Tech Talk Y'all

Tech Talk Y'all

By Sanjay Parekh & Adam WalkerNewsTech News
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  • Episode 112: TTY's 2019 Gift Guide

    In this episode we share our picks for gifts this holiday season.

    *Stocking Stuffers *

    • Anker USB C Charger, 18W ($25.99)
    • iPhone Charger, [3 Pack] Anker Powerline Lightning Cable (3ft) ($23.99)

    • JETech screen protectors ($5.99 - $11.99)

    • URPOWER Tactical Flashlight Super Bright ($9.98)

    • Amazon Smart Plug ($24.99)

    • *Under $100 *

      • Soundcore Anker Liberty Air True-Wireless Earphones ($79.99)
      • Amazfit Bip Smartwatch ($67.99)
      • Bluetooth Banana Phone ($40)
      • Amazon Kindle ($59.99 )
      • Amazon Fire TV Stick ($19.99)
      • Roku Premiere ($29.99)
      • Lair: Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains ($54.95)
      • * Smartphone Sanitizer ($80)

        *Splurges ($100+) *

        • Halo Bolt 58830 mWh Portable Phone Laptop Charger Car Jump Starter with AC Outlet and Car Charger ($119.97 with $30 coupon on amazon)
        • TCL 55S425 55 inch 4K Smart LED Roku TV ($279.99)
        • 21 min
        • Episode 111: All about the Dolla Bills Y'all

          In this Episode:

          • You can share your Disney+ login with friends without repercussions
          • Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
          • Elon Musk Just Tweeted a Response to Ford's New Electric Mustang Announcement, and It's Most Excellent
          • Just When I Thought The 2010s Were Over Motorola Came Out With A New Razr
          • Google to offer checking accounts
          • Project Nightingale: Google accesses trove of US patient data
          • Mailchimp launches website builder
          • Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university
          • The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here
          • Uber plans to start audio-recording rides in the U.S. for safety
          • EasyJet to Begin Offsetting Fuel Emissions
          • Weird and Wacky Tech:

            • Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival'
            • You got LUCK if your ATM catch this Virus!
            • Bolivia's Morales a dictator? Apple's Siri says so (in Spanish)
            • Tech Recs:

              • Adam - Mpow 071 USB Headset
              • Sanjay - [PopSockets PopMount: Car Dash and Windshield Mount](PopSockets PopMount: Car Dash and Windshield Mount)
              • Shannon - TIJN Blue Light Blocking Glasses
              • Links:

                • You can share your Disney+ login with friends without repercussions
                • Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
                • Elon Musk Just Tweeted a Response to Ford's New Electric Mustang Announcement, and It's Most Excellent
                • Just When I Thought The 2010s Were Over Motorola Came Out With A New Razr
                • Google to offer checking accounts
                • Project Nightingale: Google accesses trove of US patient data
                • Mailchimp launches website builder
                • Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university
                • The world’s first Gattaca baby tests are finally here - MIT Technology Review
                35 min
              • Episode 110: Anything that is a Remote is Gonna Get Lost

                In this Episode:

                • Apple removes Instagram stalking app from App Store
                • Amazon will launch new grocery store as alternative to Whole Foods
                • Roku puts a remote on your wrist with new Apple Watch app
                • Twitter drafts a deepfake policy that would label and warn, but not always remove, manipulated media
                • A ton of people received text messages overnight that were originally sent on Valentine’s Day
                • Self-driving Uber car that hit and killed woman did not recognize that pedestrians jaywalk
                • Users Report Bias in Apple Card Application Algorithms
                • Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional
                • Weird and Wacky Tech:

                  • Florida man sues Madonna, saying her 10:30 p.m. concert start is too late
                  • T-Mobile says it owns exclusive rights to the color magenta
                  • Tech Recs:

                    • Sanjay - Lively HSA
                    • Adam - Disney+
                    • Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

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

                      Links:

                      • Apple removes Instagram stalking app from App Store
                      • Amazon will launch new grocery store as alternative to Whole Foods
                      • Roku puts a remote on your wrist with new Apple Watch app
                      • Twitter drafts a deepfake policy that would label and warn, but not always remove, manipulated media
                      • Text messages delayed from February were mysteriously sent overnight - The Verge
                      • Self-driving Uber car that hit and killed woman did not recognize that pedestrians jaywalk
                      • Users Report Bias in Apple Card Application Algorithms
                      • Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional
                      37 min
                    • Episode 109: James Bond, Sci-Fi, Alien Technology Kinda Stuff

                      In this Episode:

                      • Amazon Black Friday 2019 and holiday deals have begun
                      • Apple is reportedly working with Valve on a totally new type of product like nothing we’ve seen
                      • 4 things you should know about the AirPods Pro
                      • Google to Buy Fitbit for $2.1 Billion to Boost Hardware
                      • Facebook Held Talks to Buy Fitbit Before Google Struck Deal
                      • With Garmin Autoland, small planes can land themselves if the pilot becomes incapacitated
                      • A Mom Has Gone Viral After Sharing The Heartbreaking Question Asked By Her Autistic Son
                      • Watch these robot blocks cluster together with a hive mind
                      • Genealogy Sites Have Helped Identify Suspects. Now They’ve Helped Convict One.
                      • Teen girl invents simple, yet innovative way to remove blind spots in cars
                      • A Lone Bitcoin Whale Likely Fueled 2017 Surge, Study Finds
                      • Weird and Wacky:

                        • Researchers Hack Smart Speakers with Lasers
                        • James Dean Reborn in CGI for Vietnam War Action-Drama (Exclusive)
                        • Tech Recs:

                          • Adam - Calendly
                          • Sanjay - CamelCamelCamel
                          • Shannon - Bubble.io
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                            Links:

                            • Amazon Black Friday 2019 and holiday deals have begun
                            • Apple is reportedly working with Valve on a totally new type of product like nothing we’ve seen
                            • 4 things you should know about the AirPods Pro
                            • Google to Buy Fitbit for $2.1 Billion to Boost Hardware
                            • With Garmin Autoland, small planes can land themselves if the pilot becomes incapacitated
                            • A Mom Has Gone Viral After Sharing The Heartbreaking Question Asked By Her Autistic Son
                            • Watch these robot blocks cluster together with a hive mind
                            • Genealogy Sites Have Helped Identify Suspects. Now They’ve Helped Convict One.
                            • Teen girl invents simple, yet innovative way to remove blind spots in cars
                            37 min
                          • Episode 108: Age of the Mashup

                            In this Episode:

                            • Five months after returning rental car, man still has remote control
                            • A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients
                            • Photo battle between an iPhone 11 Pro and a $7,500 DSLR might surprise you
                            • Ford unveils release date for Mustang-inspired electric SUV
                            • Twitter admits that it showed more ads to less popular users
                            • Facebook and Congress
                            • Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke”
                            • A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook's policy on lies
                            • This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads
                            • Facebook launches a test run of its news service
                            • Man sues AT&T after fraudulent SIM swap led to $1.8M cryptocurrency theft
                            • Starbucks Will Accept Bitcoin in 2020, Thanks to Wall Street’s Bakkt
                            • Exclusive: Google owner Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
                            • Google will replace Home devices bricked due to latest firmware update
                            • America’s nuclear forces finally drop ancient 8-inch floppy disk system
                            • Discovery and Amazon Serve Up New Cooking App
                            • Weird and Wacky:

                              • Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels
                              • Using your smartphone too much can make you go ‘temporarily blind’
                              • Tech Recs:

                                • Adam - Google Calendar integration in Slack
                                • Sanjay - Firefox 70
                                • Shannon - Nike Run Club
                                • Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

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

                                  Links:

                                  • Five months after returning rental car, man still has remote control
                                  • A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients
                                  • Photo battle between an iPhone 11 Pro and a $7,500 DSLR might surprise you
                                  • Ford unveils release date for Mustang-inspired electric SUV
                                  • Twitter admits that it showed more ads to less popular users
                                  • Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke”
                                  • A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook's policy on lies
                                  • This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads
                                  44 min
                                • Episode 107: Elizabeth Holmes as a Vampire is Your 2019 Halloween Inspo

                                  In this episode:

                                  • We asked a hacker to try and steal a CNN tech reporter's data. Here's what happened
                                  • SoftBank reportedly ends WeWork ownership debacle with a $1.7 billion payout to Adam Neumann
                                  • SoftBank reportedly preps a package to take control of WeWork parent company
                                  • Scoop: Adam Neumann will determine WeWork's fate
                                  • The Navy Just Patented a Compact Fusion Reactor, but Will It Work?
                                  • MoviePass CEO says reports of customers still being charged for defunct service are overblown
                                  • Recommend: privacy.com
                                  • Snapchat soars in Q3, adding 7M users & revenue up 50%
                                  • Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet
                                  • Weird and Wacky Tech:

                                    • I Just Took the World’s First 20-Hour Flight. Here’s What It Did to Me
                                    • Traffic lights worldwide set to change after Swedish engineer saw red over getting a ticket
                                    • Navy ‘Doomsday’ plane built to withstand nuclear attack grounded after striking single bird
                                    • Tech Recs:

                                      • Adam - iPad as a second monitor for my laptop
                                      • Sanjay - Dia - http://dia-installer.de/
                                      • Shannon - Headliner
                                      • Join patreon!

                                        Links:

                                        • We asked a hacker to try and steal a CNN tech reporter's data. Here's what happened
                                        • Getting started with security keys — PaulStamatiou.com
                                        • SoftBank reportedly ends WeWork ownership debacle with a $1.7 billion payout to Adam Neumann
                                        • Scoop: Adam Neumann will determine WeWork's fate - Axios
                                        • The Navy Just Patented a Compact Fusion Reactor, but Will It Work? - ExtremeTech
                                        • MoviePass still charging some ex-customers' credit cards | Fox Business
                                        • Snapchat soars in Q3, adding 7M users & revenue up 50%
                                        • Elon Musk tweets using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet
                                        • I Just Took the World’s First 20-Hour Flight. Here’s What It Did to Me
                                        38 min
                                      • Episode 106: Rolls-Royce, Porsche, & Big Boi

                                        In this Episode:

                                        • Why each Libra member’s mutiny hurts Facebook
                                        • SoftBank reportedly preps a package to take control of WeWork parent company
                                        • Lawsuit: “Fortnite” Is as Addictive as Cocaine, Ruins Lives
                                        • Instacart shoppers are organizing a nationwide protest
                                        • Porsche and Boeing are partnering to develop ‘premium’ electric flying cars
                                        • Donald Trump joins Amazon's video game streaming platform Twitch
                                        • Elon Musk says that NASA is free to share all SpaceX IP with ‘anyone it wants’
                                        • Waymo to customers: ‘Completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way’
                                        • SF to establish Office of Emerging Technology
                                        • Weird and Wacky:

                                          • How I prepped the Rolls-Royce Cullinan for 7 days of off-road competition
                                          • Cooler than a polar bear's toenails: Big Boi has his own Budweiser tall boy
                                          • Japan ninja student gets top marks for writing essay in invisible ink
                                          • Tech Recs:

                                            • Adam - Clash Royale
                                            • Sanjay - SensorPush
                                            • Shannon - Temi
                                            • Links:

                                              • Why each Libra member’s mutiny hurts Facebook
                                              • SoftBank reportedly preps a package to take control of WeWork parent company
                                              • Lawsuit: “Fortnite” Is as Addictive as Cocaine, Ruins Lives
                                              • Instacart shoppers are organizing a nationwide protest
                                              • Porsche and Boeing are partnering to develop ‘premium’ electric flying cars
                                              • Donald Trump joins Amazon's video game streaming platform Twitch
                                              • Elon Musk says that NASA is free to share all SpaceX IP with ‘anyone it wants’
                                              • Waymo to customers: ‘Completely driverless Waymo cars are on the way’
                                              • SF to establish Office of Emerging Technology – The San Francisco Examiner
                                              • How I prepped the Rolls-Royce Cullinan for 7 days of off-road competition
                                              34 min
                                            • Episode 105: Adam and Sanjay are Here to Pump You Up!

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                                              In this Episode:

                                              • A paralyzed man walked with a brain-controlled exoskeleton
                                              • Barr Pushes Facebook for Access to WhatsApp Messages
                                              • Tesla Smart Summon and Curious Owners: What Could Go Wrong?
                                              • Senator proposes mandatory labeling for products with mics, cameras
                                              • Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads
                                              • With a possible Apple tag waiting in the wings, Tile unveils Sticker, an adhesive device for tracking objects
                                              • Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Is Losing Friends Fast
                                              • Boeing to invest $20 million in Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic
                                              • Weird and Wacky:

                                                • Fitness guru created 369 fake Instagram accounts to harass rivals, stage kidnapping
                                                • Chinese woman opens plane's emergency exit for some fresh air
                                                • Links:

                                                  • A paralyzed man walked with a brain-controlled exoskeleton
                                                  • Barr Pushes Facebook for Access to WhatsApp Messages - The New York Times
                                                  • Tesla Smart Summon and Curious Owners: What Could Go Wrong? - ExtremeTech
                                                  • Senator proposes mandatory labeling for products with mics, cameras
                                                  • Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads
                                                  • With a possible Apple tag waiting in the wings, Tile unveils Sticker, an adhesive device for tracking objects
                                                  • Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Is Losing Friends Fast
                                                  • Boeing to invest $20 million in Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic
                                                  • Fitness guru created 369 fake Instagram accounts to harass rivals, stage kidnapping
                                                  30 min
                                                • Episode 104: Florida Man

                                                  In this Episode:

                                                  • WeWork IPO Filing Withdrawn as Roadshow Leads to a Dead End
                                                  • Blade helicopter-sharing app to speed transplant organs
                                                  • Cops Abandon High-Speed Chase When Their Tesla Battery Runs Down
                                                  • EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale
                                                  • Elon Musk Unveils His Starship, Plans to Fly It in a Matter of Months
                                                  • FCC's revoking of net neutrality largely backed by appeals court
                                                  • See Microsoft's new foldable smartphone
                                                  • Turns Out Typing on a Keyboard Isn't That Much Faster Than Texting These Days
                                                  • UPS just won FAA approval to fly as many delivery drones as it wants
                                                  • Weird and Wacky:

                                                    • Boston Dynamics Atlas robot twists and somersaults
                                                    • Gymnastic robot elegantly twists and somersaults
                                                    • All the new features coming to Alexa, including a new voice, frustration mode, and Samuel L. Jackson
                                                    • Florida man arrested for cutting the brake lines of over 100 e-scooters
                                                    • McDonald's register hacked to run classic video game 'Doom'
                                                    • Tech Recs tech recs time to get your tech recs!

                                                      • Sanjay - Ameritrade
                                                      • Adam - Firefox Send
                                                      • Shannon - [Data Detox Kit ](ttps://datadetoxkit.org/en/about )
                                                      • Links:

                                                        • WeWork IPO Filing Withdrawn as Roadshow Leads to a Dead End
                                                        • Blade helicopter-sharing app to speed transplant organs
                                                        • Cops Abandon High-Speed Chase When Their Tesla Battery Runs Down - ExtremeTech
                                                        • EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale - CoinDesk
                                                        • Elon Musk Unveils His Starship, Plans to Fly It in a Matter of Months - ExtremeTech
                                                        • FCC's revoking of net neutrality largely backed by appeals court - The Washington Post
                                                        • See Microsoft's new foldable smartphone
                                                        • Turns Out Typing on a Keyboard Isn't That Much Faster Than Texting These Days
                                                        38 min
                                                      • Episode 103: Alright Alright Alright

                                                        In this Episode:

                                                        • Peloton’s IPO Is in the Zone
                                                        • Walgreens and Alphabet’s Wing Launch Drone Delivery Pilot Program
                                                        • NYSE Owner Launches Long-Awaited Bitcoin Futures
                                                        • Facebook buys startup building neural monitoring armband
                                                        • Coca-Cola installs first 'Litter Gitter,' 'Bandalong' system in southwest Atlanta
                                                        • Smart TVs send user data to tech heavyweights including Facebook, Google, Netflix
                                                        • Nerf’s new Ultra blasters shoot farther than ever before — but there’s a catch
                                                        • New AI cameras catching texting drivers behind the wheel
                                                        • WeWork CEO Adam Neumann Is Out After Disastrous IPO Attempt
                                                        • Vanished Google Paper Claims Company Has Achieved ‘Quantum Supremacy’
                                                        • Weird and Wacky:

                                                          • Georgia Tech's turnover social media white board is... weird
                                                          • A walrus defending her cubs sank a Russian Navy boat in the Arctic Ocean
                                                          • Campaign launched to find an emoji for forgiveness
                                                          • Woman who mistook wasabi for avocado hospitalized with 'broken heart syndrome,' report says
                                                          • Tech Recs:

                                                            • Adam - 100,000 Faces Generated by AI
                                                            • Sanjay - Keybase
                                                            • Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

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

                                                              Links:

                                                              • Peloton’s IPO Is in the Zone
                                                              • Walgreens and Alphabet’s Wing Launch Drone Delivery Pilot Program
                                                              • NYSE Owner Launches Long-Awaited Bitcoin Futures
                                                              • Facebook buys startup building neural monitoring armband
                                                              • Coca-Cola installs first litter trap system in southwest Atlanta - Atlanta Business Chronicle
                                                              • Smart TVs send user data to tech heavyweights including Facebook, Google, Netflix | ZDNet
                                                              • Nerf’s new Ultra blasters shoot farther than ever before — but there’s a catch
                                                              • New AI cameras catching texting drivers behind the wheel
                                                              • WeWork C
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                                                            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…