Future Jam

Join the jam this week as they talk about China's new video game restrictions, Amazon sues their competition, new Ai recycling methods, robotaxis, shady bait and switch tactics and so much more!

• China steps in to regulate brutal '996' work culture. Link

Dumb Tech of the Week

• The Windows 11 upgrade situation just got less and more confusing. Link
• Samsung Is the Latest SSD Manufacturer Caught Cheating Its Customers. Link
• Amazon asked FCC to reject Starlink plan because it can't compete, SpaceX says. Link

Tech News Bytes

• Online Trolls Actually Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds. Link
• Google's New AI Photo Upscaling Tech is Jaw-Dropping. Link
• #AppleToo receives nearly 500 stories of workplace issues in four days. Link
• 'The future of recycling': Rumpke is using AI-based sorting robots at its St. Bernard facility. Link
• China further slashes kids' gaming time to just three hours a week. Link
• Here's the robotaxi that will be available on the Lyft app in 2023. Link
• South Korea will force Google and Apple to allow third-party payments. Link
• Apple says Arizona and Georgia will be first to add state IDs to iPhones. Link

Pat, a teacher, joins us to discuss back to school tech, the hyperloop, Tesla bot, a new insulin delivery device, Amazon's new department stores, and you can take a quiz with us!

Sh%T that will Never Happen

• Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots- Link

Tech News Bytes

• Amazon is reportedly planning to open mini department stores- Link
• OnlyFans bans 'sexually explicit conduct,' but nudity is still okay- Link
• Facebook is testing Reels in News Feed and Groups in the US- Link
• This ingestible robot delivers insulin to your body without external needles- Link
• Virgin Hyperloop unveils new pod concept video- Link
• Panasonic's wearable speaker will literally blow your mind if I'm seeing this image right- Link

Tech RIP

• Google is shutting down the Android Auto phone app- Link

Back to School Tech Discussion

Quiz Show

This weeks Jam: a new daytime drive-in theater, the largest new autonomous vehicle network in America, T-Mobile has multiple mishaps, 3D printing houses out of moon rocks, batteries powered by sweat and so much more.

Dumb Tech of the Week- Double whammy edition

• T-Mobile apparently lied to government to get Sprint merger approval, ruling says- Link
• T-Mobile confirms data breach affects over 47 million people- Link

Weekly Discussion

• The future of digital payments- Link/Link

Tech News Bytes

• Wendy's plans 700 kitchens expressly for food delivery apps- Link
• It Sounds Like Google's Find My Network for Android Will Work Just Like Apple's- Link
• Samsung Display Announces Polarizer-less OLED With 25% Less Power Used- Link
• NASA's latest space station cargo includes a 3D printing system for lunar soil- Link
• Nation's largest fleet of autonomous vehicles launches in Golden, Colorado- Link
• Tesla Autopilot: US opens official investigation into self-driving tech- Link
• Your next smartwatch could be powered by SWEAT- Link
• Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Does Gymnastics?- Link
• Loco Drive-In, the country's first daytime drive-in movie theater- Link

Resurrected Tech

• Local and anonymous social media app Yik Yak is back- Link

This week: Fake prototype trucks designed to scam investors, the death of FandangoNow, pay cuts for work from home jobs, companies force you to put a camera in your bedroom, and so much more.

Dumb Tech of the Week

• Nikola electric-truck prototypes were faked and it's founder is Currently under Investigation- Link

Discussion of the Week

• Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance- Link

Tech News Bytes

• Apple announces new iPhone features to detect child sex abuse- Link
• Here's everything Samsung announced at its August Unpacked event- Link
• AirPods will link with an Apple ID in iOS 15 to enable Find My support- Link
• TikTok limits the visibility of teens' videos amid safety push- Link
• A Powerful New Deepfake Tool Has Digitally Undressed Thousands Of Women- Link
• Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money- Link
• UN report says most climate change effects are 'unprecedented' and 'irreversible'- Link
• Pepsi, Boston Beer team up to deliver boozy Mountain Dew- Link

Tech RIP

• Vudu and FandangoNow merge into a single streaming service- Link

Story Update

• Tesla quietly delays Cybertruck to 2022- Link

Tesla extends an olive branch to the electric vehicle industry, robots that are designed to make three point shots, wirelessly charging a car while it drives, Alexa gets a male counterpart, intel builds chips for its competitors, and our ever changing viewing habits!

Weird Tech of the Week

• A weird new basketball playing robot: Link Link
• Watch Cassie the bipedal robot run a 5K: Link

Tech News Bytes

• Elon Musk says Tesla will open its Superchargers to other EVs this year: Link
• Researchers are testing concrete that could charge your EV while you drive: Link
• Alexa finally gets a new name and voice:
• Intel will make Qualcomm chips in new foundry deal: Link
• Netflix is reportedly developing a live-action Pokémon series: Link
• Lucasfilm hires YouTuber who used deepfake to improve 'The Mandalorian: Link

Summer Series- Has Covid changed our viewing habits?

• The Audience For Almost Everything has Evaporated: Link

This week's Jam: how the Steam Deck could become a sleeper hit, Windows is now in the cloud, drone pilots rescue lost dogs, and the ongoing chip shortage.

Dumb Tech of the Week

• Facebook Messenger's new sound emoji let you hear Fast and Furious quotes in your chats: Link
• Bird is adding a puzzle to its electric scooters to keep drunk riders off: Link
• A robot collision sparked a fire at the UK's top online grocer: Link

Discussion topic

• Job-Hunters, Have You Posted Your Résumé on TikTok? Link

Tech News Bytes

• Valve Announces the Steam Deck, a $400 Handheld Gaming PC: Link
• Microsoft unveils Windows 365, a Windows 10 PC in the cloud: Link
• English drone pilot flies heart-driven missions reuniting lost dogs with owners: Link
• TurboTax parent company Intuit is exiting the IRS Free File Program: Link
• Tesla has Powerwall backlog of 80,000 orders worth over $500 million: Link

Summer Series: the Chip Shortage

• Chip Shortage Will Continue To Stymie Muscular Auto Recovery, While Supply Gap Inspires New Ideas: Link
• How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts: Link

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This week's Jam: how Apple set a new bar for privacy, the future of telehealth post Covid, California will allow mining Lithium in a waste of a space, the danger of wet-bulb temps and the final fleet!

Links

Dumb Criminal's Using Tech of the Week

• The FBI's phone for criminals included a custom version of Android- Link

News Story Discussion

• Apple and Google Crowd out the Competition with Default Apps- Link

Tech News Bytes

• Marvel says Black Widow made $60 million on Disney Plus Premier Access alone- Link
• YouTube's TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts is rolling out globally- Link
• Apple's iPhone is so good at protecting privacy, advertisers are giving up and switching to Android- Link
• Apple is reportedly working on a pay later feature for Apple Pay- Link
• Biden's wide-ranging executive order covers Big Tech, net neutrality and more- Link
• Scientists Studying Temperature at Which Humans Spontaneously Die With Increasing Urgency- Link
• Are electric bikes cheating?- Link
• An Incredibly Toxic Lake Will Become One of the US's First Lithium Mines- Link
• Cheaper than Uber': Chicago taxi business revamped with new app 'Curb'- Link
• MAC AND CHEESE ICE CREAM? KRAFT, VAN LEEUWEN DEBUTS ULTIMATE SUMMER COMFORT TREAT- Link

Summer Series: Telehealth

• Telehealth: A quarter-trillion-dollar post-COVID-19 reality?
• These Four Telehealth Changes Should Stay, Even After the Pandemic

TECH RIP

• Twitter is killing Fleets- Link

Dumb Tech of the Week

• Facebook test warns users who may have seen 'harmful extremist content'.

Dumb Man in Tech

• TEAM TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA SITE HACKED AND FLOODED WITH SONIC THE HEDGEHOG PORN HOURS AFTER GOING LIVE
• Trump says he will sue social media giants over 'censorship'

New Car Buying Concept

• Lynk & Co (Volvo) Will Make You Rethink Outdated Ideas of Car Ownership

Tech News Bytes

• Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) Announced, Out in October
• 130 nations agree to support U.S. proposal for global minimum tax on corporations
• Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract that Amazon and Microsoft were fighting over
• Bird plans a pilot program for electric wheelchair and mobility scooter rentals in NYC this summer
• TikTok increasing video length from one to three minutes
• Amazon kicks yet another budget electronics brand off the store
• Airbnb has blocked nearly 20,000 bookings across 7 US cities as part of its 'party house' ban, with almost one quarter in Phoenix
• Watch what you like on streaming, assuming you can find it
• Could Pfizer and Moderna Now Face Their Second-Worst Scenario?

Summer Series

6 ways the coronavirus pandemic has forever altered the retail landscape

1. Touch-free shopping
2. Acceleration of e-commerce
3. The rise of the 'everything store'
4. Sharp split between big spenders and penny pinchers
5. Another blow for malls, department stores
6. Casualization of clothing

Dumb Tech of the Week

• Listen to Spotify on this nostalgic iPod-style web music player
• Verizon seems to be making its own Alexa-based smart display
• Amazon is reportedly using algorithms to fire Flex delivery drivers

Windows 11 Announced!

• Big Design Changes
• New Redesigned App Store...Finally
• Android apps are coming to the Windows Store!
• What needs to be sorted out and what's confusing

Tech News Bytes

• Google's new support website will help you locate local US food banks
• Google launches a new medical app—outside the United States
• Experimental device could treat ear infections using jets of plasma (newatlas.com)
• Tesla unveils its new supercomputer (5th most powerful in the world) to train self-driving AI
• Russian Scientists Bring 24,000-Year-Old Zombies Back to Life
• Study nixes life in clouds of Venus, but maybe in Jupiter's?

Twitter Poll of the Week

• China Just Announced That It's Sending the First Humans to Mars

Summer series

• Automation from farm to table: Technology's impact on the food industry

Tech Rasputin (Tech RIP)

• Robocalls are out of control. But that could change NOW!

Follow-up Story

• Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming service is now available on iOS devices

Our brief list of "must have" summer gadgets and gizmos plus a few duds to steer clear from. We also give some quick recommendations for your summer trip. Finally, stick around for some bonus shenanigans to close things out.