On this week's episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, September 16, 2017:

• Fr. Father Robert, SJ and Patrick Norton discuss Apple's new iPhone X and iPhone 8, more Equifax breach fallout, and racist ad-targeting options offered by Twitter, Facebook, and Google.
• Scotty Allen of Strange Parts joins us to show how he was able to install a 3.5mm headphone jack into an iPhone 7 by taking apart Apple's Lightning adapter and building it into a custom circuit board.
• When it comes to disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, and zombies, everyone needs a bug-out-bag. Patrick and Fr. Robert battle it out to see what's in their go-bag and talk about what you should do to be prepared.
• Speaking of improvising, Jason Howell has a trick for powering your smartphone with a 9-volt battery.
• Megan Morrone has part five of her Digital Cleanse series. This week she shows you what you can do to cleaning up your hard drive.
• Patrick and Robert answer a Call for Help about Digital Audio Converters (DACs). Do you need them to get the most out of your lossless audio music?

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Patrick Norton

Guests: Scotty Allen, Megan Morrone, and Jason Howell

The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers.

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