{"id":9083,"date":"2016-12-25T12:45:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9083"},"modified":"2016-12-25T12:45:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T16:45:36","slug":"this-week-in-tech-594-what-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2016\/12\/25\/this-week-in-tech-594-what-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Tech 594: What A Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MgMilHzUTFI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our special holiday episode with a look back on some of the most influential tech stories of the year. Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our special holiday episode with a look back on some of the most influential tech stories of the year. 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