Tech Talk Y'all

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In this episode: 

• Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs
• Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India 'to beat' Trump tariffs, sources say 
• The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
• Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs
• No Fakes Act Reintroduced in Congress With Support From Google, RIAA, More
• Notice of Data Breach | Blue Shield of California
• Rebooted Digg launches early-access community with $5 fee

Weird and Wacky: 

• The city said it would take three years to install a speed bump. So I bought my own on the Internet.
• Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town 
• Stephen A. Smith considering 2028 presidential run
• Remember public phones? The Masters still offers old-school devices as alternative to cellphones

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - EWG Tap Water Database 
• Joe - The Brick

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In this episode: 

• LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs
• Honey has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed
• Yankees have an MIT Physicist that built them the Torpedo Bat…
• Say goodbye to chain crews: The NFL will use camera technology to measure 1st downs
• Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
• Mozilla launching "Thundermail" email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365
• ​​Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology
• Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry

Weird and Wacky: 

• Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale Of ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’
• Tinder’s new AI-powered game assesses your flirting skills

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Shelly 1 Mini Gen3 
• Adam - Loom

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• OpenAI expects revenue will triple to $12.7 billion this year, source says
• ​​Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth
• Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist
• The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
• JPMorgan Says Quantum Experiment Generated Truly Random Numbers
• A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
• How celebrities like Mark Wahlberg and Gwen Stefani are monetising spirituality through the Hallow app
• Lyft to roll out robotaxis in Atlanta

Weird and Wacky: 

• Stephen Curry teams up with Michelle Obama to launch sports drink
• Country song dedicated to Elon Musk is completely ridiculous
• 'We use them every day': In some parts of the US, the clack of typewriter keys can still be heard

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Calendar
• Adam - 3A 36W USB C to Lightning Adapter, USBC to Lightning Adapter

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Roku tests customer patience with startup video ads
• Roku Users Are Furious About New Pre-Home Screen Ads 
• Company Says It Caught Corporate Spy With a Slack Trap
• BYD Shares Touch All-Time High After Unveiling New Charging Tech
• Tesla fans expose Tesla's own shadiness in attempt to defend Autopilot crash
• Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service installed in White House
• Claude can now search the web
• Joby Aviation inches closer to getting full government approval for its electric air taxis
• Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest

Weird and Wacky: 

• AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code
• UBTech’s tough humanoid robot braves rough terrains at 6 mph speed 
• Video: Chinese firm's obstacle-clearing robot redefines mobility with dual-wheel design 

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Control D 
• Adam - tomtoc 5.5L X-Pac Sling Bag

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• McDonald’s Gives Its Restaurants an AI Makeover
• AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance
• China’s Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything
• Manus probably isn't China's second 'DeepSeek moment'
• Justice Dept. Doubles Down on Request to Break Up Google
• Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
• Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight... Just What Nobody Asked For  
• Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery

Weird and Wacky: 

• The Surprisingly Difficult Mathematical Proof That Anime Fans Helped Solve
• 'Cheetozard,' Viral Pokémon-Shaped Cheeto, Sells for Nearly $88K at Auction
• Buffalo Wild Wings to offer multi-vision goggles in advance of March Madness

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - It is as if you were on your phone | 📱 
• Adam - Osprey Ultralight Collapsible Stuff Pack

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Microsoft hangs up on Skype: Service to shut down May 5, 2025
• Mozilla responds to backlash over new terms, saying it's not using people's data for AI
• An update on our Terms of Use | The Mozilla Blog
• Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash
• The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects
• Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked
• Remember Digg? It's Getting a Reboot, Thanks to Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian 
• Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells 
• Blood donor James Harrison, who saved 2 million babies, has died
• A Surprising New Tool in the Fight Against Cancer: Aspirin
• Scientists discover new part of the immune system

Weird and Wacky: 

• ‘So magical and cute’: Why an oddly-shaped Puppy Mountain in China is drawing crowds
• What Is the $19 Strawberry From Erewhon?
• De-extinction scientists say these gene-edited ‘woolly mice’ are a step towards woolly mammoths

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - LibreWolf 
• Cara - Vestaboard 

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Apple shareholders vote to keep its diversity policies
• Automattic’s “nuclear war” over WordPress access sparks potential class action
• Right to Repair Laws Have Now Been Introduced in All 50 US States 
• Signal shuns Sweden over proposed encryption-busting laws
• A Billion People Are Watching Podcasts on YouTube Every Month
• Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's demo goes viral
• Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus
• EPWater ready to make advanced water purification new resource
• When is the planet parade 2025? How to see all 7 planets on Friday night, what to know 

Weird and Wacky: 

• British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work
• Katy Perry joins Gayle King and Jeff Bezos' fiancee on rocket to space
• How to tell if your USB cable is hiding malicious hacker hardware

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Signs - Nvidia launching AI platform to make learning sign language easier
• Shannon - Terra Kaffe

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com
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In this episode: 

• Trump administration says it has no plans to fulfill $400 million 'armored Tesla' contract
• Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
• DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever
•  White Hat Hackers Expose Iridium Satellite Security Flaws - Users' locations and texts can be intercepted, including DoD employees
• Humane’s AI Pin is dead, as HP buys startup’s assets for $116M
• All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days
• ​​Elizabeth Holmes Breaks Her Silence in First Interview from Prison: 'It’s Been Hell and Torture'
• ​​Bioengineering makes robotic limbs feel natural
• The 20 year old PSP can now connect to WPA2 Wifi Network
• Spotify Weighs $6 Premium for Added Features, Access to Tickets
• Apple unveils cheaper iPhone 16e powerful enough to run AI
• Researchers link a gene to the emergence of spoken language

Weird and Wacky: 

• That guy who threw away $775 million in Bitcoin wants to buy the whole garbage dump
• A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera
• Wild fish can recognize human divers

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - AutoSlash
• Adam - Tactical Pen

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• ​​YouTube Is Buying TikTok Ads to Lure Creators Before US Ban
• UK demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
• Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations
• T-Mobile’s Starlink messaging service is now free to try, even if you aren’t on T-Mobile
•  You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free
• NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
• Stellantis Introduces Pop-Up Ads in Vehicles, Sparking Outrage Among Owners
• E Ink's color ePaper tech gets supersized for outdoor displays
• BuzzFeed’s New Plan: An AI-Powered Social Media Platform to Help “Spread Joy”

Weird and Wacky: 

• Man fined $200 for using speakerphone in French train station
• Groundbreaking AI chip runs on light and is smaller than a grain of salt

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - WikiTok - ​​Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
• Adam - n8n.io

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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: 

• The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out
• Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies
• That group has been deleted
• El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment
• Bitcoin (BTC) College Savings Plan: Parents Ditch 529 Funds for Crypto 
• Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek
• Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance
• Drones are now launching drones to attack other drones in Ukraine

Weird and Wacky: 

• DEA Officer Who 3D-Printed Cocaine Gets 17 Years in Prison
• Costa Rican Supermarket Wins Trademark Battle Against Nintendo
• ​​The government had been planning it for 7 years, beavers built the dam in two days and saved them $1 million

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition 
• Adam - Notebook LM

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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