Tech Break (Audio)

Neil is wondering if the threat of the VPN Filter hack is still around even after restarting his router, and what other steps can be taken to secure the router.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1497

Host: Leo Laporte

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Don MacAskill is the founder and CEO of SmugMug. He talks to Leo Laporte about SmugMug and their acquisition of Flickr.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tri/351

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Don MacAskill

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Professor Glenn McGee and Biohack author JD Lasica join Denise Howell and Matt Curtis to talk about how the law treats DNA from the deceased and DNA from discarded materials.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/426

Hosts: Denise Howell and Matt Curtis

Guests: Glenn McGee Ph.D and JD Lasica

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, Lou Maresca, and Curt Franklin talk about the California Consumer Privacy Act, which has been mostly funded by real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet295

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Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout talk about Intel's announcement that they will manufacture graphics chips to compete with AMD and NVidia by 2020.

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Hosts: Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout

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Researchers say that the spike in Bitcoin value late 2017 was the result of market manipulation by the Bitfinex exchange. Nathaniel Popper from the New York Times talks about why crypto is so vulnerable to price fixing.

Watch the full episode:
https://twit.tv/tnw/36

Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Nathaniel Popper

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The La Liga soccer app has an opt-in feature that actively samples audio from the mic and pairs it with GPS data to detect when a pirated game is playing in the room.

Full episode at twit.tv/aaa373

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Facebook's new guidelines for labeling political ads is getting publishers like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal in an uproar.

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https://twit.tv/twig/461

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jeff Jarvis

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Valerie Hotzfeld talks to Chip Cohen, founder of Fractal Antenna Systems about fractal antennas, where you would find them and practical applications, and cloaking technology.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/hn/355

Host: Valerie Hotzfeld

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Microsoft's next Xbox, codenamed "Scarlett," will launch in 2020.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ww/574

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

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