TWiT Throwback (Audio)

Yahoo confirmed a data breach today that happened back in 2014, and could affect Verizon's acquisition of the company. Put away your Microsoft pitchforks, since nobody in Redmond is keeping you from installing Linux on your Lenovo. Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus is coming. A full version of Minecraft: Education Edition will launch November 1. The Bumble dating app has a novel way to prove that you are you, and to stop catphishing. Plus, Adi Robertson from The Verge reviews the $50 VR toy called Elsewhere.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guest: Adi Robertson

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Samsung's 960 PRO and 960 EVO SSD announcement, Sebastian's comparison of four large air coolers, Apple's AirPods don't sound much better, a review of the Audeze SINE On-Ear Planar Magnetic Headphones, a Fatal1ty by Monster FXM 100 Over-Ear Gaming Headphones review, Forza Horizon 3 has incredible visuals that will push graphics cards hard, Razer's Turret is quite small, an upcoming announcement by Google may involve phones, and more!

Host: Patrick Norton

Guest: Sebastian Peak

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Allo released today, Google officially announces their October 4th event, and Samsung has 500,000 replacement Note 7s ready. We also talk Facebook, YouTube, and the US Presidential election.

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Jason Howell

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We've been modifying and perfecting the AquaVase project, and in this episode we go over the details of the skirt top assembly.

Project Overview

We're going to create the assembly that goes on the top of the vase and holds it to the risers, then assemble the entire project.

Parts List

Tools List

Segment Summary

We're designing the three parts that will become the top assembly of our Aquavase

Interesting Design Features of the AquaVase Top Assembly

Procedure:

The Cap

The Shelf

The Skirt

All STL Files can be found at: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9042212/KH243_AquaVase_TopAssembly.zip

Segment Summary

Let's put together the top assembly and start integrating it with the other Aquavase components.

Top Assembly Procedure:

Electronics Integration:

System Integration:

These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/know-how/episodes/246

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Ham Nation is broadcast around the world on WTWW, Bob shows the how to of Coaxial Dipoles, Randy finishes the ZZRX40 project, and more!

Hosts: Bob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

Guests: Don Hill, Dr. Tamitha Skov, and Randy Hall

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how Apple might be in the market to pick up MacLaren. Google finally releases the latest in its catalog of messaging apps, Allo. Technology is being used to improve sleep, but how well is it working? Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are giving $3 billion to prevent disease. Finally, Marty McFly would be proud of the upcoming release of Nike's HyperAdapt sneakers.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Molly McHugh and Selena Larson

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Parenting can be incredibly difficult, especially for first-time parents, but Jason Howell is here to alleviate your pain with a few apps that will improve your life. Whether it be tracking when you last fed your baby or understanding what stage of development your child is in and how to keep them happy.

Host: Jason Howell

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Microsoft rolls out an update to remove the "Get Windows 10" app, a preview of Microsoft SMS Relay, this week in layoffs, the launch of the Nokia 216 phone, Microsoft changes its "Health" fitness apps' name, Azure customers get hit with a DNS outage, the Xbox One S Minecraft Favorites Bundle, Gears of War 4 goes gold, a way to de-Apple one's iPhone, Campo Santo's Firewatch game comes to the Xbox One with an audio tour, version 1 of "Bletchley" Azure blockchain delivered, and more!

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Mary Jo Foley, and Paul Thurrott

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This week, we'll be discussing Google's official announcement of its new Pixel hardware strategy, improvements to text to speech, Samsung's rush to beat the iPhone, Google Trips for travel, neural network for SwiftKey text prediction, and more!

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Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion, and Ron Richards

Guest: Tim Schofield

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Concerns over a significant expansion in effectively warrantless intrusion into end-user computers, the forthcoming change in Internet governance, NTIA's contract with ICANN to handle IANA is expiring in ten days! Google's next move in using Chrome to push for improved security, the interresting details emerging from a successful NAND memory cloning attack on the iPhone 5c and Steve shares the details and findings of a recent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) problem on GRC and his recommendation for the best website security scanner!

We invite you to read our show notes.

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page.

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