Quiet laptops and Snapdragon advice

Rich shared his holiday shopping cheat sheet, packed with money-saving tips!

Bonnie in Charleston asks for a good transcription app. Rich mentioned Wispr Flow, Willow Voice, Super Whisper, Monologue, Aqua Voice, Talktastic, Whisper Memos.

Jeff Jablansky, with the startup Slate, will talk about their bare-bones EV that starts in the mid-20’s and lets buyers add only the accessories they actually want. [instagram]

Robert in Ridgecrest is looking for a way to fax. Rich recommended eFax, Fax.Plus, Dropbox Fax. If you want to use a real fax machine, you can get an ooma box.

Pat in Apple Valley wants to know the best antenna for his RV.

Matthew in Murierra wants to know about the nationwide Frontier outage. Rich says to check Frontier’s service page and sites, including Down Detector and DownForEveryOneOrJustMe.com

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Trifold and it will come to the US in Q1.

Netflix is buying Warner Bros. in a 80 billion dollar deal.

Tonya in Orange County is asking about a quiet laptop for her husband. Rich mentioned Asus Zenbook or any laptop with a Snapdragon processor. For deals, check out Slickdeals.

Want to make your own retro Santa Mall picture? You can use Google’s Nano Banana AI. Here are the instructions and prompt to use.

Gadget of the week: OnePlus 15 smartphone. Blazing fast and incredible battery life, camera can be hit or miss, especially in low light.

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Eli Singer, of Offline.now will explain confidence-based strategies to cut screen time and build healthier digital habits. [book]

Howard in Fullerton wants to connect his old school sound system to his computer full of music. Rich mentioned the WiiM, Streamplayer and Sonos Port. Don’t forget you can also upload music to the cloud for free by dragging and dropping to music.youtube.com.

John in Nevada wants to know the life expectancy of a Chromebook. Check by going to Settings > About Chrome OS > Additional Details.

Micron is shutting down its Crucial RAM consumer business in February 2026.

You can thank your Amazon delivery driver with $5 at no cost to you by asking “Alexa, thank my driver” or type “thank my driver” in the Amazon app.

Ellison can’t pair their old Apple Watch with their new phone. Rich says to go into settings on your watch and reset it so it can pair with the new phone.

Kim in Bridgewater, NJ asks how to access the new Digital ID on iPhone. Rich says it has to be running iOS 26 and press the plus sign in Apple Wallet.

Luke Arrigoni, Founder & CEO of Loti AI, will explain how Sora 2 and deepfake technology are exposing major gaps in digital protection laws and why Section 230 needs an urgent update.

Joanie in Carmel CA says she loves Bakebot.AI that she heard about on my show to help her cook.

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