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Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Amazon's new Prime Reading that offers some free books to read on your iPad or your iPhone as long as you have the Kindle app. Plus, let Google Play Book suggest titles for you and tips for using iBooks on your iPhone and iPad. They'll also talk about a new app called Pry by Tender Claws that's a novella, a movie, and an iPad app all rolled up into one. Find out what Andy Inathko wore to New York Comic Con and they help you decide whether or not you need to upgrade to the new iPhone 7.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone

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Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk about Samsung, Yahoo, Twitter, and Facebook at Work.

Samsung says it will stop all sales of its Galaxy Note 7 and asks all carriers and other sellers to do the same.

Yahoo has been under the microscope lately, with report after negative report rolling in showing the insecurity of the service. Now some users are reporting that Yahoo is making it difficult for users to leave its free email service.

Apple and Samsung are headed to the Supreme Court to decide once and for all exactly what a design patent is worth. Tomorrow (Tuesday October 11th) marks the day that the two giants will argue just how much of the 399 million dollar patent infringement suit Samsung will have to pay for copying Apple's design.

All it takes is a weekend to take the wind out of Twitter's buyout sails. We heard late last week that Google and Disney were not interested in making a bid after all, and that took a hit on Twitter's stock value today with a 14% drop as a result. Salesforce is actively re-evaluating its interest based on the volatility of the stock, while reportedly considering a low ball bid based on the lack of bidders and poor stock performance. Ultimately, it looks as if Twitter might have to ride the ship alone after all.

Ars Technica reports that new guidelines in the UK will seek harsher punishments for certain kinds of online trolling, including doxxing, virtual mobbing, nasty images, fake social media profiles, and more.

Finally, a new company wants to replace the parking boot with a Barnacle.

• Jim Dalrymple from Loop Insight talks about Apple's issues with the developer of a Mac app called Dash. On his blog, Kapeli says his app was removed with no warning. Apple says it's been working with the developer who has posted nearly 1,000 fraudulent reviews across two accounts and 25 apps.
• Kelly Flynn from Mashable talks about Facebook's new Workplace. Facebook already has more than 1.6 billion normal users, and now it wants business users too. Today is the official launch of Workplace, known during its beta as Facebook for Work. We discuss what you can and can't do with Workplace, and what companies might do with the data they collect from employees who use the service.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Jim Dalrymple and Kerry Flynn

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Ben Wizner is the Director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, and primary legal advisor to Edward Snowden. Ben and Leo talk about Edward Snowden and the important role journalism plays as a balance to government intelligence agencies. They also discuss the ACLU's history fighting the Communications Decency Act, the Patriot Act, the secrecy behind the US No Fly List, and Apple's battle against the FBI.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Ben Wizner

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How to use If This Then That to post your weight on Twitter, Paro is the stuffed animal for therapy, hearing aid review, and electro-therapy!

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Patrick Delahanty

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Leo is back, and ready to discuss the latest tech topics with our favorite TWiT regulars!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jeff Jarvis, Iain Thomson, and Rene Ritchie

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Are the replacement Galaxy Note 7 phones from Samsung safe? What alternatives are there if you return it? Best camera apps for iPhone 7, troubleshooting problems with an iCloud backup, email clients for Windows, and more of your calls.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guest: Chris Marquardt

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Google announces the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, what is the "other" storage on my Mac? Using T-Mobile and Google Fi overseas, are there any good Windows 10 books? And more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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There were several big announcements from the "Made by Google" event, including the unveiling of the Pixel phone. Nathan Olivarez-Giles came on to tell us all about it. The PlayStation VR comes out next week and we have one to demo! Adi Robertson lets us know how it stacks up against the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Speaking of VR, Oculus Connect 3 happened earlier this week and Jason Howell was there to tell us about the games he loved and whether or not the new Oculus Touch controllers are worth the cost. We have the maker who built a laptop out of the Xbox One S, dubbed the Xbook One S. Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ went to Maker Faire in New York and tells us all about the variety of new projects he found. Patrick Norton has some advice for SSD enclosures. All that and much more.

• Nathan Olivarez-Giles from the Wall Street Journal was hands on at the big Google event. He gives his feedback on Pixel Phones, Google Assistant, Google Home, Daydream View VR and Google Wi-Fi.
• Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ went to to the World Maker Faire in New York and found it was more 'makery', from a 3D printer for circuit boards to a new project called Maker Pipe.
• The Verge's Adi Robertson gives us her review of the PlayStation VR. She talks with Leo and Jason about its features and the future of augmented and virtual reality games.
• Jason Snell answers your questions about saving your photos. To learn more about how to save photos go to: http://takecontrolbooks.com/photos-crash-course
• Ed Zarick is a maker that turned an Xbox One S into a laptop, the Xbook One S. He also shares his inspiration in building his own animatronic Weebo from Flubber.
• Jason Howell of All About Andriod and Tech News Today attended Oculus Connect this week and give us the low down on what we need to know.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Snell

Guests: Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Adi Robertson, Jason Howell, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Ed Zarick, and Patrick Norton

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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how Verizon might be having second thoughts with its pending purchase of Yahoo, due to recent unprecedented hacking disclosures. Microsoft's upcoming event should see the release of a new Surface all-in-one. Internet connectivity in schools can be a big challenge, and Dan Runcie from EducationSuperHighway joins to talk about some of the efforts to change that. Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica makes the case for Gears of War 4. Finally, even Bank of America believes we are living in a simulation à la Matrix.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Dan Runcie and Sam Machkovech

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Yahoo's email surveillance, taking a selfie with your Pitbull or election ballot may get you in trouble, the Slants in the Supreme Court, the FCC's upcoming vote on broadband privacy, and more!

Hosts: Denise Howell, J. Michael Keyes, and Emory Roane

Guest: Venkat Balasubramani

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