In This Episode:

Navigating Windows 10 Armageddon… or maybe not. Dark motives and AI videos.

This 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 Stories

• 00:00 LN: “Windows 10 Is Still Fine”
  • 02:00 Armageddon
  • 04:20 Windows Updates: Risks and Workarounds
  • 5:10 ESU security extension, pay or free
  • 6:20 GR: Apple forces updates yearly
  • 7:20 Issues with Yahoo Mail
  • 8:10 Quickbooks forces updates
• 11:20 LN: Can Mac’s be setup without an Apple account?
  • The lengths people go to to setup Windows 11 without a Microsoft account. (I “found” a new one.)
  • 13:06 GR: Using Mac Without Apple ID
  • 16:49 Microsoft Account Frustration Explained, missing features
• 22:02 Microsoft’s Cloud Push: Motives Discussed
  • It might be helping with backups
• 27:46 GR: “AI Video Generator Evolution”
  • GR: AI video generators as Sora 2 – creative animation
  • 37:00 Learning that all video is not real
  • 39:56 LN: “AI vs Human Authorship Concerns”

Ain’t it Cool

• 46:00 LN: I’m concerned you may worry about me when I share. We’ll start here: YouTube Music: Top 100 Songs, Netherlands, and then take a turn…
• 48:00 GR: iOS 26 Music app Automix

BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion

• 50:30 LN: Should I Update to Windows 11? (October 2025 update) – https://askleo.com/135037
• 50:55 GR: https://macmost.com/10-text-scams-to-watch-out-for.html

Video

https://youtu.be/-LIPO55dB28

Transcript

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