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 25, 2019 · 37 min
Episode 72: Don't Go Folding Phones & Chasing Waterfalls
In this Episode: Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980 (2:45) TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch (5:02) Google says Nest’s secret microphone was “never intended to be a secret” (6:26) Southwest cancels more than 400 flights amid fight with mechanics (8:20) Lyft Is Planning to List Shares on Nasdaq (9:30) US Digital Ad Spending Will Surpass Traditional in 2019 (12:31) JPMorgan is creating its own cryptocurrency (15:15) Audi helps you avoid red lights by suggesting speeds (17:35) China Is Reportedly Building a Solar Po wer Station in Space (20:05) Weird & Wacky Tech: Super Mario Bros. cartridge sells for $100,150 (22:30) ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces (24:30) The best new Twitter bot is an endless game of Jeopardy where the winners are good at puns (26:13) Scientists have made an AI that they think is too dangerous to release (26:53) Tech Recommendations (29:24): Adam - Vidyard GoVideo Sanjay - Logitech Harmony Remote Shannon - Splitwise Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980 TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch Nest Secure had a secret microphone, can now be a Google Assistant | CSO Online Southwest cancels more than 400 flights amid fight with mechanics Lyft Is Planning to List Shares on Nasdaq
Feb 18, 2019 · 41 min
Episode 71: That's a Complexifier
In this Episode: 17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison (5:40) BIOHACKERS ENCODED MALWARE IN A STRAND OF DNA Microsoft will expand Xbox Live support to Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS SPRINT FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST AT&T FOR ITS 5GE MARKETING US military equipped with tiny spy drones LinkedIn Debuts LinkedIn live, a live video streaming service IBM's AI loses debate to a human, but it's got worlds to conquer Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Upgrade Warning Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and publishes the details himself Daily Crunch: Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmail Weird and Wacky Tech: 'Drinkable' potato chips: the products keeping your phone grease-free NASA HEAD: “THIS TIME, WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON, WE WILL STAY.” DARPA wants smart bandages for wounded warriors Smart pills filled with tiny needles could inject medicine directly into your stomach Tech Recommendations: Adam - Zero - the fasting app Sanjay - Bonsai Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Only 17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical, Survey Says Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison - Motherboard Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA | WIRED Microsoft will expand Xbox Live support to Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS | VentureBeat
Feb 11, 2019 · 36 min
Episode 70: World’s Largest Spreadsheet Collector… And Lint Psychos
In This Episode: Slack confidentially files to go public (3:23) Why Gimlet Sold to Spotify (7:13) Apple has banned Google from running internal iOS apps after certificate misuse (9:10) Google's new Chrome extension warns you about stolen passwords (11:17) Upcoming Version of Google Chrome Will Make It Harder to Block Ads (11:57) Lowe’s is killing off and bricking its Iris smart home products at the end of March (13:00) A new net neutrality bill is headed to Congress (16:25) This guy holds the world record for collecting spreadsheets (17:50) Founder of crypto exchange dies, taking only password (and $190M) with him (20:13) Weird and Wacky Tech: Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl M&M's 3 new peanut-based flavors are here: Toffee, jalapeno, coconut (26:06) Tyra Banks is creating a tech-driven attraction called Modelland (27:11) Intuit Super Bowl 2019 introduces #robochild scares world (29:30) Tech Recommendations: Adam - This Marie Kondo-inspired Twitter tool will help you declutter your timeline so it again ‘sparks joy’ Sanjay - Shure SRH750DJ Professional Quality DJ Headphones Shannon - https://www.airbnb.com/ SPECIAL GIVEAWAY: Two: “Goodnight, Tyler” tickets at the Alliance Theater, brought to you by The Woodruff Arts Center. Tweet @techtalkyall and @thewoodruff to enter. Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Slack confidentially files to go public Why Gimlet Sold to Spotify Apple has banned Google from running internal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Feb 4, 2019 · 39 min
Episode 69: The Great Playstation Fruit Heist
In this Episode: Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them (2:02) Apple left huge FaceTime privacy bug unaddressed for 6 days (5:46) Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices (7:53) Report: Bill Gates promises to add billions if Congress helps with his nuclear power push (9:48) It's time to pay serious attention to TikTok (12:09) Study Reveals The Types of Twitter Users Most Likely to Spread Fake News (13:46) Save the kids! Majority of motorists want autonomous cars to prioritise lives of children ahead of their own (16:33) Scientists Invent a Flexible Device That Converts Wi-Fi Signals Into Electricity (19:10) Robot valets may soon park your car at this London airport (21:10) Roomba Terra autonomous robot lawnmower unveiled (23:57) Weird and Wacky Tech: Swarm Technologies raises $25M to deploy its own 150-satellite constellation (27:10) French Man Sentenced To Four Months In Prison For Replacing PS4 Price Tag With $10 Fruit Sticker (28:55) Not Answering Phone Is Best Way To Stop Getting Robo-Calls, Experts Say (31:10) Tech Recommendations: (33:00) Adam - Every Dollar Sanjay - Airtable Shannon - https://www.techtalkyall.com/techrecommendations Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunch Apple reportedly left huge FaceTime privacy bug unaddressed for 6 days | VentureBeat Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices | ZDNet
Jan 28, 2019 · 34 min
Episode 68: Strap Your Phone to Your Head... It's Gonna be a Bumpy Ride
In this episode: Hulu ups price for live-TV service, cuts basic package price (1:40) Google, Amazon, and Facebook spent record amounts lobbying the government (3:38) Amazon Starts Testing ‘Scout’ Delivery Robots Near Seattle (5:37) Hotel fires half its robot staff for sucking at their jobs (7:13) SpaceX’s new test rocket topples over thanks to strong Texas winds (9:58) Boeing’s electric autonomous passenger air vehicle just had its first flight (11:02) Google Maps now helps you dodge speeding tickets while driving (12:16) LEGO - The Toy of Smart Investors (15:17) Google Buys Part of Fossil’s Smartwatch Team for $40 Million (16:05) This $350 mini-smartphone helped cure my digital distraction (17:19) THE Ohio State University now has THE silliest campus amenity yet: THE Pizza ATM (19:56) Weird and Wacky Tech: HOT DOG! Oscar Mayer hiring drivers for the Wienermobile (22:34) To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet (23:31) We Can’t Correct for Magnetic Pole Shifts Thanks to the Government Shutdown (26:33) Tech Recommendations (27:57): Adam - Lyft App Sanjay - Twitter Sparkle Shannon - Apple Measure App GIVEAWAY: The Woodruff Arts Center (home to the High Museum, Alliance Theater, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) is our new sponsor. We're giving away a pair of tickets to the High Museum! To win tweet @TheWoodruff and @techtalkyall. Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Also remember to rate our podcast - 5 stars, 5 stars! Sponsored By: The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Hulu ups price for live-TV service, cuts basic package price Google, Amazon, and Facebook all spent record amounts last year lobbying th --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Jan 21, 2019 · 45 min
Episode 67: Steve Carell in Space Force! Just Take My Money, Netflix
In this episode: Netflix raises prices on all streaming plans in US (1:52) Netflix's price hike will boost your bill as much as $2 a month Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many websites are down (3:30) Jeff Bezos, World’s Richest Person, Announces Divorce After 25 Years Of Marriage (4:30) Vanguard Announces The Passing Of Founder John C. Bogle (5:20) DuckDuckGo debuts map search results using Apple Maps (7:13) Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area (8:08) If True, This Could Be One of the Greatest Discoveries in Human History (10:00) Motorola’s iconic flip phone ‘Razr’ set to make comeback with ‘foldable’ design (14:13) Return of the Razr—With a Foldable Screen and $1,500 Price You're running out of reasons not to get smart lights (20:06) It’s official: Ikea’s smart blinds are coming to the U.S. this spring (21:53) The Apple Car Is Coming – Here Are Eight Things You Need to Know (23:20) WHAT IS LIDAR, WHY DO SELF-DRIVING CARS NEED IT, AND CAN IT SEE NERF BULLETS? (25:50) A popular WordPress plugin leaked twitter account access tokens (28:30) Another huge database exposed millions of call logs and sms text messages (31:20) I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone (32:36) Weird and Wacky Tech: Steve Carell to Star in Netflix Comedy Based on Trump's 'Space Force' (35:38) How the new VR screen could end the smartphone (35:55) Massive spinning ice disc forms in US river (38:08) Tech Recommendations (39:00): Adam - YouTube Kids & Ink and Volt Planner Sanjay - Consumer Reports Shannon - Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking GIVEAWAY: The Woodruff Arts Center (home to the High Museum, Alliance Theater, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) is our new sponsor. We're giving away a pair of tickets to the ASO with Jim Brickman on January 25th at 8pm. To win tweet @TheWoodruff and @techtalkyall with why you love us both. Winner will be chosen this Wednesday, January 23rd. Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Also remember to rate our podcast - 5 stars, 5 stars! Sponsored By: The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Jan 14, 2019 · 34 min
Episode 66: Robot Delivery Dogs... The End of Humanity!?
In this Episode: Facebook knows how to track you using the dust on your camera lens (2:00) CES 2019: The 2020 Harley-Davidson Livewire is up for preorder, and it's pricey (4:32) Toyota is developing fighter-jet inspired safety features for cars and wants to share it (6:42) AT&T is lying to customers with 5G marketing (11:13) How AT&T predicted new technology 25 years ago and what it expects now (13:46) Toyota reveals finalists in $4 million quest to reinvent wheelchairs (17:31) Weird and Wacky Tech: Fiji water girl: I’ve been photo bombing since I was a kid (19:53) Rolls Royce’s Autonomous ship gives us a peak into the future of sea transport (21:18) Robot delivery dogs deployed by self-driving cars are coming (23:20) Tech Recommendations (25:18): Adam - SpotHero Sanjay - Kill A Watt Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens CES 2019: what to expect from the biggest tech show of the year - The Verge Toyota is developing fighter-jet inspired safety features for cars and wants to share it AT&T is lying to customers with 5G marketing How AT&T predicted new technology 25 years ago and what it expects now Toyota reveals finalists in $4 million quest to reinvent wheelchairs Fiji Water Girl: 'I've been photobombing since I was a kid' Rolls Royce’s Autonomous ship gives us a peak into the future of sea transport
Jan 7, 2019 · 33 min
Episode 65: Welcome to 2019... Sanjay's Still Writing Checks?
In This Episode: Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor (2:36) Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj episode critical of Saudi Arabia government (5:15) Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue (6:50) Bakkt scores $182.5M in funding to drive institutional and merchant adoption in crypto (10:02) Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars (12:44) Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights (15:45) The GPS Wars Have Begun (17:34) Artificial Intelligence Is Starting To Smart (19:53) Wifi 6 Explained (22:49) Weird and Wacky Tech: Hackers use a fake wax hand to fool vein authentication security (24:13) MIT researchers are now 3D printing glass (26:00) Tech Recommendations: (26:54) Adam - Focus Keeper Pomodoro timer Sanjay - MagicMirror.builders Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj episode critical of Saudi Arabia government Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue | TechCrunch Bakkt scores $182.5M in funding to drive institutional and merchant adoption in crypto - The Block Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars - The New York Times Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights - BBC News
Dec 31, 2018 · 17 min
Episode 64: Special Episode: Best of 2018
In this Episode: Mashable's Best Tech of 2018 Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Mashable's Best Tech of 2018 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Dec 24, 2018 · 44 min
Episode 63: All Electric, No Problem
In This Episode: As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants Not just Facebook: Twitter and Snapchat store unposted photos, too, and there's a specific reason Facebook Filed A Patent To Calculate Your Future Location This site will show you the highest-rated movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime How Google Will Destroy Uber Self-driving dirt rally vehicle offers crash course in autonomous car safety Ex-Uber engineer claims to travel 3,099 miles in a self-driving car Ars takes a first tour of the length of The Boring Company’s test tunnel Israeli company claims it has created new technology that can destroy cancerous tumors Robinhood launches checking and savings with an almost unheard-of 3% interest rate TROLL PATROL FINDINGS California Requires New City Buses to Be Electric by 2029 Weird & Wacky Tech: This 13-Year-Old Invented a Genius, Prize-Winning Way to Improve Solar Panel MIT Scientists Have Announced They Can Shrink Objects Down to The Nanoscale Tat tunes? Soundwave tattoos allow people to play songs through app Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody becomes most streamed song from 20th century Tech Recommendations: Sanjay - Price Wise by Firefox Adam - Way Back Machine Shannon - Audacity Ad and Tech Rec theme music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants - The New York Times Not just Facebook: Twitter and Snapchat store unposted photos, too, and there's a specific reason - ABC News Facebook Filed A Patent To Predict Your Location This site will show you the highest-rated movies on Netflix & Amazon Prime Self-driving dirt rally car offers crash course in autonomous safety
Dec 17, 2018 · 15 min
Episode 62: Special Episode: Japanese Kit Kat Tasting
In this special episode, we taste test different flavored Kit Kats from east and west Japan. Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: KITKAT Japan --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Dec 10, 2018 · 41 min
Episode 61: Why are they messing with bikes and scooters?.... Rocket packs!
In this Episode: Wearables get serious about heart rate (2:42) SpaceX reuses Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch record 64 satellites (5:37) Nine Companies will compete to help NASA astronauts return to the moon (7:40) Bitcoin drops 8% to kick off December (8:48)) Microsoft signs $480 million HoloLens contract with U.S. military to 'increase lethality' (10:54) 'We have screwed up': Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (15:05) Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge (17:14) Browser Market Share (18:00) Lyft’s pink-wheeled shareable bikes will be available to rent soon (20:40) Marriott data breach: Class-action suit filed; experts ask why it wasn't caught earlier (23:47) Weird & Wacky Tech (26:31): Tesla "Romance Mode" Will Debut Before Cars Become Fully Self-Driving Wing, Alphabets drone delivery business to begin a pilot in Finland in Spring 2019 Why the “y’all” line divides the US North from South, not East from West Tech Recommendations (34:43): Sanjay - Google Translate Adam - RoboKiller Shannon - 1-800-Contacts Online Eye Exam Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Next episode is the special KitKat episode, order yours here. Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Wearables get serious about heart rate - CNET SpaceX reuses Falcon 9 rocket booster to launch record 64 satellites - Axios Nine companies will compete to help NASA astronauts return to the moon | TechCrunch Bitcoin drops 8% to kick off December Microsoft signs $480 million HoloLens contract with U.S. military to 'increase lethality'
Dec 3, 2018 · 37 min
Episode 60: Spending Bitcoin on an Alexa-Enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass
In this Episode: Ohio becomes first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments (5:40) Google Employees Protest Company Actions…Again (7:24) Apple Confirms T2 Chip Can Brick Macs After Third-Party Repairs (9:50) Supreme Court may let consumers sue Apple over App Store monopoly claims (12:45) Who's Most Valuable? Apple Is Still the Champ Over Microsoft (14:07) LinkedIn cuts off email address exports with new privacy setting (17:17) Toys and apps often track your kids and collect information about them (22:38) USPS exposed data of 60 million users (24:38) The internet is evolving: HTTP will no longer use TCP (25:42) Weird & Wacky Tech: Hospital in China denies links to world’s first gene-edited babies (27:40) You can preorder an Alexa-enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass for $40(29:29) Silentmode’s PowerMask is a $200 connected relaxation mask(30:55) Holy cow! Giant steer 'Knickers' stands head and shoulders over herd (32:03) Tech Recommendations (32:44): Sanjay - Kanguru USB (with physical read/write switch) Adam - Text Expander Shannon - [The Morning Brew](morningbrew.com/?kid=f04b86) Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit PLUS: If you want to eat along to our special Japanese Kit Kat episode, order here. Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Ohio becomes first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments Google Employees Protest Company Actions…Again Apple Confirms T2 Chip Can Brick Macs After Third-Party Repairs Supreme Court may let consumers sue Apple over App Store monopoly claims Who's Most Valuable? Apple Is Still the Champ Ove --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 26, 2018 · 8 min
Episode 59: Adam's Dancing in the Nutcracker & Sanjay's Bringing Us Apple Pie
In this (short) episode, we're sharing our favorite Thanksgiving foods and plans. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 19, 2018 · 39 min
Episode 58: Google is the Long Con
In this Episode: NYC and Arlington Va Win the Contest for Amazon’s Split East Coast Headquarters (2:22) Lime recalls some scooters due to fire concerns (4:02) Disney stock jumps after streaming service news (5:02) Apple’s new T2 security chip will prevent hackers from eavesdropping on your microphone (6:36) Signal's new privacy feature making it tougher to know a sender’s identity (8:56) Alibaba eclipsed Amazon's estimated Prime Day sales in less than 10 minutes (10:04) Prison time, hefty fines for data privacy violations: draft U.S. Senate bill (14:00) Using Wi-Fi to “see” behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought (15:57) Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We Read? (18:23) Weird & Wacky Tech: iPhones are Allergic to Helium (20:10) A Poison-Detecting Watch for Gas and Oil Workers (22:15) Netflix Developed Truly Eye-Opening Technology That Could Change Everything (23:38) Samsung Electronics to release first foldable smartphone in March: sources (26:09) An AI Lie Detector to Start Questioning Travelers in the EU (27:41) Google wants to improve your smart home with iRobot’s room maps (29:20) Tech Recommendations(30:25): Sanjay - Better Tweetdeck Adam - Google Maps Shannon - iOS 12 (12.1) Facetime with up to 32 people Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Report: NYC and Arlington Va Win the Contest for Amazon’s Split East Coast Headquarters Lime recalls some scooters due to fire concerns | TechCrunch Disney stock jumps after streaming service news Apple’s new T2 security chip will prevent hackers from eavesdropping on your microphone | TechCrunch
Nov 12, 2018 · 18 min
Episode 57: Special Edition: Best of Tech Recs
In this episode: Adam's Top 5 Tech Recs Todoist Circle by Disney Google Trips Quik App by Go Pro Ember Sanjay's Top 5 Tech Recs Tablo Signal Private Internet Access Data Blocker Belkin Conserve Power Socket Shannon's Top 3 Tech Recs Seconds Bird Scott's Cheap Flights Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Tech Talk Y'all - Tech Recommendations --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Nov 5, 2018 · 30 min
Episode 56: The J Stands for Pavarotti
In this Episode: IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion (1:45) Google employees will walk out on Thursday to protest company’s handling of sexual misconduct (3:40) Bitcoin may cause catastrophic climate change by 2033, study warns (4:32) Fortnite Creator Epic Games Valued at Nearly $15 Billion (6:52) Coinbase raises Series E to accelerate adoption of cryptocurrencies (7:58) We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook approved all of them (10:17) Will Google’s homepage news feed repeat Facebook’s mistakes? (12:42) Uber introduces an Amazon Prime-style monthly subscription service (14:07) Weird & Wacky Tech: Musk Keeps Testing the Limits That the SEC Put on His Tweeting (16:32) Google AI Listens to 15-years of sea bottom data for Whale songs (18:28) Yes, we flew to Japan to watch someone pour liquid nitrogen on custom Kit Kats (20:19) Tech Recommendations (23:50) Sanjay - Georgia Votes Adam - [Waze (ft. new audio player)](ttps://www.engadget.com/2018/10/29/waze-beta-audio-player/) Shannon - TweetDeck Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion | Reuters Google employees will walk out on Thursday to protest company’s handling of sexual misconduct Bitcoin may cause catastrophic climate change by 2033, study warns — Bitcoin may cause catastrophic climate change by 2033, study warns Fortnite's Epic Games Now Valued At $15 Billion | Fortnite INTEL Coinbase raises Series E round of financin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Oct 29, 2018 · 36 min
Episode 55: Facebook Loses Monthly Snickers Budget
In this Episode: Facebook investors co-sign plan to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman (1:34) Facebook gets maximum fine for the catastrophic Cambridge Analytica data breach (2:25) It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads (3:45) Apple launched a new privacy website that lets you find all the data the company has on you (6:50) How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ (7:28) Netflix is fueling its ballooning cash burn with $2 billion in new debt (9:25) MoviePass' parent doesn't want it anymore (13:18) YouTube CEO urges creators to protest EU copyright rule (15:40) Musk to buy $20 million in Tesla stock (17:04) Copyright Office Ruling Imposes Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms (18:26) Orkney islands could get first electric plane service (21:00) Weird & Wacky Tech: Banksy says self-destructing painting didn't go as planned (21:54) This Weirdly Geometric Iceberg Is Freaking Us Out (24:33) World’s Longest Sea Bridge Brings China Closer to Hong Kong (24:50) An oil spill you've never heard of could become one of the biggest environmental disasters in the US (26:05) Hubble Telescope’s Broken Gyroscope Seemingly Fixed After Engineers Try Turning It Off and On Again (27:34) Tech Recommendations (30:10): Sanjay - Life360 Adam - Liftmaster Garage Door Shannon - Google Voice Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: Facebook investors co-sign plan to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman - Business Insider Facebook gets maximum fine for the catastrophic Cambridge Analytica data breach It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads Apple launched a new privacy website that lets you fin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Oct 22, 2018 · 37 min
Episode 54: The Only Thing Scarier Than Terminator Robots....
In This Episode: Paul Allen, Co-founder Of Microsoft, Is Dead At 65 (2:00) Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression Pact (3:23) Pro-privacy search engine DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year (5:05) Secret SEC investigation into ICOs puts startups at risk (9:45) Governments Tell Google's Nest To Hand Over Data 300 Times (12:29) Palm returns as an ‘ultra-mobile’ smartphone (16:00) Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing them with robots (19:19) Weird and Wacky Tech: Parkour Atlas (21:45) Scientists built a terrifying robot snake that can climb ladders (23:40) Banksy Shows How he Fitted a Shredder Into a Frame for Famed Art Stunt (24:50) Moonmoons (Moons That Orbit Other Moons) Could Exist, Scientists Say (27:50) Tech Recommendations (28:32): Sanjay - [ballotpedia.org](ballotpedia.org) Adam - isidewith.com/ Shannon [vote.org](vote.org) Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Links: Paul Allen, Co-founder Of Microsoft, Is Dead At 65 Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network Community Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression Pact - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy Pro-privacy search engine DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year | TechCrunch Secret SEC investigation into ICOs puts startups at risk - Decrypt Media Smart Home Surveillance: Governments Tell Google's Nest To Hand Over Data 300 Times
Oct 15, 2018 · 34 min
Episode 53: There's Nothing Faster.... Except Light
In This Episode: No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data (2:34) Pushing the limits of streaming technology (4:13) Wealthy Americans have stepped up investment in New Zealand (6:12) New Zealand fines travelers who won’t unlock secure devices (8:30) In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls (11:34) Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Could Increase Computer Speed, Memory (13:45) Bulletproof privacy makes price of iPhone worth it (16:54) Apple is using proprietary software to lock MacBook Pros and iMac Pros from third-party repairs (18:03) Weird & Wacky Tech: Police Use Fitbit Data to Charge 90-Year-Old Man in Stepdaughter’s Killing (21:29) There are now vending machines in London that dry-clean your laundry (25:17) Tech Recommendations: Sanjay - BlackVue Dashcam Adam - Voice to Text Shannon - Google Fonts Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit Sponsored By: Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating. Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! Links: No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data Pushing the limits of streaming technology The Super Rich of Silicon Valley Have a Doomsday Escape Plan New Zealand fines travelers who won’t unlock secure devices Exclusive: In test case, U.S. fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls - sources Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Could Increase Computer Speed, Memory