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Leo Laporte and Alex Wilhelm get cooking with the June Intelligent Oven. It connects to your smartphone and promises to make cooking easier. Leo reviews the new Samsung Chromebook Plus convertible touch laptop. Roger Anderson of the Jolly Roger Telephone Co. is back with his AI. This one targets Windows support scammers. How much of your information is public on Facebook? Megan Morrone shows us stalkscan.com which highlights just that. Bodo Hoenen and Lorelei are back to give us a quick update on their DIY assistive arm. Jason Howell has a few apps to help you tune, learn, and play guitar.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Wilhelm

Guests: Roger Anderson, Bodo Hoenen, Jason Howell, and Megan Morrone

The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers.

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DeepMind learns to be aggressive as it gets smarter. Verizon reintroduces unlimited data. Leo reviews the Samsung Chromebook Plus. Amazon releases a Skype competitor called Chime. Space X will launch over 4,000 satellites to cover the world in broadband internet. Google Fiber is back. Bill Gates is the nicest man on Earth.

• Jeff's Number: 120 Million children's lives saved
• Stacey's Thing: Pew report on Algorithms
• Leo's Tool: Keybase Chat

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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A new IT Pro version of the Windows Insider program is coming. Build 2017 registration finally goes live. Visual Studio 2017 arrives on March 7. Patch Tuesday delayed. Outlook.com Premium comes out of preview. Microsoft teases Project NEON. Windows 10 Dynamic Lock is a mess. Project Scorpio coming June 11.

• Tip of the week: Yes, you can make a Windows To Go disk with Windows 10 Pro.
• App pick of the week: Email Insights
• Enterprise pick of the week: Azure Stack users get a fourth server option
• Codename pick of the week: Lightning/Project 42
• Beer pick of the week: Nebraska Brewing Fathead Barleywine

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

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Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com

Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com

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Patch Tuesday DELAYED (and we may know why!), our favorite ad-blocker embraces the last major browser, a university gets attacked by its own vending machines, PHP leaps into the future, a slick high-end Linux hack, the rise of fileless malware, some good advice for tax time, it's not only Android's pattern lock that's vulnerable to visual eavesdropping, what happens with you store a huge pile of Samsung Note 7's in one place?, some fun miscellany, a MUST NOT MISS science fiction TV series, a look at the growing worrisome security implications of uncontrolled TLS interception.

We invite you to read our show notes.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page.

For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Apple stock at its highest ever. Debut trailers for Planet of the Apps and Carpool Karoke. Eddy Cue wants more interactive TV. New Mac malware. Apple joins the Wireless Power Consortium. Tim Cook keeps hinting about augmented reality.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss iOS apps for your iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple TV to make you more productive. Morning Reader lets you read the tech news in an uncluttered app on your iPad or iPhone. Stringify is like IFTTT, but lets you add more modifiers. Habitify helps you create better habits. The June Oven and app helps you make home-cooked meals while still being productive doing other things. Space lets you take a break from your apps and get more done.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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You can contribute to iOS Today by leaving us a voicemail at 757-504-iPad (757-504-4723) or sending an email to [email protected].

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Chad Dawson created early VR prototypes in the late 90's before starting his career in game development at Stainless Steel Studios as a senior gameplay and AI programmer on the RTS titled Empire Earth. Joining Double Fine Productions in the mid-2000s on Brütal Legend, Chad led the engineering team on the matryoshka doll adventure of Stacking, the co-op puzzle platformer of The Cave, and the generation-spanning turn-based strategy game, Massive Chalice. Chad is now donning the VR headset once again and leading the design and development of Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, a character-driven VR adventure and the next chapter in the Psychonauts story.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chad Dawson

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Will Twitter's new anti-harassment tools succeed? Tim Cook hints at Apple's AR future. Gigabit fiber vs. 5G wireless vs. satellite internet in a 3-way race to own your broadband. House passes email privacy bill. Coding is the next blue-collar job.

• Mike Elgan knows why Twitter's new tools will fail.
• Jason Hiner doesn't like the MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
• Liz Gannes knows the perfect way to listen to podcasts.
• Leo Laporte looks amazing in heart-shaped glasses.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Liz Gannes, Mike Elgan, and Jason Hiner

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Why photos may be disappearing on a Samsung Galaxy phone, third party alternatives to iTunes on an old Mac, how to get the latest update on a smartphone when the carrier isn't providing it, using Google Voice for texting on an iPhone, managing memory usage on Mac, and is it a good idea to buy a smartphone from eBay? Plus, Chris Marquardt has some tips for taking photos of people.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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Florence Ion joins Leo Laporte to talk about Android Wear 2.0 and the latest LG smartwatches. It's Leo's LG Watch Sport versus Flo's LG Watch Style. Leo and Flo talk with Kyle Wiens from iFixit.com about the 'Right to Repair' and why this is legislation that techies should support. Megan Morrone and Jason Howell completed their month-long experiment of swapping iOS and Android devices. Hear their final takeaways on switching operating systems during the #TWiTSwitch. Have you seen the short film 'Pearl?' It's the first film nominated for an Oscar with VR capability. We talk to Director and Academy Award winner Patrick Osborne about his film. Bryan Burnett builds a DIY Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi. Becky Worley, Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro plays another round of the PlayStation VR game, 'Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.' Finally, we answer more of your Android questions in Call for Help and the Mail Bag!

Building Your Own Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi:

• Parts: Raspberry Pi (Model 3 or Model 2), Micro USB cable and power adapter, 8 GB or larger Micro SD, USB MicSpeaker, Keyboard, and Mouse
• Amazon Developer Services site: https://developer.amazon.com
• Web Settings:

1. Allowed Origins: https://localhost:3000
2. Allowed Return: URL's https://localhost:3000/authresponse

• Terminal Commands - Install Alexa:

1. cd Desktop
2. git clone https://github.com/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app.git
3. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app
4. nano automated_install.sh

• Fill in the fields with the information from your Developer account.

1. Hit CTRL X to save
2. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app
3. . automate_install.sh

• Run Alexa Service:

1. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app/samples
2. cd companionService && npm start

• Run Sample App to Confirm Account:

1. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app/samples
2. cd javaclient && mvn exec:exec

• Start Wake Word:

1. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app/samples
2. cd wakeWordAgent/src && ./wakeWordAgent -e kitt_ai

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Florence Ion

Guests: Kyle Wiens, Patrick Osborne, Jason Howell, Megan Morrone, Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro, Becky Worley, and Bryan Burnett

The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers.

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