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- Episode 32: Three Engineers are Saying.... That's Steep!
In this episode:
- Theranos has laid off most of its remaining staff (1:43)
- ACE Submarine Cable Cut Impacts Ten Countries (4:56)
- Robots are not taking over, says head of UN body on autonomous weapons (9:37)
- California proposes new rules for self-driving cars to pick up passengers (12:24)
- FTC Warns Companies ‘Warranty Void if Removed’ Stickers Are Flatly Illegal (19:44)
- Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service (26:18)
- Steve Wozniak drops Facebook (30:21)
- A long awaited IOT Crisis is Here, and many devices aren’t ready (34:28)
Weird and Wacky:
- The seismic signal of Lionel Messi (39:32)
- European grid dispute resolved, lost 6 minutes returned to oven clocks (41:14)
- Waze crazy routing over a 32% grade road is driving residents nuts (43:17)
Tech Recommendations (46:05):
Sanjay - Wachete
Jack - BearBonus:
- Amazon offers fulfillment center tours
- Past tech recommendations are available here
Special Guest: Jack Wells.
Links:
- Theranos lays off about 100 employees
- ACE Submarine Cable Cut Impacts Ten Countries
- 'Robots are not taking over,' says head of UN body on autonomous weapons | Science | The Guardian
- California proposes new rules for self-driving cars to pick up passengers
- FTC Warns Companies 'Warranty Void if Removed' Stickers Are Flatly Illegal
- Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service
- How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS
- Steve Wozniak drops Facebook: “The profits are all based on the user’s info”
- A Long-Awaited IoT Crisis Is Here, and Many Devices Aren't Ready
53 min - Episode 31: (Season 2.5) Pay Homage to the Drone Overloards
In this episode:
- A cyber attack on Atlanta computers (2:48)
- Facebook is all kinds of out-of-whack (6:30)
- Russian court says Telegram must hand over encryption keys (10:45)
- Youtube is introducing your kids to conspiracy theories (13:30)
- HQ trivia lands Warner Brothers for a $3M ad deal (16:48)
- A Chinese space lab is falling to Earth in a fiery demise (21:47)
- Samsung has a patent out for over the air wireless charging (23:40)
- Amazon patent points to a future in which humanity is reduced to screaming at drones (25:55)
- This tiny wearable knows what you've been eating, drinking, and smoking (28:35)
Tech Recommendations (31:50)
Sanjay - SpiderOak ONEAdam - ContactuallySponsored 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:
- Cyberattack hits Atlanta computers | 'Everyone who has done business' with city may be at risk
- Facebook stock slides after FTC launches probe of data scandal — Shares of Facebook cratered as much as 6 percent Monday after the Federal Trade Commission announced it is investigating the company's data practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica leak of 50 million users' information.
- The Latest: Zuckerberg snubs summons from British Parliament — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is snubbing a summons from a British Parliamentary committee investigating the rise of fake news, offering to send senior executives in his place.
- Facebook to shut off third-party data targeting | The Drum
- Russian Court Says Telegram Must Hand Over Encryption Keys To State Intelligence Service
- YouTube is reportedly introducing your kids to conspiracy theories, too | TechCrunch
38 min - Episode 30: 3D-Printing Robot Taxis Translate Invisible Sunglasses
In this episode:
- We are one step closer to robot world domination
- Flying taxis, worth your trip to New Zealand
- The SEC is formally charging the founder of Theranos with fraud
- Bose AR sunglasses
- Earbuds that translate language in real time
- The New - Weird and Wacky Tech - segment
Links:
- This cheap 3D-printed home is a start for the 1 billion who lack shelter - The Verge
- DeepMind's new robots learned how to teach themselves
- Larry Page’s Flying Taxis, Now Exiting Stealth Mode - The New York Times
- What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Theranos's Fall From Grace
- Bose sunglasses hands-on: audio AR makes more sense than you think
- Samsung's new QLED TVs appear almost invisible with Ambient Mode technology — Quartz
- Waverly Labs Pilot earbuds can translate languages in real time - Business Insider
- TypingDNA launches Chrome extension that verifies your identity based on typing | TechCrunch
- Qarnot unveils a cryptocurrency heater for your home | TechCrunch
- Here Are 911 Transcripts of Some of the Times Apple Employees Walked Directly Into Glass Walls
- People Are Attacking Driverless Cars
- Amazon says it's working to fix Alexa's laughing problem
- This AR Street Fighter II Lets You Brawl in the Real World
- AirTable
41 min - Episode 29: Doctor Verified Internet Taxes Crypto Flying Doorbell
In this episode we talk about:
- Uber wants to get you to your doctor appointment
- That microchipped e-passport you've got? US border cops still can't verify the data in it
- Net Neutrality Legal Battle Officially Begins: What You Need To Know
- Are You a Coinbase User? Your Data Could Be on Its Way to the IRS
- Someone Stole 7 Bitcoins from Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak
- Rapper 50 Cent Says He Isn't Actually a Bitcoin Millionaire
- Sprint, Delta, Airbus work to bring high-speed Internet to the skies
- Amazon buying video doorbell company Ring
- This electric jet can take off vertically and travel almost 190 miles per hour — and it's already being prototyped
Plus two (plus two bonus!) great tech recommendations.
Links:
- Uber wants to get you to your doctor appointment - Axios
- That microchipped e-passport you've got? US border cops still can't verify the data in it
- Net Neutrality Legal Battle Officially Begins: What You Need To Know
- Coinbase to Send Data from 13,000 Users to the IRS | Fortune
- Cryptocurrency Thief Stole 7 Bitcoins from Steve Wozniak | Fortune
- Rapper 50 Cent: Actually, I'm Not a Bitcoin Millionaire | Fortune
- Sprint, Delta, Airbus work to bring high-speed Internet to the skies - Axios
- Amazon buying video doorbell company Ring - Axios
- Lilium jet may be the future of urban transportation - Business Insider
- Woman climbs into x-ray machine because she didn't want to leave bag | Metro News
- Otter app transcribes any verbal conversation into searchable text
36 min - Episode 28: Unusable Electronics Puzzle Driving Crypto-Aliens with Criminal Passwords
In this episode we talk about:
- A script that renders useless the marketing snoop by your ISP
- Electronics that can self destruct
- Adam quizzes Sanjay about security products
- Uber and Lyft are trying to stop you from using your autonomous vehicle in cities
- Waymo and Uber reach a settlement to end their ongoing legal battles
- Too much crypto means no aliens for you
- Instead of a paywall, Salon has rolled out a cryptomining-wall
- The Georgia Senate thinks they can fix online security with a bad law - a very, very badly worded law
Plus two great tech recommendations.
Links:
- Vibha Campaigns | Sanjay raising money for kids
- This simple script renders data collected by your ISP unusable
- These self-destructing electronics can turn your data to dust on command
- The security gadgets and apps you need to keep your information safe
- Uber, Lyft Want to Ban Personal Use of Self-Driving Cars in Urban Areas - ExtremeTech
- Waymo and Uber reach a surprise settlement - The Verge
- Waymo and Uber have reached a settlement in their trade secrets battle - MIT Technology Review
- Crypto-currency craze 'hinders search for alien life' - BBC News
- Salon Offers To Remove Ads If Visitors Help Mine Cryptocurrency | Techdirt
- Georgia Senate Thinks It Can Fix Its Election Security Issues By Criminalizing Password Sharing, Security Research | Techdirt
- LaMetric Time Wi-Fi Clock for Smart Home
- Habit List
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message43 min - Episode 27: (Season 2) Beaming Bitcoin Satellites Running Driverless
This is the start of our second year of podcasting - yay! In this episode we talk about:
- The semi-realization of a real life tractor/levitation beam.
- Lots of talk about Bitcoin from Stripe, Robinhood, and 50 Cent.
- A disco ball satellite revolving around the Earth.
- US soldiers giving away their locations because of their addiction to fitness.
- And driverless cars are going to be careening through the streets of Atlanta!
Plus FIVE (yes FIVE!) great tech recommendations.
Special Guests: Adam Harrell and Kathryn O'Day.
Links:
- Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk About the Multiplicity | WIRED
- Tractor beam breakthrough could lead to levitating humans - CNET
- MIT Scientists Design Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computer Chips | Inverse
- Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance - The Verge
- Ending Bitcoin support
- A disco ball-like satellite is orbiting earth. Here's why. - CNN
- 50 Cent realizes he’s a Bitcoin millionaire thanks to sales of a 2014 album | TechCrunch
- U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging - The Washington Post
- Fitness tracking app gives away location of secret US army bases | Technology | The Guardian
- Waymo coming to Atlanta
- 'Jackpotting' hackers steal over $1 million from ATMs across U.S.: Secret Service
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message50 min - Episode 26: Careening Phone Vulnerable Water Sun
In this episode we talk about:
- GM's driverless, steering wheel-less, and pedel-less autonomous vehicle.
- iOS is heading to be bigger than the worldwide movie market.
- iPhone will soon give you a choice between slowing down or risking an overheated phone.
- Facebook is launching a home video chat device.
- Google bought a startup that can make your entire mobile device screen into a giant speaker.
- Samsung is working on a phone with a screen on both sides.
- Qualcomm joins the other companies with processor vulnerabilities while a new vulnerability is discovered in AMD processors.
- A small handheld device can tell you if the water you're about to drink is safe.
- A new skin sticker will tell you when you have had enough sun.
Plus two great tech recommendations.
Links:
- Look, Ma, No Steering Wheel Or Pedals In GM's Robo-Taxi, Coming In 2019
- iOS App Store will be bigger than entire worldwide movie industry sometime this year | 9to5Mac
- iPhone Battery: Next update will let you disable intentional slowdown - Jan. 18, 2018
- EXCLUSIVE: Facebook Dives into Home Device Market with Video Chat Product Named "Portal" on Cheddar
- Google quietly bought a UK startup that turns your screen into a speaker - The Verge
- Samsung is working on a phone with screens on both sides — here are three futuristic ideas
- Qualcomm joins Intel, Apple, Arm, AMD in confirming its CPUs suffer hack bugs, too • The Register
- A new stack-based overflow vulnerability discovered in AMD CPUsSecurity Affairs
- Lishtot’s TestDrop tells you whether water is safe to drink without even touching it
- Skin sticker lets you know when you've had enough sun
43 min - Episode 25: Cancer Checkout Computer Charity Compromise Trivia
In this episode we talk about:
- California recommending that you don't keep your smartphone anywhere near your body.
- Kroger is trying to innovate in the retail space to keep ahead of Amazon and Walmart.
- Google can now create a speaking bot that is indistinguishable from a real human.
- A Bitcoin multi-millionaire is donating $85m in Bitcoin to charity.
- Two major flaws have been discovered that affect nearly every computer, smartphone, and computing device in the world.
- HQ Trivia has built a huge following and it's now available on Android too.
- Netflix is watching you and is worried about some of your watching habits.
Plus two great tech recommendations.
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:
- Due to cell phone radiation, California recommends texting instead of talking — Quartz — California says the only safe way to talk on your cell phone is to text
- Kroger lets customers check out without registers or cashiers - Business Insider — Kroger is taking a direct shot at Amazon and Walmart and making checkout lanes obsolete
- Google's voice-generating AI is now indistinguishable from humans — Quartz
- Meet "Pine," the Bitcoin Philanthropist Who Set Up the $85 Million Pineapple Fund
- Huge Intel CPU Bug Allegedly Causes Kernel Memory Vulnerability With Up To 30% Performance Hit In Windows And Linux | HotHardware
- Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World’s Computers
- Mitigations landing for new class of timing attack
- What is HQ Trivia, how to play, and how the app could take America by storm
- Netflix
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message41 min - Episode 24: Magic Leap takes security seriously while scheduling meetings and drinking heated coffee
In this episode:
- Magic Leap: Founder of Secretive Start-Up Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles
- This crazy new system can detect motion anywhere in your home using nothing but Wi-Fi
- REVIEW: Nest's new $499 home security system is simple to install and made me feel a lot safer
- Apple: Yes, we're slowing down older iPhones
- Google Pixel Buds review
- 5 Excellent Apps to Make This New Year Your Strongest Yet
Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire.
Links:
- Magic Leap One MR Headset May Be As Big As The Internet - InStash
- Lightwear: Introducing Magic Leap's Mixed Reality Goggles - Rolling Stone
- This crazy new system can detect motion anywhere in your home using nothing but Wi-Fi – BGR
- Nest Secure review, details, photos - Business Insider
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message34 min - Episode 23: Cryptocurrency Kittens Spying Artificial Meetings
In this episode we talk about:
- Five cryptocurrencies that are on the rise
- A game of virtual kittens that is crushing Ethereum
- How blockchain will impact society outside of cryptocurrencies
- Google spying on Android users even when you opt-out
- Google's AI that warns you when people are spying on your screen
- An AI that played chess by itself and then beat the world's best chess AI
- WeWork is expanding out and acquiring Meetup
Plus two great tech recommendations.
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:
- 5 Bitcoin Rivals That Are Rapidly on the Rise | Fortune
- Ethereum’s First Killer App Is Here, and It’s a Game Where You Create Digital Cats
- 3 Biggest Ways Blockchain Will Change Society | Inc.com
- Google collects Android users' locations even when location services are disabled — Quartz
- A Lightweight AI Could Stop Strangers from Spying on Your Smartphone
- AlphaZero AI beats champion chess program after teaching itself in four hours | Technology | The Guardian
- WeWork To Acquire Meetup
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About Tech Talk Y'all
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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…
news, and make weekly tech recommendations (a fan favorite). Depending on your level of humor, episodes may or may not be funny (but they definitely are). Signup for episode show notes at: http://eepurl.com/cGevHD