Tech Break (Video)

On All About Android, Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion discuss how many Android devices have experienced debilitating app crashes related to Android's WebView system and Google's fix.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

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On Security Now, Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte discuss how Firefox will be adopting a new privacy-enhancing Referrer Policy.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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On MacBreak Weekly, Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Alex Lindsay talk about Bloomberg's report. The HomePod mini's "secret chip." The chip, humidity, and temperature sensor doesn't seem to be active in current versions of the HomePod's firmware. The article suggests it could be used to add room-sensing capabilities to the HomePod mini.

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

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On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte. Owen JJ Stone, Georgia Dow, and Roberto Baldwin discuss Facebook's plans to build a special version of Instagram aimed at users under the age of 13.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Owen JJ Stone, and Roberto Baldwin

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On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt discuss how some entrepreneurs are finding big success in flipping products on Amazon's marketplace. But what about the risk of being attached to a single marketplace?

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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YouTuber Rene Ritchie stops in to explain a new beta feature on YouTube called YouTube shorts. The feature is reminiscent of short, "snackable" video from TikTok.

For this story and more, check out Tech News Weekly: http://twit.tv/tnw/175

Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Rene Ritchie

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Intel's Josh Newman and Ryan Shrout join Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott on Windows Weekly to discuss Intel's response to Apple Silicon.

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Hosts: Mary Jo Foley and Paul Thurrott

Guests: Ryan Shrout and Josh Newman

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Drupal is the popular open-source content management system developed by Dries Buytaert. How did this project get started? Better yet, how did Buytaert come up with the name Drupal for this product? Buytaert explains on FLOSS Weekly with Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman.

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Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman

Guest: Dries Buytaert

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On All About Android, Jason Howell, Ron Richards, Florence Ion, and Chris Lacy, developer of Action Launcher and SwirlWalls, discuss big changes coming for the Play Store that will reduce Google's publishing fees and put that money back in the hands of developers.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Chris Lacy

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On Security Now, Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson discuss Google Security's announcement that they were able to create a working Spectre exploit in JavaScript on the Chrome browser.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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