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The New Screen Savers (Video)
by TWiT
The New Screen Savers is a variety show for tech on the TWiT network. The show stars Leo Laporte and is co-hosted by Megan Morrone and Jason Howell. Viewers get live tech help, interesting guests, insights into the latest innovations, products, scientist, and trends, plus lots of fun things thrown in, too. There are special guest co-host appearances from Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, Martin Sargent, and more.Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
Episodes
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TNSS 189: Best of 2018 - The Best of 2018 - Magic Leap One, Skydio 4K drone, LetsRobot.tv, and more.
Welcome to the Best of 2018 for The New Screen Savers for Saturday, December 29, 2018. From sipping Mai Tais from the TikiTron drinkbot, trying the VR omnidirectional treadmill featured in Ready Player One, to escaping Reason's high-tech escape rooms, here are some of our fan and staff favorite...
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TNSS 188: High-Tech Escape Rooms & VR Motion Tracking - Reason's high-tech escape rooms, PhaseSpace's VR motion tracking system, and the best last-minute gift picks.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, December 22, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton: Leo and Patrick discuss Facebook's ongoing user data privacy problems, Elon Musk's Boring Company and their first completed tunnel, and how UK's second largest airport was shut down due to…
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TNSS 187: Take Back Control of Your Email With the Helm Personal Server - The Helm personal server, Luminar 3 photo editor, DJI OSMO Pocket, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, December 15, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Scott Bourne: Leo and Scott discuss the continuing Chinese espionage story, Facebook's new data breach of their user's photos, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai's appearance before the House Judiciary Committee.…
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TNSS 186: Hands-On with the Google Pixel Slate Chrome OS Tablet - Google Pixel Slate, Jason's Gift Guide, Analogue Super Nt, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, December 8, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: Leo and Jason discuss Canada's arrest of a Huawei exec, Australia's anti-encryption law, Google shutting down Allo, and Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 855 SOC. Jason reviews the Google Pixel Slate. This...
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TNSS 185: temi - The Personal Robot Assistant for Your Home - temi personal robot, best video games of the year, Iain's Holiday Gift Guide, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, December 1, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Leo and Iain discuss Marriott's massive breach of 500 million customer's data, CRISPR-edited babies, and NASA's InSight lander on Mars. Danny Isserles from temi shows off their personal robot that...
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TNSS 184: Fly like Iron Man with Gravity's $400K Jet Suit - The world's fastest jet suit, Facebook Portal, Acer Chromebook 13, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, November 24, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Florence Ion: Leo and Florence discuss how shoppers used smartphones to spent $1B on Thanksgiving and how the U.S. government is asking allies to stop using Huawei telecommunications equipment. Aerospace…
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TNSS 183: Alex's Holiday Guide - Anki Vector, Pixel 3's Night Sight, Hestan Cue, and more.
On The New Screen Savers for November 17, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay: With the holidays just right around the corner, we'll feature gift ideas from our co-hosts. On today's show, Alex recommends the Hestan Cue smart cooking system, Leatherman Tread Bracelet, BaoFeng BF-888S Two Way...
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TNSS 182: Apple's New iPad Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini - iPad Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, Huawei MateBook X Pro, RED Hydrogen One, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, November 10, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Snell: Leo and Jason discuss Samsung's unveiling of its first foldable phone and other hot topics. We have all the new products Apple announced last week starting with the completely redesigned iPad Pro...
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TNSS 181: Can Helium Break Your iPhone? - Caavo Control Center, Acer Swift 7 & Chromebook Spin 15, OnePlus 6T, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, November 3, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton: Leo and Patrick discuss how passcodes are protected under the Fifth Amendment; and the new iPad Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini that was announced at Apple's October event. Apparently, iPhones can...
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TNSS 180: Hands-On With the iPhone XR and Google Home Hub - iPhone XR, Google Home Hub, DIY Spotify, Hue-lloween, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, October 27, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Aaron Newcomb: Leo and Aaron discuss the new copyright ruling that protects the right to repair for some gadgets, whether China could spy on President Trump's iPhone, and a piece of art made by AI that sold for...
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TNSS 179: Pixel 3 XL Hands-On - Pixel 3 XL, Purism Librem Key, Netgear Orbi Voice, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, October 20, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Leo and Iain discuss Apple's upcoming October event and what could be announced, Apple CEO Tim Cook calling for the retraction of Bloomberg's Chinese spy chip story, and Microsoft co-founder Paul...
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TNSS 178: Hands-On With Magic Leap's AR Headset - Magic Leap AR, Pixel 3 camera tech, Sony Xperia XZ3, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, October 13, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone: Leo and Megan discuss the week's new product announcements from Facebook and Google, including Portal from Facebook and Google's Home Hub, Pixel Slate, and Pixel 3. DPReview Science Editor Rishi...
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TNSS 177: Hisense's New 100-Inch 4K Dual Color Laser TV - SHORT: Oura Ring, Hisense 100" Dual Color Laser TV, Vizio Atmos sound bar, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, October 6, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Scott Wilkinson: Leo and Scott discuss Bloomberg's bombshell story claiming that China had spy chips embedded in data centers of Apple and Amazon, which the companies deny taking place. Oura Ring is wearable that...
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TNSS 176: Apple Watch 4 & macOS Mojave Reviewed - iFly VR, macOS Mojave, Apple Watch 4, home security systems, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, September 29, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ: Leo and Robert discuss Facebook's user data breach, Elon Musk resigning as Tesla's board chairman, and Oculus' new Quest wireless VR headset. Apple's macOS Mojave was released this…
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TNSS 175: Hands-On With the iPhone XS Max - iPhone XS hands-on, playable video game museum, GLAS smart thermostat, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, September 22, 2018, with Jason Howell and Rich DeMuro: Jason and Rich discuss Amazon's surprise Echo event where they announced 70 new products including new Echo speakers, an in-car Echo device, and a microwave. Jason tours the Museum of Art and...
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TNSS 174: Hands-On With Canon EOS R Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera - iPhone XS impressions, Canon EOS R tested, fight fake news with SurfSafe, Polk Command Bar reviewed, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, September 15, 2018, with Megan Morrone and Rich DeMuro: Apple unveiled the new iPhone XS, XS Max, iPhone XR, and Apple Watch 4. Rich was at the special event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino and gives his initial thoughts. Canon joins the…
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TNSS 173: Skydio's AI-Powered Self-Flying 4K Drone - Skydio R1, geeky cooking, data recovery on macOS, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, September 8, 2018, with Megan Morrone and Alex Lindsay: FCC chairman Ajit Pai is suggesting "new transparency obligations" for web giants like Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Ars Technica Senior IT Reporter Jon Brodkin joins Megan and Alex to discuss....
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TNSS 172: Hands-On With the Samsung Galaxy Note9 - Galaxy Note9, Elac Debut 2.0 B6.2, 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, September 1, 2018, with Jason Howell and Patrick Norton: Jason and Patrick discuss Google's 'rigged' search, California passing a strong net neutrality bill, and 8K TVs at IFA 2018. Jason has put the Samsung Galaxy Note9 flagship Android phone…
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TNSS 171: Internet Controlled Robots on LetsRobot.tv - Let's Robot, Galaxy Note9, Moto Z3, Nikon Z7, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, August 25, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: Nikon officially entered the mirrorless camera arena with the unveiling of the Z7 and Z6. DPReview Science Editor Rishi Sanyal joins to give his hands-on impressions. Jillian Ogle, Founder and CEO…
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TNSS 170: Industry Tech - AR Headsets & Security Robots - Knightscope security robots, RealWear AR wearables, Razer Core X vs. Blackmagic eGPU, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, August 18, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay: RealWear co-founder and CEO Andy Lowery show us their rugged, hands-free, and head-mounted Android computers, the HMT-1 and HMT-1Z1, that are designed for heavy industry. Autonomous security robot...
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TNSS 169: Hands-On with Hisense's 100-inch 4K Laser TV - Galaxy Note9, Hisense 100" 4K TV, Razer Blade gaming laptop, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, August 11, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Robert Heron: Engadget reviews editor Cherlynn Low gives her hands-on impressions of the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Note9. We cleared up some wall space and had the folks from Hisense mount their 100" 4K…
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TNSS 168: Hands-On With Microsoft Surface Go and Lenovo Smart Display - Surface Go, Lenovo Smart Display, setting up HomeKit, and more.
On The New Screen Savers show recorded on Saturday, August 4, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone: Leo just got Microsoft's Surface Go and gives his initial impressions of the 10" tablet, its keyboard, pen, and mouse. Megan shows off the new Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant, goes...
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TNSS 167: Drinkbots Gone Wild - Drinkbots & TikiTron, AR TV by eyecandylab, Acer Chromebook Tab 10, and more.
On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell recorded on Saturday, July 28, 2018: eyecandylab develops tech to bring AR experiences to TV programming. Co-Founder Robin Sho Moser joins via Skype to talk about their platform augment.tv and its US debut on Nickelodeon. Do you like...
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TNSS 166: New i9 MacBook Pro Can't Take the Heat? - 2018 MacBook Pro throttled, Nuraphone's headphones tuned for you, Moto Z3 Play review, and more.
On The New Screen Savers, with Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton recorded on Saturday, July 21, 2018: The MacBook Pro (2018) is here. Leo and Patrick push its new i9 Intel chip to see if we get the full benefits of the 4.8GHz processor and attach the external Blackmagic eGPU to see if this changes…
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TNSS 165: Help TakeThis.org Fight Depression With New SNES Game - IQBuds augmented hearing, a new SNES game for charity, BlackBerry KEY2, kids' cell phone alternative Relay, and more.
On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone recorded on Saturday, July 14, 2018: Megan and Leo discuss the new $399 Surface Go by Microsoft and the MacBook Pro 2018 refresh. TakeThis.org Co-Founder Russ Pitts tells us how they're working to advocate and educate about mental...
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TNSS 164: 3D Body Scanning - Play Impossible Gameball, 3D scanning, Megan's IoT crib, and more.
On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay recorded on Saturday, July 7, 2018: 3D scanning, it used to take super-sophisticated gear, now Alex shows us how you can do it with the iPhone X app Bellus 3D. We also take a look inside the Pixelgun Studio scanning studio RV with a 146...
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TNSS 163: Mini PC with Windows 10 - Tiny touchscreen PC, 1st Chrome Tablet, 4 Bluetooth headphones
On The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson recorded on July 30, 2018: Leo reviews the tiny computer Ockel Sirius A PC with an onboard touchscreen. Our audio guy, Jason Howell reviews four Bluetooth earphones in four different price-points. Take a first look at the first tablet to...
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TNSS 162: SyncThink - Helping Doctors Diagnose Concussions with Eye-Tracking VR - Detecting concussions with Eye-Sync, Amazon Fire TV Cube review, smart home tips, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on June 23, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Florence Ion: SyncThink has eye-tracking technology that can help doctors diagnose concussions in under 60 seconds with their modified VR headset. CEO Laura Yecies joins us to show how the EYE-SYNC works and discuss how this...
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TNSS 161: DreamWorld's $400 AR Headset DreamGlass - DreamGlass AR, Oculus Go, E3 2018, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on June 16, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: We talk about Fornite on the Nintendo Switch, Cyberpunk 2077, the next-gen Xbox, and more of the biggest video game news from E3 2018 with Engadget's Jessica Conditt. DreamWorld just launched their $400 2.5K AR...
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TNSS 160: Ancient Organic Matter Found on Mars - Organic matter on Mars, WWDC 2018, Gemini PDA, Lenovo Mirage Camera, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on June 9, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Snell: Leo and Jason discuss how macOS Mojave is bringing iOS apps to the Mac and other big Apple announcements from WWDC 2018. Forget the BlackBerry Key2, Planet Computers is bringing the PDA back into the 21st century...
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TNSS 159: "Anti-Social" Media App Privy - Privy "anti-social" app, stereo HomePod with AirPlay 2, Lenovo Mirage Solo VR, and more.
On The New Screen Savers recorded on June 2, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Alex Wilhelm: The HomePod is now available in stereo and multi-room audio with AirPlay 2. But there's a catch. We show you how it works and if the sound is worth the price. Are you looking for an alternative to Facebook or...
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TNSS 158: Is Your Echo Snooping? - Secure your Echo, hands-free Cadillac CT6, OnePlus 6 review
On The New Screen Savers Episode 158 for May 26, 2018 with Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone: Did you hear about the Amazon Echo eavesdropping scandal? A couple says their's secretly recorded a private conversation and then sent it to a friend! Amazon has responded, we'll show you what happened and…
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TNSS 157: GDPR Explained - GDPR explained, GoPro Fusion, Skyroam Solis hotspot, and more.
On The New Screen Savers for Saturday, May 19, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ: You've seen the barrage of Terms of Service emails in your inbox. So what is GDPR and all the changes that start Friday, May 25th? Danny O'Brien, the International Director at EFF is here to sort…
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TNSS 156: Happy Third Birthday! - Google I/O, secure your Bitcoin, Rylo & 360-degree cameras, and more.
On The New Screen Savers show recorded on May 16, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Kevin Rose: It's the third anniversary of this show and it would have been 20 years of ZDTV/Tech TV. Kevin and Leo talk about working for the cable channel and hear from Becky Worley, Patrick Norton, and Megan Morrone....
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TNSS 155: High-End PC Gaming on Any Device - Blade Shadow cloud PC, Caavo home theater controller, and 4K TVs.
On The New Screen Savers show for Saturday, May 5, 2018, with Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ and Patrick Norton: After a couple of weeks with the new Caavo smart tv hub, Patrick gives his review. The device controls all your home-theater boxes and also has a voice remote. It promises to make finding…
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TNSS 154: $1 MacBook Touchscreen Hack - $1 touchscreen Mac, Fret Zealot, Nanoleaf, and more.
On The New Screen Savers for April 28, 2018, with Jason Howell and Rich DeMuro: Everyone is doing it except Apple. Those pesky Mac laptops have no touchscreens. We'll meet Kevin Kwok who can turn your MacBook Pro into a touchscreen for around $1! There are a lot of tricks out there to learn…
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TNSS 153: Nintendo Labo's DIY High Tech Cardboard Toys - Nintendo Labo Kit, Xsens motion-capture, smartphone vs. camera.
On The New Screen Savers episode 153 on Saturday, April 21, 2018 with Megan Morrone and Jason Howell: The new Nintendo Labo Kits just shipped and we're borrowing Karsten Bondy's kids Zak and Alex to test out the cardboard DIY kits that work with the Switch console. Jason tries on a motion-capture...
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TNSS 152: World's First Digital License Plate - Reviver Auto Rplate Pro, Android P Developer Preview, CanJam, and more.
On The New Screen Savers for Saturday, April 14 with Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton: Those stamped metal license plates could be a thing of the past if the folks at Reviver Auto have their way. CEO Neville Boston shows us what their new digital plate, the Rplate Pro can do and when they will be...
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TNSS 151: Early-Warning Earthquake App - QuakeAlert, black hole swarm, Google Home hacks, and more.
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, April 7, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: What if you got an alert before an earthquake hits? The founder of Early Warning Labs talks about their app QuakeAlert. It can give you up to 30 seconds of warning on your smartphone before…
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TNSS 150: Move in VR Like "Ready Player One" - Infinadeck from Ready Player One, Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga, Moleskine Smart Writing System, and more
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, March 31, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: With Ready Player One now in theaters, Jason takes a trip down to SVVR, an organization for VR developers and startups, to talk to the CEO of Infinadeck and try out their omnidirectional...
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TNSS 149: Should You Delete Facebook? - HP Envy x2 ARM PC, Facebook's privacy issues, and OTA TV on Mac, and more.
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, March 24, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Snell: As the controversy around Facebook and Cambridge Analytica grows, Cory Doctorow joins us to help sort through this mess and discuss if Facebook or regulation can help fix these privacy issues...
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TNSS 148: Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S9+ - Galaxy S9+, #WarGames, Worlds Fair Nano, and more.
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, March 17, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ: The new Samsung Galaxy S9+ is here, and Leo gives us his review. Plus, Kelsea Weber from iFixit.com joins to tell us what is inside! This week marked the passing of two men in…
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TNSS 147: Capturing the World in 3D - 3D scanning for AR/VR, Canon's AI flash, Anker Zolo Liberty+ wireless earbuds, and more.
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, March 10, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay: Dan Bracaglia from DPReview joins us to talk about what's new from the large camera show in Japan CP+ 2018, including Canon's AI (Auto Intelligent) flash. Also, he shows us two recently...
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TNSS 146: Best Dash Cam - MWC 2018, Galaxy S9, Owl dash cam, gas delivered with FILLD, and more.
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, March 3, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone: What kind of dash cam should you get? In Call for Help we have a listener who wants to know, so we asked Rik Paul from thewirecutter.com to talk about their reviews of the best dash cams. Leo...
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TNSS 145: Farmers Turned Hackers and the Right to Repair - Right to repair, boosting cell signals, Samsung S9 leaked
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, February 24, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Iain Thomson: Why have some farmers turned to hacking to fix their tractors? Jason Koebler from Motherboard talked to several farmers who are doing just this, and it all boils down to the "right to...
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TNSS 144: How Smartphone Photography Works - Tech in smartphone cameras, charging stations, DuckDuckGo, and more.
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, February 17, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone: What makes smartphone cameras so good? Rishi Sanyal from DPReview joins us to compare two of the best, the iPhone X and Pixel 2 XL, and discuss computational photography. So many gadgets,...
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TNSS 143: Apple HomePod Smart Speaker Showdown - HomePod vs. Google Home, Apple Watch vs. Android Wear, how to replace OS on Android, and more.
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, February 10, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: Apple's HomePod launched this week. We show you how it works and how it stacks up to its competition like Google Home Max, Sonos One, Amazon Echo Show, and the Harman Kardon Invoke. The...
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TNSS 142: Lidar Reveals Ancient Cities - OpenSource turns 20, California vs FCC, Lidar in the Jungle
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, February 3, 2018 with Leo Laporte and Florence Ion: Now you can see the ruins under the trees! Archeologist and National Geographic Explorer Thomas Garrison and his team used LIDAR to scan hundreds of square miles of Guatemalan jungle and...
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TNSS 141: Blockchain Explained - Siri vs Google, Blockchain explained, securing your network
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, January 27, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton: Do you know what Blockchain is, what it can do, and why it's all the rage? We have two experts here to help explain: Eric Cole Ph.D., former Technical Director for the C.I.A., and served…
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TNSS 140: Snowden's Security App - Snowden's Security App, InSpectre explained
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, January 20, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell: Edward Snowden has a new app for Android called Haven that turns your phone into a portable security system. Nathan Freitas, Director of the Guardian Project joins us to talk about how they...
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The New Screen Savers is a variety show for tech on the TWiT network. The show stars Leo Laporte and is co-hosted by Megan Morrone and Jason Howell. Viewers get live tech help, interesting guests, insights into the latest innovations, products, scientist, and trends, plus lots of fun things thrown in, too. There are special guest co-host appearances from Patrick Norton, Kate Botello, Kevin Rose, Martin Sargent, and more.Although the show is no longer in production, you can enjoy episodes from the TWiT Archives.
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