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- Captcha Vulnerabilities, Lunar Laws, and Why Oral Exams Should Come Back
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In this episode:
- Lunar laws could protect the moon from humanity
- Chat-GPT Pretended to Be Blind and Tricked a Human Into Solving a CAPTCHA
- Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejects Award
- Why universities should return to oral exams in the AI and ChatGPT era
- Actually, Charging Your Phone in a Public USB Port Is Fine!
- Spotify abandons Heardle less than a year after buying it
- New macOS malware steals sensitive info, including a user's entire Keychain database
- How to set up Apple's new savings account on an iPhone
Ad Break
- They’re Over Being Real
- Instagram takes on Linktree and others with support for up to 5 'links in bio
- Netflix Gains 1.75 Million Subscribers, Axes DVD-Rental Business
- Netflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later
- Firefox may soon reject Cookie prompts automatically
- Meta encryption ‘blindfolds’ authorities to child abuse, crime agencies claim
Weird and Wacky:
- AB InBev’s Beck’s makes ‘futuristic’ beer using artificial intelligence
- FBI arrests guardsman who applied for job on RentAHitman.com
Tech Rec:
- Adam - Temp Mail
- Sanjay - FlorisBoard
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message39 min - NPR Leaves Twitter and Farmers Can Fix Their Tractors
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In this episode:
- Twitter’s new feature will show ‘half ads’ to Blue subscribers
- NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label
- Uber's CEO became an undercover boss in a used Tesla and was surprised by how rude some riders can be
- Tesla hit with class action lawsuit over alleged privacy intrusion
AD BREAK
- This USPS facility in Utah does nothing but decipher your bad handwriting
- Don’t use public phone charging stations: FBI
- PortaPow USB data blocker
- Colorado Approves First-Ever Agricultural Right to Repair Bill
- New Nasa director swears oath on Carl Sagan’s book instead of Bible
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - International Dark Sky Week
- Adam - RedKetchup
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message28 min - The first AI lawsuit, how not to lead sensitive data to AI, and the sonar glasses we all need
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In this episode:
- Principal Sends $100,000 of School Funds to Fake Elon Musk, Claims She Was 'Groomed'
- ChatGPT: Mayor starts legal bid over false bribery claim
- Levi’s use of AI models to increase diversity incites backlash
- Universities express doubt over tool to detect AI-powered plagiarism
- Microsoft adds Bing AI chat to SwiftKey keyboard for Android
- Oops: Samsung Employees Leaked Confidential Data to ChatGPT
AD BREAK
- Netflix appears to be working to bring games to TV with the iPhone as a controller
- How tiny, cheap smart speakers unlocked the rise of digital payments in India
- Researchers built sonar glasses that track facial movements for silent communication
- Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World
- Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death
- A scam so clever, that YouTube jumps in to warn all of its users
- Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy”
Weird and Wacky:
- Texas dad says glitch in ‘Find My iPhone’ app directs angry strangers at his home
Tech Rec:
- Adam - Human Values Test
- Sanjay - Google Flights
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message40 min - Amazon’s massive (surprise) network, Twitter’s feed debacle, and AI’s dominance
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In this episode:
- Amazon has just opened up its Sidewalk network and it’s gigantic
- Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April, Leaving Only Paying Subscribers With Blue Check-Marks
- Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter ‘For You’ feed
- Elon Musk Offers Employees Stock Grants Valuing Twitter at About $20 Billion
- Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
- The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions
- Judge Rules Against Internet Archive on Controlled Digital Lending | Authors Alliance
- TikTok ban backup plan? ByteDance-owned Instagram rival Lemon8 hits the US App Store’s Top 10
Ad Break
- Microsoft Now Claims GPT-4 Shows 'Sparks' of General Intelligence
- Levi's Will Use AI Models Alongside Human Ones
- The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality
- IFTTT now has AI-powered automations for paying subscribers
- Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Future of Life Institute
- Here's why Apple released a new iPhone app for classical music only
- Disney Eliminates Its Metaverse Division as Part of Company’s Layoffs Plan
- 4G internet is set to arrive on the moon later this year
Weird and Wacky:
- Cultured meat firm resurrects woolly mammoth in lab-grown meatball
- Wikipedia’s new sound logo: Winner of The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest announced
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Bitwarden
- Adam - PromptPal
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message41 min - Bing, Bard, and the AI in between
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In this episode:
- Bing AI Chat versus Google Bard: A first look
- Meta's paid verification program goes live in the US
- Amazon’s palm-reading payment tech is coming to Panera Bread
- UK backs Rolls-Royce project to build a nuclear reactor on the moon
- Duolingo is working on a music app
- Mozilla launches a new startup focused on 'trustworthy' AI
Adddddd Time
- Librarians should stand with the Internet Archive (opinion) | Insid...
- Multiple Internet to Baseband Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Exynos Modems
- Hyundai Promises To Keep Buttons in Cars Because Touchscreen Controls Are Dangerous
Weird and Wacky:
- Elon Musk Sets Poop Emoji as an Autoreply to Twitter’s Press Email
Tech Rec:
- Adam - VistaSocial
- Sanjay - New York Times Daily Mini Crossword Puzzle
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---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message35 min - Dumping on the internet
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In this episode:
- Apple will launch its standalone classical music app on March 28th
- Scientists find a way to suck up carbon pollution, turn it into baking soda and store it in the oceans
- Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone
- Meta winds down support for NFTs on Instagram and Facebook
- Microsoft Teams will let you transform into a 3D avatar in May
- Researchers shrink camera to the size of a grain of salt
- It Sure Seems Like Amazon Is Making a New Web Browser
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- Hilariously sad: My great mobile provider, Mint, will sell to T-Mobile
- UK data center startup offers to heat Britain's swimming pools with waste heat
- DuckDuckGo’s building AI-generated answers into its search engine
- Future NASA moonwalkers to sport sleeker spacesuits
- Ember is in the baby bottle business now
- TSA Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Unnecessary Pat-Downs
Weird and Wacky:
- Should we automate the CEO?
- Researchers think alien civilizations might be creating black holes to store quantum data
- Meet the Man Spending 100 Days Underwater for Science
- Match Group’s CEO says he spent $50K in three months on Clash of Clans
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Dumb Password Rules
- Adam - Future Tools
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message36 min - Let’s keep Skynet busy creating art
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In this episode:
- OpenAI will let developers build ChatGPT into their apps
- Grammarly adding ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more
- Museum Under Fire for Showing AI Version of Vermeer Masterpiece
- 'Most disturbing website on Internet' can find every single picture that exists of you
- Using A.I. to Detect Breast Cancer That Doctors Miss
Ad Break
- Elon Musk publicly mocks Twitter worker with disability who is unsure whether he’s been laid off
- Twitter just let its privacy- and security-protecting Tor service expire
- How a single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday
- U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks
- US probes Tesla Autopilot, steering wheels that can come off
- Amazon is shutting down eight cashierless Go stores
- New ‘Dashboard’ Allows Travelers to See Which Airlines Seat Families Together
- U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs and thousands of charging stations
- The privacy loophole in your doorbell
Weird and Wacky:
- Why some travelers fly across the world without leaving the airport
Tech Rec:
- Adam - StoryBrand BrandScript
- Sanjay - TabFS
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message45 min - Your phone premise is bunk
Intro
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In this episode:
- Robot window washers are here to clean our skyscrapers
- Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone
- Chinese startup Realme launches $649 smartphone it says can be fully charged in just over 9 minutes
- UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas For Directly Regulating The Internet, Service Providers
- U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs and thousands of charging stations
Break
- From backyard trick shots to a $100m theme park - The Hustle
- LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to security breach in 2022
- Space community considers launching Moon timezone
- OpenAI will let developers build ChatGPT into their apps
- Microsoft's new AI chatbot has been saying some 'crazy and unhinged things'
Weird and Wacky:
- Teacher Charged After Crypto Mining Operation Discovered in School Crawl Space
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Time Buddy - Clock & Converter
- Adam - Recipe Calculator
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---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message38 min - Twitter, where to go to find out what Elon is doing
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In this episode:
- Tesla recalls 362,758 vehicles, says Full Self-Driving Beta software may cause crashes
- The broken Twitter everyone warned us about is finally here
- Elon Musk Says Twitter Lost $60mn a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS
- Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication
- Facebook and Instagram are testing selling you blue checks for $12 a month
- Instagram's co-founders' personalized news app Artifact launches to the public with new features
- Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You
- Domestic violence hotline calls will soon be invisible on your family phone plan
BREAK
- City of Atlanta embraces AI to improve customer service
- More than 200 books in Amazon's bookstore have ChatGPT listed as an author or coauthor
- Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers
- Spotify Debuts a New AI DJ, Right in Your Pocket — Spotify
- Snoop Dogg Brings Death Row Music Catalog to TikTok
- Conner Price
- New Breakthrough Brings Quantum Computers a Huge Step Closer
- Your Google docs are about to look a little bit different
- Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch
- GM Patents Self-Cleaning Touch Screen That Erases Fingerprints
Weird and Wacky:
- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver unveils streaming experience of the future via the NBA App!
- Airless Basketball Prototype
- This iPhone just sold for a record-breaking $63,000 at auction
Tech Rec:
- Adam - McCheapest
- Sanjay - Every Noise
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message45 min - More twitter = more Elon
In this episode:
- Microsoft Cuts Jobs in HoloLens, Surface, Xbox as Layoffs Continue
- IRS builds out task force to explore running its own free e-file system
- Spotify's latest feature lets users exclude playlists from impacting recommendations
- Tesla's biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD
AD BREAK
- Tesla will open some of its charging stations to other electric cars
- Elon Musk wanted more Elon Musk on Twitter so Twitter is now all Elon Musk
- AI is dreaming up drugs that no one has ever seen. Now we’ve got to see if they work.
- Dutch host first summit on 'responsible' use of AI in the military
- I'm Hating It: McDonald's AI-Powered Drive-Thru Sucks
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Artifact
- Adam - Color wheel - color theory and calculator | Canva Colors
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message30 min
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