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  • Microsoft Docs.com Docs Public by Default | TWiT Bits

    Microsoft's default settings published DOCS.COM users' documents online​ -- including health data and in some cases users' archives of their passwords. Users complained over the weekend via Twitter that anyone could use the docs.com site search box to obtain any other user's documents -- which were all public by default -- many of which were clearly meant to remain private. In addition, the documents have been scooped up and indexed by public search engines.

    For the full episode, visit twit.tv/sn/605.

    Hosts: Steve Gibson and Jason Howell

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    7 min
  • House Votes to End Broadband Privacy | TWiT Bits

    Megan Morrone and Nathan Olivarez-Giles talk to Iain Thomson from The Register about what to do now that the US House of Representatives has officially voted to overturn broadband privacy rules that the Federal Communications Commission approved late last year. The vote was 215 to 205 for rules that would have protected us against our ISP desperately wants to sell all our data. Now they can, even without our consent.

    Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1734

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    17 min
  • iCloud Hack | TWiT Bits

    The "Turkish Crime Family" gets the passwords to 70,000 iCloud accounts. Maybe you should change your password.

    Hosts: Megan Morrone, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, and Alex Lindsay

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    8 min
  • Anchore Preview | TWiT Bits

    Anchore provides users with insight and control over the contents of containers from the start of development all the way to production.

    Full episode at twit.tv/floss/427

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    3 min
  • All the New iStuff | TWiT Bits

    Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the new red iPhone, the new cheaper iPad, and the new Clips app that comes out in April. The Special Edition Product Red iPhone 7 has a metallic red finish and supports research in Tuberculosis, Malaria, and HIV/AIDS. The newest iPhone is $100 more expensive than the other colors, but Apple doesn't say what percentage goes to the Global Fund. Plus, the newest iPad is cheaper, thicker, and heavier, but it still has a speedy chip, although not as speedy as the iPad Pros.

    Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/ios/338

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    4 min
  • Elon Musk Wants Your Brain for Science | TWiT Bits

    Elon Musk wants to connect brains with computer chips to help humanity keep pace with artificial intelligence, and he founded a new startup called Neuralink to do just that. Rofe Winkler of the Wall Street Journal broke the news of Musk's latest company and what it's up to and joins Nathan Olivarez-Giles and Megan Morrone on Tech News Today to talk about his scoop.

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    12 min
  • Amy Webb: the Paradox of the Present | TWiT Bits

    Amy Webb is the Founder of the Future Today Institute and the Author of The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream. She explains how Blackberry and Sony fumbled the future - and how Snapchat and Uber can avoid failing the same way.

    Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tri/291

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    9 min
  • US Senate Kills ISP Privacy Regulations | TWiT Bits

    This week the US Senate narrowly voted to end FCC regulations that prevented ISPs from selling your data to the highest bidder.

    For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twit/607.

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Georgia Dow, Rob Reid, and Nathan Olivarez-Giles

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    9 min
  • Buying the Right Cable Modem | TWiT Bits

    Dave in Las Vegas has an old Motorola modem and wants to make sure a newer Arris is a good replacement.

    For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1375.

    Host: Leo Laporte

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    5 min

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