Tech Break (Video)

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss The Wall Street Journal's report on a new handheld device that will tell you if you smell bad. Minolta, copier maker wants to help those of us who are anxious about our body odor. A gadget called KunKun (which is Sniff Sniff in Japanese) is small enough to fit in your pocket and connects to a smart phone app which will tell you whether or not you stink. The device will be on sale in Japan this summer for a few hundred dollars.

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Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

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Vizio has settled a suit filed by the Federal Trade Commission for $2.2 million. The suit alleged that the TV manufacturer tracked what viewers were watching by analyzing pixels on-screen and comparing them to a database of movies and TV shows. Vizio then sold that information to advertisers and others.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss the technology news that Snap, parent company of social network Snapchat has just filed papers for an IPO. The so-called "camera company," says it will raise up to $3 billion, but stockholders who buy in won't have any voting rights. Watch and learn what you need to know about the future of a company that started as a sexting app.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell switched phones for a month. Jason took Megan's iPhone 7 and Megan took Jason's Pixel XL. Find out what they liked about using the other mobile operating system.

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Alyssa Bereznek from the Ringer joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss how Uber drivers are using their captive audience to showcase their own talents.

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Bryn Clark from The Next Web joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss Uber's hire of Mark Moore, a long-time NASA engineer, to help develop the technology behind Uber Elevate.

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We play a fun game with the new Ditty Alexa Skill: Musical Trump Tweets. It does not go well.

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Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories. Chris Klimas has been creating interactive fiction since 1997, and created Twine in 2009.

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Leo Laporte, Megan Morrone, and Jason Howell discuss 60db, a new iOS app that lets you create a personalized playlist of short-form audio. Use it in the car so you're not messing with your phone during your commute.

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Michael Coren from Quartz joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss how nearly 100 major tech companies jointly signed an amicus brief in opposition to President Trump's immigration ban.

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