Black Friday, Apple sues NSO group, rats play Doom, MicroClimate AIR2 Scientists Focus on Whether Omicron Variant Causes Severe Illness. CES 2022: CES - The Most Influential Tech Event in the World. MicroClimate AIR2. Black Friday shopping in stores drops 28% from pre-pandemic levels. Amazon sees 'record-breaking' Black Friday, official says. New York Times' Wirecutter Staff Goes on Strike Ahead of Black Friday. Apple sues NSO Group for attacking iPhones with Pegasus spyware. Apple's AR headset coming next year with 'Mac-level' power: report. Apple's Car Project: Everything We Know. Sam's Thoughts on the Apple Car. Apple Accelerates Work on Car Project, Aiming for Fully Autonomous Vehicle. What is the future of personal car ownership? Galaxy Note is dead; Samsung reportedly ending production on Note 20, no plans for the 2022 model. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri will testify before the Senate on teen mental health. Related: The CEO of cosmetics retailer Lush says he's 'happy to lose' $13 million by deleting Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat accounts over teen mental-health harms. Germany plans to phase out the sale of combustion-engine vehicles to help meet its ambitious goal of getting 15 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030. Rats named Carmack and Romero are playing Doom. Is watching the 1984 Ghostbusters movie killing people? A Statistician's Perspective. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Doc Rock, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Sam Abuelsamid Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: blockfi.com/TWIT podium.com/twit www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT Egnyte.com

Paul is calling in, seeing if he should upgrade his old eero mesh router to the 6 or Pro 6 series as eero has a deal going on right now. Dennis wants to know if he can run Windows on an M1 Mac? Leo explains why you can't. Dan is wondering while he's renovating his house, if he should run ethernet cables through it while he can? Andrew is loving VR right now and wants to know if the Oculus Quest 2 is the best option for VR right now? John has a business where he needs to capture a lot of photos while in the field. Is there a good mobile printer he can use that connects to his phone? Plus, conversations with Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle! Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Codecademy.com promo code TECHGUY UserWay.org/twit betterhelp.com/techguy

DeafBlind Potter provides an update on his live streaming setup and the Canon M50. Perry wants to know if he has to upgrade from the Samsung Galaxy S4. Jody is seeing doubled dictation on his Samsung phone and needs help with Selective Sync for Dropbox. Ed shares some advice on how to properly open PDFs on a Chromebook. Evan asks Leo what laptop he should get for creative work. Lance wants to receive notifications for two smartphones on one smartwatch and asks if this is possible. Angela shares an update on her question about making ringtones for her iPhone — turns out the process is quite simple! Richard wants to make the user manual for his tech devices bigger so he can read them. Marshall is getting pop-ups on his Chromebook and wants to know how to disable them. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick Debartolo. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: betterhelp.com/techguy audible.com/techguy or text techguy to 500-500 UserWay.org/twit

Investing in creators vs debt, Wirecutter boycott, end of call to cancel Slow Ventures. A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC. Investing Directly in People Is the Future of VC. Here's How to Do It. Life Capital 2021: The Future of The Professional Creator Ecosystem. Wirecutter Thanksgiving strike and boycott is on. Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution. Niantic raises $300M at a $9B valuation to build the 'real-world metaverse' Mouse jigglers are a thing. Pokemon Go Creator Niantic Launches Bitcoin-Hunting AR Game. The end of "click to subscribe, call to cancel"? One of the news industry's favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says. A Robot Wrote This Book Review. The unbearable fussiness of the smart home. Locked out of "God mode," runners are hacking their treadmills. Google Pixel 6a will run on a Tensor chip, but a lesser camera than Pixel 6. Android Auto and Pixel 6 won't play nice, but Google is working on a fix. The Pixel 5 could have actually been good if Google's chip plans had worked out. iMessage Reactions Will No Longer Annoy Android Users Thanks to Emoji Change. Google Store Black Friday 2021 deals are now live in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia Google Stadia is celebrating its second birthday with hardware for free or cheap You can now pre-order the 2nd-gen Pixel Stand from Google, ships next month Samsung to Choose Taylor, Texas, for $17 Billion Chip-Making Factory. Casper's return to private life isn't a canary for DTC companies going public. Jeff Jarvis: The Times treats an iPhone as a luxury. I hate to break it to them, but I think many people would say that these days a subscription to The Times is a luxury. Jay Last, One of the Rebels Who Founded Silicon Valley, Dies at 92. Picks: Stacey - Thanksgiving Piecaken. Jeff - What is your state's favorite Thanksgiving dish? Google shares popular searches in the US. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Guest: Sam Lessin Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: akamai.com/twig UserWay.org/twit andela.com/for-companies

Windows on ARM, WOA mini-PC, Xbox Black Friday Does Windows on Arm have a future? About Microsoft's Alleged WOA Exclusivity Deal with Qualcomm Hands-On with the Snapdragon WOA Mini PC Dell, HP Beat Earnings Expectations Xbox Xbox Launches Its Black Friday Sale Microsoft Flight Simulator: Game of the Year Edition is Now Available Microsoft Launches an Xbox Series S Fortnite and Rocket League Bundle Microsoft Announces Games with Gold for December Tips and picks Tip of the week: Watch the Xbox Alumni roundtable App pick of the week: DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection for Android Enterprise pick of the week: SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Codename pick of the week: Super Duper Secure Mode in Edge Cocktail pick of the week: Cider-Cranberry Thanksgiving Cocktail Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott Guest: Stephanie Thurrott Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: barracuda.com/windows akamai.com/ww udacity.com/TWiT