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Can radical optimism about AI truly shape our future, or are we stuck in a cycle of doom-and-hype? This episode features an unfiltered debate with Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly on why most fears about artificial intelligence might be missing the bigger picture.
Vibe Coding' Named Word of the Year By Collins Dictionary
OpenAI CFO Says Company Isn't Seeking Government Backstop, Clarifying Prior Comment
Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute' Into Law - Montana Newsroom
Sam Altman's Worldcoin Project Struggles Toward Billion-User Ambition With 17.5 Million Sign-Ups
Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup
Exclusive: US Army to buy 1 million drones, in major acquisition ramp-up
Facebook Dating Is a Surprise Hit For the Social Network - Slashdot
12 Things I've Heard Boomers Say That I Agree With 100%
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner of the archiving site as part of a criminal investigation
How Similar Are Grokipedia and Wikipedia?
What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here's Where They Should Go
LLM-Based Multi-Agent System for Simulating and Analyzing Marketing and Consumer Behavior
No. 10's synthetic voters
Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow's NPCs: Non-Player Consumers
Eric Schmidt: This Is No Way to Rule a Country
My torture for you
Ohio State to hire 100 new faculty with AI expertise
'A frightening development': How AI-Articles are flooding the internet with fake news
Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
YouTube TV deal reportedly hung up on ESPN pricing as Disney loses $30 million a week
How people really use ChatGPT, according to 47,000 conversations shared online
Tort Law museum visit
Bread and Puppet Museum
We're famous in Germany
Brand new bridge
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Kevin Kelly
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Windows 11 just got its most noticeable Start menu revamp in a while, but is it a productivity boost or just more Microsoft meddling? The team digs into Patch Tuesday's big surprises and whether generative tools are transformative essentials or just a passing fad.
Windows 11
Patch Tuesday was yesterday, your new Start menu is right where Microsoft left it
Copilot+ PCs: Improvements to Click to Do, File Explorer, Voice access, and Windows Search
All PCs, eventually: Taskbar improvements, Administrator Protection (off by default), Quality updates
Heading into Ignite next week, Microsoft cites recent security wins in Windows 11 and Surface
First 26H1 build comes to Canary to prove that there will be nothing new in it, ever
Qualcomm takes a one-time $5.7 billion hit thanks to Big Stupid Bill but still nails it in quarterly earnings
Microsoft
WSJ continues its Microsoft financial accountability criticisms
Also reports that internal documents state OpenAI expects to lose $74 billion in 2028, the year Anthropic will break even
If Paul starts a business and it loses money for three years in a row, it becomes a hobby. So WTF is OpenAI exactly?
AI
Microsoft AI creates a Superintelligence team as a sort-of alternative to AGI
Microsoft launched .NET 10 at .NET Conf on Tuesday - Plus, Visual Studio 2026 with a new monthly release schedule and Insider versions going forward
Double-digit performance improvements again, somehow
Uno announced Uno Platform Studio 2.0 with a fun surprise for Paul: They upgraded the original WPF version of .NETpad into a cross platform app in 3 minutes! There will be a demo on Thursday
.NETpad is transitioning to WinUIpad with the Windows App SDK rewrite. It is going poorly because Windows App SDK is terrible, cannot be open sourced quickly enough
Xbox
Steam announces a new videogame console, the Steam Machine!
Backbone Pro Xbox Edition is now available
Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition is here with with Xbox Play Anywhere support, Creations
Halo: Campaign Evolved is coming, so Halo: Infinite becomes a lot more finite
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 player on PC? Hope you enjoyed that 180 GB "update" you had to install before playing a year-old game (also got a 6.7 GB update Wednesday. For the love of God)
GTA VI has been delayed yet again as it edges into Duke Nukem Forever territory
Sony has now sold over 84 million PS5 consoles, meaning it has outsold every Xbox generation ever made
Sony is selling a 27-inch gaming display in the U.S. and Japan
Tips & picks
Tip of the week: Solving the problem over identifying the problem
App pick of the week: Tiny11 Builder
RunAs Radio this week: Azure Resiliency with Chris Ayers
Brown liquor pick of the week: Kyoto Whisky Kuro-Obi Black Belt Blended
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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Amazon is taking Perplexity AI to court over its agentic browser that shops on your behalf, raising urgent questions about who controls your online buying experience when bots do the heavy lifting.
FFmpeg teaching assembly language for performance.
The state of Nevada recovers after not paying ransom.
A "rounding error" nets a clever attacker $128 million.
Why would Chrome decide to start form-filling driver's licenses.
The UK's six major telecom providers to block number spoofing.
XSLT support being removed from browsers. Will anyone notice.
Firefox introduced paid support options for organizations.
Russia continues to fight against non-Russian Internet.
Google acquires another Internet security company (Wiz).
The EU to finally fix their cookie permission mistake.
More countries drop Microsoft office for open choices.
More countries question and examine Chinese made buses.
Microsoft discovers some information leakage from LLMs.
What does Amazon's lawsuit against Perplexity's agents mean for next-generation browsers
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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What is the iPhone Pocket? Apple is nearing a $1 billion a year deal to use Google AI with Siri. Could the OLED MacBook Pro redesign be limited to just the M6 Pro and Max models? And is Apple TV's new show, Pluribus, good? It's good enough to have brought Apple TV down for a period of time during its initial release.
Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone.
Apple nears $1 billion-a year deal to use Google AI for Siri.
Report: OLED MacBook Pro redesign may be exclusive to M6 Pro and M6 Max models.
The iPad Pro at 10: a decade of unrealized potential.
Apple's losing its podcast legacy — why it matters, and how to save it.
Forget Liquid Glass, Apple TV's new logo was shot with actual glass.
Did Pluribus trigger the AppleTV+ crash?
Vince Gilligan wants you to know that Pluribus was 'made by humans'.
Apple original films acquires J S Mayank & David Carlyle's manuscript 'Fallen Astronaut'.
Future of Apple Fitness+ 'under review'.
B&H lists HomePod Mini as discontinued amid refresh rumors.
Picks of the Week
Andy's Pick: Club TWiT & Central Heating!
Stephen's Pick: Foodnoms App
Alex's Pick: The Oh Hellos
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko
Guest: Stephen Robles
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Elon Musk's eye-popping trillion-dollar pay package, Apple's big F1 gamble, and Meta's scam-friendly ad policies set the stage for a candid debate on Big Tech's priorities and who really pays the price for innovation (and neglect).
Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached - Behold the one trillion dollar man
SpaceX to Buy Another $2.6 Billion of Echostar Spectrum
Chinese Astronauts Stuck in Space After Suspected Damage to Return Craft
YouTube's Goes Bonkers, Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'
Scammy Ads Generated an Estimated 10% of Meta's Revenue in 2024
Texas Sues Roblox For Allegedly Failing To Protect Children On Its Platform
YouTube TV responds to Disney memo with no deal in sight
YouTube TV exec calls Disney 'unnecessarily aggressive'
Sports streaming is a fragmented hot mess
Denmark's Government Aims To Ban Access To Social Media For Children Under 15
The Department Of Defense Wants Less Proof Its Software Works
China suspends export restrictions for a year on five critical minerals to the US, including gallium and germanium, used to make certain types of semiconductors
Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
Internet Archive's legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
FBI subpoenas the web registrar behind Archive.is
Trump AI Czar Says 'No Federal Bailout For AI' After OpenAI CFO's Comments
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Take-Two delays 'GTA VI' for second time to November next year
Apple TV's new Pluribus show might be its best sci-fi series yet
After more than 200 years, the 'Farmers' Almanac' is shutting down for good
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Iain Thomson, Ashley Esqueda, and Janko Roettgers
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On this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, how do you prevent your Mac from automatically falling asleep to conduct overnight backups? Mikah Sargent shares some third-party apps that will do just that!
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Flatpak has hit a bump in the road, but Sebastian Wick may have it back on course. KDE is making progress on the upcoming 6.6, and Fedora 43 is out. The Turris Omnia NG is a compelling Linux router, RDSEED has a bit of a problem on AMD Zen 5, and Mozilla drops the ball with AI translations. There's some weird security stories to cover in Open Office and the Linux kernel, and Gnome has dropped its X11 back-end. For tips we have declare for Bash variable and function handling, btrfs-check for btrfs filesystem cleanup, and the Amplitude Soundboard for live sound effects.
You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4i07PSX and enjoy!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald
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As you may or may not know, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is in the administration's crosshairs. With cuts to their budget and staffing beginning under Elon Musk's DOGE, it has taken a different form with the government shutdown. Employees furloughed or retired from critical programs, laboratories shuttered, and entire facilities gutted--all without the approval of Congress. By the time the shutdown is over, NASA's primary research center--and the one most responsible for what many are now calling "the C-word," climate science--will be a shell of its former self. Josh Dinner, who recently completed a months-long investigative report, joins us. Also: Jared Isaacman is back in the running as NASA chief, the 25th anniversary of the ISS, and China now working with the US on orbital dangers.
Headlines:
Trump Renominates Jared Isaacman as NASA Chief, Sparking Political Drama
25 Years of Continuous Astronaut Presence on the International Space Station
China Initiates Rare Satellite Collision Avoidance With NASA
Apollo-Era Radio Telescope That Spied on Soviet Satellites Up for Sale
Mars ESCAPADE Missions Twin Probes Prepare for Launch on New Glenn Rocket
Main Topic: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Crisis
Goddard Hit by Accelerated Building Closures and Funding Cuts
NASA Employees and Lawmakers Accuse Agency Leadership of Breaking the Law
Climate Science and Political Motives at the Core of Goddard's Struggles
Union Power Stripped After NASA's Reclassification as National Security Agency
High-Profile Missions Like Hubble, the Nancy Roman Space Telescope, and LISA Facing Uncertainty
Loss of Talent and Institutional Knowledge Threatens Future Space Projects
Congress and the Public Urged to Support, But Outlook Remains Grim
Could New Leadership Reverse the Changes Brought to Goddard, or Reinforce Goddard's Decline?
Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: Josh Dinner
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Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly. Apple is reportedly considering a partnership with Google to integrate the Gemini AI model with Siri. A new AI-powered smart ring is in development to record users' thoughts. Google is making modifications to its Play Store regarding third-party accessibility. And a group of employees from a company specializing in negotiating cyber-attack ransoms has been indicted for running their own cyber-extortion scheme.
Abrar shares how Apple plans to partner with Google to utilize the Gemini AI model in its updated Siri model.
Mikah talks about a new AI-powered smart ring in development that you can speak into to record & ask questions.
Ryan Whitwam of Ars Technica joins the show to talk about the changes Google has been ordered to make to its Play Store to better accommodate third-party apps following Epic Games' lawsuit against the company.
And Mikah shares a story about a group of employees at a company that specializes in negotiating cyber-attack ransoms who were indicted for, ironically, running their own cyber-extortion scheme.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti
Guest: Ryan Whitwam
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OneDrive isn't just for cloud storage anymore. Paul Thurrott breaks down how Microsoft is quietly building it into an intelligent, all-in-one hub for your photos, docs, and daily digital life—long before most users catch on.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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In episode 492, Scott Wilkinson answered a question from listener Andy Z about placement options for his new JMGO N1 Ultra projector in a room he was remodeling to be a dedicated home theater. Now, the project is finished, and the results are impressive!
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Mac users, forget juggling third-party apps! Apple's macOS Tahoe finally gives you real control over your menu bar and Control Center. Check out how this long-awaited update could change the way you work every day.
Exploring new default transparent menu bar background visuals
Adjusting menu bar visibility and hiding options in System Settings
Toggling menu bar background effects for better personalization
Managing recent documents, apps, and servers through menu bar settings
Adding, removing, and arranging controls in menu bar and Control Center
Detailed walkthrough of menu bar settings like WiFi, Bluetooth, battery, Focus, and display
Granular app icon management—allow or deny permission to show in menu bar
Rearranging menu bar icons using command+drag
Quick reset options and comprehensive clock display tweaks for the menu bar
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Learn about the top iOS apps that help organize tedious household tasks on schedule while turning family coordination into something fair and fun. Plus, Life360's advanced tracking features give parents convenient insight into their kids' whereabouts and driving habits!
Life360 app features for family and pet tracking, privacy tips
Sweepy app helps divide, gamify, and organize home chores
Maple Family Organizer streamlines family calendars, projects, and emails
Under My Roof app for tracking home inventory and moving logistics
Fridge Buddy app manages pantry and fridge supplies, tracks expiration dates
News: Rumors on upcoming pro creative apps for iPad surfaced in code
Shortcuts Corner: AssistiveTouch troubleshooting and shortcut trigger options
Mikah's App Cap: CleanMyPhone is a free and paid photo cleaner apps for decluttering
Rosemary's App Cap: Slider Photo Cleaner is a free swipe-to-delete photo tool
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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Is today's AI stuck as a "spiky superintelligence," brilliant at some things but clueless at others? This episode pulls back the curtain on a lunchroom full of AI researchers trading theories, strong opinions, and the next big risks on the path to real AGI.
Why "Everyone Dies" Gets AGI All Wrong
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Google's First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey
Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different
Sam Altman shuts down question about how OpenAI can commit to spending $1.4 trillion while earning billions: 'Enough'
How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Perplexity's new AI tool aims to simplify patent research
Kids Turn Podcast Comments Into Secret Chat Rooms, Because Of Course They Do
Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight
Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
Dictionary.com names 6-7 as 2025's word of the year
Tech companies don't care that students use their AI agents to cheat
The Morning After: Musk talks flying Teslas on Joe Rogan's show
The Hatred of Podcasting | Brace Belden
TikTok announces its first awards show in the US
Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space
Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028
American Museum of Tort Law
Dog Chapel - Dog Mountain
Nicvember masterlist
Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Jeremy Berman
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We've heard that Microsoft will go off script this year with a 26H1 release of Windows 11 specifically aimed at Snapdragon X2-based PCs, as it did with the early release of 24H2 last year for the first-generation Snapdragon X. Also, Microsoft's latest earnings call left analysts baffled as execs dodged questions about multibillion-dollar AI losses and the real story behind OpenAI's ballooning deficit.26H1!
Now confirmed by the release notes of a Windows Update
And the Dev channel will soon switch over to 26H1 testing, with Beta moving to 25H2 (from 24H2)
Expectations? All three versions will be functionally identical except for some Copilot+ PC-specific features that may be briefly only on Snapdragon X2. And then there will be a 26H2 for everyone
More Windows 11
Microsoft (over) simplifies its Windows Update naming scheme, and then has to backtrack a bit because of admin/IT backlash
October Preview Update screwed up Task Manager a little bit
Dev/Beta update noted above included a new build with Ask Copilot in the Taskbar, Full-screen experience for Xbox gaming handhelds, Shared audio over Bluetooth LE in preview, and improvements to the WOA Prism emulator (which partially explains the expectations bit above)
Microsoft Edge password manager can now save and sync passkeys, but you should still use a third-party password/identity manager
Microsoft Store gets a bulk installer but only on the web
Earnings learnings
Microsoft earnings: Revenues up 18 percent to $77.7 billion but cost of AI is spiraling out of control and will only get bigger this FY
Productivity and Business Processes revenues up 17 percent YOY to $33 billion
Intelligent Cloud revenues of $30.9 billion, a gain of 28 percent YOY
More Personal Computing delivered $13.8 billion in revenues, up 4 percent YOY.
CapEx/AI infrastructure build-out costs are $34.9 billion (vs. $20 billion one year ago), plus a $4.1 billion loss attributed to OpenAI that was mentioned in a 10-Q (SEC) filing but not in its earnings reports
Paul's analysis sticks mostly to Wall Street complicity in Microsoft's earnings non-transparency shenanigans. This is getting weird, given the amounts of money we're now talking about
This isn't a first, but Spotify's earnings announcements includes a few BS sleights of hand too
AMD: 36 percent revenue growth isn't enough for Wall Street
Alphabet/Google: Up 16 percent to $102.3 billion, ads are 72.5 percent of revenues
Amazon: Up 13 percent to $180 billion in revenues, $30 from AWS
Apple: Up 8 percent to $102.5 billion, this quarter will be its best ever
AI, antitrust, & dev
Epic Games and Google announce settlement in Epic v. Google, a dramatic common-sense move that Apple should (but won't) emulate
Regulatory filings tied to Microsoft earnings suggest OpenAI lost $12 billion in most recent quarter
Freed from Microsoft, OpenAI immediately signs $38 billion infrastructure deal with AWS
.NET 10 to launch next week at .NET Conf 2025
Xbox & games
Xbox Game Pass getting Call of Duty Black Ops 7, five more Day One games in coming days (with an *)
Xbox October Update rolls out with game shader preloading on Xbox Ally, new modules in Game Hubs on console, more games to stream on Xbox Cloud Gaming, more
Nintendo Switch 2 is off to a blockbuster first year with
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AI-powered web browsers are hitting the scene fast, but Steve and Leo unpack why these smart assistants could usher in an era of security chaos most users aren't ready for. Brace yourself for the wild risks, real-world scams, and the privacy questions no one else is asking.
Secret radios discovered in Chinese-made busses.
Edge & Chrome introduce LLM-based "scareware" blocking.
A perfect example of what scareware blocking hopes to prevent.
Aardvark: OpenAI's new vulnerability scanner for code.
Italy to require age verification from 48 specific sites.
Russia to require the use of only Russian software within Russia.
Russia further clamping down on non-MAX Telegram and WhatsApp messaging.
187 new malicious NPM packages. Could AI help with that?
BadCandy malware has infiltrated Australian Cisco routers.
Github's 2025 report with the dominance of TypeScript.
Windows 11 gets new extra-secure Admin Protection feature.
A bunch of interesting feedback and listener thoughts.
And why the new AI-driven web browsers may be bringing a whole new world of hurt
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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iOS 26.1 & macOS 26.1 are out now, with updates to Liquid Glass. Apple had big results in its Q4 2025. More rumors are emerging about Apple's entry into the low-cost laptop market. And Apple finally launches the App Store for the web!
Apple releases iOS 26.1, macOS 26.1, other updates with Liquid Glass controls and more.
iOS 26's Shortcuts app adds 25+ new actions, here's everything new.
Charts: Apple caps off high-flying fiscal year with Q4 record.
Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged.
Apple preps low-cost laptop to rival Chromebooks and Windows PCs.
Hello, Robot: Sandwich launches "immersive commercial"
Use the Apple Vision Pro app on iPhone and iPad.
Apple launches App Store for the web.
Apple debuts new Apple TV intro with music by Finneas following "Vibrant" rebrand.
Apple's Eddy Cue, Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht talk 'F1' and Emmys success, upcoming slate, and launching a platform.
OpenAI acquires Software Applications Incorporated, maker of Sky.
Introducing WhatsApp for Apple Watch.
Canva's new free Affinity app wants to sink the Adobe flagships.
Tim Cook just turned 65, renewing speculation about his successor.
Apple slices its logo for new Apple One branding.
How Tim Cook evaded disaster at Apple this year.
Picks of the Week
Andy's Pick: Logoer
Leo's Pick: Iconfactory Tapestry
Alex's Pick: Shutter Encoder
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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From AI-powered code generation boosting productivity to adversaries using the same tools to hunt zero-days, the panel exposes the coming wave of AI-fueled cyberattacks—and why most companies aren't ready for it.
Cotton blocks Trump-backed effort to make daylight saving time permanent
The End of Cybersecurity
Amazon says it didn't cut 14,000 people because of money. It cut them because of 'culture'
Here's How the AI Crash Happens
US government is getting closer to banning TP-Link routers
Neato cloud shutdown sees robocleaners robbed of their smarts
FCC will vote to scrap telecom cybersecurity requirements
Trump FCC Votes To Make It Easier For Your Broadband ISP To Rip You Off
Swedish Death Cleaning But for Your Digital Life
The F5 Hack is a Big Deal
OpenAI Releases Agentic Security Researcher
'Do not trust your eyes': AI generates surge in expense fraud
Proton Data Breach Observatory aims to alert you in near real-time
Using a Security Key on X? Re-Enroll Now or Your Account Will Be Locked
YouTube denies AI was involved with odd removals of tech tutorials
10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.
Samsung's $2000 smart fridges are getting ads - gHacks Tech News
ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels go dark on YouTube TV
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Oh yeah, AI tools are saving a lot of time these days, especially for mundane tasks like watermark removal. I used a remover https://www.gstory.ai/video-watermark-remover to clean my old YouTube intro that had outdated branding. The final video looked clean, and I didn’t have to re-render the entire project from scratch. Definitely saved me hours.
Why are comments turned OFF in their YouTube pod casts? How can otherwise bright people sew their biased activism against this country while blocking others from responding?
Bing me up please