Future Jam

We are back from a week off and we are playing a little bit of catch-up.

Creepy Tech of the Week

• Google reportedly made it difficult for smartphone users to find privacy settings
• Apple is updating AirTags to make them less creepy

Tech News Bites

• Microsoft putting Xbox in TVs, building its own streaming devices, and exploring new Game Pass subscriptions
• Self-driving Waymo trucks to haul loads between Houston and Fort Worth
• Monterey is the next version of Apple's macOS
• FaceTime is coming to PC and Android via a web app
• Airlines say passengers and their baggage are getting heavier, and they're responding with new safety plans
• United Airlines plans to add 15 Boom Supersonic jets to its fleet
• The pandemic was the bloodiest year for driving in over a decade

Summer Series

• How Covid has affected Manufacturing

Tech Sent to the Retirement Home

• Microsoft to end Windows 10 support on October 14th, 2025

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Alex and Mike are joined by a special guest to reminisce about their favorite summer sci-fi movie going experiences.

Stick around for a summer quiz at the end with our beloved gameshow segment, "Which Came First". *copyright pending

-Episode Spoilers Below-

Nate 5. Back to the Future 4. The Mummy 3. Mission Impossible 3 2. Independence Day 1. Spiderman

Alex 5. X-Men: Days of Future Past 4. Jurassic Park 3. Armageddon 2. Star Wars- A New Hope 1. Independence Day Mike 5. Arrival 4. Minority Report 3. Terminator 2 2. Aliens 1. Jurassic Park

Dumb Tech of the Week

• Microsoft turns Surface Duo's second screen into a 'gamepad' for Xbox Cloud Gaming

Creepy tech of the Week

• Living with Moxie, the robot companion for kids

Tech News Bytes

• The popemobile is going all-electric thanks to Fisker
• Ford F-150 Lightning starts under $40k w/ 300-mile range and can power your home
• Novel concrete battery could let buildings store their own energy
• New Propulsion System Could Enable Flying at Speeds Up to Mach 17
• China will likely ban all bitcoin mining soon
• The US Federal Reserve begins looking into its own digital currency
• Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
• Amazon Makes $8.45 Billion Deal for MGM

Summer Spotlight Series: How has the Pandemic accelerated technology?

• These figures confirm what people think about robot delivery

Tech RIP

Charlie Bit My Finger Viral Video Being Removed From YouTube to Become an NFT

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Dumb Tech of the Week

• Tech giants want the US to fund domestic chip production
• A bug let Eufy security camera owners access strangers' feeds
• Apple's $549 AirPods Max can't play lossless Apple Music — even when plugged in

Alex's cool new product he found

• https://www.ball.com/aluminumcups

Tech News Bytes

• Framework's modular DIY laptop is available to pre-order
• Sony applies to patent noise-cancelling drones
• AT&T to spin off and combine WarnerMedia with Discovery in deal that would create streaming giant
• Brain implant lets people with paralysis write using their minds
• Wacoal's AI-powered myBraFit app scans your body to give you sizing advice
• Scientists say mammals can breathe through their butts in emergencies

News Stories

• Pentagon Surveilling Americans Without a Warrant, Senator Reveals

Tech RIP

• Internet Explorer for Windows 10 Will Be Discontinued Next Year

Dumb Tech of the Week

• YouTube crams YouTube TV into its main app on Roku
• Hans Zimmer isn't the only composer that can make tech sounds, you know
• Target will stop selling Pokémon cards in stores

Smart Idea of the Week

• Ford's first electric pickup truck will be called the F-150 Lightning

Tech News Bytes

• Why some electric car owners return to gas – the reasons aren't surprising
• SAE Updates, Refines Official Names for 'Autonomous Driving' Levels
• Sony sued over PlayStation's digital store 'monopoly'.
• FDA Authorizes the First Brain-Computer Interface Device (It's Not Musk's Neuralink )
• IBM says it has created the world's first 2nm chip (additional info)
• A Gas pipeline held at ransom by cyberattackers
• River plastic Interceptors are stopping trash from reaching the ocean

Follow Up Stories

• UK postal service tests autonomous drone deliveries to remote islands
• Are we seeing the return of the closed-door office? I hope not.

Tech RIP: Good Riddance Edition

• LiveLeak's reign of gory terror is over after 15 years

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Dumb Tech of the Week

• You can drill a keyring hole in Apple's AirTags (but you probably shouldn't)
• Today I learned that card grading companies are drowning in Pokémon cards

Tech News Bytes

• Kroger begins testing drone deliveries for baby products and s'mores
• Microsoft follows Epic's lead, lowers its cut of PC game sales to 12%
• Sony Invests in Discord, Full Integration Coming to PS5, PS4 Next Year
• Deepfake satellite imagery poses a not-so-distant threat, warn geographers
• Broadcasters Are Moving Forward in Their Case Against Locast
• World's largest compressed air grid "batteries" will store up to 10GWh (Explanation Video)

Story of the Week

• Fitness Drones are Coming, if Investors Can Get all the Kinks Out

Tech on LifeSupport

• Verizon sells AOL and Yahoo for about half of what it paid

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The Jam boys investigate disappearing digital content. the dark truths about working from home, and uncover how we could breath on Mars. Don't miss this weeks podcast episode, "Rent or Buy this Jam".

Dumb Tech of the Week

• Apple faces lawsuit over its iTunes 'buy' button
• Roku warns of standoff with Google over YouTube TV

Tech News Bytes

• Nasa's rover makes breathable oxygen on Mars
• Disney Imagineering's Project Kiwi is free walking robot that will make you believe in Groot
• The US Army is Testing a Powered Exoskeleton Called the ExoBoot
• Samsung's new ad for its S21 Ultra phone is ... a series on Hulu
• A Scottish university finds new life for old wind turbine blades.
• Dutch politicians were tricked by a deepfake video chat
• Experiment lets you skip 'Hey, Google' for Assistant voice commands
• Toyota is buying Lyft's autonomous car division for $550 million

Main Topic

Microsoft revealed the latest truths about working from home.

Tech from the Dead

'Roku Originals' will become the new name for Quibi's catalog

Find out about the difficulties of living on the moon, new solar powered headphones, robotic grocers, and planes that fly themselves. Dumb Tech of the Week

• Jeff Bezos says Amazon has to treat its employees better
• Washington state votes to ban new gas car sales by 2030

Tech News Bytes

• Urbanista has made the world's first solar-powered headphones
• Amazon's The Lord of the Rings series to cost $465 million for first season
• Kroger launches its first ocado powered shed a massive-robot filled fulfillment center in ohio
• NASA's Mars helicopter becomes the first aircraft to fly on another planet
• Xwing completes first autonomous gate-to-gate commercial cargo flight
• Facebook and Spotify will team up on 'Project Boombox'
• Reddit Talk is a Clubhouse competitor for subreddits
• Sony's FlavorGraph uses AI to predict which ingredients will pair together

Main News Stories

• What it will take for humans to colonize the Moon and Mars
• There are grounds for concern about solar power

Back From the Dead Tech of the Week

• PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita Will Continue Operations

Dumb Tech of the Week

Facebook Says It's Your Fault That Hackers Got Half a Billion User Phone Numbers

Spotify rolls out its own hands-free voice assistant on iOS and Android

Samsung's iTest offers a look at Galaxy Android on iPhone

A Mustang Mach-E bug leaves cars stuck in 'deep sleep' with an empty 12v battery

Hasbro's new $700 Optimus Prime toy can finally transform all on its own

Elon Musk's Boring Company shows off Vegas tunnel again, and it looks lame

Tech News Bytes

Domino's starts making autonomous pizza deliveries

Google is accelerating partial reopening of offices and putting limits on future of remote work

The French army is testing Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot in combat scenarios

GE is working to put COVID-19 virus-detecting sensors in phones

Amazon Is Buying Dead Malls – and the Reason Why Is Fascinating

AT&T lobbies against nationwide fiber, says 10Mbps uploads are good enough

Main Stories

Neuralink's brain-computer interface demo shows a monkey playing Pong

The US Is Real Close to Screwing Up Electric Vehicle Charging Forever

Tech Rip

Logitech is done making Harmony remotes

Slightly shorter, just as Jam packed! Will it be Voltswagen or Volkswagen? Is this another marketing stunt like ihob? The Jam lads also take Amazon to task over their delivery driver policies, reveal how Wi-Fi could be better, & are too old to use Discord.

Dumb tech of the week

Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign 'Biometric Consent' Form or Lose Job

Volkswagen will reportedly rebrand its US operation to 'Voltswagen of America'

Razer confirms plans to manufacture its smart RGB face mask

Tech News Bytes

Dyson's V15 Detect vacuum hunts dust with a laser 'blade'

Samsung will use drone deliveries for Galaxy products in Ireland

Intel invests $20 billion in two Arizona factories, 7nm chips coming in 2023

Google just made Wi-Fi way better than Bluetooth — here's how

US-based Talyn's innovative eVTOL hybrid passenger aircraft

Boston Dynamics unveils Stretch: a new robot designed to move boxes in warehouses

WHY MICROSOFT WANTS DISCORD

Tech Rip

Area-codeless local calls will largely go away in October — but for a good reason

Windows 10 is getting new F

File Explorer icons as part of a visual overhaul

T-Mobile is killing TVision in favor of YouTube TV

Follow-Up

Biden administration targets 30 gigawatts of offshore wind turbines by 2030