Tech Break (Video)

Gordon West talks about how the atmosphere can help radio signals travel hundreds of extra miles.

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Hosts: Bob Heil and Gordon West

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Steve Jobs demos the computer that saved Apple.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/mbw/609

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

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If you are going to extort people to get their files back, you might as well be polite about it.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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At Google I/O, Google debuted Duplex, an extension of Assistant that can speak intelligently to real people on the phone to make reservations for you. Should we be excited or terrified?

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https://twit.tv/twig/456

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Tofel

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At Google I/O, Sundar Pichai showed off Google Duplex, a new feature of Assistant that can pretend to be a real person and make reservations over the phone.

Full episode at twit.tv/specials330

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The Windows Weekly crew highlights the best moments from Microsoft's massive day 1 Build keynote.

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https://twit.tv/ww/569

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

Guest: Tom Warren

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks about Microsoft's past breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and charts the company's path into the future.

Full keynote commentary at twit.tv/specials329

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Amazon Blueprints makes it easy to program custom Alexa Skills.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twit/665

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Ashley Esqueda

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Dr. Mom calls into the Tech Guy to talk about Amazon Alexa Skills Blueprints, a way to customize responses from an Amazon Echo.

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On The New Screen Savers, Patrick Norton spent a couple of weeks with the new Caavo smart tv hub and gives us his review. The device controls all your home-theater boxes and also has a voice remote. It promises to make finding shows easier than fumbling for multiple remotes, but it's not cheap. See how it works and if it delivers as promised.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/tnss/155

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Patrick Norton

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