Allison interviews Jeannette Holton from Ecoflow about two portable power stations from their River and Delta Series. These power stations are all low noise, emissions-free, and provide instant power on demand. First, Jeannette shows the River 3 Plus Portable Power Station which is perfect for camping or home electronics backup. The River 3 Plus weighs […]
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CES 2025: Incase Laptop Sleeves, Backpacks, & Keyboards
Allison interviews Ashley Holmes from Incase about their laptop sleeves, backpacks, and keyboards. Ashley starts with the Crosstown Vertical Sleeve for 14” and 16” MacBooks. It has the handy feature of allowing access to the laptop from the top of the sleeve when placed in a backpack so the computer can be removed without removing […]
Continue readingAre Apple’s Gestures Getting More Fiddly, Or Is It Just Me?
Is it just me, or does it seem like Apple has added so many gestures to their OSes that triggering the wrong thing is a constant annoyance? I’m seeing this gesture fiddliness on almost all of Apple’s platforms. Let me elaborate by going through a few I’ve logged just in the last few days. Control […]
Continue readingCES 2025: xTool Desktop Laser Cutters/Engravers
Allison interviews Kerry Young from Smoky Mountain Designs about xTool desktop laser cutter/engravers. While Kerry focuses on their portable desktop models, xTool offers a range of laser cutters from industrial to portable. Allison also talks with Richard Gunther, host of the Digital Media Zone, who happened to be at the xTool booth and is a […]
Continue readingCES 2025: Vivoo At-Home Urinalysis for Health and Wellness
Allison interviews Gözde Büyükacaroğlu, vivoo co-founder and COO, about their at-home urinalysis system. Vivoo includes a single-use test strip and a mobile app that together allow the user to get rapid and accurate urine analysis to assess several categories of health and wellness. To use the system, the user urinates on the test strip which […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 16 February 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. DNS discussion update: as pointed out by Ferrers in the Podfeet Slack, Cloudflare’s free DNS service does offer an equivalent to Quad9’s malware-blocking DNS service — Details on their website 1.1.1.1 — unfiltered DNS […]
Continue readingScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial: Editing in Apple Photos on Mac
Many people ask me what tool I recommend for editing photos, and I almost always suggest Apple Photos on the Mac. When I show them the power inside the editing tools for Apple Photos, they’re surprised that they had so much capability all this time. In my latest ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial, I did a deep […]
Continue readingFast Point-to-Point File Transfer with Blip
The Problem to be Solved When Bart and I record an installment of Programming By Stealth or Security Bits, we both record both sides of our conversation. We use Audio Hijack to record the files in stereo, so he’s on one track, and I’m on the other. We do this for two reasons. The first […]
Continue readingCES 2025: BioLite Backup Energy Systems
Allison interviews Erica Rosen from BioLite about their backup solutions designed for the home. BioLite batteries provide automatic backup energy to power your home essentials for up to 24 hours. Unlike other home backup solutions, BioLite is a DIY install that takes only 30 minutes. It has an ultra-slim design that is quiet and designed […]
Continue readingCES 2025: Plantaform Smart Indoor Gardens
Allison interviews Renata Scorsone from Plantaform about their innovative smart home garden that uses fog to grow plants. Plantaform has a minimalist modern design that fits into your home decor. It comes in black or white and is shaped like an egg about 30″ tall with windows on the sides for viewing the progress of […]
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