Tech Break (Video)

Donn Felker and Mike Wolfson join Jason Howell and Ron Richards to discuss Google's newly announced Project Treble, that tackles the challenge of how Android system updates interfere with vendor modifications, and the challenges the project presents.

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Steve Gibson goes through the recent WannaCry attack and explains exactly what happened, how it happened, and why.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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A recent report has found that Apple watch detects heart irregularity with 97% accuracy. Soon, Apple Watch could even monitor glucose levels to help manage diabetes.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has been away from the Twitter game for quite a while, but today announced that he'll be returning to the company. Jason Howell and Nathan Olivarez-Giles discuss this rejoining with Kurt Wagner from Recode.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1769

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Hanx Writer by Tom Hanks and Hitcents.com. Hanx Writer is a free app for your iPhone or iPad that lets you relive the nostalgia of the manual type writer. Choose different typewriters from days gone by and type your document. It includes the sound effects you miss so much, but with auto-correct and the delete key. You can even print it.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

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Gretchen Bakke is the author of the new book The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. She talks with Megan Morrone about the history of electricity in America.

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Snapchat, Snow, and the Hope Poster app. Plus, a doll that's made from your selfie.

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Sam Abuelsamid from Navigant Research joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss the latest developments in Uber's Waymo IP case, as well as Lyft and Waymo's reported collaboration deal covering self-driving technology.

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The WannaCry Ransomware attack has hit computers around the world. The attack mostly targets unpatched Windows XP systems, and the original variant was stopped "by accident" by a security researcher. However, other variants still exist, and the attack is ongoing.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Guests: Roberto Baldwin, Christina Warren, and Alex Wilhelm

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