Tech Break (Audio)

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Snapchat, Snow, and the Hope Poster app. Plus, a doll that's made from your selfie.

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Sam Abuelsamid from Navigant Research joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss the latest developments in Uber's Waymo IP case, as well as Lyft and Waymo's reported collaboration deal covering self-driving technology.

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Gretchen Bakke is the author of the new book The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. She talks with Megan Morrone about the history of electricity in America.

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The WannaCry Ransomware attack has hit computers around the world. The attack mostly targets unpatched Windows XP systems, and the original variant was stopped "by accident" by a security researcher. However, other variants still exist, and the attack is ongoing.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Roberto Baldwin, Christina Warren, and Alex Wilhelm

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On The New Screen Savers, Father Robert Ballecer, SJ and Aaron Newcomb talk with Dr. Richard Marks from Sony Interactive. He shows off the new Aim Controller for the Playstation VR and the game, Farpoint.

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Guest: Richard Marks

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WannaCry takes advantage of a vulnerability in the Microsoft Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) server and demands payment of $600 in BitCoin per infected system. The TWiET riot discuss the impact, as well as the widespread issue of users not updating their systems.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Iain Thompson from The Register about the latest strain of ransomware. The new and especially virulent strain of ransomware is spreading across the globe crippling the National Health Service hospitals in the UK and telecom companies in Spain. They're calling it WannaCry, WannaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r, WCry, and other names. The ransomware exploits a vulnerability called Eternal Blue, which was revealed in the Shadow Brokers dump of the NSA hack. A patch was released back in May.

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Professional Calibrator David Abrams joins Scott Wilkinson to talk about the first things you should do when calibrating a TV.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: David Abrams

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Eric Geller from Politico joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss President Trump's signing of a new executive order aimed at creating new reviews to ensure tighter security of the federal government's digital infrastructure.

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At Build 2017, Microsoft announced Story Remix, a video editor that infuses AI and deep learning into editing. Microsoft hopes that Story Remix will make you feel like a director instead of an editor. Chris Pratley, Microsoft CVP, Windows discusses Story Remix with Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley

Guest: Chris Pratley

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