Special guest John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include what we expect from this week’s Apple Event for new Mac hardware, and my impressions of the Google Pixel phone after a week using one.

This week’s show introduces labeled chapter marks for subject matter. If you use a podcast player that supports them, such as Overcast, let me know what you think.

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Links:

• Ars Technica on the Mirai botnet that uses insecure Internet of Things devices.
• Brian Krebs on the Internet of Things botnet.
• Images of the new MacBook Pro Magic Toolbar that leaked from Apple itself as resources in MacOS 10.12.1.
• Darth on the Magic Toolbar and Esc-less hardware keyboard.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.