Tech Talk Y'all

Episode 80: Facebook's Gonna Steal Your Grandpa's Pocket Watch

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In this Episode:

  • Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million people's email contacts (1:13)
  • Stratolaunch First Flight Video / World’s biggest airplane takes flight for the first time ever (3:20)
  • We've been warned about AI and music for over 50 years (4:32)
  • Verizon will now charge more money for in-store activations (6:43)
  • Mutiny at HQ Trivia fails to oust CEO (10:35)
  • Digital scan of Notre Dame offers hope for its restoration (14:28)
  • Some Galaxy Fold review phones are breaking after a couple days of use (16:07)
  • Blockchain has been unblocked, unchained and broken (19:27)
  • A government department has shared the contact details of hundreds of journalists (21:52)

    • Weird and Wacky Tech (22:40):

    • Unnerving Footage Shows Boston Dynamics' Robot Dogs Casually Pulling a Truck
    • Instagram Memers Are Unionizing
    • Man receives prison sentence for shooting at fireflies he thought were ‘alien lasers’

      • Tech Recommendations (27:27):

      • Sanjay - Blue Air 211+ Air Purifier
      • Adam - AAA App

        • Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

        Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

        Links:

        • Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million people's email contacts without their consent
        • Stratolaunch First Flight Video, Images
        • WE’VE BEEN WARNED ABOUT AI AND MUSIC FOR OVER 50 YEARS, BUT NO ONE’S PREPARED
        • Verizon will now charge more money for in-store activations of new phones
        • Mutiny at HQ Trivia fails to oust CEO | TechCrunch
        • This digital scan of Notre Dame offers hope for its restoration after the fire - MIT Technology Review
        • Some Galaxy Fold review phones are breaking after a couple days of use
        • Samsung responds to reviewer complaints about its Galaxy Fold phone | TechCrunch
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        Tech Talk Y'allBy Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker