Tech Talk Y'all

Episode 89: Never Let the Internet Name Anything

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In this Episode:

  • Shock Samsung Confession Risks Galaxy Smartphone Cancellation (1:48)
  • Spies may have used an AI-generated face to infiltrate US politics (3:50)
  • “Amazon’s Choice” Does Not Necessarily Mean A Product Is Good (6:30)
  • Hackers, farmers, and doctors unite! Support for Right to Repair laws slowly grows (8:10)
  • Samsung Deletes Tweet Warning Users to Virus-Scan Their Smart TVs (10:22)
  • How to replace Google’s Trips app (13:40)
  • Google turns to retro cryptography to keep data sets private (16:10)
  • Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users (18:10)

    • Weird and Wacky (20:05):

    • Boaty McBoatface mission gives new insight into warming ocean abyss
    • The flying saddle: Would you give it a try?
    • Genius hid a Morse code message in song lyrics to prove Google was copying them
    • Lyrics Site Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content

      • Tech Recs (24:57)

      Adam - Skitch
      Sanjay - https://catalogchoice.org/

      Links:

      • Shock Samsung Confession Risks Galaxy Smartphone Cancellation
      • Spies may have used an AI-generated face to infiltrate US politics
      • “Amazon’s Choice” Recommends Some Obviously Crappy Products. Blame The Algorithm.
      • Hackers, farmers, and doctors unite! Support for Right to Repair laws slowly grows | Ars Technica
      • Samsung Deletes Tweet Warning Users to Virus-Scan Their Smart TVs
      • How to replace Google’s Trips app - The Verge
      • Google Turns to Retro Cryptography to Keep Datasets Private
      • Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users | ZDNet
      • Boaty McBoatface mission gives new insight into warming ocean abyss -- ScienceDaily
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      Tech Talk Y'allBy Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker