Tech Break (Audio)

Steve's Dell Inspiron laptop drops wifi all the time. Dell claims to have fixed it via remote access, but it didn't work. Leo says that it's likely the person at Dell tech support had very little training and was following the directions in the notebook. All too often, it doesn't fix the problem. What you need to do is call them back and ask to have your case escalated to tier 2 or even tier 3 level support. But why does WiFi drop out? Well, it could be congestion. The 2.4ghz band is woefully crowded. Also, WiFi Networks could be dropping out awhile other networks are heavy use. More likely, the problem is your router. Routers provided by ISPs are usually very basic modem-router combos. It's probably older, too. Leo says to turn off the router portion of it and buy your own. They are newer, more secure, and updatable. Modern routers are also dual band, which are at 2.4 and 5.0 GHz. Check out this article on why WIFI kinda sucks now.

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Father Robert Ballecer reviews the Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K and Video Assist. Whether you are looking to upgrade your field camera or you want to build your own podcast network, Fr. Robert breaks down all the different ways that you can use this tiny UHD camera.

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John just recently moved from an iPhone to Android and is wondering what he needs to do to stay secure on a new platform.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Sam Abuelsamid from Navigant Research and the Wheel Bearings podcast about vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology. It's getting a head-start this week with Cadillacnow shipping sedans with V2V capabilities. Learn about how it works and whether or not creators of this technology will abide by established standards.

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The TWiET Crew talk about the digital laws and new realms of murder evidence surrounding digital voice assistants like the Amazon Echo's Alexa, where telling audio pickups may be key to solving cases.

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Denise Howell and Neel Chatterjee discuss Trump's revised travel ban and the challenges coming from Hawaii and Washington D.C.

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Host: Denise Howell

Guest: Neel Chatterjee

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Nsikan Akpan from PBS News Hour joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss how bacteria can be used to make cement, cutting down on carbon emissions in the process.

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Journalists Chris Boylan from BigPictureBigSound.com, Caleb Denison from DigitalTrends.com, and Robert Heron from HeronFidelity.com join host Scott Wilkinson to talk about improvements made to the 2017 LG OLED TVs.

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Sebastian Peak and Patrick Norton discuss the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, which sells for $699 and has 11GB of Memory.

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In our streaming studio episode we put together a $400 setup.

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