Tech Talk Y'all

By Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

Tech Talk Y'all is a weekly technology news show covering what has happened this week in tech, with hosts Sanjay Parekh and Adam Walker. Sanjay and Adam talk about technology, weird and wacky tech new... more

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April 27, 2020Episode 132: Who Knows How To Floss?
In this Episode:
NBA announces new multiyear partnership with Microsoft to redefine and personalize the fan experience
Leaked pics reveal Google smart debit card to rival Apple’s
Scoop: Google readies its own chip for future Pixels, Chromebooks
Facebook invests $5.7B in India’s Reliance Jio
Fortnite creator Epic Games just caved by putting its game on the Google Play Store for the first time ever – but it's not too happy about it
Ticketmaster Refunds Postponed Concerts Events After Backlash from Customers and Lawmakers
Google slashing international interns salary
Weird and Wacky:
Heroes of the pandemic: Former CEO of RadioShack now an ER doctor on frontlines of COVID-19 fight
Put On A Shirt For Video Hearings, Judge Tells Attys
Police department reminds residents to wear pants while checking mailbox
Florida Gov. DeSantis declared WWE an “essential service.” His explanation doesn’t make much sense.
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Guard Your ID
Adam - Apple’s COVID-19
Shannon - Libby
Links:
Police department reminds residents to wear pants while checking mailbox
Leaked pics reveal Google smart debit card to rival Apple’s | TechCrunch
Put On A Shirt For Video Hearings, Judge Tells Attys - Law360
Guard Your ID Advanced 2.0 Roller Identity Theft Protection for Confidential Security Stamp (Regular 3-Pack, Mixed Color: Turquoise, Green, White) : Office Products
Florida declares WWE pro wrestling an “essential service” in coronavirus pandemic - Vox
Heroes of the pandemic: Former CEO of RadioShack now an ER doctor on frontlines of COVID-19 fight | National Post
Google readies its own chip for future Pixels and Chromebooks - Axios
NBA announces new multiyear partnership with Microsoft to redefine and personalize the fan experience - Stories
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27min
April 20, 2020Episode 131: Boaty McBoatface Makes a Return
In this Episode:
These new vending machines in Hong Kong offer free medical-grade masks to people in need
Porsche Auctioning Off The Final 911 (991) For Covid-19 Relief Efforts
Apple and Google detail bold and ambitious plan to track COVID-19 at scale
Google and Apple Are Jointly Developing Contact Tracing Software
Android phones will get the COVID-19 tracking updates via Google Play
Zoom will let paying customers pick which data center their calls are routed from
Weird and Wacky:
Chinese Professional Baseball League team will have robot mannequins fill in as fans at games
It's a zonkey! Zebra gives birth to rare baby after mating with a donkey
NASA is showing you the picture the Hubble Space Telescope took on your birthday
This Man Owns The World's Most Advanced Private Air Force After Buying 46 F/A-18 Hornets
Tech Recs:
Sanjay - Logitech Brio Ultra Webcam
Adam - Dashlane
Shannon - Lendio
TV/Movie Recs:
Sanjay - Blade Runner The Final Cut
Adam - Good Girls
Shannon - Parenthood
Links:
These new vending machines in Hong Kong offer free medical-grade masks to people in need
Porsche Auctioning Off The Final 911 (991) For Covid-19 Relief Efforts
Apple and Google detail bold and ambitious plan to track COVID-19 at scale
Google and Apple Are Jointly Developing Contact Tracing Software
Android phones will get the COVID-19 tracking updates via Google Play - The Verge
Zoom will let paying customers pick which data center their calls are routed from - The Verge
Chinese Professional Baseball League team will have robot mannequins fill in as fans at games
It's a zonkey! Zebra gives birth to rare baby after mating with a donkey
...more
33min
April 13, 2020Episode 130: It's Not Like English Started in England or Anything
In this Episode:
What you should know about Jack Dorsey’s surprising $1 billion commitment to charity
“Even if only 10 percent of the money went to Covid work, though, Dorsey would become the country’s biggest public philanthropist during the crisis.”
28% of his net worth
Getty Images is charging $499 to license the CDC’s public domain coronavirus image
Volvo Valet lets owners get vehicle service without leaving home
Apple Shares Assembly and Use Instructions for New Face Shields, Shipping 1 Million Per Week to Medical Workers
Verizon canceling FiOS installs and telling customers to wait a few months
Facebook's latest app experiment is a 'private space' for couples
WeWork founder misses out on $1 billion as SoftBank cancels share buyout
WeWork suing Softbank
Netflix will allow parents to remove movies and shows, filter by rating in new update
TCL launches self-branded smartphones at $449, $249
YouTube is working on a TikTok competitor called 'Shorts'
Weird and Wacky:
Driver wrecks $750G supercar on New York City street during coronavirus shutdown
A Michigan dad duct-taped tent poles together to make a DIY social-distancing device
UFC getting private island to hold weekly fights amid coronavirus crisis
NASA astronaut's estranged wife charged with lying about space crime allegation
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Mercury Bank
Adam - Krisp
Shannon - Clockify
TV/Movie Rec:
Sanjay - Kim’s Convenience
Adam - The Expanse
Shannon - Great British Baking Show
Links:
What you should know about Jack Dorsey’s surprising $1 billion commitment to charity
Getty Images is charging $499 to license the CDC’s public domain coronavirus image
Volvo Valet lets owners get vehicle service without leaving home - SlashGear
Apple Shares Assembly and Use Instructions for New Face Shields, Shipping 1 Million Per Week to Medical Workers
Verizon canceling FiOS installs and telling customers to wait a few months | Ars Technica
Facebook's latest app experiment is a 'private space' for couples
WeWork founder misses out on $1 billion as SoftBank cancels share buyout
...more
43min
April 06, 2020Episode 129: Sharing is Caring
In this Episode:
Google is donating $800 million to help with the coronavirus crisis
Lyft is referring drivers to jobs at Amazon after massive ridership decline
Jeff Bezos sold $3.4bn of Amazon stock just before Covid-19 collapse
Coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses
How China built facial recognition for people wearing masks
Musk the Virus Skeptic Makes Reluctant Ventilator Offer After GM
Toilet Paper Startup Ramps Up And Rolls In Wake Of Coronavirus Pandemic
HQ Trivia is back less than two months after the app was shut down
Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing
Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky
Weird and Wacky:
Scientists Are Trying to Grow Buildings from Bacteria—and It Just Might Work
Taking off: Spring-based technology could see Usain Bolt hit 50mph
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Missile Command
Adam - Peloton App
TV / Movie Recs:
Sanjay - Ozark
Adam - Bless this Mess
Links:
Google is donating $800 million to help with the coronavirus crisis
Lyft is referring drivers to jobs at Amazon after massive ridership decline
Jeff Bezos sold $3.4bn of Amazon stock just before Covid-19 collapse
Coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses
How China built facial recognition for people wearing masks
Musk the Virus Skeptic Makes Reluctant Ventilator Offer After GM
Toilet Paper Startup Ramps Up And Rolls In Wake Of Coronavirus Pandemic : NPR
HQ Trivia is back less than two months after the app was shut down
Zoom Meetings Do Not Support End-to-End Encryption
Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky
...more
40min
March 30, 2020Episode 128: Special Episode: Work From Home
Basic Tech Setup
High speed Internet
A good headset and microphone
Good camera
Lighting
External monitor
Good wifi router
Go upscale with Ubiquiti (Super up with Meraki)
Communication Tools
Slack or Discord
Zoom, Google Meet, Uberconference
Signal / Keybase
Email client
Project Management App
Basecamp
Asana
Teamwork
Trello
Personal Productivity Tools
ToDoist
Pomodoro timer / TomatoTimer (Android)
Fun
Netflix Party
Kindle Paperwhite
Charades/Lunch/Happy Hour over Zoom
Discord Voice Line
Slack or Discord meme channels
Toilet paper calculator
TV/Movie Recs
Sanjay - Perfect Strangers
Adam - West Wing
Links:
Coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses - BBC News
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44min
March 23, 2020Episode 127: Social Distancing
In this Episode:
Medical company threatens to sue volunteers that 3D-printed valves for life-saving coronavirus treatments
AMC, Regal, Alamo Drafthouse, and Cinemark Are Closing Theaters Because of the Coronavirus
Amazon to stop accepting all products other than medical supplies and household staples to its warehouses amid coronavirus crisis — read the memo it just sent sellers
CO2-based vodka startup Air Co. fully redirects its tech to making hand sanitizer for donation
LVMH will use its perfume and cosmetics factories to manufacture free hand sanitizer for France
How to Tell if an iPhone Bug Is Eating Up Your Data Plan
Google Translate launches Transcribe for Android in 8 languages
Why are U-2 jet pilots wearing Garmin satellite navigation smartwatches?
SoftBank may not complete $3 billion tender offer for WeWork, sources say
Weird and Wacky:
Bidet sales soar as toilet paper sells out amid coronavirus fears
UK's sewage system in danger of gridlock from toilet paper substitutes
The Wu-Tang Clan Would Like to Remind You to Wash Your Hands and Protect Ya Neck
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Thunderbird
Adam - Zoom Mobile App
Shannon - TikTok
TV/Movie Recs:
Sanjay - Devs
Adam - Kim’s Convenience
Shannon - Mindhunter
Links:
Medical company threatens to sue volunteers that 3D-printed valves for life-saving coronavirus treatments
AMC, Other Chains Closing Theaters to Combat the Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Amazon suspends all nonessential shipments to warehouses - Business Insider
CO2-based vodka startup Air Co. fully redirects its tech to making hand sanitizer for donation | TechCrunch
LVMH will use its perfume and cosmetics factories to manufacture free hand sanitizer
How to Tell if an iPhone Bug Is Eating Up Your Data Plan
Google Translate launches Transcribe for Android in 8 languages
Why are U-2 jet pilots wearing Garmin satellite navigation smartwatches? | Ars Technica
...more
32min
March 16, 2020Episode 126: The One About Coronavirus
In this episode:
Big Tech Will Pay Its Hourly Workers Even as Full-Time Staff Stays Home During Coronavirus Outbreak
How to Make Homemade Hand Sanitizer
Google ‘aggressively Intervened’ To Block Coronavirus Misinformation
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Google’s AI-powered smart glasses help the blind to see
Goodyear's Concept Tire Regenerates Burned-Off Rubber
Sonos Will End Device-Bricking ‘Recycle Mode’
Tesla produces its 1 millionth electric car
Amazon offers no-checkout technology to other retailers
Uber rolls out text-to-911 feature across the US
Weird and Wacky:
The Nintendo Playstation sold for $360,000 to the original owner of Pets.com
French mayor defends Smurf rally after outcry over virus
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Substack
Adam - MailChimp App
Links:
Big Tech Will Pay Its Hourly Workers Even as Full-Time Staff Stays Home During Coronavirus Outbreak
Make Your Own Homemade Hand Sanitizer
Google ‘aggressively Intervened’ To Block Coronavirus Misinformation
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Google’s AI-powered smart glasses help the blind to see
Goodyear's Concept Tire Regenerates Burned-Off Rubber
Sonos Will End Device-Bricking 'Recycle Mode' - ExtremeTech
Tesla produces its 1 millionth electric car - Electrek
French mayor defends Smurf rally after outcry over virus
Sanjay's Tech Rec - Substack
The Nintendo Playstation sold for $360,000 to the original owner of Pets.com
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34min
March 09, 2020Episode 125: Don't Be That Guy
In this Episode:
Forget foldable phones. Large rollable displays are the way to go
Facebook is suing a domain registrar for selling deceptive web addresses
Facebook is giving free ads to the WHO and taking down ‘conspiracy theories’ about coronavirus
Coronavirus: How to track the virus spread across the world
CDC chart breaks down what mustaches do and don't work with respirator masks
Make-A-Wish Foundation gets a fan into 'NBA 2K20'
Siri and Google Assistant Hacked With Ultrasonic Waves
Robinhood users miss stock rally as the trading platform seizes up
SETI@home Search for Alien Life Project Shuts Down After 21 Years
Turns out Uber and Lyft rides are not eco-friendly at all: study
'Konami Code' Creator Kazuhisa Hashimoto Dies At 61
Weird and Wacky:
I Illustrated National Parks In America Based On Their Worst Review And I Hope They Will Make You Laugh (16 Pics)
Your smartphone is 7 times dirtier than your toilet. Here's how to clean it.
How a Hacker's Mom Broke Into a Prison—and the Warden's Computer
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - JustWatch
Adam - Love Nudge
Links:
Forget foldable phones. Large rollable displays are the way to go
Facebook is suing a domain registrar for selling deceptive web addresses - The Verge
Facebook is giving free ads to the WHO and taking down ‘conspiracy theories’ about coronavirus
Coronavirus: How to track the virus spread across the world
CDC chart breaks down what mustaches do and don't work with respirator masks
Make-A-Wish Foundation gets a fan into 'NBA 2K20'
Siri and Google Assistant Hacked With Ultrasonic Waves - ExtremeTech
Robinhood users miss stock rally as the trading platform seizes up - Los Angeles Times
...more
39min
March 02, 2020Episode 124: Finger Guns Are The Best
In this episode:
The Computer Scientist Responsible for Cut, Copy, and Paste, Has Passed Away
Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs
AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria
'They lied to us': Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder
Tesla Teardown Scares Competitors: ‘We Cannot Do This’
Hackers can trick a Tesla into accelerating by 50 miles per hour
Flywheel owners found out that their bikes were bricked through Peloton
Apple may let people pick alternative default apps on the iPhone, marking a radical change of philosophy
Samsung blasts Galaxy phones worldwide with weird ‘1’ notification
MIT Spinoff WaveSense’s Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving
Weird and Wacky:
Musician performs while surgeons remove brain tumour
62-year-old former Marine sets Guinness World Record by holding plank for over 8 hours
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Cloudflare ESNI Checker
Adam - Marco Polo
Links:
The Computer Scientist Responsible for Cut, Copy, and Paste, Has Passed Away
Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs | Ars Technica
AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria
'They lied to us': Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder
Tesla Teardown Scares Competitors: 'We Cannot Do This' - ExtremeTech
Flywheel owners found out that their bikes were bricked through Peloton - The Verge
Hackers can trick a Tesla into accelerating by 50 miles per hour - MIT Technology Review
Samsung blasts Galaxy phones worldwide with weird ‘1’ notification - The Verge
MIT's Ground-Penetrating Radar Looks Down for Perfect Self-Driving - ExtremeTech
...more
37min
February 24, 2020Episode 123: My Dogs Eat $200 Worth of Food a Day....
In this Episode:
An Indian politician used AI to translate his speech into other languages
To catch a thief, go to Google with a geofence warrant – and it will give you all the details
Internet's safe-keepers forced to postpone crucial DNSSEC root key signing ceremony – no, not a hacker attack, but because they can't open a safe
A Motorola Razr’s screen is reportedly peeling right on the fold
Jeff Bezos just made one of the largest charitable gifts ever
China's Coronavirus App Is Alerting Citizens When They're in Danger of Being Infected
Facebook cancels global marketing conference due to the coronavirus outbreak
Tech Waste Is a Danger to Us All
Bloomberg memes push Instagram to require sponsorship disclosure
Zuckerberg: Facebook content should be regulated, but under a new model
Weird and Wacky:
Rotary Cellphone Concept
Blind Woman Plays Video Game Thanks to Implant That Jacks Directly into the Brain
The drunken HQ Trivia finale before it shut down was insane
NYC Parks Are Using a Designer’s ‘Tree Font’ to Plant Secret Messages with Real Trees
Tech Rec:
Sanjay - Fabriq
Adam - Pocket
Links:
An Indian politician used AI to translate his speech into other languages
To catch a thief, go to Google with a geofence warrant – and it will give you all the details • The Register
Internet's safe-keepers forced to postpone crucial DNSSEC root key signing ceremony – no, not a hacker attack, but because they can't open a safe • The Register
A Motorola Razr’s screen is reportedly peeling right on the fold
Jeff Bezos just made one of the largest charitable gifts ever
China's Coronavirus App Is Alerting Citizens When They're in Danger of Being Infected
Facebook cancels global marketing conference due to the coronavirus outbreak
Tech Waste Is a Danger to Us All
Bloomberg memes push Instagram to require sponsorship disclosure
...more
36min

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