The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 134 - Guilt is Like Garlic - You Can't have too Much

Recorded Sunday June 01, 2025 - Live from iTechGear Central

Hosts Chris Spera - EiC iTechGear.org Christopher Gavula - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Editor Gear Diary and pocketnow.com Joel McLaughlin - Editor at iTechGear, former Contributing Writer Gear Diary. Current The Linux Link Tech Show Host and Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired

Apple Segment WWDC is a Week Away Apple Pulling a Microsoft? - Joel https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/29/will-apple-rename-iphones-ios-26/#:~:text=Apple%20plans%20to%20use%2026,change%20mean%20for%20the%20iPhone%3F iOS/ iPadOS/ macOS 26 (pretty much confirmed) - Chris G. https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/05/28/apple-rumored-to-release-ios-26-at-wwdc-instead-of-ios-19 iOS 26 Redesign Could be more Drastic than iOS 7- Chris https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/05/30/what-to-expect-from-ios-26-at-wwdc-new-games-app-redesign-and-more Apple v. Epic: Can we at LEAST Agree on this?? - Larry https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/30/whatever-side-you-favor-in-apples-court-battles-can-we-all-agree-on-this-one-thing/ Long List of Car Manufacturers have said NO to CarPlay Ultra - Larry https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/29/carplay-ultra-these-brands-say-no-to-apples-new-features/

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Mobile/ Linux Segment Google Soapbox - Larry No URL ChatGPT lies like a Rug & is trying to Dominate Users - Chris No URL Nationwide Plan for Fiber may be Canceled in favor of StarLink - Chris G. https://www.theverge.com/news/675502/bead-program-fiber-internet-paused New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora - Joel https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/new-linux-flaws-allow-password-hash.html WSL is designed to keep Linux users happy on Windows, but it helped me switch to Linux instead - Joel https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl-helped-me-switch-to-linux/

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Windows Segment Emergency Patch KB5062170 fixes Install Errors from Recent Updates - Joel https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-gets-emergency-kb5062170-patch-to-fix-errors-when-installing-recent-updates/ MS Standardizes USB-C on Windows 11 - Joel https://windowsreport.com/microsoft-standardizes-usb-c-experience-on-windows-11/

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Tip of the Week Segment iTechGear was founded with the intent of making technology easy for everyone to use and understand. This team has dedicated their writing careers to that purpose. Every week, the iTechGear Weekly will feature a new Computing Tip, authored by one of our experienced editors. Questions, requests and suggestions can be sent to tips@itechgear.org.

How to use Reactions During Video Calls on a Mac Call out to Stacey S.

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Chris Huawei GT5 Pro Smartwatch - $450 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDL7Q6PF?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

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