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Re/code on Your TV: Touchscreens, Gotofail and Samsung’s New Tablet

Re/coders take to the tube to discuss the big tech news of the week.

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CNBC viewers* may have seen some Re/coders on the tube this week. But in case you missed it, here are their appearances again:

Only have 30 seconds? Then start with this video of Lauren Goode explaining how your phone or tablet’s touchscreen works, in half a minute.

Next up, here’s Arik Hesseldahl talking about Apple’s “Gotofail” security vulnerability on Monday. On Tuesday, the company patched the bug on its desktop operating system OS X. A mobile fix was pushed out on Friday.

Finally, here’s Re/code co-executive editor Walt Mossberg on CNBC’s Squawk on The Street on Tuesday, discussing Samsung’s latest tablet, the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4. You can read Walt’s full review of the tablet here.

* CNBC’s parent company, NBCUniversal is a minority investor in Re/code.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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