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Apple should be working on new computers instead of creating reality television, Amazon gets its own fleet of cargo jets, Comcast turns its cable boxes into Olympics machines while selling "near-worthless" service plans, and Slingbox creator Blake Krikorian has died at 48.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Om Malik, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, and David Coursey

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Rumors persist about Apple dropping the headphone jack in iPhone 7, how to securely transfer files, make videos available for download on a website, troubleshooting a slow SSD, adding a word to iOS autocorrect, and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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A computer the size of a grain of rice. We'll talk with David Blaauw, from the University of Michigan whose team has developed the world's smallest computer. Todd Weaver, the Founder and CEO of Purism, the makers of the Librem line of computers, shows us his secure Linux computers. How do you stay motivated when learning a programming language? Leo Laporte and Aaron Newcomb will show you how.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Aaron Newcomb

Guests: David Blaauw, Todd Weaver, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Megan Morrone, Johnny Jet, and Frederick Van Johnson

Producers: Jerry Wagley, Tonya Hall, and Anthony Nielsen

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Editor: Bryan Burnett

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Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 7 with iris scanning, using a smartphone as a TV remote, disappearing pictures on an Android smartphone, do I need a VPN? And more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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Earlier this week we talked about Darpa's self-hacking hack-a-thon at DEF CON. Computer World reports that an autonomous system called "Mayhem" was declared the preliminary winner of the Historic Cyber Grand Challenge. Apple has announced an invitation-only security bug bounty to reward researchers who find flaws in their code. It's time to update iOS again. Man suffers heart attack and gets driven to the hospital by his Tesla's Autopilot, or does he?

Host: Megan Morrone

Guests: Georgia Dow and Owen JJ Stone

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The Intimate Privacy Protection Act of 2016, EFF's Constitutional challenge to the DMCA, the first Pokemon Go lawsuit, how to teach your dog to take selfies, and more!

Hosts: J. Michael Keyes and Emory Roane

Guests: Franklin Graves and Colette Vogele

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DNA modification has always been the future for modern medicine, but will it be a double edged sword. Plus physics says transistors can't get any smaller, but Moore's Law isn't dead yet, and we talk with Mark Mullins from Fluke Networks.

Hosts: Brian Chee, Curtis Franklin, and Louis Maresca

Guest: Mark Mullins

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone discuss how Intel's Basis Peak wearable is recalled after reports of overheating and burning skin. Facebook looks to clean up its newsfeed by analyzing and down-ranking clickbait. Apple may not have the TV anymore, but it plans to create a guide for video content search and discovery. Russell Holly from VRHeads gives his quick take on the Microsoft HoloLens after receiving his this morning. Finally, robots do the darndest things, including giving you a tattoo, building you a hammock, and mopping your floors.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Russell Holly

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We go to the largest information security focused conference in the world, with topics ranging from how an ATM can be compromised, to cryptography, machine learning, enterprise penetration testing, and security best practices. Fr. Robert Ballecer interviews Omri Iluz from PerimiterX and talks about behavioral based web protection and how it protects systems from automated attacks. Then Jaime Blasco from AlienVault explains how breaches can be analyzed, researched, and quickly produce metrics for future provention. Rapid7 researchers demo what a ATM "schimmer" is, and why chip / pin cards are still very vulnerable. Pwnie Express brings visibility to all the devices connected to your network, which is essential for the new world of the Internet of Things. Craig Young from Tripwire shows how to extract the admin password from a router, and why it's important to secure your network. Finally Maxim Goncharov from Shape Security shows why the Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) protocol was a good idea in 1996, but not anymore.

Host: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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Robert Heron joins Patrick Norton this week to talk about Siggraph, the HDR10 update for Vizio TVs, the merits of 4K, the 4TB Samsung 850 EVO, the Samsung PM1633a for $10,000, AMD's RX 470 + RX 460 card details, Ryan's NVIDIA Titan X (Pascal) 12GB review, the average broadband speed in the United States, Intel's massive recall on fitness watches, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, and the Xbox One S.

Hosts: Patrick Norton and Robert Heron

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