Tech Break (Audio)

George Thomas calibrates and tests an MFJ-941 tuner kit.

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Host: George Thomas

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In the latest round of a long and twisty fight over Java APIs, Oracle finally wins.

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https://twit.tv/twig/450

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mike Elgan

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Let's step back and talk about what is in this thing, feature-wise.

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

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Swedish artist Peter Norby (AKA Algomystic) used Unity, AR Kit, the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera, and eye-tracking to create Parallax View. He also shows you how you can also create face based AR experiences with Apple's developer tools.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios/388

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Ben Striegel is the one of the original members of the Rust community, and is a member of the Rust Community Team providing mentorship. The Rust Team consists of Mozilla and non-Mozilla members.

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At Apple's education event, the company announced a new stylus-capable 9.7" iPad, along with a new, cheaper stylus called Crayon.

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https://twit.tv/mbw/603

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay

Guest: Tonya Engst

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We've been discussing the problems with voting machines for years. We talked about how difficult it is turning out to be for the this summer's BlackHat and Defcon conferences to obtain secondhand machines. How their manufacturers are threatening resellers with legal action. This entire model -- of commercial manufacturers selling proprietary machines -- is all so broken and wrong.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Florence Ion, Ron Richards and Tony Hannides talk about Acer's announcement of the first tablet running Chrome OS, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10.

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Hosts: Florence Ion and Ron Richards

Guest: Tony Hannides

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The CLOUD Act, passed as part of a $1.3 trillion government spending bill this Friday, will empower police, US agents, and foreign nations to demand personal data stored anywhere in the world.

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https://twit.tv/twit/659

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Denise Howell, Harry McCracken, and Iain Thomson

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Bob in Alpine, CA has a really old Mac that won't work, and whenever he tries to start it up, he just gets a long beep code.

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https://twit.tv/ttg/1474

Host: Leo Laporte

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