MacBreak Weekly 920: Breath of Lavender

The new iPad Pros are here! Jason Snell shares his thoughts on the iPad Pro, and Mikah unboxes his iPad Pro as Leo and Andy watch with excitement. Logic Pro gets updated for the Mac and iPad with new AI features: is this a prelude to this year's WWDC? Apple is working on revamping Siri to catch up to its competitors' offerings in generative AI. And people are mad at Apple's 'Crush' iPad Pro ad. M4 iPad Pro review: here we go again. Breaking down the iPad Hype: M4 and Tandem OLED! Apple releases Logic Pro for Mac and iPad updates with new AI features. Daring Fireball: The M4 iPad Pros. Apple will revamp Siri to catch up to its chatbot competitors. Apple working to fix iPhone alarm problem. Apple releases iOS 17.5 with cross-platform tracking detection, EU app downloads from websites and more. VMware Fusion Pro 13 goes free for personal use, here's how to get it. Hydraulic Press Channel reproduces the iPad ad for real. Apple apologizes for 'Crush' iPad Pro ad that sparked controversy. Apple still isn't done building its dream iPad Picks of the Week: Andy's Pick: Not Boring Habits Mikah's Pick: Morpholio Trace Jason's Pick: Ferrite Recording Studio Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Guest: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit wix.com/studio

Windows 11 Patch Tuesday Windows 11 gets those stupid lock screen widgets Snipping Tool is being updated with emojis and QR code scanning Microsoft is testing widgets in the Windows 11 Start menu New Dev and Beta builds Dell PCs based on Snapdragon X leak Microsoft 365 Microsoft Word gets a long-overdue overhaul to default paste AI OpenAI kicks off the week with its Spring Update Google I/O follows up with a Microsoft-style keynote Xbox Microsoft to launch Xbox mobile games store in July Xbox consoles will support game update pre-loads, finally Microsoft discounts Xbox 360 titles ahead of Store closure We have another round of Game Pass titles and you're never going to believe what we didn't get, again Starfield May Update is here with 60 fps support on Series X Xbox Cloud Gaming supports keyboard and mouse with 26 games Xbox app gets more improvements tied to handheld gaming PCs Sony has now sold almost 60 million PS5s, roughly even with PS4 at this point in time Tips and picks Tip of the week: Remote Desktop is another feature semi-broken by MSA sign-ins App pick of the week: VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are free RunAs Radio this week: MLOps + DevOps + Kubernetes with Annie Talvasto Brown liquor pick of the week: Lagavulin 16 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: HP.com - https://bit.ly/4adilko Melissa.com/twit GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT30

Picture of the Week. Most to least common 4-digit pins. Enhanced LORAN. Passkeys. Microsoft's Head in the Clouds. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-974-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. 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. Sponsors: 1bigthink.com zscaler.com/zerotrustAI kolide.com/securitynow joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Alex Kantrowitz react live to the Google I/O presentation. Gemini Search with Gemini Agents Deepmind Gemini Flash Project Astra Imajen 3 Veo Trillium Search Ask with Video Gemini for Workspace Virtual Teammate Gemini App Android Google AI Studio Gemma SynthID LearnLM Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis Guest: Alex Kantrowitz Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit eufy.com YahooFinance.com Melissa.com/twit

Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis watch OpenAI's Spring 2024 Update as the company unveils the latest update to its ChatGPT system, GPT-4o, and demos its AI system's new capabilities as it interacts with text, voice, and photos. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/twit-news. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Solar Storm Knocks Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting Season Apple Closes in on Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors Google is getting even worse for independent sites Musk Plans More Layoffs as Two Senior Tesla Executives Depart At Tesla, a Wild Week That Defined the Company's Future TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban Telegram vs. Signal Sony reverses unpopular Helldivers 2 decision after blistering player reaction Apple apologizes for 'Crush' iPad Pro ad that sparked controversy Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Paris Martineau, Sam Abuelsamid, and Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit NetSuite.com/TWIT mintmobile.com/twit eufy.com ZipRecruiter.com/Twit

Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent ask Sam Abuelsamid of the Wheel Bearings podcast what is going on at Tesla following Elon's dismissal of the supercharger team. Can you completely silence a group message in iMessage for a selected period? Is there a device that can automatically reboot a router following a network failure? Leo, Mikah, and others at TWiT also start talking about mechanical keyboards and their preferences following a listener's question about them. Apple nears deal with OpenAI to put ChatGPT on iPhone. Is the VPN security flaw following the Option 121 vulnerability a big issue after Steve Gibson's report on it? Sam Abuelsamid and what happened with the Tesla Supercharger team. A caller gives their recommendation for DeleteMe (a sponsor on the TWiT network). What WiFi system do Leo and Mikah recommend for a 7000 sq ft house with multiple levels? Is there a comparable service to ComiXology that can help sort comic books into different categories easily and quickly? Can you silence a group message in iMessage during a selected period? Are there devices that can automatically reboot a router? Are there mechanical keyboards that closely mimic an old IBM Selectric typewriter? Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guest: Sam Abuelsamid Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2024 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo Sponsors: ZipRecruiter.com/Twit wix.com/studio

'It's Been Painful': What Jonah Peretti Says Went Wrong at BuzzFeed The first Pulitzer prize for tech journalism in a decade! Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry Google is getting even worse for independent sites Heat Death of the Internet What's happening at Tesla? Here's what experts think. They Put a 65-Foot Hot Dog in Times Square, and It's a Blast Read the wild email Tesla is sending to suppliers amid Supercharger chaos Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban Meet Pixel 8a YouTube's AI-powered 'Jump Ahead' feature rolling out widely to Premium users Google is changing how you set up 2FA Google Chrome Now Has a Gemini AI Shortcut Google TV's magic button is finally here, so what does it do? Number Of Search Results Dropped Google Search Results Page I Love Facebook. That's Why I'm Suing Meta. Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk's X (God help us) Elon Musk's Plan For AI News The Forgotten War on Beepers AI-Voiced Audiobooks Top 40,000 Titles on Audible geospy.ai MacWhisper Is This the Most Boring Man in the World? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit YahooFinance.com

Microsoft is promising to put security first, again. Three features have been added to Windows 11 Canary build 26212. Microsoft shuts down some game developer studios under its Xbox Games Studios, including a popular one that published Hi-Fi RUSH. And Playstation recinds PSN account requirement for Helldivers 2 on PC. Microsoft & Security Microsoft promises to put security first. Again. Microsoft adds passkey support to Microsoft accounts. Windows 11 Windows 11 Canary build 26212 adds three features from the beta channel. Microsoft starts controlled feature rollouts (CFRs) on Windows Insider dev channel. Microsoft acknowledges VPN connection issues on Windows 11 and Windows 10. More improvements to Tiny11 Builder. Arc for Windows shipped last week. Armed and Ready Apple announces M4 along with new iPad Pros. Qualcomm earnings flat, but big promises for current quarter. AI Better prompt writing is coming to Microsoft 365 Copilot. OpenAI is allegedly testing its replacement for Google Search. Microsoft allegedly testing LLM that challenges OpenAI. Xbox Microsoft shuts down more Xbox studios, triggering a new round of angst. Starfield is getting the 60 FPS support it should have had at launch on Xbox Series X. Nintendo has now sold over 141 million Switch consoles, promises Switch 2. Just kidding on the PSN account requirement for PC Helldivers 2. Tips and picks Tip of the week: Build Blogger Bash App pick of the week: DesktopGPT Plus: Proton Pass gets much-needed account protection features. RunAs Radio this week: Identity Governance with Jef Kazimer. Brown liquor pick of the week: Shelter Point Cask Strength Single Malt. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: kolide.com/ww

The vulnerability of GPS Is the sky falling on all VPN systems? Multi-user Passkeys, YubiKeys? The iCloud Keychain The UK and Google's Topics Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-973-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. 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. Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit kolide.com/securitynow lookout.com bitwarden.com/twit