Tech Break (Audio)

Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte discuss a story from the register.co.uk that talks about a Samsung battery factory bursting into flames.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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This past week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would change a law allowing law enforcement officials free access to emails kept on an ISP's server for longer than 180 days. The new law would require a warrant for any email access. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to face opposition.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss software in development for Hololens that could bring music lessons into the future.

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone talk about Crawlies from Adam Howell, an app that lets you send animated roaches, ants, moths, and other bug stickers through the iMessage app.

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Twitter's growth was less than 2.5% of Facebook's last quarter. How much of that was due to Twitter's harassment problem? This week, Twitter announced new anti-harassment tools, but our panel argues that these tools do not go nearly far enough.

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Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin is a PlayStation VR sequel to the 2005 cult hit Psychonauts. Lead Programmer Chad Dawson talks about the appeal of the original game, and the details and challenges of bringing the game to virtual reality.

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Leo Laporte takes a call from Kurt in Calabasas, CA about managing memory usage on an older Mac with 8GB of RAM.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Have you seen the movie 'Pearl?' It's the first film nominated for an Oscar with a VR version. We talk to the Director and Academy Award winner Patrick Osborne about how the film was made.

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Guest: Patrick Osborne

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Florence Ion joins Leo Laporte to talk about Android Wear 2.0 and the latest LG smartwatches. It's Leo's LG Watch Sport versus Flo's LG Watch Style. Hear Flo's full review.

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Mike in Portland Maine is a podcaster looking for a service to transcribe his podcasts.

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