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Hands-On Tech (Audio)

ATTG 2004: Stringy Floppy - Apple Families, Google Accounts, Firefox

Hands-On Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Reviews, Technology, Product Reviews, Tech, Gadgets, Twit

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2023

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

How can I allow someone on my Apple family account to make their own individual Apple purchases? Why am I not receiving any messages when correctly submitting my information to retrieve my Google account? Some last-minute gift suggestions from Leo & Mikah. Plus, Scott Wilkinson talks about the variety of online streaming TV options, and Sam Abuelsamid stops by to talk about Ample & its proposed car battery-swapping technology.

  • Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga.
  • Actors recorded videos for 'Vladimir.' It turned into Russian propaganda.
  • Google's Gemini looks remarkable, but it's still behind OpenAI.
  • Why am I not receiving a message from Google when I correctly enter my information to recover my Google account?
  • The casualties of the Podcasting bloodbath.
  • Scott Wilkinson and the streaming TV options.
  • How you can keep someone on your Apple family account while allowing them to make their own Apple purchases.
  • What are my best buying options for buying a MacBook in Brazil?
  • What USB Fingerprint reader should I purchase for my Windows machine?
  • Some last-minute gift recommendations from Leo & Mikah.
  • Sam Abuelsamid, crash safety tests, and Ample's car battery swapping technology.
  • What's going on with my Firefox browser?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Sam Abuelsamid

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0:00.0

Well, hey, hey, it's time for Ask the Tech guys.

0:03.0

Coming up, Scott Wilkinson will tell us how the Christmas Tuba Festival went and talk a little bit about

0:09.4

streaming channels and how to get them.

0:11.6

And I'm Micah Sergeant, and I give you the answer for what you do when one of your family members

0:16.5

wants to leave the iCloud Family Sharing Nest.

0:19.0

And then Sam Abool Sam in our car guy answers the question, why can't I just change the battery on my

0:25.2

electric vehicle it's all coming up next on Ask the Tech guys

0:30.5

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