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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Jul 10, 2017 · 28 min
Episode 12: Uber Tipping Drones Fight Bluetooth Fidget Spinners While Google Buys AI
In this episode we talk about: Uber Driver Tipping This startup helps Uber drivers make extra cash by selling random stuff in their cars Drone fight club pits two quadcopters against one another for aerial supremacy Now there's a Bluetooth fidget spinner so you can keep track of all your sick combos Google's AI investment fund. It's betting on an app store for algorithms Google To Stop Scanning Inboxes Not a minimalist? Startups will gladly store, manage and deliver your items Two fantastic App recommendations! Special Guest: Kashi Sehgal. Links: Google Will Stop Reading Your Email to Target Ads You can now tip your Uber driver in the app - The Verge This startup helps Uber drivers make extra cash by selling random stuff in their cars Drone fight club pits two quadcopters against one another for aerial supremacy Now there's a Bluetooth fidget spinner so you can keep track of all your sick combos - The Verge Google Unveils an AI Investment Fund. It's Betting on an App Store for Algorithms. | WIRED Crunch Report | Google To Stop Scanning Inboxes | TechCrunch Not a minimalist? Startups will gladly store, manage and deliver your items | TechCrunch Trim: An Assistant That Saves You Money Google Trips --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Jun 26, 2017 · 47 min
Episode 11: Bitcoin Fusion Robots use Firefox for Typing Fired Letters to Facebook
In this episode we talk about: China trying out crypto-currency in mock transactions NASA funding experimental fusion rocket technology A robot that is going to try to "guard" the Georgia Aquarium Firefox now does real multi-threading - which is a great thing Microsoft releases a new keyboard which looks a lot like their other keyboards - mostly Uber is now CEO-less MailChimp gets going on breaking out of the online inbox and into the real-world mailbox Facebook tries to go telepathic as they pursue their new mission of bringing the world closer together And three (!) app recommendations. Special Guest: Kashi Sehgal. 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: China’s Central Bank Has Begun Cautiously Testing a Digital Currency NASA-Funded Startup to Build Fusion-Powered Rockets Robot security guard: first Atlanta job is at Georgia Aquarium Firefox 54 Finally Supports Multithreading, May Beat Chrome on RAM Microsoft’s new Modern Keyboard has a hidden fingerprint reader Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. More than 1,000 Uber employees ask for Travis Kalanick to return - Axios MailChimp Wants To Solve Every Small-Biz Marketing Challenge (Even Snail Mail) How Facebook's Telepathic Texting Is Supposed to Work
Jun 12, 2017 · 32 min
Episode 10: Camera Card Phones See Driving Spying Furniture Zombies
In this episode we talk about: AI that makes your camera do all the things you can't make it do A dynamic card to rule all your credit cards, etc. A phone that is only a phone A phone that is the next generation of phone Warby Parker lays out the facts on Adam Apple moves to make you safer while driving Your color printer is talking about you Blood is flying through the sky And two app recommendations. A big thanks to Lee Al-Taquan for the new intro and outro music. Find out more about him at al-taquan.com. 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: Arsenal, the intelligent camera assistant by Ryan Stout — Kickstarter Fuze Card, all-in-one smart card The Light Phone Android creator Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone looks stunning and will cost $699 | TechCrunch iOS 11 adds 'Do Not Disturb while driving' to mute notifications on the go This Secret Printer Code Could Have ID-ed Reality Winner I would spend $10K to furnish my apartment with MIT’s robot furniture Blood from the Sky: Zipline’s Ambitious Medical Drone Delivery in Africa Free Small Business Software - Invoicing Accounting Software from Wave plus Credit Card Processing and Payroll
May 29, 2017 · 31 min
Episode 9: Omni Vault Secret Lottery Retirement Eyes Parking Productivity
In this episode we talk about: Tires that make parking a joy Doomsday vaults that fail before doomsday events Senators can now Signal it up Save money and play a lottery for free, kind of Diversify your retirement investments with Bitcoins - not for the faint of heart Check your eyesight at home with Warby Parker Reserve a parking spot for yourself with Park Mobile And a discussion of productivity apps that you should try. 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: Fear not, these omnidirectional tires will parallel park for you Norway's 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Flooded by Melting Permafrost In encryption push, Senate staff can now use Signal for secure messaging Long Game raises $6.6 million for a savings account that doubles as a lottery ticket | TechCrunch Is bitcoin a good idea for retirement savings accounts like an IRA or 401(k)? — Quartz Warby Parker has an app that checks your eyes at home With Reservations Rollout, Parkmobile Looks Toward Parking Domination - Hypepotamus To do list and task manager. Free, easy, online and mobile: Todoist Basecamp: Project Management & Team Communication Software Teamwork.com - Project Management, Help Desk & Chat Software Use Asana to track your team’s work & manage projects · Asana Boards | Trello Learn how IFTTT works - IFTTT
May 15, 2017 · 37 min
Episode 8: Cannibals Compromise Privacy Investments in Blue Bashing Lanterns
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: Atlanta I-85 bridge: Freeway set to reopen by May 15 Soylent Closes $50 Million round of funding Soylent Green (1973) Major Intel Security Flaw Is More Serious Than First Thought How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new Echo Bash on Windows 10 goes beyond Ubuntu and gets support for Fedora and SuSE, too This Scientist Discovered A New Blue–And Now Crayola Is Making It Into A Crayon Lighthouse tells you what happens in your home when you’re not there | TechCrunch Canary - A complete security system in a single device. Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards RainMachine - Forecast Smart WiFi Irrigation Controllers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
May 1, 2017 · 31 min
Episode 7: Drinking Bags of Juice with Square Engineers in Apple's Self Driving Lexus
In this episode we talk about: Delta offering a lot of money for you to give up your seat Disney's room filling power that auto charges phones Samsung Galaxy S8 Square getting Yik Yaks engineers Apple's self-driving cars Plastc got $9 million and vanished Edible water blob A $400 wifi enables juicer that squeezes bags of juice Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire. 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: Airline overbookings: Delta can now offer up to $9,950 to volunteers Disney reveals room-filling, wireless-charging breakthrough Samsung Galaxy S8 review: The best phone ever made, only smaller | PCWorld Galaxy S8+ review: The future of Android is now | Greenbot Square reportedly paid less than $3 million for Yik Yak's engineers | VentureBeat | Commerce | by Ken Yeung Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs as sales slump - Apr. 25, 2017 Plastc swiped $9 million from backers and just completely vanished - The Verge Check Out the Lexus That Apple's Using to Test Self-Driving Car Technology - Bloomberg I Just Love This Juicero Story So Much This Blob Is An Edible Water Bottle, And It Could Change Everything AI personal assistant who schedules meetings for you | x.ai
Apr 17, 2017 · 35 min
Episode 6: Bots Scream while Driving Internet Water Whoppers to Television Safety (aka Return of the Jedi)
In this episode we talk about: The impending bot army invasion Thrill rides that make sure you get scared How to get in and out of SunTrust park quickly Pressuring countries to stop shutting off the Internet Getting water from the air Burger King hacking your home Live TV streaming over the Internet We wrap up with some tech recommendations. 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: The bot invasion is on, powered by $24B in funding What happened when a professor built a chatbot to be his teaching assistant Guy builds a thrill ride that spins faster if you aren't scared enough Burger King’s new ad forces Google Home to advertise the Whopper Amazon’s Alexa started ordering people dollhouses after hearing its name on TV - The Verge 3 things to know about getting to SunTrust Park No more IP addresses for countries that shut down internet access Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sun Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99 per month, sources say | TechCrunch Anonymous VPN Service From The Leaders | Private Internet Access Dark Sky --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Apr 3, 2017 · 40 min
Episode 5: Awarded Farmers Lose Password Privacy to Psychos Drinking Coffee Noisly (aka The Empire Strikes Back)
In this episode we talk about: Mark DiCristina at MailChimp scoring an award Farmers hacking their tractors LastPass (possibly) losing control of your passwords Congress voting to allow ISPs to sell your data without your consent CES gadgets that Adam now pines for Octane Coffee has been bought And why you can't sleep at night We wrap up with some app recommendations. For this episode we're joined by our in-studio guest Jeff Hilimire. Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire. 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: Mark DiCristina named to Ad Age's 2017 40 Under 40 Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware LastPass password manager fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, Edge extensions LastPass is scrambling to fix another serious vulnerability Senate votes to kill FCC's broadband privacy rules For sale: Your private browsing history Congress has sold off your privacy—and U.S. security --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Mar 20, 2017 · 33 min
Episode 4: Internet Typos from Unicorns who Spy on Cargo Ships from Austin aka A New Hope
NOTE: The first story in this podcast makes fleeting mentions of things that aren't necessarily appropriate for children. Use your own discretion. In this episode we talk about: Georgia HB 509 taking down the Internet with a typo how startup unicorns are delaying or avoiding going public how the CIA is spying on you with your TV how a shipping company is increasing security and reliability while reducing cost with blockchain and the new way to get a (not always cheap) ride around Austin We wrap up with a couple of app recommendations. 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: Tech Talk Y'all Episode Announcement List HB 509 2017-2018 Regular Session Electonic Frontier Foundation event @ Prototype Prime on Georgia HB 509 Amazon Finds the Cause of Its AWS Outage: A Typo Airbnb Closes $1 Billion Round To Keep Delaying IPO Stationary Bike Startup Peloton Seeks Unicorn Valuation - Bloomberg WikiLeaks’ CIA document dump shows agency can compromise Android and smart TVs The World’s Largest Shipping Company Trials Blockchain to Track Cargo Hailing a Different Ride in Austin - MIT Technology Review To do list and task m --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Mar 6, 2017 · 32 min
Episode 3: Autonomous (Uber) Underwater Fake Planets
Four(ish) stories (and a couple of tech product/service recommendations) for your listening pleasure. We cover autonomous big rigs (and why Sanjay has dumped Uber), underwater data centers, the house of cards of a startup, and the location of the impending intergalactic alien invasion. 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: Embark’s self-driving truck is ready to assist human drivers | TechCrunch Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler Want an Energy-Efficient Data Center? Build It Underwater - IEEE Spectrum Theranos: The House of Cards That Elizabeth Holmes Built Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star - CNN.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Feb 21, 2017 · 29 min
Episode 2: February 21, 2017
MailChimp and Home Depot earn spots in Fast Company's list of most innovative companies Greenlight helps control your kid's (or maybe your spouse's!) spending - greenlightcard.com A hardware level chip flaw leaves us all vulnerable to hacks - wired.com The Braves have partnered with Waze and Uber to make traffic easier to manage - bravesupdate.com Weekly (maybe?) rant App recommendations 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message
Feb 7, 2017 · 22 min
Episode 1: The beginning (kind of)...
Prototype Prime - http://www.prototypeprime.com EFF event registration - http://bit.ly/2jYZ5xL Snap is going public Engage.vc Superbowl (if you stopped watching at half-time, we were totally right in our prediction) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message