Tech Talk Y'all

Tech Talk Y'all

By Sanjay Parekh & Adam WalkerNewsTech News
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Tech Talk Y'all episodes

  • Episode 12: Uber Tipping Drones Fight Bluetooth Fidget Spinners While Google Buys AI

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Uber Driver Tipping
    • This startup helps Uber drivers make extra cash by selling random stuff in their cars
    • Drone fight club pits two quadcopters against one another for aerial supremacy
    • Now there's a Bluetooth fidget spinner so you can keep track of all your sick combos
    • Google's AI investment fund. It's betting on an app store for algorithms
    • Google To Stop Scanning Inboxes
    • Not a minimalist? Startups will gladly store, manage and deliver your items
    • Two fantastic App recommendations!

      Special Guest: Kashi Sehgal.

      Links:

      • Google Will Stop Reading Your Email to Target Ads
      • You can now tip your Uber driver in the app - The Verge
      • This startup helps Uber drivers make extra cash by selling random stuff in their cars
      • Drone fight club pits two quadcopters against one another for aerial supremacy
      • Now there's a Bluetooth fidget spinner so you can keep track of all your sick combos - The Verge
      • Google Unveils an AI Investment Fund. It's Betting on an App Store for Algorithms. | WIRED
      • Crunch Report | Google To Stop Scanning Inboxes | TechCrunch
      • Not a minimalist? Startups will gladly store, manage and deliver your items | TechCrunch
      • Trim: An Assistant That Saves You Money
      • Google Trips
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      24 min
    • Episode 11: Bitcoin Fusion Robots use Firefox for Typing Fired Letters to Facebook

      In this episode we talk about:

      • China trying out crypto-currency in mock transactions
      • NASA funding experimental fusion rocket technology
      • A robot that is going to try to "guard" the Georgia Aquarium
      • Firefox now does real multi-threading - which is a great thing
      • Microsoft releases a new keyboard which looks a lot like their other keyboards - mostly
      • Uber is now CEO-less
      • MailChimp gets going on breaking out of the online inbox and into the real-world mailbox
      • Facebook tries to go telepathic as they pursue their new mission of bringing the world closer together
      • And three (!) app recommendations.

        Special Guest: Kashi Sehgal.

        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:

        • China’s Central Bank Has Begun Cautiously Testing a Digital Currency
        • NASA-Funded Startup to Build Fusion-Powered Rockets
        • Robot security guard: first Atlanta job is at Georgia Aquarium
        • Firefox 54 Finally Supports Multithreading, May Beat Chrome on RAM
        • Microsoft’s new Modern Keyboard has a hidden fingerprint reader
        • Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
        • More than 1,000 Uber employees ask for Travis Kalanick to return - Axios
        • MailChimp Wants To Solve Every Small-Biz Marketing Challenge (Even Snail Mail)
        • How Facebook's Telepathic Texting Is Supposed to Work
        48 min
      • Episode 10: Camera Card Phones See Driving Spying Furniture Zombies

        In this episode we talk about:

        • AI that makes your camera do all the things you can't make it do
        • A dynamic card to rule all your credit cards, etc.
        • A phone that is only a phone
        • A phone that is the next generation of phone
        • Warby Parker lays out the facts on Adam
        • Apple moves to make you safer while driving
        • Your color printer is talking about you
        • Blood is flying through the sky
        • And two app recommendations.

          A big thanks to Lee Al-Taquan for the new intro and outro music. Find out more about him at al-taquan.com.

          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:

          • Arsenal, the intelligent camera assistant by Ryan Stout — Kickstarter
          • Fuze Card, all-in-one smart card
          • The Light Phone
          • Android creator Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone looks stunning and will cost $699 | TechCrunch
          • iOS 11 adds 'Do Not Disturb while driving' to mute notifications on the go
          • This Secret Printer Code Could Have ID-ed Reality Winner
          • I would spend $10K to furnish my apartment with MIT’s robot furniture
          • Blood from the Sky: Zipline’s Ambitious Medical Drone Delivery in Africa
          • Free Small Business Software - Invoicing Accounting Software from Wave plus Credit Card Processing and Payroll
          33 min
        • Episode 9: Omni Vault Secret Lottery Retirement Eyes Parking Productivity

          In this episode we talk about:

          • Tires that make parking a joy
          • Doomsday vaults that fail before doomsday events
          • Senators can now Signal it up
          • Save money and play a lottery for free, kind of
          • Diversify your retirement investments with Bitcoins - not for the faint of heart
          • Check your eyesight at home with Warby Parker
          • Reserve a parking spot for yourself with Park Mobile
          • And a discussion of productivity apps that you should try.

            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:

            • Fear not, these omnidirectional tires will parallel park for you
            • Norway's 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Flooded by Melting Permafrost
            • In encryption push, Senate staff can now use Signal for secure messaging
            • Long Game raises $6.6 million for a savings account that doubles as a lottery ticket | TechCrunch
            • Is bitcoin a good idea for retirement savings accounts like an IRA or 401(k)? — Quartz
            • Warby Parker has an app that checks your eyes at home
            • With Reservations Rollout, Parkmobile Looks Toward Parking Domination - Hypepotamus
            • To do list and task manager. Free, easy, online and mobile: Todoist
            • Basecamp: Project Management & Team Communication Software
            • Teamwork.com - Project Management, Help Desk & Chat Software
            • Use Asana to track your team’s work & manage projects · Asana
            • Boards | Trello
            • Learn how IFTTT works - IFTTT
            32 min
          • Episode 8: Cannibals Compromise Privacy Investments in Blue Bashing Lanterns

            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:

            • Atlanta I-85 bridge: Freeway set to reopen by May 15
            • Soylent Closes $50 Million round of funding
            • Soylent Green (1973)
            • Major Intel Security Flaw Is More Serious Than First Thought
            • How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
            • Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new Echo
            • Bash on Windows 10 goes beyond Ubuntu and gets support for Fedora and SuSE, too
            • This Scientist Discovered A New Blue–And Now Crayola Is Making It Into A Crayon
            • Lighthouse tells you what happens in your home when you’re not there | TechCrunch
            • Canary - A complete security system in a single device.
            • Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards
            • RainMachine - Forecast Smart WiFi Irrigation Controllers
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            38 min
          • Episode 7: Drinking Bags of Juice with Square Engineers in Apple's Self Driving Lexus

            In this episode we talk about:

            • Delta offering a lot of money for you to give up your seat
            • Disney's room filling power that auto charges phones
            • Samsung Galaxy S8
            • Square getting Yik Yaks engineers
            • Apple's self-driving cars
            • Plastc got $9 million and vanished
            • Edible water blob
            • A $400 wifi enables juicer that squeezes bags of juice
            • Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire.

              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:

              • Airline overbookings: Delta can now offer up to $9,950 to volunteers
              • Disney reveals room-filling, wireless-charging breakthrough
              • Samsung Galaxy S8 review: The best phone ever made, only smaller | PCWorld
              • Galaxy S8+ review: The future of Android is now | Greenbot
              • Square reportedly paid less than $3 million for Yik Yak's engineers | VentureBeat | Commerce | by Ken Yeung
              • Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs as sales slump - Apr. 25, 2017
              • Plastc swiped $9 million from backers and just completely vanished - The Verge
              • Check Out the Lexus That Apple's Using to Test Self-Driving Car Technology - Bloomberg
              • I Just Love This Juicero Story So Much
              • This Blob Is An Edible Water Bottle, And It Could Change Everything
              • AI personal assistant who schedules meetings for you | x.ai
              32 min
            • Episode 6: Bots Scream while Driving Internet Water Whoppers to Television Safety (aka Return of the Jedi)

              In this episode we talk about:

              • The impending bot army invasion
              • Thrill rides that make sure you get scared
              • How to get in and out of SunTrust park quickly
              • Pressuring countries to stop shutting off the Internet
              • Getting water from the air
              • Burger King hacking your home
              • Live TV streaming over the Internet
              • We wrap up with some 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:

                • The bot invasion is on, powered by $24B in funding
                • What happened when a professor built a chatbot to be his teaching assistant
                • Guy builds a thrill ride that spins faster if you aren't scared enough
                • Burger King’s new ad forces Google Home to advertise the Whopper
                • Amazon’s Alexa started ordering people dollhouses after hearing its name on TV - The Verge
                • 3 things to know about getting to SunTrust Park
                • No more IP addresses for countries that shut down internet access
                • Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sun
                • Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99 per month, sources say | TechCrunch
                • Anonymous VPN Service From The Leaders | Private Internet Access
                • Dark Sky
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                36 min
              • Episode 5: Awarded Farmers Lose Password Privacy to Psychos Drinking Coffee Noisly (aka The Empire Strikes Back)

                In this episode we talk about:

                • Mark DiCristina at MailChimp scoring an award
                • Farmers hacking their tractors
                • LastPass (possibly) losing control of your passwords
                • Congress voting to allow ISPs to sell your data without your consent
                • CES gadgets that Adam now pines for
                • Octane Coffee has been bought
                • And why you can't sleep at night
                • We wrap up with some app recommendations. For this episode we're joined by our in-studio guest Jeff Hilimire.

                  Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire.

                  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:

                  • Mark DiCristina named to Ad Age's 2017 40 Under 40
                  • Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
                  • LastPass password manager fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, Edge extensions
                  • LastPass is scrambling to fix another serious vulnerability
                  • Senate votes to kill FCC's broadband privacy rules
                  • For sale: Your private browsing history
                  • Congress has sold off your privacy—and U.S. security
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                  41 min
                • Episode 4: Internet Typos from Unicorns who Spy on Cargo Ships from Austin aka A New Hope

                  NOTE: The first story in this podcast makes fleeting mentions of things that aren't necessarily appropriate for children. Use your own discretion.

                  In this episode we talk about:

                  • Georgia HB 509
                  • taking down the Internet with a typo
                  • how startup unicorns are delaying or avoiding going public
                  • how the CIA is spying on you with your TV
                  • how a shipping company is increasing security and reliability while reducing cost with blockchain
                  • and the new way to get a (not always cheap) ride around Austin
                  • We wrap up with a couple of app 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:

                    • Tech Talk Y'all Episode Announcement List
                    • HB 509 2017-2018 Regular Session
                    • Electonic Frontier Foundation event @ Prototype Prime on Georgia HB 509
                    • Amazon Finds the Cause of Its AWS Outage: A Typo
                    • Airbnb Closes $1 Billion Round To Keep Delaying IPO
                    • Stationary Bike Startup Peloton Seeks Unicorn Valuation - Bloomberg
                    • WikiLeaks’ CIA document dump shows agency can compromise Android and smart TVs
                    • The World’s Largest Shipping Company Trials Blockchain to Track Cargo
                    • Hailing a Different Ride in Austin - MIT Technology Review
                    • To do list and task m
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                    34 min
                  • Episode 3: Autonomous (Uber) Underwater Fake Planets

                    Four(ish) stories (and a couple of tech product/service recommendations) for your listening pleasure. We cover autonomous big rigs (and why Sanjay has dumped Uber), underwater data centers, the house of cards of a startup, and the location of the impending intergalactic alien invasion.

                    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:

                    • Embark’s self-driving truck is ready to assist human drivers | TechCrunch
                    • Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler
                    • Want an Energy-Efficient Data Center? Build It Underwater - IEEE Spectrum
                    • Theranos: The House of Cards That Elizabeth Holmes Built
                    • Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star - CNN.com
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                    33 min

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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…