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- Come get your obni-tweet
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise!
In this episode:
- RIP To The Best Bots On Twitter
- Elon Musk will share Twitter ad revenue — but only with creators who pay for Twitter Blue
- Twitter broke after deploying 4,000-character Tweets
- Twitter Went Down Because Employee Accidentally Deleted Data
- Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count
- Twitter founder Jack Dorsey mocked new owner Elon Musk's company over a major outage
- U.S. Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off the Coast of the Carolinas
- AMC Theatres® Presents Sightline at AMC, the Next Evolution of Value Pricing at the Movies With Multiple Options to Meet the Viewing Preferences of AMC Moviegoers – Including a Lower Ticket Price for Select Seats.
- ‘Disrespectful to the Craft:’ Actors Say They’re Being Asked to Sign Away Their Voice to AI
- NASA will launch a Mars mission on Blue Origin’s New Glenn
- The internet is falling out of love with Google – and it’s Bing’s time to shine
Weird and Wacky:
- Long-lost secret letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, have just been decoded
- The Coca-Cola phone is a real thing, and it’s absolutely stunning
Tech Rec:
- Adam - Scam Charge
- Sanjay - Downdetector
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message33 min - Wide open spaces and secret bases
In this episode:
- Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S.
- Smaller, Cheaper Flow Batteries Throw Out Decades-Old Designs
- Frontier rolls out 5Gbps fiber internet across the US
- FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls
- Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information
- Report: Apple is planning both a foldable screen and a kickstand for the iPad
- ChatGPT creator rolls out 'imperfect' tool to help teachers spot potential cheating
Break
- Microsoft blames router IP address change for global outage
- Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA
- Elon Musk pushes forward with Twitter payments vision
- Electric vehicle "spontaneously combusts" on California freeway. Oh you know the brand
- Surgeon General says 13 is 'too early' to join social media
- Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household
- Walmart throws shade at Amazon over new $150 minimum for free grocery delievery
Weird and Wacky:
- Missing Tiny, Deadly Radioactive Capsule Spurs Nationwide Search in…
- Missing radioactive capsule found in Western Australia
- Seeking a Needle in a Haystack, Australians Find Lost Radioactive D...
- Clever Hacker Finds the Perfect Way to Creatively Vandalize London's Knightrider Court
- Sleep Company Will Pay You to Eat Cheese Late at Night
- Fashion of the Future: Sweaters Made From Human Hair
- This Seinfeld/Pulp Fiction deepfake is a little too good
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Asteroid Launcher
- Adam - Personal Values Assessment
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message47 min - The disaster recovery configuration was a disaster
In this episode:
- Twitter hired experts for case against Musk—now Musk won’t pay them...
- Elizabeth Holmes made an 'attempt to flee the country' after her conviction, prosocuters say
- WiFi Routers Used to Produce 3D Images of Humans
- New Tech Can See People Through Walls Using WiFi
Break
- U.S. ‘No Fly List’ Leaks After Being Left in an Unsecured Airline Server...
- NYSE says Tuesday's trading glitch due to 'manual error'
- Microsoft and OpenAI extend partnership - The Official Microsoft Blog
- Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising...
- Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening
Weird and Wacky:
- Undercover agents for Russia asked Google how to 'disappear' from trouble. They got caught and sent to prison for years.
- ‘Authentic’ Splash Mountain water sells on eBay after ride closes at Walt Disney World
Tech Rec:
- Adam - Anki
- Sanjay - Rotten Recipes: Find flavors pairings
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message33 min - Twitter, Tweetbot, and Tesla, going down?
In this episode:
- Tesla suddenly slashes prices on many models. ‘I think the real driver for all of this is falling demand.’
- The Cheapest And Most Expensive Cars To Maintain, Ranked
- A Tesla buyer says she feels 'duped' and 'taken advantage of' after missing out on a $13,000 price cut
- Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies
- Twitter officially bans third-party clients with new developer rules
- Third-party Twitter apps are facing issues, users say
- Tweetbot is down again
Break
- Using LastPass? You need to switch urgently, says security firm
- NSA asks congress to reauthorize warrantless data collection
- Lawyers Barred by Madison Square Garden Found a Way Back In
- Samsung 'Self-Repair' Program Adds Galaxy S22 Phones, Some Galaxy Books
- The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is the first-ever hybrid Corvette
- A job application written by ChatGPT fooled recruiters and beat more than 80% of human candidates to an interview
- Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to step down as chief executive
Weird and Wacky:
- Netflix offers $385,000 for private jet attendant - BBC News
- Want a Giant Neon Twitter Bird? You’ll Have to Bid More Than $17,000
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Samsung Galaxy Watch5
- Adam - Anker Wireless Charging Station & 20W Charger
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message43 min - Wait, do flowers float?
In this episode:
- Deere & Co. will allow farmers to repair their own equipment
- Minnesota company rolls out fully electric fire truck
- The FAA has ordered a temporary nationwide pause on all domestic flights until 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning following a computer failure impacted flights.
- Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon – but many aren’t sticking around
- Medium embraces Mastodon
- A New Direction for Mojo Vision’s Groundbreaking Technology
- Sony and Honda just announced their new electric car brand, Afeela
AD BREAK
- Two Minor League baseball pitchers with the exact same name — and eerily similar looks — took a DNA test to find out if they’re actually related after years of being confused for one another.…
- Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports
- Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio
- A college student created an app that can tell whether AI wrote an essay
- OpenAI has begun testing a paid, enterprise-focused version of its viral ChatGPT bot -- and surveying users about their pricing preferences.
Weird and Wacky:
- Employee TikTok reveals a floor show upgrade from floppy and DVD—possibly for the last time.
- Laser-charged Chinese drone can stay in the air indefinitely
Tech Rec:
- Adam - Daily Art App
- Sanjay - dimensions.com
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message30 min - I’ve lost all my words, but let’s call it Stream ID
In this episode:
- Former Zulily software engineer charged for theft scheme inspired by ‘Office Space’ movie
- Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users
- Shopify Tells Employees to Just Say No to Meetings
- With Only 6 Words, Patagonia Explained the Brilliant Reason It Closed All of Its Stores and Paid Its Employees to Take a Week Off
- Innocent Black Man Jailed After Facial Recognition Got It Wrong, His Lawyer Says
AD BREAK
- Wireless Power Consortium works with Apple on next generation ‘Qi2’ standard based on MagSafe
- Goodyear shows off 90 percent sustainable tires and traction-tracking treads at CES 2023
- Microsoft Bing With ChatGPT Reportedly Launching In March
- Pee is the magic number, as Withings puts a urine analysis lab in your toilet
- Introducing Project Leonardo for PlayStation 5, a highly customizable accessibility controller kit
- Death of the narrator? Apple unveils suite of AI-voiced audiobooks
Weird and Wacky:
- ‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Portable Secret
- Adam - Philips Hue Lights
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message35 min - Got a breach? Let’s blame the users.
In this episode:
- Twitter experiences a widespread global outage
- California Bans Tesla From Marketing Its EVs As "Full Self-Driving"
- For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans
- Andrew Tate detained in Romania over rape and human trafficking case
- Study finds AI assistants help developers produce code that's more likely to be buggy
AD BREAK
- What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained
- Comcast Xfinity accounts hacked in widespread 2FA bypass attacks
- DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites
- India makes USB Type-C charging must for device makers from March 2025
- Delta will reportedly make its in-flight Wi-Fi free
Weird and Wacky:
- 73-year-old pays $370/month to live in a plane he bought for $100,000 from a salvage yard: ‘I have no regrets’
Tech Rec:
- Adam - Kindle Unlimited
- Sanjay - FollowUpThen
New Year’s Resolutions
- Adam - learn a skill for 30-minutes a day
- Sanjay - get control of the inbox, say no more
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message33 min - Not puppet master, puppet disaster
In this episode:
- After outcry over blocking links to Mastodon, Twitter announces ban on "promotion" of other social platforms
- Elon Musk launches poll asking if he should quit as Twitter CEO
- Twitter Users Say Elon Musk Should Quit as Boss
- Elon Musk suggests journalists want to cause harm to him and his family after restoring suspended Twitter accounts
- Twitter Reinstates Suspended Accounts of Several Journalists
- MSG defends using facial recognition to kick lawyer out of Rockettes show
- Electric school buses are practically free now
- Amtrak unveils new train cars with plenty for customers to love - The Points Guy
AD BREAK
- Google will soon translate your doctor's terrible handwriting
- Anker’s Eufy deleted these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions
- Some universities are now restricting TikTok access on campus
- Nike Training Club on Netflix Launches Dec. 30: Everything You Need to Know
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250 million bail, will live with his parents
Weird and Wacky:
- James Cameron Commissioned A Scientific Study To Settle The Long-Running Debate Over Whether Jack Could Have Joined Rose On Her Makeshift Raft In “Titanic”
- Hands-On With Dyson’s $1,000 Air Purifying Headphones
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Mayfair
- Adam - Timer+
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message34 min - A chatbot threatening legal action, great idea?
- ElonJet
- Musk bans Twitter account tracking his jet, threatens to sue creator
- Elon Musk Is Taking Legal Action Against Student Who Tracks His Private Jet
- Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists
- Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon
- Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show
- A Tesla owner says his Model Y ordered him to pull over before it suddenly shut down, trapping him inside
AD BREAK
- US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says
- DoNotPay is launching an AI chatbot that can negotiate your bills
- ChatGPT Is a Tipping Point for AI
- AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease
- FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Is Arrested in the Bahamas
- We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue.
- Supreme Court asks for Biden administration's views in Google copyright case
- Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom launch the Overture Maps Foundation
Weird and Wacky:
- Parents who say their kids won't eat or shower because they're addicted to Fortnite slam Epic Games with lawsuit
- Stop It Video
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - The age of everyone
- Adam - Canva MagicWrite
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message37 min - AI thinks I have no follow through
- Tesla finally delivers first electric Semi to Pepsi after years of delay
- Tesla says it is adding radar in its cars next month amid self-driving suite concerns
- Twitter will reportedly charge $11 on iOS for Blue subscription to offset App Store fees
- Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe
- Microsoft Eyes ‘Super App’
- The future of watching football is here
- We gave ChatGPT a college-level microbiology quiz.
- Lastpass says hackers accessed customer data in new breach
- NFTs minted on FTX break
- North Carolina Power Outages
- A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet
- San Francisco temporarily bans police robots from using lethal force
Weird and Wacky:
- ‘Goonies’ house in Astoria sells to a fan who wants to protect the landmark
- This ATM at Art Basel has a twist: It posts a picture of you with your bank balance
- Dyson's Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $949
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Meething
- Adam - TinyWow
Tech Talk Y’all is a production of Edgewise.Media
---Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techtalkyall/message36 min
About Tech Talk Y'all
From the publisher's feed
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