On Hands-On Tech, Mikah answers a listener's question about the best way to keep two office computers perfectly in sync so he can leave his laptop at home while traveling.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

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Abrar Al-Heeti joins Mikah Sargent this week! Meta is in dispute with the Motion Picture Association. Anthropic accidentally leaks Claude Code's source code. Apple is continuing to extend updates to those affected by the DarkSword exploit. And Meta & YouTube are found liable for having features that are addictive for younger users.

• Abrar talks about Meta's deal with the Motion Picture Association to scale back the use of film ratings when describing its teen accounts.
• Mikah shares how Anthropic's Claude code was leaked, unveiling some next-gen AI coding features.
• Mikah gives an update on the DarkSword and Coruna exploit tools that utilize zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS 18.
• And both Meta and YouTube were found liable for some of their features that make their social media platforms addictive for younger users, having to pay millions in fines.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

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Tired of autocorrect sabotaging your texts? This episode shows how small changes like persistent rejection and custom text replacements can actually make Apple's keyboard work for you.

• Why auto-correct fails and how Apple devices handle corrections
• Auto-correct's evolution with iOS 17 and transformer language models
• How auto-correct learns and why personalized dictionaries matter
• Key steps to retrain auto-correct for smarter suggestions
• Resetting your keyboard dictionary: the nuclear option explained
• iOS and macOS keyboard settings: making auto-correct work for you
• Auto-correct's pain points: bilingual typing, jargon, and missing features
• Text replacement: the ultimate hack for tricky words and shortcuts
• Top text replacement use cases for emails, addresses, and custom phrases
• Practical tips to tame auto-correct and improve your typing flow
• Missing features Apple still hasn't addressed in auto-correct

Host: Mikah Sargent

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