Tech Break (Video)

Jason Howell, Stacey Higginbotham and Jeff Jarvis try out the new Google Allo messaging app.

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Randy's Project Complete! The ZZRX40 Part 5; now you can finally tune in yourself!

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Selena Larson of CNN.com about the Chan Zuckerberg initiative to give 3 billion dollars over the next ten years to prevent and manage all diseases. The first investment will be a 600 million dollar investment in a research center called Biohub.

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Google released a new app that will help you keep track of your adventures. As well as give you hints and tips on where to go.

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Megan Morrone, Jason Howell, and Scott Johnson from FrogPants Studios talk about Project Google from Jigsaw, whose mission is to use technology to make people safer. Google is taking up the challenge of fighting trolls online with Conversation AI, tools designed to use the power of machine learning to locate trollish and abusive language so humans can act on it. But can AI make people be nice to each other? And can it protect free speech at the same time? 

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Paul Thurrott recommends Firewatch, a 1st-person mystery game which used to be only playable on Playstation 4 and Steam, but has finally come to the Xbox One. Campo Santo has included an audio tour and free-roam mode in this latest release.

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Kurt Wagner from Recode joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss Twitter's first attempt at streaming the Thursday night football game for the NFL.

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk to Harry McCracken from Fast Company about YouTube's new community for creators. While Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are moving toward video, YouTube is creating a space for popular YouTubers to post photos and text. We discuss how this might make comments kinder and keep creators from moving their audiences to other social networks. Read Harry's article: https://www.fastcompany.com/3063623/most-innovative-companies/youtube-is-building-community-and-its-not-just-about-video

 

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Megan Morrone and Owen JJ Stone discuss Instagram's new features that let you edit certain words from your comments. You can choose the words you want to block, or you can use their default list. Instagram has seen some abuse, but not as much as Twitter. To use this feature, update Instagram, click the gear icon, and scroll down to comments.

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Jared Smith briefly introduces himself and his role at Capital One. As well as a brief introduction into the new open source systems Capital One is developing.

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