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In this episode: 

• White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices
• 'Fundamentally wrong': Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks
• Meta to move content moderators to Texas as part of plan to end fact-checking program
• Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Says He’s Nearing Deal to Buy TikTok
• TikTok tells LA staff impacted by wildfires to use personal/sick hours if they can’t work from home
• TiVo-powered TVs are coming to the US
• No more needles! Tracking blood sugar on your wrist
• How ads are chewing through half of your mobile data

Weird and Wacky: 

• Dell mocked at its own press launch for copying Apple’s naming convention
• Physicists magnetize a material with light
• Microsoft disguises Bing as Google to fool inattentive searchers
• Kodak increases film production capacity to meet commercial, consumer demand

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Shelly Plus Plug 
• Adam - WESTREE Dual Monitor Stand Riser

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Prisons in England and Wales record rapid rise in drones delivering drugs
• Space debris weighing over 1,000 pounds reportedly crashes into village in Kenya
• Cloudflare using lava lamps for secure SSL/TLS encryption 
• US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules
• Bill requiring US agencies to share custom source code with each other becomes law
• 1-800-ChatGPT - Calling and Messaging ChatGPT with your phone
• CFPB sues JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo over Zelle payment fraud (episodes 239 and 224)
• NHTSA finally releases new rules for self-driving cars — but there’s a twist
• Mullenweg Pauses WordPress Services - Hopes To Reopen Next Year (episode 361)

Weird and Wacky: 

• The Great Exhibition unveils the world's only office roller coaster in Stockholm
• Scientists Developed a Questionnaire to Identify if Your Cat Is a Psychopath
• The Race to Translate Animal Sounds Into Human Language
• Scientists Demonstrate 'Negative Time' In Groundbreaking Quantum Experiment

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Orbit by Mozilla 
• Adam - Kensington SlimBlade™ Pro Wireless Trackball

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page
• Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law
• Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
• TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds
• ​​Trump says federal workers who don't want to return to the office are "going to be dismissed"
• First criminal crypto tax evader in US sentenced to two years in prison
• AT&T Refuses To Upgrade Millions Of DSL Customers To Fiber Despite Untold Billions In Taxpayer Subsidies And Government Favors
• OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk's lawsuit in court filing
• GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot
• The Week CEOs Bent the Knee to Trump
• Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
• Temu is the most downloaded app on the US App Store in 2024
• Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some stores

Weird and Wacky: 

• ​​‘Malcolm in the Middle’ to offer new episodes with Frankie Muniz, Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Mercury Bank - Personal Accounts (now with joint accounts!)
• Adam - Keychron V3 Max

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Amazon’s online car ‘dealership’ with Hyundai is now live
• Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion
• Appeals court upholds law ordering China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face U.S. ban
• Elon Musk becomes first person to surpass $400B net worth, according to Bloomberg
• LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘bias meter’ on news stories, sparking newsroom backlash
• iOS 18.2 is rolling out now, adding ChatGPT integration and more Apple Intelligence tools
• Apple’s Surprising iPhone Update—Green Bubbles End This Week
• Read the memo Calendly's CEO sent to employees announcing 70 job cuts
• YouTube Raises Price on TV Streaming Service to $82.99
• GM is pulling the plug on its robotaxi efforts
• WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction

Weird and Wacky: 

• Mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey prompt security concerns. Here’s what we know
• Krispy Kreme orders across the US disrupted after cyberattack

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - TRMNL 
• Adam - Sora? My first experiement was amusing

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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Episode 360: 

Intro 

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In this episode: 

• OpenAI’s o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot
• ​​OpenAI strikes content deal with Tom’s Guide owner Future
• Spotify Wrapped is always a mess for parents. The new AI 'podcast' version just makes it worse.
• A universal ‘Plug and Charge’ protocol for EV charging is coming in 2025
• Elon Musk Just Got Absolutely Owned
• Employee lawsuit accuses Apple of spying on its workers
• Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025

Weird and Wacky: 

• Runner's GPS Animation Stuns the Internet
• Real-life ‘invisibility cloak’ one step closer — scientists unveil cutting-edge camouflage material
• ​​Mercedes claims new 'solar paint' could eliminate daily EV charging

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Claude by Anthropic
• Adam - Ultrahuman Smart Ring

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Judge rules SiriusXM’s annoying cancellation process is illegal
• Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
• Pokémon Go Data ‘Adding Amplitude to War Is Obviously an Issue,’ Niantic Exec Says
• Microsoft says it built an Xbox game store on Android but can’t launch it
• Nintendo Files Court Documents To Target 200,000-Member Subreddit SwitchPirates
• ​​Instead of AirPods, I'd recommend Meta Ray-Bans as the best tech deal of Black Friday 2024
• Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say

Weird and Wacky: 

• Elon Musk Apparently Just Became The No. 1 ‘Diablo 4’ Player In The World

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Startup Trail
• Adam - ANDTOBO USB Switch Extension Cable

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon GO player data
• Microsoft Teams' AI Language Interpreter Will Mimic Your Voice
• ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses.
• Elon Musk said what a lot of CEOs think: RTO mandates are meant to make you quit
• DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
• Google’s Chrome Worth Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale
• Epic Allows Internet Archive To Distribute For Free ‘Unreal’ & ‘Unreal Tournament’ Forever
• Apple Confirms Zero-Day Attacks Hitting macOS Systems
• Instagram will let users reset the recommendation system that powers their feeds
• ​​1 in 5 U.S. adults get their news from social media influencers, according to Pew report
• Intuit, H&R Block shares fall after report that Trump government efficiency team is considering tax-filing app

Weird and Wacky: 

• Watch: Tiny robot ‘kidnaps’ 12 big Chinese bots from a Shanghai showroom, shocks world
• A company is now developing human washing machines
• Airbnb's idea to hold gladiator battles in Rome's Colosseum isn't going down well with some local lawmakers
• Maurizio Cattelan’s Viral Banana Artwork Could Fetch $1.5 Million at Auction

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - GSmartControl 
• Adam - CalDigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt 3 Dock

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Alert, Dies at 74
• Amazon shutting down popular streaming service completely
• Amazon Haul wants to be the new Temu
• Exclusive-Amazon developing driver eyeglasses to shave seconds off deliveries, sources say
• O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time
• ChatGPT saved my life, and I’m still freaking out about it
• ChatGPT rejected more than 250,000 image generations of presidential candidates before Election Day
• Tesla’s social media posts falsely implied that its cars are robotaxis, NHTSA warns
•  'Calm' Meditation App Jumps 100 Spots In App Store!!! ... After Election Night Ad
• Will Donald Trump's Truth Social Merge With Elon Musk's X? Rumors Swirl
• Standing desks don’t do squat, per new study
• Meta will face antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
• Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing
• Fox News Claims Satirical News Site 'The Onion' Has '4.3 Trillion Daily Readers' After Falling for Satirical Description

Weird and Wacky: 

• 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant's hilariously wrong answer has people giving him a round of sausage
• Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume
• Coca-Cola has used AI to replace its iconic Christmas truck commercial 

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - UGREEN RJ45 Coupler 
• Adam - Elagota Keylight Air

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• MrBeast Investigation Reportedly Uncovers A "Long History" Of Insider Trading
• Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You
• Did OpenAI just spend more than $10 million on a URL?
• Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation
• Amazon gets FAA approval for new delivery drone as it begins tests in Arizona
• Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web
• Lyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the app
• Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory
• Scientists uncover 'saltshaker' breakthrough in quest for limitless energy — here's how it could transform the future

Weird and Wacky: 

• Thousands go to fake AI-invented Dublin Halloween parade
• ‘Most Mysterious Song on the Internet’ Finally Identified

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - FNIRSI USB Tester 
• Adam - Reaper

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project
• Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes
• How to take Apple’s hearing test with the AirPods Pro 2
• ​​The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people
• Bodyguards inadvertently expose French President Macron’s location on Strava
• Putin's Whereabouts Exposed Via Bodyguards' Strava App
• Chick-fil-A targets families with entertainment-focused mobile app
• Chick-fil-A isn’t launching a streaming service. It’s actually way bigger than that
• OpenAI launches ChatGPT search, competing with Google and Microsoft
• Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
• Tesla on Full Self-Driving Mode Plows Through Deer Without Even Slowing Down
• Woman Annoyed When Tesla With No Driver Suddenly Smashes Into Her Car
• Researchers develop transparent solar cells that can supply energy from glass on buildings and cars — here's how it works

Weird and Wacky: 

• Victory Is Sweet: We Can Now Fix McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines
• Gen Alpha keeps tripping and falling over their own Crocs, so schools are banning the shoes over safety concerns
• PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident
• Is a Will Smith the key to winning the World Series?

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Sense Energy Monitor (previously recommended in episode 21)
• Adam - ChatGPT Search (of course)

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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