Tech Break (Video)

Don MacAskill is the founder and CEO of SmugMug. He talks to Leo Laporte about SmugMug and their acquisition of Flickr.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Don MacAskill

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Professor Glenn McGee and Biohack author JD Lasica join Denise Howell and Matt Curtis to talk about how the law treats DNA from the deceased and DNA from discarded materials.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/426

Hosts: Denise Howell and Matt Curtis

Guests: Glenn McGee Ph.D and JD Lasica

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, Lou Maresca, and Curt Franklin talk about the California Consumer Privacy Act, which has been mostly funded by real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet295

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Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout talk about Intel's announcement that they will manufacture graphics chips to compete with AMD and NVidia by 2020.

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Hosts: Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout

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Researchers say that the spike in Bitcoin value late 2017 was the result of market manipulation by the Bitfinex exchange. Nathaniel Popper from the New York Times talks about why crypto is so vulnerable to price fixing.

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https://twit.tv/tnw/36

Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Nathaniel Popper

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The La Liga soccer app has an opt-in feature that actively samples audio from the mic and pairs it with GPS data to detect when a pirated game is playing in the room.

Full episode at twit.tv/aaa373

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Facebook's new guidelines for labeling political ads is getting publishers like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal in an uproar.

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https://twit.tv/twig/461

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jeff Jarvis

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Valerie Hotzfeld talks to Chip Cohen, founder of Fractal Antenna Systems about fractal antennas, where you would find them and practical applications, and cloaking technology.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/hn/355

Host: Valerie Hotzfeld

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Microsoft's next Xbox, codenamed "Scarlett," will launch in 2020.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone take a first look at the Wyze Cam with Pan and Tilt. Megan loved the basic Wyze came for only $19.99. The new security camera includes 6 infrared LEDs, 110°/sec rotation speed, 360° horizontal range, and 93° vertical range. Even with 15fps, 10x digital zoom, and 1920×1080 resolution, the Wyze Came Pan is only $29.99. Learn about the features and how the company can sell these cameras for so little. Buy the camera at https://amzn.to/2MnTAYT

Watch the full episode at twit.tv/ios399

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