Tech Break (Video)

In addition to defending privacy, the ACLU has played a crucial role in protecting free speech on the Internet. In the 90s, when the Web was in its infancy, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act, which would have regulated the Internet the way the FCC regulates television. Thanks to the ACLU, the US Supreme Court ruled that the CDA was unconstitutional.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Ben Wizner

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Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Kevin Marks, and Danny Sullivan talk about Samsung's decision to officially discontinue the Galaxy Note 7 after reports of it exploding contine.

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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guests: Kevin Marks and Danny Sullivan

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Russell Holly from VRHeads joins Jason Howell and Ron Richards to discuss the new Virtual Reality system called Modal VR. The company was created by Nolan Bushnell, who created the Atari back in the days of the Atari 2600.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Ron Richards

Guest: Russell Holly

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Kerry Flynn from Mashable joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss Facebook Workplace, a version of its platform geared towards business communication and collaboration.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Kerry Flynn

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Microsoft is heading to NYC in late October. But is this a Windows event? A hardware event? Both? What we expect to see ... and what we expect not to see.

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

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Leo talks to Ben Wizner, Edward Snowden's Lawyer and the Director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project about the balance between safety and privacy. Can legal reforms bring about transparency in government and overreach by the intelligence community? Ben thinks that nothing will ever replace activist journalism as a balance to government power.

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Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Ben Wizner

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica about his review of the upcoming Playstation virtual reality headset and the highlights from the Oculus Connect 3 conference. Read Sam's article on Ars Technica

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Megan Morrone

Guest: Sam Machkovech

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Myriam Joire shows off the Vinci smart headphones that run Android, stream music, have voice recognition and activity tracking.

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Guest: Myriam Joire

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Steve Gibson looks into the recent controversy at Yahoo including a user account breach kept undisclosed for two years, and news of software installed by yahoo to help the US government search through the emails of all its users.

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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Jason Howell, Megan Morrone, and Tom Merritt from The Daily Tech News Show talk to Erin Carson from CNET about why we celebrate women in STEM on Ada Lovelace Day, and why Grace Hopper and Maria Klawe, the president of Harvey Mudd College, inspire her.

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