Tech Break (Video)

Sam Abuelsamid from Navigant Research discusses why Foxconn might be persuing an investment in Michigan for a research and development plant involving autonomous vehicle technology.

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In an internal memo, one Google employee let his feelings about the company's recent diversity efforts be known. Namely, that the company should focus less on fighting discrimination against women, and focus more on fighting discrimination against sexist men.

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Leo Laporte takes a call about using Waze with Apple CarPlay, and has an alternative solution to use Waze with the car's built-in infotainment system.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Jason Howell talk with David Hernly, the founder of Mythric Studios about his multiplayer video game Starship Horizons Bridge Simulator. Up to six people work together using any device with a browser to complete missions and not get blasted. Jason and several TWiT hosts and staff went on a mission and lived to tell the tale.

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Guests: David Hernly, Megan Morrone, and Bryan Burnett

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Eric from Hutchinson, Kansas wants to know where the settings to adjust the screen saver is on Windows 10.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica details the hack that resulted in 1.5 terabytes being stolen from HBO's servers, and the leaked Game of Thrones script that is making the rounds as a result.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1825

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Renu Upadhyay is Director of Product Marketing, End User Computing Group at VMware. Brian Chee and Lou Maresca talk to her about the digital workspace and application access for the enterprise.

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Denise Howell and Matthew Erickson from the Digital Privacy Alliance talk about Starbucks' new use of AI to customize suggestions on what to order next based on past habits.

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Host: Denise Howell

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Fear sells, especially in news headlines. So if you saw a recent headline about Facebook's chat bots creating their own language and Facebook had to shut them down before they took over the world, rest assured that was designed to frighten the pants off you. Did it? Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Dave Gershgorn from Quartz who says Facebook didn't kill its chatbots because they were too smart. They killed them because they were too dumb.

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss the details, specifications, pricing, and power that the AMD Radeon RX Vega GPU products will have. Reviews will go live on August 14, 2017.

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