Tech Break (Video)

Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss the 2016 Presidential Election and why the data was wrong. You may or may not feel let down by last night's election, but one thing that we can agree on is that the data geeks let us down. Whether your candidate was predicted to win or not, the predicted candidate did not win and a lot of people are asking why. Not least of which is the people putting faith in the start-up Votecastr. VoteCastr's mission was to gather, publish, and analyze voter-turnout information in swing states to provide early predictions to the race. The problem was that even though they had so-called data gurus who had worked on both the George W. Bush and the Obama campaigns, it got almost all of their predictions wrong.

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George shows off his new soldering iron!

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Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan broke the news that Twitter COO Adam Bain had stepped down with a flurry of tweets.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Mike Elgan

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Mike Murphy from Quartz joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss Snapchat's new update that brings world lens filters as well as support for its upcoming Spectacles.

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Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie talk about a leaked Steve Jobs' email that outlined Apple's strategy in 2010.

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Frederik "Freso" S. Olesen gives a brief description of MetaBrainz and the projects he works on.

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Guest: Frederik "Freso" S. Olesen

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Tim Stevens from CNET Road Show about Android Auto, which now works in any car. The app doesn't have OK Google voice support or Waze integration for maps, but will people use it anyway?

Read Tim's full article: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/android-auto-major-update/

Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

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Steve Gibson briefly describes how the Windows Atom bomb exploit works.

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Host: Steve Gibson

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Sometimes one large gift is better than 5 smaller gifts, and eGifter is the perfect app to help you find that gift!

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Amazon Echo isn't the only always-listening device for your home anymore. Leo Laporte and Alex Wilhelm give a hands-on review of Google Home. They ask viewer questions and let you know how Google Home stacks up against Alexa.

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