Tech Break (Video)

Physics professor Rhett Alain joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss the physics behind wireless charging, and what it would take to roll it out to an entire room.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/tnt/1707

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Nebraska Brewing from Papillion, Nebraska brings us Fathead Barley Wine Ale, a Scotch Ale aged for 6 months in whiskey barrels, with added dark brown sugar. The result is a 12.1% alcohol ale that tastes like butterscotch.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ww/505.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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Worried about the government/ hackers/ megacorporations reading your chats? Leo has something to save you: Keybase Chat.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/392.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Allyn Malventano's long-term review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga concludes that OLED is an amazing type of display for computer devices and needs to be seen in person to appreciate.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/twich/402

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Philip Jones, Product Technology Manager at Sony, explains that there are certain limitations to how much contrast the human eye can actually see on TV screens.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/htg/341

Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Philip Jones

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The Gates foundation releases its annual report, detailing the good it has done in the world. Also, Warren Buffett apparently carries around McDonald's coupons on vacation.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/twig/392.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jeff Jarvis

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Windows 10 Pro users can make a Windows To Go disk, but there's a catch.

Full episode can be seen at twit.tv/ww/505

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Patch Tuesday came and went this week, with no patch to be found. There are definitely things that need to be patched, so... what's the deal, Microsoft?

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/ww/505.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Mary Jo Foley

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For years, uBlock Origin has been the best ad blocker that's "not an ad blocker" on almost every browser. Almost. Now they are finally on the one major holdout - Safari.

For the full episode, visit twit.tv/sn/599.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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In a fascinating example of the necessity of good IoT security, an unnamed university sysadmin gives us a story about weaponized networked vending machines.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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