• DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly.
• Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'.
• Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO.
• CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash.
• What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter.
• Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads.
• Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app.
• Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app.
• Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad.
• Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations.
• Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices.
• Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit.
• Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC.
• Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites.
• Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android.
• Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world.
• Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad.
• Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development!
• Can we talk about ALF hog?
• YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes.
• Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game.

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It's Microsoft Ignite and we are totally not there

• One word summary: Agentic
• A wave two for Copilot, essentially
• Agents that work on your behalf autonomously
• The Snapdragon Dev Box was such a success that Microsoft is offering more hardware
• Copilot+ PCs are getting new AI capabilities. Eventually
• Copilot Actions brings, um, actions to Microsoft 365

Windows 11

• Microsoft FINALLY releases Windows 11 on Arm ISO - Here's some advice
• When you think about Windows, we're guessing security and resiliency aren't what comes to mind. So why is Microsoft pushing this so hard at Ignite??
• Google Drive is now available in Beta for Windows 11 on Arm. Paul's national nightmare is over!
• Here's what's coming to Windows 11 SOON - a new Release Preview channel build shows that 24H2 was just the start of this coming year's updates
• Canary: Mostly bug fixes, no clear vision for this channel we can see - new Canary build today with the new Hello experience, new Taskbar thumbnail previews
• Beta: Jump list sharing and other features no one has ever, ever, ever asked for
• Microsoft is shutting down Beta channel for Windows 10, just months after it revived it
• Lenovo revenues surge, PC sales only up slightly but it sees big growth in the coming quarters

AI, antitrust, more

• DOJ reportedly wants Google to sell off Chrome - How does this compare to the previous Microsoft breakup attempt?
• Some thoughts about Uno Platform Studio and a re-do of last week's .NET news now that Richard is back
• A WPF on .NET 9 update

Xbox

• Phil Spencer speaks: Portable Xbox hardware, mobile store, more
• Microsoft's new Xbox ad triggers PTSD or celebration, depending on your views
• You can now play (50) games you own on Xbox Cloud Gaming!
• It's been a while, but this is a killer month for Game Pass
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is now available
• Avowed is an Xbox console exclusive and it's coming in February
• Warcraft 1 and 2 Remasters arrive alongside Warcraft 3: Reforged 2.0 - celebrating the 20th anniversary
• Valve celebrates the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2!
• The OG Unreal and Unreal Tournament are now free, and they run on modern PCs too
• Sony PlayStation Portal can now stream some PS Plus games

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Get 1 TB of additional Xbox storage for just $99
• App pick of the week: ChatGPT for Windows and Mac
• RunAs Radio this week: Testing Databases with Dan Mallott
• Brown liquor pick of the week: Haavaldsen Sledgehammer 2024

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• How Microsoft lured the US Government into a far deeper and expensive dependency upon its cybersecurity solutions.
• Gmail to offer native throwaway email aliases like Apple and Mozilla.
• Russia to ban several additional hosting companies and give its big Internet disconnect switch another test.
• Russia uses a diabolical Windows flaw to attack Ukrainians.
• The value of old Security Now episodes.
• TrueCrypt's successor.
• Using Cloudflare's Tunnel service for remote network access.
• How to make a local server appear to be on a remote public IP.
• How to share an 'impossible to type' password with someone.
• How to find obscure previous references in the Security Now podcast.
• What are the parameters for the expected and widely anticipated next generation Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? What do those in the industry and academia expect? And is OpenAI's Sam Altman completely nuts for predicting it next year? Is it just a stock ploy?

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Could Apple be ramping up its efforts to bolster itself in the smart home market? Apple released Final Cut Pro 11 with new features. The M4 MacBook Pro quietly got a quantum dot display over an LCD display. And Apple releases updates to iOS 18 and macOS that you should update to if you haven't yet!

• Apple's next device is an AI wall tablet for home control, Siri and video calls.
• Apple's fiscal 2024 in charts.
• Apple releases updates to Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the Mac and iPad.
• Apple quietly gave the M4 MacBook Pro a quantum dot display.
• Apple faces UK 'iCloud monopoly' compensation claim worth $3.8 billion.
• Apple removes another RFE/RL app at request of Russian regulator.
• Apple releases iOS 18.1.1 with 'important security fixes' for iPhone.
• PSA: iPhone users receiving AppleCare+ refunds multiple years after Apple trade-in.
• Top execs explain Apple's chip philosophy: 'We are not a merchant silicon company, trying to leave nothing on the table'.
• Apple offers $100M to undo Indonesia iPhone 16 ban.
• Trump's tariff proposal could add $240 to the cost of an iPhone. Here's the math.
• Discriminatory job ads for iPhone workers ended after Reuters report; Apple didn't comment.
• Apple now sells its own Apple News ads for the first time.
• Apple shares the most popular podcasts of 2024.
• Apple debuts The Weeknd: Open Hearts, the first-of-its-kind immersive music experience for Apple Vision Pro.
• Porch pirates appear to be accessing AT&T data to track iPhone deliveries.
• Apple seemingly discontinuing lightning to headphone jack adapter introduced alongside iPhone 7.

Picks of the Week:

• Alex's Pick: Kondor Blue USB-C Mobile
• Andy's Picks: Charlie Brown Thanksgiving & Feedbin
• Jason's Picks: ReadKit & Unread

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• How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth
• Netflix's Live Mike Tyson Vs. Jake Paul Fight Battling Sound & Streaming Glitches In Lead-Up To Main Event
• Biden Asked Microsoft to "Raise the Bar on Cybersecurity." He May Have Helped Create an Illegal Monopoly.
• CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash
• Apple's Tim Cook Has Ways to Cope With the Looming Trump Tariffs
• Apple Removes Another RFE/RL App At Request Of Russian Regulator
• Here's Why I Decided To Buy 'InfoWars'
• Elon Musk's X Corp. files notice in Alex Jones' Infowars bankruptcy case
• Spotify's Plans For AI Generated Music, Podcasts, and Recommendations, According To Its Co-President, CTO, and CPO Gustav Söderström
• This 'AI Granny' Bores Scammers to Tears Congress ponders underwater alien civilizations, human hybrids, and other unexplained stuff
• In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024

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• Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wife
• Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' Dolls
• The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
• Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue
• Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
• Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track
• Google's learning
• OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows
• Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups
• Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
• Randy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.
• Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
• YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
• I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends?
• Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb
• Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting
• Nicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video.
• Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple
• Banjo Toss, the game
• After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M
• Research suggests people are getting more bored
• Times New Dumbass font

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Edge's data trick, Outlook's AI Themes, .NET 9, and more!

Windows 11

• The 24H2 quality issues continue, like a parade with no end.
• Patch Tuesday arrives
• Windows team says no Preview update in December... but what about November?
• Reminder of the Canary build last week with Prism emulator improvements. WHERE ARE THE ARM ISOs???
• Most recent episode of Run as Radio is worth discussing again here
• Dev and Beta: Nice new "run as admin" shortcut in Dev, minor changes in Beta
• Canary: Mostly bug fixes
• Microsoft Edge is using a new trick to steal Chrome data
• It's dead, Jim: Microsoft reminds world that Outlook will replace Mail, Calendar, People
• If you pay for Copilot (dummy) you can make custom Outlook themes now for some reason
• Quick laptop update: AMD Zen 5 vs. Intel Lunar Lake vs. Snapdragon X

Still more earnings

• Arm: $844 million, but disappointing. Also, Qualcomm legal battle looms
• Qualcomm: $10.24 billion in revenues, up 19 percent
• AMD to lay off 4 percent of (26,000 employee) workforce globally, focus on AI

Dev

• Microsoft releases .NET 9
• That means WPF support for Windows 11 theming is live
• But there's a surprise: Microsoft added one of the features we need
• .NET Conf is happening as we speak - Thursday is third-party day, and I am curious about Avalon and Uno announcements
• Qualcomm has a webinar tomorrow for AI developers and Snapdragon X

Xbox

• Surprise! Death Stranding comes to Xbox three years later to the day
• Phil Spencer talks PS5, mobile devices, more in a new interview
• MAJOR NEW ACTIVISION RELEASE ON GAME PASS
• Just kidding, it's some stupid purple dragon
• Friend requests now available (again) to all Xbox users
• Paying GeForce Now customers get monthly usage caps
• NVIDIA app replaces GeForce Experience, no need to sign in anymore
• Sony has sold 65 million PS5 consoles ... it needs 20+ million more to surpass PS3

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Quick Windows 11 Field Guide update
• App pick of the week: Stardock DesktopGPT
• App pick of the week #2: Quick Share
• Cocktail of the week: Salmoncito

Ingredients

• 1 oz. tonic water, plus more for topping
• 1½ oz. London dry gin
• ¼ oz. Campari
• ¼ oz. fresh grapefruit juice
• Grapefruit twist and grapefruit supreme (for serving)

Preparation

• Fill a highball glass with ice. Add 1 oz. tonic water, then pour in 1½ oz. London dry gin, ¼ oz. Campari, and ¼ oz. fresh grapefruit juice. Top off with more tonic water and stir gently with a bar spoon. Express oil of a grapefruit twist over cocktail and discard. Garnish with a grapefruit supreme.

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• Bitwarden reaffirms it's commitment to open source.
• The rights of German security researchers are clarified.
• Australia to impose age limits on social media.
• Free Windows Server 2025 anyone?
• UAC wasn't getting in the way enough, so they're fixing that.
• "From Russia with fines" -- obey or else.
• South Korea fines Meta over serious user privacy violations.
• Synology's (very) critical zero-click RCE flaw.
• Malicious Python packages invoked by typos.
• Google to enforce full MFA for all cloud service users.
• Mozilla Foundation lays off 30%? Is Firefox safe?
• Some feedback from Dave's Garage (https://grc.sc/dave)
• GRC email
• CTL: AI Debugging
• CTL: Chat GPT vs YouTube Shorts
• CTL: Update on the "Train Tracks" Pic of the Week
• CTL: DNS Benchmark compatibility
• CTL: The accuracy of AI
• CTL: Exposing NAS to the Internet
• CTL: Congrats on 1000!

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Leo got his M4 Mac mini! A new code has been introduced to iPhones that will reboot the device after not being unlocked for a period of time. The panel celebrates the 23rd anniversary of the iPod. And is Apple getting into the security camera & smart home hub spaces following reports from Ming-Chi Kuo and Mark Gurman?

• Review: M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple's best Mac minis ever.
• Apple quietly introduced iPhone reboot code which is locking out cops.
• Apple launched the iPod 23 years ago, and changed the world.
• Apple reportedly shipping a security camera in 2026.
• With AI, the future of augmented reality is in your ears.
• Misguided Apple Intelligence ads.
• Breaking news: Apple Home Hub detailed: Apple Intelligence, HomeOS, square iPad-like design.

Picks of the Week:

• Leo's Pick: An A-Z Index of the Apple macOS Command Line
• Jason's Pick: Balatro
• Andy's Pick: Black Diamond Storm 450 Headlamp
• Alex's Pick: Blackmagic Resolve

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• Apple launched the iPod 23 years ago, and changed the world
• Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops
• How the 2024 US presidential election will determine tech's future
• Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and other tech leaders congratulate Trump on election win
• AI didn't sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide
• YouTube dominated Election Day as viewers guzzled 84 million hours of presidential news
• The other election night winner: Perplexity
• Dogecoin and other memecoins surge as Trump wins presidential election
• Detroit to Accept Crypto for Tax Payments in Bid to Spur Tech Innovation, Fuel Economic Growth
• Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million
• OpenAI defeats news outlets' copyright lawsuit over AI training, for now
• Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell AI to defense customers
• OpenAI acquired Chat.com
• Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now
• Roblox is banning kids from 'social hangout' spaces
• Reddit Passes Snap
• Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue

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• Tech in the new Admin
• TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope
• Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'
• Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions
• Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence
• The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
• Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
• NYTimes Games for the strike
• Florida Access Network
• WebCheck

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