Tech Break (Audio)

Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica explains why HTC released a premium upgrade to the HTC Vive, who is geared for, and how far improved resolution goes to creating an immersive virtual environment.

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Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Sam Machkovech

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Patrick Norton and Robert Heron discuss the news that Apple is planning to leave Intel chips behind when it comes to making Mac computers. This would be a huge blow to Intel, while potentially benefiting the synergy between Apple products.

Full episode at twit.tv/twich460

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Everything we know about the shooting at YouTube's headquarters.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guests: Wendy Nather and Ant Pruitt

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Microsoft ousts EVP of Microsoft Windows and Devices Group Terry Myerson and splits up the Windows team. This is the beginning of the end of Windows.

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https://twit.tv/ww/564

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

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Steve Gibson and Fr. Robert Ballecer discuss the "Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data" Act that was slipped into a Budget Spending Bill recently. It allows the President of the United States to authorize online data-sharing agreements with foreign countries.

Full episode at twit.tv/kh375

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With iOS v11, the iOS camera app is continually looking for QR codes and, when found, displays a confirmation message prompting the user whether they wish to open Safari at that URL. But there's a URL parsing error which allows the true URL domain to be hidden behind a spoofed display URL. By exploiting the URL parsing flaw one domain can be shown while another entirely different domain is visited.

Full episode at twit.tv/sn657

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Steve Springett educates teams on the strategy and specifics of developing secure software. He practices security at every stage of the development lifecycle by leading sessions on threat modeling, secure architecture and design, static/dynamic/component analysis, and defensive programming techniques. Steve is an open source advocate and is active in the OWASP community supporting several open source projects including OWASP Dependency-Check and Dependency-Track.

Full episode at twit.tv/floss478

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Gordon West talks about replacing a worn out antenna rotator.

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Host: Gordon West

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Jason Howell took the Samsung Galaxy S9 on his vacation to put it to the test, and dives into his experience and camera performance as compared to his Pixel 2 XL.

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https://twit.tv/aaa/363

Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards

Guest: Juan Bagnell

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the latest research on the link between cell phone radiation and cancer. What it means to "exercise caution" and how to separate fear mongering from scientific truth.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios/389

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