Tech Talk Y'all

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In this episode: 

• A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging
• What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that shook the tech world?
• DeepSeek ‘punctures’ AI leaders’ spending plans, and what analysts are saying
• ​​Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History
• How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions
• Microsoft probes if DeepSeek-linked group improperly obtained OpenAI data, Bloomberg News reports

• Citing ‘Shadow of Evil,’ Vatican Warns About the Risks of A.I.
• ​​Trump Admin Accused of Using AI to Draft Executive Orders

• Scientists inch closer to creating ‘artificial sun’ in the search for unlimited energy
• CERN's particle accelerator tech is being reimagined to blast cancer in under a second
• Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space

• ​​Pebble is coming back
• Smartwatch pioneer and Kickstarter darling Pebble is returning in a new form
• Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight
• Bookshop.org Now Sells Ebooks
• Elon Musk's X begins its push into financial services with Visa deal
• ​​OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies
• ​​Logitech’s peel-and-stick radar sensors could let companies invisibly monitor their offices

Weird and Wacky: 

• Doorbell camera catches rare footage of meteorite striking home’s front walkway
• I built an Omni-Directional Ball-Wheeled Bike
• Google Maps will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America
• Christopher Walken Hates Techonology: No Phone, Uses Satellite TV
• Why the rich love digital shoplifting
• Man launches ‘villain for hire’ service where people take him down to become heroes

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Co.dev 
• Adam - BESIGN LS03 Aluminum Laptop Stand

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
• DHS guts cyber review board as Trump moves against ‘misuse of resources’
• Instagram announces a blatant CapCut clone
• Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative
• Marvel Snap is banned, just like TikTok
• OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that performs tasks autonomously
• OpenAI and SoftBank are reportedly putting $19B each into Stargate
• ​​Elon Musk and Sam Altman take to social media to fight over Stargate
• Substack introduces a $20M funding guarantee to entice creators to migrate to its platform

Weird and Wacky: 

• Someone bought the domain ‘OGOpenAI’ and redirected it to a Chinese AI lab

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Franklin Sensors ProSensor M210 Stud Finder 
• Adam - Yuka App

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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In this episode: 

• Everyone’s Downloading a New Chinese Social Media App Before the TikTok Ban
• ​​With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘RedNote’
• TikTok users’ attempted migration to Chinese app RedNote isn’t going too well
• ​​Elon Musk could be China’s pick to buy TikTok, report says
• ​​Instagram alternative Pixelfed now has apps
• OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why
• University of Waterloo researchers engineer bacteria to eat microplastics. But is it a pipe dream?
• Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior
• 2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey
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Weird and Wacky: 

• Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
• Some Paris Olympic athletes ask for medals to be replaced after quickly deteriorating
• Walgreens Replaced Fridge Doors With Smart Screens. It’s Now a $200 Million Fiasco

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Sonos Roam 2 
• Adam - Cube Timer, Gravity Sensor Flip Timer

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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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

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

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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

Find us here:

• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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