Tech Break (Video)

This week's resources are two articles from ArsTechnica and The New York Times in regards to demands to unlock your phone for U.S. border agents.

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Hosts: Denise Howell and J. Michael Keyes

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Lance Ulanoff from Mashable reviews eSight, a new headset that can help many blind people to see. The special visor comes equipped with a high speed, high-def camera, two sensors, two OLED screens, and a controller that helps people with severely low vision adjust to what they're seeing. The device uses liquid lens technology displays with high contrast, high color images and make it easier to see objects. The device has FDA Type 1 clearance and costs $10,000.

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David Spark from Spark Media Solutions joins Jason Howell to summarize a number of topics from his week at the RSA Security Conference, including how companies can better protect users, and why Ransomware is so hot.

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Nebraska Brewing from Papillion, Nebraska brings us Fathead Barley Wine Ale, a Scotch Ale aged for 6 months in whiskey barrels, with added dark brown sugar. The result is a 12.1% alcohol ale that tastes like butterscotch.

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

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Worried about the government/ hackers/ megacorporations reading your chats? Leo has something to save you: Keybase Chat.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Allyn Malventano's long-term review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga concludes that OLED is an amazing type of display for computer devices and needs to be seen in person to appreciate.

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Philip Jones, Product Technology Manager at Sony, explains that there are certain limitations to how much contrast the human eye can actually see on TV screens.

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Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Philip Jones

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The Gates foundation releases its annual report, detailing the good it has done in the world. Also, Warren Buffett apparently carries around McDonald's coupons on vacation.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jeff Jarvis

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Windows 10 Pro users can make a Windows To Go disk, but there's a catch.

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Patch Tuesday came and went this week, with no patch to be found. There are definitely things that need to be patched, so... what's the deal, Microsoft?

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

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