ATTG 1988: Hopelessly Lovesick - Travel Routers, Luna-25 Spacecraft, AI & Taxes?
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Leo Laporte
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2023
⏱️ 144 minutes
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Summary
Leo and Mikah answer whether you should let AI do your taxes; Rod Pyle stops by to talk about what happened with the Luna-25 spacecraft mission; and what are some excellent cloud services to back up your files that won't break the bank!
- Microsoft to hold 'special event' in New York City on September 21st.
- Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing.
- "WD refused to answer our questions about its self-wiping SanDisk SSDs."
- How can I stop my audiobook from starting to playback whenever my Bluetooth earbuds connect to my phone?
- What are the best travel routers?
- Is there a password manager that can store the login info on my pc but allows me to sync via Bluetooth or local Wi-Fi?
- Can I get AI to do my taxes?
- How can I move my emails to another service but keep my domain?
- Rod Pyle and Russia's Luna-25 Spacecraft.
- What's the best email program to manage all my email accounts under one roof? Also, what's a great budget professional camera?
- A caller calls back in with a follow-up to their previous question about copying files from their Mac hard drive.
- Chris Marquardt and the review of the crowded assignment
- What are good cloud services to back up many video files cheaply?
- Where can I get started to stay up to date with AI?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Rod Pyle and Chris Marquardt
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, hey, hey, it's time for Ask the Tech Guys. I'm Leo Laport coming up. Rod Pyle explains what happened to that Soviet lunar lander and I'm like a sergeant and Leo and I are gonna answer the question should you let an AI do your taxes? |
| 0:15.0 | You think you know what our answer is? Stay tuned. We'll also talk to Chris Markwater, Photo Guy, our photo assignment and lots of questions all coming up next. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm gonna ask the tech guys. |
| 0:27.0 | Podcasts you love. From people you trust. This is Detroit. |
| 0:36.0 | This is Ask the Tech Guys with Micah Sergeant and Leo Laport, episode 1988. |
| 0:42.0 | Recorded Sunday, August 20th, 2023. Hopelessly loves sick. |
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| 1:43.0 | It's time for ask the tech guy. Hey, hey, hey, that's Micah Sergeant over there. |
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| 2:14.0 | If you, you know, don't want to appear on video, we totally understand you can also email us ATG at twit dot TV with your question. |
| 2:23.0 | And here's a dirty little secret when you phone, you're still going into the zoom thing. |
| 2:27.0 | That's is true. TV. There's a dirty little see there's a dude, dude, dude, dude, dude. |
| 2:31.0 | There's a dirty little movement. So also coming up today, we've got rod pile. |
| 2:36.0 | Yes, and we also have space man, Chris Mark, what it wants to do the clock thing. Yeah, it's like 12 o'clock 12. |
| 2:43.0 | We have rod pile one. We have Chris Mark, so do you know what they call the arm and a sundial? |
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