The Washington Post says Obama is asking federal regulators to stop cable companies from forcing us to rent their lame cable boxes. Harkening back to the phone monopolies of the 80s, cable companies have ruled with their old-fashioned set-top boxes for long enough, says the president. Researchers say Microsoft and Google's shortened URLs could be used to stalk you. And Amazon donates an unused building to house homeless families. We also check in with Sam Machkovech on how a homemade patch will let you play Oculus Rift games on your HTC Vive. Finally, we talk to Sam Abuelsamid about the future of bots in autonomous vehicles.

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Wearables and the value of the data they collect, Uber's transparency report, U.S. aerial surveillance, the Led Zeppelin copyright dispute over "Stairway to Heaven", the risks of Instagram for the super-rich, and more!

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Patrick Beja of frenchspin.com joins Jason Howell and Megan Morrone to discuss the RCMP and its procurement of the encryption key for tons of BlackBerrys. Also, Microsoft is suing the US government for more public clarity of its data requests on cloud services. UC Davis shows how it's not easy to erase your volatile pepper spray history from the Internet. AMC might pave the way for cell phone usage in theaters thanks to Millenials. Finally, Microsoft does AI again and this time, it's not racist.

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Leo, Dick, joins Scott for a great recap of the past 6 years in home theater. They discuss the past, present, and future of home theater.

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