On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, January 27, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton:

• Do you know what Blockchain is, what it can do, and why it's all the rage? We have two experts here to help explain: Eric Cole Ph.D., former Technical Director for the C.I.A., and served on Cybersecurity Commission; and Kevin Quennesson an AI and Blockchain expert, formerly at Twitter's AI group Twitter Cortex.
• Which is better, Siri or Google Assistant? In our #TWiTSwitch 2018, Megan Morrone and Jason Howell put them to the test in a battle to answer questions!
• Leo shows us Canary, a device that thwarts attackers on your network.
• Megan has a review of the Apollo Personal Cloud system. Find out if it is right for you.
• Are NUC's powerful enough for some heavy hitting programs like AutoCAD and Photoshop? We'll answer this in Call for Help.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton

Guests: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

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How we did on the 2017 predictions, and what our predictions are for 2018.

Hosts: Brian Chee, Louis Maresca, and Curt Franklin

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Dr. who is owned by who? Do enemy combatants have copyright protections? Join Denise Howell, Mike Keyes, Matt Curtis, and Peter Toren as they discuss the intersection of technology and law.

Hosts: Denise Howell, J. Michael Keyes, and Matt Curtis

Guest: Peter Toren

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Max Stossel is a filmmaker, poet, and Head of Content & Storytelling at Time Well Spent. He talks with Megan Morrone about the ways technology is being used to control our attention, and what we can do to use our tech, rather than letting it use us.

Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Max Stossel

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Intel says stop applying Spectre patches!!! GPU prices are unhinged (but might be dropping) Samsung's 860 gets reviewed, the first Ryzen-powered laptops are coming, and more. All in TWiCH, This Week in Computer Hardware episode 450!

Hosts: Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton

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• 1:34 Megan and Jason share their thoughts after two weeks on the iPhone X and Pixel 2 XL as part of the TWiT Switch.
• 12:08 CNET's Shara Tibken shares the details of the upcoming launch of the Apple Homepod, and has thoughts on its competitiveness in the home automation space.
• 25:14 Ars Technica's Sam Machkovech shopped at Amazon Go, tried hard to trick the complex camera system, and failed.
• 40:46 Snopes Managing editor Brooke Binkowski talks about how Snopes busts myths, and how Facebook is doing at clamping down on fake news.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Shara Tibken, Sam Machkovech, and Brooke Binkowski

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Practical products for organizing your tangle of cables.

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Megan Morrone

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WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPSec. Jason A. Donenfeld is a Linux kernel developer, having contributed to a variety of interesting parts of the kernel.

Hosts: Dan Lynch and Jonathan Bennett

Guest: Jason A. Donenfeld

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Here's what's coming up for FLOSS in the future.

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What's NExT for Windows? There have been some shakeups (and layoffs) recently in the Windows org. Let's try to read the tea leaves re: what MS considers its Next Generation Experiences. Applause, please: MS Office codebases across platforms are now finally aligned. Xbox Gaming Pass just got way more interesting (for some of us, anyway).

• Tip of the week: Want to escape fake news and political posts? Try Instagram instead of Facebook or Twitter.
• App pick of the week: Office 365 comes to Microsoft Store. Maybe. I think so. Also: Object Desktop 2018 ... Now with Groupy!
• Enterprise pick of the week: Spectre madness continues!
• Enterprise pick No. 2: Always Connected PCs
• Beer pick of the week: Baxter Window Seat

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Montana and Burger King want to save Net Neutrality. AT&T seems to want to as well. Google I/O puzzle reveals the 2018 conference date. Google Play sells audiobooks. YouTube won't let stars say bad things about Google. Facebook sends out a news survey and invents a new unit of time. First Amazon Go shop opens. Twitter loses another exec. Don't call the Vine replacement "Vine 2." Indian good morning greetings are eating the internet. ICOs explained.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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