Tech Talk Y'all

Episode 60: Spending Bitcoin on an Alexa-Enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass

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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)

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        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
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        Tech Talk Y'allBy Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker