Tech Break (Video)

Florence Ion, Ron Richards and Patrick Norton discuss news that the default Samsung texting app has a bug that sends images to random people.

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Hosts: Florence Ion and Ron Richards

Guest: Patrick Norton

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Leo Laporte talks about the concept of disk maintenance for Macs, and whether or not modern operating systems even need such programs.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Call your Congressperson alert: a proposed US law has patent trolls jumping for joy.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Christina Warren, and Dwight Silverman

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Sandy just bought a used computer with software included and wants to know how to stay safe.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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On The New Screen Savers show, Leo Laporte reviews the tiny computer Ockel Sirius A PC with an onboard touchscreen. It comes with nearly all the inputs and runs Windows 10. But, the price makes it a niche product.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson

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Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy. He joins Leo Laporte and This Week in Google host Jeff Jarvis to discuss to what extent Facebook is helping speed the downfall of democracy around the world.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tri/353

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jeff Jarvis and Siva Vaidhyanathan

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Google's Duplex demonstration at Google IO produced more questions than answers about the ethics of Artificial Intelligence development. Sam Rutherford from Gizmodo had the chance to talk with Duplex and he was even able to break it!

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Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Sam Rutherford

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Patrick Norton talks about Wi-Fi's biggest security update in years: the Wi-Fi Allliance has started to certify WPA3-supported products.

Full episode at twit.tv/twich472

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David Siegel, Founder and CEO of the Pillar Project, explains Blockchain 101, cryptocurrency, push/pull, and the movement to return ownership of personal data to individuals.

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Microsoft seems to hate USB-C/Thunderbolt. Surface finally gets a USB-C dongle. FOR 80 FREAKING BUCKS. And it's a giant brick. And it's not even Thunderbolt 3. Why would anyone buy this?

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

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