It's been a month since the new broke that a collective group of broadcasters was acquiring the Pocket Casts podcast app and team. Russell Ivanovic, founder of Shifty Jelly, talks about the acquisition, what it means for the open nature of podcasting, and how creators can be incentivized in new ways.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Russell Ivanovic

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Everyone has seen the infamous Error 404: Not Found. But have you seen Error 418: I'm a Teapot? Steve explains why some people did this week.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the Try Not to Smile app on iOS. Roland Howarth is a young developer who created an app that uses facial recognition to determine if you can watch funny YouTube videos and not smile. The app is free.

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Just in time for WWDC 2018, HomePod finally gets all the features promised at WWDC 2017: stereo pairs, multiroom audio and AirPlay 2.

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

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The FBI has put out an urgent request of all US internet users to reboot their routers. There is known Russian malware affecting 500k home and office routers, and rebooting the router will stop it. Find out if your router was affected here: https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/vpnfilter-iot-malware

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Host: Leo Laporte

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That fear you have of Alexa recording your conversations and sending them to your friends? Well, it has happened to one Portland couple.

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https://twit.tv/twit/668

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson, Matt Cutts, and Brian Forde

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Joy in Santa Cruz wants to share an article from her local newspaper's website, but Facebook is giving her a message that sharing is blocked due to EU GDPR regulations.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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After a couple discovers their Amazon Echo sent a private message to one of their contacts, learn the options you have to secure your different Echo devices from Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone on The New Screen Savers show Episode 158.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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John Underkoffler is the CEO of Oblong Industries. He talks with Megan Morrone about his work designing the computer interface technology featured in The Minority Report.

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Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: John Underkoffler

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Lou Maresca, Brian Chee, and Curt Franklin have a discussion about Amazon's Rekognition service, which is being used by the Orlando Police Department for facial recognition.

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