Tech Break (Video)

On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Jason Snell talk with Rafe Needleman about 'tech etiquette' how to be polite using technology? For example, should you trust GPS or your spouse when it comes to directions?

For the full episode, go to http://twit.tv/nss/125

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Snell

Guest: Rafe Needleman

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Before all eyes were on Equifax, Yahoo was the center of attention when it came to major breaches of private information. The latest disclosure of stolen data has increased to 3 billion accounts. Fr. Robert Ballecer, Brian Chee, and Lou Maresca discuss the relevance of Yahoo for hackers who may be trying to escalate from throwaway accounts to victims' important/active services.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet/260

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Denise Howell, Mike Keyes and Emory Roane discuss the Supreme Court's concerns to live streaming for transparency.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/402

Hosts: Denise Howell, Emory Roane, and J. Michael Keyes

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Megan Morrone talks to Katie Kelly, Senior Program Manager at AltSpace VR about what it's like to hang out in a virtual reality social network. The company almost shut its doors before their community rallied and they were purchased by Microsoft.

Watch the full episode at http://twit.tv/tnw/1

Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Katie Kelly

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Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout discuss Lenovo's commemoration of 25 years of ThinkPad. While the device may resemble the 1992 original, the specs fortunately appear...more modern. It runs Windows 10 Pro with a 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7500U, NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 2GB GDDR5, 720p HD IR Camera, and 512 GB PCIe SSD storage.

Full episode at twit.tv/twich/435

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Megan Morrone demos IoT devices that work with Apple's HomeKit using the Home App.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/kh/350

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Megan Morrone

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Edward Thomson is the maintainer of the libgit2 project - a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API.

Full episode at twit.tv/floss/453

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Bob Heil talks with Tom Gallagher NY2RF, CEO of the ARRL about hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/hn/320

Host: Bob Heil

Guest: Tom Gallagher

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Near the end of a long list of announcements today, the Google Pixel Buds might make up for the Pixel 2's lack of a headphone jack with an almost magical feature: instantaneous translation.

Full episode at twit.tv/twig/425

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Microsoft had a relatively low-key announcement bringing us up to date on its Mixed reality efforts.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ww/538

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

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