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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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  • 27 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 35 min
  • English
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  • #417
    April 2 · 35 min

    Manuals Are for Bots and We're Not Sorry

    Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: AI Models & Big Money Anthropic Is Testing 'Mythos,' Its Most Powerful AI Model Yet Anthropic Leaked 500,000 Lines of Its Own Source Code OpenAI Raises Record $122B at $852B Valuation Google Employees Have a New AI Tool Called 'Agent Smith' Meta Is Running Intensive AI Training Weeks for Employees AI Policy & National Security Trump Administration Unveils National AI Policy Framework Super Micro Computer Co-Founder Charged With Diverting $2.5B in Nvidia AI Chips to China Philadelphia Courts Will Ban All Smart Eyeglasses AI and Bots Have Officially Taken Over the Internet Tech & Innovation Fannie Mae to Accept Crypto-Backed Mortgages for the First Time Order Sunlight Whenever and Wherever You Want on Demand Humanoid Robotics Maker Sunday Reaches $1.15B Valuation Weird and Wacky A Man Used AI to Call 3,000 Irish Bartenders to Track the Cost of Guinness YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and Hilariously Large Sword High-Tech Olaf Animatronic Collapses Mid-Performance at Disneyland Paris April Fool's 2026: The Most Ridiculous Tech Pranks of the Year Tech Rec: Sanjay - Parachord Adam - CoPilot budgeting app

  • #416
    March 27 · 29 min

    Laser Beams to the Face

    Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: PRODUCTS AND PLATFORMS OpenAI Is Shutting Down Its Sora Video App Just Months After Launch New Ways to Create Faster with Gemini in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive Mozilla to Launch Free Built-In VPN in Upcoming Firefox 149 BUSINESS AND MARKETS SpaceX to File for US IPO as Soon as This Week Claude AI Maker Anthropic Said to Weigh IPO as Soon as October Google AI Breakthrough TurboQuant Is Pressuring Memory Chip Stocks TECH IN THE COURTROOM Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Judge Dismisses X Corp Lawsuit Accusing Advertisers of Illegal Boycott NEXT-GEN ENERGY Is DC Power the Future of AI Data Centers? Sodium-Ion EV Battery Delivers 11-Minute Charging and 450 km Range WEIRD AND WACKY 'StravaLeaks': France's Aircraft Carrier Located in Real Time by Fitness App Meta Buys Moltbook, a 'Social Media Network for AI' Tech Rec: Sanjay - Unfolded Circle Remote 3 Adam - Claude Code to build apps Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

  • #415
    March 21 · 45 min

    Claude Did It in 20 Minutes, Grammarly Did It Without Permission

    In this episode: AI, Military & Politics US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump calling Anthropic a 'Radical Left AI company' — The Guardian Hundreds of Google and OpenAI employees sign open letter urging limits on military AI — TechRadar ChatGPT Uninstalls Surge 295% After OpenAI Accepts Pentagon Contract — eWeek AI Industry & Workforce Block CFO confirms AI caused mass layoffs: What to know — Yahoo Finance Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: Software industry is going to radically expand in capability and scale — CNBC Sam Altman says AI isn't very popular in the US right now — Business Insider Musk's latest interview: AI has entered a self-evolutionary cycle — MEXC Netflix is buying Ben Affleck's AI startup — The Verge Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in 'As Deep as the Grave' — Variety Venture dollars to female founders doubled to a record $73 billion — Fortune Privacy, Ethics & Trust Grammarly is using our identities without permission — The Verge Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission — The Verge AI error jails innocent grandmother for months in North Dakota fraud case — Grand Forks Herald Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom — Ars Technica FBI Is Buying Data to Track People — Politico Tech & Products Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 is designed to hold up to years of drops, debuts on Razr Fold — 9to5Google Apple launches $599 MacBook Neo powered by an iPhone chip — The Verge Anthropic's Claude AI can respond with charts, diagrams, and other visuals — The Verge Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bots — The Verge Digg — Thanks for being part of our beta. Stay tuned for what comes next. — Digg NASA's DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun — NASA Weird & Wacky Germany Built AI-Powered Cyborg Cockroaches and NATO Is Testing Them — TechNow DJI will pay $30K to the man who accidentally hacked 7,000 Romo robots — The Verge How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world — MIT Technology Review Superheat — Redefining Energy Infrastructure — Superheat United Airlines can permanently ban passengers who don't wear headphones — The Verge Tech Rec: Sanjay - DoNotNotify Adam - Claude Cowork Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

  • #414
    March 5 · 36 min

    AI Builders, Battery Breakthroughs, and the Death of SaaS

    Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Several Meta employees have started calling themselves 'AI builders' Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users, researcher claims Forget solid-state batteries – researchers have made a lithium-ion breakthrough that could boost range and drastically lower costs Uber acquiring parking app SpotHero as it moves beyond ride-hailing and food delivery How a doomsday AI blog post wiped out billions This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby Hands on: I’m super impressed with the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s new Privacy Display Tesla touts California robotaxis but does nothing to get permits FedEx will refund customers for Trump’s tariffs — if there ever are any refunds Android’s Find Hub adds iPhone-like luggage tracking links Another Oracle outage is messing up US TikTok Tech Rec: Sanjay - TogetherLetters Adam - Wisper Flow Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

  • #413
    February 20 · 27 min

    No Calories in Tiny Reese’s Cups

    Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more OpenClaw founder Steinberger joins OpenAI, open-source bot becomes foundation Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute 'If someone can inject instructions or spurious facts into your AI’s memory, they gain persistent influence over your future interactions': Microsoft warns AI recommendations are being "poisoned" to serve up malicious results New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles Weird and Wacky: This 14-Year-Old Is Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy Kévin: "Q: I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud Tech Rec: Sanjay - Nextmug Plus Adam - https://eventpromokit.enablegood.io/ Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

  • #412
    February 14 · 31 min

    You DoorDashed the Door

    Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Amazon Ring’s lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance How did the FBI get Nancy Guthrie's Google Nest camera footage if it was disabled — and what does it mean for your privacy? Ring and Flock Safety cancel partnership amidst surveillance criticism Waymo admits that its autopilot is often just guys from the Philippines Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars Amazon delivery drone strikes North Texas apartment, causing minor damage Google is expanding AirDrop support to more Android devices ‘very soon’ Google says attackers used 100,000+ prompts to try to clone AI chatbot Gemini It took two years, but Google released a YouTube app on Vision Pro Anthropic raises another $30B in Series G, with a new value of $380B Weird and Wacky: Watch: YouTuber-built ‘world’s most efficient’ drone flies for 3.5 hours straight The Most Expensive Party Balloon in History For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer Tech Rec: Sanjay - Pdfwithlove Adam - Anker USB C Charger with Foldable Plug, 20W USB C Charger Block Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

  • #411
    February 6 · 30 min

    The 411 on 411 (and Why We Miss It)

    Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Ikea’s next cheap Bluetooth speaker is a playful purple mouse How does Lemonade Autonomous Car insurance work? Elon Musk's SpaceX to merge with xAI Musk's SpaceX and xAI merge to make world's most valuable private company China bans all retractable car door handles, starting next year Revolutionary Cryogenic Coolant Uses Abundant Elements, Eliminates Need for Rare-Earths in MRI and Quantum Cooling Meta Quest 3 Gets A Futuristic New Feature Spotify Just Added Three New Lyrics Features, Including One I've Been Dying For Weird and Wacky: NASA will finally allow astronauts to bring their iPhones to space Tech Rec: Sanjay - Grayl Adam - Reading Refresh Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media

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