This Week in Tech (Video)

Apple issues a mea culpa for the Mac Pro and promises a new model is on the way - just not this year. YouTube TV launches - it isn't perfect, but it may be the most promising over-the-top TV solution. Facebook launches a fund to fight fake news. Jeff Bezos is spending $1 billion a year of his own money on Blue Origin. XBox's Project Scorpio specs revealed. Is the Twitter outrage over Pepsi's new ad justified?

• Harry McCracken loves the serial comma.
• Iain Thomson insists that it should properly be called the Oxford comma.
• Christina Warren is more annoyed by people who mix up "your" and "you're".

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harry McCracken, Christina Warren, and Iain Thomson

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US Congress votes to kill ISP privacy rules. Fixing fake news is harder than anyone imagined. Apple AR might not be good for gamers. Twitter changes default profile picture. The best 2017 April Fools jokes.

• Brianna Wu wants to fix the government from within.
• Erin Griffith's husband learned to solve a Rubik's Cube during this show.
• Larry Magid remembers when facts mattered in news.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Larry Magid, Brianna Wu, and Erin Griffith

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US Senate votes to end ISP privacy regulations. The "Turkish Crime Family" demand $100,000 in iTunes gift cards for iCloud hack. Android O needs a name. Supreme Court hears printer ink patent case. Tesla Model 3 is on the way. Samsung Galaxy S8's big announcement is coming this week. US and UK ban electronics bigger than a phone on flights from Middle Eastern countries by Middle Eastern carriers. Google screws up messaging - again.

• Georgia Dow has two VR rooms in her house.
• Rob Reid knows what music aliens like best.
• Nathan Olivarez-Giles wants a car with a naturally aspirated engine.​​

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Rob Reid, and Nathan Olivarez-Giles

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Uber's President quits, saying that the job was not what he signed on for. Orson Wells' "new" movie comes to Netflix. How to make money in the new music industry. Pwn2Own winners do the impossible hack. Is your vibrator tracking you? All this, and growing human flesh on robots - what could go wrong?

• Tom Merritt has a new sci-fi novel: Pilot X.
• Roberto Baldwin is in a Devo cover band.
• Steve Kovach is the Dark Knight.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Steve Kovach, Tom Merritt, and Roberto Baldwin

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Daylight Saving Time is a blight on mankind. All the details in the Wikileaks dump of CIA hacking tools. How our data can be used against us. Nintendo Switch breaks launch records. A father gets embarrassed by his kids live on BBC. Would you hire someone from Uber?

• Mike Elgan's Pick: Gastronomad.net
• Baratunde Thurston's Pick: CivicHallLabs.org
• Ashley Esqueda's Pick: TakeThis.org Kickstarter

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Baratunde Thurston, and Ashley Esqueda

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Snapchat has a huge IPO -and makes one high school $24 million. Is Apple killing the lightning port on the iPhone 8? Spotify crosses the 50 million user mark. Mobile World Congress 2017 had a whole bunch of great phones. Nintendo Switch cartridges taste horrible on purpose. Overwatch wins Game of the Year at GDC. All this and Uber's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week.

• Florence Ion shows off the new LG G6.
• Peter Rojas
• Alex Wilhelm pronounces "flaccid" wrong.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Peter Rojas, Alex Wilhelm, and Florence Ion

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Inside Uber's unrestrained workplace culture, predictions for Snapchats looming IPO, Mobile World Congress report with new phones, Pearl the VR nominated short film, Nokia returns with the 3310, FCC Chairman Pai rushes to block new privacy rules, and a serious Cloudfire bug exposed.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: David Pogue, Becky Worley, and Clayton Morris

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Apple fights the new right to repair legislation, Bill Gates wants robots to pay taxes, 4chans effect on the internet, Verizon is bringing back "unlimited" data plans, SpaceX set for wireless internet by 2019, and Zuckerberg's global community.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Devindra Hardawar, Christina Warren, and Ed Bott

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Will Twitter's new anti-harassment tools succeed? Tim Cook hints at Apple's AR future. Gigabit fiber vs. 5G wireless vs. satellite internet in a 3-way race to own your broadband. House passes email privacy bill. Coding is the next blue-collar job.

• Mike Elgan knows why Twitter's new tools will fail.
• Jason Hiner doesn't like the MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
• Liz Gannes knows the perfect way to listen to podcasts.
• Leo Laporte looks amazing in heart-shaped glasses.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Liz Gannes, Mike Elgan, and Jason Hiner

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Apple may launch an alternate reality device this year, FCC clears its investigations into Zero Rating and opening cable boxes, Oculus Rift loses $500 million suit, Google must turn over foreign emails, Snap IPO, Tesla's new tunnel.

• Robert Scoble is staking his career on his claim that Apple will launch an AR device this year
• Leo is staking dinner in Paris that Apple will not release a see-through iPhone this year
• Peter Cohen is furious about Zero Rating
• Georgia Dow wants to fight Leo in VR

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Robert Scoble, Georgia Dow, and Peter Cohen

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