Tech Talk Y'all

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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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Feb 8, 2021 · 29 min
Monkey mind games and Flash is back (not really)
In this episode: Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO Apple Greenlights TV Series on WeWork, With Anne Hathaway The iPhone's Face ID Will Soon Work With a Mask—if You Have an Apple Watch Google Explores Alternative to Apple’s New Anti-Tracking Feature Nike’s new Flyease Go shoes snap right onto your feet AD BREAK Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion Tesla Will Recall 134,000+ Vehicles Affected by Inevitable eMMC Failure Elon Musk claims Neuralink created a brain implant that a monkey is using ‘to play video games with his mind’ Samsung Believes the Automotive Chip Shortage Could Impact Phones We Now Know How Much Scalpers Warped PS5, Xbox, Zen 3, Ampere Markets South African government releases its own browser just to re-enable Flash support Weird and Wacky: SpaceX All-Civilian Space Mission Raffle Scientists have taught spinach to send emails and it could warn us about climate change The story behind 'Blue Check Homes': How an SF artist created a fake company that fooled thousands Tech Rec: Sanjay - Freshworks Adam - Substack --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Feb 1, 2021 · 29 min
Thanks to Frozen, we know it wasn't a Yeti
In this episode: Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation NBCUniversal is bringing its live events to Twitter users globally Robinhood Is Losing Thousands of Traders to a China-Owned Rival AD BREAK Musk Targets Telecom for Next Disruption With Starlink Internet Firefox 85 removes Flash and adds protection against supercookies Walmart is expanding its robot-powered fulfillment centers to ‘dozens of locations’ Weird and Wacky: Lord Of The Rings Lego Build Sets New World Record With 150 Million Pieces Has science solved one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries? Tech Rec: Sanjay - Iubenda Adam - Typeform --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Jan 25, 2021 · 27 min
Found Billionaires and Farmland Hoarders
In this episode: Jack Ma Emerges for First Time Since Crackdown on Ant, Alibaba Bill Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner Virgin Orbit just earned the orbit part of its name AD BREAK WhiteHouse.gov now has dark mode Instacart to Cut 1,900 Jobs, Including Its Only Union Roles Amazon offers Biden resources for COVID-19 vaccine rollout As promised, Twitter made Joe Biden’s @POTUS account start with zero followers Weird and Wacky: Man found living in Chicago airport for three months 'due to fear of Covid' Tech Rec: Sanjay - Polaroid Adam - Brackets --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Jan 18, 2021 · 35 min
Scroll Phones and Ice Cream Cones
In this episode: Roku Acquires Rights to Quibi’s Content Jared Mauch didn’t have good broadband—so he built his own fiber ISP Airbnb, HotelTonight cancel all Washington, DC, metro reservations ahead of Inauguration Parler’s amateur coding could come back to haunt Capitol Hill rioters This is Sony’s Airpeak drone AD BREAK Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes WhatsApp is forcing users to share personal data with Facebook, and Elon Musk is urging people to switch to Signal, a smaller encrypted messaging app The Future of Phone Design: Flexible Screens That Roll Up Ford Halts Focus Car Plant for Full Month Due to Chip Shortage Weird and Wacky: The Pentagon will have to reveal all the information it has about UFOs Refrigerators Are Finally Embracing the Good Ice Tech Rec: Sanjay - Qoins Adam - Everydollar --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Jan 11, 2021 · 27 min
Let's be anti-social social??
In this episode: Google, Alphabet employees unionize Ticketmaster admits it hacked rival company before it went out of business Besides providing login credentials, the former employee also showed Ticketmaster managers how to exploit a flaw in the URL generation scheme the rival used for unpublished ticketing webpages. To prevent the pages from being accessed by outsiders before they were made public, each one had a unique numerical value. The former employee told his new employer that the values were generated sequentially, and outsiders could use this information to view artist pages while they were still in early draft stages. Slack starts 2021 with a massive outage AD BREAK Billionaire Jack Ma Hasn’t Been Seen in 74 Days Jack Ma’s absence from public eye sparks Twitter discussions Alarms about Ma’s whereabouts weren’t set off until he was replaced last week as the lead judge of a talent show for entrepreneurs, Yahoo! Finance reported. His photo was also removed from a list of judges on the show’s website, fueling speculation that the Chinese government may have gone beyond scuttling an IPO to chastise Ma for his speech. Visualized: The terrifying amount of data Facebook Messenger collects compared to Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp Twitter acquires Breaker podcast app, will integrate its team to Spaces Weird and Wacky: This Company Is Selling Gold-Plated Apple Headphones for an Absurd Price Tech Rec: Sanjay - TheStreamable.com Adam - soapboxhq.com - a service I’m about to try out --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Jan 4, 2021 · 32 min
Do the right thing
In this episode: Law banning “rental” fees for customer-owned routers takes effect Sunday Congress (Once Again) Sells Out To Hollywood: Sneaks CASE Act And Felony Streaming Bill Into Government Funding Omnibus Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads FarmVille Once Took Over Facebook. Now Everything Is FarmVille. Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology Let’s Encrypt comes up with workaround for abandonware Android devices AD BREAK Cyberpunk 2077: how 2020's biggest video game launch turned into a shambles Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Dell join legal battle against hacking company NSO He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition software led to the arrest of the wrong man, lawsuit says Amazon Buys Wondery as Podcasting Race Continues Weird and Wacky: Amazon Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones in Trees to Get More Work Christmas Day Wonder: Gingerbread Monolith Mysteriously Appears at SF Park Tech Rec: Sanjay - Aegis Adam - memrise --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Dec 21, 2020 · 31 min
Baby Yoda In Your Living Room
In this episode: Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs and other services go down in multiple countries Disney Plus is increasing its price to $8 a month starting in March 2021 Roku and AT&T reach agreement to distribute HBO Max Science Just Confirmed Elon Musk's Favorite Interview Question Is Brilliant (You Should Steal It) U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack Joe Biden warns he will be tough on state sponsors of cyberattacks, as U.S. suffers massive hack Security Researcher: ‘solarwinds123’ Password Left Firm Vulnerable in 2019 GitHub says goodbye to cookie banners Amazon Zoox unveils self-driving robotaxi Weird and Wacky: Googling for ‘Baby Yoda’ will bring him into your living room via augmented reality Guy drops iPhone out of plane, iPhone survives, takes video of entire ordeal Microsoft files patent for a chatbot that 'could' become the 'twin' of a deceased person A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human? | GPT-3 Tech Rec: Sanjay - locast.org Adam - New Silicon MacBook Pro --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Dec 14, 2020 · 33 min
My Soul is Clean... I've Never Built Anything in Flash
In this Episode: Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves Amazon, Amex to Fund Software Developers in New GitHub Program French army gets ethical go-ahead for bionic soldiers FTC and states sue Facebook on antitrust grounds Adobe to block Flash content from running on January 12, 2021 Disney unveils Star, its Hulu replacement for international Disney Plus subscribers Critical Flaws in Millions of IoT Devices May Never Get Fixed On Trusting Macintosh Hardware Apple announces $549 AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones, coming December 15th Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol Weather Service faces Internet bandwidth shortage, proposes limiting key data Tech Rec: Sanjay - Warby Parker Adam - Dropbox Vault --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Dec 7, 2020 · 34 min
2021: The Rise of Skynet?
In this Episode: Tony Hsieh, Zappos Luminary Who Revolutionized the Shoe Business, Dies at 46 Tony Hsieh, key figure in downtown Las Vegas revitalization, dies at age 46 A New Zealand Startup Is Using Microbes to Suck Solid Gold Out of E-Waste Gut-Wrenching Photos Show Damage at Arecibo Observatory Following Collapse Alphabet’s Loon hands the reins of its internet air balloons to self-learning AI Salesforce will buy Slack for $28 billion Visa Partners With Ethereum Digital-Dollar Startup That Raised $271 Million US Lawmakers Introduce Bill That Would Require Stablecoin Issuers to Obtain Bank Charters Hulu’s Watch Party feature is now available to all subscribers Discovery to launch streaming service in January starting at $4.99 per month, Verizon customers get year free Warner Bros. will release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max Weird and Wacky: Did John McCracken Make That Monolith in Utah? That Mysterious Monolith in the Utah Desert? It’s Gone, Officials Say Elon Musk wanted to call his new tequila ‘Teslaquila’ but Mexico said no Tech Rec: Sanjay - RODE PSA 1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm Adam - Stamp Ready --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 30, 2020 · 27 min
Team Apple or Team Pecan?
In this Episode: Microsoft Teams takes on Zoom with free all-day video calling on the web Prolonged AWS outage takes down a big chunk of the internet People Can’t Vacuum Or Use Their Doorbell Because Amazon’s Cloud Servers Are Down Salesforce Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Slack Technologies Twitter to relaunch account verifications in early 2021, asks for feedback on policy Scientists produce rare diamonds in minutes at room temperature Weird and Wacky: Canadian officials warn drivers not to let moose lick their cars A Weird Monolith Is Found in the Utah Desert Fugitive Maryland couple found after 9 months on the lam because of 'Words with Friends' Tech Recs: Sanjay - Shure X2U XLR-to-USB Signal Adapter Adam - Darn Tough Socks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 23, 2020 · 33 min
Application Screencaster Professional Clipper Do It All For You Now Gadgetry Wiz with Widgets
In this Episode: Disappearing Tweets? Twitter Now Has a Feature for That Messaging app Go SMS Pro exposed millions of users’ private photos and files Google completes global RCS rollout as Messages starts testing default end-to-end encryption Firefox 83 arrives with HTTPS-Only Mode and faster performance Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st Dolly Parton, Country Saint, Funded Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Hulu will increase the price of its live TV service again on December 18th This Device Reads Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Through Their Veins This startup wants to replace the white cane for blind people Not a test anymore: SpaceX, NASA launch 4 astronauts from Cape in historic mission Weird and Wacky: MeowTalk: Alexa developer’s app to translate cat’s miaow Suspect tries to escape FBI agents using underwater "sea scooter" in frigid California lake Tech Recs: Sanjay - Shure SM7B Adam - Evernote Screen Capture Feature --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 16, 2020 · 41 min
I’ll Go Where the Wind Takes Me
In this episode: Google made an app for creditors to lock you out of your financed phone if you don’t make payments Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021 Election 2020: Michigan voters approve Proposal 2, protecting electronic data Uber rolls out a new feature that lets you book a ride 30 days in advance Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test Stretchable, self-healing, recyclable device could be the future of wearables Many websites will stop working on older Android versions in 2021 Biden’s victory was just what tech wanted. Now what? Zoom and other ‘stay-at-home’ stocks got crushed on the positive vaccine news Scientists Develop Nasal Spray That Can Disable Coronavirus Netflix Picks France to Test First Linear Offering Sonos launches a paid, lossless-quality version of its radio service Weird and Wacky: Best Facial Recognition Fail Ever Tech Rec: Sanjay - MaxRewards Adam - Freshbooks --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 9, 2020 · 27 min
Dog Robots & Olive Oil
In this episode: Apple added a secret button to your iPhone, and you may not have even noticed The Raspberry Pi 400 is a compact keyboard with a built-in computer Massachusetts voters pass right-to-repair expansion opening up car data Massachusetts Just Passed the World’s Most Advanced Right to Repair Law WhatsApp Brings Disappearing Messages To Its Platform Spotify Rolls Out Standalone Streaming On Apple Watch App: TechCrunch Coronavirus: NHS COVID app failed to record potential exposures due to error Portland, Maine has voted to ban facial recognition WeWork employees used an alarmingly insecure printer password Fortnite to Return to iOS via Nvidia GeForce Now Streaming Servic Weird and Wacky: Driverless race car sums up 2020 by swerving into a wall for no reason Tech Rec: Sanjay - CopyQ Adam - Alfred --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 2, 2020 · 44 min
Paying More for Netflix? Just What I Wanted to Do!
In this episode: To Encourage Autonomous Vehicles in Your State Create a No-Fault Insurance Pool How to turn on Zoom’s new end-to-end encryption—and why you may not want to UK to ban sale of carrier-locked phones from December 2021 Ticketing Tech Company Experience Shutting Down Netflix is raising the price of its most popular plan to $14 today, premium tier increasing to $18 Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground Alphabet’s Loon sets a new record for longest stratospheric flight Influencers’ next frontier: their own live shopping channels Instacart will accept food stamps for grocery delivery Harley-Davidson unveils a gorgeous new electric bike called Serial 1 Weird and Wacky: BioVYZR 1.0 - Personal Air Purifying Shield 7,600 tons of buildings move from Shanghai streets Tech Recs: Sanjay - Nite Ize Radiant 3-in-1 LED Mini Flashlight, 80 Lumen Flashlight, Lantern, Signal Light in One Adam - Copy Clip --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Oct 27, 2020 · 41 min
Lord of the Flies Written All Over This
In this episode: Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency Google confirms the Nest Secure has been discontinued Google Monopoly Case by U.S. Sets Stage for Multi-Pronged Attack Hulu Gets Sidelined in Disney’s Global Streaming Ambitions Quibi is shutting down Quibi apps arrive on Apple TV, Android TV, and Fire TV, but are they too late? The first AI model that translates 100 languages without relying on English data Hacked Billboards Can Make Teslas See 'Phantom Objects,' Causing Them to Swerve or Stop Abruptly The Hummer is back as a 350-mile range ‘electric supertruck’ that can drive diagonally PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network Dropbox's family plan offers a shared 2TB for $17 per month Weird and Wacky: Meet the Excel warriors saving the world from spreadsheet disaster NASA and Nokia are putting a 4G network on the moon An unused Carnival cruise ship could soon become a floating office where techies, YouTube influencers, and 'digital nomads' can live and work remotely Japanese theme park lets you work from a Ferris wheel Tech Rec: Sanjay - Tripp Lite ISOBAR4ULTRA Adam - YouTube Audio Library --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Oct 19, 2020 · 43 min
You Can Find Good People Anywhere
In this Episode: Robinhood Users Say Accounts Were Looted, No One to Call Google’s Nest announces new smart thermostat with simpler design, lower price Kahoot picks up $215M from SoftBank for its user-generated, gamified e-learning platform Dropbox is the latest San Francisco tech company to make remote work permanent S.F. rent prices plunge as much as 31% — steepest decline in U.S., new report says Zoom prepares to roll out end-to-end encryption in 4 phases Zoom will start letting people host online events with paid admission Airbnb Combats Surge in Party Houses After Covid Shuts Nightclubs New Consumer Alert on Yelp Takes Firm Stance Against Racism Snapchat among first to leverage iPhone 12 Pro’s LiDAR Scanner for AR Meditation App Calm Said to Seek Funds at $2.2 Billion Valuation San Diego cuts off all streetlight sensors over privacy concerns ‘DeFi’ Replaces ‘Blockchain’ as the Must-Have Crypto Mon Scientists Have Discovered a Genuine Room-Temperature Superconductor Weird and Wacky Tech: Machu Picchu reopens for a single tourist who's been stranded in Peru for seven months Google introduces song matching via humming, whistling or singing Tech Recs: Sanjay - Raindrop.io Adam - Belkin Desktop Charging --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Oct 12, 2020 · 39 min
Only One Dad Joke Per Episode
In this episode, we talk about nuclear fusion, SNL, and many more fun things. In this Episode: Airbnb blocking some rentals over Halloween to halt parties G Suite is now Google Workspace Android's new Sound Notifications will alert you to 'critical sounds' around you Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show House Democrats say Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple enjoy ‘monopoly power’ and recommend big changes Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest Facebook to defy new Turkish social media law AT&T kills DSL, leaves tens of millions of homes without fiber Internet Apple’s T2 Security Processor Has an Unpatchable Security Flaw Apple officially announces iPhone 12 event for October 13: ‘Hi, Speed’ An Excel error may have led England to under-report COVID-19 cases A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company Jack Dorsey’s Square purchases $50 million worth of bitcoin Waymo is opening its fully driverless service to the general public in Phoenix Weird and Wacky: ‘S.N.L.’ Had a Live Audience. It Went Home With Paychecks. John McAfee arrested after DOJ indicts crypto millionaire for tax evasion Tech Rec: Sanjay - Calm Adam - https://www.locast.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Oct 5, 2020 · 33 min
Episode 155: Wear Allbirds, Watching Disney+ with Virtual Friends in Your Grand Cenral Station Mancave!
In this episode: Why Allbirds Launched a Proprietary Shopping App When coffee makers are demanding a ransom, you know IoT is screwed New Xbox app on iOS will let you stream games from console to iPhone/iPad This tiny device can scavenge wind energy from the breeze you make when you walk Google launches Nest Audio speaker, successor to Google Home, available Oct. 5 for $99 Sonos sues Google for infringing five more wireless audio patents Walmart’s new store design proves browsing is dead AD BREAK Google’s Epic response: Android 12 will make it easier to install app stores Disney+ now lets you binge watch with friends, even when you're not together Amazon will now let you pay with your palm in its stores Cloudflare’s privacy crusade continues with a challenge to one of Google’s big data source Why Coinbase will struggle to ban politics from the workplace Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortable with its mission Facebook’s billions are backing two tech direct listings on Wednesday: Palantir and Asana Weird and Wacky: Three railroad workers built a 'man cave' under New York's Grand Central Terminal Tech Rec: Sanjay - Leviton AGTR1-W SmartlockPro Dual Function AFCI/GFCI Receptacle Adam - Lenovo Chromebook C330 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Sep 28, 2020 · 37 min
Episode 154: Gandolf gets the Greenlight
In this episode: Peacock Launches on Roku Across the U.S. CIA’s new tech recruiting pitch: More patents, more profits Google launches a work-tracking tool and Airtable rival, Tables KilledByGoogle.com Google is pulling the plug on paid Chrome extensions over the next year AD BREAK Greenlight Now Valued At $1.2B Following $215M Series C Newsom bans new gas cars — and begs Trump for a fight Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house Amazon removes the $500 Prime Bike, says it has nothing to do with the Peloton knock-off Weird and Wacky: Man redesigns iPhone home screen in the style of MS Paint, with glorious results Star Wars' Mark Hamill, Star Trek's Patrick Stewart Face Off in Uber Eats Commercial Tech Rec: Sanjay - MonicaHQ CRM Adam - Quizlet App --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Sep 23, 2020 · 40 min
Episode 153: Smell Ya Later
In this episode, we talk about the Duty-Free shop, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and many more fun things. In this episode: Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S., Beating Microsoft How to blur your house on Google Street View (and why you should) A bug in Joe Biden’s official campaign app exposed a treasure trove of voter information Lyft Offers 50 Percent Off Election Day Rides Here’s everything Apple revealed at its September hardware event Microsoft pulled its underwater data center out of the sea in Scotland Waze launches lane guidance, trip suggestions, traffic alerts, and more Tesla bug allows other electric cars to charge for free at new Superchargers Exclusive: The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke . . . Is Now Officially Broke Weird and Wacky: SIA eyeing 'flights to nowhere' to give a lift to ailing business Scientists May Have Found Evidence of Life in the Clouds of Venus Fighter pilot says UFO he chased in 2004 committed 'act of war' The Freshest Los Angeles Mansion Around Tech Recs: Sanjay - Steelcase Series 1 Adam - Rode Shotgun Mic --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message