Tech Break (Video)

On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton push the new Core i9 Intel chip in the 2018 15" MacBook Pro to see if we get the full benefit of the 4.8GHz processor. As a result, the laptop gets very hot and throttles the CPU. We also attach the external Blackmagic eGPU from Blackmagic to see if this changes the thermals of the laptop. Also, Mike Wuerthele from AppleInsider joins to talk about what they've found in their own tests.

For the full episode, go to https://twit.tv/nss/166

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton

Guest: Mike Wuerthele

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Cisco networking equipment has had a history of backdoors exposing weaknesses in their security. in the last 5 months there have been 5 new backdoors.

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Host: Louis Maresca

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Adam Fisher is the author of Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom). He talks with Leo Laporte about how he wrote the secret history of Silicon Valley.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Adam Fisher

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Leo Laporte joins Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout discuss the new MacBook Pro (with Intel Core I9) and its cooling issue, which seemingly prevents the laptop from reaching full potential for certain activities like video rendering.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Manoush Zomorodi from Stable Genius Productions about the announcement from the non-profit software company Civil. You can now support unbiased journalism by registering to buy a form of cryptocurrency called Civil tokens that will be available for an Aug. 13 offering. If you have no idea what that means, you might want to subscribe to the new ZigZag podcast which is working with Civil, partly supported by Civil and explaining how Civil and the block chain works, while also changing the course of journalism, capitalism, and women's lives. Plus, solving the problem of hot sauce trolls.

Watch the full episode:
https://twit.tv/tnw/41

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Manoush Zomorodi

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The EU his Google with a massive $5 billion fine over Android and demands changes to how Google does business.

Full episode at twit.tv/twig465

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Microsoft's Panos Panay reiterates the obvious: Microsoft has no desire whatsoever to make another phone.

Full episode at twit.tv/ww578

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone talk about their favorite Apple Watch apps and complications, including an IFTTT recipe that helps you get out of an awkward situation. Do you find it difficult to politely get away from people who are talking your ear off? Add the If This Than That complication to your watch and then press one button to make it look like you're getting a phone call you just have to take.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios404

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New Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2 CPU flaws disclosed: Intel has paid a $100,000 bounty to a pair of MIT-affiliated researchers.

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We check out the specs on the new 2018 MacBook Pro. What do you get for $1800? How about nearly $7,000?

Watch the full episode here:
https://twit.tv/mbw/619

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

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