The New Screen Savers (Audio)
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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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 moments.
Host: Leo Laporte
All episodes of The New Screen Savers are available for download at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers.
...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 drones.
- PhaseSpace's Robert Jaeger Slaughter shows off their unique motion tracking system that can be used for location-based VR entert...
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.
- Helm wants you to take back control of your email with a personal server for your home. Co-founder and CEO Giri Sreenivas joins us to ...
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 premium Chrome OS tablet features a 12.3" Molecular Display and starts at $599.
- We continue our Holiday Gift Guides with Jason's ...
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 can autonomously follow you around your home or office as your digital assistant or telepresence robot.
- We continue our Holiday Gi...
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 engineer Dr. Angelo Grubisic takes to the sky with the world's fastest jet suit as the Director of Flight Training for Gravity Industries...
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 Radio, Arduino Kits, and something every geek should have, a label maker.
- Leo and Alex discuss Elon Musk's plan to launch thousands ...
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 which features an edge-to-edge Liquid Retina display, FaceID, the A12X Bionic chip that rivals the power of most PCs, a USB-C port, ...
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 be rendered useless by helium so Leo tries to drown his iPhone XR with a balloon while talking to iFixit co-founder Kyle Wiens, wh...
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 $432,500.
- Leo gives his hands-on first look at iPhone XR and lets you know why it might be the one to pick over the more pricey iPh...
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 Allen's passing.
- Leo gives his hands-on review of Google's new flagship Android phone, the Pixel 3 XL, putting the camera to the te...
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 gives a behind-the-sense look at the tech driving the Pixel 3's camera for its new features like Super Res Zoom and Night Sight.
- ...
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 tracks your sleep and activity levels. Oura CEO Harpreet Singh Rai joins to tell us how it works and why tracking sleep is so im...
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 week, adding new features like Dark Mode and iOS apps. Andrew Cunningham of Ars Technica explains why he thinks this is one of the M...
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 Digital Entertainment in Oakland, California. The MADE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of video game histo...
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 full-frame mirrorless bandwagon with the Canon EOS R. Richard Butler of DPReview.com gives his hands-on impressions and how it compares to...
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.
- Jason Howell takes the Skydio R1, a drone that flies and shoots 4K video all on its own using AI and computer vision, out for a...
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 through its paces and gives his full review.
- Patrick has been testing the Andrew Jones-designed ELAC Debut 2.0 B6.2 bookshelf speakers....
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 of Let's Robot, joins to show off her live streaming platform where anyone can take control of other people's homebrewed robots ove...
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 Knightscope K5 patrols TWiT Studio as we speak to co-founder and Chief Client Officer Stacy Dean Stephens about how they're eyeing t...
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