Podcasts about RCS

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by Chuck Joiner, Eric Bolden, Marty Jencius, Guy Serle, Jeff Gamet, We break down WWDC 2025 highlights across VisionOS, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. The team dives into Vision Pro's spatial widgets, iOS 26's revamped lock screen and call features, iPadOS 26's new multitasking, and Apple Intelligence's privacy-focused AI. They also explore the growing convergence between iPad and Mac and wrap with a shoutout to Macstock 9.  The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com  Direct Link to Audio  Links to our Show Give us a review on Apple Podcasts! CLICK HERE we would really appreciate it! Click this link Buy me a Coffee to support the show we would really appreciate it. intouchwithios.com/coffee  Another way to support the show is to become a Patreon member patreon.com/intouchwithios Website: In Touch With iOS YouTube Channel In Touch with iOS Magazine on Flipboard Facebook Page BlueSky Mastodon X Instagram Threads Spoutible Summary In Episode 363 of In Touch With iOS, host David Ginsburg is joined by an all-star panel — Chuck Joiner, Jeff Gamet, Marty Jencius, Guy Serle, and Eric Bolden — for an in-depth breakdown of Apple's WWDC 2025 keynote. With major announcements across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and VisionOS, the group dives into what these updates mean for users, developers, and Apple's broader ecosystem strategy. The episode opens with panel introductions before jumping straight into VisionOS 26, where the team highlights Apple's focus on spatial computing. Features like interactive 3D widgets, refined Personas, and improved collaboration tools on Vision Pro generate both excitement and critical commentary. Marty and Eric share real-world experiences with spatial widgets, emphasizing their value in immersive environments. The panel acknowledges Apple's ambitious direction for Vision Pro as it evolves from a tech demo to a productivity and creative powerhouse. Next, the conversation moves into iOS 26, spotlighting the redesigned lock screen with dynamic wallpapers and a streamlined interface for messages and phone calls. Jeff praises the new call screening and RCS group chat support, both of which significantly improve communication experiences. Updates to the Camera app and accessibility tools also reinforce Apple's commitment to a more inclusive user experience. iPadOS 26 draws praise for finally bridging the productivity gap with macOS. The introduction of a new windowing system allows for desktop-like multitasking, and panelists are enthusiastic about the debut of the Preview app on iPad. The improved Files app and richer audio input options are celebrated as productivity boosters, making the iPad an even stronger contender as a primary computing device. Turning to macOS 15, the conversation continues around convergence — with iPad and Mac experiences growing closer than ever. Chuck and David discuss how feature parity is leading to more seamless transitions between devices, particularly for multitasking and app continuity. The panel also briefly touches on watchOS 11 and tvOS 18, noting updates in health, fitness, and media experience. While these updates were more iterative, they reflect Apple's steady enhancement of its peripheral platforms. One of the standout segments is a look at Apple Intelligence, Apple's new generative AI initiative. The group discusses how Apple's privacy-first approach to AI, combined with on-device and cloud-assisted processing, could change the way users interact with Siri, productivity apps, and automation. The discussion also covers how this impacts developers and third-party integrations moving forward. In the final stretch, the team speculates on the future of the iPad and Mac. Will they fully converge or continue to serve distinct roles? With the iPad gaining more macOS features and the Mac embracing touch-like elements, the lines continue to blur. The episode closes with a few announcements and community highlights, including a plug for Macstock 2024 — inviting listeners to connect in person and keep the Apple discussion going. Topics and Links In Touch With Vision Pro this week.      VisionOS 26 Spatial widgets and realistic 3D spatial scenes from photos. More natural, detailed personas for video calls. Shared Vision Pro experiences for local and remote collaboration. Enterprise features for shared device use and protected content. New spatial accessories (Logitech Muse, PlayStation VR2 controllers). Adobe Premiere spatial video editing and native 180/360 video playback. New immersive Jupiter environment. visionOS 26: The MacStories Overview   iOS 26 Revamped lock screen with dynamic wallpapers and 3D spatial scenes. Redesigned Camera app with easier mode switching and visible settings. Improved Photos app with tabs and spatial photo views. Safari with floating, shrinking tab bar and edge-to-edge browsing. Enhanced Phone app with unified layout, call screening, and Hold Assist. Messages add group chat polls, personalized backgrounds, Apple Cash in chats, typing indicators, and spam filtering. https://www.macworld.com/article/2575705/ios-26-features-release-date-beta.html

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Google says the latest version of its mobile operating system will bring a range of features, included artificial intelligence assistance for photo editing and RCS for group texting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

📝 INVESTIR AVEC NOUS : Conseil en investissement et club deals alternatifs : https://bit.ly/sondageRA30A --- 0:00 - Du Christ au Bitcoin 1:10 - Pourquoi la spiritualité revient en force? 5:59 - Le rôle des religions en 2025 6:48 - La rencontre avec Dieu 13:07 - La religion va disparaitre ?! 15:12 - Le contrecoup du nihilisme 17:33 - La transcendance 19:32 - Le lien entre l'éducation et la spiritualité 22:58 - Le Bitcoin comme figure messianique 27:07 - L'extrémisme spirituel et le complotisme 30:43 - La Terre est plate... 35:35 - La minute culture littérature : Isaac Asimov 40:23 - La minute culture cinéma : Terrence Malick 42:22 - La minute culture musique : John Coltrane #religion #spiritualité #catholique #musulman --- Nous sommes gestionnaires de patrimoine et conseillers en investissement. Nous accompagnons les citoyens à investir autrement. Nous sommes persuadés que le modèle économique du passé ne se reproduira pas et qu'il faut aller vers de nouvelles dimensions : fin de l'abondance, technologie du savoir, modes d'organisation, modèle économique... C'est un réel combat politique, qui se gagne par l'argent, le nerf de la guerre. Nous proposons des produits et services performants dans l'économie réelle, en respectant nos critères d'investissements : innovations utiles, éthiques et durables ; de souveraineté économique, industrielle, monétaire, technologique, énergétique et alimentaire. Nous axons nos stratégies d'investissements sur trois axes : - l'économie réelle via le private equity (le capital-investissement), deeptech, medtech, greentech, winetech, saas... - les investissements alternatifs de terrain (ressources naturelles, métaux rares et critiques, énergie, eau, vin, numismatique, oeuvres d'Art, immobilier atypique...) - les innovations Web3 (cryptoactifs, DeFi, RWA, token sales, DePIN, DAO, DApp, NFT, GameFi) --- // RESSOURCES : 📚 Le livre bestseller IMMOBITCOIN (gratuit) : http://bit.ly/immobtc 🧠 POUR ALLER PLUS LOIN (1h20) - INVESTIR durant la période de crise civilisationnelle en cours (atelier privée): https://youtu.be/rp71QVEjl78?si=enEoB6-NpPNNsXTA&t=2280 📞 Pour fixer un appel téléphonique avec un membre de l'équipe : https://fdinvest-patrimoine.com/contact // SUIS-NOUS 📷 Instagram : https://instagram.com/francoisjgdenis https://instagram.com/pic.podcast 💼 LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdenis01 --- FD Invest – Société par actions simplifiés au capital social de 100 € - n°89888347500029 au RCS de Montpellier – 2 rue des pivoines 34070 Montpellier – http://fdinvest-patrimoine.com/. Enregistré à l'ORIAS sous le n°22001382 http://www.orias.fr/ en qualité de : Conseiller en investissement financier adhérent de la compagnie cif, association agréée auprès de l'Autorité des Marchés Financiers. FD Invest exerçant en marque commerciale sous le nom Riche à 30 ans. RC Pro auprès de MMA. - IMPORTANT: Risque de perte en capital ou de moins-value sur les investissements alternatifs. Faites vos recherches si vous n'êtes pas accompagné. Ce retour d'expérience ne constitue pas un conseil ou une recommandation. Un conseil est toujours au cas par cas.

Google's AI assistant, Gemini, will summarize long emails unless you opt out. AI dev platform, Hugging Face, introduced two new open source humanoid robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. Even with RCS, messaging Android users from an iPhone still kind of sucks. Will Apple address that at WWDC 2025? And it's Friday Quiz time. Who spoke the quote, Steve Jobs or ChatGPT? Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

📝 INVESTIR AVEC NOUS : Conseil en investissement et club deals alternatifs : https://bit.ly/sondageRA30A --- 0:00 - Les altcoins à très fort potentiel 0:52 - 6 grosses capitalisations 15:27 - 8 petites capitalisations #cryptomonnaie #investissement #cryptomonnaies --- Nous sommes gestionnaires de patrimoine et conseillers en investissement. Nous accompagnons les citoyens à investir autrement. Nous sommes persuadés que le modèle économique du passé ne se reproduira pas et qu'il faut aller vers de nouvelles dimensions : fin de l'abondance, technologie du savoir, modes d'organisation, modèle économique... C'est un réel combat politique, qui se gagne par l'argent, le nerf de la guerre. Nous proposons des produits et services performants dans l'économie réelle, en respectant nos critères d'investissements : innovations utiles, éthiques et durables ; de souveraineté économique, industrielle, monétaire, technologique, énergétique et alimentaire. Nous axons nos stratégies d'investissements sur trois axes : - l'économie réelle via le private equity (le capital-investissement), deeptech, medtech, greentech, winetech, saas... - les investissements alternatifs de terrain (ressources naturelles, métaux rares et critiques, énergie, eau, vin, numismatique, oeuvres d'Art, immobilier atypique...) - les innovations Web3 (cryptoactifs, DeFi, RWA, token sales, DePIN, DAO, DApp, NFT, GameFi) --- // RESSOURCES : 📚 Le livre bestseller IMMOBITCOIN (gratuit) : http://bit.ly/immobtc 🧠 POUR ALLER PLUS LOIN (1h20) - INVESTIR durant la période de crise civilisationnelle en cours (atelier privée): https://youtu.be/rp71QVEjl78?si=enEoB6-NpPNNsXTA&t=2280 📞 Pour fixer un appel téléphonique avec un membre de l'équipe : https://fdinvest-patrimoine.com/contact // SUIS-NOUS 📷 Instagram : https://instagram.com/francoisjgdenis https://instagram.com/pic.podcast 💼 LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdenis01 --- FD Invest – Société par actions simplifiés au capital social de 100 € - n°89888347500029 au RCS de Montpellier – 2 rue des pivoines 34070 Montpellier – http://fdinvest-patrimoine.com/. Enregistré à l'ORIAS sous le n°22001382 http://www.orias.fr/ en qualité de : Conseiller en investissement financier adhérent de la compagnie cif, association agréée auprès de l'Autorité des Marchés Financiers. FD Invest exerçant en marque commerciale sous le nom Riche à 30 ans. RC Pro auprès de MMA. - IMPORTANT: Risque de perte en capital ou de moins-value sur les investissements alternatifs. Faites vos recherches si vous n'êtes pas accompagné. Ce retour d'expérience ne constitue pas un conseil ou une recommandation. Un conseil est toujours au cas par cas.

¿El SMS ha muerto? No del todo... evolucionó en RCS, la mensajería avanzada que compite con gigantes como WhatsApp Business. En este episodio, explicamos todas las características del RCS para entender cómo va a cambiar la forma en que las empresas se comunican con sus clientes. Conversamos con Gabriel Chapt, CEO del integrador Plusmo, sobre:Qué es el RCSQué problema resuelveDiferencias y semejanzas con SMS y Whatsapp BusinessEl rol de Google, telcos y marcasCómo dar los primeros pasos con RCSConsejos básicos

PODCAST - Après 30 ans de bons et loyaux services, le SMS est en perte de vitesse. Un nouveau protocole nommé RCS est en passe de le supplanter. Dans ce nouvel épisode de "La Règle d'Or Numérique", Benjamin Hue, journaliste RTL, vous explique quels sont les avantages de cette nouvelle technologie de messagerie. Retrouvez chaque semaine (l'inimitable) "Règle d'or" en podcast et son pendant Numérique consacré aux problèmes du quotidien en ligne. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

“Verification is no longer a nice-to-have—it's a must-have,” says Gegham Azatyan, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Dexatel, in a conversation with Doug Green, Publisher of Technology Reseller News. In this episode, Azatyan introduces Dexatel Verify, a new CPaaS solution designed to intelligently authenticate users across multiple channels in real time. Founded in 2015, Dexatel helps global brands build secure and reliable customer communication through SMS, voice, email, and chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Viber. Now, with the launch of Dexatel Verify, the company is addressing the rising challenges of online fraud, fake accounts, and high messaging costs—particularly in markets where SMS pricing is prohibitive or unreliable. Gegham Azatyan Unlike traditional one-time password (OTP) solutions, Dexatel Verify uses smart fallback logic, a system that dynamically selects the best communication channel for each user and region. If a text message fails, the system might try a voice call or switch to WhatsApp or RCS—all automatically and in real time. This innovation isn't just about efficiency—it's also about cost savings. “Customers using fallback logic can save up to 30%,” Azatyan notes, especially those in high-volume industries like fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, and education. The solution is also fully compliant with GDPR and ISO 27001, making it suitable for businesses operating in regulated sectors. As Dexatel expands into the U.S. and Canadian markets, Azatyan sees Verify as a critical enabler for companies onboarding new users securely and affordably—turning customer verification into a seamless, cost-effective, and fraud-resistant process. Learn more at https://dexatel.com

Street Stock Driver #19, Cole Greseth & RCS Head of Concessions, Scott Iverson join the show to break down Cole's big start to his 2025 season, get the low down on the latest RCS concessions, and so much more!! Keep up with Cole Greseth's racing social media on his Facebook - bit.ly/4k4sMfz - To see the full Scott Iverson RCS Concessions tour visit - bit.ly/4movJcJ   heck out the Dirty Thursday YouTube channel for our latest 100 episodes - https://www.youtube.com/@gfbsdirtythursday   Show is recorded at Grand Forks Best Source. For studio information, visit www.gfbestsource.com or message us at bit.ly/44meos1 – To access to past Dirty Thursday episodes visit https://dirtythursday.podbean.com/ - Help support GFBS at this donation link - https://bit.ly/3vjvzgX   #grandforksbestsource #GFBS #NOSA #dirtythursday #dirtracing   #sprints #midwestmodifieds #purestock #streetstock #lightningsprints #latemodels #NLRA

Samsung announces the Galaxy S25 Edge, Apple launches CarPlay Ultra, and a billion RCS messages a day. How to Contact us: How to Listen:

Hoy te traemos noticias fresquitas:Apple planea integrar memoria avanzada para potenciar la IA en los iPhones de 2027.El iPhone 18 Pro podría estrenar Face ID bajo la pantallaen 2026.Más de mil millones de mensajes RCS se envían diariamente en Android y iPhone.Nos escuchamos mañana con muchísima más información!!

Gerry and Dave played some Standard, finished watching the RCs, and drew some conclusions about where they're leaning for RC Hartford. Plus, Dave did the impossible and won an RCQ! *** NEW SPONSOR vaultgamestore.com Use code "GerryT" for 5% off your order or 5% bonus credit on trade-in! *** patreon.com/gerrytpodcast youtube.com/g3rryt twitter.com/g3rryt twitter.com/_DaveShiels twitch.tv/gerry_t Edited by: twitter.com/hereliesasianjon *** Music: Mega Man 2 "Ending theme" Remix by zookun | Music composed by Manami Matsumae & Takashi Tateishi

“With RCS, brands don't need to ask customers to download an app—they already have the experience in their pocket.” — Brian Garofola, CTO, Vibes In Part 2 of our Technology Reseller News podcast series, Brian Garofola, CTO of Vibes, returns to showcase how Rich Communication Services (RCS) is transforming from a messaging protocol into a full-fledged business platform—with practical applications for both Fortune 500 enterprises and local restaurants. Garofola joins TR publisher Doug Green to premiere a live demo video created by Vibes, highlighting how restaurant brands can use RCS to provide app-like experiences within native messaging apps. The demo, presented by Vibes' Director of Marketing Mara Miller and Senior Product Manager Molly Zechar, walks through real-world use cases including: Scrollable carousels with interactive product images and offers Calendar and map integrations One-click reservations and order placements Seamless connections to mobile wallets and POS systems With Apple's adoption of RCS in iOS 18 and growing carrier support, Vibes estimates that 70% of U.S. devices are already RCS-capable. That makes this channel highly accessible—no app download, no new behavior required. What's more, Vibes offers low-code and no-code tools to help businesses of all sizes quickly build and launch RCS agents, turning a process that once took months into days. From online ordering at a donut shop to fraud alerts in banking, RCS delivers interactivity, reach, and ease of use in one channel. Watch the video and listen to the full conversation to see how RCS is becoming the new platform standard for business-to-consumer engagement. Explore more and try the live demo agent: https://www.vibes.com

“RCS is not just another messaging channel—it's the next great application platform.” — Brian Garofola, CTO, Vibes In Part 1 of a special two-part series with Doug Green of Technology Reseller News, Vibes CTO Brian Garofola lays out a compelling vision for the future of messaging, where Rich Communication Services (RCS) redefines how businesses interact with customers. Far from being a simple upgrade to SMS, RCS combines the reach of traditional messaging with the interactivity of apps, unlocking what Garofola describes as a new “frontier” for brands and service providers. With Apple set to support RCS and major U.S. carriers expanding their networks, Vibes has positioned itself as a tier-one aggregator, enabling brands like Chipotle, Ralph Lauren, and Kohl's to prepare customer engagement programs built around RCS agents. These agents offer verified, interactive, app-like experiences directly within the native messaging app—without the need for downloads or custom app development. Garofola also highlights how Vibes is lowering the barrier for adoption, offering no-code and low-code platforms that allow enterprises and even small businesses—like Chicago's Beacon Donuts—to quickly deploy interactive RCS agents. The implications are significant for channel partners and resellers, who now have a scalable, low-overhead way to bring next-generation messaging solutions to underserved SMBs and vertical markets. From fraud alerts and airline rebookings to small-town school communications and donut shop ordering, RCS is proving to be a highly flexible tool that could reshape how we think about mobile engagement. Listen to the full conversation to discover how RCS may be the tipping point for the next generation of business communication—and why enterprises should get started now. Learn more: https://www.vibes.com

When a simple attempt to delete a message thread locked me out of texting anyone, I discovered a major flaw in Google's RCS messaging system—one that Google hasn't fixed, acknowledged, or documented. This isn't just a glitch—it's a security design failure with real-world consequences, and it exposes the deeper rot in how modern software is built and maintained.

The key to improving patient engagement lies in reducing friction and delivering rich communication experiences directly to the consumer. In this episode, Myron Wallace, Fractional Chief Product Officer at White Label Communications, discusses how his organization is simplifying healthcare communications through APIs that integrate telephony into SaaS solutions. He highlights the potential of Rich Communication Services (RCS) to enhance patient engagement by delivering interactive content directly within messages, reducing the need for separate applications. Myron also explores how organizations are using RCS for secure, branded messaging in areas like e-sign consent and patient education. While he acknowledges AI's potential, he warns against the hype and stresses the importance of regulatory oversight and reducing patient friction through practical technologies like RCS. Tune in and learn how RCS could transform patient communication and engagement. Resources: Connect with and follow Myron Wallace on LinkedIn. Learn more about White Label Communications on their LinkedIn and website. Discover more about Myron on his website.

In the inaugural Friday episode of the podcast, Ryan C. Showers and guest Justin from Epic Film Guys discuss a variety of Horror News topics. In this premiere “Headlines with RCS” segment, Ryan and Justin announce an upcoming, special in-person, screening of “Scream 2,” celebrate Marco Beltrami's return to score “Scream 7,” and share predictions about character fates in the franchise. The conversation also covers the trailer for “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” Sarah Michelle Gellar's exciting return to film in “Ready or Not 2,” the reboot of “Urban Legend,” and insights into “Wednesday” Season 2. In addition, Ryan and Ashley bestow “So Long, London” as the Taylor Swift Song of the Day, as the podcast pays respect to editor Albert Padilla's retirement from SWRCS. Introduction “Scream 7” Stars Speak Out “Scream 2” Screening with Ryan C. Showers Marco Beltrami Returns for “Scream 7” “I Know What You Did Last Summer” Trailer Discussion Sarah Michelle Gellar's Comeback with “Ready or Not 2” “Urban Legend” Reboot Tim Burton's “Wednesday” Season 2 New Horror Projects on the Horizon “So Long, London” So Long, Albert  Subscribe Patreon.com/screamwithrcs Find us on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, BlueSky, and Youtube. Host & Producer: @ScreamWithRCS  Creative Producer: @ninnetimes @squirrelandspud9  Graphic Design Producer: @joneshiphop @tjonesfilms Guest: @EpicFilmGuys Taylor Swift Song of the Day: “So Long, London” (The Tortured Poets Department)

Recent data breaches have had significant impacts. WorkComposer, an employee monitoring app, exposed over 21 million sensitive employee screenshots due to a misconfigured cloud storage bucket. This breach compromised data such as emails, internal chats, and login credentials, leading to risks like phishing attacks, identity theft, corporate espionage, and legal consequences under GDPR and CCPA. In a separate incident, Oracle engineers caused a multi-day outage at U.S. hospitals by disrupting electronic health record systems, forcing hospitals to revert to paper-based systems. This highlighted vulnerabilities in critical healthcare infrastructure due to human error.The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping both cybersecurity and the workforce. AI-powered virtual employees, expected soon, pose security risks, such as account misuse and rogue behavior. At the same time, malicious actors are using AI tools like the Darcula phishing-as-a-service kit to launch sophisticated, multilingual phishing campaigns. This kit exploits messaging protocols like RCS and iMessage, making phishing attacks harder to detect. In the tech workforce, employees without AI expertise are facing heavier workloads, stagnant pay, and job insecurity amid restructuring, while AI specialists command higher salaries.Phishing attacks are becoming more advanced, thanks to tools like Darcula. This phishing kit allows criminals to easily create convincing fake websites and bypass security filters. The kit uses AI to generate multilingual scam pages and exploits messaging protocols like RCS and iMessage, which are more difficult to monitor than traditional SMS, making phishing attacks more sophisticated and challenging to detect.Nation-states continue to be significant players in cyberattacks, particularly through zero-day vulnerabilities. Google's research reveals that government-backed hacking groups were behind most zero-day exploits used in real-world cyberattacks last year, with China and North Korea responsible for many of these attacks. These state-sponsored actors exploit undiscovered vulnerabilities to achieve strategic goals, highlighting the ongoing threat posed by nation-state cyberattacks.Connected vehicles and subscription-based features are raising privacy concerns. Automakers are increasingly collecting data through connected features like heated seats and advanced driving assistance. Law enforcement is training to access this data, including location history and driving habits, raising privacy risks. Even when drivers decline subscription services, pre-installed devices with cellular connections can still collect data, potentially increasing surveillance.Employee monitoring software, like WorkComposer, can pose security risks if not properly secured. The breach at WorkComposer exposed sensitive data, such as internal communications and login credentials. When employee data is not adequately protected, it becomes a target for cybercriminals, leading to identity theft, corporate espionage, and reputational damage. This emphasizes the need for strong security practices when using such tools.The tech workforce is facing significant challenges, including job insecurity, stagnant pay, and increased workloads. After a period of rapid growth, companies like Meta and Salesforce have implemented mass layoffs, leading employees to take on the responsibilities of former colleagues. While AI specialists are in high demand, those without AI expertise struggle to secure raises or better compensation, creating a divide in the workforce.Finally, targeted malicious activity has been observed in geopolitical contexts. For example, new Android spyware has been discovered targeting Russian military personnel. Hidden in a modified version of the Alpine Quest mapping app, the malware steals sensitive data like phone numbers, accounts, contacts, and geolocation information... Highlighting the increasing use of cyber tools in geopolitical conflicts.

We are celebrating a HUGE milestone over here: 400 episodes of The VBAC Link Podcast! Beginning as a phonecall in Target from Julie Francom to Meagan Heaton in 2018, The VBAC Link Podcast now has over 1.3 million episode downloads, guests from all over the world, a management and production team, parent and doula education courses, a thriving social media platform, and a legacy of stories from YOU that have allowed VBAC to be accessible more than ever before. Your stories have provided the inspiration and education to show women just how many options there are when giving birth after a Cesarean. Whether it is VBAC, HBAC, CBAC, VBAMC, RCS, MAC, or anything in between, it has been a privilege to connect with you and learn from you. We love you, Women of Strength!Coterie Diapers: Use Code VBAC20 for 20% OffNeeded Website: Code VBAC20 for 20% OffHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vbac-link/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

HYANNIS, MA - “We thought messaging was simple—until we realized it could power AI, commerce, and rich customer conversations,” says Inderpal Mumick, CEO, Dotgo. At the inaugural vCon Conference 2025, a rich new layer of the communications future was unveiled through a powerful conversation with Inderpal Mumick, CEO of Dotgo. As a global leader in RCS (Rich Communication Services) platforms, Dotgo is pioneering how businesses interact with consumers, combining messaging, AI, and commerce into a unified, secure experience. "Dotgo processes more than a billion RCS business messages every month," said Mumick. "RCS modernizes messaging with encryption, rich media, and real branding — transforming the way businesses communicate with consumers." RCS for Business: Beyond Simple Messaging While consumers are increasingly familiar with rich messaging through apps like Android Messages and iMessage, RCS for Business elevates the experience further. Instead of generic SMS texts from anonymous numbers, RCS delivers messages verified, branded, and enriched with high-quality images, videos, and interactive carousels — all directly from trusted businesses. "Instead of a random number, you see 'Target' or your doctor's office name, complete with a verification checkmark," explained Mumick. "It builds trust, delivers better engagement, and supports everything from appointment rescheduling to customer support." Empowering AI Through RCS The link between RCS and the AI revolution was a key theme. As enterprises race to integrate AI into customer experiences, they need powerful, reliable communication channels — and RCS fits that need perfectly. "AI agents can pull rich catalogs, solve customer problems with images, and carry out complex conversations — all seamlessly over RCS," said Mumick. "And because RCS charges per conversation window, not per message, it's economically sustainable for AI-driven customer support." Dotgo is actively enabling brands, resellers, hyperscalers, and agencies to incorporate AI into RCS workflows, and is collaborating with Google on multiple education initiatives — including an upcoming event at Google's New York offices. vCon and the Structuring of Conversations Dotgo also sees an important future role for vCon in RCS environments. "VCon provides a structured, standard format for conversations," noted Mumick. "When we use RCS to communicate and structure it as a VCon, businesses can better mine, analyze, and use that data — with proper consumer consent — to drive AI, improve service, and innovate responsibly." To learn more about Dotgo and the future of RCS and AI-enabled messaging: dotgo.com

Facilitator:  BradTopics:  Labelling Photos in Be MY Eyes app;  Merlyn Bird ID app;  Where's Screen Recognition?;  Using ChatGPT App;  Using the signature feature in Gmail app; Creating accounts in Apple mail App;  Turning Updates on or off;   Setting up shortcuts in Be My Eyes with Siri;  Using Category behavior in Mail;   Turning Categories on or off;  Calls going on Watch and not Phone;  Locking Phone with IRA;  Voice Memo not syncing from Watch to Phone;  What is RCS?; Fixing Portrait/Landscape mode;  Not hearing audio while joining zoom on Iphone;  Setting up passcodes; using Important labels in Gmail;   Unable to turn VoiceOver Speech on watch;  Forwarding emails using screen readers;iBUG Bytes: Brad:  Sending Group Text messages with SIRI

What personal information was compromised in the Hertz breach?The breach exposed customer names, birth dates, contact info, driver's licenses, payment cards, and some Social Security numbers. It stemmed from a cyberattack on Cleo, a third-party vendor previously targeted in a mass-hacking campaign.How is air travel changing, and what are the privacy implications?ICAO aims to replace boarding passes with digital travel credentials using facial recognition and mobile passport data. While data is reportedly deleted quickly, the expansion of biometric surveillance raises major privacy and security concerns.Why is the EU giving staff burner phones for U.S. trips?To mitigate potential U.S. surveillance risks, the EU is issuing burner phones to officials visiting for IMF/World Bank meetings—echoing similar precautions for China and Ukraine. It signals growing distrust in transatlantic cybersecurity.How are North Korean hackers using LinkedIn?Groups like Lazarus use fake recruiter profiles to trick targets into opening malware-laden job materials. These campaigns steal credentials and crypto, funding North Korea's sanctioned activities and highlighting the rise of social engineering threats.Why is Let's Encrypt shortening TLS certificate lifespans?Let's Encrypt now issues 6-day certificates, down from 90. Benefits include improved security and automation; drawbacks involve more frequent renewals, which could create dependency on issuing infrastructure.What is the "Smishing Triad" targeting now?This group has moved from fake delivery texts to targeting banks via iMessage and RCS phishing. They steal banking info to load stolen cards into mobile wallets, illustrating more advanced and lucrative phishing tactics.What's the significance of China acknowledging U.S. infrastructure hacks?China's tacit admission of involvement in Volt Typhoon cyberattacks marks a shift in tone. The U.S. sees these as strategic signals, intensifying concerns about critical infrastructure security amid geopolitical tension.What is Android's new auto-reboot security feature?Android phones will now reboot automatically after three days of inactivity. This clears memory, closes apps, and requires re-authentication—reducing the risk of unauthorized access.

This week we talk about smishing, Huione, and scams.We also discuss money laundering, the Cambodian government, and Tether.Recommended Book: The Longevity Imperative by Andrew J. ScottTranscriptThe portmanteau ‘smishing' combines SMS and phishing to refer to the practice of using text messages to trick the recipients of said messages into revealing information that allows scammers to access their victim's accounts on various platforms.One common variation of smishing, which I've seen a lot recently, personally, are messages purportedly from toll road operators that tell the recipient they've got an unpaid toll, and they need to follow a link that's provided in order to pay it. If the person receiving that message follows the instructions, they'll tend to land on a webpage that's convincing enough, which looks like the sort of site you might go to if you're paying that kind of toll, online, and you enter your payment information and are then either immediately charged for this fake toll, or that information is used in some more cohesive manner—maybe the card is stolen, maybe it's added to a larger collection of data they have on you which is then leveraged for a larger payout.This type of scam has become more common in recent years because of innovations deployed by what security researchers have called the Smishing Triad, which is a trio of mobile phishing groups operating out of China that seem to have refined their infrastructure and techniques so that messages they send via iMessage to iPhone users and RCS to Android users can bypass mobile phone networks and enjoy a nearly 100% delivery rate—which makes the name a little ironic, since these groups don't use SMS to deliver these scam texts anymore, as those other methods of delivery are more reliable for such messages, these days.The big innovation introduced by these groups, though, beyond that deliverability, is the productization of mobile phishing, which basically means they've packaged up applications that allow their customers, which are usually smaller-time phishing groups and individuals, to share links to convincing-looking copies of Paypal, Mastercard, Stripe, and CitiGroup payment sites, among others, including individual banks, and that makes knee-jerk payments from the victims receiving these texts more likely, and less likely to set of alarm bells in the minds those receiving them, because they look like just normal payment sites.These pre-packaged scam assets also include regularly rotated web domains, which makes them less likely to trigger the recipient's anti-scam software—their browser will be less likely to flag them as problematic, basically. And the Triad has hundreds of actual humans working desk jobs, worldwide, supporting their customer base, which again is a bunch of scammers that use this package of tools to try to steal money from their marks.All of this is enabled, in part, by clever emulation software that allows Triad customers to leverage legit and legit-seeming phone numbers from a computer or phone, those devices then sending out around 100 messages per second, per device, to phone numbers in the targeted region. They're able to do this on a budget because of the efficiency of the software acquired from the Smishing Triad, and the Triad stays just ahead of regulators and law enforcement by rapidly iterating their offerings, which in turn does the same for all of their customers—which grants the benefits of a larger institution to all these individual and smaller scam groups.What I'd like to talk about today is another alleged backend for scammers, this one this more overt and public facing, and perhaps even more impactful because of its size and because of the nature of its offerings.—The Huione (hu-WAY-wahn) Group is a financial conglomerate primarily based in Cambodia, though it also has satellite offices in other countries, mostly in Southeast Asia.Folks use the entity's QR codes to pay for stuff all around Cambodia, from restaurant tabs to hotel bills to supermarket tallies, and it offers normal banking stuff like checking and savings accounts, alongside things like escrow services and a cryptocurrency exchange.This is a company that buys billboards along major highways throughout the country and which has well-connected people in charge, including one of the Cambodian prime minister's cousins, who is the director of a Huione company.In addition to its many legitimate offerings, though, Huione has also been accused to providing a range of gray and blackmarket products and services to folks who are doing skeevy but partially legal things, alongside wholly criminal enterprises, like a human trafficking outfit in Myanmar and folks running large smishing schemes in other parts of Southeast Asia.Huione's primary offering for the criminal underworld though, is allegedly serving as a money laundering go-between.If you run a smishing scammer network, or a group that kidnaps people and sell them into various types of modern slavery in Myanmar, you may have trouble using the money you earn for these efforts because they're off-book, blackmarket sorts of income. You need to clean, to launder that money to make it seem legitimate, so that you can put it in banks or otherwise use it to pay for things like you would with normal, non-illegally earned money.Money laundering matchmaker services maintain networks of what are called money mules, and these mules are sometimes individuals, and they're sometimes shell companies with bank accounts or their own cryptocurrency wallets.If you're scamming people out of their money, you might use this type of service to connect you with a money mule, and you provide that mule's bank or crypto account information to your victim—so when you receive a scammy text message and follow it to completing, the bank your money is sent to will probably be that of a mule, not the person or group doing the scamming.So the victim transfers their money to that mule's account, and the mule then moves said money from one account to another to another to another to another, eventually converting it into an asset like a cryptocurrency, once the path has been suitably muddled. They take their cut, which is often something like 15%, somewhere along the way, and you, their customer, the scammer, are handed neutralized, clean resources in the form of that cryptocurrency—which you can then convert into real money at some point—on the other end.An entity like Huione makes money by connecting scammers and other criminals with mules, but also by serving as a guarantor on these transactions.So this entity allegedly, via a network of Telegram channels it maintains, telegram being an anonymizing chat app similar to WhatsApp, it allows matchmakers to advertise on these channels, using thinly veiled language to promote their services, and Huione is able to make money selling ads to mules and other matchmakers who want to promote via these highly trafficked channels, one of which has more than 400,000 users—and they have many of these things, and that alone apparently brings in a fair bit of revenue, serving as a sort of hard-to-track Craigslist for this component of the scam economy.The guarantor component of this digital bazaar means that Huione holds the transactions between scammer and mules in escrow, just like any other escrow service: they take the money and hold it until the service has been completed, at which point they release it, taking a small cut for the service of ensuring that no one gets ripped off—except for the original victim of the scam, of course.The majority of these transactions are completed using Tether, which is a stablecoin that tries to peg its value to the US dollar, each token worth exactly one USD, rather than fluctuating like speculative crypto assets, like Bitcoin, and this allows everyone involved to maintain a veil of both feigned ignorance and anonymity, making it difficult to track who does what, how much money changes hands, and who gets paid and does the paying.This setup allows Huione to claim ignorance any time someone accuses them of doing illegal stuff: after all, they can't possibly be responsible for what all the entities using their services are up to, right? All everything is just muddled and anonymized enough to grant seeming truthfulness to that claim of ignorance.Because of how all this is set up, most of what we know about this is the result of whistleblowing from insiders and leaked documents, alongside divulgences from security researchers who know how to get into these sorts of networks and who at times hack those involved in various ways.And it seems, based on those divulgences and other gleaned knowledge, that Huione's money laundering services, alone, have been linked to nearly $27 billion in cryptocurrency transactions since 2021—though that could be a significant undercount because of the blurry nature of this industry and the entities involved with it.Thus far, Huione has never been targeted for sanctions by any government.Tether took action to freeze some of its accounts after law enforcement officials flagged them for criminal behavior, and Telegram has closed some of those illicit, matchmaking channels, but it's easy enough to set up new versions of both, while the escrow subsidiary of Huione, previously called Huione Guarantee, denies any connection to these activities and even changed its name to Haowang Guarantee in October of 2024, though that denial seems to be public-facing only: the escrow-providing company continues to claim that the larger Huione Group is one of its strategic partners and shareholders.Huione also has its own matchmatching service, called Huione International Pay, which operates as a real-deal bank, but also does what all the other matchmakers do—it helps criminal enterprises shuffle their money around, taking a fee to provide them with clean money, usually in the shape of Tether crypto tokens, on the other end.Though notably, Huione also recently launched their own stablecoin called USDH, alongside an in-house communication service called ChatMe and an array of mini-games that seem optimized for automation, which is another means of laundering money via what seems like gambling apps, allowing their clients to cut out the casinos that are sometimes used as part of the laundering process. All of which seems primed to internalize more of this process, slowly doing away with the need for Telegram and Tether and those casinos, which would seem to remove some of the risk associated with those external, uncontrolled-by-Huione, platforms.Despite all this, this enterprise has been allowed to flourish and grow like it has, according to a threat analyst with the UN, at least, because of lax enforcement in Cambodia, and the conglomerate's connections with the government and ability to say, basically, we're legit, look, we're just a bank, we can't control what other people might do with our services. Their whole setup is obscure enough, too, that anyone who takes a close look at their entangled business structure quickly gets lost in its complexity and many tangles and dead-ends.Some governments, including the Chinese government, have been cracking down on entities like Huione operating within their borders, but many such crackdowns are hobbled when they're aimed at operations based in different countries, especially those with lax enforcement, like Cambodia.Also worth noting is that if someone's going to get caught, it'll most likely be the mules, not the matchmakers or scammers, and that's by design. It's a bit like street-level drug dealers being more likely to be picked up by police than the folks running the larger drug enterprise of which they're a part. Huione and other entities like it are largely insulated from major consequences, even if the mules who use their services periodically get caught in dragnets cast by law enforcement.That said, the National Bank of Cambodia recently announced that it hasn't renewed Huione's license to operate its payment service in the country, the one that runs all those QR codes, because it didn't meet renewal requirements. That happened in late-March of 2025, so pretty recently, though the company has already said that it will register its business in Japan and Canada, so it seems to be looking for a suitable plot of land on which to rebuild this component of its setup.Many security researchers and law enforcement officials have warned that the time to crack down on Huione and similar conglomerates is now, because they're currently reliant on partially exposed third-parties like Telegram and Tether. Once they successfully move those activities inward, they'll be a lot more difficult to track, but also nearly impossible to shutter, unless there's a significant change in the government and enforcement climate in the countries in which they're based, which at this point at least, looks unlikely.Show Noteshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/world/asia/cambodia-money-laundering-huione.htmlhttps://www.wired.com/story/the-largest-illicit-online-marketplace-ever-is-growing-at-an-alarming-rate/https://www.wired.com/story/pig-butchering-scam-crypto-huione-guarantee/https://www.wired.com/story/interpol-pig-butchering-scams-rename/https://www.propublica.org/article/casinos-cambodia-myanmar-laos-southeast-asia-fraud-cybercrimehttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/china-based-sms-phishing-triad-pivots-to-banks/#more-70793https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_spam This is a public episode. 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(1:10) Villo boys update(2:37) Motorsports on NBC Community Poll: After a wet and wild night at Foxborough, was this the craziest Supercross mudder you have ever seen?(5:23) Moment of the week.(6:07) Will SX ever go away from outdoor venues or will it always be what it is?(8:55) Best day ever for a lot of guys in the 250 class.(12:59) Do they speed shift more in the mud or pick a gear and stay in it to keep engine temp down?(14:26) What was RVs and RCs favorite memory while racing or training in the mud?(16:18) What goes through your head sitting on the line when it's a mudder?(18:08) Hey, what did you think of Vialle?(20:08) Dude this championship is gnarly right now.(23:05) "We have some b-roll of that first corner RV." (27:56) 2025 Foxborough 250 East winner Chance Hymas.(37:43) 450 recap(40:04) Chase Sexton penalized on heat race debate.(41:43) All things considered, not a bad day for Kenny.(43:16) Massive props to Shane McElrath.(45:09) Championship contenders.(48:53) Webb texted me on Sunday.(56:56) Motosports on NBC this week. (58:16) Speed/Mental Edge/Physical Durability; Rank them of importance.  

Chuck Joiner, Brittany Smith, David ginsburg,, Brian Flaingan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet, MartyJencius, Eric Bolden, Mark Fuccio, Web Bixby, and Jim Rea explore the significance of end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging on iPhone, bringing secure communication to more users without extra effort. They also review the immersive Metallica concert experience on Apple Vision Pro, praising its production quality and spatial video evolution. Finally, they react with approval and enthusiasm to the surprise announcement of a new season of Ted Lasso, focusing on a women's football team.   This MacVoices episode is supported by Notion. Work faster, write better, and think bigger. Try it for free today at notion.com/macvoices. Show Notes: Chapters: 00:06 RCS Encryption Insights08:22 Metallica Experience Reports17:59 Apple Vision Pro and Concert Filming22:20 Ted Lasso Returns Links: End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software updatehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/ You can now watch a full Metallica concert on Apple Vision Pro
 https://www.fastcompany.com/91298652/you-can-now-watch-a-full-metallica-concert-on-apple-vision-pro “It's unlike anything we've ever done before!” Metallica announce Apple Immersive concert experiencehttps://www.kerrang.com/metallica-m72-world-tour-drummer-lars-ulrich-interview-zane-lowe-immersive-apple-vision-pro Jason Sudeikis confirms Ted Lasso season 4, here's the storylinehttps://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/ted-lasso-season-4-is-official/ Guests: Web Bixby has been in the insurance business for 40 years and has been an Apple user for longer than that.You can catch up with him on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Eric Bolden is into macOS, plants, sci-fi, food, and is a rural internet supporter. You can connect with him on Twitter, by email at embolden@mac.com, on Mastodon at @eabolden@techhub.social, on his blog, Trending At Work, and as co-host on The Vision ProFiles podcast. Brian Flanigan-Arthurs is an educator with a passion for providing results-driven, innovative learning strategies for all students, but particularly those who are at-risk. He is also a tech enthusiast who has a particular affinity for Apple since he first used the Apple IIGS as a student. You can contact Brian on twitter as @brian8944. He also recently opened a Mastodon account at @brian8944@mastodon.cloud. Mark Fuccio is actively involved in high tech startup companies, both as a principle at piqsure.com, or as a marketing advisor through his consulting practice Tactics Sells High Tech, Inc. Mark was a proud investor in Microsoft from the mid-1990's selling in mid 2000, and hopes one day that MSFT will be again an attractive investment. You can contact Mark through Twitter, LinkedIn, or on Mastodon. Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram, jeffgamet on LinkedIn., @jgamet@mastodon.social on Mastodon, and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet. David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud. Dr. Marty Jencius has been an Associate Professor of Counseling at Kent State University since 2000. He has over 120 publications in books, chapters, journal articles, and others, along with 200 podcasts related to counseling, counselor education, and faculty life. His technology interest led him to develop the counseling profession ‘firsts,' including listservs, a web-based peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Technology in Counseling, teaching and conferencing in virtual worlds as the founder of Counselor Education in Second Life, and podcast founder/producer of CounselorAudioSource.net and ThePodTalk.net. Currently, he produces a podcast about counseling and life questions, the Circular Firing Squad, and digital video interviews with legacies capturing the history of the counseling field. This is also co-host of The Vision ProFiles podcast. Generally, Marty is chasing the newest tech trends, which explains his interest in A.I. for teaching, research, and productivity. Marty is an active presenter and past president of the NorthEast Ohio Apple Corp (NEOAC). Jim Rea built his own computer from scratch in 1975, started programming in 1977, and has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE's ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. He's been a speaker at MacTech, MacWorld Expo and other industry conferences. Follow Jim at provue.com and via @provuejim@techhub.social on Mastodon. Brittany Smith is a trained cognitive neuroscientist who provides ADD/ADHD, technology, and productivity coaching through her business, Devise and Conquer, along with companion video courses for folks with ADHD. She's also the cofounder of The ADHD Guild, a community for nerdy folks with ADHD. She, herself, is a self-designated “well-rounded geek”. 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How can we use the relational circuits (aka RCs) in our brain to stay connected? Every interaction we have, including connecting to God, is impacted by our brain's "master switch". Training this switch to stay on will help us be our best self at all times. Chris gives tips of how to practice keeping our relational circuits on and relational so that we can love the people in our lives no matter what's going on around us.

The dangers of doing things you don't understand. Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor. A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct. A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers. A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards. Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price! RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!). How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot? Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country. Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them! The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!" AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised? Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security legatosecurity.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

The dangers of doing things you don't understand. Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor. A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct. A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers. A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards. Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price! RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!). How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot? Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country. Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them! The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!" AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised? Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security legatosecurity.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

The dangers of doing things you don't understand. Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor. A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct. A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers. A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards. Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price! RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!). How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot? Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country. Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them! The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!" AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised? Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security legatosecurity.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

The dangers of doing things you don't understand. Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor. A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct. A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers. A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards. Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price! RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!). How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot? Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country. Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them! The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!" AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised? Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security legatosecurity.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

The dangers of doing things you don't understand. Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor. A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct. A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers. A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards. Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price! RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!). How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot? Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country. Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them! The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!" AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised? Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security legatosecurity.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

The dangers of doing things you don't understand. Espressif responds to the claims of an ESP32 backdoor. A widely leveraged mistake Microsoft stubbornly refuses to correct. A disturbingly simple remote takeover of Apache Tomcat servers. A 10/10 vulnerability affecting some ASUS, ASRock and HPE motherboards. Google snapped up another cloud security firm but paid a price! RCS messaging to soon get full end-to-end encryption (done right!). How did an AI Crypto Chatbot lose $105,000? ...and what is an AI Crypto Chatbot? Looks like Oracle may take stewardship of TikTok to keep it in-country. Whoops! 23andMe is sinking — don't let them take your genetics with them! The White House says "the cyber guys should stay!" AI project failure rates are on the rise. Anyone surprised? Listener feedback, and a very interesting update on just how looming is the threat from quantum computing? Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1018-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to Security Now at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/security legatosecurity.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

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Benjamin and Chance react to the biggest stories of the week, including Apple's commitment to support encrypted RCS, the rumored launch of a new live translation feature for AirPods, and the ongoing fallout of the Siri feature delays. Apple is also forced to add a variety of APIs to let third-party devices access iOS notifications and other system features, thanks to the latest EU decree. And in Happy Hour Plus, Chance rocks out to Metallica in the Vision Pro, and Apple finally announces Ted Lasso season four. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join. Sponsored by Shopify: Grow your business no matter what stage you're in. Sign up for a $1 per month trial at shopify.com/happyhour. Sponsored by Stash: With Stash, there's no more confusing, frustrating gatekeeping to keep you from investing. Go to get.stash.com/HAPPYHOUR to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Sponsored by Incogni: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code MACHAPPYHOUR at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/machappyhour. Hosts Chance Miller @chancemiller.me on Bluesky @chancehmiller@mastodon.social @ChanceHMiller on Instagram @ChanceHMiller on Threads Benjamin Mayo @bzamayo on Twitter @bzamayo@mastodon.social @bzamayo on Threads Subscribe, Rate, and Review Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus Subscribe to 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus! Support Benjamin and Chance directly with Happy Hour Plus! 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus includes:  Ad-free versions of every episode  Pre- and post-show content Bonus episodes Join for $5 per month or $50 a year at 9to5mac.com/join.  Feedback Submit #Ask9to5Mac questions on Twitter, Mastodon, or Threads Email us feedback and questions to happyhour@9to5mac.com Links End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software update Apple will introduce a number of texting upgrades in iOS 19, here's what's coming Apple says EU interoperability requirements enable unfettered access to the iPhone, risks customer security and privacy EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow alternatives to AirDrop and AirPlay on the iPhone Apple working on live translation feature for AirPods with iOS 19 Apple exec slams ‘ugly and embarrassing' Siri delays in all-hands meeting Apple announces new immersive concert experience for Apple Vision Pro Report: Apple considered removing USB-C port from iPhone 17 Air, more EU confirms Apple can make a portless iPhone without USB-C Apple officially announces Ted Lasso season 4 Poll: Do you want a thinner iPhone 7 at the expense of the 3.5mm headphone jack?

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Someone is upset over Apple's announcement of an updated Siri will be delayed. Some information about the rumored iPhone 17 Air is starting to come out. Would you watch a performance of Metallica in the Vision Pro? And Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino. Apple executives believe users will 'love' upcoming iOS 19 overhaul. Apple considered making the rumored iPhone 17 Air 'completely port-free,' according to report. The Vision Pro Metallica concert video is the best Apple Immersive video yet. Apple drops lawsuit against recycler in mystery of missing iPhones. Sonos cancels its streaming video player. Secret court hearing on iCloud encryption underway amid demands to make it public. Apple announces major expansion of Tap to Pay on iPhone. Rumor: Apple developing second-generation Studio Display. Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Pedro Pascal is a heartsick mess until Apple's AirPods help him dance into a brighter world in new ad. Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones. Picks of the Week: Jason's Pick: Aqara G5 Pro Camera Andy's Pick: Google Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental Native Image Editing Alex's Pick: Aluminum Chassis Stand for 2024 Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit zscaler.com/security

Someone is upset over Apple's announcement of an updated Siri will be delayed. Some information about the rumored iPhone 17 Air is starting to come out. Would you watch a performance of Metallica in the Vision Pro? And Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino. Apple executives believe users will 'love' upcoming iOS 19 overhaul. Apple considered making the rumored iPhone 17 Air 'completely port-free,' according to report. The Vision Pro Metallica concert video is the best Apple Immersive video yet. Apple drops lawsuit against recycler in mystery of missing iPhones. Sonos cancels its streaming video player. Secret court hearing on iCloud encryption underway amid demands to make it public. Apple announces major expansion of Tap to Pay on iPhone. Rumor: Apple developing second-generation Studio Display. Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Pedro Pascal is a heartsick mess until Apple's AirPods help him dance into a brighter world in new ad. Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones. Picks of the Week: Jason's Pick: Aqara G5 Pro Camera Andy's Pick: Google Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental Native Image Editing Alex's Pick: Aluminum Chassis Stand for 2024 Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit zscaler.com/security

Someone is upset over Apple's announcement of an updated Siri will be delayed. Some information about the rumored iPhone 17 Air is starting to come out. Would you watch a performance of Metallica in the Vision Pro? And Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino. Apple executives believe users will 'love' upcoming iOS 19 overhaul. Apple considered making the rumored iPhone 17 Air 'completely port-free,' according to report. The Vision Pro Metallica concert video is the best Apple Immersive video yet. Apple drops lawsuit against recycler in mystery of missing iPhones. Sonos cancels its streaming video player. Secret court hearing on iCloud encryption underway amid demands to make it public. Apple announces major expansion of Tap to Pay on iPhone. Rumor: Apple developing second-generation Studio Display. Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Pedro Pascal is a heartsick mess until Apple's AirPods help him dance into a brighter world in new ad. Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones. Picks of the Week: Jason's Pick: Aqara G5 Pro Camera Andy's Pick: Google Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental Native Image Editing Alex's Pick: Aluminum Chassis Stand for 2024 Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit zscaler.com/security

Someone is upset over Apple's announcement of an updated Siri will be delayed. Some information about the rumored iPhone 17 Air is starting to come out. Would you watch a performance of Metallica in the Vision Pro? And Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino. Apple executives believe users will 'love' upcoming iOS 19 overhaul. Apple considered making the rumored iPhone 17 Air 'completely port-free,' according to report. The Vision Pro Metallica concert video is the best Apple Immersive video yet. Apple drops lawsuit against recycler in mystery of missing iPhones. Sonos cancels its streaming video player. Secret court hearing on iCloud encryption underway amid demands to make it public. Apple announces major expansion of Tap to Pay on iPhone. Rumor: Apple developing second-generation Studio Display. Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users. Pedro Pascal is a heartsick mess until Apple's AirPods help him dance into a brighter world in new ad. Apple restricts Pebble from being awesome with iPhones. Picks of the Week: Jason's Pick: Aqara G5 Pro Camera Andy's Pick: Google Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental Native Image Editing Alex's Pick: Aluminum Chassis Stand for 2024 Mac Mini M4/M4 Pro Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Jason Snell Download or subscribe to MacBreak Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit zscaler.com/security

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple's Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by CardPointers: The best way to maximize your credit card rewards. For TODAY ONLY, 9to5Mac Daily listeners can exclusively save 50% and get a $100 Savings Card. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they're available. Stories discussed in this episode: End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software update Apple will introduce a number of texting upgrades in iOS 19, here's whats coming Apple officially announces Ted Lasso season 4 Apple exec slams ‘ugly and embarrassing' Siri delays in all-hands meeting Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast RSS Spotify TuneIn Google Podcasts Subscribe to support Chance directly with 9to5Mac Daily Plus and unlock: Ad-free versions of every episode Bonus content Catch up on 9to5Mac Daily episodes! Don't miss out on our other daily podcasts: Quick Charge 9to5Toys Daily Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple's Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by CardPointers: The best way to maximize your credit card rewards. 9to5Mac Daily listeners can exclusively save 30% and get a $100 Savings Card. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they're available. Stories discussed in this episode: iOS 18.4 brings RCS messaging to some of the last big carrier holdouts Rumor: iPhone 17 Pro Max will be thicker to make room for a bigger battery Brazilian court gives Apple 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Overcast RSS Spotify TuneIn Google Podcasts Subscribe to support Chance directly with 9to5Mac Daily Plus and unlock: Ad-free versions of every episode Bonus content Catch up on 9to5Mac Daily episodes! Don't miss out on our other daily podcasts: Quick Charge 9to5Toys Daily Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at happyhour@9to5mac.com. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

Benjamin and Chance recap the newly announced lineup of iPads and Macs. The new iPad Air and base iPad offer even better value for money, while Apple pushes the performance edge with the surprising launch of the M3 Ultra in the Mac Studio, and makes the best MacBook yet with the new M4 MacBook Air. Also, iOS 18.4 beta 2 brings even more new features to discuss. And in Happy Hour Plus, Apple takes a swing at a home run with a trio of baseball content announcements. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join. Sponsored by Oracle: Learn how to cut your cloud bill in half at oracle.com/HAPPYHOUR. Sponsored by Stash: With Stash, there's no more confusing, frustrating gatekeeping to keep you from investing. Go to get.stash.com/HAPPYHOUR to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Sponsored by ChargeASAP: Check out the Flash Pro Ultra, featuring a new 275W power bank with an OLED screen that can charge up to 6 devices simultaneously, including your MacBook, phone, smartwatch, and more! Sponsored by Indeed: Get a $75 sponsored job credit and give your jobs more visibility at indeed.com/9to5mac. Hosts Chance Miller @chancemiller.me on Bluesky @chancehmiller@mastodon.social @ChanceHMiller on Instagram @ChanceHMiller on Threads Benjamin Mayo @bzamayo on Twitter @bzamayo@mastodon.social @bzamayo on Threads Subscribe, Rate, and Review Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus Subscribe to 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus! Support Benjamin and Chance directly with Happy Hour Plus! 9to5Mac Happy Hour Plus includes:  Ad-free versions of every episode  Pre- and post-show content Bonus episodes Join for $5 per month or $50 a year at 9to5mac.com/join.  Feedback Submit #Ask9to5Mac questions on Twitter, Mastodon, or Threads Email us feedback and questions to happyhour@9to5mac.com Links Apple challenging legality of UK's secret demand to globally compromise iCloud encryption iOS 18.4 beta 2: Here's everything new iOS 18.4 adds tons of new Shortcuts actions, hints at Siri's future upgrades iOS 18.4 beta 2 includes seven new emoji iOS 18.4 brings RCS messaging to some of the last big carrier holdouts iOS 18.4 will address a frustrating CarPlay limitation iOS 18.4 upgrades the App Store with these two new features Apple unveils new iPad Air, here's what you need to know New Magic Keyboard launches for iPad Air with lower price, feature upgrades Apple updates base iPad with A16 chip and twice the storage Apple unveils M4 MacBook Air in new color and cheaper starting price Apple launches M3 Ultra chip with support for up to 512GB memory Apple launches new Mac Studio, here's everything new With M4 chips, Apple hints at making a key change for the first time