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August 01, 2017 Why Did Facebook Kill AIs With Their Own Language? | TWiT Bits
The headlines read that Facebook was afraid that its AIs were creating their own language, so it killed them. The truth is a little more complex.
For the full episode, visit twit.tv/sn/622

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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11 min
August 01, 2017 Your Teen Needs to Be on LinkedIn | TWiT Bits
Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to author, speaker and professor Lisa Buyer about her article, "7 Surefire Ways Your Teen Won't Get Into College, Thanks To Social Media." More and more colleges are looking at social media profiles of kids in the acceptance process. Buyer says social media messes can be cleaned up with positive steps like creating a LinkedIn profile and more.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Lisa Buyer

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15 min
August 01, 2017 Apple Removes VPN Apps From China | TWiT Bits
Apple takes VPN apps off Chinese App Store in preparation for China's upcoming ban of VPN software. What is Apple's moral duty when it comes to the App Store? Is bowing to China's anti-VPN law the beginning of a slippery slope?

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Andy Ihnatko

Guests: Jim Dalrymple and Adam Engst

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9 min
August 01, 2017 App Cap: Plotagraph | TWiT Bits
Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss an app for iPads and iPhones that let you animate parts of photos. It's called Plotagraph and it is $4.99. This is an introductory price, which is 50% off the regular price.
Full episode at twit.tv/ios/354

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7 min
July 31, 2017 Nick Bilton: Researching American Kingpin | TWiT Bits
Nick Bilton is the author of American Kingpin, a non-fiction thriller about the hunt for the Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts. He talks with Megan Morrone about how he researched the book.
Full episode at twit.tv/tri/308

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4 min
July 31, 2017 Driving a Tesla Model 3 | TWiT Bits
Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss his time driving the new Tesla Model 3, and his thoughts on the release event.
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10 min
July 31, 2017 Adobe Premiere Clip | TWiT Bits
How to shoot video and edit straight from your phone using Adobe Premiere Clip.
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7 min
July 30, 2017 Voting Machines Hacked in Minutes | TWiT Bits
At this year's DEF CON conference, it took hackers minutes to hack US voting machines from Diebold, Sequoia, and Winvote - some wirelessly. One particularly disturbing machine, hacked via Wi-Fi, was running Windows XP, with a hard-coded WEP password and autorun enabled.
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3 min
July 30, 2017 Sweden Leaks Personal Info of Millions | TWiT Bits
The Swedish Transport Agency proceeded to upload all of its data to IBM and NCR's cloud servers, where it was accessible by people outside of Sweden who didn't have proper security clearance.

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5 min
July 29, 2017 New Emojis for 2017 | TWiT Bits
On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Jason Snell talk to Jeremy Burge from emojipedia.org about new Emojis, how they are handling diversity, and the top requests for this year including redheads and party hats.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Snell

Guest: Jeremy Burge

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12 min

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Tech Break brings you technology news and updates as they happen. So stay informed and discover new gadgets, apps, unboxings, beta releases, interviews, and essential excerpts from our shows. With Tech Break there is no set schedule and our hosts will publish new content as it develops.