Our best moments of 2017. Silicon Valley's reaction to Trump's immigration ban. Snapchat's IPO makes one high school $24 million. The Dark Overlord. Is Zuck running for president? Google I/O highlights. Amazon buys Whole Foods. Travis Kalanick out as Uber CEO. Google's viral anti-diversity memo. Jerry Pournelle, 8/7/1933 - 9/8/2017. KFC follows 11 herbs and spices. iPhone X: best launch in history. Animoji karaoke. The life lessons from Grandpa that made Jeff Bezos the richest man in the world. Happy Holidays!

Host: Leo Laporte

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It's the best of The Tech Guy for 2017! In this episode, we look back on some of the best questions and guest appearances over the year.

• Is email private enough for sending sensitive information?
• Scott Wilkinson talks about the winners of the 2017 Annual TV Shootout
• Do you really need antivirus?
• Johnny Jet recommends a website that makes it easy to use frequent flyer miles
• The difference between hard drives and solid state drives
• How the internet works
• Dick DeBartolo has a gadget that lets you strap a smartphone to your head
• What is Bitcoin?
• How to stay secure online
• Chris Marquardt on the future of photography
• Amazon Echo vs. Google Home
• Why Net Neutrality is so important

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, Dick DeBartolo, and Chris Marquardt

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Welcome to the Best of 2017 for The New Screen Savers. We covered so many great stories, it was hard to narrow it down. Here are some of our fan and staff favorites.

• See how the Rainforest Connection and Founder Topher White is stopping illegal logging with old cell phones and solar panels.
• Meet Bodo Hoenen, a father who built a robotic assistive arm for his daughter whose arm is paralyzed.
• Our staff battles aliens in the multiplayer video game 'Starship Horizons Bridge Simulator,' where you can play on any device with a browser.
• Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro, Becky Worley, and Leo play 'Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes' on PlayStation VR.
• Megan Morrone introduces us to Gitanjali Rao, an 11-years-old who won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
• Iain Thomson, Jason Calacanis, and Leo play 'Game of Geeks' with the sounds of tech.
• Visit the world famous Lagunitas Brewing Company with Brew Master Jeremy Marshall.
• Learn how crickets could be the gateway bug to sustainable food with Andrew Brentano and his startup Tiny Farms.
• Get robotic room service with the Relay robot from Savioke.
• We settle the Emoji Cheeseburger debate with a taste-off between Facebook, Google, and Apple.
• Step into Nomadic's VR adventure, where the real world blends with the virtual one.
• Take a ride on a VR roller coaster with Jason Howell.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jason Howell, Megan Morrone, Bryan Burnett, Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro, Becky Worley, Iain Thomson, Jason Calacanis, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Bodo Hoenen, Gitanjali Rao, Jeremy Marshall, Kevin Rose, Andrew Brentano, Topher White, Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Adrian Canoso, Tessa Lau, John Duncan, Jim Preston, and Charles Laureano

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Our best interviews of 2017. Jordan Ritter, Alex Wellen, Brad Stone, Ron Gilbert, Cory Doctorow, Daniel Suarez, Don Dodge, Brian Merchant, Nick Bilton, Walt Mossberg, Leila Janah, Daniel Abraham, Philippe Kahn, Leslie Berlin, Andy Weir. Happy Holidays!

Host: Leo Laporte

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Our best moments of 2017. Google's messaging mess. The most common passwords of 2016. Wikileaks' CIA hacking trove. What's in Android O. YouTube TV. Facebook F8 announcements. Burger King trolls Google Assistant. Harassment in Silicon Valley. "Google Memo" fallout. Amazon's surprise new Echos. Google Home Mini spies on reviewer. Alpha Go Zero learns by itself. We hate Pixel Buds, Pixel 2, 2XL. Google fixes their hamburger emoji. Net Neutrality ends. Happy Holidays!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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Our best moments of 2017. Windows as a disservice. Bill Gates does tech support. Xbox One X unboxing. Is Cuphead Really that hard? NYPD Switches from Windows Phones to iPhones. Petya Ransomware Attacks Worldwide. Happy Holidays!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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In this special rebroadcast of Security Now from February 9, 2011, Steve Gibson explains, in detail, exactly how Bitcoin works.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

Guest: Tom Merritt

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Our best moments of 2017. iPhone's 10th anniversary. Turkish Crime Family hack. HomePod announcement. Planet of the Apps bombs. iPhone X is amazing and expensive. Apple's Jersey fudge. High Sierra root flaw. Happy Holidays!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, and Rene Ritchie

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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone help you set up all your new Apple Devices. Plus, how to move your messages from your old phone to your new phone. (It's harder than it looks.) And Leo and Megan show off their favorite app of the year.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Mark Zuckerberg tours the country - but he isn't running for president. Amazon puts Alexa everywhere. Silicon Valley's toxic bro culture. Twitter gets political. YouTube Kids gets algorithmically weird. CIA and NSA zero days revealed. Apple Park opens for business. Google's bad hardware year. Bitcoin madness. Uber's many many many many problems. Apple releases iPhone X, iMac Pro. Amazon buys Whole foods. Equifax hack.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Jason Howell, and Megan Morrone

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