Tech Break (Video)

Is $100 too much for a ball? On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay tryout the Play Impossible Gameball to see if it is worth the steep price.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay

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"Johnny Jetlag" talks to Leo Laporte about Timeshifter, an app for iOS and Android that "promises to eliminate jet lag."

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Johnny Jet

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Brian Chee, Lou Maresca, and Curt Franklin discuss Rich Communications Services (RCS) and its potential to replace SMS. The protocol can be used for richer messaging, but adoption in the enterprise may raise bothersome compatibility issues.

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Virginia Eubanks is the author of Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor. She talks with Megan Morrone about the ways technology is used to track people on government assistance.

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Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Virginia Eubanks

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Patrick Norton and Josh Walrath talk about RGB lighting, unicorn vomit, and the colorful new Delta SSDs from Team Group. The products cost around $80 and come with a 3-year warranty.

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Megan Morrone shows off her somewhat smart smart home, which includes a HomeKit-enabled Schlage smart lock, a HomePod, an Echo Show, an Echo Plus, a Neato robotic vacuum, a Yunmai smart scale, a Behmor coffee maker, the Noon Lighting Collection, and more.

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Host: Megan Morrone

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Megan Morrone talks to Ian Sherr, Executive Editor at CNET News about the biggest stories in technology so far this year. Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, Net Neutrality, Trade and ZTE, Elon Musk and more. Plus, Ian tells Megan why stories like Yanny vs. Laurel teach us about the human condition.

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Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Ian Sherr

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone offer a first look at the Tap Keyboard, a wearable keyboard, mouse and game controller that looks like brass knuckles, but lets you tap anywhere as soon as you learn the language. Great for gamers or accessibility. Use the TapGenius or TapAloud app to learn how which characters correspond to which taps and then tap on any surface.

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It sure looks like Apple is planning a new service that bundles their music, TV, news, and magazine offerings.

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

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The ill-fated previous work of the Wi-Fi Alliance is finally, after 15 years, receiving a long-needed upgrade. So what will WPA3 give us?

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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