Tech Break (Video)

Shots fired! In the latest move in their growing feud, Google has pulled YouTube off of Amazon Echo devices and will pull the service from Fire TV at the start of next year.

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/twig/434

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Aaron Newcomb

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Jono Bacon is the author of the critically-acclaimed The Art of Community, a columnist for Forbes and opensource.com, founder of the Community Leadership Summit and Open Community Conferences, and co-founder of Bad Voltage, and advisor to AlienVault, Moltin, data.world, Mycroft, Open Networking Foundation, and Open Cloud Consortium.

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Matteo Doni spent two weeks with a pre-production model of the newly announced Honor 7X smartphone and shares his thoughts on the device.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/346

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Matteo Doni

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The macOS High Sierra root login without a password flaw has been fixed... and broken again... and then re-fixed.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/mbw/587

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

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The question of Apple allowing 3D facial data access to apps: is this safe?

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https://twit.tv/sn/640

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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Leo Laporte shows off Jib Jab in augmented reality for your iPhone and iPad. Check out Santa's Twerkshop and more. Use the free version or pay the membership that's totally worth impressing your friends with your elf dancing skills.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios/372

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The US Supreme Court will decide if the Fourth Amendment stops at your phone.

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https://twit.tv/twit/643

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Sam Abuelsamid, and Brianna Wu

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Nathan in Grand Rapids, MI wants to know how he can make his Google Voice number the default for text messaging on his Android phone.

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https://twit.tv/ttg/1445

Host: Leo Laporte

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On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ talk to YouTuber SethBling about how he created two neural networks, MarI/O and MariFlow, that can learn how to play video games like SNES classics Super Mario World and Mario Kart without human intervention.

For the full episode, go to http://twit.tv/nss/133

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: SethBling

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Christian in San Diego has been tasked with finding a cloud backup solution for the accounting firm he works for.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1444

Host: Leo Laporte

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