Tech Break (Audio)

On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone review Apple's new iPhone 8 Plus and talk if you should upgrade or wait for the iPhone X.

iPhone 8 Plus on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2x3ETWN

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Leo Laporte explains how to disable the Bixby button on recent Samsung phones.

Watch the full episode at http://twit.tv/ttg/1426

Host: Leo Laporte

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Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica shares his thoughts on Cuphead, the new platform game with an art style that resembles 1930's cartoon animation.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1864

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Network management and security have been merely creeping towards systems that definitively identify and solve problems rather than just telling the symptoms. Matt Cauthorn, the VP of Sales Engineering, explains ExtraHop's place in the data analytics space.

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Denise Howell, Matt Curtis and Bill Donahue from Law360 discuss genericide and Velcro's campaign to make sure people understand that not all hook and loop fasteners should be called "Velcro."

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Hosts: Denise Howell and Matt Curtis

Guest: Bill Donahue

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss the Marseille mCable Gaming Edition HDMI Cable that can basically remove Aliasing with special signal processing and no additional lag. The downside is that the product may be pricey for some consumers.

Read the full article at

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/General-Tech/Marseille-mCable-Gaming-Edition-Remove-Aliasing-HDMI-Cable

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss the news that Swedish furniture giant Ikea just bought TaskRabbit, the San Francisco-based on-demand company that finds you someone to help you do stuff, like for example, assemble your Ikea furniture. According to a press release, TaskRabbit will continue to work as an independent company. TaskRabbit operates in the US and in London and has been around for nearly a decade. The biggest question I have about this sale is, why buy furniture that needs to be put together if you're going to pay for someone to put it together? Just buy furniture that's already put together.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1863

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Mastering engineer Eric Boulanger talks about his work with Apple's first Mastered for iTunes release in 2011— Colbie Caillat's "All of You."

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Eric Boulanger

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Fr. Robert Ballecer shows Patrick Delahanty how he can get better 3D print results by making sure the bed on the 3D printer is level and calibrated.

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Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Patrick Delahanty

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George Thomas shows how to program a DTMF decoder with an Arduino Uno.

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Host: George Thomas

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