomly
• App updates - can happen anytime based on readiness\
• Continuous innovation isn't just for Windows. In fact, we can assume that mobile was the inspiration for this. Windows feels pressure from mobile. Does mobile feel pressure from web?
• When Moment 3 arrives, can people in Release Preview automatically exit Insider Preview?
• Phone Link support for iPhone goes to stable
• Windows 10 version 21H2 exits support next month, leaving 22H2 as the last version standing for non-managed businesses

Bing/AI/cloud

• Bing chatbot gets contextual chat, a few changes on mobile
• EU begins an antitrust investigation of Azure

• Google barely mentioned Android 14 and didn't mention Google Assistant at IO keynote. This is by design: Like Microsoft marketing the cloud before it was ready for 10 years, Google is marketing AI

  Dev

• First Rust code shows up in the Windows kernel (in Insider)
• Visual Studio is getting its first visual refresh in over 10 years

• Build 2023 is next week! Any sessions stand out? (You can save sessions you want to see to your virtual backpack)

  Xbox

• EU regulators approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard
• UK CMA acts like a bunch of crybabies
• Microsoft announces more Game Pass titles for May
• Here comes another Windows-based gaming handheld

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: There is a new Windows 11 ISO coming
• App pick of the week: Brave
• RunAs Radio this week: Dealing with Vulnerable Exchange Servers with Gareth Gudger
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Goodridge & Williams Northern Grain Whiskey

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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• Picture of the Week.
• SpinRite.
• Location Tracker Behavior.
• Formal definitions from the specification.
• Bluetooth LE devices have MAC addresses and therein lies a problem.
• All devices are serialized.
• And now, that "pairing registry".
• Privacy considerations.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-923-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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• App Store stopped more than $2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2022.
• Apple launches new concert discovery features on Apple Maps and Apple Music.
• Apple introduces new features for cognitive accessibility, along with Live Speech, Personal Voice, and Point and Speak in Magnifier.
• Apple devices to occupy 90% of TSMC 3nm capacity in 2023
• First M3 Pro Macs may launch by end of the year, chip has more CPU/GPU cores compared to M2 Pro.
• Apple executive in charge of TV+ and sports businesses to depart.
• Apple service outages are at unacceptable level given the importance of the ecosystem.
• Leaker claims Apple used 'multi-step sting' operation to identify and fire their source ahead of WWDC.
• Most states halt use of Google and Apple's COVID-19 exposure notification system. 
  
  Picks of the Week
• Alex Pick: Ainope USBC 3.2 Gen 2
• Andy's Pick: Whats.New
• Jason's Pick: Laya's Horizon

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell

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AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs

• The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb.
•  Google IO saw the introduction of many of the company's AI efforts. 
•  A Charge of Bots — The Tech World As We Know It Is About To Be Rewritten. 
•  BS Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber. 
•  ChatGPT Plugins And Web Browsing Beta Rollout For Plus Users. 
•  What about "The Singularity"? 
•  Google is changing up Search. What does that mean for news publishers? 
•  What is the best-case scenario of where AI is headed in 5-10 years? 
•  Absci: Biologics Drug Discovery. 
•  Why Linda Yaccarino was picked as Twitter CEO by Elon Musk. 
•  Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss. 
•  An influencer's AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute. 
•  Replika: The AI companion who cares. 
•  Has Meta given up on the Metaverse? 
•  Checking in on some of the latest shows on Apple+ and HBO. 
•  End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars. 
•  Groundbreaking Pilot of New Friendly™ Mosquitoes Demonstrates 96% Suppression of Dengue-spreading Aedes aegypti in Urban Communities in Brazil. 
•  Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams. 

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb and Phil Libin

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• Elon Musk appoints Linda Yaccarino Twitter's new chief.
• Once a week in the US, there's a lithium-ion incident on an airplane.
• Why aren't there cellular radios in laptops?
• What Linux distro should you use for a MacBook laptop?
• How can I install applications in Linux Mint?
• Sam Abuelsamid and EV vehicles and the Alfa Romeo.
• How can I adjust the icon sizes on my iPad?
• Why am I not getting notifications when I get a text on my phone?
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom hands-on.
• Is it worth switching to an MVNO service? What advantages do you get from having an MVNO provider?
• Why am I getting frame drops during video playback on my Linux laptop?
• What are some options to get kids to learn programming?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Sam Abuelsamid

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• Everything announced at I/O
• Google I/O Keynote
• Google Search in Google Labs and Project Tailwinds
• What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer
• Impressed by Google I/O Annoucements?
• Acapela AI
• New Pixel Hardware
• Google Fold watch party ad
• The Pixel Fold is Google's $1,800 entry into folding phones
• Wendy's, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot
• Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
• UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies
• Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams
• Your Kids Want Their Roblox Videogame Avatars to Look Hip. Aspiring
• Fashion Designers Are on the Case
• DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs
• Fortnite is now an Olympic esport
• Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker
• Microsoft Inks Deal to Use Fusion Energy by 2028
• Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over
• Jeff thread on Verge Google AMP story
• Earth Could Soon Be More Detectable by Aliens, Study Says
• Is this the TWiG Blob? Humane shows off its concept (real or not) for a wearable AI-powered agent
• Why are Americans smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel? Blame TikTok.

Picks:

• Stacey: Happy Mother's Day
• Jeff: Nirit's 7 ways AI coverage fails
• Ant: The TGU For EVERYONE To Try
• Ant: Thank You National Preps For Being Real
• Ant: Jacob Pruitt On The Rise
• Ant: Jacob Pruitt - Champion and New School Record

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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Google presents the 2023 Google I/O Keynote

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

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Windows 11

• Patch Tuesday: Windows 11 gets that one new feature that Microsoft was awfully quiet about.
• New builds last week across Canary, Dev, and Beta - Nothing in Canary, lots in Dev, two changes to Beta.
• Beta channel: Photos app gets new slideshow and spot fixing tool.
• Beta channel: No features for consumers, one feature for IT pros, a Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) fix.
• Widgets might be coming to the desktop because it's 2009 again.
• Related: Qualcomm revenues cough up a lung too.
  
  Microsoft 365
• Bing chatbot is available to all, Edge is about to get a makeover.
• Microsoft 365 Copilot launches in early access.
• Microsoft is partnering with AMD on Project Athena, no it isn't.
• Microsoft starts throttling traffic from legacy Exchange servers.
  
  Xbox
• Report: EU will approve Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard soon - it worked for the UK!
• Phil Spencer does what Phil Spencer does and speaks plainly about AB and Redfall troubles.
• Redfall proves that Xbox Game Pass makes sense.
• The Xbox May update brings Discord integration.
• Halo Infinite May update adds Super Fiesta Mode because seriously WTF.
• Xbox storage expansion cards finally get a price reduction.
• Nintendo Switch sales are officially on the decline, but 125m sold so far.
  
  Tips and Picks
• Tip of the week: Know your screenshot keyboard shortcuts. And then get a real screenshot program. I recommend Greenshot.
• Stardock Groupy 2 is now in beta, adds tabs to almost any app, groups them on the taskbar, $6.99 on sale.
• Firefox 113 fixes a million-year-old bug!
• RunAs Radio this week: Azure Virtual Desktop Accelerator with Jen Sheerin.
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Bus Whisky.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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• Picture of the Week.
• Google & Passkeys.
• TP-Link routers DO auto-update.
• US Marshals Service: Where's the backup??
• T-Mobile keeps getting breached.
• Chrome: No more LOCK icon.
• Apple's new "Rapid Security Response" system.
• Elon Musk, making friends wherever he goes...
• A quick Mastodon aside.
• Here come the fake AI-generated "news" sites.
• Russia to replace "American" TCP/IP with "Russian Internet".
• Vint Serf's 3 mistakes.
• Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-922-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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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.

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