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The fight to standardize messaging, troubleshooting an iMac spontaneously rebooting, alternatives to Google Voice, deregistering from Apple Messages to move to Android, signing into Google Calendar on an old Samsung refrigerator and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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Days before the US elections, we discuss the preeminence of social media, the difficulty of fact checking, and the loss of trust in the media that has occured this year. Is Apple's recent MacBook announcement an acknowledgement that they are no longer a Macintosh company? Samsung has received 85% of its recalled Note 7 phones - now they just have to get the 2.8 million potentially explosive diswashers they just recalled. Google home is out - how does it stack up against the Amazon Echo?

• Leo asked the question - if Apple has lost their mojo, where will the next great innovation come from?
• Jason said Elon Musk will save the world.
• Peter said Snapchat will revolutionize how we interract with one another.
• Jonathan said there is a solder monkey tinkering away in a garage somewhere that will outdo them all.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Peter Rojas, Jonathan Abrams, and Jason Calacanis

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Leo Laporte and Alex Wilhelm compare the new Google Home to the Amazon Echo. Bryan Burnett has a round-up of gaming headsets. Jason Howell attended The VR Developers Conference in San Francisco and fills us in on what was there. Alex Wilhelm, Devindra Hardawar and Greg Ferro play another round of "Game of Geeks." Also, Leo and Alex answer your tech questions.

• Candace Stump, the 'Champion' of a local club making coders out of kids - CoderDojo Petaluma, and 10-year-old Morgan are here to tell us all about coding and how you could start your own CoderDojo.
• The Amazon Echo isn't the only always-listening device for your home anymore. This week Google began shipping out Google Home and we've got our hands on one. We'll let you know how it stacks up against Alexa and do a side-by-side comparison of Google Home and Amazon Echo asking fan questions from Twitter.
• Alex Wilhelm, Devindra Hardawar, and Greg Ferro play the password version of 'Game of Geeks!' Greg Ferro has been the reigning champion. Can Alex and Devindra finally take Greg down a peg?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Wilhelm

Guests: Jason Howell, Candace Stump, Bryan Burnett, Devindra Hardawar, and Greg Ferro

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Are touch screen voting machines a bad idea? How to get better battery life on a Linux laptop, where to find a mechanical keyboard, how to get a job in IT, best tablet for note taking, and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Google Artificial Intelligence invents a crypto system that nobody understands, Android incorporates Harry Potter spells for voice commands, Facebook and Alphabet Q3 results, Could Twitter have saved Vine? IFTTT switches to pre-made "applets."

• Stacey is super excited about the new Harry Potter voice commands, Leo is disappointed that "Avada Kedavra" fails to kill anyone.
• IFTTT will no longer let you write your own recipes - Leo says everyone switch to Zapier, quick!
• Spatchcocking is the best way to roast a chicken

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Microsoft introduces Teams, their Slack competitor. Terry Myerson unplugged, but not unhinged. Windows as a service isn't working. Surface Studio: a concept years in the making; a price tag a lifetime in the paying off. Paint 3D available for Windows Insiders.

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

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Leo and Steve discuss an oh-so-subtle side-channel attack on Intel processors, the quest for verifiable hacker-proof code (which oh-so-subtle side-channel attacks on processors can exploit anyway!), another compiler optimization security gotcha, the challenge of adding new web features without opening routes of exploitation, some good news about the DMCA, Matthew Green and the DMCA, the relentless MPAA and RIAA still pushing the limits and threatening the Internet, the secure ProtonMail service feels the frightening power of skewed search results, regaining control over Windows 10 upgrade insistence, a new 0-day vulnerability Google revealed before Microsoft has patched it, a bit of errata, miscellany and as many listener feedback questions and comments as we have time for.

We invite you to read our show notes.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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With the new MacBook Pro, Apple has angered power users. Why a Touch Bar instead of a touchscreen? Why only USB-C ports? Why only 16gb of RAM? Why no new Mac Pro desktop? And with its new Surface Studio, why does Microsoft now seem more innovative than Apple? We convene an extra-large panel to discuss these issues and more.

• Andy hates the new keyboard Alex hates the loss of MagSafe
• Rene explains why Apple could only legally put in 16gb of RAM
• Leo has a solution: Hackintosh

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Rene Ritchie

Guest: Adam Engst

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone are here for a spooky episode, and the majority of the TWiT staff have joined them to show off their Halloween costumes. Plus, spooky apps that will tantalize your mind and keep you entertained and around friends during your Halloween night.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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One week and one day before the 2016 US elections, Leo talks to verifiedvoting.org founders Ron Rivest and David Dill about the dangers of election fraud and how to design a "perfect" voting system. Ron Rivest is an Institute Professor at MIT, and the "R" in the RSA and RC2, RC4, RC5, and RC6 encryption algorithms. David Dill is a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and an advocate for integrity and transparency in modern elections. Ron and David talk with Leo about the difference between the rare and relatively harmless retail voting fraud possible with traditional paper ballots, and the potentially devastating wholesale election fraud possible with electronic voting machines. They explain why the ideal voting system today relies on paper ballots, and why voting online is, and may never be, a secure system.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ron Rivest and David Dill

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