Tech Break (Audio)

Matthew in Austria wants to know why his mother-in-law's Dell Inspiron is taking up to 5 minutes to boot up.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/ttg/1462

Host: Leo Laporte

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On The New Screen Savers, Apple's HomePod launched this week. Leo Laporte has Jason Howell, and our studio audience, test the sound quality of the Apple HomePod and how it stacks up against the competition like Google Home Max, Sonos One, the Amazon Echo Show, and the Harman Kardon Invoke.

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For the full episode, go to http://twit.tv/nss/143

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Howell

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Leo Laporte talks to Scott Wilkinson of AVSForum.com about how you can watch the 2018 Olympics in 4K.

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Fr. Robert Ballecer talks to Cameron Crandall and David Leong of Kingston about the NAND Flash shortage and the lengthy manufacturing transition from 2D to 3D technology.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet/277

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Denise Howell, Matt Curtis, Mike Keyes and Rob Walker talk about Waymo and Uber's trade secret case that settled after 5 days of trial.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/413

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

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Niall Ferguson is the author of The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. He talks with Jason Howell about how Silicon Valley has important lessons to learn from history. The printing press led to the Protestant Reformation and hundreds of years of religious war. The internet led to fake news and filter bubbles. What's next?

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tri/333

Host: Jason Howell

Guest: Niall Ferguson

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John Battelle, one of the founding editors of Wired, talks of his friendship with John Perry Barlow in light of his passing this week at age 70.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/tnw/18

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: John Battelle

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Robert Heron checked out what the Sony X1 Ultimate Processor Prototype was capable of at CES 2018. Needless to say, 10,000 nits on an 85-inch display was quite impressive and realistic.

Full episode at twit.tv/twich/452

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EFF founder, Grateful Dead lyricist, and cyberspace pioneer John Perry Barlow has died. The Internet is a smaller place without him.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/443

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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George Thomas shows how to install a BNC connector on an RG-142 coax cable.

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Host: George Thomas

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