Tech Break (Video)

George shows what chemicals he uses every day in his garage.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss The New York Times story by Mike Isaac about a tool Facebook has built that will allow them to monitor and suppress posts based on location, and they're doing this to get into China. The tool has been secret, but some Facebook employees have already left the company in protest. This would be a pragmatic move on Zuckerberg's part and he obviously wants to get into China at any cost. Zuckerberg and other tech companies are always looking to find their next billion users, and China has 1.4 billion people in it. In order to distance himself from criticism, Facebook has designed the tool for use by third parties, such as local companies in China. There's a good chance Facebook won't succeed in China with or without a tool like this.

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Sea Hero Quest is the game that sends all your data to scientists to help them study the effects of Alzheimer's.

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Microsoft is working to bring x86 apps to Windows on ARM. What does this mean? Does this solve a real problem? Can it even work? What does it mean for the future of UWP? For 'Surface Phone'?

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the new iBooks feature on the Apple TV. Buy and sample all your favorite children's books that will read aloud to your children.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Matt McFarland from CNN Tech about his story, "Trump's populism is only the beginning. Here come the robots." Last week's election showed us that a lot of American voters feel left out and many are afraid for their jobs. Matt McFarland who writes for CNN Tech says this is going to get worse before it gets better and he joined us to talk about it. Matt says, "Looming technological advances will wipe out more jobs, broadening the base of disenfranchised, unemployable and frustrated citizens." Advances in technology will make it unlikely that Trump will be able to keep his promise to bring back jobs from overseas.

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Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Matt McFarland

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Jony Ive and Marc Newson have created a room-size interpretation of a Christmas tree located in the lobby of Claridge's hotel in Mayfair, London.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Lauri Apple and Raffaele di Fazio briefly describe what got them into open source and what Zalando plans for the future.

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Geoffrey Fowler from The Wall Street Journal about their holiday gift guide for gadget geeks. The GoPro Hero 5, the DJI Mavic Pro, and old iPhones/iPads all made the list.

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Jason Howell, Ron Richards and Yasmine Evjen discuss Eric Elliott's article on Medium "Why Native Apps Really are Doomed."

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards

Guest: Yasmine Evjen

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