Tech Break (Video)

Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the iPad game Getting Over it With Bennett Foddy, a game that lets you play a shirtless man in a cauldron with a pick ax trying to get somewhere in life, namely over mountains. This game for iOS will help you realize the joy in life, no matter how frustrating it might be.

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Cambridge Analytica harvests 50 million Facebook users' data for political targeting. Facebook shrugs, whistles innocently.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Hiner, and Greg Ferro

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Kevin from Malibu, CA wanted to know why he repeatedly had his files and folders disappear in Windows 10.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, learn how a company called Eko remade the classic #WarGames movie into an interactive series. Viewers shape the story by deciding which screens to pay attention to, from webcams, computer screens, smartphones, and drones. We talk to Alon Benari, their Chief Creative Officer, creating the series and how their interactive platform works.

For the full episode, go to https://twit.tv/nss/148

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guest: Alon Benari

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Fred wants to send encrypted files with personal information to a friend and wants to know the safest way to send them.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Leo Laporte tests out the new ARM-based HP Envy X2.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Annalee Newitz is the author of Autonomous, and the founder of iO9.com. She talks with Leo Laporte about creating a sci-fi future that is neither utopian nor dystopian, but just "topian."

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, Brian Chee, and Lou Maresca discuss the Let's Encrypt service that lets non-techie web operators more easily encrypt their traffic. The Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol may be used by various client software packages to automate verification of certificate requests.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Louise Matsakis from Wired about today's debate about keeping online pornography out of the hands of children. Lawmakers are having a difficult time respecting the rights of adults and understanding that no technology exists that can keep online porn off of adolescents' smartphones.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Louise Matsakis

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss the recent halting of the proposed Broadcom - Qualcomm acquisition, where Trump cited "national security" as a concern.

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