Tech Break (Video)

MacOS High Sierra Security Flaw lets anyone get root access to your computer without a password. Change the root password of your Mac now!

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Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Steve Gibson

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If you have a Mac with High Sierra, don't take your eyes off of it until you fix this flaw. Otherwise, anyone with access to your computer can login as root without a password, and do whatever they want with your computer and any passwords you have in your Keychain.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone talk about the M-Pad and the Edge-Board Modern Movement products from Nautilus. Use your iPhone and Chromecast or Google TV to gamify your fitness. Makes a great gift for the exercise geek in your life.

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The richest man in the world learned some important lessons working on his grandpa's farm in Texas as a child. Lesson 1: if you accidentally cut off your thumb and get the doctors to cover the hole with skin from your butt, you'll spend the rest of your life shaving the butt hair on your thumb hole.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Devindra Hardawar, Jill Duffy, and Mark Spoonauer

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Chris Marquardt joins Leo Laporte on The Tech Guy to talk about computational photography and how it could completely change the industry in the future.

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https://twit.tv/ttg/1443

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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Neil is having a little buyer's remorse after buying an iPhone 8 Plus and is wondering if he should just get an iPhone X.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Fr. Robert Ballecer shows how to desolder with a desoldering wick and soldering paste.

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Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Patrick Delahanty

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On The New Screen Savers show, Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte check out an electric bicycle from Espin. This affordable pedal-assist ebike can climb steep hills, go up to 20 mph, and travel 25-50 miles on a single charge.

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https://twit.tv/tnss/132

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Leo Laporte

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Kyle Kiang from OnePlus talks about the new OnePlus 5T, the next flagship device for OnePlus with a larger screen, improved camera, and Face Unlock security.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion

Guest: Kyle Kiang

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Google tracks phones even with location sharing turned off, apologizes.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/432

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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