Abrar Al-Heeti of CNET joins Mikah Sargent on the show this week! Do Americans trust driverless vehicles? Safety tools for Social Media are failing kids. Sony is ceasing the production of physical games in January 2028. And a Supreme Court ruling guts the government's use of geofence warrants.

• A new Pew Research survey finds only 5% of U.S. adults have ridden in a driverless car, and 71% say they wouldn't feel comfortable riding in one in the first place.
• An audit conducted by the Cybersafety Research Center showcases that, within Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, the research center found 51 of 86 advertised child-safety features were either broken, buried, or missing.
• Sony announced it will stop making physical discs for new PlayStation games starting in January 2028.
• And in Chatrie v. United States, which reached the Supreme Court, the Court ruled 6-3 that police need a warrant to obtain Google location-history data, further extending Fourth Amendment protections for Americans.

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Abrar Al-Heeti

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Linux Mint is about to enter the modern era with Wayland for Cinnamon, Hannah Montana Linux is (sorta) back, and OpenMandriva was sabotaged. There's a minor AI fight in the kernel, Razer has a laptop with certified Linux support, and the Fedora Council is making big changes. For tips, we have the new Claude Desktop for Linux, nvme CLI for managing drives, and avahi-publish-address for a modern take on a host's file. You can see the show notes at https://bit.ly/4ygANWh and have a great week!

Host: Jonathan Bennett

Co-Hosts: Ken McDonald and Rob Campbell

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Windows 10's Extended Security Update program quietly gets extended for another year for consumers. Microsoft reportedly kills Surface Go products & is now selling 8 GB Surface Pro & Laptop models. And Xbox Series X & S prices are going to go up again.

Windows

• Microsoft quietly extends the Windows 10 Extended Security Update program one year to October 2027 for consumers

Windows Insider

• Windows Update is transitioning to the new Windows Insider experience by default
• Plus, five new builds across Beta, Experimental, Beta (26H1), Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) — new Taskbar size setting is the much-needed new feature

Hardware

• Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads, and more, easing pressure on PC makers
• Microsoft quietly begins selling 8 GB Surface Pro/Laptop models
• Microsoft reportedly kills Surface Go products right when we need them the most
• The ASUS Zenbook A16 is nearly perfect, but it's unclear what you get with an X2 Elite Extreme chip

AI

• HP partners with OpenAI for its agentic makeover
• Anthropic seizes on the "good enough" AI movement with Sonnet 5
• Proton Lumo 2.0 is here
• Gemini personalized image creator is available for free in the US
• Notion blames agentic AI for it killing Notion Mail

Xbox and Gaming
The 2026 Doom and Gloom Watch

• Xbox Series X|S prices to go up again, by $150, on August 1 - and the 2 TB X is going away
• Undead Labs and Arkane Lyon possible victims of pending closures
• Latest rumor: Microsoft to layoff 2.5 percent of workforce next week - that's 5,500 people, less than expected, but that's because of the earlier voluntary buyouts, which apparently met internal expectations
• Minecraft Bedrock edition gets closed captions
• Sony will stop selling PS physical media in 2028

Tips and Picks

• Tip of the week: Help or get out of the way
• People who just complain aren't solving problems, they're just making noise and distracting us from the real problems.

App Pick of the Week: Snapdragon Control Panel

• If you have a Windows 11 on Arm PC on Snapdragon X or X2, you need this app to make games run as well as possible.
• Plus - Settings > System > Display > Graphics for Auto SR and other settings and whatever is in each game

RunAs Radio this week: AI-Accelerated Supply Chain Attacks with Mackenzie Duncan

Brown liquor pick of the week: Rupert's Exceptional Canadian Whisky

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