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Google aims to prevent trolling in VR with better game design. Scott Johnson and Tom Merritt discuss the peculiar trolling opportunities of virtual reality. MP3 Using a Screen Reader? Click here Multiple versions (ogg, video etc.) from Archive.org. Please SUBSCRIBE HERE. Follow us on Soundcloud. A special thanks to all our supporters–without you, none of … Continue reading DTNS 2829 – Virtual (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ →

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley Two feature pack/upgrades are on the roadmap for 2017 (RS2 and RS3), Redstone 2 test builds starting up again soon, Microsoft is not renaming Windows 10 Mobile to Windows 10 for phones, Placeholder support for OneDrive, Windows 10 rollback period cut, a number of posts claiming Win 10 Anniversary is incompatible, MS issues CUs for all flavors of Windows 10, a firmware update for Surface 3, how to cast from a phone to a Windows 10 Anniversary PC, a tale of the golden keys, Kaspersky, device management limits, Amiga games in web browser, Groove Music, Sway for Windows 10 is updated, Common Data Model is now in public preview, and more! Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com Check out Mary Jo's blog at AllAboutMicrosoft.com Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show. The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin.

Sony will host a "PlayStation Meeting" where it is expected to show off a more powerful version of the PlayStation 4.

We talk about Facebook's plan to bypass ad blockers and Sling TV adding the NFL to its lineup.

A new round of video game consoles has began last week with the release of Microsoft’s One S. The slim, white hardware is a minor upgrade to the original Xbox One, and the predecessor to next year’s flashier upgrade, codenamed Project Scorpio. Next month, Sony is expected to announce its own update for the PlayStation 4, codenamed Neo. If it feels a little early in a generation of consoles to be talking about dropping cash on the next great thing, you’re right. But these consoles don’t follow the traditional cycle of new video game hardware, which last around seven years. They’re more iterative. Microsoft’s hardware is built around backwards compatibility with Xbox One, and its expected that PlayStation Neo will play PlayStation 4 games. The new era of game consoles is closer to smartphones: a variety of annually updated hardware with a variety of features that shares same large, ongoing collection of apps. To talk about the ways these new game consoles are similar and different from the hardware of the past, I invited my friend and colleague Megan Farokhmanesh to the show. Subscribe to What's Tech on iTunes, listen on Spotify, or subscribe via RSS. And be sure to follow us on Twitter. You can also find the entire collection of What's Tech stories right here on the The Verge Dot Com.

BMW's ReachNow arrives at the Seattle airport, how to watch the Olympics in the smartphone era, and a discussion with Luke Timmerman, author of "Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age," a revealing new biography about biotech pioneer Lee Hood.

On today's show, we'll talk about the possibility of a second Apple Watch; steps Facebook is taking to make it harder for ad blocking software to work on the site; a data breach against the credit card payment management system MICROS; and malware that could affect 900 million Android devices. 

Hosts: Jason Howell, Florence Ion Guest: Andrew Cunningham This week, we'll be discussing Google's OpenYOLO for password managers, a roundup of Nexus rumors, the $60 BLU R1 HD, the Polar M600 smartwatch, and BlackBerry's Hub for devices running Marshmallow. Read our show notes here. Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Reading this right now?  Congratulations. You're winning. Yes, all of the usual corporate and government entities know you're here. Google remembers everything you've ever searched, BuzzFeed knows how you've scored on all their quizzes, and your cell phone provider knows who you talk to and who you sleep with. Terms of Service agreements are an exercise in futility, encrypted email often takes more trouble than it's worth, and yeah, sure, go ahead and give Facebook a fake name, but don't think you're fooling anyone. Companies are collecting your data from just about everywhere, storing it through time unknown, and using it however they want. Oh, and that's where the FBI-and-friends find it. But Bruce Schneier, author of the book, "Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World," says the fact that you've taken the time to read this far means you've got the one reliable protection available to us in year 2016: awareness. Schneier also happens to be a security technologist and cryptographer and well, he's kind of a tech hero - a Chuck Norris - of the digital sphere. His cause: privacy. In fact, even before The Economist called Schneier a "security guru," a different company tried to make him into an $100 dollar action figure (he didn't like their price and proposed $40 instead). Go to the site, "Bruce Schneier Facts," and you'll find photos of Schneier's face pasted onto different movie heroes' bodies, bearing captions like: "Bruce Schneier watches Blu-ray movies by looking at the discs." Click on listen above and hear Manoush and Schneier discuss ways we can feel less helpless when it comes to protecting our data and maintaining some online privacy.  PLUS: We still want your feedback on N2S and we want YOU to help us decide what we should cover in our next big project. So please, fill out this short survey - it's only 11 questions and won't take you more than 3 minutes.  This is a repeat episode which originally aired in 2015. For more Note to Self, subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, I Heart Radio, Overcast, Pocket Casts, or anywhere else using our RSS feed.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Steve Gibson A distressing quantity of Win10 news, Apple's changing bug bounty policy, newly disclosed Android takeover flaws, yet another way to track web visitors, hackers spoof Tesla auto sensors, Firefox and LastPass news, a 19-year old stubborn decision by Microsoft comes home to roost, and a handful of new problems found with HTTP. We invite you to read our show notes. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. You can submit a question to Security Now! at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by Cachefly.

Aaron Puzey is braving virtual elements and glitchy hazards as he bikes across the UK from the comfort of his home office.

Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell Guest: Iain Thomson Intel gets into the deep learning game. Delta's tech is old. Twitter announced that it will be opening up its Moments feature, first to a group of new partners and brands, and eventually to anyone in the coming months. Facebook wants to block your ad blockers. Today, Google announced it will remove Flash from the Chrome browser by default starting in September, and completely phasing it out by December. Chrome will opt for HTML5 in its place. Plus, the news from DefCon just keeps giving us trust issues. Last year it was the hacks of smart cars, and this year its the hacks of smart locks. Two presentations at this year's security conference say that smart locks might be the dumbest things we're trusting these days. Finally, magic glasses that will only let you see your smart phone. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-today. Thanks to Cachefly for the bandwidth for this show.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, and Rene Ritchie With one month until the traditional September iPhone launch, iPhone 7 rumors are heating up. As are rumors of a new MacBook Pro and Apple Watch 2. Also, Apple's Planet of the Apps will feature Gwyneth Paltrow, and Eddie Cue admits that the reason Apple has a public beta program is that Apple Maps was such a disaster. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/macbreak-weekly. Bandwidth for MacBreak Weekly is provided by Cachefly.

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