Tech Break (Audio)

On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Jason Howell give us a complete wrap-up of the Google I/O 2017 keynote. They discuss everything from AI, the new Android O, Google Lens, Google Photo's Suggested Sharing and Books, and more.

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Leo Laporte explains how to use Google Now to start navigation with Waze instead of Google Maps.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Megan Morrone talks to Iain Thomson about a possible fix for those infected with the Wannacry ransomware. Researchers have found a fix to unlock affected computers. The tool called wannakiwi allows you to avoid paying the bitcoin ransom, but only if you're running Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 2003 AND if you haven't rebooted your PC since the attack. The key is not magic, its math that works by finding all the prime numbers that are stored in the ransomware's code. A different tool called WannaKey was released yesterday but only worked on Windows XP and required a second app.

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Denise Howell and Matt Curtis talk with Andrew Rossow, cyberspace and technology lawyer about whose fault is WannaCry and what can be done about it?

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Lou Maresca and Brian Chee discuss the agreement between Comcast and Charter, the two largest US cable companies, that forbids the making of new wireless mergers and acquisitions without each other's consent for a year. This potentially violates antitrust law.

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Megan Morrone and Nathan Olivares-Giles discuss the beginning of the end of Net Neutrality. The FCC has voted along party lines to begin dismantling the rules put in place under the Obama Administration. The 2-to-1 vote means the Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward repealing the rules that many internet freedom advocates fought hard for only two years ago. The rules had imposed strict oversight over ISPs to help prevent internet fast lanes, preferential treatment, and other measures intended to maintain a free and open internet. As expected, Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mike O'Rielly voted against Net Neutrality and the only democrat on the commission, Mignon Clyburn, voted against the proposal.

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Darin Fong demonstrates his headphone virtualization software, 'Out of Your Head.'

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Darin Fong

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The GeForce GTX 1030 graphics card is a low profile product featuring the NVIDIA Pascal architecture. Consumers should currently expect a price between $75 and $85, depending on the vendor.

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We play with the latest ransomware exploit hitting the internet and dig into how it works and spreads, along with the best way to protect yourself.

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At Google I/O, Sundar Pichai announced Google Lens, an AI-powered image recognition engine that will work with Google Photos and Google Assistant. Nathan Olivarez-Giles and Stacey Higginbotham watch the live announcement and discuss the ramifications.

Hosts: Nathan Olivarez-Giles and Stacey Higginbotham

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