Tech Break (Video)

Myriam Joire joins Ron Richards, Florence Ion and Jason Howell to show off a special edition of the LG G6 and to share her thoughts on the new device.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/aaa/312.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Myriam Joire

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As many as 90% of Smart TVs are probably vulnerable to wireless hacking via rogue TV signals. Security researcher Rafael Scheel, with the Swiss cyber security consulting company Oneconsult, has developed and demonstrated an over-the-air remote exploit of a Samsung television.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOJ_8QHX6OA

The proof-of-concept exploit uses a low-cost transmitter to embed malicious commands into a television broadcast. When received by a television set (in this case two different fully patched Samsung models) it was able to exploit two known security flaws in the Web browsers running in the background to obtain root privilege access to the TVs.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/sn/606.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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HUBzero is an open source software platform for building powerful Web sites that support scientific discovery, learning, and collaboration. These sites are called "hubs" because each becomes a focal point for its user community.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/floss/428

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Aaron Sankin from Reveal joins Nathan Olivarez-Giles and Jason Howell to share the story of a man who utilized a Twitter bot army to increase his visibility as a political pundit. Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1739

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Apple updates the Mac Pro and promises it is "completely rethinking" the design of the upcoming Mac Pro... for 2018. Instead of a general announcement, Apple brought in a carefully selected group of 5 tech reporters and answered all their questions about the future of Mac hardware at Apple.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/mbw/553

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

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone review Fakespot, an app that lets you determine whether or not most of the reviews on Amazon/Yelp are real or fake. Fakespot is an iOS and an Android app, or a browser extension for Chrome/Safari.

Full episode available at twit.tv/ios/339

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Sam Abuelsamid from Navigant Research joins Megan Morrone, and Jason Howell to discuss his recent report on the many players in the race to autonomous driving and which companies are best equipped in the long run.

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The US House of Representatives voted to kill FCC regulations preventing ISPs from selling customer data to advertisers. How big of a problem is this? What should you do in response?

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/twit/608

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Megan Morrone talks with Brad Stone about the stories of Airbnb and Uber. Brad Stone is the author of The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tri/292

Leo Laporte takes a call from Deborah about how her daughter could use browsing history and phone location data to prove that she attended a class.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1377

Host: Leo Laporte

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