Tech Break (Video)

On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone demonstrate the new Amazon Echo Show digital personal assistant. Adding a screen and camera make this the most impressive Echo yet, plus it raise new privacy issues.

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Cheryl from Lodi, California has an elderly mother and wants an indoor camera system to check in to see if she is alright.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss the news that Germany wants to fine social media companies over hate speech. Facebook, Twitter, and others could face fines of up to 57 million dollars if they fail to remove illegal, racist, or slanderous comments within 24 hours of receiving a report of the offense. The German parliament approved the Network Enforcement Act, which they say is not a limitation, but a prerequisite for freedom of expression. Privacy groups have some concerns about whether the bill will force Facebook and others to censor users which would not only limit free speech, but also give social media too much of a say in deciding what exactly constitutes free expression. Privatizing the policing of speech could have chilling effects. For their part, Facebook says they're already removing 66,000 posts a week and they admit there is more work to be done.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1801

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Brian Chee talks to Tim Titus from PathSolutions about the significant changes to TotalView regarding Natural Language Troubleshooting (NLT). TotalView v8 NLT will support communication with Amazon Echo.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet/246

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Denise Howell, Mike Keyes and Matt Curtis talk with Simon Tam of The Slants on the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Trademark Office can not deny the registration of his band's name because it is disparaging, where the name came from and Mike Keyes explains why a trademark is important for a business.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/392

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

Guest: Simon Tam

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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. If you, like me, think it feels like we just celebrated the 10th anniversary you'd be right. On January 7th of this year, we celebrated the birth of the iPhone because that's when Steve Jobs stood on stage and announced it. But today is the day you could wait in line at a store to buy one. So, we're celebrating again. And we should, no matter how you feel about Apple or the sheeple who follow the company, you cannot deny that any product that has sold more than a billion units is worth talking about. Even though there are a lot more Android phones out there than there are iPhones, the iPhone is possibly the best-selling product ever, anywhere.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1800

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THX Chief Technology Officer Scott Francis explains the THX recommended viewing distance in relation to the TV screen size.

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Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Scott Francis

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Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton discuss AMD's new Radeon Vega Frontier Edition graphics card. The air-cooled version is available for $999 and the water-cooled version will supposedly arrive later this year for $1499.

Full episode at twit.tv/twich/421

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Iain Thomson from The Register does a deep dive into the Petya ransomware attack, and how it might have been a cover for something even more sinister.

Full episode at twit.tv/tnt/1799

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The Petya ransomware attack has out-WannaCry'ed WannaCry. We sound like a broken record, but make sure you Patch. Everything. It just takes one point of entry to infect a network.

Full episode at twit.tv/ww/524

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