Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 1946

Waymo's driverless rides in San Francisco, Elon Musk's possible intentions for Twitter's quality, searching for a good dash cam, verifying links on Mastodon, next steps when an iMac starts up slow, buying a docking station for a MacBook Air, and more! Plus, hanging out with Sam, Chris, and Rod!

• Alphabet's Waymo recently got San Francisco's permission to provide driverless rides around the city. Waymo can't charge for those rides, though. 
• Tech companies continue to lay off many employees that they originally hired during their pandemic growth.
• Twitter is a disaster right now, but Elon Musk may be intentionally driving it into the ground in order to get out of his unwanted situation.
• What is a good dash cam, other than Owlcam, for keeping track of car accidents? 
• Sam Abuelsamid describes Waymo & Geely's upcoming "transportation-as-a-service" electric vehicle.
• How can I properly verify myself on Mastodon via the HTML it asks me to paste?
• If my 2017 iMac is slow to start up, should I completely erase the drive, ask for a repair, or look for a new Mac?
• Ben is building a Linux-from-scratch install and Leo is very impressed!
• Chris Marquardt chats about Lexica, DreamBooth, Astria, and AI Painter.
• What's a great docking station for an M1 MacBook Air in order to avoid dongle life? 
• When moving to another country, how do I transport my financial stuff securely and efficiently?
• What is the future of cryptocurrency and regulation after this recent FTX fiasco?
• Rod Pyle talks about the Artemis 1 launch.
• What kind of laptop specs should be sufficient for editing hi-res 4K video?

Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Chris Marquardt, and Rod Pyle
The Tech Guy episode 1946
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