Tech Break (Video)

Uber President Jeff Jones resigned, saying that "the beliefs and approach to leadership that have guided my career are inconsistent with what I saw and experienced at Uber."

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Nmap (Network Mapper) is a security scanner. It is used to discover hosts and services on a computer network.

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Leo Laporte shows how to identify the cause of battery drain on iOS and Android devices.

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Host: Leo Laporte

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Evan Noronha, Technical writer at iFixit*, shows us how to take apart a Nintendo Switch, how to fix it, and what might be causing connectivity problems with the controllers. *Full Disclosure: iFixit is a sponsor of the TWiT network.

For the full episode, go to Leo Laporte and Nathan Olivarez-Giles

Guest: Evan Noronha

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Jim in Las Vegas is looking for an Alexa skill to dictate and send emails with an Amazon Echo.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ttg/1372.

Host: Leo Laporte

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Mike Murphy from Quartz joins Nathan Olivarez-Giles and Jason Howell to discuss how Nintendo is increasing the production of its hugely successful Nintendo Switch console.

Full episode available at twit.tv/tnt/1727

Zelda Home Automation video from Sufficiently Advanced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glZnkpIDWSE

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Jason Howell and Nathan Olivarez-Giles discuss how a Minnesota judge has ordered Google to hand over the names of users who entered a specific search term into the browser, and the precedent that could set going forward.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/tnt/1727.

Host: Jason Howell

Guest: Nathan Olivarez-Giles

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Fr. Robert Ballecer, Brian Chee, and Curt Franklin discuss the Swedish controlled experiment that took place in Stockholm homes involving electricity metering. The expectation was that electricity use would drop once metered, as tenants would reduce their usage to avoid the feed...but the result was only partially fulfilling.

Full episode available at twit.tv/twiet/231

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Scott Wilkinson talks with Paul Hales, Founder of Pro Audio Technology, about sound directivity from speakers vs. instruments in a room.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/htg/345

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Paul Hales

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Bryan Clark from The Next Web about this year's South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. We initially heard about all the skuttlebutt around the lack of maturity in Austin's ridesharing situation and the fact that Uber and Lyft are outlawed in the city, but Clark says he saw the future of ride-hailing...and it wasn't Uber. We discuss VR tunnel vision, products with no consumer demand, and a world with too many assistants.

Full episode available at twit.tv/tnt/1726

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