Oculus Connect brings together VR developers and creators, and TWiT sent their own VR enthusiast, Jason Howell, host of Tech News Today, All About Android, and Android App Arena, to cover the event. Jason had a chance to speak with the creator of Unspoken, a fantasy game with wizards and spells, as well as the genius behind the super fun game, Superhot. He demoed the award-winning spy game I Expect You to Die, a James Bond-inspired puzzle game, in addition to the very zen-like game Luna. Jason also had a chance to speak with a former Pixar employee, Tom Sanocki, about his new venture into real-time VR animation editing.

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Scott Wilkinson and Robert Heron recap the calibration process of Leo Laporte's LG OLED TV.

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The Oculus Rift will FINALLY get controllers so you can use your hands in VR. Oculus Touch will be available on December 6th for $199.

Snap Incorporated, parent company of Snapchat, is prepping for a 25 billion dollar IPO, according to rumors.

Yesterday, news broke that Google isn't interested in buying Twitter, and now ReCode reports that Disney is also no longer interested. And that leaves Salesforce, according to sources, although neither Marc Benioff nor his representatives have confirmed their interest.

According to Quartz, battery researchers are up in arms that John Goodenough, inventor of lithium cobalt oxide cathode, has again been denied the Nobel Prize for chemistry.

The Next Web says Netflix will soon start streaming their original movies in luxury theaters on the same day you can stream them on Netflix. The partnership with theater chain iPic Entertainment is only one of many recent threats Netflix has posed to the traditional entertainment industry.

And Iain Thompson from The Register is here to talk rockets, British AI, and Spotify malware.

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Intel Core i7-7700k Benchmark rumors, Dell's U3417W curved monitor, NVIDIA's Xavier SoC tease, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti apparently based on Pascal GP107, Oculus Touch, Oculus earbuds, and Asynchronous Spacewarp. Plus, Google's Pixel phone, Daydream VR, Home, and 4K Chromecast!

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How to build your own modular box for all your Arduino projects, we use Arduino to power some LED strips with knobs and buttons.

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Gordo gives you all the info you need to become a ham instructor, PacificCon is around the corner, George shows how to make your own RJ-45 connectors for an ethernet cable, Val reports in on all the latest DX news, and Amanda answers your questions!

Hosts: Gordon West, George Thomas, Valerie Hotzfeld, and Amanda Alden

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Amazon's Prime service continues to add features for its users, and the latest perk is the newly announced Prime Reading feature, which gives subscribers access to "over a thousand" books, comics and magazines. Oliver Stone, don't rule out a sequel to Snowden just yet. The Washington Post reports that back in August the FBI secretly arrested an NSA contractor after finding classified materials in the defendant's home and car. We have the PlayStation VR, and Megan says playing it changed her life a little. Jordan Golsen from The Verge talked to the guy whose new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started smoking in his pocket on a plane, and it was supposed to be one of the safe ones. Breaking news! Samsung bought Viv, the AI from the creators of Siri. Google says it does not want to buy Twitter, so stop saying that it is. Plus we discuss the future of electric helicopters.

Hosts: Megan Morrone and Jason Howell

Guests: Russell Holly and Jordan Golson

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Salesforce's annual conference, Dreamforce, has become the largest software conference in the world, and it's happening in TWiT's backyard. So Leo sent Megan Morrone, host of iOS Today and Tech News Today, to check it out.

Megan had the opportunity to speak with some kids learning to code. Salesforce has partnered with local public schools and Code.org to teach middle school students how to use code to create jousting LEGO robots. She also spoke with members of the leadership team at Salesforce for Startups, the organization credited with launching the Salesforce Incubator, a program where a dozen startups are mentored by the cloud computing giant. She also spoke with the finalists in the Dreampitch competition, a Shark Tank inspired event!

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Full analysis of yesterday's #madebygoogle event with special guest Duncan Jaffrey from AusDroid, who was at the event.

• Google's focus on AI
• Is the Pixel Phone too pricy?
• What are Google Home's advantages over the Amazon Echo?
• Mourning the death of Nexus

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Microsoft disbands the Band plans (possibly forever), lessons from this week's Google launch for Microsoft and its partners/users, Windows 10 Anniversary Update updating woes, Microsoft reorganizes its Applications Services Group, Paul finally goes hands-on with the new Outlook.com, Microsoft's new feud with Salesforce, October's Games With Gold for Xbox One, OneDrive UWP adds offline support, and more!

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Do you have friends or family that have no idea how to use their phones? If so, then these apps will be perfect for you! Jason has a variety of apps that range from basic to advanced in their abilities to screen share. Now you no longer need to be there in person to show your friends or family the cool new feature that none of them can figure out.

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