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In This Episode: Addictive lights, Alexa and Siri battles, falling planes, Blizzard and MetaverseThis week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)Top StoriesGR: How I accidentally took big steps toward a “smart home.”3:00 Bedsite clock that turns things on6:55 It’s addictive… lightbulbs and more7:50 LN: X10 lighting… to wifi aps… to Echo… to everything13:00 GR: Blink cameras, Alexa and Siri battles14:00 Trigger phrases to keep the conversation going15:00 GR: 5G around Airports. Lots of clickbait and misleading headlines.Planes aren’t falling out of the sky… commisions fight17:50 5G frequency bands and landing altimeters22:25 Clickbait headlines… it’s not phonesGood tech summary on The Verge29:55 LN: Microsoft + Blizzard, working environment woes32:00 (GR: Maybe the parental oversight the company needs?)33:00 Big companies33:29 is it a Metaverse thing?40:33 Remember Yahoo groups?42:20 LN: groups.ioAin’t it Cool44:00 LN: My 75” Samsung 4KHD, and what I watched first (ish).Encanto and (46:00) Don’t look Up49:48 GR: Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea51:57 LN: Book: This is How They Tell Me the World EndsBSP: Blatant Self-Promotion53:18 GR: Using Terminal to Find Large Files and Folders55:03 LN: Windows File Explorer Settings: the Setting You Should Change Right Now