Tech Break (Audio)

For the past two weeks, the Baltimore city government has been held for ransom by hackers using the NSA's EternalBlue exploit.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Brianna Wu and Patrick Norton

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Jason is organizing a festival and is looking into location marketing with beacons.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Remember the SMB v1 vulnerability found, that was patched years ago? Public Organizations still haven't plugged that hole including hundreds of servers at US public school systems.

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Host: Louis Maresca

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Tim Titus, CTO of Path Solutions talks with Brian Chee about VoIP troubleshooting and solving drops and clipping problems.

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Host: Brian Chee

Guest: Tim Titus

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Megan Morrone speaks with Jessica Powell, Google's former VP of Communications and author of The Big Disruption: A Totally Fictional But Essentially True Silicon Valley Story, about why big tech isn't inherently evil and how, through Silicon Valley's monoculture, they keep expanding their scope and grow out of control.

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Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Jessica Powell

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Influencers and E-sports players can be targeted when they are up-and-coming and end up ensnared in predatory contracts that bleed them dry. Taylor Lorenz from the Atlantic talks about one such celebrity, Tfue, who is taking his representation to court.

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Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Taylor Lorenz

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Huawei is in a world of hurt, and Vlad Savov from the Verge talks about the extremely limited options for the company in light of the executive order that bands US companies from working with them.

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Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Vlad Savov

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Sebastian Peak and Patrick Norton discuss Playdate, a crank-equipped handheld gaming device with a black-and-white screen. The item should cost $149 when it ships in 2020.

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Hosts: Patrick Norton and Sebastian Peak

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More and more companies shun Huawei, but Microsoft is curiously silent.

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

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Google Glass 2 is designed for the enterprise, and available for $999.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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