Tech Break (Audio)

As the controversy around Facebook and Cambridge Analytica grows, Cory Doctorow joins us to help sort through this mess and discuss if Facebook or regulation can help fix these privacy issues and whether people should delete their Facebook account.

For the full episode, go to https://twit.tv/nss/149

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Snell

Guest: Cory Doctorow

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Todd in Torrence, CA wants to know why smartphone manufacturers haven't allowed for AM/FM radio in smartphones.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/ttg/1473

Host: Leo Laporte

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Melissa Schilling is the author of Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World. She talks with Jason Howell about the traits that make serial innovators so successful.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tri/339

Host: Jason Howell

Guest: Melissa Schilling

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Lou Maresca talks with David Ting about DataVisor and the company's mission to protect businesses, like Yelp and Pinterest, from sophisticated new attacks online.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet/283

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Denise Howell, Tiffany Li, J. Michael Keyes, and Matt Curtis discuss the legal details around the Marlon Bundo children's book by the Pence family, as well as the recent parody book by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Both books have proceeds going to charity.

Buy the parody book at https://amzn.to/2GmeUOc

Check out the original book at https://amzn.to/2GizK13

Hosts: Denise Howell, J. Michael Keyes, and Matt Curtis

Guest: Tiffany Li

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Megan Morrone talks to Sam Abuelsamid from the Wheel Bearings podcast about the state of self-driving car regulation. This week pedestrian Elaine Herzberg was killed after stepping into the path of a self-driving Uber. This is the first pedestrian death from a self-driving car and it won't be the last. First reports said the crash was unavoidable, but now that police have released the video of the interior and exterior of the car many are calling those first reports into question. Why didn't the LIDAR see the pedestrian on the bicycle?

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/tnw/24

Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Sam Abuelsamid

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Patrick Norton and Allyn Malventano discuss Magic Leap's recent announcement that the startup's Creator Portal is now open. Also, Allyn goes on a tangent about Budget Cuts!

Full episode at twit.tv/twich/458

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George Thomas completes building an MFJ-941 tuner kit.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/hn/343

Host: George Thomas

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As the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal plays out, we try to answer some of the difficult questions.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/twig/449

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Microsoft is testing a feature that would force Windows 10 Mail links to open in Microsoft Edge. The community has reacted predictably, but this is a much bigger deal than even the complainers may realize, and it is just one step of many that Microsoft has already made to force Edge usage.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ww/562

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

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