Facebook creates a tool to transfer images to Google Photos, Sundar Pichai named the CEO of Alphabet, and Instagram will require birthdays for new users.

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How securing environments just gets more and more complicated over time, but the reality is the basic security issues (e.g., known vulnerabilities) is what is most commonly the fail point.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Len Peralta, David Spark.

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The US Department of Homeland Security confirmed it will not require face scans of US citizens at airports, Qualcomm is working with Niantic on an AR glasses reference design, and Samsung will reportedly put a 108MP sensor in the Galaxy S11.

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Are flagship phones falling out of favor and will mid-range phones take their place in the marketplace?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Patrick Beja.

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Microsoft is reportedly working on a lower-power diskless next-gen Xbox code-named Lockhart, the FCC acknowledges that three US cellular carrier exaggerated 4G coverage maps, and Imgur releases Melee, a smartphone app for gaming content.

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Tuesday Alphabet announced that Google co-founders Larry page and Sergey Brin will step away from their duties as CEO and President and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take on the additional role of CEO of Alphabet. Is this a sign of rougher waters for Google and Alphabet or just the normal evolution of the company?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson.

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Big changes as Sundar Pichai takes over Alphabet CEO position, Amazon annoucnes a new portable Echo smart speaker, and four Avast extensions get kicked out of Mozilla’s store.

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Adi Robertson has a thoughtful article on The Verge today called “How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online.” We break down the recommendations and add our own suggestions.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Justin Robert Young

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Cyber Monday sets new spending record, Google Photos gets more social, DNA phenotyping raises concerns.

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Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds joins us to explain how the blurring of the lines between VFX in movies and fully rendered CGI cutscenes can lead to audience detachment from the content.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Chris Mancini.

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