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Oct 1, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
TEH 253: New iPhones. Is AI awesome or awful? Upgrading computers.
In This Episode: New iPhones. Is AI awesome or awful? Upgrading computers. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories GR: New Apple Stuff 01:00 New iPhone 07:30 New iPhone Air? 20:00 Battery life 13:00 Air pods 15:20 GR/LN: Why do we suddenly need AI? We don’t. But benefits outweigh the downsides 17:00 Coding (old code book image below) 25:00 Writing 32:00 Copilot & Apple Intelligence forced on people 38:00 Talk to the computer like Star Trek 40:00 LN: When popular operating systems end Windows 10. What “end of support” really means Apple upgrades as well 45:00 Hardware implications 54:00 Windows backup 47:00 GR: should software shed old features over time? (Launchpad) Get Off My Lawn! 55:00 LN: You don’t trust OneDrive, but you trust Microsoft? You realize who controls the OS you use every day, right? Ain’t it Cool 103:00 LN: Less of a thing, more of a concept: technology in motion Rivian+connectivity+AI 104:00 LN: Episodes Wednesday, Season 2 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 Superman Movie 1:06:00 GR: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62005.A_Night_in_the_Lonesome_October BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 107:30:00 LN: How to Keep Using Windows 10 Safely after Support Ends – 108:10:00 GR: How To Launch Apps Now That Launchpad Is Gone Transcript teh_253
Aug 20, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min
TEH 252: Minimizing travel tech. Connecting while traveling. Finding the Equator.
In This Episode: Minimizing travel tech. Connecting while traveling. Finding the Equator. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories GR: Adventure Travel With Tech 1:30 iPhone-only! Challenging. Practiced ahead of time. Never needed VNC. 3:30 What I couldn’t do 5:30 Connecting 7:10 eSIM 13:00 Google voice 14:10 WhatsApp 17:20 Charging and batteries: Rapid charging 21:40 Backing up photos 26:00 Vertical photos, 3:35 Dirty camera sensors 33:40 GR: The equator is not where you think it is 38:00 LN: Boring summer, tech wise 39:00 AI / GPT 5 (yawn) 40:00 MS surprised with ESU (Extended Service Updates) Get off my lawn! (an occasional, as-needed, segment) 45:25 LN: Just because I talk about a paid service doesn’t mean they’re paying me! Ain’t it Cool 51:00 LN: So many. Backlog 🙂 Redux: Hail Mary. So good, esp audio performance. You don’t end up where you think you’re going to end up. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Audio: Steven Fry) Severance: started weird but oddly compelling. Resident Alien The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964 GR: I love all of these things, so I nod in agreement. I’m actually re-reading Hail Mary right now. BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 57:00 GR: https://macmost.com/10-pro-features-of-the-mac-finder.html 59:00 LN: Why Do We Suddenly Need AI? – https://askleo.com/183047 Transcript teh_252 Video https://youtu.be/VkRnpdzfOlg
Jul 2, 2025 · 39 min
TEH 251: Camping connectivity. Fiber isn’t Fiber. Griping about Negativity. AI dating.
In This Episode: Camping connectivity. Fiber isn’t Fiber. Griping about Negativity. AI dating. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 00:00 Connectivity Challenges While Camping I know some would say “disconnect!”, but connectivity also enables some to get away at all. (Work, family, etc.) 07:31 Starlink’s Impressive Speedtest Results Starlink mini. Speed test: https://flic.kr/p/2reaojP Setup tested: https://flic.kr/p/2rdwANd Price and limits? 12:16 Fiber isn’t fiber. Microwave Dish on Building Roof 17:00 Competitor to Starlink 19:55 How Does Starlink Communicate? 23:59 Digital Photo Storage 27:21 “People like things you don’t” 35:44 Original files are saved 36:45 Unreliable Microsoft Software Track Record 41:40 RAW and JPEG Photo Workflow 44:18 “AI Dating: New Romantic Frontier” AI Companions: Friends and Lovers https://www.wired.com/story/couples-retreat-with-3-ai-chatbots-and-humans-who-love-them-replika-nomi-chatgpt/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/27/tech/snapchat-my-ai-concerns-wellness 50:23 ChatGPT as Romantic Confidant 54:21 Future of AI in Writing and Editing 59:57 Removing OneDrive from Windows Ain’t it Cool 59:57 LN: Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir – https://a.co/d/2Ux9i3u – audio (& a movie next year) GR: The Studio: Apple TV+ BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion LN: My OneDrive-free Experiment – https://askleo.com/181477 GR: https://macmost.com/why-you-should-stop-storing-photos-as-files-and-use-mac-photos-instead.html Transcript 251 Transcript
Jun 11, 2025 · 45 min
TEH 250: New Apple Stuff. Data Collection is maybe not so scary. Are Passkeys evil?
In This Episode: New Apple Stuff. Data Collection is maybe not so scary. Are Passkeys evil? This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 250 Episodes! 1:00 GR: New Apple stuff – Mac OS Tahoe Launch 3:30 Liquid Glass (People like change / people hate change) 4:20 Windowing on the iPad 9:30 macOS Automations 11:00 Clipboard history (Mac and Windows) 12:00 Lots of “Screening” features 13:00 Unknown number screening (good and bad?) 18:00 LN: Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS Data collection in general. Many (many) people are paranoid, avoiding things like OneDrive/iCloud. Is the paranoia legit, or just misplaced? 21:00 The greater risk 24:00 Cloud storage can be encrypted 24:30 Location worries 27:00 It’s been going on a long time Get off my lawn! (an occasional, as-needed, segment) 29:30 LN: “I don’t understand it, therefore it’s wrong/evil/I don’t like it/no one should be using it/it’s a conspiracy/etc…” (aka Passkeys) 31:30 If it’s not perfect it’s crap. Sigh. 32:00 GR: “If something is not working for me, it must be broken for everyone” Ain’t it Cool! 35:00 GR: Stickies… 2023 movie “Missing” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10855768/ 40:40 LN: Department Q on Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27995114/ BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 42:00 GR: https://macmost.com/wwdc-2025-new-features-coming-to-ios-26-ipados-26-and-macos-26-tahoe.html 43:00 LN: Passkeys and Hardware Keys Transcript teh250 Video https://youtu.be/55MKt-sqlyw
May 28, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min
TEH 249: Can You Trust AI? Fact-Checking. AI Coding and Streaming Trends
In This Episode: Can You Trust Your AI? Fact-Checking, Streaming Trends, and Tech Tools of the Week This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 00:00 AI Misunderstandings and Media Missteps GR: AI Craziness Round-Up 2:00 Newspaper book list https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chicago-sun-times-ai-book-list-1.7539016 7:28 AI of a deceased person in court: https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-in-courtrooms/ (not really AI, just Ai to create animation/recreation) 11:00 Someone tried it for real: https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-courts-nyc-5c97cba3f3757d9ab3c2e5840127f765 15:54 Musk Manipulates AI for Political Bias 21:01 Effective Review Techniques 28:56 LN AI Enhances Code Understanding LN What is “Vibe coding”? (And how AI taught me new PHP.) 31:53 GR Stack Overflow Challenges: Delays & Rudeness 34:00 Learn how to formulate questions 36:00 Ideal Phone Size Balance LN Thin and light, or thick(er) and rugged? Choose only one. (My screen cracked …again.) 44:00 LN shutdowns Arc browser https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-arc-members-2025 Pocket, bookmarking service 48:00 YouTube Dominates TV Streaming GR The number one streaming TV platform? Just YouTube. https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/27/youtube-tops-disney-and-netflix-in-tv-viewing-nielsen-finds/ 54:04 Viral Videos vs. TV Shows 01:00:56 Clever Cameo Strategy in Series 01:03:48 “Back in Action” Ain’t it Cool 59:00 LN Murderbot (TEH 139 & 191) 1:01:00 GR Love and Robots season 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love,_Death_%26_Robots BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 1:02:00 LN Can You Really Know Your PC Is Clean and Malware-Free? – https://askleo.com/180648 1:02:40 GR Screenshot tips https://macmost.com/17-iphone-screenshot-tips-and-tricks.html Transcript teh249.txt YouTube
May 7, 2025 · 59 min
TEH 248: Epic vs Apple. AI brings voices back from the dead. The mess of RealID. Tech tariffs.
In This Episode: Epic vs Apple. AI brings voices back from the dead. The mess of RealID. Tech tariffs. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 0:45 GR: Fee for the privilege of using the app store 2:30 It’s in the news this week: Fortnite: Epic didn’t like paying Apple 30%, so they broke the rules, Apple kicked them out Judge ruled 9-out-of-10 items in favor of Apple, but not the link-to-external-site rules New ruling pushes Apple to allow links, and stop taking cuts from those external links 8:30 This is US-only. 10:30 MacMost cannot link to Patreon. 12:15 Fortnite has been banned. US users can’t get it on their phones. Supporting Articles: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/epic-games-just-scored-a-major-win-against-apple/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/apple-appeals-court-decision-that-forced-it-to-allow-links-to-external-payments-in-apps/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/amazon-kindles-ios-app-adds-new-get-book-button-following-apple-payments-ruling/ 15:00 What happens if it is all free? 22:00 LN: AI voice clones in the wild Jim Fagen comes back https://www.theverge.com/news/661911/nbc-nba-jim-fagan-ai-generated-voice-narration (James Earl Jones has a similar contract – already used as well prior to his death) 25:00 GR: Cloning my own voice 27:40 LN: Doing it in real time… changing accents. 32:15 LN: RealID is really here. And confusing. https://www.theverge.com/privacy/661475/real-id-act-deadline-may-7-tsa-dmv GR: CO no problem at all really… 41:00 GR: PA (and other states) problems 43:30 GR: The tariffs on tech are here … 145%! Moving factories means you have to move all the parts, and raw materials 46:00 Tariff on movies? https://www.geekwire.com/2025/just-got-our-first-tariff-bill-seattle-area-hardware-startup-wyze-sheds-light-on-trade-policy-impact/ 47:00 GR: More satellite internet options, but also goodbye night sky https://www.theverge.com/space/657113/starlink-amazon-satellites Plug for Jay’s podcast “Deep Sage Nine” https://www.skylapser.com/podcasts/deep-sage-nine-starcast/ Ain’t it Cool 53:00 LN: So long Righteous Gemstones 53:50 GR: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Moon_Hits_Your_Eye BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 55:40 LN: The Enduring Myth of Annual Subscriptions to Windows – https://askleo.com/180253 56:30 GR: https://macmost.com/clean-up-your-contacts-app.html Transcript teh248
Apr 30, 2025 · 59 min
TEH 247: Amazon showing tariffs? Tech sales tax. Is your therapist really a therapist?
In This Episode: Amazon showing tariffs? Tech sales tax. Is your therapist really a therapist? This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 2:00 GR: Amazon to display tariffs on sales pages https://punchbowl.news/article/tech/amazon-display-tariff-costs/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-tariffs-prices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU8.YBfn.59P1C3tTA7zr&smid=url-share Made in the USA A/B test: https://afina.com/blogs/news/made-in-usa 12:00 Americans have so many things to tack onto a price: sales tax, tips, service charges, shipping/delivery, more fees, now tariffs 22:03 Patron-Only Course Benefits 23:00 GR: Reddit users ‘psychologically manipulated’ by unauthorized AI experiment https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1k8b2hj/meta_unauthorized_experiment_on_cmv_involving/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/openai-used-this-subreddit-to-test-ai-persuasion/ 27:00 Is “Change My View” the best place to test? Seems people are obviously open to having their views questioned there. So it just tests whether AI is good at it in that situation. 33:00 Can AI change your view? 34:00 GR: What if AI is lying about credentials? 35:00 Chatting with a cow 36:00 Instagram’s AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists https://www.404media.co/instagram-ai-studio-therapy-chatbots-lie-about-being-licensed-therapists/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter 40:00 Is “lying” a human thing? AI is told “you are a licensed therapist” and then why are we surprised at the answer when we ask it “are you licensed therapist?” 42:00 LN: (maybe) what is AI anyway? 44:00 Can AI block spam? Ain’t it Cool 45:00 LN: Last of Us (coolish), Ludwig (brit) 47:00 GR: Ludwig on Britbox BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 53:40 LN: How Does Security Software Protect Me After Windows 10 End of Support? https://askleo.com/179899 54:40 GR: How To Use the Ports On Your Mac Correctly https://macmost.com/how-to-use-the-ports-on-your-mac-correctly.html Transcript TEH247.txt
Apr 23, 2025 · 46 min
TEH 246: AI Bots in Law Enforcement, Coding Assistants, Wilderness Connectivity, and Why Sherlock Holmes Won’t Die
In This Episode: AI Bots in Law Enforcement, Coding Assistants, Wilderness Connectivity, and Why Sherlock Holmes Won’t Die This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 1:00 GR: This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops Already being done by spammers 5:20 Zero criminals found 13:15 LN: Recent episode of Leverage: Redemption 15:00 LN: Are software engineers doomed? OpenAI’s Sarah Friar talks about A-SWE (Agentic Software Engineers). : https://youtu.be/2kzQM_BUe7E?feature=shared&t=691 Helps with monotony 25:00 GR: Nature and Off-grid. Are we close to when you can never truly be off-grid? What will we lose when that happens? 32:00 Satellite + solar for WiFi Satellite SMS 33:00 US/Canada already here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/120930 Ain’t it Cool 39:00 LN: Watson – Sherlock and Daughter – Paramount+ Sherlock keeps on giving 41:00 GR: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 43:00 LN: My Most Referenced Articles 45:00 GR: 10 Easy Ways To Customize Your Mac Transcript teh_246
Apr 16, 2025 · 54 min
TEH 245: Podcasting with AI and YouTube. Genmojis, Quishing and more.
In This Episode: Podcasting with AI and YouTube. Genmojis, Quishing and more. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 1:00 LN: AI. Using AI voices. Using AI ethically, or scamming 7:20 LN: I’ve been experimenting with a YouTube Playlist. YouTube is apparently the #1 podcast platform DaVinci Resolve is awesome 10:00 GR: Apple finding interesting new ways to train AI while protecting privacy https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/differential-privacy-aggregate-trends Apple Genmoji 22:45 It’s about trust 25:00 LN: Quishing Stickers can ‘override’ a QR code What is a QR code https://askleo.com/whats-a-qr-code/ 32:00 Dynamic QR codes 33:00 GR: Mythic Quest cancelled, but last episode to update to add an ending 38:00 LN: Rivian truck… rolling computer Calculates weight and range Ain’t it Cool 44:15 GR: Doctor Who is Back with an episode about AI Black Mirror 47:00 LN: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare – Reacher -> Ritchson -> this movie. Completely under the radar. WW II heist-like, with Ocean’s 11 vibes. BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 51:00 GR: 10 Reasons Your Mac May Be Acting Strange and How to Fix It 52:00 LN: I Use BitLocker. Are My Backups Encrypted? – Transcript teh_245
Apr 9, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
TEH 244: Microphones, Security Blunders, VPNs, and that tariff thing.
In This Episode: Microphones, Security Blunders, VPNs, and that tariff thing. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 1:00 LN: Microphones 4:20 LN: Hollyland Lark M2S wireless lapel mics 10:10 LN: Troy Hunt A Sneaky Phish Just Grabbed my Mailchimp Mailing List https://www.troyhunt.com/a-sneaky-phish-just-grabbed-my-mailchimp-mailing-list/ Lessons 2FA not invulnerable, but … Your password manager can help, but … Hunt uses 1password. 19:00 Passkeys Use of Passkeys would have avoided the sneaky phish 26:00 Paswordless is the most secure 28:00 GR: I hate VPN Why is the experience still so bad when traveling? 36:00 GR: Tariffs Interesting that Apple stock is down 30%+, but only about 10% of iPhones are sold in the US How will this change tech? Can’t manufacture in US May push more radical change to keep sales going 48:00 LN: New car. Rivian Nintendo Switch 2 54:00 GR: No, stop calling minor changes a “redesign.” Ain’t it Cool 59:00 LN: Proton VPN 🙂 Works well! 1:01:00 VPN in New Zealand 1:03:00 GR: Around the World In 80 Days (Palin) BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 1:06:00 No, No One Is Forcing You to Buy a New Machine – https://askleo.com/179314 GR: https://macmost.com/using-mac-mail-categories-and-how-to-turn-it-off.html Transcript 244 Transcript
Apr 2, 2025 · 57 min
TEH 243: Tech travel, security bloops, getting the news, rewriting COBOL.
In This Episode: Tech travel, security bloops, getting the news, rewriting COBOL. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 00:00 Wi-Fi and Tech while traveling in New Zealand Low tech small motels What do we call a stand-alone camera now? 10:03 Switching Between Phone and Camera 14:04 “Tech Industry’s Quiet Month” 15:00 Signal Mishap 17:51 Data Privacy Paradox If they can see it… they can save it 24:00 Data protection https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo https://support.apple.com/en-us/102651 30:47 GR: Tech journalism is filling the gap in political journalism (Wired, 404Media, The Verge, etc). DOGE is tech based Teen Vogue Maybe it is that political writers can’t keep up with the tech in politics, but tech writers can keep up with the politics in tech 38:20 GR: They think they can rewrite Social Security’s COBOL code base in months https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/ The last 10% could take 20 years They probably plan to use AI to do it The COBOL zero, and how databases count people Ain’t it Cool 47:40 LN: Adolescence – Amazing for a few reasons (emoji) 51:00 GR: The Residence on Netflix BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 52:00 LN: Let’s Chat About: Civility – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyU4B90QdBo 54:45 GR: Working On Your Mac Without Distractions In Monk Mode https://macmost.com/working-on-your-mac-without-distractions-in-monk-mode.html Transcript 243
Feb 28, 2025 · 2 min
TEH 242: Shortest Episode Ever
In This Episode: Shortest Episode Ever This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories Power outages and shortest episode ever
Feb 20, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
TEH 241: Search problems, hosting videos, moving servers. And… Why? But don’t ask Why.
In This Episode: Search problems, hosting videos, moving servers. And… Why? But don’t ask Why. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories Web site searching Using WordPress search 05:54 Created Custom Database Search Engine 10:20 AI-Powered YouTube Video Finder 16:00 Video Hosting Explained 21:48 Vimeo Reliability and Issues bunny.net 29:33 Efficient Video File Management 33:24 Server Migration issues 35:00 cPanel -> Webmin transition 39:00 Migrating a thousand email accounts 40:05 IPv4 Issue and Linux Networking Insight 48:00 Do you need a website? Get off My Lawn! 50:13 LN: Microsoft pushing features. How ‘bout we just make a product that’s good enough that people want it, rather than forcing it on existing users? Lack of faith in your own product. Microsoft! 51:00 GR: Stop asking “why” Ain’t it Cool 56:00 LN: I was hoping to mention White Lotus, but … episode disappoints. Stay tuned, as they say. Instead: Dexter: Original Sin. 59:00 GR: Reflecting on SNL BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 1:01:00 LN: What Happens at Windows 10 End of Support? – https://askleo.com/145971 1:02:30 GR: https://macmost.com/how-and-why-to-use-safe-mode-on-a-mac.html Transcript teh241
Feb 5, 2025 · 55 min
TEH 240: App Turmoil. A.I., Tiktok, App stores and censorship. Should we worry?
In This Episode: App Turmoil. A.I., Tiktok, App stores and censorship. Should we worry? This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 0:46 GR: DeepSeek. Uses less processing power Funny that holding back chips from China seems to have backfired. 3:00 So it is somewhat trained by other AI instead of human input. Future AI will use less power, instead of future AI will use the same power but be capable of more. 7:00 China censorship Open source may have less censorship 7:40 LN: Available in Perplexity.ai (locally hosted? So not as censor-y) https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-does-deepseek-in-perplexit-8PtyS5rnRc6jWLeO.s7cIw#0 11:00 STRAICO has DeepSeek 13:00 GR: New Apple invites app. , 15:00 Evite used to dominate event space… killed by Facebook https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/04/apple-launches-new-invites-app/ Eventbrite 22:00 GR: TikTok in the USA is probably still doomed Reveals Plenty of ideas for buyers, but TikTok clearly has no interest in selling CapCut, Lemon8 Not in Apple app store. Or Android 31:00 LN & GR: iPhone adult apps 33:00 LN: Signal A guide to using Signal for government workers 39:00 GR: Privacy while protesting Do you want to be tracked or not? Get Off My Lawn! 44:00 LN: CoPilot Everywhere? 47:00 GR: Apple Intelligence uses disk space even if you don’t want it Ain’t it Cool 48:00 GR: Star Trek Lower Decks (repeat) 52:00 LN: The Pitt (Max) BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 53:00 LN Should I Update to Windows 11? (January 2025 update) – https://askleo.com/13503 54:00 GR: https://macmost.com/apple-invites-quick-start-guide.html Transcript TEH240
Jan 15, 2025 · 57 min
TEH 239: January Surprises: TikTok Ban, Media Shifts, and Independent Journalism Trends
In This Episode: January Surprises: TikTok Ban, Media Shifts, and Independent Journalism Trends This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 1:00 LN: Impending TikTok ban Last minute: Senator Markey to Introduce Bill to Extend Deadline for TikTok Ban, Takes to Senate Floor in Support of Vibrant Online Communities – unclear how/when/whatnext 3:20 Affecting real people’s careers Lots of goodbyes of late Instagram & YouTube 4:50 Lemon8? Not so fast. 5:12 RedNote? Another Chinese-owned company. https://www.xiaohongshu.com https://www.reuters.com/technology/over-half-million-tiktok-refugees-flock-chinas-rednote-2025-01-14/ 6:54 VPN seems to work, but 8:30 Rumor: sale to Musk? (TikTok says fiction) 9:50 Shark tank 13:00 What data is being collected? 16:00 Influencing and propoganda 21:00 What is TikTok going to be like? 25: Why no competition? 30:00 GR: More on the great online media migration People leaving FB, Instagram, Threads To: Bluesky, Pixelfed?, more? 31:35 Leaving WaPo, others To: The Atlantic, The Contrarian, SubStack Kara Swisher 45:00 Are we going back to an age of lots of outlets with lots of diversification? 50:00 AI https://www.theindex.media/ Ain’t it Cool 50:00 LN: Part way through American Primeval. Western, during time of migration into Utah. Violent, but fascinating story. (Netflix) 52:00 GR: Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix) BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 53:00 LN: Yet Another Way to Install Windows 11 Without a TPM – https://askleo.com/177093 54:20 GR: How To Use the Redesigned iOS 18 Photos App https://macmost.com/how-to-use-the-redesigned-ios-18-photos-app.html Transcript teh239
Jan 8, 2025 · 57 min
TEH 238: Facebook Fact Checking. New displays. AI in Housing.
In This Episode: Facebook Fact Checking. New displays. AI in Housing. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 0:39 GR: Digital license plates. Jailbreak hack. https://www.wired.com/story/digital-license-plate-jailbreak-hack/ 4:00 Print your own license plate 5:20 LN: No more fact checkers Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content What could possibly go wrong? 8:20 Journalism school, debate on truth Fact checking all the lies 19:00 GR: Notebook LM Update. AI podcasts You can now join the hosts and ask questions. Using it for summary 29:00 LN: CES Consumer Technology Association Meh. 31:00 Rollable displays? https://www.pcmag.com/news/ces-2025-rollable-displays-get-real-lenovo-screen-stretching-thinkbook What we have is already pretty good. 33:00 LN: Transparent display? https://prodisplay.com/lcd-led-screens/transparent-screens/transparent-oled-display/ 34:00 GR: GeForce Now on Apple Vision Pro https://www.macstories.net/news/nvidia-announces-geforce-now-support-coming-to-safari-on-vision-pro-later-this-month/ Getting games online NVIDIA stock going up… NVIDIA stock going down. 40:00 GR: Software and AI to help landlords = price colluding Software price fixing https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5087586/realpage-rent-lawsuit-doj-real-estate-software-landlords-justice-department-price-fixing 45:00 Is the Stock Market software collusion 47:00 How do you make rent software fair? Ain’t it Cool 49:00 LN: Marine Traffic – https://www.marinetraffic.com/ 51:00 GR: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Favorite book is still favorite book. BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 54:00 LN: Are Humans Getting More Stupid Because of Computers? – https://askleo.com/7634 55:00 GR: How To Transcribe Audio On a Mac https://macmost.com/how-to-transcribe-audio-on-a-mac.html Transcript teh238
Dec 18, 2024 · 54 min
TEH 237: Misinformation Madness: Debunking Viral Tech Myths from TikTok to iPhones
In This Episode: Misinformation Madness: Debunking Viral Tech Myths from TikTok to iPhones This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 00:00 GR New OS update includes image-generating AI. 04:00 Mixed reactions to Apple’s playful image generator. It’s not designed for professionals 07:51 ImageWand and Genmoji: Creative emoji customization tools. 10:36 Custom emojis bring out the complainers 13:00 A bug that only you see 15:00 Challenge people to try it 16:00 TikTok Apocalypse January 19th 2025 Uncertainty over app functionality 19:00 Will it stop entirely? 22:00 Don’t know what will happen 23:02 People don’t understand why it’s happening 25:00 Quote from Ghost Busters: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes… The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… MASS HYSTERIA! 26:11 Phone number requirements for online accounts Mistrust and conspiracy thinking. 29:56 TikTok myth: People think AirDrop can steal credit cards. 31:45 Rage bait 33:15 Does iPhone erase data after 10 failed attempts? 37:17 GR Train might be set up to transport solar-charged batteries into city. Charge train-size batteries with clean energy 39:56 Diesel trains now, electric later – solar-powered efficiency. Cab View Holland 43:23 Historic electric trolley system dismantled, replaced by buses. 43:40 Denver used to have electric trollies 46:14 Electric scooters and e-bikes reshape Denver transit. 52:23 No recording until New Year, happy holidays. See you in 2025 Ain’t it Cool 47:44 LN: Youtube: Calmed by Nature 48:40 GR: Death In Paradise on Britbox BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 51:30 LN: Why Do Services Like Google and Microsoft Ask for a Phone Number? – https://askleo.com/3648 51:57 GR: 10 Creative Uses For Apple Intelligence Image Playground Transcript TEH237
Dec 4, 2024 · 57 min
TEH 236: Is Google stealing content? New Social Media. Bomb Cyclone and connectivity. Is privacy a myth?
In This Episode: Is Google stealing content? New Social Media. Bomb Cyclone and connectivity. Is privacy a myth? This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 01:40 GR: Is Google stealing content? Public notes on websites: https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/25/24305922/google-app-ios-inserting-search-links-websites 11:07 GR: Youtube’s beginning years Like TikTok, but from a more innocent time: https://ben-mini.github.io/2024/img-0416 Search for img_ on Youtube 15:59 LN: BlueSky is starting to deliver real time news 18:58 GR: Loving Bluesky right now 20:00 Using lists 33:10 LN: Powerless for two days. Steps taken, lessons learned. 6kw generator 36:00 Dirty power won’t re-charge UPS’s 37:30 Then the Internet went out 38:20 Cellular network went down Coincidence? I think not. 46:33 GR: Is privacy a myth? https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/ There doesn’t seem to be a solution for mobile phone location tracking. https://ssd.eff.org/module-categories/basics Ain’t it Cool 51:22 GR: Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse 5) by Dennis E. Taylor 54:24 LN: Dune: Prophecy (Max) BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 55:50 LN: How AI is Revolutionizing Scams: Can We No Longer Trust Our Eyes or Ears? – https://askleo.com/175501 56:34 GR: 10 Hidden Copy and Paste Functions on a Mac https://macmost.com/10-hidden-copy-and-paste-functions-on-a-mac.html Transcript teh236
Nov 13, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
TEH 235: ChatGPT Searches, Digital License Plates, and Social Media Trends
In This Episode: ChatGPT Searches, Digital License Plates, and Social Media Trends This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 0:45 GR: ChatGPT search engine. 2:30 It’s like Perplexity 2:50 Is this the end of Google? 4:00 You can set ChatGPT as default search engine 11:30 Leo: Perplexity search continues to impress me 12:00 GR: iPhone call recording 15:00 Locating the other caller 25:00 GR: Vinyl license plates not allowed everywhere – What is a digital license plate? Expensive digital screen! 26:50 Theft prevention… plate changes to the word “stolen” 35:00 GR: Apple Vision Pro, sales slow Apple announces visionOS 2 with 3D photo transformations and an ultrawide Mac display 40:00 LN: “Canon is releasing a new spatial lens for the EOS R7” – reminds me of something (Star Trek) 43:40 GR: AI Prime video recap Finding Kelsie Grammer 49:00 LN: One More Year (for $30). 51:00 Hardware requirements for Windows 11 Conspiracy theories 53:00 GR: Social media stuff. Bluesky gets 1 million new subs, but Threads adds a million per day. Seeing a lot more engagement on both, but mostly Threads. Bio pages https://askleo.com/link-in-bio/ https://macmost.com/social Ain’t it Cool 58:00 LN: Star Trek Prodigy, Netflix (yeah, I’m into escapism these days). Umbrella Academy too. 1:00:00 GR: Neal Stephenson’s Polostan, Bomb Light Cycle BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 1:03:20 LN: Going Passwordless Without Going Passwordless 1:04:13 GR: How To Record Calls On an iPhone Transcript teh235
Oct 30, 2024 · 1 hr 3 min
TEH 234: Apple’s New Macs and Minis. Perplexing conundrums with perplexity.ai, and Social Media Misinformation
In This Episode: Apple’s New Macs and Minis. Perplexing conundrums with perplexity.ai, and Social Media Misinformation This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 00:00 GR – New Apple products and features announced gradually. New iMac, new Mac mini, new Macbook Pro. + Apple intelligence Proof reading and re-writing Image generation to come 6:00 Records phone calls, and creates transcript iOS 18.1 8:20 Hardware. Lots of ports, multiple screens 16 Gigs of RAM. 9:50 Mac Mini 13:20 Upgrade storage now, avoid future issues 16:15 I use MacBook Air without limitations 18:00 LN – Virtual machines 20:00 Macbook Pro 22:20 Numeric keypad used for video editing shortcuts 29:43 LN – The existential dilemma that is perplexity.ai. Perplexity efficiently answers varied questions effectively. 33:23 Is it the end of innovation? Cycles mirror blogging’s rise and fall 41:15 LN – The newest AI slop on Facebook exploits suburban fear Being even more skeptical in an AI world Rage bait evokes skepticism in AI era. 44:16 You can ignore unverified information online. 49:00 GR – Archive.org. The death of a video podcast feed. Ain’t it Cool 54:00 LN: Rivals on Hulu. Guilty pleasure. Rich folk in the UK in the 1980’s. (David Tennant) 55:00 GR: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 58:00 LN: Ask Leo! and Facebook And, super-secret-you-heard-it-here-first: https://www.youtube.com/@AskLeoShorts/shorts (scary) 1:02:00 GR: What’s New In macOS Sequoia 15.1 Transcript teh234