The iTechGear Weekly - Episode 189 - Wait, John and Mark did WHAT?!

Recorded Sunday October 18, 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 and Fitness for the Rest of Us Larry McJunkin - Editor at iTechGear, Co-owner, WUGNET Publications, Retired

Apple Segment iPhone Duo Pre Orders Begin and sell out quickly may be a Huge Mistake - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/6n Apple Retail employees told to discourage in-store Purchases of iPhone Duo - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/6m Apple closes above $5T in Market Cap - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/6k Siri AI confirmed NOT to come to original HomePod mini - Larry http://itgw.tny.cc/6j Apple's Password Reset process is horrible - Chris NO URL

AI Segment Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/6h Hell has frozen over: Apple & Meta team up to make Muse run on Mac - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/6g Google to remove free access to Gemini Flash & Pro - Chris G. http://itgw.tny.cc/6f

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Mobile Segment Android XR Smartglasses to Lauch in November - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/6e Who is the Google Book actually for? - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/6d

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Windows and Linux Segment MS Windows updates may trigger Remote Desktop failures - Chris http://itgw.tny.cc/6c Ubuntu 26.10 Released - Joel http://itgw.tny.cc/6b 12 Years of Windows Insider celebrated with 10 new Wallpapers http://itgw.tny.cc/6a

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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.

Larry Should I Use a VPN?

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.

Chris XtraFinder - $4.99 http://itgw.tny.cc/69

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