Tech Break (Audio)

Russell Holly from VRheads joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to give his take on HBO's new VR app, and it's not pretty.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1657

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Patrick Norton and Allyn Malventano discuss HARDOCP's synthetic benchmark tests for the new Kaby Lake processor. Snoozefest of the year?

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/twich/392

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Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Mathew Ingram talk about the mystery of Google and DeepMind's Artificial Intelligence ethics board.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/382

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Maria Naggaga, Program Manager at Microsoft, about Computer Science Education Week, The Hour of Code, and the best ways for kids and adults to learn to code. Maria Naggaga, PM on the Visual Studio and .NET teams at Microsoft, has been a Microsoft Evangelist and an active participant in Hour of Code activities for several years. Currently she's responsible for bringing new developers on to the .NET Core platform. She talks about her work with Black Girls Code, Young Game Makers, and the first programming language that she learned.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1656

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Megan Morrone talks to Will Oremus from Slate about how journalism has changed in the last decade. How Facebook and Twitter helped erode people's trust in traditional media and credible journalism and how that impacted the 2016 presidential election.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tri/274.

Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Will Oremus

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Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley talk about Home Hub: What it is, isn't, and might be. This is not the Cortana Cube you're looking for.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/ww/495

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk about the ransomware attack on San Francisco's mass transit system. Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security says an anonymous security researcher contacted him to say that he or she had hacked the hacker. Find out what happens next.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tnt/1650.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

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Keeping track of your loved ones during an emergency is extremely stressful, but with Google's newest app you can put your mind at ease.

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss AT&T's new over-the-top video streaming service DirecTV Now, as well as Sling TV's new cloud DVR announcement.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tnt/1649.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

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Bob and Gordo interview the CEO of ARRL Tom Gallagher and talk about the history of amateur radio.

For the full episode visit twit.tv/hn/277.

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