{"id":9281,"date":"2018-01-08T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9281"},"modified":"2018-01-08T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:46:27","slug":"this-week-in-tech-648-distracted-by-the-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2018\/01\/08\/this-week-in-tech-648-distracted-by-the-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Tech 648: Distracted by the Robots"},"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\/wEFT6Cp3pFw?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>The best explanation for the Meltdown and Spectre computer flaws comes from a comic strip. 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