Tech Break (Video)

It can be a bit confusing to understand. The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton, we invited two blockchain experts on to explain, what it is, what it is good for, and why it is so secure. Eric Cole Ph.D. is a former Technical Director for the C.I.A., and served on Cybersecurity Commission; and Kevin Quennesson an AI and Blockchain expert, was formerly part of Twitter's AI group, Twitter Cortex.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton

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Steve in Maryland wants to convert his account in Windows 10 from a limited user into an administrator.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1457

Host: Leo Laporte

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Number 3 will Terrify You! Max Stossel is Head of Content & Storytelling at Time Well Spent. He talks with Megan Morrone about the ways technology is being used to control our attention.

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Host: Megan Morrone

Guest: Max Stossel

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Denise Howell, Matt Curtis, Mike Keyes and Peter Toren discuss how many of the characters created in the early days of Dr. Who are not owned by the BBC but by the writers.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/412

Hosts: Denise Howell, Matt Curtis, and J. Michael Keyes

Guest: Peter Toren

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Brian Chee takes a few guesses at the future of the enterprise, while Curt Franklin and Lou Maresca comment on his predictions.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet/275

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Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica shopped multiple times at Seattle's new Amazon Go, a grab and go convenience store that has no tellers, and he shares his experience and thoughts for the future.

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https://twit.tv/tnw/16

Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Sam Machkovech

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Ryan Shrout details AMD's newly hired Graphics Executives (David Wang and Mike Rayfield), which should help fill the hole left by Raja Koduri's departure last November. Big change won't happen overnight, but AMD has definitely set a path going forward.

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Montana is the first state to try to preserve Net Neutrality. AT&T seems to be supporting it, as well. And Burger King just released ad ad explaining the concept perfectly.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/441

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. Jason is the maintainer of several well-known open source projects, such as pass (passwordstore.org), cgit (used on git.kernel.org for example), and WireGuard.

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Bob Heil talks to the Chairman of the Orlando HamCation Michael Cauley, W4MCA about what to expect if you go to Orlando HamCation February 9-11, 2018.

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Host: Bob Heil

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