Tech Break (Audio)

Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to The Register's Iain Thomson about the Equifax data breach. It might be easier to ask who in the United States wasn't involved instead of who was. Equifax revealed names, Social Security Numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver's license numbers of 143 million Americans. Find out if you should give them the last six digits of your social security number to find out if you've been affected.

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss the end of a dominant era for Intel, with the EOL of the company's Core i7-6700K and Core i5-6600K processors. Consumers still have until March 30, 2018 to place final requests for ordering.

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George Thomas talks to Vito VA3VMD about his small yet effective dipole antenna.

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Host: George Thomas

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Brad Sams from Petri.com discuhttp://twit.tv/tnt/1847sses Microsoft's early announcement of its Fall Surface event where it will likely unveil a refresh of some of its hardware lineup.

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Florence Ion and Matteo Doni talk about their time spent with the new LG V30 premium smartphone, announced at the IFA 2017 conference in Berlin.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Matteo Doni

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Android's fragmentation problem may get a little better with Android 8.0 Oreo's Treble feature.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Kevin Marks

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After the news that Cortana is "Alexa curious," we find out that Harman Kardon is not exclusive to Cortana. Oops. Sony is among those offering Google Assistant in a smart speaker (in this case a gorgeous one).

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

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Eric Hanson discusses Aquameta, a web development platform that places traditional components of web architecture (the operating system, web server, file system, command line, programming languages, widgets, services, version control, and more) in a single relational database, reifying the stack as relational data.

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss the new announcement of the Android One Mi A1. The aim of Android One program was to put quality, affordable phones in the hands of more people in developing countries. The program's been dormant for a while, but it lives on with the Mi A1, the first partnership between Google and Chinese phone maker Xiaomi. The phone has a dual camera, 2x optical zoom, and a 5.5 inch display. It's available in 40 markets and will cost around 234 US dollars, although it won't be available in the US anytime soon.

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We take a peek at the secret blueprints for Apple's new Steve Jobs Theater, opening next week for the first time for the fall iPhone unveiling.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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