The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 161 - We're off to see the Gurman

Recorded Sunday February 15, 2026 - 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, Living in the Retro Arcade Podcast and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired

Apple Segment Apple Creator Studio Launches - Larry https://t.ly/9UFc- Is Apple Phasing out the iWork Brand? - Larry https://t.ly/BP6SU Will Siri Still Launch on Time? Larry https://t.ly/xdiu6, https://t.ly/qn-J_ YouTube Launches on Vision Pro - Chris G. https://t.ly/80QeI MacBook with iPhone Chip Rumored to Launch in March - Joel https://t.ly/EAHSa

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Mobile/ Linux Segment What's App & Telegram blocked in Russia - Chris G. https://t.ly/Cbjx4 Meta Smart Glasses causing Issues in Schools - Chris G. https://t.ly/Xw6qP Android 17 now in Beta - Joel https://t.ly/BXU_Q, https://t.ly/25wD7 Samsung is Releasing a Wider Fold 8 - Joel https://t.ly/TIqaD

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Windows Segment One Billion Win11 users, and they're Pissed! - Chris https://t.ly/gvWw0 MS added AI to Notepad ane Created a Security Failure - Chris G. https://t.ly/zAVVA Feb's Win11 Update is causing Startup Problems - Chris G. https://t.ly/LdgVj MS Scalling Back Copilot & Walking Back the AI Overload? - Chris https://t.ly/in0Mn

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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.

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Pick of the Week Segment I’d like to take just a moment to let our listeners know that our show picks are typically hardware, software and other items of interest that we have individually purchased and actually use
and like enough that we want to recommend them to you. They are not paid advertisements or items with which we have an affiliate marketing relationship. We sincerely believe in the picks we bring you at the end of each show.

Joel Garmin inReach Messenger $234 PLUS Activation and Subscription https://a.co/d/01X2XoaC, https://t.ly/dO_WZ

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