Tech Break (Video)

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss the merits of a California case that seeks to force Apple to implement technology that would automatically lock the iPhone while driving to prevent distractions.

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Jason Howell, Ron Richards and Russell Ivanovic discuss Andy Rubin's new company called Essential.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards

Guest: Russell Ivanovic

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Steve Gibson talks about a research paper that talks about "RAISR": a sharper image resolution using AI.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Elise Hu from NPR about the bribery scandal consuming Samsung. Officials have called for the arrest of Jay Y Lee, acting head of Samsung. Hu joins us from South Korea where she's been reporting on this corruption scandal. We discuss the accusations and how Silicon Valley companies compare to the chaebol in South Korea.

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Leo Laporte's picks this week include Portal, which has been ported to the Apple II, and Atlas Recall which creates a visual searchable index of everything you see on your computer.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie

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Jason Howell hosts All About Android and Android App Arena and loves his Pixel XL. Megan Morrone hosts iOS Today and loves her iPhone 7 Plus, and all other iPhones. Why would they agree to switch phones for an entire month? Because they love you. That's why. Watch the magic unfold as Megan learns Android and Jason learns iOS. What will Megan do without iMessage? Will Jason survive not being able to move his apps around? Give them your tips, tricks, empathy, and disdain on Twitter at @meganmorrone and @jasonhowell. Use the hashtag #TWiTSwitch.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

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OpenNMS is a carrier-grade, highly integrated, open source platform designed for building network monitoring solutions.

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone talk about how you can celebrate African-American history with your iPads and iPhones. Megan shows off an augmented companion app for the movie Hidden Figures about Dorothy Vaughn, Katherine Johnson, and Mary Jackson. Leo talks about an appumentary called The Spies of Mississippi about the Civil Rights movement and Megan also discusses downloading the graphic novel by Congressman John Lewis on iBooks.

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A new Fugoo has arrived and we plan to review it later this year but for now, let's take a quick look.

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Megan Morrone and Owen JJ Stone discuss Windows 10 news. Microsoft says the Windows 10 anniversary update protects you from exploits even before they get patched. Thanks to exploit mitigation controls, Microsoft's security researchers say systems running Windows 10 anniversary update are more secure against future attacks. Good news, since hackers are always coming up with new ways to breach systems.

In other Windows news, Joshua Burge from Emojipedia says the newest Windows 10 Insiders build adds emoji for interracial couples, making it the first major platform to do so.

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