Tech Break (Video)

Fr. Robert Ballecer, Brian Chee, and Lou Maresca discuss the Let's Encrypt service that lets non-techie web operators more easily encrypt their traffic. The Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol may be used by various client software packages to automate verification of certificate requests.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Louise Matsakis from Wired about today's debate about keeping online pornography out of the hands of children. Lawmakers are having a difficult time respecting the rights of adults and understanding that no technology exists that can keep online porn off of adolescents' smartphones.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Louise Matsakis

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss the recent halting of the proposed Broadcom - Qualcomm acquisition, where Trump cited "national security" as a concern.

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Jeff Bezos promises to spend his "Amazon Lottery Winnings" on Space travel, but thinks we still need to take care of Earth and all its creatures. Even iguanas.

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Alan is an industry leader, open source advocate and member of the SUSE leadership team and SUSE strategy adviser for new industry initiatives and Open Source.

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George Thomas builds a MFJ-941 tuner kit.

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Host: George Thomas

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Twitch Prime is part of Amazon Prime, and offers free games, in-game items, and more.

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

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Android P Developer Preview 1 launched last week with a number of tweaks to the user experience as well as under the hood, and Jason Howell shows it all off on his Pixel 2 XL.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

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Israeli security firm CTS Labs discovers 13 critical security vulnerabilities and manufacturer backdoors in AMD Ryzen & EPYC product lines.

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone show you the ways they get all the tech news delivered straight to their iPhones.

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