Tech Break (Audio)

Microsoft had a relatively low-key announcement bringing us up to date on its Mixed reality efforts.

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

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Leo Laporte and Florence Ion give their impressions and recap the announcement of the Pixel 2 phone shown at the SFJazz Center in San Francisco. The Pixel 2 will cost $649, but the larger Pixel 2 XL will be priced at $849.

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Leo Laporte and Florence Ion give their impressions and recap the announcement of the Google Home Mini and Home Max shown at the SFJazz Center in San Francisco. The Mini will ship by October 18 for $49 and the Max will be available in December for $399 (with Youtube Music ad-free for a year).

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Michael Fisher, aka MrMobile, shows off the Project Jacquard jean jacket by Levi's.

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Hosts: Florence Ion and Ron Richards

Guests: Michael Fisher and Jason Murray

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Apple's new privacy page at apple.com/privacy shows how hard Apple works to keep your information private, but also how hard the US government is working to get it.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Alex Lindsay

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone talk with lawyer Denise Howell from This Week in Law about what you need to know before you check the box that says you've read the terms of service on that iPhone or iPad app.

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Showtime mines cryptocurrency on your browser, but it's less of a big deal than you might think.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Leila Janah is the CEO and founder of Samasource. Her new book, Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time, details her journey to bring tech jobs to people living in poverty around the world.

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Are tech firms paying their fair share of taxes? What happens if governments around the world decide that they aren't?

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson and Greg Ferro

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Chip wants to know how to transfer his apps and contacts to a new phone and clean up duplicate contacts.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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