Tech Break (Video)

Mary Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Leo Laporte take a look at the state of modern web browsers and their rendering engines. Gecko from Mozilla Firefox, Blink from Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, and WebKit from Apple's Safari browser.

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

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On This Week in Google, Leo Laporte, Stacey Higgenbotham, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt discuss how Gamestop stock is on a tear thanks to a Reddit forum and how its tactics are also influencing other stocks as well.

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

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The discussion of ethics in software development is an on-going one. There's software designed to do good. There's also software designed to do bad things. But, even software designed to do good things can be used for bad actions. Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Shawn Powers discuss the ethics of software and people. Is it evil software or evil people?

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Hosts: Doc Searls, Shawn Powers, and Katherine Druckman

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On All About Android, Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion interview Eric Migikovsky, creator of Beeper, a multi-chat app that promises to bring iMessage to Android in a secure fashion.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Eric Migicovsky

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On Security Now, Steve Gibson chats with Leo Laporte and Chrome and Edge's improved password management systems. Are browser password managers safer than they used to be?

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Apple has announced a new feature for Fitness+ users called "Time to Walk." The feature, which is an Apple Watch exclusive, includes audio episodes of celebrities talking about a given topic while taking a walk. Leo Laporte, Kelly Guimont, Rene Ritchie, and Andy Ihnatko discuss.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

Guest: Kelly Guimont

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Alphabet shuts down Project Loon. Project Loon was one of Alphabet's moonshot projects aimed at providing more internet connectivity to consumers around the world in rural areas. The tech used high altitude balloons arranged throughout the atmosphere. Leo Laporte, Louise Matsakis, Patrick Beja, and Nate Lanxon discuss the premise of a successful project even if it fails. Learning from failure can be considered a success.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Louise Matsakis, and Nate Lanxon

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On This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte, Louise Matsakis, Patrick Beja, and Nate Lanxon discuss Google's threat to pull its search product from the Australian market in response to a proposed law that would affect how it pays news publishers.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Louise Matsakis, and Nate Lanxon

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Sue calls into The Tech Guy to ask Leo Laporte about some suggestions for a 17" laptop with good speakers.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Larry calls Leo Laporte The Tech Guy because his friends are complaining that he is sending them spam messages with potential malicious links.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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