Tech Break (Video)

Leo Laporte, Megan Morrone, Georgia Dow from iMore, Andy Inathko, and Myke Hurley from Relay FM look back on the year we lost the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 and how our life became filled with more dongles than we knew what to do with. Megan also shows you a craft project that helps you not lose your dongle.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone take a walk down encryption memory lane with Iain Thomson from The Register. Encryption was a theme that stretched throughout the entire year, but undoubtedly shot to the forefront of discussion back in February when the FBI approached Apple for just a little help getting them access to data on an iPhone belonging to one of the terrorists involved in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Apple refused to help, stating that it would not damage the security of its technology cause once a known insecurity exists for one iPhone, it weakens security for all iPhones. In a very public dispute, Apple and the FBI boxed back and forth on the issue, with Apple holding its ground throughout.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Iain Thomson

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Leica, the German camera company, is collaborating with Autodesk, the design software giant. The result is the BLK360 and it is equipped with a 360-degree sensor that takes a 150-megapixel spherical image and an integrated IR Camera, along with a full laser scanner. The sensor is able to create a comprehensive and extensive model of an interior that can then be used for 3D modeling.

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Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Scott Johnson from the Frogpants Network talks to Megan about his Twitch channel at Twitch.tv/frogpants compared to YouTube's new ways to help creators make money. Today, YouTube announced that you can now pay to get your comment seen by your favorite live streaming YouTuber. Super Chat is a new a tool that lets you pin your comment to the top of a live stream, for a price. So if you want a 350 character message to stay up for 5 hours, that'll cost you $500. But if your Youtuber ends the live stream and starts another, your comment does not transfer to the new stream. Super chats are non-refundable.

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Father Robert Ballecer, SJ had the chance to speak with Eduardo Campos, PR Manager with Anker, the mobile charging company about it's newest series of chargers. The PowerCore lineup includes a lipstick size portable battery, all the way up to the smallest 20,000 mAh portable charger in the world.

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Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Father Robert Ballecer, SJ spoke with Max Thayer, Product Manager at Anker about their new lineup of projector style TVs. There are 2 models in the series, one portable and one for the home. The pico projector has a 3-hour battery life, so it can be taken anywhere and boasts 2K lumens, with a 720P resolution, so it can be seen anywhere. The home version has a 100" display from just 13" away. The laser projectors have a resolution of 1080P and 3K lumens.

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Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss AMD's Vega and its redesigned memory architecture, including high-bandwidth cache, the company's goals, the Primitive Shader, Tile-based Rasterization, and the cache controller.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/twich/397

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NextVR has signed a multi-year deal with the NBA to stream at least 1 game a week in VR. Father Robert Ballecer, SJ spoke with Danny Keens, VP of Content for NextVR about what this means for fans.

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Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Smile Vector is a new Twitter bot that scours the Internet for profile shots of celebrities and then utilizes artificial intelligence to warp their once static image into a video that shows their face evolve into other expressions they never made. An expressionless Jeff Bridges could suddenly become a moderately amused Jeff Bridges! Finally. This in conjunction with so many other advances in AI seems to be leading to a world where even our eyes and ears aren't enough for gaining our trust. Full HD photo realistic images are a matter of a few years away. Fake news headlines are only the beginning.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tnt/1665.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica about the virtual reality trends of 2016. We discuss the best motion controllers, inside-out tracking, and more.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tnt/1671.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Sam Machkovech

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