ATTG 2009: Live and Let Snoop - Tech Layoffs, Helix Pivotal, Raspberry Pi 5

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Leo Laporte

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

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2024

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Summary

What are some downsides to an ultra-short throw projector? How can I recover data from an old MacBook when the battery is dead? What are Linux operating systems to use on a Raspberry Pi 5? Plus, Dick DeBartolo shares some expensive gadgets from CES 2024 and Padre's CES 2024 Recap Part 2!

Car industry seeks to crush AM radio; Congress may rescue it.
N.S.A. buys Americans' Internet data without warrants, letter says.
Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid off in the first weeks of 2024. Why is that?
What are the downsides to ultra-short throw projectors?
Dick DeBartolo and the expensive tech from CES 2024.
Is AT&T in California looking to no longer offer landline telephone services to customers in the state?
How can I recover data off an old MacBook Air if the battery is dead?
What should I be prepared to do when reinstalling an operating system on a laptop?
Why can't I reformat an encrypted hard drive?
Is there a way to enable encrypted folder protection within iCloud, similar to pCloud's Crypto Folder feature?
Padre's CES Recap Part 2 - Gadgets!
What Linux operating systems can I use for the Raspberry Pi 5?
After switching iPhones, why are my Airtags becoming an "unknown device," thus thinking that an unknown AirTag is following me?
Can I still buy the older Apple power cables that originally came with the older MacBooks?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Dick DeBartolo

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0:00.0	Well hey hey hey it's time for as the tech guys I'm Leo Leport coming up part two of father Robert Balasier's visit to the Consumer Electronics show
0:08.1	It's gadgets on gadgets and I'm mica sergeant and dickey de Bartolo stops by to show us his flying coffin.
0:15.0	And what to do about all those unknown air tags following you everywhere you go.
0:20.0	It's time.
0:21.0	Press the Tech guys.
0:25.0	Podcasts you love.
0:27.0	From people you trust.
0:29.0	This is Twit.
0:37.0	This is Ask the Tech Guys with Micah Sergeant and Leo Leport. Episode 2009 recorded Sunday January 28th, 2024.
0:44.3	Live and let's snoop.
0:47.4	Just a couple of days left to take the Twit survey.
0:50.4	It's the best way we have of getting to know you.
0:53.0	If you haven't taken it this year, go to Twitter. TV slash survey 24 and thanks in advance.
0:59.0	Well hey hey, hey, how are you today it's time for
1:02.8	as the tech guys that's mica sergeant in the dressy outfit
1:06.4	hey thank you and that's professor plu i mean leo leport over there
1:10.0	professor plumb
1:11.0	aren't i like it
1:12.3	don't they have a new character clue? Probably. They have some new woman. I think it's Madonna.
1:17.2	But I don't know. Madonna Plumb? Madonna Plumb. But I'm Professor Plumb with the pipe wrench in the living room.
1:23.5	Did you play it as a kid?
1:24.6	Oh, absolutely.
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