Tech Break (Video)

About that Intel kernel-memory leak issue. We won't really know much until next week on the Windows side - is it 30 percent? Or .3 percent? Probably the latter is closer to reality.

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

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Robert Foss is a co-maintainer of drm_hwcomposer, contributor to mesa and the linux graphics subsystem. He also builds electronics and software art.

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Google has continued to improve its text-to-speech engine and the crew compares audio clips to see if they can guess which clip is artificial and which is an actual human.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

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At least two companies are offering scripts which deliberately trick our web browsers' username & password auto-fill into providing a new source of tracking information.

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https://twit.tv/sn/644

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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Apple had a rough holiday week, as rumors spread that it was deliberately slowing down iPhones to entice users to upgrade to a newer iPhone. Apple explained that their actions were an attempt to maximize battery life, and now offers $29 battery replacements for anyone affected.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/mbw/591

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

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Ski Tracks by Core Coders Ltd. This $.99 app can be used to track your speed, elevation, number of runs, and more when you're skiing.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios/376

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Fr. Robert Ballecer interviews author Nigel Cameron about his new book Will Robots Take Your Job?

Full episode at twit.tv/tri/326

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Fr. Robert Ballecer explains how the American people got bilked, just in time for the holiday family discussions around the table involving FCC & Net Neutrality topics.

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss Apple's confirmation that iPhones with old batteries will take peak performance hits due to software updates. Unfortunately, Apple's lack of transparency had resulted in negative "conspiracy" theories that assumed the company is egging users to buy a brand new phone.

Full episode at twit.tv/twich/445

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Rachel Abrams, business reporter for The New York Times. Who among us has not wanted Google to remove unflattering photographs or information about us that pops up when someone Google's our name. When someone Googled Rachel Abrams' name, the information that came up was extremely unflattering. In fact, Google said she was dead. She joins the show to talk about the hero's journey she took to get it fixed.

For the full episode, go to http://twit.tv/tnw/11

Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Rachel Abrams

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