Tech News Weekly (Video HI)

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, Jason Howell Guests: Iain Thomson, Sam Machkovech Jason Howell and Fr. Robert Ballecer discuss the use of Twitter in the Dallas shooting aftermath with Iain Thomson from The Register. Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica joins to discuss how virtual reality will become the ultimate tabletop gaming environment for remote players. Also, Pokemon Go has a lot of steam but the servers aren't up to the task quite yet. And Facebook is bringing end to end encryption to Messenger, but it's opt in to start. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Jason Howell Guest: Charles Pulliam-Moore Fr. Robert Ballecer joins Jason Howell to discuss how Mozilla might walk away with more than $1 billion dollars depending on who acquires Yahoo. Also, Apple is unleashing its betas of MacOS Sierra and iOS 10 today, and you should be cautiously optimistic. Silent Circle made a bet on security with its Blackphone line of Android devices, but that appears to be falling apart. Finally, Facebook Live and other live streaming services are increasingly used to broadcast injustice to the world, yet that's a tricky scenario for their bottom line. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jon Strickland Jonathan Strickland from How Stuff Works joins Jason Howell to discuss Snapchat's new Memories feature that let's users hold onto those snaps forever in the cloud. Google is making more acquisitions that could further improve its image recognition prowess. The European Parliament is looking to determine whether robots should be seen as people in the eyes of the law. Messaging and Notifications might be making our lives more complicated than they were when we were just using email. Finally, steaks taste better when they fly through the air attached to a drone. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell Guest: Drew Curtis Drew Curtis from Fark.com is here for a shallow dive into today's tech news. It's time to go back to Comcast to get back that set-top box, because soon you'll be able to stream Netflix on it. Re/Code reports that Comcast will incorporate Netflix into X1, which means that later this year you'll be able to stream Netflix straight from your Comcast cable box. A bitter rivalry dating at least as far back as 2010 seems to be coming to an end. Want to donate organs? There's an app for that. Also, everything you need to know about cloning your pet. Plus, be careful robbing the live/work space of a GPS tracking company. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Becky Worley Guests: Tim Stevens, Myke Hurley The US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has opened an investigation into the first fatal crash involving a Tesla in Autopilot mode. Tim Stevens from CNET's RoadShow joins us to discuss. Apple and Spotify's public legal spat continues. Facebook has 11,000 bots, but who is using them? Myke Hurley from Relay FM says it is definitely not an abomination to festoon your devices with stickers. Becky explores the darker side of being Mark Zuckerberg and iPhones are just one in a long line of diseases of modern life. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Sam Machkovech Sorry all you Nutella freaks, Google has officially named the next version of its Android Operating system and it will be called Nougat and will be out later this summer. Spotify is claiming that Apple is using its app store approval process as a weapon against them. Apple might be developing a way to use infrared signals to prevent your iPhone camera from recording footage at concerts. A 10-year-old girl applied for a fellowship designed for computer science PhDs and experienced urban designers in France...and she won! Plus, Sam Machkovech discusses gaming and other news from Ars Technica. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Iain Thomson Iain Thomson joins us to talk privacy, security, and the tech of Brexit. Microsoft's Windows 10 Anniversary Edition is coming August 2. Amazon Prime Members can get big discounts on some unlocked Android smartphones if they agree to pre-install Amazon bloatware and adware. How the UK's tech sector will suffer under Brexit. Also, would you inject a nano camera into your body? Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Scott Johnson Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Kashmir Hill Tonight we chat about the tech news with Scott Johnson from the FrogPants network. Microsoft is sunsetting Xbox Fitness, and keeping the videos you paid for. Meanwhile, Amazon has better digital bookmarks, and kids pretending to be YouTubers seems to not be a big deal. Also, Alex Kantrowitz talks about the "ephemeral follow" and better ways to get breaking news on Twitter. After that, Kashmir Hill tells us about her epic journey to find out what signals Facebook uses to suggest friends and what that means about our privacy. And finally, Google gives us song lyrics. Excuse me, while I kiss the sky. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Georgia Dow Guest: Ashley Esqueda Tonight we talk about stickers on Twitter, the hack of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and new Amazon Dash buttons. Georgia Dow from iMore and Ashley Esqueda from CNET talk VR and motion sickness. Also, a robot for kids with surprisingly sophisticated AI. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell Guests: Sophia Cope, Sam Machkovech Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss how Apple's differential privacy will bring some smart features to iOS. Uber is taking the math out of surge pricing and giving it a new name, basically. Your ATM might be stealing from you, so give it a little pull before you swipe your card. The Anti-SLAPP bill should be good for Yelpers who get harrassed with meritless lawsuit after leaving a review. Finally, tunnel vision could be the key to preventing nausea that is sometimes associated with virtual reality. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell Guest: Charles Pulliam-Moore The first US venture-backed tech IPO rose 92 percent today in its inaugural day of trading. MIT Technology Review discovered earlier this week that Apple’s iOS 10 beta had an unencrypted kernel. Apple says "We meant to do that!" Plus, Boston Dynamics has a new robot, and we talk to Charles Pulliam-Moore about #AirBnBWhileBlack. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Megan Morrone Guest: Ellen Hendricksen Megan Morrone and Jason Howell dive into Paypal's new relationship with Coinbase, which is great for BitCoin. Also, bleeding edge Windows Phone users get mobile payments with a lot of "ifs" involved. In other news, Unicode's new version brings new language support AND a selfie EMOJI, among others. Plus, the effects of social networks on children, and watching video at 2x the speed...do you do it?

Hosts: Jason Howell, Megan Morrone Guest: Michael Coren Twitter's new app Engage seems to be doing more to enrage people than engage them. At Vidcon, Twitter also announced that your videos on Twitter and Vine can now be 140 seconds long. Helsinki-based Supercell, the mobile gaming outfit responsible for Clash of Clans and Boom Beach among many others, just sold an 84.3% stake of the company to China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd for $8.6 billion dollars (Tencent’s largest acquisition to date). We also talk to Michael Coren from Quartz about what the price of LEDs has to do with indoor farming, and whether or not health apps are silicon snake oil. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Megan Morrone Guest: Alex Wilhelm Megan Morrone and Jason Howell talk all about Window's Edge browser and its battery-focused performance. Tumblr is supposedly getting into the live video game, but is it too late? Blue Origin is getting closer and closer to making space tourism a reality. The Tesla S can become a boat...kind of. And Twitter has invested in a lot of AI and we're ready to see what they are up to. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Megan Morrone Guests: Charles Pulliam-Moore, Molly McHugh Magic Leap is the elusive augmented reality technology that we've been hearing about and seen videos of for years. Today, Wired has video shot directly through Magic Leap technology and it features none other than the cast of Star Wars. Peter Rubin at Wired says Magic Leap and Lucasfilm have entered a strategic alliance to create mixed reality technology together. Apple’s upcoming iOS 10 will include the ability to remove its core apps from the device, although in actuality they aren't fully deleted. We also talk about Microsoft's purchase of Wand Labs and Didi vs. Uber. Next, we talk to Charles Pulliam-Moore about his article in Fusion regarding the black hacktivist in WatchDogs 2. We're also joined by Molly McHugh from The Ringer to talk about how Snapchat keeps stealing filters from make-up artists. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.