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Tech Talk Y'all
Edgewise Media
Tech Talk Y'all is a weekly technology news show covering what has happened this week in tech, with hosts Sanjay Parekh and Adam Walker. Sanjay and Adam talk about technology, weird and wacky tech news, and make weekly tech recommendations (a fan favorite). Depending on your level of humor, episodes may or may not be funny (but they definitely are).
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Jun 21, 2021 · 26 minWe lost you as a Planet, but we gained you as an Ocean
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the new Windows 11, GM's electric vehicles, AT&T whining, new Twitter tools, and a lot more. We also talk about weird and wacky articles and give our tech recs! Get all the links on our episode guide here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Jun 14, 2021 · 37 minI'm not on house arrest, it's just Facebook tracking me…
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Jeff Bezos going to space, Facetime coming to Andriod, Google as a utility company, a Tesla restaurant, and much more! See the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Jun 7, 2021 · 42 minEating Lunch with Apple While Amazon Takes a Brownie Break
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about Apple's privacy, why Amazon employees may now want more "brownie breaks," Wikipedia swimming in money, and much more! View the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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May 31, 2021 · 30 minWork from home, billion dollar offices, and a Darth Vader house
In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all, we talk about a HUGE number of employees that would rather work from home than make an extra $30K (you read that right). All while, Google is still building a multi-billion dollar new campus, Snap is betting big on augmented reality e-commerce, Tesla is dabbling with lidar, and much much more! See the full show notes with article links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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May 24, 2021 · 39 minWe won’t hunt you, we promise.
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the AT&T Discovery merger, TikToks founder quitting the social media company because he's not good at social interactions, the dip in Elon's finances due to his appearance on SNL, and lots more! For the full show notes, click here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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May 17, 2021 · 40 minRoof rats and attic cats
In this week's episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about google going nuclear, Netflix playlists (which seems weird), a Florida man, Ebay selling NFT's (cause, why not), plus our weird and wacky and tech recs segments that everyone loves! See the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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May 10, 2021 · 35 minDon’t ever be on the wrong end of a stampede
In this week's episode, we talk about Yahoo and AOL (hopefully the last time) being sold, Google encouraging two-factor authentication, amazingly funny (and scary) Instagram ads that Facebook won't show you, a boy that ordered $3k of Sponge Bob popsicles, and much much more! See the full show notes with links here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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May 3, 2021 · 36 minHey, I’m against puppies
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about the fight between Roku and YouTube TV, Telecom companies make some bad PR moves, an app that lets you create NFT's for free, and so much more! See the full show notes (with links) here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Apr 26, 2021 · 41 minDo electric Ferraris and self-driving cars equal automated races?
In this episode of Tech Talk Y’all we talk about an electric Ferrari, a self-driving car crash, a drunken self-driving car (?) and so much more! View the full show notes (with links) here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Apr 19, 2021 · 36 minMore finesse than Barney Fife
In this episode of Tech Talk Y'all we talk about iMessage, Topps getting into the NFT game, Spotify's Car Thing (yes, that's its real name), Clubhouse, a casino hacked through a fishtank thermometer, and of course our tech recs! Get the full show notes here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Apr 12, 2021 · 43 minPay for pizza, with your face!
In this episode, we talk about NFTs (again), Twitter, Twitch, Tom Brady, Best Buy's new service to compete with Amazon Prime (and it may be a good deal for a lot of people), and much more. You can see the full show notes and links to all articles here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Apr 5, 2021 · 32 minThis spaceship is blinding
In this episode: Discord’s new Clubhouse-like feature, Stage Channels, is available now What Biden's infrastructure plan would do for tech It’s game over for Arizona’s controversial App Store bill Google Play limiting Android 11+ apps from seeing what’s installed on devices this May Android sends 20x more data to Google than iOS sends to Apple, study says AD BREAK Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency Netflix lays out plans to slash its greenhouse gas emissions Army moves Microsoft HoloLens-based headset from prototyping to production phase Virgin Galactic rolls out latest generation of spaceship Scientists Collected Human DNA From the Air In a Breakthrough Weird and Wacky: Staples and Office Depot want to help you prove your Covid-19 vaccination VW confirms it will rebrand its U.S. unit as 'Voltswagen' Drone pilot melts his machine for stunning volcano video Goodwill Employee Finds $42,000 Hidden in Donated Sweaters, Returns Money to Owner A Man Found 15,000 Bees in His Car After Grocery Shopping Tech Rec: Sanjay - Ghost.org Adam - https://doodle.com/en/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Mar 29, 2021 · 45 minIs there wifi etiquette?
Loans that hijack your phone are coming to India Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold as an NFT for an oddly specific $2,915,835.47 Dorsey said previously he would convert the winning bid into bitcoin and donate it to GiveDirectly for its Africa Response, and he tweeted his receipt Monday afternoon. GiveDirectly is a charitable organization which gives money directly to people living in poverty. (205) NFTs Are a Pyramid Scheme and People Are Already Losing Money (280) Trading App Robinhood Says It Files Confidentially for IPO Exclusive: Robinhood aims to allow users to buy into IPOs - sources (347) ‘Browser Isolation’ Takes On Entrenched Web Threats (416) Firefox 87 is out today, adds Smart Block for improved private browsing (470) Discord exploring sale that could be worth more than $10 billion (~525) Slack now lets you DM anyone (~660) Elon Musk says people can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin In the firm’s refund policy, Tesla cautioned buyers that should they seek to return their electric car and obtain a refund, the company can choose to pay them back in U.S. dollars or bitcoin. Tesla notes that it reserves the right to refund the customer in U.S. dollars at the exact price bitcoin was worth at the time of purchase. (725) Zoom introduces new SDK to help developers tap into video services (777) YouTube experiment will auto-detect products in videos and provide related content links (840) Medium has roughly 725k subscribers and nobody knows what's next (927) Prince Harry lands new job as a tech executive Like Many Americans, Prince Harry Now Juggling Multiple Jobs to Make Ends Meet Weird and Wacky: Your Vaccination Card Will Score You Free Krispy Kreme Doughnuts All Year (1096) Is That Ship Still Stuck? Tech Rec: Sanjay - Ubiquiti WifiMan Adam - https://postaga.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Mar 22, 2021 · 37 minI am always a magical robot... but no free cars
In this episode: Twitter plans to let anyone start hosting Twitter Spaces in April Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison Dropbox will have a free password manager in April — if you’ve got 50 or fewer passwords Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales We finally know how bad for the environment your Netflix habit is Morgan Stanley becomes the first big U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to bitcoin funds Mini will introduce last gas model in 2025, go all-electric by 2030 AD BREAK A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16 Wikipedia Is Finally Asking Big Tech to Pay Up Researchers working on material that could yield 700TB optical discs Scientists developed a clever way to detect Deepfakes by analyzing light reflections in the eyes Stripe closes $600M round at a $95B valuation Boeing Autonomous Drone Piloted by Artificial Intelligence Successfully Completes First Flight Weird and Wacky: How to Defeat Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot in 1:1 Combat Escape Zoom Meetings by Faking Technical Issues and Crying With This App Fuggit BTTF Knit House Shoes Wannabe Final Fantasy character buys exoskeleton that lets him wield giant sword Tech Rec: Sanjay - MonicaHQ CRM Adam - Hubspot CRM --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Mar 15, 2021 · 33 minWhat do Bitcoin, Gogo, and Russia all have in common?
In this episode: Senators Call for 100Mbps Minimum Broadband Standard Bitcoin’s Climate Problem Dropbox to acquire secure document sharing startup DocSend for $165M Gogo delays 5G launch due to chipset shortages Netflix Begins Test to Crack Down on Password Sharing Outside Your Household AD BREAK Made in Tel Aviv and New York: Instagram Lite Russia botches Twitter throttling, cripples anything with t-dot-co in the name – including Reddit, Microsoft Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million Beeple’s 'The First 5000 Days', the 1st purely digital NFT based artwork offered by a major auction house has sold for $69,346,250. Weird and Wacky: Please do not give billionaire Jack Dorsey money for his tweet New Study Proposes Warp Drive That Might Actually Work An Old Macy's Was Turned Into A New High School In Vermont And It Still Looks Like A Store Tech Rec: Sanjay - Corsair HS35 - Stereo Gaming Headset Adam - Reaper --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Mar 8, 2021 · 36 minIf you’ve got a peanut cluster, eat it
1Password has none, KeePass has none... So why are there seven embedded trackers in the LastPass Android app? Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak Jack Dorsey's Square to acquire majority stake in Jay-Z's music service Tidal Square acquires majority of Tidal, Jay-Z’s streaming service, in $297 million deal. Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT Google says it won’t use new ways of tracking you as it phases out browser cookies for ads Netflix has created a TikTok clone that lets people scroll through funny clips Amazon in Talks to Carry Many NFL Games Exclusively on Prime Video AD BREAK F.C.C. Approves a $50 Monthly High-Speed Internet Subsidy Va. becomes 2nd state with consumer data protection law Twitter users on Android can now join the platform’s Clubhouse-like Spaces Volvo Cars to be fully electric by 2030 Elon Musk moved to Texas and embraced celebrity. Can Tesla run on Autopilot? Weird and Wacky: We Expect 300,000 Fewer Births Than Usual This Year Tech Rec: Sanjay - 2fa.directory Adam - Mercury Bank --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Mar 1, 2021 · 41 minHifi we don't want and Superfollows we can't get
Spotify to launch HiFi high-quality-audio subscription later this year Latest Firefox release includes Multiple Picture-in-Picture and Total Cookie Protection Fry's Electronics suddenly went out of business The NFT Market Tripled Last Year, and It’s Gaining Even More Momentum in 2021 Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000 Greg Mike Why France’s New Tech ‘Repairability Index’ Is a Big Deal AD BREAK Facebook strikes last-minute deal with Australia around news content Net neutrality law to take effect in California after judge deals blow to telecom industry Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets The Army Is Building the World's Most Powerful Laser Weapon. Ever. A quantum computer just solved a decades-old problem three million times faster than a classical computer Weird and Wacky: MyHeritage now lets you animate old family photos using deepfakery Tech Rec: Sanjay - Mullvad.net Adam - Google Authenticator App --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Feb 22, 2021 · 31 minFarting Robot Cats Won't Kill You (we think)
In this episode: Maryland Approves Country’s First Tax on Big Tech’s Ad Revenue Luxury car brand Jaguar to go all-electric by 2025 LastPass will restrict free users to only one type of device starting next month Samsung develops high-bandwidth memory with integrated AI processing AD BREAK Apple Pay can now be used to spend Bitcoin Here’s a first look at Microsoft’s xCloud for the web Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia Airbnb Announces Plans to Open Atlanta Technical Hub Weird and Wacky: AT&T scrambles to install fiber for 90-year-old after his viral WSJ ad Got no milk: Nestle creates vegan KitKat bar Tech Rec: Sanjay - Click & Grow Adam - Clubhouse --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
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Feb 15, 2021 · 39 min5-second ads and bitcoin fads
In this episode: The 5-second Reddit Super Bowl ad you probably missed This Google Play Pass app with over 10 million installs has been outed as malware Twitter Considers Subscription Fee for Tweetdeck, Unique Content Epic’s new MetaHuman tool lets you craft realistic faces inside a browser The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs Biden will sign an executive order to fuel the U.S. semiconductor industry US Chip Firms to Biden: We Need More Funding to Remain Competitive AD BREAK Hacker Tried to Poison Florida City's Water Supply, Police Say Hacked Water Plant in Florida Relied on Shared Password, Windows 7 Researcher hacks over 35 tech firms in novel supply chain attack Justice Department drops challenge to California net neutrality rules States leapfrog federal government in restraining tech Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment Weird and Wacky: GoDaddy wins our 2020 award for most evil company email New wearable device turns the body into a battery China Swears It Isn't Building a Time Machine Tech Rec: Sanjay - xBox Series X Adam - Toonly.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message