The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 162 - I Love the Smell of a Burnt Billion in the Morning

Recorded Sunday February 22, 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's March Event - Joel https://t.ly/B9iQt visionOS Unlocks Foveated Streaming for Apps and Games - Chris G. https://t.ly/YFxe7 OneDrive gets a macOS Update - Chris https://t.ly/_dR4B

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AI Segment MIT Finds there aren't any AI Guidelines - Chris G. https://t.ly/YygeT YouTube adds Conversational AI to its SmartTV apps - Chris https://t.ly/eFxLW A Billion Dollars Burnt - Gates to Nadella - Chris G. https://t.ly/pPui4

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Mobile Segment Google Unveils Pixel 10a - Joel https://t.ly/7FsDF YouTube Restores Service after Streaming Outage - Chris https://t.ly/67pV1 Outage Cause Revealed https://t.ly/m-prR Meta's Smartwatch is Back from the Dead - Joel https://t.ly/Tw8Or Google Android Killed Wide Foldables But it may have to Support them now - Chris G https://t.ly/M_awJ, https://t.ly/gVk4Z

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Windows and Linux Segment MS Splits the Canary Channel - Chris https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-splits-canary-channel-into-two-with-new-windows-11-build-295311000/ Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers’ confidential emails to Copilot AI - Joel https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/microsoft-says-office-bug-exposed-customers-confidential-emails-to-copilot-ai/ MS Announces ESU Programs for 3 More Versions of Windows & a Price Increase - Chris https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces-new-esu-programs-for-more-versions-of-windows/

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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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