At the beginning of This Week in Tech, our panel speculated about the upcoming Samsung Note 7 fire announcement. By the end of the show, Samsung revealed that Note 7 fires were caused by irregular batteries and that they were putting in place new tests to prevent future problems.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Jason Calacanis and Iain Thomson

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Alex Wellen, Chief Product Officer for CNN, explains how CNN made the switch to digital distribution with CNN Go.

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Megan Morrone and Owen JJ Stone talk about the rumors that Microsoft might be working on a foldable tablet that you can use as a smartphone. The Verge says Microsoft has filed for a patent for a Mobile Computing Device having a Flexible Hinge Structure. Patents could lead us down ridiculous rabbit holes, but the Surface Studio was in part leaked through patent applications.

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Sources say President Trump will appoint Ajit Pai Chairman of the FCC. While this could be a bad thing for Net Neutrality, it could be a good thing for rural broadband.

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Father Robert Ballecer, SJ spoke with Robert Moore from ADT about the security company's smart home integration with the Amazon Echo platform, as well as its partnership with LG and Samsung.

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Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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HFS is 30 years old, and soon Apple will be upgrading to APFS, with big improvments to encryption, better with SSD support, and more.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Jeremy Burge from Emojipedia joins Jason Howell and Ron Richards to discuss the role Emoji plays in the modern world of digital communication. It's not all fun and games.

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Steve Gibson talks about a convenience feature in browsers such as Chrome, Safari and Opera that can leak personal information using autofill.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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Jason Howell, Florence Ion and Ron Richards talk to Ish Harshawat of Haystack.tv about Android TV.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

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Alex Wellen, Chief Product Officer for CNN, explains how he got his start at TechTV with the show Cybercrime.

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