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February 25, 2019Episode 72: Don't Go Folding Phones & Chasing Waterfalls
In this Episode:
Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980 (2:45)
TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch (5:02)
Google says Nest’s secret microphone was “never intended to be a secret” (6:26)
Southwest cancels more than 400 flights amid fight with mechanics (8:20)
Lyft Is Planning to List Shares on Nasdaq (9:30)
US Digital Ad Spending Will Surpass Traditional in 2019 (12:31)
JPMorgan is creating its own cryptocurrency (15:15)
Audi helps you avoid red lights by suggesting speeds (17:35)
China Is Reportedly Building a Solar Po wer Station in Space (20:05)
Weird & Wacky Tech:
Super Mario Bros. cartridge sells for $100,150 (22:30)
ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake faces (24:30)
The best new Twitter bot is an endless game of Jeopardy where the winners are good at puns (26:13)
Scientists have made an AI that they think is too dangerous to release (26:53)
Tech Recommendations (29:24):
Adam - Vidyard GoVideo
Sanjay - Logitech Harmony Remote
Shannon - Splitwise
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Samsung’s foldable phone is the Galaxy Fold, available April 26th starting at $1,980
TCL is working on a foldable phone that bends into a smartwatch
Nest Secure had a secret microphone, can now be a Google Assistant | CSO Online
Southwest cancels more than 400 flights amid fight with mechanics
Lyft Is Planning to List Shares on Nasdaq
38 min
February 18, 2019Episode 71: That's a Complexifier
In this Episode:
17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical
Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison (5:40)
BIOHACKERS ENCODED MALWARE IN A STRAND OF DNA
Microsoft will expand Xbox Live support to Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS
SPRINT FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST AT&T FOR ITS 5GE MARKETING
US military equipped with tiny spy drones
LinkedIn Debuts LinkedIn live, a live video streaming service
IBM's AI loses debate to a human, but it's got worlds to conquer
Microsoft Issues Internet Explorer Upgrade Warning
Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and publishes the details himself
Daily Crunch: Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmail
Weird and Wacky Tech:
'Drinkable' potato chips: the products keeping your phone grease-free
NASA HEAD: “THIS TIME, WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON, WE WILL STAY.”
DARPA wants smart bandages for wounded warriors
Smart pills filled with tiny needles could inject medicine directly into your stomach
Tech Recommendations:
Adam - Zero - the fasting app
Sanjay - Bonsai
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Only 17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical, Survey Says
Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison - Motherboard
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA | WIRED
Microsoft will expand Xbox Live support to Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS | VentureBeat
42 min
February 11, 2019Episode 70: World’s Largest Spreadsheet Collector… And Lint Psychos
In This Episode:
Slack confidentially files to go public (3:23)
Why Gimlet Sold to Spotify (7:13)
Apple has banned Google from running internal iOS apps after certificate misuse (9:10)
Google's new Chrome extension warns you about stolen passwords (11:17)
Upcoming Version of Google Chrome Will Make It Harder to Block Ads (11:57)
Lowe’s is killing off and bricking its Iris smart home products at the end of March (13:00)
A new net neutrality bill is headed to Congress (16:25)
This guy holds the world record for collecting spreadsheets (17:50)
Founder of crypto exchange dies, taking only password (and $190M) with him (20:13)
Weird and Wacky Tech:
Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl
M&M's 3 new peanut-based flavors are here: Toffee, jalapeno, coconut (26:06)
Tyra Banks is creating a tech-driven attraction called Modelland (27:11)
Intuit Super Bowl 2019 introduces #robochild scares world (29:30)
Tech Recommendations:
Adam - This Marie Kondo-inspired Twitter tool will help you declutter your timeline so it again ‘sparks joy’
Sanjay - Shure SRH750DJ Professional Quality DJ Headphones
Shannon - https://www.airbnb.com/
SPECIAL GIVEAWAY: Two: “Goodnight, Tyler” tickets at the Alliance Theater, brought to you by The Woodruff Arts Center. Tweet @techtalkyall and @thewoodruff to enter.
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Slack confidentially files to go public
Why Gimlet Sold to Spotify
Apple has banned Google from running internal
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37 min
February 04, 2019Episode 69: The Great Playstation Fruit Heist
In this Episode:
Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them (2:02)
Apple left huge FaceTime privacy bug unaddressed for 6 days (5:46)
Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices (7:53)
Report: Bill Gates promises to add billions if Congress helps with his nuclear power push (9:48)
It's time to pay serious attention to TikTok (12:09)
Study Reveals The Types of Twitter Users Most Likely to Spread Fake News (13:46)
Save the kids! Majority of motorists want autonomous cars to prioritise lives of children ahead of their own (16:33)
Scientists Invent a Flexible Device That Converts Wi-Fi Signals Into Electricity (19:10)
Robot valets may soon park your car at this London airport (21:10)
Roomba Terra autonomous robot lawnmower unveiled (23:57)
Weird and Wacky Tech:
Swarm Technologies raises $25M to deploy its own 150-satellite constellation (27:10)
French Man Sentenced To Four Months In Prison For Replacing PS4 Price Tag With $10 Fruit Sticker (28:55)
Not Answering Phone Is Best Way To Stop Getting Robo-Calls, Experts Say (31:10)
Tech Recommendations: (33:00)
Adam - Every Dollar
Sanjay - Airtable
Shannon - https://www.techtalkyall.com/techrecommendations
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them | TechCrunch
Apple reportedly left huge FaceTime privacy bug unaddressed for 6 days | VentureBeat
Japanese government plans to hack into citizens' IoT devices | ZDNet
39 min
January 28, 2019Episode 68: Strap Your Phone to Your Head... It's Gonna be a Bumpy Ride
In this episode:
Hulu ups price for live-TV service, cuts basic package price (1:40)
Google, Amazon, and Facebook spent record amounts lobbying the government (3:38)
Amazon Starts Testing ‘Scout’ Delivery Robots Near Seattle (5:37)
Hotel fires half its robot staff for sucking at their jobs (7:13)
SpaceX’s new test rocket topples over thanks to strong Texas winds (9:58)
Boeing’s electric autonomous passenger air vehicle just had its first flight (11:02)
Google Maps now helps you dodge speeding tickets while driving (12:16)
LEGO - The Toy of Smart Investors (15:17)
Google Buys Part of Fossil’s Smartwatch Team for $40 Million (16:05)
This $350 mini-smartphone helped cure my digital distraction (17:19)
THE Ohio State University now has THE silliest campus amenity yet: THE Pizza ATM (19:56)
Weird and Wacky Tech:
HOT DOG! Oscar Mayer hiring drivers for the Wienermobile (22:34)
To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet (23:31)
We Can’t Correct for Magnetic Pole Shifts Thanks to the Government Shutdown (26:33)
Tech Recommendations (27:57):
Adam - Lyft App
Sanjay - Twitter Sparkle
Shannon - Apple Measure App
GIVEAWAY: The Woodruff Arts Center (home to the High Museum, Alliance Theater, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) is our new sponsor. We're giving away a pair of tickets to the High Museum! To win tweet @TheWoodruff and @techtalkyall.
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Also remember to rate our podcast - 5 stars, 5 stars!
Sponsored By:
The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Hulu ups price for live-TV service, cuts basic package price
Google, Amazon, and Facebook all spent record amounts last year lobbying th
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35 min
January 21, 2019Episode 67: Steve Carell in Space Force! Just Take My Money, Netflix
In this episode:
Netflix raises prices on all streaming plans in US (1:52)
Netflix's price hike will boost your bill as much as $2 a month
Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many websites are down (3:30)
Jeff Bezos, World’s Richest Person, Announces Divorce After 25 Years Of Marriage (4:30)
Vanguard Announces The Passing Of Founder John C. Bogle (5:20)
DuckDuckGo debuts map search results using Apple Maps (7:13)
Microsoft Pledges $500 Million for Affordable Housing in Seattle Area (8:08)
If True, This Could Be One of the Greatest Discoveries in Human History (10:00)
Motorola’s iconic flip phone ‘Razr’ set to make comeback with ‘foldable’ design (14:13)
Return of the Razr—With a Foldable Screen and $1,500 Price
You're running out of reasons not to get smart lights (20:06)
It’s official: Ikea’s smart blinds are coming to the U.S. this spring (21:53)
The Apple Car Is Coming – Here Are Eight Things You Need to Know (23:20)
WHAT IS LIDAR, WHY DO SELF-DRIVING CARS NEED IT, AND CAN IT SEE NERF BULLETS? (25:50)
A popular WordPress plugin leaked twitter account access tokens (28:30)
Another huge database exposed millions of call logs and sms text messages (31:20)
I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone (32:36)
Weird and Wacky Tech:
Steve Carell to Star in Netflix Comedy Based on Trump's 'Space Force' (35:38)
How the new VR screen could end the smartphone (35:55)
Massive spinning ice disc forms in US river (38:08)
Tech Recommendations (39:00):
Adam - YouTube Kids & Ink and Volt Planner
Sanjay - Consumer Reports
Shannon - Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking
GIVEAWAY: The Woodruff Arts Center (home to the High Museum, Alliance Theater, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) is our new sponsor. We're giving away a pair of tickets to the ASO with Jim Brickman on January 25th at 8pm. To win tweet @TheWoodruff and @techtalkyall with why you love us both. Winner will be chosen this Wednesday, January 23rd.
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Also remember to rate our podcast - 5 stars, 5 stars!
Sponsored By:
The Woodruff Arts Center: The Woodruff Arts Center, the third largest arts center in the country, is home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. The Woodruff knows how to blend contemporary digital technology with artistic excellence. Just check out their new Coca-Cola stage, their live simulcasts that allow visitors to watch sold-out Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows or their use of ArtClix, a program that features image-recognition technology to identify the art at the High Museum. Learn more at www.woodruffcenter.org.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams
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46 min
January 14, 2019Episode 66: Robot Delivery Dogs... The End of Humanity!?
In this Episode:
Facebook knows how to track you using the dust on your camera lens (2:00)
CES 2019: The 2020 Harley-Davidson Livewire is up for preorder, and it's pricey (4:32)
Toyota is developing fighter-jet inspired safety features for cars and wants to share it (6:42)
AT&T is lying to customers with 5G marketing (11:13)
How AT&T predicted new technology 25 years ago and what it expects now (13:46)
Toyota reveals finalists in $4 million quest to reinvent wheelchairs (17:31)
Weird and Wacky Tech:
Fiji water girl: I’ve been photo bombing since I was a kid (19:53)
Rolls Royce’s Autonomous ship gives us a peak into the future of sea transport (21:18)
Robot delivery dogs deployed by self-driving cars are coming (23:20)
Tech Recommendations (25:18):
Adam - SpotHero
Sanjay - Kill A Watt
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens
CES 2019: what to expect from the biggest tech show of the year - The Verge
Toyota is developing fighter-jet inspired safety features for cars and wants to share it
AT&T is lying to customers with 5G marketing
How AT&T predicted new technology 25 years ago and what it expects now
Toyota reveals finalists in $4 million quest to reinvent wheelchairs
Fiji Water Girl: 'I've been photobombing since I was a kid'
Rolls Royce’s Autonomous ship gives us a peak into the future of sea transport
35 min
January 07, 2019Episode 65: Welcome to 2019... Sanjay's Still Writing Checks?
In This Episode:
Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor (2:36)
Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj episode critical of Saudi Arabia government (5:15)
Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue (6:50)
Bakkt scores $182.5M in funding to drive institutional and merchant adoption in crypto (10:02)
Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars (12:44)
Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights (15:45)
The GPS Wars Have Begun (17:34)
Artificial Intelligence Is Starting To Smart (19:53)
Wifi 6 Explained (22:49)
Weird and Wacky Tech:
Hackers use a fake wax hand to fool vein authentication security (24:13)
MIT researchers are now 3D printing glass (26:00)
Tech Recommendations: (26:54)
Adam - Focus Keeper Pomodoro timer
Sanjay - MagicMirror.builders
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor
Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj episode critical of Saudi Arabia government
Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue | TechCrunch
Bakkt scores $182.5M in funding to drive institutional and merchant adoption in crypto - The Block
Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars - The New York Times
Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights - BBC News
34 min
December 31, 2018Episode 64: Special Episode: Best of 2018
In this Episode:
Mashable's Best Tech of 2018
Sponsored By:
Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
Mashable's Best Tech of 2018
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18 min
December 24, 2018Episode 63: All Electric, No Problem
In This Episode:
As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants
Not just Facebook: Twitter and Snapchat store unposted photos, too, and there's a specific reason
Facebook Filed A Patent To Calculate Your Future Location
This site will show you the highest-rated movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime
How Google Will Destroy Uber
Self-driving dirt rally vehicle offers crash course in autonomous car safety
Ex-Uber engineer claims to travel 3,099 miles in a self-driving car
Ars takes a first tour of the length of The Boring Company’s test tunnel
Israeli company claims it has created new technology that can destroy cancerous tumors
Robinhood launches checking and savings with an almost unheard-of 3% interest rate
TROLL PATROL FINDINGS
California Requires New City Buses to Be Electric by 2029
Weird & Wacky Tech:
This 13-Year-Old Invented a Genius, Prize-Winning Way to Improve Solar Panel
MIT Scientists Have Announced They Can Shrink Objects Down to The Nanoscale
Tat tunes? Soundwave tattoos allow people to play songs through app
Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody becomes most streamed song from 20th century
Tech Recommendations:
Sanjay - Price Wise by Firefox
Adam - Way Back Machine
Shannon - Audacity
Ad and Tech Rec theme music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
Sponsored By:
Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating.
Prototype Prime: Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded!
Links:
As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants - The New York Times
Not just Facebook: Twitter and Snapchat store unposted photos, too, and there's a specific reason - ABC News
Facebook Filed A Patent To Predict Your Location
This site will show you the highest-rated movies on Netflix & Amazon Prime
Self-driving dirt rally car offers crash course in autonomous safety
45 min

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