Tech Break (Audio)

Maarten Edgar and Jolanda Verhoef talk to Jason Howell, Ron Richards and Florence Ion about the pros and cons developing Android apps.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/290.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion

Guest: Matteo Doni

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Last week Jason Howell and Megan Morrone reported that George Hotz from Comma.ai had decided against releasing the Comma One device that turns a regular car into a self-driving car because he was frustrated with all the regulation. We asked car tech expert Sam Abuelsamid from Navigant Research (and a contributor to Forbes) to tell us more about what happened with George Hotz, the NHTSA guidance, and what it says about the future of self-driving cars.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1632

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Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, Alex Lindsay, and Adam Engst debate whether Apple is leaving pro users behind with the new MacBook Pro.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/mbw/531

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Rene Ritchie, Alex Lindsay, and Andy Ihnatko

Guest: Adam Engst

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Janice Levenhagen-Seely and Nicole Engard both explain what ChickTechs mission is, and how they plan to achieve it. 

For the full episode visit twit.tv/floss/409. 

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Alex Davies, transportation reporter for Wired. We've officially got our jetpacks, but what about our flying cars? They've long been the dream of all kinds of techies from researchers at NASA to Google's Larry Page. But according to a new white paper, Uber has a plan to fast forward the future and finally make flying cars a reality. Alex Davies read the Uber Elevate white paper, so all of us don't have to. Davies sheds light on Uber's claim that they will have a network of on-demand, fully electric aircraft that take off and land vertically. What will on-demand aviation look like?

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1631

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Padre takes a close look at the features and capabilities of the Synology RT1900ac Router.

For the full episode visit twit.tv/kh/257.

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Whale the app where you ask professionals and you receive answers!

For the full episode visit twit.tv/ios/318.

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Leo Laporte, Ron Rivest, and David Dill talk about a more ideal voting sytem, along the lines of the STAR-Vote that utilizes sophisticated tech like end-to-end cryptography.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tri/271

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Alan in Australia is having problems with his NVidia video card and wants to know what is the right driver to update it with.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1336.

Host: Leo Laporte

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We scared the pants off the TWiT staff with the horror game 'Here They Lie' on Sony's PlayStation VR.

For the full episode, go to https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers/episodes/77

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

Guests: Jerry Wagley, Tony Wang, Josh Windisch, Carly Perkins, Colleen Goldstein, Kara Kohl, Anthony Nielsen, Jason Howell, and Laurence Simmonds

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