Tech Talk Y'all

Episode 19: Postal Gigs Amazon Forest Chat Corner Spies Default

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In this episode we talk about:

  • The US Postal Service employing autonomous vehicles
  • How you can help make detailed 3D driving maps and get paid
  • Amazon launching a delivery service, delivering to your trunk or in your house, and trying to get the .amazon top-level-domain
  • AOL Instant Messenger is shutting down
  • Researchers have figured out a way to see around corners
  • Israel figured out that U.S. secrets were being leaked to the Russians via Kaspersky
  • An Australia defense contractor lost 30 gigs of classified defense data because they didn't cahnge the default password on their router

    • Two fantastic tech recommendations!

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    Links:

    • The US Postal Service Is Working on Self-Driving Mail Trucks
    • Your Next Gig: Map the Streets For Self-Driving Cars
    • Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS - Bloomberg
    • Amazon is in talks with Phrame and is working on a smart doorbell
    • The Case of .Amazon and What It Means For ICANN
    • AIM will be discontinued on December 15, 2017 - AOL Help
    • An algorithm for your blind spot
    • How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets
    • Sensitive data stolen in Australia defence hack, China hand suspected
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    Tech Talk Y'allBy Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker