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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.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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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
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell
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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?
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1001-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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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
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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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
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Daniel Rubino, and Iain Thomson
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This week is full, with chat about KDE's new, upcoming distro; the details on Kernel 6.12 and what's coming with 6.13; and the latest scoop on Microsoft's .NET. Then there's copy-on-write, Ubuntu 25.04 news, and Framework's RISC-V mainboard/ For tips we have unalias, ngspice, pw-link, and a github hack for removing offline runners. Catch the show notes at https://bit.ly/4fvweO2 and until next week!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Jeff Massie, and Ken McDonald
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers questions such as about a feature in Linux that can allow you to cut and paste your entire drive, about passkeys and multiple accounts on the same website, and Mikah helps a listener with the process of transferring from working on a Windows machine to a new M4 Mac mini.
Ole is looking for a feature in Linux that would allow him to move his Linux system and files from one drive to another without having to reinstall the operating system.
Kevin is wondering if you can log into a website using passkeys if you have multiple accounts on that website.
Gary has a follow-up to Mark's question about Kindle Sync from last week that could be useful for them.
Ronald is planning to switch from his Dell Windows 10 computer to the new M4 Mac mini and has a slew of questions about when he will make the switch, from which Mac mini configuration he should go with, to using external drives with the computer, and which Thunderbolt hub Mikah recommends as well.
And Stephen provides a follow-up on the question about smartphone hotspots from a few episodes ago, involving Jon's problem getting older hardware to connect to his iPhone hotspot.
Remember to send in your questions for Mikah to answer during the show! hot@twit.tv
Host: Mikah Sargent
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Kepler's Legacy With Dr. Jason Steffen
Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: Dr. Jason Steffen
For full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space/episodes/137
After Craig hears Scott's lament over the death of home-theater print magazines in episode 453, he echoes that sentiment about the lack of stereo shops where he can compare specific audio components. Is there anywhere he can audition specific components? Scott offers his comments on this conundrum.
Host: Scott Wilkinson
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Reports are trickling out that Apple plans to expand into different product categories. What to know about Bluesky, the social media network growing in popularity and users following the U.S. elections. And some advancements with ChatGPT and OpenAI that seek to help users out more daily.
Mark Gurman of Bloomberg joins the show to discuss how Apple is aiming to catch up with the smart home market by releasing a wall-mounted, AI-powered display unit.
Mikah Sargent continues the conversation on Apple with the company's push into other markets with glasses, home devices, and mixed-reality headsets.
Following the 2024 U.S. elections, there's been more chatter about Bluesky, a social media network alternative to Twitter / X. So, what is Bluesky?
And Mikah talks about how ChatGPT is starting to work with other apps on your Mac computers, and OpenAI almost ready to launch a tool to help its users automate tasks.
Host: Mikah Sargent
Guest: Mark Gurman
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Get the most out of Apple Health! Hosts Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard dive into setting up and maximizing Apple's comprehensive health tracking system. Learn essential tips for configuring your Medical ID, managing health data, and customizing fitness goals. Plus, discover budget-friendly options for health tracking as Black Friday approaches. The hosts explore how to:
Set up critical Medical ID information for emergency situations
Access and manage your health records directly through the Health app
Customize Activity rings and fitness goals to match your needs
Track sleep, hydration, and nutrition with recommended third-party apps
Integrate data from devices like Apple Watch, Oura Ring, and smart water bottles
Feedback
Rosemary addresses how to restore the beloved watch face switching gesture while explaining the simple settings adjustment needed.
Shortcuts Corner
Rosemary demonstrates how to build a sophisticated shortcut combining Toolbox Pro's image recognition capabilities with clever date parsing.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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You can also contribute to iOS Today by sending an email to iOSToday@TWiT.tv.
Deprecated features are features that meet two criteria: Microsoft is no longer updating the feature, and that feature is earmarked for removal in a future version of Windows. This week, Paul runs down some of the deprecated apps in Windows 11 since the 24H2 patch.
Host: Paul Thurrott
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Explore the full potential of Preview's Inspector tool on macOS, as Mikah demonstrates how to uncover detailed file information on both images and PDFs. With the Inspector, you can view metadata like creation dates, DPI, and file formats, alongside specialized EXIF and IPTC data for photos. Learn to manage keywords, add or remove annotations, and even apply PDF security settings. Ideal for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of file insights and data management in Preview.
View information about PDFs and images in Preview on Mac - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/guide/preview/view-information-about-pdfs-and-images-prvw9c94f0a4/11.0/mac/15.1
Host: Mikah Sargent
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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
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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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.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott
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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!
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1000-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
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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
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell
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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
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Dan Patterson, and Lisa Eadicicco
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This week we're still waiting for Ubuntu Core, But the wait is over for AMD's new 9800X3D processor! We get better kernel PWM support, Russia appears to be forking the kernel, the Mozilla Foundation makes cuts, and Framework is teaming with Mint. For tips we have pw-cat for sniffing on Pipewire, nvtop for sniffing on your GPU, ssh jump servers, and the zen browser. Find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4fmWf22 and enjoy!
Host: Jonathan Bennett
Co-Hosts: David Ruggles, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie
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On Hands-On Tech, Mikah continues to answer more of your questions, such as why Kindle books may not stay in sync between different devices, why you can't reconnect to your WiFi network after losing connection, and how you can get a reminder or a list to open up for you when walking into specified locations.
Mark has a Kindle device and the Kindle app on several Apple devices. However when Mark reads a book in Kindle, his progress within the app doesn't stay synced between his Kindle device and apps. What can Mark do to fix the issue?
John has used Windows 10 for a long time and doesn't want to upgrade to Windows 11. With Windows 10 going out of support soon, he's looking for alternatives to Windows that can run Microsoft Office that isn't Mac OS.
When Dylan loses connection to his WiFi network on his Windows 11 laptop, he can't reconnect unless he restarts the PC. He's looked around for possible solutions and came across others having similar issues, even with Windows 10, and is looking for any insight from Mikah into troubleshooting the problem.
Robby wants to know if there's a way to get their iPhone to send a reminder or a list that opens up when they walk into specific locations, such as a Best Buy or a grocery store.
Steven asks a question related to last week's show about Passkeys and how he views them as a complicated, poorly thought-out plan. Should Steven wait to switch over to using Passkeys until things are better figured out with Passkey?
And Todd follows up with their question about passkeys from last week's show.
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Host: Mikah Sargent
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Leon Bad. Elon Good.
The host for Security Now is seriously awful, and basically does nothing but reads articles S-L-O-W-L-Y for almost the entire podcast. His tonality is so monotonous I can't do it anymore. This show is just bad, sorry.
As for your sponsor Helm, they are TRYING their best to help with privacy, and I do appreciate their effort. But they are USA-based, and if you listen to the CEO's interview with Jason Calacanis, he admits that the FBI came to question him before it even launched! Do you REALLY think a product like this that will be watched like a hawk is going to be private? Educate yourself and do things yourself without Helm to avoid the risk of a backdoor.
Regarding VPN suggestions in this episode: Express is good (though mainstream and a larger target, could be trouble moving forward), lots of new tech, encrypted DNS fetching, good jurisdiction, Nord is better than some, TONS of servers, performance is ok, but their app does forced analytics. TunnelBear has been sold to a USA-based corporation and should be AVOIDED. Don't listen to these mainstream tech sites, first rule of VPN Club: you NEVER use a USA-based VPN, it is the worst possible jusidiction for privacy, even worse than Australia. Overall the best VPNs are offshore outside the 9 Eyes, with OpenVPN standard, that are medium-sized and run by privacy activists preferably.
Good point by Leo. I am so glad that he doesn't install or use Facebook or FB-owned platforms. Sadly he is right about the Facebook "shadow profiles", where they create a non-public acccount for you for their internal data, it is rather psycho. But not using FB-owned products does help a LOT to stop tracking.
Stop referring to the company as "Ring", it is owned by AMAZON. This scandal about Amazon using their Amazon Ring doorbells to spy on people by force should be the top headline on all news sites, as it expands the government/police spying in the USA by a huge margin...and why should this stop in the US? They ship worldwide, there is nothing stopping them from doing so globally. And the fact that it was Amazon the contacted las enforcement about this and not the other way around speaks volumes. People should be terrified about this.
How is this Steve guy supposedly a security expert when he admits he doesn't even encrypt any of his cloud files? He also said that he does all his work from home, in which case, why are you even using cloud storage and exposing yourself to additional risk in the first place? Just do 2x local backups. It is difficult to take advice seriously when something as basic as encryption is ignored.