Hosts: Jason Howell, Megan Morrone

Guests: Roberto Baldwin, Kerry Davis, Sam Machkovech

Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how Facebook Live makes monitoring global events like the Turkish coup possible in interesting ways. Microsoft's goal of 1 billion Windows 10 installs by next years end is unlikely, according to the company. We discuss what technology you should bring to the woods when you go camping. Videoball is one of the best multiplayer games of the year, according to Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica. And we learn a lot about Barbie's preferred programming environment.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

Jason Howell and Fr. Robert Ballecer discuss Valve's public word as it plans to shut down third-party gambling sites associated with CS:GO. Nest has another product to show off, this time shining a camera on the outside of the home. Google continues to fall under the ire of the EU, this time facing antitrust charges related to adsense. The FCC is adopting new rules around 5G, but leaving a lot up to those who would use it. Finally, Nintendo is riding the wave of it's history in gaming, and its working.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards

Guest: Sam Abuelsamid

Jason Howell and Ron Richards from iFanboy discuss Niantic's plans for integrated sponsored location into its breakout hit Pokemon Go. Apple is holding a casting call for a reality show focused on app developers. Amazon held it's second annual Prime Day sale and had its biggest sales day ever. Google publishes an exhaustive PDF filled with data that supports the claim that its Content ID system for YouTube works, and how payouts to copyright holders is substantial. And Sam Abuelsamid from Navigant Research joins to take a deeper look at how to develop autonomous systems with a human touch.

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Host: Jason Howell

Guests: Lindsey Turrentine, Kurt Wagner

Discussion of the broadening of Project Fi in more international markets. Also, sources say Twitter's Vine is in trouble, with key personnel leaving amidst a drop in attention to the service. Plus, robots are becoming more human like things to pneumatic muscular systems, and they are awesome. Meanwhile, Senator Al Franken is asking Niantic whether Pokemon Go is good for kids.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Jonathan Strickland

Guest: Sam Machkovech

Jason Howell and Jonathan Strickland from How Stuff Works discuss Twitter's evolving video offering and how it will be used for the Republican and Democratic National Convention. Prosthetics are becoming futuristic as the DARPA-backed Luke Arm nears release after ten years of development. Pokemon Go has the Internet Poke-crazy. Amazon is building meeting rooms inside tree houses. And Uber goes to great lengths to cover its assets.

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Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, Jason Howell

Guests: Iain Thomson, Sam Machkovech

Jason Howell and Fr. Robert Ballecer discuss the use of Twitter in the Dallas shooting aftermath with Iain Thomson from The Register. Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica joins to discuss how virtual reality will become the ultimate tabletop gaming environment for remote players. Also, Pokemon Go has a lot of steam but the servers aren't up to the task quite yet. And Facebook is bringing end to end encryption to Messenger, but it's opt in to start.

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Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Jason Howell

Guest: Charles Pulliam-Moore

Fr. Robert Ballecer joins Jason Howell to discuss how Mozilla might walk away with more than $1 billion dollars depending on who acquires Yahoo. Also, Apple is unleashing its betas of MacOS Sierra and iOS 10 today, and you should be cautiously optimistic. Silent Circle made a bet on security with its Blackphone line of Android devices, but that appears to be falling apart. Finally, Facebook Live and other live streaming services are increasingly used to broadcast injustice to the world, yet that's a tricky scenario for their bottom line.

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Jon Strickland

Jonathan Strickland from How Stuff Works joins Jason Howell to discuss Snapchat's new Memories feature that let's users hold onto those snaps forever in the cloud. Google is making more acquisitions that could further improve its image recognition prowess. The European Parliament is looking to determine whether robots should be seen as people in the eyes of the law. Messaging and Notifications might be making our lives more complicated than they were when we were just using email. Finally, steaks taste better when they fly through the air attached to a drone.

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Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell

Guest: Drew Curtis

Drew Curtis from Fark.com is here for a shallow dive into today's tech news. It's time to go back to Comcast to get back that set-top box, because soon you'll be able to stream Netflix on it. Re/Code reports that Comcast will incorporate Netflix into X1, which means that later this year you'll be able to stream Netflix straight from your Comcast cable box. A bitter rivalry dating at least as far back as 2010 seems to be coming to an end. Want to donate organs? There's an app for that. Also, everything you need to know about cloning your pet. Plus, be careful robbing the live/work space of a GPS tracking company.

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Hosts: Megan Morrone, Becky Worley

Guests: Tim Stevens, Myke Hurley

The US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has opened an investigation into the first fatal crash involving a Tesla in Autopilot mode. Tim Stevens from CNET's RoadShow joins us to discuss. Apple and Spotify's public legal spat continues. Facebook has 11,000 bots, but who is using them? Myke Hurley from Relay FM says it is definitely not an abomination to festoon your devices with stickers. Becky explores the darker side of being Mark Zuckerberg and iPhones are just one in a long line of diseases of modern life.

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