Tech Break (Video)

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss Apple's new speaker, the HomePod. Apple held its annual Worldwide Developer's Conference keynote today and it was chock full of good stuff. The HomePod is the rumored Siri speaker that will be available in December. Apple really pushed the sound quality of the device with its seven-speaker array of tweeters and real-time acoustic spacial awareness that will determine the room its in and play music accordingly. The device will also work as a home assistant like Amazon's Echo and Google's Home.

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Megan Morrone and Nathan Olivarez-Giles discuss Detour, an app for your iPhone that offers guided audio tours of San Francisco and some of the greatest places all over the world. The tours are narrated by famous people who know the area. The app is free, the tours are free to try, and they range from $4.99 to $20 for a collection of tours.

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At their 2017 World Wide Developers Conference, Apple announced HomePod, their rumored "Siri Speaker" with a huge focus on music.

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Leo Laporte explains how to switch between multiple cameras when streaming to Facebook Live.

Host: Leo Laporte

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New findings show that more than half of @realDonaldTrump's followers are bots. How many of YOUR followers are bots? Here is an easy way to find out!

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The new VR game from Ubisoft, Star Trek: Bridge Crew is out. On the 'The New Screen Savers,' we sent our hosts on a 'seven-minute mission to boldly go where no hosts have gone before' on PlayStation VR. We'll also talk to the Senior Creative Director at Red Storm, the developers of the game.

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Guests: David Votypka, Megan Morrone, Jason Howell, and Bryan Burnett

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Paul in Orange County wants a large TV with good speakers in the front of the TV. Scott Wilkinson has an interesting suggestion from Sony.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Scott Wilkinson

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss Qualcomm's Quick Charge 4+. Qualcomm's new fast charging spec brings a few new improvements to Quick Charge 4-compliant devices that will speed up Quick Charge by up to 15% faster, lower the temperature while charging by up to 3 degrees cooler - which makes for better charge efficiency, and improved safety features that monitor both the case and connector temperatures to make sure things don't overheat or short circuit while charging. Charge your phone from 0-50 percent in 15 minutes.

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Denise Howell, Matt Curtis and Mike Keyes talk with privacy lawyer Zoe Argento about Google Attribution. which could track credit card purchases and link them to a user's online profile.

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Hosts: Denise Howell and J. Michael Keyes

Guests: Matt Curtis and Zoe Argento

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Whoever shouts the loudest and the longest gets heard. Padre and Brian Chee discuss the future of Border Gateway Protocol assuming that Google and the GAFAM companies are set to abandon it next year. The Google alternative is Espresso.

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