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Google beats Oracle, Peter Thiel shows that billionaires can beat the 1st Amendment, and Microsoft tricks people into upgrading to Windows 10.

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Best alternative launchers on Android, DSL vs cable internet access, backing up networked computers, why we can't use the FM radio capability built into most modern smartphones, and more of your calls.

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Where do you get your news? Setting up Open DNS, movies in VR, stopping the Windows 10 update, finding the right hearing aid, finding downloaded files on an Android phone, customizing Google Maps, and more of your calls!

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Facebook's ads to reach further outside their users. Google's iOS app gets an update with faster load times, the Burr-Feinstein legislation starts to lose support, and Twitter users get their spelling checked by Scripps. Also, Sam Machkovech from arstechnica.com describes his experience with Overwatch and a Virtual Reality Pool hall.

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Citrix announces a significant deal with Microsoft, the FCC goes after wireless communication jammers, Microsoft and Facebook team up to build an underwater cable across the Atlantic, and Allyn Malventano from PC Perspective discusses IO latency.

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Google's use of Oracle's APIs is fair use, what not to wear at Comic-Con, why the Slants case is going to be so interesting before the Supreme Court, Axanar to fly again, and more!

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Lauren Hockenson joins Megan Morrone and Jason Howell to discuss Peter Thiel's complicated involvement with the Hulk Hogan case that might bankrupt Gawker. Google wins an important case against Oracle with its argument that Java in Android is Fair Use. Apple might be working on a spruced up Apple TV with Amazon Echo-like functionality. Facebook and Microsoft join forces to lay a high-speed internet cable in the Atlantic Ocean. And Pokemon Go is coming, so apparently you gotta catch'em all!

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Guests: Lauren Hockenson and Kurt Wagner

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Scott Wilkinson talks with acoustician Bob Hodas about acoustic treatments and room tuning.

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Guest: Bob Hodas

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Toshiba OCZ RD400 review by Allyn Malventano, HP's Omen gaming laptops with aggressive pricing, Pebble's Kickstarter success with new wearables, Quiet PC's Ultra NUC Pro 6, In Win's 303 enclosure, Nvidia's 368.22 Drivers for Overwatch, and more!

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