Welcome to Season 3!

In this episode:

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• Facebook gives up on building its own internet drone
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• Bitcoin Bloodbath Nears Dot-Com Levels as Many Tokens Go to Zero
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• Blockchain Voting Notches Another Success—This Time in Switzerland
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• Google Duplex really works and testing begins this summer
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• Wireless speaker maker Sonos files for IPO
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• Crypto Visa card company Monaco just spent millions to buy Crypto.com
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• California’s new online cancellation law benefits many disgruntled subscribers in other places, too
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• Kim Dotcom loses latest legal bid to avoid US extradition
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Weird and Wacky:

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• Scientists develop thermal camouflage that can fool infrared cameras
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• ADcase is a high-tech 'mobile airbag' for your falling smartphone
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Tech Recommendations:

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• Adam - Daily Yoga
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• Sanjay - AmpMe
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• Shannon - Quik - GoPro Editor
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• 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:

• Facebook gives up on building its own internet drone
• Bitcoin Bloodbath Nears Dot-Com Levels as Many Tokens Go to Zero
• Blockchain Voting Notches Another Success—This Time in Switzerland
• Google Duplex really works and testing begins this summer
• Wireless speaker maker Sonos files for IPO
• Crypto Visa card company Monaco just spent millions to buy Crypto.com

In this episode:

Weird and Wacky Tech (27:02):

Tech Recommendations (37:40):

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Special Guest: Nicola Smith.

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!
• Ticket Burner: TicketBurner can help your organization deliver the right information, to the right people, at the right time. Try it free for 30 days!
• Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating.

Links:

• Back on the air with Jamie Dupree 2.0
• The Damage from Atlanta’s Cyber Attack is even worse than the city first thought
• Scientists Have Invented a Software That Can 'See' Several Minutes Into The Future
• New technology can see your body through walls
• Robo-cones could speed up roadworks and spell the end for traffic jams

In this episode:

Weird and Wacky Tech (24:37):

Tech Recommendations (33:00):

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Sponsored By:

• Ticket Burner: TicketBurner can help your organization deliver the right information, to the right people, at the right time. Try it free for 30 days!
• Ten Rocket: Plan, build, and launch your app with speed and confidence. The ten rocket team works in ten day sprints - because building an app doesn't have to be frustrating.
• 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:

• Weed-killing robots are threatening giant chemical companies’ business models - MIT Technology Review
• Blocking 500 Million Users Is Easier Than Complying With Europe’s New Rules
• Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Billion, Moving to Grow in Coding’s New Era
• Jeff Bezos details his moon colony ambitions
• AirPods to get Live Listen feature in iOS 12
• Ripple is giving universities $50M to research cryptocurrency and blockchain

In this Episode:

Weird and Wacky (21:30):

Tech Recommendations (32:22):

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Sponsored By:

• Ten Rocket: Tenrocket helps entrepreneurs and non-technical founders validate their idea with speed and confidence. They work in 10 day sprints to keep your vision on track and moving forward. Join the hundreds of entrepreneurs trusting their ideas with the team at Tenrocket.
• 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:

• EFF Wins Final Victory Over Podcasting Patent | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Facebook Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency
• ‘Almost Irresponsible’ to Not Invest in Bitcoin: Billionaire Mike Novogratz
• Not So Pretty: What You Need to Know About E-Fail and the PGP Flaw | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Intel discloses new variant on Spectre, Meltdown security flaws
• FedEx's Smith Sees Blockchain as `Next Frontier' for Logistics - Bloomberg
• After tens

In this episode:

Weird and Wacky Tech:

Tech Recommendations (34:49):

Sponsored By:

• Ten Rocket: Tenrocket helps entrepreneurs and non-technical founders validate their idea with speed and confidence. They work in 10 day sprints to keep your vision on track and moving forward. Join the hundreds of entrepreneurs trusting their ideas with the team at Tenrocket.
• 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:

• Bitcoin Sees Wall Street Warm to Trading Virtual Currency
• MoviePass brings back movie-a-day subscription for newcomers
• Cambridge Analytica and British parent shut down after Facebook scandal
• Firefox is adding ads, because only insults are free
• Waymo self-driving minivan involved in crash in Arizona
• Scientists use graphene to squeeze light to just one atom thick paving the way for tiny switches and sensors
• Flexible, Stick-On Tags Attach Laser Beams to Eyeballs

In this episode:

Weird and Wacky Tech:

Tech Recommendations:

Links:

• MoviePass Is Struggling, So Use It While You Can
• Netflix and Byron Allen Could Be Getting Into the Movie Theater Business
• Bill Gates Backs Plan to Surveil the Entire Planet From Space
• Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro smartphone can't connect to the internet
• Elon Musk’s Boring Company raises $113M for tunnels, with Musk investing the most
• Hackers built a 'master key' for millions of hotel rooms
• Amazon Starts Delivering Goods to the Trunk of Your GM or Volvo - Bloomberg
• Security Researchers Created a 'Skill' that Allows Alexa to Spy on You
• Contact Lenses That Darken In Bright Light Have Been Approved And Could Go On Sale Soon
• "Talk to Boo

In this episode:

Weird and Wacky:

Tech Recommendations (46:05):

Sanjay - Wachete

Bonus:

Special Guest: Jack Wells.

Links:

• Theranos lays off about 100 employees
• ACE Submarine Cable Cut Impacts Ten Countries
• 'Robots are not taking over,' says head of UN body on autonomous weapons | Science | The Guardian
• California proposes new rules for self-driving cars to pick up passengers
• FTC Warns Companies 'Warranty Void if Removed' Stickers Are Flatly Illegal
• Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service
• How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS
• Steve Wozniak drops Facebook: “The profits are all based on the user’s info”
• A Long-Awaited IoT Crisis Is Here, and Many Devices Aren't Ready

In this episode:

Tech Recommendations (31:50)

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:

• Cyberattack hits Atlanta computers | 'Everyone who has done business' with city may be at risk
• Facebook stock slides after FTC launches probe of data scandal — Shares of Facebook cratered as much as 6 percent Monday after the Federal Trade Commission announced it is investigating the company's data practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica leak of 50 million users' information.
• The Latest: Zuckerberg snubs summons from British Parliament — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is snubbing a summons from a British Parliamentary committee investigating the rise of fake news, offering to send senior executives in his place.
• Facebook to shut off third-party data targeting | The Drum
• Russian Court Says Telegram Must Hand Over Encryption Keys To State Intelligence Service
• YouTube is reportedly introducing your kids to conspiracy theories, too | TechCrunch

In this episode:

Links:

• This cheap 3D-printed home is a start for the 1 billion who lack shelter - The Verge
• DeepMind's new robots learned how to teach themselves
• Larry Page’s Flying Taxis, Now Exiting Stealth Mode - The New York Times
• What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Theranos's Fall From Grace
• Bose sunglasses hands-on: audio AR makes more sense than you think
• Samsung's new QLED TVs appear almost invisible with Ambient Mode technology — Quartz
• Waverly Labs Pilot earbuds can translate languages in real time - Business Insider
• TypingDNA launches Chrome extension that verifies your identity based on typing | TechCrunch
• Qarnot unveils a cryptocurrency heater for your home | TechCrunch
• Here Are 911 Transcripts of Some of the Times Apple Employees Walked Directly Into Glass Walls
• People Are Attacking Driverless Cars
• Amazon says it's working to fix Alexa's laughing problem
• This AR Street Fighter II Lets You Brawl in the Real World
• AirTable

In this episode we talk about:

Plus two (plus two bonus!) great tech recommendations.

Links:

• Uber wants to get you to your doctor appointment - Axios
• That microchipped e-passport you've got? US border cops still can't verify the data in it
• Net Neutrality Legal Battle Officially Begins: What You Need To Know
• Coinbase to Send Data from 13,000 Users to the IRS | Fortune
• Cryptocurrency Thief Stole 7 Bitcoins from Steve Wozniak | Fortune
• Rapper 50 Cent: Actually, I'm Not a Bitcoin Millionaire | Fortune
• Sprint, Delta, Airbus work to bring high-speed Internet to the skies - Axios
• Amazon buying video doorbell company Ring - Axios
• Lilium jet may be the future of urban transportation - Business Insider
• Woman climbs into x-ray machine because she didn't want to leave bag | Metro News
• Otter app transcribes any verbal conversation into searchable text