Tech Break (Audio)

Father Robert Ballecer, SJ got a sneak peak of the Predator 21X. The laptop is equipped with a 21" curved display which creates one of the most immersive gaming experiences on the market today. It boasts two GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs, 4 speakers, 2 subwoofers, 5 cooling fans and a built-in mechanical keyboard. This type of game power is a must have for serious enthusiasts.

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Father Robert Ballecer, SJ spoke with Cin-Yee Syria Ho from XYZ Printing about their suite of 3D printers and Scanner. The tech company has a made it one of its missions to make 3D printers available to all, as well as making a printer for every skill level. Additionally, they have developed a hand-held full body scanner.

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Father Robert Ballecer, SJ had the chance to speak with Marie Kristine Schmidt with Bang & Olufsen about the BeoSound 1 and 2. The wireless speaker system provides listeners with a 360 degree listening experience and integrates with existing music services. This, plus the elegant design and the easy and fast setup, make the BeoSound an ideal speaker system for a flexible lifestyle.

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Hope Reese from TechRepublic joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss the demanding and low-paying world of Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss the latest company to change its privacy policy and lose users. Note-taking app Evernote came under fire earlier this week when it announced an upcoming change to its privacy policy that would open user notes up to being read by Evernote employees, all in an effort to improve its machine learning capabilities. There was no way to opt-out of this impending snooping and people complained and cancelled their service. Evernote brass listened to the mountain of complaints, and have now announced that the updated privacy policy will be delayed as they rework it so that users can choose to opt-in. Why were they so tone-deaf about the change in the first place?

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk about Android Things and Cortana integration with your smart home gadgets. Google is formalizing its efforts with the Internet of Things by rebranding its seemingly stalled Brillo IoT platform as Android Things. Developers can get going with the SDK preview along with supported developer kits that include the Raspberry Pi 3, the Intel Edison, and the NXP Pico. Weave, Google's IoT platform, is expected to release in a later developer preview. And Mary Jo Foley says Microsoft is bringing Cortana to all the devices in your home with the 2017 Creators Update. Talk to your smart fridge, your internet connect lights, your wired toothbrush, basically you'll soon be yelling commands at everything.

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone talk about TraptionBakery, a beautiful and smart new puzzle app for iPads by ProperBostin.

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Tim Wu is the Author of The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Brains. Tim argues that what you pay attention to defines your life, and you should think hard about how you want to spend your precious attention.

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Leo Laporte takes a call about what to do next after 1 billion Yahoo Email accounts had been hacked.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Leo Laporte and Aaron Newcomb talk about and demo the Snowden-endorsed Qubes OS, a security-focused OS that works to protect you from malware and other security breaches, with its community manager, Andrew Wong.

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Guest: Andrew Wong

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