Tech Talk Y'all

In this episode we talk about:

And two app recommendations.

A big thanks to Lee Al-Taquan for the new intro and outro music. Find out more about him at al-taquan.com.

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:

• Arsenal, the intelligent camera assistant by Ryan Stout — Kickstarter
• Fuze Card, all-in-one smart card
• The Light Phone
• Android creator Andy Rubin’s Essential Phone looks stunning and will cost $699 | TechCrunch
• iOS 11 adds 'Do Not Disturb while driving' to mute notifications on the go
• This Secret Printer Code Could Have ID-ed Reality Winner
• I would spend $10K to furnish my apartment with MIT’s robot furniture
• Blood from the Sky: Zipline’s Ambitious Medical Drone Delivery in Africa
• Free Small Business Software - Invoicing Accounting Software from Wave plus Credit Card Processing and Payroll

In this episode we talk about:

And a discussion of productivity apps that you should try.

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:

• Fear not, these omnidirectional tires will parallel park for you
• Norway's 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Flooded by Melting Permafrost
• In encryption push, Senate staff can now use Signal for secure messaging
• Long Game raises $6.6 million for a savings account that doubles as a lottery ticket | TechCrunch
• Is bitcoin a good idea for retirement savings accounts like an IRA or 401(k)? — Quartz
• Warby Parker has an app that checks your eyes at home
• With Reservations Rollout, Parkmobile Looks Toward Parking Domination - Hypepotamus
• To do list and task manager. Free, easy, online and mobile: Todoist
• Basecamp: Project Management & Team Communication Software
• Teamwork.com - Project Management, Help Desk & Chat Software
• Use Asana to track your team’s work & manage projects · Asana
• Boards | Trello
• Learn how IFTTT works - IFTTT

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:

• Atlanta I-85 bridge: Freeway set to reopen by May 15
• Soylent Closes $50 Million round of funding
• Soylent Green (1973)
• Major Intel Security Flaw Is More Serious Than First Thought
• How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
• Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new Echo
• Bash on Windows 10 goes beyond Ubuntu and gets support for Fedora and SuSE, too
• This Scientist Discovered A New Blue–And Now Crayola Is Making It Into A Crayon
• Lighthouse tells you what happens in your home when you’re not there | TechCrunch
• Canary - A complete security system in a single device.
• Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards
• RainMachine - Forecast Smart WiFi Irrigation Controllers

In this episode we talk about:

Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire.

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:

• Airline overbookings: Delta can now offer up to $9,950 to volunteers
• Disney reveals room-filling, wireless-charging breakthrough
• Samsung Galaxy S8 review: The best phone ever made, only smaller | PCWorld
• Galaxy S8+ review: The future of Android is now | Greenbot
• Square reportedly paid less than $3 million for Yik Yak's engineers | VentureBeat | Commerce | by Ken Yeung
• Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs as sales slump - Apr. 25, 2017
• Plastc swiped $9 million from backers and just completely vanished - The Verge
• Check Out the Lexus That Apple's Using to Test Self-Driving Car Technology - Bloomberg
• I Just Love This Juicero Story So Much
• This Blob Is An Edible Water Bottle, And It Could Change Everything
• AI personal assistant who schedules meetings for you | x.ai

In this episode we talk about:

We wrap up with some tech recommendations.

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:

• The bot invasion is on, powered by $24B in funding
• What happened when a professor built a chatbot to be his teaching assistant
• Guy builds a thrill ride that spins faster if you aren't scared enough
• Burger King’s new ad forces Google Home to advertise the Whopper
• Amazon’s Alexa started ordering people dollhouses after hearing its name on TV - The Verge
• 3 things to know about getting to SunTrust Park
• No more IP addresses for countries that shut down internet access
• Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sun
• Hulu’s Live TV service to cost $39.99 per month, sources say | TechCrunch
• Anonymous VPN Service From The Leaders | Private Internet Access
• Dark Sky

In this episode we talk about:

We wrap up with some app recommendations. For this episode we're joined by our in-studio guest Jeff Hilimire.

Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire.

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:

• Mark DiCristina named to Ad Age's 2017 40 Under 40
• Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware
• LastPass password manager fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, Edge extensions
• LastPass is scrambling to fix another serious vulnerability
• Senate votes to kill FCC's broadband privacy rules
• For sale: Your private browsing history
• Congress has sold off your privacy—and U.S. security

NOTE: The first story in this podcast makes fleeting mentions of things that aren't necessarily appropriate for children. Use your own discretion.

In this episode we talk about:

We wrap up with a couple of app recommendations.

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:

• Tech Talk Y'all Episode Announcement List
• HB 509 2017-2018 Regular Session
• Electonic Frontier Foundation event @ Prototype Prime on Georgia HB 509
• Amazon Finds the Cause of Its AWS Outage: A Typo
• Airbnb Closes $1 Billion Round To Keep Delaying IPO
• Stationary Bike Startup Peloton Seeks Unicorn Valuation - Bloomberg
• WikiLeaks’ CIA document dump shows agency can compromise Android and smart TVs
• The World’s Largest Shipping Company Trials Blockchain to Track Cargo
• Hailing a Different Ride in Austin - MIT Technology Review
• To do list and task m

Four(ish) stories (and a couple of tech product/service recommendations) for your listening pleasure. We cover autonomous big rigs (and why Sanjay has dumped Uber), underwater data centers, the house of cards of a startup, and the location of the impending intergalactic alien invasion.

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:

• Embark’s self-driving truck is ready to assist human drivers | TechCrunch
• Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler
• Want an Energy-Efficient Data Center? Build It Underwater - IEEE Spectrum
• Theranos: The House of Cards That Elizabeth Holmes Built
• Astronomers discover 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby star - CNN.com

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!