Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses steal the spotlight on a Rome trip, triggering debates about privacy, wearable tech etiquette, and the uncomfortable power of recording the world through your eyewear. Plus, gadgets scanning your urine, bots shaping your inbox, and the future of Disney+!

• Counting Renaissance butts in Rome with the Meta Ray-Ban Display
• Jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M for patent infringement
• Google ordered to pay $665 million for anticompetitive practices in Germany
• Disney and YouTube TV reach deal to end blackout
• The future of Disney Plus could involve AI-generated videos
• X is finally rolling out Chat, its DM replacement with encryption and video calling
• Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'
• iPhone Pocket revealed in hands-on videos of new Apple accessory
• AMD continues to chip away at Intel's X86 market share — company now sells over 25% of all x86 chips and powers 33% of all desktop systems
• Google DeepMind is using Gemini to train agents inside Goat Simulator 3
• George Lucas' narrative art museum opens next year in LA
• Spotify's new audiobook recap feature uses AI to remind you of the story so far
• PNG is back!
• 3 SeatGuru alternatives for finding the best airline seats
• What Are We Going to Do With 300 Billion Pennies?
• Withings Beamo

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In this week's episode of Hands-On Tech, Lance asks Mikah Sargent about the pros and cons of using powerline ethernet adapters, and Mikah shares his strong thoughts on these devices.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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Valve is going to attempt the Linux trifecta, Firefox is adding more AI and people aren't happy, and the kernel is refining its own AI guidelines. FFmpeg is tired of AI generated CVEs, no matter how good they are! Rust isn't always more secure, your Ubuntu desktop can last for 15 years now, and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has some surprises. For Tips, we cover Webmin, btrfs-rescue, a function to center-print text in the terminal, and go down the rabbit-hole of detecting dual server PSUs. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4pbm35E and see you next time!

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Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie, Rob Campbell, and Ken McDonald

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Snow on the moon? Yes, though not recently... but maybe billions of years ago. Recent discoveries indicate that the early moon, orbiting just 20,000 miles above our planet at the time, may have shared a dynamic magnetic field with that of the Earth, resulting in the moon having an early atmosphere about twice as dense as the Martian atmosphere is today! This has wide implications for planetary science, but perhaps our favorite is that it may have snowed both carbon dioxide and water ice on the moon back in the day. We're also talking about the amazing launch and recovery of New Glenn, the plight of the Chinese taikonauts aboard the Tiangong space station, and a recent SpaceX memo about—no surprises here—a delay to their lunar landing program for Artemis III. Join us!

Headlines:

• China's Shenzhou Astronauts Still Dealing with Stricken Spacecraft
• Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Launches and Lands, Sends Probes Toward Mars
• Comet C/2025 K1 Atlas Breaks Up After Solar Flyby
• SpaceX Artemis Moon Landing Delayed to 2028

Main Topic: Moon Volatiles and Lunar Science

• The Moon's Formation and the Giant Impact Hypothesis
• Intertwined Magnetic Fields on the Early Moon and Earth
• Transmission of Earth Atmosphere and Volatiles to Lunar Surface
• Lunar Outgassing, Volcanism, and Creation of an Ancient Lunar Atmosphere
• Permanently Shadowed Regions as Time Capsules of Early Moon and Earth
• Scientific Importance of NASA's VIPER Rover for Analyzing Polar Ices and Volatiles
• Commercial and Scientific Value of Moon's Minerals and Resources
• Long-Term Preservation of Lunar Samples for Future Research
• Early Moon Weather: Volatile Snow, Atmosphere Collapse, and What It Means for Lunar Resources
• Educational Outreach through Virtual Space Science Experiences

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Guest: Dr. Jim Green

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Jacob Ward of The Rip Current joins Mikah Sargent this week! Tech titans are investing millions into genetically engineered babies. A lot of those who worry about data privacy feel like their actions make no difference. Comments from Windows lead Pavan Davuluri on the future of Windows received a lot of blowback online. And Valve announced a trio of new hardware for.

• Jacob discusses tech billionaires funding companies that are pursuing genetically engineered babies, raising concerns about the commercialization of polygenic screening.
• Mikah talks about how a lot of Americans do worry about data privacy, but feel helpless in that any actions they may take make no real difference.
• Zac Bowden from Windows Central joins the show to talk about comments made recently online from Windows lead Pavan Davuluri on the future of Windows "evolving into an agentic OS," which received plenty of pushback.
• And Scott Stein of CNET stops by to share his hands-on experience with Valve's recently announced new Steam hardware, set to launch in 2026.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jacob Ward

Guests: Zac Bowden and Scott Stein

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Windows keeps improving behind the scenes, but sometimes the most useful updates come from PowerToys. Get the inside scoop on which PowerToys utilities may be headed for official Windows status and why you'll want the latest version right away.

Host: Paul Thurrott

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Control your iPhone just by looking at it. Mikah Sargent dives into the eye-tracking (and head tracking) feature on iOS, showing how it contributes to accessibility and reimagines device interaction.

• How to set up and use iOS eye tracking controls
• Eye tracking customization: smoothing, snap to item, dwell control, and more
• Eye tracking training process and device positioning tips
• Accuracy challenges and retraining
• Head tracking as an alternative: facial gestures trigger iOS actions
• Head tracking menu navigation with expressions

Host: Mikah Sargent

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Michael S wonders about his LG B7A OLED TV's Multi-View (side-by-side) mode. Apparently, one of the side-by-side images must be from the TV's internal tuner. Is that normal? Scott Wilkinson has the answer.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

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