Tech Break (Video)

When the robots finally rise up and overthrow humanity, you'll know who to blame: Silicon Valley drunks, Japanese children, and pretty much everybody in Philadelphia.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss Hulu Live TV, a new paid tier that brings 60 live channels to users along with cloud DVR.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1760

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Kevin Grant from Prefer joins Jason Howell, Florence Ion and Ron Richards to show off Prefer, a new service that launched in New York allowing people to recommend their own trusted service providers for those looking for similar services.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Kevin Grant

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A murder victim's husband was found naked and tied up - but his wife's Fitbit calls his version of events into question.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Microsoft held its anticipated Education event this morning, and The Register's Iain Thomson was there front and center for all of the announcements. Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss whether the new Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S will give Microsoft the advantage in the classroom. Other Microsoft announcements include an update to Teams, also designed for students with emoji, stickers and GIFs. Plus, the Minecraft Education Edition will now include Code Builder that works with existing education platforms like Tynker and ScratchX. Finally, Microsoft's open-source platform MakeCode for learning JavaScript is integrated into Code Builder.

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Apple Fans Are Officially Sheeple. Merriam-Webster has added "sheeple" to its dictionary, and uses Apple fans as an example of "people who are docile, compliant, or easily influenced: people likened to sheep."

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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At their Microsoft EDU event, Microsoft announced the 13.5" Surface Laptop running the new Windows 10 S operating system. The laptop starts at $999, features a 2256x1504 pixel touch display, and either an Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Ed Bott

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone offer 3D touch tips for your iPhone. See your workout history with the Activity app. Go live on Facebook. Practice your weak skills in Duolingo. Voice search with the Chrome app to get better answers than Siri will give you. See your next playlist in the PocketCasts app. Get all these tips by 3D touching your app.

Full episode at twit.tv/ios/343

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FreeNAS is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Use FreeNAS with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. FreeNAS is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.

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We take a first look at the Acer Aspire VX 15.

* 15.6" 1920 x 1080 Semi-matte screen (IPS)

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