Jul 22nd 2017
The New Screen Savers 114
NASA's Flying into the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe, best laptop for students, overclocking your PC, and more.
Leo Laporte and Megan Morrone discuss Elon Musk's naive fear of artificial intelligence. NASA is working on a probe that will travel directly into the sun's atmosphere, closer to the surface than any spacecraft before it. Nicola Fox, Project Scientist for the historic Parker Solar Probe, joins us to talk all about it. Speaking of something hot - Bryan Burnett of 'Know How' shows us how to overclock the CPU on your PC. Megan is looking for a new laptop for her daughter heading into the new school year. We take a look at some solid options and let you know what features to look for and how to balance cost vs performance. Waze added a new feature for recording custom voice directions. Jason Howell of 'All About Android' shows us how to make your own and share it with others. And, we answer a 'Call for Help' about finding and getting rid of duplicate files on your Mac and answer some iOS questions in our 'Mail Bag.'
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Links
- Microsoft shares hit record high after upbeat earnings report
- This famous roboticist doesn’t think Elon Musk understands AI
- The ‘verbal’ government approval for Elon Musk’s underground hyperloop is coming from the White House
- Amazon launches Spark, a shoppable feed of stories and photos aimed at Prime members
- Amazon's Latest Marketing Gimmick Is Completely Nuts (and It's Coming to a Town Near You)
- Parker Solar Probe
- Nasa's mission to Sun renamed after astrophysicist behind solar wind theory
- NASA wants you to record solar eclipse data with an app
- GLOBE Observer
- The case for (and against) the MacBook Air
- Best MacBook for college students
- CodEng | Facebook
- Duplicate File Finder - best fast free for files
- Gemini 2 - The intelligent duplicate file finder
- Just Press Record