In This Episode: Lessons Off the Grid, Satellite Texting, Apple’s Latest Gadgets and AI Regulation
Podcast: Download (Duration: 56:23 — 51.7MB)
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
- 1:37 LN: My new Apple purchase
- AirPods – https://www.apple.com/airpods-5/
- LibrePods – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.kavishdevar.librepods&hl=en-US&pli=1
- 3:00 GR: New earphones. Beats Studio Pro.
- 8:11 LN: AI regulation, does it stand a chance?
- 11:38 LN: AI apocalypse, do we stand a chance?
- 15:30 It is people
- 17:48 GR: Tech review of my Grand Canyon trip
- Solar… not so much: 👎
- 24:21 what I should have done instead
- iPhone 17 Pro Max 👍, Sony camera: needed more access and right lens, X5 👍 for lots of reasons
- 37:35 Satellite text messages: 👍
- 40:00 LN: VERY interested for SAR animal rescue reasons.
- 42:00 The satellite system being used
- 43:39 Being offline: 👍👍👍 (no withdrawal symptoms)
Ain’t it Cool
- 50:23 LN: Neagly on Amazon Prime. A Reacher spin-off that delivers.
- 51:18 GR: Where the Water Goes by David Owen
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
- 53:30 LN: What Happened When My “Bank” Called Me – askleo.com/195987
- 54:51 GR: https://macmost.com/how-to-use-the-combined-spotlight-and-siri-ai-menu-in-macos-golden-gate.html
My Bank of America account allows me to set an alert for any charge on any of m cards over $100. That’s quite high so I called the bank and they were able to change it manually to $1. So if your bank has a similar restriction, you can call the bank an see if they can set a lower amount.
Now I get a text as I’m leaving the shop, shopping online, or whenever there’s an automatic payment, etc. I haven’t had a fraudulent transaction on the accounts, but if it ever happens, I can even possibly block it before the payment goes through.