Tech Talk Y'all

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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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In this episode: 

• The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to Repair
• Sam's Club just opened its first new location in 7 years. It doesn't have any checkout lanes.
• Walmart-owned Sam’s Club tests a future without checkout lines
• AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences
• US to probe Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system after pedestrian killed in low visibility conditions
• Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro: Law enforcement should 'take a look at' Elon Musk voter payments
• ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Producers Sue Elon Musk Over ‘Robotaxi’ Imagery
• T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users

Weird and Wacky: 

• Airport Imposes Hug Time Limit, Suggests Moving PDA To Parking Lot
• Cuddle time capped: New Zealand airport limits goodbye hugs to 3 minutes

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Rechargeable AA Batteries Lithium 8 Pack with Charger 
• Adam - Giftful

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Tesla’s Optimus bot makes a scene at the robotaxi event
• Tesla Optimus bots were remotely operated at Cybercab event - Los Angeles Times 
• Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi reveal prompts skepticism about tech, timelines
• SpaceX’s Starship rocket completes fifth test flight, lands booster in dramatic catch
• Google’s AI podcast generator NotebookLM just got a major update – and now you can play the producer
• Click-To-Cancel: FTC Makes Cancelling Subscriptions Easier
• Netflix raises prices as password boost fades 
• Student was punished for using AI—then his parents sued teacher and administrators
• Google Flights adds a ‘cheapest’ tab in a huge assist to bargain hunters everywhere
• NASA has a problem, and it's offering up to $3 million if you have a solution
• Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun

Weird and Wacky: 

• Rivian halloween surprise update goes Back to the Future, Knight Rider, more
• Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Going.com
• Adam - Supernatural Fitness

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mines critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing
• Hurricane Helene takes out 370 cell towers; 103 on backup power
• Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Restart to Power Microsoft AI
• You can get an at-home flu ‘shot’ starting next year
• Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleging trespassing near Texas border
• Uber Caught Overcharging? How Having Credits in Your Account Might Be Costing You
• Biden proposes banning Chinese vehicles, 'connected car' technology from US roads
• ​​California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars
• "That's crazy" - Fans react as tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee launches $50 per year wallpaper app for iOS and Android
• Here’s how much Disney Plus will charge to share your password
• Disney+ Is Cracking Down on Password Sharing, but Here’s How to Do It Anyway
• ​​Your mom can now set you Fortnite time limits
• Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too
• OpenAI Raises $6.6 Billion in Funding at $157 Billion Valuation
• Meta acquires the Threads.com domain name
• Meta fined $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
• Space startup seeks to solve solar power's daylight problem

Weird and Wacky: 

• Everyone's making fun of Tesla's photos of a Cybertruck parking lot
• Warlord Straight Out of "Mad Max" Says Elon Musk Remotely Shut Down His Cybertruck
•  Finally, A Flying Car(t) - The Palletrone is a robotic hovercart for moving stuff anywhere
• Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate
• College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time
• Stolen Ferrari worth $575,000 was found by tracking the owner’s AirPods

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Inovelli
• Adam - Review of Sunsama

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

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In this episode: 

• Self-driving Waymo vehicles coming to Atlanta in Uber app in 2025
• FDA approves Apple AirPods as hearing aids
• Craig Wright said he invented bitcoin — lawyers proved him wrong
• Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
• Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December
• Uber to Verify Riders’ Identities in Driver Safety Push
• Craigslist Founder Pledges $100 Million to Boost U.S. Cybersecurity
• Disney to Stop Using Slack Following Hack That Exposed Company Data

Weird and Wacky: 

• Police Department Spends $150,000 for a Tesla Cybertruck, Faces Instant Backlash

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Onton 
• Adam - sunsama.com

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

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In this episode: 

• WhatsApp will send messages to other apps soon — here’s how it will look
• Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads
• Huawei's first tri-fold phone starts at an eye-watering $2,800
• ​​McDonald’s rolls out self-serve cash kiosks that could make human cashiers obsolete
• AI ruling on jobless claims could make mistakes courts can’t undo, experts warn
• ​​Historic Newspaper Uses Janky AI Newscasters Instead of Human Journalists
• OpenAI Releases o1 Model, With Human-Like Reasoning Capabilities
• OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise at $150B valuation
• Nearly 40 states back surgeon general’s social media warning labels
• Adam Neumann’s Climate Company Is Issuing Refunds After Failing To Launch Crypto Token
• SpaceX performs historic first spacewalk with Polaris Dawn crew

Weird and Wacky: 

• Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots
• Internet picks “werewolf clawing off its own shirt” as new Michigan “I Voted” sticker
• F1 Racer Lando Norris Just Drove a McLaren P1 Made of Legos
• Teenager builds robot to solve Rubik's Cube 
• Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Nashville bridge

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - WorldChatClock.com 
• Adam - Doodle.com

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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