The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 179 - Another Free Year for $30 Bucks

Recorded Sunday August 02, 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 Right Use Case, Wrong Device (and the lead times just SUCK!) - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/31 MacBook Neo pulling schools away from Windows & Chromebooks - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/30 Apple Plans Paid iCloud+ Upgrades for Heavy AI Users - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/2z Apple releases the 26.6's - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/2y

AI Segment The biggest names in tech are making an AI Safety Push - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/2x The Rise of the Solopreneur & the next Billion-Dollar Company - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/2w

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Mobile Segment YouTube Premium getting free Peacock - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/2v Did MS Quit the Surface Duo too Quickly? - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/2t Gemini, not AI Studio for Android & iOS will create mobile & Desktop Apps - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/2s

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Windows and Linux Segment MS Gives us another Year of Free Win10 Support for $30 - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/2r Even Satya thinks Win11 Quality is lacking - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/2q MS says its making Windows 11 better/faster on 8GB PCs - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/2p

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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.

1. Use Universal Clipboard Across Devices

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 Wallet for Men - Slim RFID Blocking Metal Wallet with Money Clip $27.97 https://a.co/d/09jIwHll

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