Tech Break (Video)

What's it like to explore the SETI Institute with Val in search of extraterrestrial life, this is one trip every Ham should do at least once in a lifetime.

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Scott Wilkinson talks with Peter Otto, Chief Scientific Officer at Comhear, Inc, about the physics behind acoustic beamforming.

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Host: Scott Wilkinson

Guest: Peter Otto

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone speak to Josh Constine, Editor-at-Large from TechCrunch, about Facebook's new Community Help program. If you've ever read about people in crisis online and hoped you could help, you're in luck. Facebook has launched a new a way to put your money where your thoughts and prayers are. Community Help doesn't just let you send money to people or organizations in need, you can help with shelter, food, or even transportation. We discuss the safety issues and how other social media networks, like Twitter, can help harness the energy from tweets into helping our neighbors in need.

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If you have to drink a Pilsner, you could do a lot worse than the Radeberger Pilsner. Light and not too hoppy, not too bitter.

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

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The LG Sport and Style watches will be the first to feature Android 2.0. The watches were designed with Google, and feature the Google Assistant.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Rene Ritchie joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss Apple's hiring of Timothy D. Twerdahl from Amazon to help improve the Apple TV.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Rene Ritchie

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Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 are on Crazy Eddie sales right now. I wonder why? Also: free NFL Type Covers!

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

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Ryan Shrout discusses NVIDIA's new Pro-sumer GPU, which includes 16GB HBM2 implementation. The card was announced at the SOLIDWORKS World conference.

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An Ohio man has been convicted of arson and insurance fraud after prosecutors used data collected by his pacemaker to determine that his version of events could not have happened. 59-year-old homeowner Ross Compton reported that during the fire, he had escaped through a window with several large possessions. A cardiologist who reviewed the pacemaker data testified that the data did not support Compton's statement. Compton's cat died in the fire.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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This week's beta release of the Windows 10 Creators Update adds a few key features, including Dynamic Lock and the new Compact Overlay window. Mary Jo is excited about Dynamic Lock for reasons explained in this video.

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