Tech Break (Audio)

Amazon announces approximately 724 new Echo devices, including a smaller Echo, Zigbee-enabled Echo Plus, Echo Spot, Echo Buttons, and more.

Watch the full episode at http://twit.tv/twig/424

Hosts: Jason Howell and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Matt Cutts

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how the implementation of YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show is broken, and both companies are blaming each other for it.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1862

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Rich Woods from Neowin has the inside scoop on upcoming Surface devices.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ww/537

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

Guest: Rich Woods

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The Cloud Native Computing Foundation is a non-profit organization that hosts Kurbernetes, Prometheus, CoreDNS, and other projects. The Community Infrastructure Lab (CIL) provides free access to state-of-the-art computing resources for open source developers working to advance cloud native computing.

Full episode at twit.tv/floss/452

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More and more voices in the security world are suspecting that the Equifax hack might be the work of China.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/sn/630

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Steve Gibson

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Megan Morrone talks to Serenity Caldwell about her review of the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE with cellular. She calls it small, flawed, and mighty with some battery life issues, but not as many as you would expect in a 32mm watch with an LTE antenna in the screen.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios/362

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Myriam Joire shows off the LG V30, a premium smartphone with an impressive camera array and high-fidelity audio features.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/336

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Myriam Joire

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss a new study by a human resource analytics software company that says women and men both struggle equally to get jobs in tech when they're old. And by "old" they mean over 40. Visier Inc. says the average tech worker is 38 years old, compared to the average non-tech worker who is 43 years old and this is a result of systemic ageism in the tech hiring practices. The study says this is harmful to companies because people over 40 enter the Tech Sage age and that wisdom and experience make them more valuable overall, even though they are less likely to be hired.

Full episode at http://twit.tv/tnt/1861

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

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Jim Dalrymple explains that the new Apple Watch's supposed "LTE Bug" isn't a problem with LTE after all - it's a problem with public Wi-Fi nodes that need you to sign in.

Full episode at http://twit.tv/mbw/577

Hosts: Alex Lindsay and Andy Ihnatko

Guests: Jim Dalrymple and Tonya Engst

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Sarah Frier from Bloomberg discusses her conversation with Mark Zuckerberg about the power of the platform, and the many ways it's being challenged in the political and public sphere during 2017.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1860

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