Tech Break (Video)

WWDC is right around the corner! What will Apple announce at their yearly developers conference. One possibility is a Siri speaker to compete with the Amazon Echo and Google Home.

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

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Faraday is an open digital radio that will enable radio amateurs to determine the future of ham radio. Faraday takes advantage of the ISM hardware which works on the amateur radio 33cm band, and can provide the hardware and software necessary to enable the shift towards a data-centric amateur radio.

Full episode at twit.tv/floss/436

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Google's AlphaGo has defeated the world's best Go player 3 matches to 0. Does this mean that artificial general intelligence is around the corner? Leo Laporte and Dan Patterson talk about the essential wisdom of Go, and what it may mean that a computer taught itself to win the game.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Dan Patterson, Clayton Morris, and Tim Stevens

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Leo Laporte explains how to analyze your Wi-Fi network and figure out where the problems may be.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Eric in New Jersey is wondering if app specific passwords will make two-factor authentication to inconvenient for most people to use.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1390

Host: Leo Laporte

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On The New Screen Savers, Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson talk with Rob Ebert, a Research Scientist with Southwest Research Institute, about the new discoveries and amazing images the spacecraft Juno sent back from Jupiter.

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Nathan Olivarez-Giles and Megan Morrone talk to Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica about the upcoming Far Cry 5, a cult survival game that takes place in Montana. They also chat about RiME and the first-person shooter, Destiny 2.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1777

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Padraig Stapleton, VP of Engineering at Argyle Data, discusses fraud, big data, analyzing information, phone calls history, and machine learning algorithms.

Full episode at twit.tv/twiet/241

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Denise Howell, Mike Keyes and Matt Curtis talk about Google defeating a "genericide" lawsuit stating that they can still retain their trademark, despite the term "Google" is synonymous with searching the internet. Also, PayPal sues Pandora claiming their redesigned "P" logo looks too similar to the PayPal logo.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twil/387.

Hosts: Denise Howell and J. Michael Keyes

Guest: Matt Curtis

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Scott Wilkinson talks with Re-Recording Mixer Mike Minkler about his work on the original Star Wars, and what made the movie's sound so unique.

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Mike Minkler

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