Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to the week's newsmakers and breakers.

• 1:11 Rachel Abrams, business reporter for the New York Times, discovered that Google's knowledge graph showed her as dead, so she went through many steps to get it fixed.
• 19:20 Tom Merritt, host of Cord Killers, talks about the year in cord-cutting, and how far streaming services have come as more people get rid of their cable subscriptions for online content.
• 34:50 Brett Glass of LARIAT, a wireless ISP in Wyoming, shares his perspectives on the Net Neutrality repeal, and why he thinks it's not all doom and gloom.
• 48:17 Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica details his favorite games from 2017, as well as what he fears might happen with low-quality games flooding the market heading into 2018.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Rachel Abrams, Tom Merritt, Brett Glass, and Sam Machkovech

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to the week's newsmakers and breakers.

• 1:37 Ernesto Falcon from the EFF talks about the good news and the bad news about the FCC's decision about Net Neutrality.
• 13:58 Mark Spoonauer from Tom' Guide discusses Uber, Juicero, the HomePod and other big tech fails of 2017
• 27:16 Ian Sherr from CNET tells us about the kids behind the Mirai botnet and how it started in Minecraft. Also, what happens to the bitcoin that the hackers had to turn over?
• 38:15 Debra Ruh is a podcaster, writer, and CEO who explains the importance of accessibility and inclusion in tech.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Ernesto Falcon, Mark Spoonauer, Ian Sherr, and Debra Ruh

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Larry Magid from ConnectSafely discusses why he thinks Facebook's new Messenger Kids app takes the appropriate steps to keep kids safe. Jeremy Burge from Emojipedia covers the changes on the horizon that are listed in the 2018 beta EMOJI list. Alex Ball, a Harvard PhD candidate, covers his study that shows the lost opportunity cost for low-income students and how that results in Lost Einsteins. Scott Wilkinson from AVSforum lists some of his favorite sound bars for the year, and why a sound bar is a worthy investment for your home theater.

• 2:05 Larry Magid
• 14:35 Jeremy Burge
• 26:32 Alex Ball
• 38:46 Scott Wilkinson

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Larry Magid, Jeremy Burge, Alex Bell, and Scott Wilkinson

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Laurie Segall about her show Mostly Human that found out what happened when the Electrolux Factory left a small town in Iowa and Jack Dorsey from Twitter came in to try to save it. Kurt Wagner from Recode discusses how Snapchat is separating the social from the media. Gaming veteran Nanea Reeves talks about her new company that will let you alter your mood in VR. And the founder of a tablet for seniors.

• 1:53 Laurie Segall
• 16:16 Kurt Wagner
• 27:41 Nanea Reeves
• 41:44 Isaac Lien

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Laurie Segall, Kurt Wagner, Nanea Reeves, and Isaac Lien

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone take the newly announced OnePlus 5T for a spin. Adam Burakowski from The Wirecutter talks about what kinds of deals will be had on Black Friday. David Hewlett talks about what it's like working with Red Giant technology to create the 80's throwback short film Hewlogram. Tom McLeod, CEO of Omni, talks about bringing the sharing economy to people's unused storage items.

• 13:24 Adam Burakowski
• 27:12 David Hewlett
• 43:11 Tom McLeod

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Adam Burakowski, David Hewlett, and Tom McLeod

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Sapna Maheshwari from the New York Times about the dark corners on YouTube Kids. Kashmir Hill of Gizmodo has been researching some crazy stories about Facebook's People You Might Know feature. Ben Fox Rubin from CNET offers tips on voice shopping and other new ways to buy stuff online. Plus, privacy vs. convenience with the new Amazon Key service that lets a delivery person into your house to drop off packages. Ben Stein from 8i Studios based out of Culver City California to show how you can record of photorealistic holograms of people that you can view in VR later.

• 1:22 Sapna Maheshwari
• 17:00 Kashmir Hill
• 31:58 Ben Fox Rubin
• 43:34 Ben Stein

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Sapna Maheshwari, Kashmir Hill, Ben Fox Rubin, and Ben Stein

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Mark Spoonhauer from Tom's Guide shares his thoughts on the iPhone X after five days of use. Lucy Rohr from The Economist has found success bringing its content to the Snapchat audience in unique ways. Roger Cheng has been following the Senate hearing into election interference by the Russians and what it means for Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Rohan Phadte and Ash Bhat created a browser extension called Botcheck.me to help determine if someone on Twitter is in fact a bot or not.

• 1:44 Mark Spoonhauer
• 16:41 Lucy Rohr
• 33:55 Roger Cheng
• 43:53 Rohan Phadte and Ash Bhat

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Mark Spoonauer, Lucy Rohr, Roger Cheng, Rohan Phadte, and Ash Bhat

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Stephen Hall from 9to5Google talks about the Pixel burn-in problem. Brian Russell Davis from Axiom88 talks about a project that uses data science to detect how often an Uber driver runs a red light. Steve Gibson from Security Now warns about the upcoming Reaper botnet storm. And Kurt Wagner from ReCode discusses why Twitter is banning some ads.

• 1:14 Stephen Hall
• 16:18 Brian Russell Davis
• 31:21 Steve Gibson
• 44:19 Kurt Wagner

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Stephen Hall, Brian Russell Davis, Steve Gibson, and Kurt Wagner

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Mathy Vanhoef discovered the KRACK wifi vulnerability and details some of the misconceptions of the hack.

Sara Wachter-Boettcher, author of the book Technically Wrong, discusses the ways that technology has alienated groups of people.

Megabots co-founder Matt Oerhlein shares his thoughts on the first ever Megabots robot duel.

Sherif Hanna from Qualcomm dispells some of the common misconceptions around 5G technology and when consumers might finally see it.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Mathy Vanhoef, Sara Wachter-Boettcher, and Sherif Hanna

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Facebook's Oculus Connect conference is underway in San Jose California, and Father Robert Ballecer joins us to talk about the Oculus Go, Dash UI, the Rift Bundle, Project Santa Cruz and the other products he saw there. Plus, what's next for Oculus and the enterprise. Jason Snell from Six Colors tries to answer some of the questions about the future of an Apple streaming service. Will you be able to get it on an Android device? And Mike Murphy from Quartz discusses Replika, a chat app that helps you create a digital you.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Jason Snell, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Mike Murphy

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