Tech Break (Video)

Hosting Provider OVH was recently attacked by 152,000 hacked IoT devices, many of which have been abandoned and do not receive security updates. This is likely the largest DDoS attack ever reported.

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George gets a glimpse at the inside of Emcomm - 1. For the full episode visit twit.tv/hn/267.

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Father Robert Ballecer and Patrick Norton give us their feedback on some of their favorite headphones.

Here is the list:

Focal Utopia - $4000

Monoprice 8323 - $16

Sony MDR7506 - $75

Sennheiser Momentum - $200

B&W P7 - $350

Audioquest NightHawks - $600

Fostex TRP-50 - $150

HiFiMan 400s - $300

Oppo PM-3 - $400

Audeze Sine - $500

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Nsikan Akpan from PBS News Hour joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss a new technology called Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy that aims to prevent the inheritance of genetic mutations in children.

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At Microsoft Ignite 2016 in Atlanta, Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley discuss Microsoft's announcement that measures Windows 10 running on 400 million active devices.

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss Apple's release of iOS 10.1 beta which includes new camera features for the iPhone 7 Plus that allow for shallow depth of field processing.

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Jason Howell shows off Google's newest messaging app, Allo. For the full episode visit twit.tv/arena/117.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica about the Playstation VR game Rez Infinite that made him cry. Sam writes about the game by Tetsuya Mizuguchi here: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/my-trippy-day-playing-rez-infinites-final-level-with-its-creator/

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According to Android Police, Google is rumored to be planning a Pixel 3 laptop running a combination of Android and Chrome OS.

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Steve Gibson and Fr. Robert Ballecer talk about Yahoo's security breach affecting at least 500 million accounts.  How long did Yahoo know about this breach and how did they handle the disclosure?

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